Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-03-30

NN'N Wv no hSO 1 idu tiV Oll'Oi th
nifty Of visiting a farm in northern In
diana. 1t was in process of develop
ment into modern up-to-date farm.
The electric cars from the city passed
near by every half hour or so. The
post box was fastened at the gate for
the daily mail delivery. Wires were
being strung along the road for a farm
Prs telephone service. A flowing we'll
gave an unfailing supply of fresh wat
er for farm. house and stock. On all
hands We're the marks of Improvement
In buildings and fields. The little plot
In front OF the next frame farm house
was ready for the grass and shrubs
and stone walk. Everywhere could
De seen the unmistakable proof and
marks OF a Wel-directed plan. 1t was
a case of farming with a purpose. and
one could not help contrasting this
complicated method Of modern farming
with the simple and more or less in
definite style Of half a century ago. In
this new agriculture. machinery Is
playing very important part Ma
chinery. methods and the man are the
three factors of farming in the pres
ent day.
The Farmers Day Is Coming.
Manufacturing and transportation
were the two great objects Of human
ingenuity and industry in the nine
teenth century. The leading manufac-
turers Of the world gradually came out
from the homes of the individual work
ers and massed themselves in the reg
ulated and systema tized concerns of
towns and cities. Domestic production
gave place to factory Industries. Hand.
made goods were superseded by ma
chine products, The complete success
or this great change in the production
of goods ready for human use came
through the accompanying and neces.
sary Improvement in and extension OF
transportation facilities. 1t was neces-
sary to bring together quickly and
cheaply the raw material Of factories
and to provide for the distribution OF
the products among the consumers of
the world. The development OF mod
ern transportation cOnveniences was
possible only through the rapid i'm.
provement in the machinery of trans.
portation. Thus we have seen these
two great lines Of human effort being
worked out in association. and the
wonderful changes in the worlds work
and the worlds living during the pas,
hundred years resulted through the an.
pllcatlon OF human skill and human in.
genulty to the production OF machinery
that would enable workers readily and
cheaply to make things for mans use
and to bring them when made to those
who were to Use them. Cities and
towns have grown apace, and the
world has been entertained for many
years with the story Of this interest
Ing development. The millionaire the
manufacturer, the skilled mechanic
the engineer, have figured largely In
the worlds eve. and the farmer has
more or less been overlooked or allow.
ed to remain in obscurity. But the
farmers day Is coming, coming more
rapidly than most people have suppos
ed. and ere long he will be the man tc
be studied; his ways will be inquired
about. his methods will be examined
and his Importance will be recognized
as fully as have been those Of the town
and city manufacturer. The twenti
eth century will he the farmers cen
fury, and the students of human his