Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-10-17
sDIcN1rYo OF FARMING.
u All the World There 10 No NehJer.
a*Fsr More learned calli.s Tk1e
~ That 81 Agriculture. '@'ss

uwilhini , recent years Il has come me- to
h6tachtiow9edged that the v6tSSatifoSh6 Of
the fa9mer isthss most dienifed of oil
the sciences and, as an art it is .ex.
teiled only ~ those Of painting and
architecture. In its highest FORMS It.
lis the most learned Of all professions.
k'knoWledge st geology afidd scfeiihis-
tryaand. their .relation2a ttDs the soils
lies ct the very foundation Of scienyi
tific agriculture. The problems that.
arise from the complex nature IF the
soils and their origin require r the
best thought of the best minds to
solve More educated II young men
should be farmers. Agrieulturesopens
. wide field leading to influence and
power, one, too, that IS not filled to
repletion. ssft; holds forth the most
splendid promises to young men. of
ambition. IT. is filed with liberaliz-
ing tendencies a noble gconserwationa
and thesmost healthful and inyigornt.
ing influences. The day is not far
distant when agriculture will attract
men of the largest capacity and the
highest executive ability, and be re-,
garded as the greatest of all the pro-
fessions. IS Let anyoneawhoI is familiar
with what agriculture was hundred
years ago compare its condition
then with what it is to-day and he.
will search in vain for the same pro-
portionate elevation and progress
among it's followers in any other
branch of human industry. Many Of
those engaged in agriculture now are
men of high elevation and broad
reading. Many of them have extern
sive and valuable libraries and take
numerous journals devoted to their
business. Agriculture moves along in
its own quiet, dignifed, but irresisti-
BILE way. It has no booms, so to
speak. but it gathers strength with
each decade and with every accession
Of knowledge, and will forever be the
most important branch of human in
dustry and the greatest necessity for
the human race. ,a,a ...,.
If the young men who are measur-
ing tape and laces would surrender
their work to the young girls who
are seeking employment and turn
their attention to the pursuits of ag-
riculture there would be less misery
and more contentment In the land;
there would be more independence
and less servility; more men and few
err creatures; more happy wives with
homes, healthful chill
dren and cheerful tempers.' A woman
surrounded by all the active agencies
of well-kept farm and living in q
beautiful country home with foun-
dations and flowers and sweet ever
green's" has those environments that
develop the sweetest graces and high
est impulses of her nature and make
her virtues shine respondent above
the world Of frivolity and fashion. She
becomes true woman, the happiest
of wives and the best Of mothers.
Such home and such wife realize
our highest ideals of human happi-
ness. 1t is home where intelli-
gence reigns and ennobles work and
work crowns intelligence with honor
and profit.
A young man who is: in search Of an
easy place. with no, responsibility.
will never be a master and will never
control others, He who selects vo-
cation because It is easy is already eff
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