The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-01-18


the southern states mas been greatly re.
vived- lis infusnce is already felt, and
we should give it all the encouragement
and aid III our power While farmers are
raising millions OF the raw product, it l.
the height of feliy for our business men
to sit IDLY by and see the profits in the
manufacture of cotton so abroad. Each
railroad town in the cotton states should
have q cotton mill The millions OF
dollare which pass through their hands
for cotton goods should be kept at home.
Let rs encourage and welcome capital
TO come among us, TO open up and de.
velop our varied interests; but let the
profits from the manufacture of cotton
DO spent among our own people. We
produce the raw material, and why not
ship to other states the goods manufac-
tured? The item of transportation,
alone, will be enough to pay them
abundantly for their enterprise. and,
besides, these mills would give employ.
ment to thousands of operatives. who
must be fed by the farmers from their
breadstuffs, diaries and gardens In
this way additional facilities for the
marketing of our farm products will be
furnished.
That it is the duty OF the state to edu.
cate its youth has never been ques.
toned by the intelligent citizenship Of
any commonwealth. The sums annu.
ally expended for this purpose are a
profitable investment, making returns
in after years of better government. a
strong and intellectual people, and a
full development of our institutions
1t is an evident and accepted fact that
each individual should be taught those
branches that will best fit him for the
work he will follow upon reaching his
majority. Our states have long since
provided departments for teaching law
and medicine, and the general govern.
ment is supporting department of ag.
riculture; but. when we remember the
thousands of country schools in the
cotton states, attended by three-fourths
OF our boys, large majority of whom
are unable to attend the agricultural
colleges and schools where the higher
branches are taught, we are at once i'm.
pressed with the fact that these youths,
upon whom will depend the duty OF
gnOnlViDO tho nouukrv fao1 .o,o
ducts. and furnishing the bulk OF our
exports, are not being fully prepared
for the calling that the great agricult-
ural interests of our states will demand.
Agriculture may properly be classed
among the sciences, and farming as q
profession. The intelligent man will
manage his herds and cultivate his fields
with profit. Information that cheapens
the production of vegetables, fruits and
cereals will be disseminated among the
cotton states. and we hope yet to lead
the world in agricultural production,
and to contribute in like ratio TO her
prosperity. The manual labor of the
farm must be intelligently directed,
TO insure success The state that leads
in the dissemination of information on
agricultural subjects will. in the end,
outstrip other agricultural communities
in wealth. progress and . full develop
ment Of their resources II we will teach
our children in the common schools the
elementary principles of agriculture
facts that have been ascertained by
practical tests at efficiently conducted
experimental stations-we will add To
our farming population class of young
men and women full of strength and
vitality. and better equipped than were
their fathers and mothers for the de.
velopment of the great interests of the
south. The necessity for impartina
this information in the common schools
seems so apparent-the cost being really
Insignificant. while the results are Of
momentous value-that it should not be
deferred or neglected.
What, then, is this knowledge that
the modern famer must have? He
must know the chemistry of his farm;
he must know the life and constitution
of the things which grow from the soil;
he must know their manner of growth;
he must know the insect life of the 10.
cality in which he lives; he must be
a successful student of geology and 70.
Geographically that branch of zoology
which deals with minute animal life,
entomology. This he must know, and
know we'll. He must know the friends
and enemies of the apple tree,
of the cabbage. of the grass of the
meadow; he must know about the mil.
lions of living things that creep run
and fly. But how can the farmer learn
these things and thereby keep his land
from wearing out and his crop from de.
struction? Not by discussing the silver
question; not by adopting free trade;
and not by discussion of our policy in
the Philippines. He must study care.
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