The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-10-04

as a well managed farm. One of the
great needs of the day is the formation
IN every county of farmers institute
or club, in which may be discussed the
best methods of agriculture, the latest
and best machinery for labor-saving,
and other things of interest and profit
70 the farmers- Industrial education Ia
as necessary to the farmer as to the me-
ciaanic, Nature studies should form q
prominent part Of the cirricuiums Of our
public schools. From the kindergarten
to the university, the pupil should Be
taught to know something Of natures
ways, and in special schools the farmer
should prepare for his profession. just as
the physician, the lawyer. thu preacher
or the mechanic does for his. This is d
day Of machinery, the proper handling
Of which demands education. Nowhers
does machinery pay better than on TIE
farm, pfovidedit be wisely bought aud
judiciously managed
There is much more general use
feFn n4ohinery Id the west than III ia
sohEh. This ought not soto be. Afarnls
can mn more afford 70 be behipd the q
than cap asman engaged ri any s0Fh Il
business In Che physical as wei as IL
the Spiritual world gro{sth e 1ffe, stag1
1 nation ii deaf5N The old methods willy
no longer do If E0af hegn farmers
not the methods By which
rem OF the north and west ST prg,ss !
Gus and rich, then must they learn.
capitalists from the outside should
into any large section Of the soN
buy mp our lands and fent thei e
people, those sectioKs would ID
Tcondltlon of4E8lld TO YOU. son
Commits 1oners of Agriculture, al.
Let usnrge the farmers Of orr resped
states 20 work upon strict business pr
cipIes, TO live within their means, "a
shun debt as the open door TO ruin, and
to feelsthat it is their duty to their fam
lies, to their country and to their God
to improve the opportunities given them.
The farmer serves his generatipn best
who brings his land to the highest state
of fertility and productiveness, ana VII
be praised accordingly as he makes it
yield 30, 60 or 100 fold. Let Us impress
upon them, also, the important truth
that variety of products means increase
OF wealth. In the great cotton belt, es-
pecially, do they need to be warned
against putting all their trust in one
| crop and neglecting Others If we were
called upon to point out the state whose
lands command the highest prices, we
would put our finger on those whose ag-
ricultural products and occupations are
the most varied; where stock farms,
diaries and creameries abound; where
all the grains and grasses give food
to man and beast; whose market gar
dens, truck farms and orchards supply
the great cities Of our country with veg
etables and fruit. Those states in which
lands sell at lowest figures are the ones
in which King Cotton, with despotic
sway, throttles all other crops and in
dustries. And yet when the farmer
raises his own food supplies of every
kind, and plants his cotton on a
well calculated basis of supply and de-
mand, it is the greatest money crop in
the world, gift of God, which, right
ly managed, will make its people rich,
and bless the land that gave it birth. So,
whatever our greatest crop be-sugar
cane, rice or tobacco-let us add thereto
all the cereals and grasses, the raising
of the best breeds of stock, that our
horses and mules may be strong to la.
Dor, our cattle such as yield the best
beef and milk; our other farm animals,
sheep, goats, swine and poultry in good
condition, to supply the varied wants OF
man. Then, with diaries to supply the
richest milk, and creamories to turn II
into butter and cheese, we of the south
| shall have the greatest faY1ninO conntrv