The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-10-01
FARMER AND PLANTER.
DOES FARMING PAY Z
Under Modern Conditions, II Taken
Advantage OF. The answer
May Be Affirmative.

Probably more than a third Of the
persof.s living in the United States re-
ceive their support from the farm. The
question is answered. Country Life
in America
20 the farmer more than any other
IS due the groundwork Of the great
tide Of prosperity which has carried
the country TO the first position among
the nations of the world Neither the
farmer, nor his wife. nor his son, nor
his employe. know the meaning OF an
eight-hour day The farmers time to
work is just as long as there is Work
to be done The work may be dFuds-
cry. the man may be awkward, but his
sturdy back his healthy body, his sim
| pie life, have given the strength OF
| mind and body TO the sons he has SEM
out into the world to make their way
In other paths of life. It is the stren-
! uous metropolitan life which sa.ps the
strength and undernaines the nerves.
| The everlasting push. push Of active
trade, ceaseless competition, struggle
for business, greed fer dollars. would
sooE blight and destroy, were it not for
| the constant infusion of the rich, pure
blood and sound mind ard nerve OF the
country boy who seeks the business or
| professional life of our business cen
tiers.
There is a phase of rural life, how
ever, which is seldom considered in
| business. In q measure the farmer
| life is more rural than ever before. his
home is changed for the better. There
| is more of comfort, more of education
| and refinement than ever, due to the
ease of intercourse with the outside
world. thanks for it belonging TO the
| railroads, the vast trolley systems,
| good roads, quick mails and better
| schools. But the rural districts are
I devoted to farming. The old country
| store has disappeared, or is fast dis
] appearing. Many a reader who in boy
| hood clerked in his -fllage store might
/ find, did he return, the old store still
| there, unchanged in years; many an
| article Of stock in the same old place,
| waiting, waiting for the purchaser Who
/ never comes. Country stores are
doomed; their day Is past. The farmer
passes them by on his way to the cen
| tiers of trade farther way, or buys at
| a distance, using the mail for his mes
/ senger and the railroad for mis- 10 Sc
| He has learned that he, 100, may have
almost equal shopping facilities with
| the city dWeller. He can buy without
| fear, for, whether he sees or not, all
sound business to-day requires the un-
| questioned permission to return any
article which the buyer finds unsatis-
factory.
| The old methods Of barter are gone
| The farmer sells his products for cash,
| and buys where it suits him best. He
ter and to sell better He has learned
| that his hay and corn go to market
cheaper and more proftably as fat
| beef and pork than as hay and corn.
and sent thus. they leave the valuable
/ rnanures behind He has learned to
| grow 50 bushels Of wheat on ground
| that formerly grew but Is, He has
learned that berries grown IN Florida
may be sold at a profit in New York,
| that California fruit may be sent at q
profit to Europe. He is learning that
! God never intended the water Of his
springs to run to the ocean unchecked.
Or to send the rain only when it was
needed. He is also learning that the
wind is tempered TO the shorn lamb
only through his Intervention.
In other words the farmer is becom-
/ ing educated; he is learning to farm.
He is learning to utilize The water CIV
en- to him and to feed it TO his crops as
they need it, and not alone as nature
wills. He is learning to care for and
improve his stock; he IS learning to
concentrate his power, his education
and his energy to make a fertile farm
more fertile, to make a profitable crop
more profitable, and he IS doing it. lie
| has better markets and better profits
than ever before, He lives better, he
dresses better. he has more comforts
and more money, which he spends
where he viii As customer he is
better satisfied and more easily PLEASED
| than the city shopper, Midland Far
mer.
/ RECLAMATION OF FARMS.
| Swccessfst1 Results Fellow the Plant