The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-16

s PLOaaSttOH ot tne faTTneTs Of ff,a snY,tb
Il only SLIT, while IN New England il is
s8I7, and in the west s6l9 we venture
the suggestion that there nnst be so,,o
thing in our system which needs i'm.
proyement. Might not some changes in
our farming methods bring about the
raising Of mora grain and grasses. more
vegetables and fruit, more and better
+ beef cattle more milk. butter and
cheese, more pigs and sheep, more ready
money in the pockets Of our farmers
more prosperity to the agricultural
classes; hence more plenty, oontentment
and happiness among all classes Of our
population?
4 Active. continuous. intelligent sinner.
vision OF all the labor on the farm ia
necessary to success Every farmer
should keep an account with his land
charging it up with all chat it costs him.
aud giving it credit for all chat Il pays
The same business methods which make
the successful merchant Of nlanufactu
Erer, viii make the successful farmer.
No bank stock or railroad shares, city,
state or, government bou3s. will pay
such heavy Interest on the investment
Jas q well managed farm, Oae Of tbs
great needs Of the day is the formation
in every county of farmers institute.
Tor club. in which may be discussed the
hest methods Of agriculture. tho latest
aud best machinery for labor.saving,
aud other thugs Of intereat aud, profit
50 The farmers. Ipalistrial education IS
Eas neeessary 70 the farmer as to the me
lclianic Nature Studies should form 4
prominent part Of the oiiTiculums of our
lspablio schools From the kindergarten
lstotbe university, the pupil should be
ltaught to know something Of nature
ways, aud III special schools the farmer
should prepare for his profession, just IS
the physician. Che lawyer, tho preacher
or tie n'echane,does for his. This is a.
daMef machinery, tho proper handling.
Iof which demands education Nowhere
does machinery pay better than OF the
farm, provided it VI wisely bought and
| judicioasly managed
There is a much moro general ase Of
farm machinery i this west than in the
south This ought not SO to be- A farmer
ean 10 more afford to be behind the age
than can man engaged in any other
business In the physical as.aVell as il
the spiritual world growth Is life. stag
nation is DEATH The old methods win
no longer do. II southern farmers know
not the methods by which their breth.
rem Of the north and west grow prosper
Gus and rich, then must they learn. If
capitalists from the outside should come
into any large section Of the south and
bay up our lands and rent them TO our
people, those SECTIONS would be in the
condition of Ireland To you. Southern
CommissionerSof Agriculture. appeal
Lot us. urge the farmers of our respective
states to work upon strict business prin.
oiples, to Ave within their means, to
shun debt as the open door to ruin, aud
to feel that 1t is their duty to their fam.
flies, to their country and to their God
teimprove the opportunities given them
The farmer serves his generation -bost
who brings his land To the highest state
OF fertility and productiyeness, and will
be prntsed accordingly es he makes it
yield 30, 90 OF 100 fold. Let us impress
upon thems also. the important truth
that variety Of products means increase
Of wealth. In the great cotton belt es-
pecially. DO they ncod to be warned
against putting all their trust in oge
crop and negleoting others 1--we were
called upon to poiut out the state Whose
lands command The highest prices. we
wonld put Oar finger on those WHOSE ag.
riculturai products and occupations are
the most varied; where stock fsems,
diaries and ereamsries abound; Where
all the grains and grasses give food
to man aud beasts whose market gar
dens. truck farms and orchards supply
the great cities Of our country with veg
etables aud fruit Those states ia which
lands sell at lowest figures are the ones
in which King Cotton, with despotio
sway, throttles MI other crops and in
dustries, And yet when the farmer
raises his own food supplies Of every
kind. and plants his cotton OH
well calculated basis Of supply aud dc.
maud, it is the greatest money crop IN
the world. gift Of Cod, which, right.
ly managed, will make its people rich,
and bless the land that gave il birth So,
whatever our greatest crop be--sugar
cane, rice or tobaoCo--let us add thereto
all the cereals and grasses, the raising
Of the best breeds Of stock, that our