The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-06-03
THE ADVENT OF REFORM.
Il Would Come with His Induction
Into once.


IL Would Come with His Induction
Into once.
81 don't deny it." said the expensive
ly dressed young man. "rm like all
the rest. I want an appointment. I've
come to claim my reward for, the serv-
ices rendered in the election"
ibid you help much?" inquired the
man at the door of the agricultural de-
partlnent, in doubtful tone.
II contributed seven dollars to the
campaign fund. had been rejected
by three or four clubs previously, and
when man came around and offered
to propose 1ne'for the Mckinley club
gave him the seven dollars and told him
to go ahead. That is how came to be
in politics."
81 suppose that what you want is
place in the diplomatic service"
"No. never studied up on diplo-
macy much. think shall go into the
agricultural department. know all
about farming. I have prepared my
self especially for that branch of the
government service"
"You don't look it."
"When I made up my mind that I
would come here and get an office Invent
straight to see practical farmer whom
met during my vacation last summer.
He is man of exceptional intelligence,
and seemed to take great pleasure in
giving me information. I asked him
to tell me all about farming, and he
stopped in the middle of his work and
took an hour and a half explaining ii
to me. He made NE tell him what I
want the knowledge for. and he made
some very valuable suggestions"
$50 you're all prepared to start in
to reform the department, are you?'
"Not all at once. But one of the first
things will have to do is to call the at
tention of the secretary of agriculture
to q mistake that he made. He said
that the farmer of this country is rails
ing too much corn. AS a matter of fact,
corn-raising is still one of our comingin-
dustries, for the reason that smokers
are beginning to get some idea of
how to get the most enjoyment from
the weed, and the manufacture of corn
cob pipes is inevitably destined to be
one of the greatest industries of our
continent"
"You have a good memory, haven't
you?" said the auditor, admiringly
81 seldom forget anything that is
really useful" was the response. in a
tone of pride. "One of the great faults
of the agricultural department as pre-
viously conducted. is that it neglected
to encourage the culture of egg-plants
for the use of poultry farmers, and it
was the most short-sighted indIf-
ference which now causes the bivalves
in the Chesapeake to be starving for
the lack of a few oyster plants"
'Your friend in the country didn't
call your attention to the fact that a
good way to mend worn-out land is to
SOW patch of rag-weed on it. did he ?"
queried the watchman.
"No; but that's good suggestion,
and I'll make a note of it. He laid great
stress on the fact that, with all these
new electric railroads coming into use,
farmers are SO lacking in enterprise as
to totally neglect the cultivation of
wire grass. You have, of course, OBJ
served how often the farmer is depict
ed as going around with one or both
Of his suspenders loose? What is the
TcdSOu VI uc ClICuu~
stance that he has never been aroused
to the Importance of raising button
wood trees. What he wants is an ad-
ministration that will stir him up to a
realization that patience and precau-
tion must be shown in agriculture, the
same as in any other business. The
day when man would stick few
seeds in the ground and go away on a
visit to his relatiois while they grew
is past. The threatened disappearance
of our forests is warning that as civ
ilization advances the area in which
things grew wild decreases, and they
must be tended. The American farm
er can never hope to succeed if he goes
on neglecting to raise chick-weed for
the chickens. milk-weed for the COWS
and burlock for the birds."-Washing.
ton Star.