The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-03-10
zines and a thousand other blessings
which are now part of the daily
necessities of even manual laborers.
BRAINS ON THE SOIL.

ID II "A ~ . ON Il SOlL.
Some one tells US "whenss people be-
come thoughtful then the country is
saved" and true it is that the best
our far ms produce are thinking men
snd women. Many, of our farmers
cry "they have no capital" Some of
them would fail if they possessed
capital in abundance. The thinking
man who begins at the very bottom
without capital, depends upon the
efforts of hand and brain, and this has
tendency to cultivate confidence in
himself. Many have been known to
fail, even those who have possessed
ample means, because they did not
use good judgment. We all know
farmers who started with capital, who
tolled constantly from day break to
dark, yet became each. year poorer
and poorer because they worked to
disadvantage through ignnorance.
Many farmers need to get in touch
with the great intellectual life of the
times. If every farmer would lay
aside his work and devete each day
two hours to reading, there would be
fewer failures in farming; we reed not
only cultivate the soil, but we need to
enlarge our capacity to think, to OBJ
serve and to work in the proper direc.
tion all along the line Greeley said
Most men are born poor, but no man
who has average capacities need re.
main so. And the farmers calling,
through pc ffering no sudden leaps, no
ready short cuts to opulence, is the
surest of all ways from poverty and
want: to comfort and independence
Other men must climb; the temperate
frugal, diligent, provident farmer may
grow into competence and every ex.
ternal accessory to happiness. Each
year of his devotion to his homestead
may find it more valuable, more at.
tractive than the last, and leave ia
better STILL"
All successful farmers and stock
men owe their success to careful
common sense management of affairs
and means brains. The man on the
farm is not drudge, but a living
thinking being, one of the most essen.
tial factors to our American manhood
That we have brains on the soil We
cite you to presidents who have been
raised on farms: Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren, James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan,
Abraham Lincoln, Gen. Grant and r
B. Hayes were all born and reared on
farms. George Washington was not
reared on farm, but after he retired
from the presidency he took t1p~the
work Of cultivating some 5000 acres,
All professions of life and dzoffices Of
our government are handsomely: orna.
mented and enriched by those who
spent their early years as s6hs Of the
soil, gaining vigor, inspiration and
ability necessary for their great work.
We often hear it said, ANY fool can
farm but such an assertion is not
true. Brains on the soil are as neces-
sary as brains in any walk of life;
men on the farm must learn and must
put their knowledge into practical
Use. The same as in everything else,
= mus, do better work On the farm
than our fathers did.
Let US cultivate brains on our soil
and make ourselves and farms yield
better results. What could not each
of US who has strong earnest de ire
for brains on our soil, accomplish
by giving leisure lime to systematic
study?
Many people were surprised when
noted professor resigned his posi-
tion at a State Agricultural College
to accept the position offered him as
manager of large farm at an increas-
ed salary. Hundreds of men could
have been hired at much less salary
but the owners of this large fa' m
wanted man who could think; they
paid for bis thoughts, his ideas AMI
his ability to manage; they needed his
brains on their farm and that is " hat
every farm in our country needs,
brains on the soil.
CHAPERONS.