The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-09-27
WORTH READING.
Full Text of the Speech OF DR..
s. ]. Summers at
CLEMSON COLLEGE.

He Tells Why Farmers Should be Edl'
Gated, and What Good Use Far.
mer Can Put an Education
to, Every Young Man
Should Read 1t,
Mr.. President, Ladies AID Gsntie-
men,
Realizing, as we Go, tee exodus OF
our young men from the country to
the towns and cities, and the low es.
teen in which farming has been held
since the Civil War, let US consider
the causes. When the cry CT war
went throughout cur Southland our
men both old and young respoacec
nobly sn6 as this great struggle COZ
tinue6 and Gu. ranks were Eh.Hnec,
our boys answered to the Gala 1li!ns 10
the breaches caused by the cesth CT
their fathers, brothers aao ISle0cS.
After four years Of this terrible "ar'
with al OF its disasters, the survivors,
returned to their homes, to hud them
in ruin and destruction. Their build
snes were dilapiGa.sS; their lanoS hac
grown Up in bushes aId criarS, aac
their discheS flied il. The negro
WAS free and dvmoraizsi. Little, II
any, stock was left and farming IN
plenentS scarce.
In view OF this spectacle is it at al
remarkable that the survivors OF tie
Lost Cause became oiscourasec? Auo
vet, with that determine aeiol which
made them fight as never men fought,
they determined TO bring o1oei cut OF
chaos,
After struggling fcr years, trying
to support their families sno, at the
same time, give thelr children s0cn
educational advantages as posS.n13,
they made little progress. R:acicg
was neglected; homes began to lose
their attrac5ivereSs aro farming VS.
considered drudge Feeling that al
they could earn was necessary for the
support OF the family, Iaei- ooys aoo
girls were not allowed any pocket
money. Besides they neglected Go
plant those crops which ~e1e necss
ssry for TIE support OF tie family,
depending largely upon cotton TO iur-
nish means by which they could buy
grain, hay and meat. This lack u
divers;fca;ioa AID also tie large yields
OF cotton, without c.gsuizatton and
protection and placing al Of it Oh TIE
market very naturally brought see
pr1cs so low SEa5 Is was Impossible 10
make ends meets. With these 1acts
staring them in tie face, 60 wc "22-
der that fathers and mothers, woo
loved their children and wishe to
have them relieved OF suca burdens
and hardships, induced them &C iea7e
the farm and enter tie professions or
seek employment IL the c;tiss? Inc
cities with their many a.afacslonS
naturally lured our boys aid girls, aud
they continued to 90 ultii the coun-
try was almost depleted.
But the times have changed. The
farmer after dsal experiences, has
learned to diversity. He IS farming
from g rational and reasonable Stand
point. To-day, he is readirg as be
never read before, and we find more
intelligence among this class OF men
than the world ever knew. De Is
educating his boys and girls, aac
placing them in such circumstances
as render them the peer OF any. He
is improving farm aad home, making
them more and more attractive, and
vet we still reaiizs the fact that many
of our young men are leaving the
farms Tor the various professions,
thinking there is more dignity and
financial gain to be derived therefron.
They still look upon the farm as re.
quiring too much hard work and TOO
little pay. They do rot appreciate
the fact that farming, to be SUCCESS
ful, REQUIRES a good education anc
more scientific knowledge than any
Of the professions. Education With
common sense ard energy properly
directed is the keynote to SUCCESS.
And without these our boys are plae-
edat great disadvantage. Fellow far-
mers, do not hesitate to give your
boys the best educational advantages,
for as they enter upon this great wcrk
OF farming they will greatly need it.
There never was such q demand for
thorough educated and practical men
on the farm as to cate. Now do not
understand me to say THAI q young
man without q collegiate education
cannot succeed, for SC me OF Cur best
farmers in our State 10. Gay have
never matriculate6 at & collsge, but |
do mean to say, that other things o5-
ing equal. the educated yourg man
has by tar the greater advantage
Again, education GOES rot consist OF
mere knowledge Of books: or, in other
words, theory alone, but the truly
educated man is the one who has
studied, observed and read and can
make practical application OF what be
has learned. Some OF the greatest
men Of the rast-we-e sslf educated.
So, gentlemen, education in the t1ue
sense consists OF that power to reason
and draw conclusiCns which are actual
facts; and success is to put these facts
into practical use. Where have We
a BROADER field for knowledge than On
the farm where we come in contact
day by day with nature and ter mar
yelous works? Where may We study
the soil with its various elements,
and plant life as the chemical changes
take place thereby feeding upon the
elements and developing into thing
CT beauty and profit? In what pro
fessicn is Chemistry, Butany, Bacter,
iology and Materia- Me0ica more neeG.
ed than that Of farming? When we