The commonwealth., 1898-06-09
THE ESSENTIAL man.
THE TILLER OF THE SOIL.
Sam Jones en- Farming.

Sam Jones en- Farming.
Concord Standard.
Every man does work, will work,
must work. Vagabonds enjoy being
idle. The secret of happiness here IS
not only in the fact that we work, but
that we love to work and love our work
and enjoy it. The spirit of'discontent
that makes so many men dissatisfied
with their vocation and situation In
life is the bane of humanity. The
doctors would like to be lawyers, the
lawyers would like to be merchants,
the merchants would like to be farmers.
would like to be gentlemen, and so on,
each thinking that the other has the
better Job. This is the source of dis
content and the father OF the spirit OF
dissatisfaction. So few people choose
really anything, and abide their choice.
A man who chooses 10 be farmer and
puts his energy and intelligence into
his work not only improves his farm
but fills his own pockets. If man
will take care of his farm, his farm
will take care of his bank account.
There is no life more charming than
that of the farmer, and if wasn't a
preacher and hadn't rather be preach
er than anything else in the world |
would frequently envy the farmer his
farm and his toll Riding through the
country on the railroad trains and see
ing the busy farmers along the way
planting and cultivating their crops is
always interesting to me, and / spend
no hours more pleasantly than those
spend on my farm looking after its
varied interests. The farm with its
crops and its cattle and hogs and sheep
and ducks and chickens and turkeys,
all put charm upon the whole situa-
ton. Every bushel of corn and wheat,
every pound of cotton, every pig and
calf and colt, adds wealth to the coun-
try as we'll as to the farmer, for the
farmers are really the producers Of this
country and lie at the basis Of all pros
perity We need house-bullders, law
yers, doctors, preachers, railroad men
and all classes, perhaps, but the farmer
is the essential man OF all. They
should be encouraged more than they
are. While they work others ought to
think in their interests and plan for
their good, for just as the farmer pros
pers the country prospers. The farmer
with his improved implements and
improved roadways ought to compete
with any other class in the world. The
Georgia farmers are rapidly catching
on to the improved machinery and
implements and to take care of them
The farmer of Georgia Is beginning to
learn that it doesn't pay to have his
corn-crlb IN Kansas and his smoke.
house in Chicago, and his cotton lac.
tory in Massachusetts, and his banker
on Wall street and his boss the little
merchant in town, and Kentucky his
stock producing sections. Well tol
him it is that he has learned that q
corn-crib full of corn in his own lot, 8
smoke-house full of bacon in his yard
a few colts and calves in his lot, anG
his economical wife for his banker
make him independent of the world
If I had what the farmers of Georgia
pay for guano I wouldn't want any
crop, Or land either and I dare asser
that there is not farmer in Georgia
who could not spend thirty days in tht
year producing and compoundins
fertilizers into compost and save ever,
dollar that he expends for guano ant
Improve his land one hundred pc
cent. more every year, for guano is lik'
drink of whiskey to a man-it will
stimulate him for while, but leave
him with less energy and vitality thar
he had before.
The farmers have much to learn
They are learning. The farmers o
Van Buren, Ark, ship from three t,
i've carloads OF Strawberries per da,
during the strawberry season. The,
produce no better strawberries than w
do In Barlow county Georgia. What
vast sum those shipments of straw
berries bring to that community! LIE
North Georgia learn of them. No fine
vegetables grow than we can raise il
our county. Let the farmer see tha
everything he produces for sale bring
him something, adds to his wealth an
prosperity. Let him know that every
thing he buys but adds to his povert
and takes from his income. If h
would prosper he must produce muc
and spend little, and meyer go int
debt Tor anything, A man on farr
had better be afraid of debt OF an
kind, for when farmer gets into DEB
two or three hundred dollars If