The Newtown bee., 1897-02-26

siou' LII GHe eebJi6LDeHL duu UoSGlup- ment of a great country like ours in- dustrial disturbances, are almost inevi- table, and it takes time to adjust our commercial relations not only to the rest of the world, but to the different sections of our own vast and varied land.
 Agriculture is the last business in the world, apparently, to re- ceive the full benefits of the applied science. And this is true for va- rious reasons. The very stability and prime importance of the occupation makes the farmer conservative and averse to change. He is fixed to the spot and it is not easy to move. He is also preoccupied the year round and to some extent isolated from the great cen ters of social life. If therefore he is ig- norant, superstitioue, prejudiced and un. social, comparatively, it is not altogether his fault. Heretofore the farmer has not had much time or opportunity to be anything else than farmer and he can. not be reasonably expected to use new inventions before they are brought tc his notice, and within his reach. If the average farmer
 STILL GOES BY THE MooNsHINE OF IRA OPTION
 when the sun of science is shining upor his path it is because he has not ye learned better. There are still patrons of husbandry perhaps who will not plan for fear they may run up the wrong way around the pole; and there may be those who would not kill their swine while thu moon is on the wane because they be
 lieve the pork would shrink if they did
 but the old fogies are not all among th' I AaIuSrs. 1hc WOIiO uoNCS ou IoSC1hCA
 and if the tiller of the soil does not eat 8 the first table it is not altogether be
 cause he is not worthy to do so. It may
 be because, in the struggle of life he ha
 not cultivated as much cheek as othe
 men in other lines of business.
 What farmers, as class, most neet
 to-day, is a larger social life, scientific
 education and cooperative buying ans
 selling. The isolated farmer is apt t.
 feel that he is creature of cireumstan
 ces. He should learn that society, trad,
 and commerce all have their laws, ana
 that farming is no exception to the uni ! versal science of human life. He mus
 learn to change and control and to hell
 to make circumstances. Of course nt | one can control all the circumstances O l life. Unfortunately we cannot selee
 our parents and some other importan conditions of our existence; but we car learn to make the most and best of our selves tor all that. The patrons of hus
 bandry cannot control the supplies O sunshine and rain perhaps, but he car make hay while the sun shines, even i he has to now while it is cloudy; anf when it rains he can have his cup righ side up, if he wants water, or he car plan to do something in doors while i storms. The thoughtless, ,shiftless farm CT is an insult to Mother Nature and he does not deserve success. Science teach es us that the farm must be wound up ts produce certain results with the same regularity and assurance as does the factory. To this end the farmer mus
 have scientific education and bushes. traiuing.
 HE MUST LEARN THE SECRETS
 of the labratory of nature. He mus
 know how 10 feed his plants to grow g crop; he must know how to feed his ani- l mais to produce the best stock and finest products; he must know how to feed himself and family and workmen to at 1 tain the best state Of health, happiness and efficiency in labor; he must be able to tell whether the food he eats is pure ] or whether he is being defrauded by the