Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-03-07
OUR FARMERS IN CONVENTION.
Farmers NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Not
Otherwise Success.


1t is to be regretted that our farmers
do not take more general hold upon the
advantages offered at these institutes,
both by the State and by the more ener-
getic farmers of our county. While the
meetings held here, Feb'y 25th and 26th,
were quite we'll attended, the greater por-
ton of the audience seemed to he town
people Those who took part in the
program deserve the highest praise for
the very attractive manner in which they
performed their parts. The singing and
instrumental renditions should receive
special mention, but we feel to deeply our
inability to do justice to the accomplished
artists. The following papers were read,
also interesting papers, which we are un-
able to reproduce, were read:
"THE ADVANTAGES OF FARM LIFE"
(By Mrs. NJ. Wright)
We have studied this question from
the standpoint, "What would add to the
pleasure, profit and improvement of the
farmer and his family?"
Farming was the first business, and is
the parent of all other business. Not
only does the farm supply food for the
world, timber for building, ores, metals,
fuels, etc, but from the farm comes the
raw material for the supply Of almost all
human wants. Therefore we must ac-
knowledge that "we are all pensioners of
the farm" The needs of the farmer is
subject of grave moment to the husband
man, Why, bless you, we have been
nearly forty years trying to convince one
small farmer of the many advantages he
is possessed of, and the many more he
might enjoy by following our advice.
You have heard the old law, "If a wo-
man will, she will'; you may depend on
it just as emphatic that if man won't, he
won't; and so there is bit of slip-shod
farming done few miles west of Empo-
rum.
Practical agriculture owes much to the
and researches of modern
chemistry. Let US remember that no
science, as well as no scripture, is of priv
ate Interpretation, my brother farmer.
Take advantage Of present opportunities;
fill the question box to its fullest capacity;
the Professors will be glad to impart all
asked for information. Ask them if we
shall have graded schools in the country;
a question of more importance than many
people think; it is one that needs our
careful consideration and study. | am
well aware that much may be said both
for and against abolishing our small
schools, and incorporating them into
graded ones. To our mind no better law
has been passed in the State toward es-
tablishing higher education than the
township high school system. What is
to be feared for our schools, more than
else, is that they will sink in
moral efficiency, will be regarded simply
in their material advantages; this, how
ever, rests in measure, with the people.
To-day the little town of Shippen en-
joys free mail delivery, and SO should
every rural district in the State enjoy the
same service. What right have our city
people to have their mail delivered three
times a day to their homes, when the
people in rural districts get none unless
they 90 for it? 1t has been said that
agriculture is the foundation Of industry
in all bodies polite. If that be true, why
is it that farmers receive so little con-
at the hands of our government?
Some farmers become absolutely isolated,
and their families are gradually cut off
from intercourse with the outside world
The mind soon moves in a contracted
circle, as we'll as the body, and the whole
nature is narrowed, and at last becomes
untitled for anything beyond the petty
details of barnyard and kitchen work.
that will break up this indom-
table seclusion should be greatly well
coined by the farmer and freely accorded
by our government.
Ihe home Is the heart OF the nation;
therefore is worthy of thoughtful consid-
Grafton. From the home trend we de-
velop many important advantages for the
farmer and his family. Our homes are
what we make them; they should be hap
py and progressive. Between the home
set up in Eden and the home before us
n eternity, stands the homes of earth in
ong succession. Book and farmer are
no longer synonymous terms. Brains
pay as well and are as applicable in the
armer's home as anywhere. Nobility of
mind or character, is not whit less noble
n the wheat field than in the counting
'oom or at the bar Among no class of
people is home more important than
'mong farmers. Necessity is the mother
If invention, and so the necessity laid up
IN the women of the farms, forces them
o develop an aptitude for doing and car
ne for many things. Now we have a
listaste for the romance of farm life |
know there is much said, and more writ
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