The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27

that is LED 10 nel, giving you GnS
Offspring and milk extra. Our
sheep will give lamb which will
bring in from SO TO 81. by Ju0e
besides from five to seven pounas
OF urdressed well that is worth thirty
cents per pound. Our goats will pro
duce from two to four lids per year
that will bring an average OF seventy
FIVE cents a piece at six months Wild
comparatively little cost. In 1ac1
they develop pasture by destroying
brushes and brie1s that o:her animals
will not eat. And yet SO may say
these animals co not pay.
We hear the complaint that We
have no pastures for these animals;
that we fence in large place but
they starve to death, unlass We feed
them from our barns. Tlis is true
unless we prepare pastures. Can you
expect grass to grow where trees are
thick that sunshine never reaches the
ground? Let US not be too lazy, but
20 to work and clear out the branches
and we will rot only have pasture
fit Tor our stock and q delight to gaze
upon, but We will have nice lot OF
wood to lerd cheer and comfort t.
our homes during the winter months
These pastures will then give US na
| tive grasses OF may be set in bermuda
and fertilizlng will surprise you as to
results.
Then we have the advantage Of g
good orchard furnishing fresh fruits
tcr a tsble a. canning purposes. Our
vegetable gardens furnish fresh, ten,
der, wholesome vegetables, which do
honor to the table OF king. We also
have fresh, luscious, wholesome
melons.
Now, gentlemen, we have erdeaV
ored to show you what we can and
are doing in reference to our c-oEs.
but We also want to show the sdVau-
tage in making home and raising q
family. We are net placed here Il
this world 10 make success from G
financial standpoint alone, but to
measure up to the requirements from
a PHYSICAL, mental anc ssiritl l
stand point. You know that Eea!bo
and the promotion OF TIE physical
powers ere advanced by the pure
courtry air and water. Outdoor ex
e.c:se develops the muscles, bringing
about health and comfort. Taese
place the body in q good c .ndition for
tie DEVELOPMENT OF the brain. Re-
Gently, teacher said that she pre-.
Ierred teaching country boy because
he erasped IDEAS more readily ano
showed brosdsr mental capacity.
Fcon a spiritual STAN point, we know
that tee country DO! not surround
ed by SO many irsidicuS inhusnces
unless evil Tenderness are Inherited.
P1nfar;57 is rarely heard, drunken
1855 >eldom seen, and the whole at-
mosphere is filed with that which
tends to uplltt. The mother rarely
ilcoses sight OF her children and there
are no attractions to inSuce them
away from their homes. The father
is more ultimately associated With
his children, giving them the adVan-
taga OF his presence and he ia Uura
learning lessons CT wisdom from them.
Let US look at the expenses OF l!v
ing in the country as compared VIII p
that OF the city. In the city, CON-
paratirely few own houses, most Of
them having to pay rents. Soppcle
the young man receives good sSla y
in the city, by the tim= he pays / s
board OF rent, with other expenses #
living attached, he is left with very
little OF no profit. We do not take
into consideration the cost OF living
as we should. Suppose you receive
$500 per month and 1t costs similar
SUN per month to live, is there any
surplus? Il is not what We make but
what we save that aed' to our &C
count. Recently, resident OF Char
lesion, S. G. sad it cost S5 90 extra
to have COM pany at tea and then,
said be, We 60 not have such su2pers
as you country people have.
How few OF US appreciate the cap
abilities Of our children. Give your
boy a hen or sow, CT both with q
snail patch of ground for crop, half
Of the produce for food and labor
furnished and hs to sell the other and
buy clothes or such things as he may
need. You will fad him taking an
interest IN this work surprising your
most sanguine expectations, rot in
shilling in him the lessons o. work and
independence but at the same time
saving you the expense Of clothing
him. In fact it is grand invest
ment for you as well as schooling
for tie boy. He soon learns to love
this work and becomes interested in
the fam, imoibing chose quslities
that will make him successful and
useful citizen. We give too little at
tention to the development OF OR
children along these lines. Ear y
i'm pressions are the most lasting, ano
such work will occupy their spare tins
instead Of having them waste 1t in
some frivolous way.
I confess our social advantages have
been limited, tu5 these are improved
By the r. F. D. and telephone. While
the countrynan formerly received bis
mail but once week, now it comss
to MIN daily. Hence be is interested
in what is going on in the world and
now looks forward to the coming OF
his mail with great delight. HIS
mental powers are being. cultivated
AM 1t is but question OF very short
the before our farmers will be well
posted in current events. Then We
may look forward to renewed energy
and zsal in every department. Of scc.e.
ty and government. Who can pre-.
dicv the advantages OF the telephone,
especially to country life. We fno
the farmer standing in bis home talk
Ing with the merchant niles away and
even getting reports direct from the
great markets. This places him in
no fio1 70 ea1l onS b,1u iotollipa0>1v