The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-11-23

For our Posterity."
Let these ringing lines from tle pen
of the great English poet, Kipling,
form the basis of this, our second
monthly talk to the farmers of Geor-
gia. 1t is not our intention in this
BETTER to go into detail as TO what
should be done on the farm during the
%inter months, but to review in gen
efAfway the conditions surrounding us
aS, a psople, drawing for tle sake of
Comparison, from the past and point
aug out as we see them, the paths OF
naty which lie before us.
1t is, indeed, a priceless heritage to
which we of the South have fallen aeir,
and 1t should inspire every farmer of
Georgia as he wends his way along
The dewy path to ais fiefd, to drink
IN with the fresh morning air the idea
an its fuslness that the days task is to
be wrought, not only for himself, but
for mis- poster1ty.
For the last forty years the South,
more perhaps than any Other section,
mas been in a state of tPansitionAT These
years have Witnessed the passing Of
the old plantation of large proportion
and the dividing and sub.dlviding of
these broad acres to make room for
tae small farmer. This change was
wrought, not without much sorrowing
and hunabiing Of proud spirits, but.
after all, it is destined TO prove the sal
walton OF our coutry for tne very mud.
SAILS of our government rest upon the
farm, and it is to the best interest of
all that he who tills the soil should
own It.
Owing to peculiar and unnatural
conditions, the low price of cotton, the
suicidal policy of raising this money
crop and falling to make a suf1ciency
OF home supplies, the everpresent fear
OF the bread-winner, that the home left
by him in the morning might be de-
spoiled as he labored in his field, has
caused an unnatural influx to the
towns and cities. This mas been a
Tetrograde move, but the time mas
come and now is when we must about
lace" and rejoin those who nave sc
courageously stood by the old home
stead and kept alive the fires on the
affairs of our liberty and independence
as a distinctively American people. OF
course, these cities and towns must
continue to draw their very life's
blood from among the boys and girls
who grow up, as nature demands her
most perfect types should, close tc
her very bosom; yet 1t is too much tc
ask the rural districts for sucn an un
equal share of her sturdy sons AMI
daughters, for they are needed on the
farms to work with thSar strong arms
and clear brains. holding with patri
otlc pride every foot of soil which ha!
been rendered holy by the baptism o.
the blood OF their Sires Unless THU
be done, there is danger of others wh<
are not in sympathy with our tradj
uons and institutions becoming mas
ters and those for whom these sturd,
fOrbears suffered and fought, becom
ing "Hewers of wood an drawers O.
water Therefore. sons Of the Sout1
look we'll to your heritage. Let youI
thoughts be for the upbmlding of your
hoiAes. whether the acres around then
be few O. many. Be quick to GRASP
tine and laborsaving devices, ana
thereby rise above the labor condition,
which so persistently appeal to YOU
wisdom and tact. Beautify YOU,
homes; study your work and bring II
bear on it the same trained mind ana
muscle, as do the banker, tne lawyer
the physician, the machinist. and al
Those who make success in other field,
OF endeavor. Educate your children
not away from the farm. but 10 Il,
subscribe for and study your farm
magazine, keep in touch with tbos,
VINO, with microscope and re.agent arr
asking questions of nature and ar,
Eabnertng in her secrets. Give To I'll,
slttle lassfe that is as ray Of sun
shine in your home-humble tho 1
oe-an education that will fit her I,
grace the home of either the one VIII,
gTOws up by ier side, or the one VIII,
dWslls in a mansion. GIVE to tina
barefoot al every opportunity in you
power TO prepare himself to grapple m
AeAsigently the more intricate and a,
@0sang problems which await him w
appreciate fully the fact that all thi
De easier said than done" but we. ash
what are you to do? In the very M
ture OF the conditions. we cannot a,
aoTd 10 lag or falter, therefore, "Fol
%ard!" is the word.
DO not allow the present price G
cotton TO allure you into planting thi
crop TO the exclusion of the food cYop;
First. raise all those things necessar
70 the life and welLbeing of man an
beast, raise them plentifully. sAe
snake just az many bales Of cottoa o
Post as few acres IS possible. Do nc
wawte the timber on your farms. q
@AapoWs Of II Cor = mere yong; but DIT,