The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-02-21
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TIE tsentissh esrsar, I.rmr'l Who 10
bel hos doe. be dias ison be rrste
css.or, The isrusr 81 The eIa. cid rite
tssnih ce1'aryf Someiims mrn sisnd
siili. ere eottsui T. ht ihe crosd snrse
pest then. satisfied u they simply ted
their eva. This 10 not the nsw csntufy
isrmet. Tbs nas, up 10 date isrntr sto
eaters oEon The fret yssr oi the sres,tsi
ere uhicb hes svsr dsvped 90 Americs
gill be progressive. No stsrdibs IDLY by
Ter him The efosd may sweep onssrd.
bu, be oil be 10 its very f'oni ranks
TIE pss csbiafy farmer uill be sto
ons mao. TIE cry thai ednciiion IL tct
toi The isrm.r uill fsli 90 deal ears 50 hr
- be 10 concsrped He siIl read the be- /
papers sua books be can hod be.rine 90
bis basintss, bat 90, contrnt sith thsi. he
will work b.rd TO GET all The krosiscse
be can Of ell oiner e1tiscis. He viii 40
ss.r the nsp Who decfie' eduestion Tor
the farmer BY saying; Nothing IL Too
good Tor tie farmer. lit is good thir q
Tor any oue to possess 90 education, 1t IL
Tor the farmer"
The nsv century farmer will be f.ir With
bis vile spd bic children. While the
husband has commanded good places 10
the socisl spd political world. bis wife hss
been slmost 80 unknown quantity The
farmers butter and eheete lave sold veil,
end little thought hss been given to ,hs
fact ihst It hiss been the farm re wife Who
made that butter spd cheese and who resl
~ enabled him to sell it Tor the highest
market price. That sort OF thing Is swiit
iy passing away. The iarmer's wife is
coming TO take her true place 10 the
world. And the boys aud girls are no
longer considered IS noneptities. but have
the rights and privileges accorded them Of
being . part Of the great farm worll.
The twentieth century farmer will be
jost % fair with bic stock as be will With
bis hired man. He will acknowledge the
fact that bis COWS. horses and sheep are
bis capital He cannot deal carelessly
with il and expect to succsed any more
than the merchant can squsnder bis sur
plus Of dollars and cents and expect 10
wio. His bsrns will be warm. comiorts
BILE and stored with oil that will enable
bis stock TO do their best for him.
The farmer OF the new century will have
oil the tools necessary to do bis work
promptly and in the rest possible manner.
He will see that the loss Of few days
from the season ss IL passes by may mean
success or failure. He will be on time ev
cry where.
The new century farmer will house his
tools properly no more leaving plows.
hsrrows, wagons and costly machinery 10
the fence corners oil winter. Every farm
im plemsnt will be under cover. He will
recognize 10 rust and weather bis most in
vsterste enemies when not duly deferred
10. he will keep bis farm buildings sll
csreiuliy painted. every board and single
will be 10 plsca, bis ieucss will be 10 re
pair. bis stock will be past urine upon bis
own fields. not tobbing bis neighbcrs.
Oar new farmer will keep 80 account so
that be can st sny time tell just how be
stands in the world. At the end Of the
year. II there has ben any lose, be will
know Just what caused 1t. And be will
pre- q. thereby Perhaps in no respect will
The new century farmer show bis I'd
more plainly than just here.
Then. too, be will not tuu 9 debt at the
store
Finally. the new century former will be
! better citizen than any who hsve proceed
ID him. He will dress better and sppesr
better 10 society than did bic old century
And thes, ere the points by which
writer 10 Farm and Preside would identi
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