Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-20

'''' ;s a question OF temperament
ability eorr,ine must pay. All
"a .'.pr p'' occupations must pay every every
ess5' ~ engages iii them Many
"n0 .onroftable So are many
. ns and factories The failure
rss RS improbable farm may be due
wm the ~ a'' lack Of either executive or
lalN Oily ,.,o1 ability On the parF Of the
i'a.'| 9. Or it may due in part to Door
nle'' noor soil. TOO small invest
7 Fa'lop' ~ bnsiness or to a combina-
p' - =, these factors.
prinarily. failure Or success depenos ,,ls
SSW(l fi'D'' .,i1itips ef the man, but there
'"N ''' farms that can not be made
) been 'oD no matter who farms them.
ire Of pa ,a', oarly days farmers were oblig-
. . Per- ny .o++ln near home. There were
.aacy, :? ,aoontives to extensive migration
: 'lls 'rs a,ino areas enlarged them
III i 'as " ~. very gradually, extending
non. .ho hills and mountains and spread
-" tho sterile lands. But when
vest was opened this kind OF
s..t changed. Whole new regions
}. - developed; ii was no longer
''ae' .+;on Of extending the old areas.
oo4:' foct it came to be no longer
,., .a4on even of maintaining the old
.nd .oos. the poorer areas were abandon
tio, The abandonment Of the poorer
the lass of eastern farms was great
Gen. ,ossing to agriculture, although this
.os not recognized at the time. 1t
Il new standards for the farmer. The
! Ye ,,oductiveness and largeness of the
nidd1e west developed larger and freer
:,oole of living. A new kind of farm
life is rapidly developing. 1t is large
" reflection from the west. In time
many of the socalled abandoned lands
.. the east will be profitably farmed
again. but they will be farmed in a
] now spirit. Farming by earning is
III being substituted for farming by say
ing.
Old Ways are Obsolete.
II is not strange that SO many per-
1zs sons shudder at the thought of farm
ing. They are thinking of the old
yays, the old results, the old ideals.
They are living in the past generation.
M They may say that they still see this
l>,,t q
remains of an older order The new
' order of shoe manufacturing is I'M
like the old cobbling. Often. also,
the person is comparing farming with
trade" or with manufacture. Com
parson of uncomparable things al
ways produces fallacious results.
This brings up the whole question
Of what the new ways are. Perhaps
we can best define them by saying
Is not fancy farming" 1t is re. the
growing Of mere little socciaties Or
oddities. rs mushrooms and ginsenc
end skunks; now cnl tAcn q Skilled
expert may Go weaGccfuii!' wei with
such IS these. nut these have Iittlc
effect ca the lsc of the farmer es :
wnole The now f2rming has arisen
from two sources, increasing the pro
duetiVeHass ard TIC quality CT the
staple products aal e.oyatt..:2S tsc
IDEAS os living.
In othe~ words TIC corporation il
farming S Gyitc as much as the nloas-
IRE Of farming anl thc ioy OF beng
In the country, ana tho satisfaction or
be-ns independent, sc tie mere money
that is male. II theec times We ceIa-
monty measure TIC success CT c~cry
busip2.G il tetnas cf mo2o--, C., 10
prs { 1z2.tcc IL soat,}or Wy. tic
647zna nae5o-5. tie .9caas Of :zs.2s.,.
il s4o, v,i}9 tse hof5a is
N1s..a e@.at9 Institution a 1asss-
~ T@r. tsa bus.4o..c ana tte.
ieH.2 eas aesil5 caa. TLcJ =. not
eifse.e4ss .2a.t# Ct enc cate~r@.ze. ~
ef3 9reFe8ons o1 t-o t9s'-a : a
dfeet c7rts.7 ss;si=a to tie c@.sisa55 q.
the ha~a farming / ns:~~. H.
manufacture Il la. i~cea aaf tie ~
ing arc separate. Il is -oa.e.. es2t -=ae
fore, taat the home tG2 ~ oi lagm
Ing IS direct asset, even e.; much