The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-01-13
THE MODERN FARMER
HoIds the First Place Among the
Producers of Real
Wealth.

easily entitled to the 6rst place and
TIE Importance OF his position In the
nations economic affairs may be test
appreciated when one realizes that
S,e farmers from the proceeds OF the
sprn. crop alone could pay off the ma
sipual debt, the interts: thereon fol
enc. year aud still ha~. enough left to
vag g. considerable p ortlon OF the gov.
sInu,ent's annual expenses. Secot d
90 the list Of agricultural wealth pro :
llcess come to cotton crops; the val
ne of Ns. lint and seed may be easily
,aaced at So 20. 900. 900 aud hay aud
eheeh are now given the third place.
Arview of the results Of farm OPP
esstiuns for the present year shows
many other interesting and some
Hnes astounding figures. In two
wars the farmers Of this country have
rsoduced wealth exceeding the out
mt of all the gold mines OF the entire
world since Columbus discovered
America. In 1924 alone the agricul'
euas output is more than six times
sAe amount OF oil the capital invested
m national banks and it is three
times the amount of the gross earn
mps from the operations OF ell the
nigIoads.
No small degree of credit for this
wonderful showing is due to the men
1, every State who are applying their
htslligence and energy to the i'm
rgovements of farm conditions and
che education of men engaged in farm
ing operations. There is at the pres
ent time a distinct revival in agricul-
s7r al education throughout the entire
Spautry and the new education is on
rEactical lines and theory Is relocated
70 a secondary place. Combined
With agricultural colleges are expert.
mental farms of the stations aud in
shis way the farmer of the future is
enabled to see what he has h, ard
nd Ocated in theory placed In actual
practice.
The time has come when the farmer
san. no longer be called mos blek'
anGs regarded as slow and lacking IN
<nterprise; he is keeping up with the
march Of progress and is in many
pssctical receipts leading the van.
He Is no longer afraid OF what were
once called "newiaugled things"
be wants every newfangled thing that
has any practical feature aud he Is
willing to pay cash for it.
One of the hopeful signs In the
,stnation Is the evident anxiety to
aRe ADVANTAGE of the opportunities
sHered for agricultural education. A
delegation of Georgians headed by
The Governor and the Chancellor OF
,Re State University have recently
,pent some time studying the meth
eds Of the University of Wisconsin
md the farmers OF Georgia will be the
1t was realized that
here was a need for new ideas aud a
saw system and after looking over
lie field Georgia decided to seek fer
knowledge in Wisconsin and the trip
las already been accepted as an evil
Ssaae that the South was not asleep,
Int ready and willing to accept aud
yroht by modern systems and mod
m ideas.
In some sections when something
sew is advadced as an Iowa idea,
here Is an inclination to smile and
accept 1t "cum grano," but when II
innes to raising corn Iowa is In a
yo.it on to tell the balance of the
Dzntry something that If accepted
md followed will prove the value
as she result OF the study and re-
sea -ch OF Prof P G. Holden, an ex.
oeve in the matter of grain raising,
the farmers OF Iowa have raised abou,
roe hundred million bushels more
DJn this year than in any year OF
this century and they expect to add
snother one hundred million bushel'
10 their crop next year Professor
Holden becomes an expert by acct
dent aud his first knowledge OF the
results that could be obtained was due
lcs experiment made b. him while
schoclmaster. He originated a corn
.ro,...-a, eDrfect antouu his DuDilS