Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-07-12
TWO KINDS l,lI.' or FaRmsas.
Examples Of Two Types that May be Found
In Every Farm Community. <

Ashort time ago we had rainy
day--one of those days that make 80
many people feel miserable and wish
they were somewhere else. The
wind blew from the northeast in
chilly gusts, and everything had a
wet, bedraggled, dreary look. had
occasion to call ON two farmers, aud
thinking that was just the sort of a
day to cacch them at leisure,
wrapped myself up well and drove
over to their farms. The first one
called on is one of those rushing, al
ways busy, driving fellows. He is
doing fairly well, but doubly earns
every cent he makes. He farms en-.
tirely by muscle power, and as he is
strong man he makes things fly /;
but he reads very little and is totally
ignorant of what is going on in the
world. His family appear to have
very little interest in the world gen.
orally, and but little interest in the
farms; their thoughts appear to run
principally on the work before them
and bodily ailments. When arrived
he was in the barn with his two little
boys, hard at work shelling corn for
the pigs, cleaning out the stables,
and doing other odd jobs with the
same old hurry and rush. "Lots of
work to do," said he. "Have hard
time to keep up with it, though we
get up at four and never get down
before ten. There's no time wasted
On this farm, l tell YOU" Then he
began boas,ing of what he had done,
and kept at it until went away.
AT the next house / was met at
the door by boy with book in his
hand. "Pa's asleep," said he. "He
always takes good nap on rainy
days. It's neatly time for him TO
wake up, though come in and wait
a few minutes" On the table saw
copies of three agricultural papers,
one magazine and youths paper.
In a moment the mans wife came in.
"John's asleep," said she. "He says
he just loves to sleep while it rains.
He thinks it rests him more that a
whole nights sleep" Then she and
the boy and twelve.year-o old daugh-
ter chatted about what is going on
in the world, and seemed to be per.
fectly familiar with current events.
While they talked the woman
patched the boys shirt and the girl
peeled the potatoes for dinner. This
man began with next to nothing.
Now he owns good quarter. section
of land, is entirely out of debt, and
has money loaned out. He says very
little, but he knows how to make
every stroke of work count. He
keeps himself thoroughly posted
concerning everything pertaining to
advanced agriculture, and he is con-
sidered leader and money-maker.
His children are well satisfied with life
on the farm, and his two boys are
fitting themselves by study and prac-
tit.e for farmaro
have referred to these two men
to show that it is not necessary for a
farmer to be q slave to succeed.
There are times when he must rise
early and work hard, but they are
short if he manages right. There is
no necessity for famer to employ
every moment of his time in all
sorts of weather. He may have
time to rest as well as anybody in
the world. Il is not the skillful
farmer who is always rushed and
worried it is the man who farms
with muscle, and allows his brain TO
become stagnant. The farmer of
this day and age must be a reader
and thinker if he would be success
full, and the boy who desires to be-
come successful farmer should fit
himself for it as carefully and thor
oughly as boys are fitted for other
skilled voeations. / have poked fun
at the clodhopper, and deplored his
ignorance but the clodhopper is