The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-12
THE COMING FAnmRnY.

The time is fast approaching when 1 the intelligent, industrious and ener-
 getic farmboy will occupy a more
 prominent place in the affairs of the state and nation than he has occupied
 in the past. The rapid pace which has
 to be taken by people engaged in the
 professions and in mercantile pursuits | in order to successfully meet the con1-
 petition on every hand is not conducive
 to the mental endowment of the de- scendants, and the farmboy of rugged constitution and industrious habits will
 be in greater ernand to take their
 places than has ever been known.
 Much as has been written in regard to
 the prominent part that such breeding
 and early training In the country have contributed to the successful manage ment of great enterprises and the sue
 csssful prosecution of professional matters, much more will be said in the
 same direction in the future The farms of the country have been and will continue to be the nurseries where
 the ranks of those with overworked brains and shattered nerves will be re-
 plenished. %.s#
 There Is also a most promising fu- turs for the farm boy who takes up ae- riculttire as an occupation. Farming Is no longer dtudgery and muscular exertion, in which the man occupies about the same place as the beasts of burden, but is an industry calling for the keenest intelligence and the appli- cation of well-defined principles. IT ths farmboys can be made to under- stand that the cultivation of the soil and the feeding of stock are based upon principles as well and clearly de- fined as the principles that underlIe any mechanical or mercantile business. and that when the same skill and en- ergy are applied yield as profitable re- turns as these, they will offer greater attractions to them. When to these facts are added the opportunity to par. ticipate in public affairs and the assur- ance that because they become farmers they do not surrender all claim to pub- lie recognition and renown, they will enter upon the work of the farm with greater courage and less forebodings.
 In order to obtain these results it Is necessary that they be fitted for the work as thoroughly as persons are .ft- ted for work in other matters. They must study agriculture as the person who is to become a physician studies medicine or person who is to become an attorney studies law. Thew ,,.
 not only know now to do tYsYss. t1t why they are done. They must know the effect upon the soil of different methods of culture and the effect upon animals of different systems of feed ing. They must know a thousand thin that were unknown to any one generation or two ago, and then, and not till then, will they be in a position to practise farming as intelligently and as successfully as does the physician practice medicine or the attorney practise law. x
 It requires time and some money to aeuire this knowledge, but not so much as is required to prepare for other oc- cupations and professions that yield good returns. There is no preparation necessary for the laborer who uses the pick and shovel at dollar and half a day, but preparation Is necessary for the person who earns three or four times that amount in any kind of work. There is no preparation neces- sary for the farmer who Is content to harvest what the soil produces of it's own accord, but preparation is neces- eary for the farmer who produces three or four times the normal yield os the soil. The man who manipulates the soil and directs the elements of nature fin an intelligent manner in the produce ton of that crop is the important fac- tor rather than the soil itself. Fath- CTS and mothers who desire their boys to become farmers should encourage the into make the requisite preparation for their hfework. and then there will be less abandoned farms and less dis~ couraged and disheartened farrners.-4 Manchester Mirror and American. 7