The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-04-07
FARM LIFE.

FARM LIFE.
When | speak of farm life. | don't
mean to 20 into any details or any of my
experiments concerning farming Per
hapS country life would be NOR" lifting.
1t is only with the idea that what | say
will provoke some comment from my
fellow farmers that will be of benefit to
H.. Farm life is very different today
fIrm what it Was when | WAS Il boy or
when | began 10 years ago.
1t is useless for mo 10 tell of the many
changes. is they are well known To all of
YOU. or to the most of yon nj least The
advantages are many. Wh.c the di>ad-
vantgCS are not Il few.
70 derive the full benefits from the
farm it is best not to depend on any one
thing, but have a variety. and if you
miss one you will probably hit another.
BE prompt; always have Il time for
doing everything, and everything done
in time. The greatest Disadvantage of
today is not being able to secure help.
Why is it? That is question that must
he solved. for it is Il very serious one. l.
it because the young folks have been
taught mt home that there is nothing in
farming but hard work. that there iS an
easier life. and if they wish to be of i'm
portance they must become professional
men or must migrate to the city:
| think it is great mistake not to en-
courage the rising generation to stay in
the country. While | admit Il man will
not become millionaire at farming. yet
a man on the farm can DO without the
millionaire. but what becomes of the mil
lionaire when yen do away with the
farmer. Let the farmer be prosperous,
ana our country is prosperous. for the
farm is the foundation of all industry.
Did you ever stop to think about it?
Take any industry and trace il down,
and YOU find that it depends on the roun-
Try and the man who tilS the soil This
being the case. why then should we not
be proud of our occupation as farmers.
Through the improved transport ation IA
ciliticS. the country i becoming aS Il Su-
hurb of the city.
This ! believe accounts for the scarcity
of help. for Just such hoy, and girls as
we have i'll the country are in constant
demand in the cities. which with shorter
working hours and places of amusement
and alluring attractions are very cntic-
ing. In speaking of the city of London,
| have heard it said by some one that it
was II drain on all E.uglHnd: that all
roads led TO that city. which We're throng
ed with people from the country. and if
it were not for the constant importing of
new blood. it would become Il city of
weaklingS in few generations. and ulti-
mately become dCpopulated.
Then. why should we. as country peo-
pie, desire to forsakc our country homes.
II will hn hnt ~ short ttpnn MI hn, VA
reached the age that one of our noted
PHYSICIANS had said man should be re-
moved from this life as his day of useful
ness was done.
If this be true, | want all the advan-
tages possible for the country to give
during the few short years that remain
And one of the greatest advantages of
the country people is good roads. When
we enter into the discussion of good
roads we bring up n great question. one
that has been discussed Tor generations,
But it sometimes seems to me that we
spend too much money on our roads just
for temporary repairs. Is our system of
roads mcnding right:
Do we get value received for the vast
amount of money expended?
If it is not. and we believe our money
Is not 1U'ilClONS!N expended, tnen let us
as n Farmers Club with whatever as
sistancc we can command. try and facili-
tate some plan or devise some means
whereby the large amount of money, or
some portion of it, expended each year,
shall 20 toward some permanent i'm.
provement.
! don't want to east reflection on any
orc, but believe, thot If the financial
affairs of or county were run ms those of
some of the large corporations of this
country. we coul build from one to two
miles of permanent road each year. and
our taxes not be more than two-thirdS of
what they are today.
! love the country. and whore is there
Il county that can beat ours?
Give lis all the advantages that be-
long to us. and shall be content to spend
the remainder of my days on the farm.