Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-04-30
THE FARM.
Some Of the Attractions of an Agricultural
 Pursuit.

Some of the Attractions of an Agricultural
 Pursuit.
 It is one of the interesting and curi- ous facts in our social economy and the evolution of events that the farm is becoming quite the fashion and the farmer is slowly but surely coming into prominence Rs a member of what one might call fashionable society. And another phase of this subject is that among the ultra-fashionables farming is recognized as one of the very few admissible occupations And there is good reason and good sense in the attention that agriculture is receiv- ing.
 If one wished to go back long way, 1t might be said that husbandry was the first industry recognized by divine power, and the command to till the soil and keep the products in order was one of the first ever given to the human family. There are @sthetlc, sentimental, poetical, practical and commercial sides to farv- life tany one of which is in itself sufficient ineen- tive, while, when all of these are taken into consideration, they make agricul- ture the most alluring feld that can be offered to people of intelligence and refinement.
 One of the pleasures of such life is that the products are continually grow ing, even while the owner sleeps They are like interest-constantly in creasing in value if judiciously handled. Why people will be hungry and thirsty and lack for clothing and the comforts of life, when there are boundless tracts of land lying unoccupied all over this country. is one of the mysteries of our complicated and mysterious existence. Any man of ordinary intelligence can, by tilling the soil, provide himself and his family with those things that render actual want impossible. The products of the earth, we'll taken care of, will stand between humanity and suffering in all emergencies, while there is unquestionably an excellent profit to be had out of almost any article that can be grown. The adap- tation of certain plants to certain soils, the selection of the most suitable kinds for given climates, the proper use of fertilizers and soil feeders, and the best methods of cultivation are easily learned.
 It is well within the memory even of middle-aged people when the book farmer was the laughing stock of his neighbors. Not many years ago man was held up as an object of community ridicule because he introduced some new methods and new breed of cat tie into his locality.
 After time his neighbors got tired of laughing at him, then began slowly to discover that maybe he was not far wrong after all; and now, although he has been dead for many years, his name is always mentioned with the most profound respect and the most marked improvement in the stock and general methods of that region stands as monument to his clear-sightedness and good judgment in holding his own against tide of ridicule that might have upset the plans of a weaker man.
 Now the farmer, reads, studies, ex- periments; fails, sometimes. as mat ter of course; but all of this means a 
 deeper insight into the mysteries that Mother Earth buries in her bosom, and wisdom. strength and prosperity grow with trial and tests; and the wise man is he who profits by all of this research.
 The orchard, meadow, the farmyard, the dairy and the apiary offer the greatest inducement to students; and, judging by current events, it will net be long before agriculture will take the first place in the esteem of the thousands who must earn their daily bread for themselves. And this is right. There are health, wealth, peace of mind, intelligence, poetry and music in comnuning with nature.
 A good farmer is as broad in mind as his wide acres, and there is no reason why he should not combine science with his blowing and flowers and song with the lowing of cattle and the weaving of the branches of his ances, ] tral trees. IN. Y. Ledger.
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