The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-25
DIVERSiFiCATION OF
OUR INDUSTRIES.
HOW MANUFACTURERS WILL GIVE
FARMERS A MARKET.
Factories Furnish Consumors-Southern ern
Agriculture VIII be Bencntte by tho
Increase OF Manufacturing
Plants In this Section.

tin, editor of "Dixio," at the an
nual meeting of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society, Quitman, Ga,
Ausust 8, 1899
Mr.. President and members Of the
State Agricultural Society:
The subject upon which l shall
address you is hackneyed one.
The independence Of agriculture and
manufacture is q topic upon which
economists and politicians have talked
and written since time began, and L
am fully aware that I assume diff
cult task in trying to interest this in
telligent body Of men by throshing
over straw that has been through the
machine SO many times before.
Though the topic itself is an old
one, it is full Of truth that we should
understand better than we do today,
and if by practical illustration I can
make this truth plalner; If can
bring it home, SO to speak, and mako
it apply to conditions and to daily
doings here in Georgia, l shall be
satisfied and my purpose will have
been accomplished.
am going to mako a few COM
parisons, and some Of them will bo
disagroeable. | am going to point
out some Of the differences between
the agriculture Of Georgia and the
agriculture Of some Of the States
that do not enjoy nearly SO many ad-
vantages Of soil and climate. will
not make these comparisons from the
standpoint of an outsider, como to
criticize tho doings of people in
whom he feels no interest. | am q
Georgian, and stand at this moment
within few miles Of the childhood
days were spcnt hero in Brooks
county, but before | was old enough
to have voice in the matter, my
father moved to tho North, and the
days of my boyhood were spent on a
farm in Chatauqua County, New
York. My life on that farm was no
poets dream. Until I was 10 years
Of ago | worked constantly as farm
l"borer. L learned thorous shly the
productive possibilities of an acre of
land, and | learned quite as we'll the
methods of toiling that would accom-
plish the best results with the least
possible labor. | discovered the
styles of plows and cultivators that
would do the most effective work and
leave the least to be done with the
hoe, or by hand. | discovered tho
styles of harvesting machinery that
|sAnssald cut the widest swarths and
1'S' grain in the neatest bun
8 the least possible expendi-
s21sgy on the part of the
halls required to operate
lecessful farming in that
B. iended largely upon the
brcse of labor saving imple-
lSnce every farmer became,
Ore degree at least, an export in
~ use of high class farm machln-
ggry.
In like manner the question of
crops was studied A particular
piece Of land was we'll suited to cab
bages or cauliHowers; another to
small fruits; another to whoat or
other grains, and still another to
corn. All conditions were studied,
and tho farm was seeded, as far as
possible, upon scientific basis.
But aside from the methods in
vogue, there was q general policy
carried out by the farmers OF that
section that impressed mo deeply.
1t seemed very ridiculous TO mo as q
boy, but [ can understand now that
it was the cornerstone upon which
the growth and development Of that
country was founded. The policy
that soomed so strange to mo then
was that the farmer had no ambition
to make money. Every energy in
him was devoted to tho work of i'm
proving his possessions. The money
derived from the sale of the products
was reinvested Immediately to i'm
provo lands, stock and buildings.
The prosperous farmer was not the
man who had money in bank or who
possessed securities purchased with