The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-03-31
ADVANCE IN FARMING


TIE AVERAGE FARMER the BAL
ANCE WHEEL or SOCIETY.
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r.. v.,v,.. w.s.-.s.. $500
q ne Avefsss Sssnsr-
4 Patriot. TIE Dsss ssa sinsw -
the Csustpy, Ete.
IL u curious 70 note the varying Ed.
mates that seem TO BE- plscsd bv The
other proseseiooe an vh.s 1. kro-, 5.
-. ms..-- s-w
sust P1of %
eieets0n ne u . patriot, the bone and
sinew Of the country, the great conserv.
alive fore that hem. IN. .,,..-.,...s
from eoinr "a vreck snd min ~. -
Of the eeason he 4 recarded - /. $500
whom nothing seems II snit The-.asns
er Il too hot o. ~ cnH ~. 49,. -,
wet or too div: either the MR.. =. -.
low or the crf,ns tr,o .meII srS =. =. -
til the next mneivr crec.
Il Il aIvavs eafe korr~e, n ,,,a,,.
clase of men by the work vk;ch h
forms. and iud,ed finn th;. sts,S.s.
the ayeraoe fa1mer .ver.~.s ~ .;.y
well. In the ~ fiftv vesrs shs svs S...s
farmer hss tr.nsfnrmsS a. .-.rssa n
waste land into 4 rno.ier.,siv -.it' s;s,ss
country. He hss m.de rs;i,csd. ,....;.
bic and done mnch to-.,J h,,!I5;.-
them. for which oontribntions vnl,,rs.sss
or involuntary. he has never vet 1870
. cent of nav or even thsnks h re-
in fact. in many CO. heen y..v;r~ 49,
bends on interest an his ON 1870
tions to these public enternr;ses
In the lsst fftv ~esrs ~
farmer has fnrnished r,o,. -. 49,
fifthe Of the exnorts II TIE Tsr;s.J 500.
while the mannfactnr;nc and ,.;n;c. &.
terests combined have fnrn;.haJ -.
than oue-fifth. The .ye,sse s.rr... ~
made the ereat c;fiee n the w. -
sibIe. Were II mot for him ths w;,{s..
would have M er;stenc. ~ -. ,,e.,..s'
seat would have No ercuse a. ~ hs;ry
and the citiee vouId r. nat thaS -.
before the settlement If the CT No.
merely trading r,osts ~ enverrr,srs
garrisons. The ayer.ce faymer he. ,n.Js
his impression on bis aock. and hs.a.
made. in farf more th.n an IN r-S.";e.
These Hocks and herde a.. rhr.Ii~ 80
he has made them.
They are the measure and expre.r;or
Of his actual efforts. Thev AZ not hv
any means show that the ayer.ce fs,r,c,
can do, but what he has done ~ IA
Some OF them furnish "A admir.iIe L..
son of what he can do when he tr;e.
The average farmer has taken the ave..
age hog, rs he existed fifty wear. An
and made him SO entirely different fro.,,
what he was that he does NOT even re-
ognize the picture of his Ancestor as any
near relation and srarcely recour;,.s III.
species. ~
What the ayeraOe farmer b.. don. e..
the average hog he can do ior sii the
other breeds of live stock vhen he .ass
bimself to do r. rh;ch i. lii Iii" .t ns -
he sees clearly that il viII nav him =, n,
it. In certain ssct;ons a. ~ VIM VIM % , 90
farmer who ie above the aver.~e h.
taken the ayeraee CIV and donhIsJ -,
dairy capacity. making her for thie rrr.
pose about three times a eood = cor :.
before. In other sections the f.rme,
above the average has taken the 49,
COW and made such An Improvement thsf
the two COWS are scarcely ON visit;r.s
terms in the same pasture.
The average farmer looks on the fasm-
err above the syersce awhile and predicts
failure in his breeding ou.erntions. then
tries II and fails neshsns md finally
avs 70 himself. Use Il now: Il |.
pniy nv beino more than an Average
farmer that i can gnov stock Above the
ayeraoe.n when the aver>ee farmer
sees this point clearly the ayer>ee win
advance yerv r.pidlv and brinr With h
ineyitablv An advance in the avernee
oov. horse. MIC sheen. in the avernee
rrone. i'm the svernge Of home oomfoFt.
societv. intellioence and Influence II
home and abrsd.
The average farmer has done veil in
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