The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-15


clusiOns which are to rcvolutioniZc
present conditions. Our Experiment
Stations, with their trained scientific
stats, are giving us many valuable les
sols in every department OF our agri-
cultural work.
The science of feeding has made i'm
mensc strides. Your own Experiment
Station has done for the people OF
Maryland that, which if they would
only take advantage Of and apply the
same, w,lil he an immense factor in
their financial status. Facts support
the belief that in our own corn plant
properly utilized is to he found the
main factor of our relief from the pres
ent burden of debt which rests like a
pail upon our energies to-day. From
the standpoint of its conserved juices
in the form OF cnsilagc, and the proper
preparation of the dried, corn stover.
making a food palatablc and succu!cnt,
we are coming within the pale of sue
ccssful competition of fattening cattle
with thrSo whose conditions seem more
favorable on the plains OF tn West.
We are beginning to understand what
a balanced ration means. The technics
Of the business we are c,mprchcn,ling.
The aurora of the Goth Century Agri-
culturist is beginning to iingc the hori-
zon Of the present latter 10Th Century
f.rincr. A the Tenderness of the time
point to the fact that oilr faith in tra-
ditional farming is losu its paraIy wing
grasp upon US. Tie o:ency Of the
scientific man is appreciated more and
more each day. The power of mind
over matter is becoming Il truism in
every rural home. God speed the day
when every man engaged in the cult
walton of the soil will be rs ready to
raise his hand and voice in protection
of Institutions consccrated to scientific
work as were two of your honorcd
members on recent occasion. Eel
low farmers and members of the Vans
vile and Patuxent Clubs, | tell you,
just as surely as night follows day,
there can he no middle ground for us.
1t must be either an ahiect servile
pcasantry, ignorant OF the laws that
constitute the basis of our noble pro-
fcssion, or else Il scllrrSpecting, self
reliant hnshan'lry, pregnant with the
knowledge OF our business, and evil
dcncing the same 10y the symbols OF
success as shown in our homes of taste
and culture.
Is it too much to hope for that the
knowledge of our vocation will not
stop with the operations upon our
premises: Have we any tendencic, to
Indicate that We will reach out in u the
fields where our products are disposed
of, and there become factor in the
disposal Of the same. The private
elevators of the West, the IIorticullu-
raj Exchanges OF California, the coop
erative organizations of the Great
Grange movement, the Farmers Mar
kets of Philadelphia anl Farmers In
stitutes are all signs of the tim" point
ing to a perioI when the present mo-
nopolistic spirit in other callings will
find its incarnation in the agricultural
profession also. God grant, That if it
docs come to this, the corporate body
formed may have heart as big and
conscience as sensitive as close COM
munion with nature is capable OF max
ing one, or else tyranny more intol-
cradle than that practiced by Russia
upon its Siberian cxiles as a possible
condition.
Again the social side of our life will
find its examplilication in our 20th
Century farmer. These Clubs show
this tendency Man cannot neglect
any side OF his many sided nature with
out being an imperfect specimen of
what he was intended for. -Atrophy is
the invariable law of inaction. That
man is social being is a statement of
an automatic nature. 1t is the law Of
his life Death of the faculty follows
its naction and the mln becomes q
being with the principle charm of his
life gone. The natural feeling of man
is to shun isolation. 1t is the attrition
of mind with mind that gives wit its
edge. We are beginning to realize
that drudgery does not pay. That
zest and zeal in operation accomplishes
much more in few hours than dru, ig-
cry does in many days. Neither zast
nor zeal are born of a jadel spirit. In
our rural communities more opportu-
nifty must he given to the development
of the social side of our life This will
he the case. We find the tendency in
our grange movement: in our institute
work, in our tendency to village life,
in our chataulua circles. Our Goth
Century farmer will prune his life of
the sic!lcning and devitalizing greed
which renders him incapable of seeing
pleasure in aught save the sheen of the
metal dollar. The ideal rural home,
such as | have seen, does not consist
in livericd servants, the glare Of cleo
tric Ii lights, tn" tawlry embellishments
of i'll gotten lucrc, hpG rather of that
simplicity and taste so characteristic