The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-05-10
Agriculture

Inc aucicut udtAOnS ~ 80 80 7Fg.
agriculture II the highest regard ana
the wisest best and most cultured q
their foremost men engaged 10 y, work
ing with their own hands, and loyea
and lived in the country in the most
unostentatious style. According "
shesn, agriculture is in effect, the
source az solid wealth and treasures q
a real value. which do not depend up
on the opinions OF men, which srnce -
once to necessity and enjoyment, ~
which a nation is in no want o. ~
neighbors and often necessary 70 them
which make the principle revenue O
a state, and supply the defects OF ~
Others, when they happen to AL.
4 hough mines Of gold and silver should
be exhausted. and the monies made ~
them lost-thongh pearls and dig monds
should remain hid in the womb 81 tne
earth and sea though commences witn
strangers should be prohibited though
all arts which have no other onJec'
than establishment and splendor'
,, should be abolished, the fertility Of sht
earth alone would afford an abundan''
supply for the occasions Of the defec'
and furnish subsistence both for ths
people and armies to defend u. vs.
ought not TO be surprised therefore.
! that, agriculture was in so much honoa
amongst the anrients: it ought rather
TO sss IA wonderful that it ever shoui1
cease to be so, and that of all PROBES
/ .ions the most necessary and most ~,
dispensible should have fallen into s.
great contempt" How much truti;
that is 50 plain and urdeniabl is con-
tanned in the foregoing quotation.
.Shunld have fallen into so great con-
tempt Is SO applicable to the state O
agriculture to day in our own midst
| The purpose Of large element now
seems To be, to avoid labor as some
thing low and ungentlemanly, and 70
be ashamed to be caught at it. The
aim OF too many is to avoid it. and SUB
side into an indifferent poverty, ano
live lazy, shiftless existence in tht
country, or move to town and exc ou
4 precarious future. These kind Of cltl
zens are extremely dangerous to ths
peace and prosperity Of a nation. The.
are ready to fall in with any kind 2
process, opinion or policy, that un
scrupulous drmagognes may advance
because theyknow they cannot De yer.
. mnch " orsted no matter what ma.
happen, and like Macanber. they ar
ready for any thing. hoping somethin'
NAV ..turE mp" in the maelstroum 9
t political upheaval by which they ma
,, possibly be benefited. From sue
!, sources will come the recreants OF II
: ture communism and anarchy. w
are not great man and never expet
to become one, but we have all our III
tried To walk in the footsteps OF grea
men and profit by their example. "
! love our farm and are not ashamed
i lab,r, Rome in her great men gives Y
= illustrious predecessors. Diocletiai
!, the emperor, raised cabbage with q
!. own hands. Cincinnatus was twit
: called from his pillow to the dictate
y shin OF Rome. Marrius Curtius Del
: tatus having conquered the most wa
9 like nations, and become the greats
r Of the Romans, and who had thrice r
r ceiyed the honor of a triumph, GUILTY.
= ted a small piece of land. and inhabl
: ed a very poor mouse. 1t was here u
l. Samuite ambassadors found him
IS his fire side boiling roots. and receive
this wise answer from him, after ha
!. ing offered him great sum of none
Is "That gold was a thing OF small val
& to one who could be satisfied with SUI
y a dinner, and that for his part,
ii thought it more glorious to conqu
x those who had the gold, than to posse
" II himself" Cato labored in the he
~ with his slaves in the meanest attn
,r and ate the same fare. When the 10
Of Of luxury took possession Of Rome, al
~ her best men ceased to give agricultn
their attention, her destruction bega
q Our troubles to day are due to t
ar neglect of proper agricultural know
err edge and practice, and to want OF IT
&c tra do with the world more than TO a.
to traoe WIN
al other one cause.
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