The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-10-28
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faith in the value of education for any man In
any occupation. No man ever succeeds because
of i~lliteracy or ignorance; he succeeds, if at all, in
spite of it. If you were to see a strong man with
a very dull axe making marvellous progress as a
woodcuttcr, you would not say, cts of no use to
grind an. axe; see what this man does with a
dull onc.w Instead, you would say, eff this man
can cut so well with such a poor tool, what might
he not do if properly equippedp So while the IL
literate man should never fail to put forth his
best efforts, and while his success should be the
more applauded because of the obstacles over
come, we must always bear in mind that broader
education, better equipment, would have brought
him even greater success and given him even
greater power for good.
AS to Fulton and his experience as a cotton
farmer, we have an idea much akin to that just
set forth in our comment on Jack Johnson's let
ter. If he succeeded so well as a one-crop farmer,
how great would have been his success with proper
Investigation and rotation of crops!
On pages 1 and 2 Professor Massey and Ento-
mologist Sherman answer queries sent us by read
ers. Don't forget that any inquiry sent The Pro
gressive Farmer will have the attention of some
competent specialist on the subject involved.
In his enthusiasm we expect that DIR. Hunni-
cult has somewhat overestimated the value of our
cornstalks, but there is too much truth in what he
says for Southern farmers to permit this waste
to go longer unremedied. Already the awakening
in this particular is becoming quite noticeable.
Our readers, we are sure, will be interested in
DR.. Buffers paper, GLOW to Exterminate the Cat
tie Ticks" Next week he will give his opinion of
the plan of Prof. H. II. Williams recently pub
lished in The Progressive Farmer.
Though thousands of articles on Cuban reel
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misunderstood by many citizens. A very clear
statement of it's purposes and of the deeplaid and
wicked scheme of the Sugar Trust is given. in the
Nashville Advocates article on poge 4.
There is no more beneficial reading and, if the
subject be of sufficient nearness and Importance,
none more entertaining, than biography. And in
recognition of this fact, we purpose printing in
the future more of this kind of reading than we
have been using heretofore. To begin with, there's
a pretty good sketch of Judge Oliver Wendell
Holmes on page 6.
"Sincere" is one of the best of our Social Chat
correspondents, but in her letter this week she
has failed to consider some very important facts.
The farm boys vigorous exercise in the open air
gives him health and strength and, except in rare
instances, he can get a days vacation when he
really needs it, while there's always time for some
rest and some schooling in winter and in midsum-
mer. The lot of the child at work in the factory
is very different. His work is combining, tiresome,
monotonous, and injurious to health. There's no
laying-by season; the factory runs all the time.
The fresh air of the fields and strengthening, all
round exercise of the farm boy are not for him.
He is not under the lenient and watchful care of
kind parents, but a boss is there without a parents
kindness, regarding the child only as a machine.
The comparison might be carried still further,
but this is enough. The farm boy who envies the
factory boy simply doesn't know the facts.