The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-25


 ferred to. have been brought about not in any haphazard fas.lion, but by careful pains-taking, de ibsrate and persistent work along dsnnlte lines. and the same results under like con ditfons can be accomplished in the Un t. ed States. Surely the pr.ze is Q. suffi- cient importance to mcriC suosta.. tiaI increase in appropi iatiors to our agri- cultural colleges and experiment. sta tions. that they may go forward anI redoubGe uheIr effo. ts to so4ye the may vexing problems of the farmers, and to educate their sons that they shall become the leaders through which these ed.
 It is hardly necessary to sas, in view of all that has been presented. that there are many inviting open.nSs for young men in the vast and varied fields of agriculture. They may engage in the pain business. of farming with every chance of success a statement fully substantiated in our owl. State by Mr T. O. Sandy, of BurkAI tfle, who CO., menced few years ago oa what was practically abandoned land in the to-
 bacco belt of Virginia. and Is now raising magnificent crops and bree l. ing pure bI ed holsteIn cows with sue cess, al a profit to himself of over $l00 per head per annum. The Hon. Henry Stuart, of the Stuart Land and CAtCIe making an eight-club organization.
 The new circuit is a compact one, the longest jump probably being from thIs Co, assured me that he was making 70 per cent, on h!s vast holdings of land In Russell county. Not many othst investments m the Sta.e of Virginia
 will pay a handsomer revenue. Mir. Morgan, the manager of the famous duck farm at Riverton, started out with practically nothing. and is now col. ducting a business worth more than S30,0O0 a year. Mfr. Foster, \the alfaifa king of Louisiana is e;eAr something like $15,000 a year on his alfalfa Ian IS. MT. Clark, the celebrated grass grower of Connecticut, raises Gons upon tons
 Of hay on land that was abandoned a
 few years ago. And soVthe cases might
 be multiplied without end, showing
 what may be accom- ylished through a
 careful study of the business side of
 farming.
 Should the young uan not desire to
 turn his attention to the soil, an in-
 Viting field awaits him as an investi- gator Think of what Burbank has acc
 complished and the reward his efforts
 have received. Not only has he estab-
 lished an internatio 1al reputation as a scientist, but the be nefits of his skill
 full efforts are known and appreciated in thousands of farm houses through , | cd States. Some of the more important | achievements for the development of agricuiture' are tho frost resistant oranges, some espec ally choice Varte- ties of plums and potatoes, a hybrid of the strawberry and raspberry, the
 plum-cot, being a eroos between the plub and apricot, white blackberry, and a cross oetweea the English and l Japanese walnuts, producing a very 1 superior nut. Recently he has develop
 cd a thoPnless cactus So that the arid ! and semi-arid regions of the United l States may be made profitable as cattle l ranches; and last. buN not least, he has
 developed an everlasting flower, so | that the ladies may have the real arti- | cle on their hats in the future.
 | What BurbanK has accomplished
 measure, by any young man who sets
 himself rssolutely to the achievement | of great ends by trst training hls i hand and his brain to work in unison l What more could oue desire than tu
 become @ great leader in animal breed- | ing, like Blakewen; in the field oi plant breeding, Ike Burbank: in the 1 tield of agricultural chemistry. hKe | Idebig, and Laws and Gilbert. or in the field of bacteriol Jgy, like Pasteur' The future is indeed alluring to the
 man who sets his face reSolutely tJ
 the wall and hts himself for a definite l purpose in life and pursues it with
 unerring certainty. He will surely reaI | his reward of tenacity of purpose and
 persistency form a complement to his other qualifications.
 In conclusion, the future of the young man who pursues agriculture wltt
 singleness of aim, no matter what al
 erction his efforts may take, is sure toi his reward Is there not an opportun' ity vast and varied. J ened up to yor
 through the multitudinous variety which agricultural pursuits anordT 1' l theer not an opportunity for you through agriculture, t1 become a greai teacher. leader and public benefactor | What a glorious prot sssion to lead, tC l benert, to make smooth the rougE | places, to win undylng fame al th' 1 hands of ones countrymen in the pur'
 suit of the gentle arts of peace and tho aIleviatiop of the needs of mankind | A. NJ. Soule. in Southern Planter.