Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-16
The Most Important and Pleasant
Work for Mankind.
PAYS WHEN INTELLlGENTLY PURSUED


" NM over /, 200, 0OO, 900 of people
49, their living directly from this
49, The first occupation of man
~ farming, and ever since Adam was
,,aced in Eden to till the soil II has been
,ba chief employment of the human race.
Agriculture is the great interest which
nsrrshadoYs all others. If II prosper not,
m nther occupations must languish aud
sncline. Everything ultimately resolves
ELI into the productions of the earth.
Hsnce. OF all occupations, farming is the
most important
..ary country. There were but few prav-
,ical farmers among the pioneers of North
America. The virgin soil which was
IN with the accumulated plant food of
snrner ages, yielded abundant crops With
H., few failures, and 50 they continued
~ COW and reap season after season, for
vsttine That the land would not always
ssentinue 10 produce unless there was re
turned to Il some equivalent for that
aiken from II.
MI there il a much larger class who
,ra farmers In II higher and truer sense;
ihey are the bone and sinew of the
country; they produce not only improved
mains. stock and fruits but produce and
XII the men of sterling force and in
iegrlty. and true patriots, the men of
lr1ly moral power and he must have Il
Alse estimate of the dignity of the farm
~ calling who dOesinOt deem il most
useful and ennobllng.
look where we may throughout the
history of the world, we always find that
Is people emerged from the darkness of
larbarism and approached the light of
Utilization and refinement, husbnndry
assumes Importance, and the Intelligent
husbandman rises In public estimation
unhl he stands acknowledged ms the
rhei corner stone of his nations life
4 and prosperity.
There Is in the human heart a strong
4 lfectiOn for nature aud rural pursuits
which makes farming II pleasant occupa-
ton The studies Of the farm more than
A many others are pleasant and attractive;
4 aud when followed rs science farming
presents many opportunities for intellect
I GAL Improvement. nearly everything re-
Il ating 10 the occupation involving the
. principles OF science. The multiplied
4 ton Of labor saving machines and the
A discovery and application of natural
4 forces to perform work, has in 4 great
measure pmanCiputed it from the drurgery
81 oi toll, The farmer has more leisure
H than many others, being actively en-
gaged but eight months of the year. lie
E eau enjoy many of the Injuries of life rs
most Of these are produced on the farm.
+ nobing than that in which the farmer of
onr race was engaged. namely, that of
leautfying aud rendering the earth
beautiful; no Occupation IL more con-
4 ductiye to trur happiness than that in
4 which man makes an Intelligent use of
the results of his nature. Napoleon
Boneparte on the day he abdicuted the
throne Of France said to little page,
1T Is only in situation like y0ur father,
F. with lis f.sVs Of lNn nj
ment that there is true happiness"
There is no occupation like agriculture,
which by pure air and exercise under the
\ canopy OF heaven, so much contributes
y the energy of the human constitution.
u " an independent occupation. Having
all bis resources within his reach, the
lsfmer is less dependent than those en-
gagged In other pursuits.
U 4 4 profitable occupation, notwitll-
ahulng al assertions TO the contrary.
~ When inielligeutly pursued. IL does pay.
+ ms is made evident by the fact that so
hany unpducHtcd, ploddiug, shiftless
IA creatures make livelihood at it. While
"a may ne a slow road to fortune, thgre
s no other business in which success Is
nearly So certain. II is calculated OF
[tlVry hundred men, who embark in
E lgde, nlncty-hr fail. But you may
E uguns the number Of farmers in almost
||X N'sNAr hAAAlNhi uNhillllE Out 10 IAN
"a w or even curtailing the gains of any
horace Greedy said; II have never heard
temperate, frugal and energetic
aIlner, VINO failed to make q comforta BILE
,ug Tor himself aud family, or who,
luesS Frustrated by disease or disabled
nnsalty was prccludod from obtaining
Moderate Independence before old uge
hnu uecreptitude Invested him of the
billy TO labor"
All the In iluv,s ,,,s. TO- .....
IVY pt traced 10 either. ignorance, in
oelpe or mismanagemcnt The South
Aln'ltably adapted for system of
as,u ianing; yet many launch into
r,,aIs' which at best are very un-
y n and frequently lead 80 disastrous
rue production of few good
e largely exceeds the demand for
j.ssn. poni prices fall, producers are
tIIfl anu rush into something else,
tern,a lot inc time being promises more
sIlherauye results and this m turn
Nefgone, This impatience under nd
Is'V circumstances brings discomfort and
,,m S;nenouhring the whole business of
iauK US risky nd Improbable, where
mixed system of huSbnndry had
Ky adopted and pursued, success would
Il,Vutss have followed
sh honorable occupation. The
~ a OF the great men OF bygone
|Iaffnnr iI1H"ful IN thrlr praises OF the
INV :, e'luencing thai with few eXcep-
|he chi,I,nleh oi gcpius We're sons of
sulVators of the soil. Cinciunntus,
Al ssvM Roman Dictator was farmer
ksnds ~uNated his lands with his own
mi ~ parnbaldi, Cromwell. Jackson,
Inbdrsin nihgloh were all farmers, and
!. IN aS oil others of THE most prominent
lenb,s Ne world have been proud to
3aa, themselves nth the agricultural
)saey J., saiu there is an increasing ten
UIt eenn.,1 Vause farmers sons to leaya the
M oi fh.nun OF their fathers and engage
M ~ pursuits. Before Young men de.
= an ''aye the farm they should con
.,taLil;, Nuieh path is certainty, res
n luhIon Va. Independence, health, COM
u tencr. WIN nature and reasonable COM
3Ft@ndsns an which path is uncertainty
0gef sn'I the merciless struggle for
rifles ana l1ee IN which the heart
al tbe a ululn burns. and the exposure
|pt nsa ~ nhmeless temptations and cor
~ @scuces Ia artificial life. Tho Mae
IN a.1 s affections upon things which
1pd cri,ai IN hiightel hopes. despair
Htith nul recNlessness. Comparel
ae- ,iaiV businesses the farn,er has
8|t shone.t,' mere is less temptation to
|. f< ruta,ls anu fraud than in any other
M Nh;'n ana there Is no calling in
psees,Ina.l Is calculated TO give a higher
We a. 81 mnrnlity. truth and ius-
Wtiht ~, Tue cities aud where ynu can
Down ~ pne country boy who has
HHfugh I" ealth you will fiud Use going
q The, ~, inst stages Of degradation
~ lifrs krld resting place in the
ecpntr,' let they Went from pleas
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