The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-26
FARM LIFE IS IDEAL
HARD THOUGH HIS LOT THE
FARMER rs TO BE ENvIED.
No Visions Of Poverty Need Haunt
His Dreams by Night-Drudges
In Stores and Shops Know
Nothing Of Agricultur-
lists Independence.

4 II sol le of the farmers who are dis
| couraged because they have not MADE
| fortune of their farms and who feel m
ctT .n tbst ne n ne city
more desirable than theirs, easier and
| filled with plenty CT leisure to enjoy all
| the pleasure with which the rustic imas-
| iration gilds and glorifcs those distant
to find out their mistake. Far neids
are green" and lost much Of their at
tractivenoss upon nearer view.
TO the city man Of ordinary mesns ana ana
mer, has no bank account to fall back
upon in case OF emergency. life Ii one
'demniticn grind ami without the sootn-
ing influences Of nature that surround
the farmer to quiet the fever and unrest
with which the struggle. competition and
turmoil around him keeps his nerves on
the rack day after day As rule such
men are not sheir OWE masters. but must
nations to please the powers that have
control over their daily doings in order
to keep bread in the mouths and clothes
on the backs Of both themselves and their
The farmer, IL he does not feel wen.
can rise in the morning at whatever hour
1t pleases him to do so, for an hour
ass in hs a asss e Except
the most critical periods Of planting and
harvesting. He can have his own optn-
ions, and voice them, too, on politics
and religion and all the stirring questions
the powers that be, who can sack him
IL HIS views and opinions do not happen
to coincide with those Of his masters or
overload" 1.-THE boss.)
Work 10 1ncessaut.
That the farmer IL a hard worker mo-
body can deny. Filling the soil 10 not
easy work Since God gave the command
to man to earn his bread by the sweat
of his brow the farmers life has been
a life Of toll. 1t takes some strength
and effort to dig a living out OF the,
ground. It 10 not easy to earn q livins,
much less fortune, without effort, ana
the farmer Is not the only enc who
''swsats," Brain workers havs no sine
cure. although some ignorant persons i'm
agine that all they have to do 10 ito ait
at a desk and add UP figures or TO twid-
die pen In their fingers. The life Of
wearisome and monotonous. The beau
singing asy =. th sSre s s:, me ne saa' he
dover: sss a,oomnf r the '. valleys ro and
Ing steener and gresner in the meadows.
yet never glimpse does he get of the
beauty Of the bright world except when
he can take a car ride of an evening or
works more hours and harder than the
average country boy who can go to theJ
corner" and pitch qucits or gossip with
MS CFonl3S when tHo CITY young mAu
for the man who delivers milk in the
city he has even harder work and longer
hours. Al In the morning and even
sae s - frs on 5s e saS
and top TO bottom OF the high apartment
buildings In the cold and s1eet Of
midwintsrs mprning or In the enervating
aoes and one could almost Imagine that
his life depended upon getting through
his rounds In due season. Competition Ia
so great that he must neglect nothing
the mcst unreasonable of customers for
fear of losing one. There are the Ice
man. carrying fifty pounds and often 400
pounds o. ice up four lights Of stairs.
skilled labor the pay is probably not more
than 1t should oe, considering the amount
OF strength expended. Hard as the work
IL and 'noderate sg Z the pay; no man =,
be very careful not to antagonize his
employers In any way.
The Reward IL Certain.
The man who does business on Q small
scale and Is his own boss probably finds
1t no easier to make living, for he
work, and In the case of bad or unprofit-
able season Is sometimes not so well Oft
as his hireling, who ID sure Of his wages
at least.
That man who owns his land and has
good health 10 a poor farmer who can
not make at least q living for himself
ana family. 1t may not be sumptuoEs
living. but II may be . comparatively
comfortable one. This can not be said
of all sorts Of occupations.
There 10 always hope ahead for the far
nier. II he doesn't have good luck Tins
year he may the next. There Is always
a chance that there win be 3 bette yield
Ret. The element Of Uncertainty adds
zest to life which a settled amount Of
wages from month to month and from
year to year can not give, and he is al
ways sure of enough to eat on the farm
OF some sort or another.
One OF the most discouraging features
about farming is the drouth which 60
often comes to wither both the farmers
hopes and his crops To see the land
that has been so faithfully and carefully
worked and the young crops that look ed
80 rgs Of the sns xens dres
and drier in the hot winds. while he
watches day after day in vain for the
refreshing showers, Is almost heart-break-
ing. The only hope for the farmer in
such a case is irrigation. This often
seems impracticabie ana entails 100 much
The time is coming, and is not far diss-
ant when the farmers life Will be looked
upon as the ideal life by many OF the
worid-weary toilers Of the crowded cities.
Even now the one bright dream OF many
a drudger in the stores and ofiices Is OF
a happy time coming when he will have
a farrIl-a home all his own in the coun-
try, where he can rest his tired brain and
nerves as he sits beneath his own vine
and fieE-or apple-Nree. Whoever des-
pises a farmers life Is q fool: 1t Is the
most independent life on earth.
NEW MAP OF GRAND CANYON.