The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-09-29

we'll fed and sheltered will pay for all
Ghat Is fed to her, giving you the
Offspring and milk extra. Our
sheep will give a lamb which will
bring In from 50. to o.. by June
besides from i've to seven POUNDS
Of nndressed well that Is worth tu,rty
cents per pound. Our goats will pro
duce from two to four kids per year
that will bring an average OF seventy
hve cents u piece at six months with
comparatively little cost. In fact
they develop a pasture by destroying
brushes and briers that other animals
Will not eat. And yet so may say
these animals do not pay.
We hear the complaint that we
nave no pastures for these animals;
tnat we fence Ia q large place but
Cney starve to death, unless we feed
them from our barns. This is true
unless we prepare pastures. Can you
expect grass to grow where trees are
thick that sunshine never resohes tho
gfoundP Let us not be too lazy, but
60 to work and clear out tho branches
and we Will not only have q pasture
lit for our stock and a delight to gaze
upon, but we will have a nice lot of
wood to lend cheer and comfort to
our homes during the winter months.
These pastures will then give US ma
tive grasses or may be set in bermuda
and fertilizing.w will surprise you as to
results.
Then we have the advantage OF a
good orchard furnishing fresh fruits
for a table a.. d canning purposes. Our
vegetable gardens furnish fresh, ten.
der, wholesome vegetables, which do
honor to the table Of a king. We also
have fresh, luscious. wholesome
melons.
Now, gentlemen, We have endeav.
ored to show you what we can and
are doing in reference to our crops,
but we also want to show the advan.
tage In making a home and raising a.
family. We are not placed here In
this world to make q success from a
financial standpoint alone, but to
measure up to the requirements from
a physical, mental and spiritual
standpoint. You know that health
and the promotion OF the physical
powers are advanced by the pure
country air and water. Outdoor OK,
ercise develops the muscles, bringing
about health and comfort. These
place the body in a good c )ndition for
the development OF the brain. Re.
Gently, a teacher said that she pre-.
fcrred tesching a country boy because
he gTasped Ideas more readily and
showed broader mental capacity.
From a spiritual standpoint, we know
that the country boy Is not surround.
ed by sc many irsidious influences
unless evil Tenderness are inherited.
Profanity Is rarely heard, drunken
ness seldom seen, and the whole at.
mospAere Is filled with that which
tends to uplift. The mother rarely
looses sight Of her children ard there
are no attractions to iniuce them
away from their homes. The father
Is more intimately associated with
big children, giving them the advan-
taga Of his presence and he In turn
learning lessons OF wisdom from them.
Let us look at the expenses OF liv
ing in the country as compared with
that OF the city. In the city, com.
paratively few W houses, most OF
them having to pay rents. Suppose
the young man receives a good salary
In the city, by the time he pays his
board or rent, with other expenses Of
living attached, he is left with very
little or no profit. We do not take
into consideration the cost of living
as we should. Suppose you receive
!, 5000 per month and 1t costs a similar
, sum per month to live, Is there an
surplus? 1t Is not what we make but
J. what we save that adds to our &C
, count. Recently, 8 resident of Char
lesion, S. Q. said 1t cost IS 90 extra
to have company at tea and then
said he, we do not have such supper.
as you country people have.
How few OF US appreciate the cap
abilities of Jul children. Give your
boy a hen or a SOW, or both with
small patch Of ground for a crop, hal
, OF the produce for food and labol
furnished and he to sell the other ant
, buy clothes or such things as lie may
need. You will iiud him taking ar
interest / n this work surprising your
most sanguine expectations, not In
s,illing In him the lessons OF work anC
independence but at the same time
saving you the expense Of clothing
him. In fact 1t is a grand invest.
ment for you as well as a schooling
for the boy. He soon learns TO love
this work and becomes interested in
the farm, imDibing those qualities
that will make him a successful ant
useful citizcn. We give too little at.
tention to the development Of our
children along these lines. early
Impressions are the most lasting, and
such work will occupy their spare time
Instead OF having them waste it In
some frivolous way.
l confess social advantages have
been limited, but these are improved
by the II. F. d. and telephone. While
the countryman formerly received his
mail but one a week, now it comes
to him daily. Hence he is interested
In what Is going on in the world and
now looks forward to the coming OF
his mail with great delight. His
mental powers are being cultivated
and 1t Is but a question Of a very short
time before our farmers will be well
posted In current events. Then VIC
may look forward to renewed energy
and yea IN every department. Of sccle-
ty and government. Who can pre-.
dict the advantages Of the telephone,
especially to country life We find
the farmer standing in his home talk
ing with the merchant miles away and