The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-03

sandy. of Nottoway. Mr.. Sandy in
forms us that there are twenty OF
these farms i'll the counties of Notto-
way. Amelia, Charlotte, AppomattoS'
Prince Edward and Dinwiddie, and one
at the colored Industrial school al
Petersburg. He says that the owners
of the farms have followed his instruc-
tion, and that the results II, spite OF
an unfavorable season, are quite sat
isfactory. lie declares that their
crops are notably better than those OF
their neghbors who are farming BY
the old plan.
He says also that the Department of
Agriculture IN Washington has author
lied the employment of eighteen eN-
pert farmers who will take the field
as instructors and demonstrators. ana
when the whole force gets to work
there will be some 400 demonstration
farms instead Of twenty.
This is fine work in education. and
promises great benefits to Virginia
agriculture. Every one of these farms
will be school within itself as soon
as the work is established, for farm-
crs in the neighborhood may visit
them, see how they are operated, then
apply the same principles in their own
operations. The demonstration farms
are not experimental farms" as they
are sometimes Incorrectly designated.
Mr.. Sandy and the others have al
ready made. the experiments and proved
them. The system has now passed be-
yond the experimental stage. MI.
Sandy has discovered the art of turn
ing poor lands into rich lands lie
has discovered that with the proper
outlay OF money and work, barren.
lands may be converted into rich grass
Hands. During the present season he
gave special attention to an acre of
grass land on his own farm, and he
has already cut therefrom six tons of
hay, which he can sell in the barn for
1925 per ton. TO put such field in
condition costs about s25 per acre as
an original outlay. and the cost Of fer
I.tilizer thereafter from year to year
| will be about Sc per acre. With good
1
grass lands, the farmers fortune is
made. He may sell his hay or, better
| he may feed it to his stock and sell
I. the stock There is no experiment
about it. 1t is a fact
| This is the solution OF the farmers
problem. More than that, it is the So
luton of the farm labor problem
T. .
"a PLAGUE OF ALL COWARDS, 1
SAN"
A New York policeman was recently
/ degraded and kicked out of the SER
vice for cowardice. TPe was summoned
before the commission, and while his
<. brother policemen were looking on he
was stripped of his badge and his but
tons, then led to the door and turned
adrift.
1t is hard to conceive Of greater pun
ishment than this to man who has
( any feeling OF self-respect. but in all
military organizations cowardce is the
objectionable sin and the punishment
is made to ft the crime.
|
ton for the coward; not even any pit.
for him. Yet the coward Is truly al
object of pity. Cowardice is in TIL,
nature Of a disease. 1t /, an infirmit,
for which the coward is in no wise
responsible except it be the fruit O.
: a guilty conscience. If man be borr
: with a timid disposition, how can hi
help it? If he be born with an irrita.
Bile disposition, with inordinate and sin
full affections and all that he may dis
> cipline himself and so overcome hi!
nature as that his weakness will be.
come his strength. But if he be borr
a coward, can he so transform him
!, self as to turn his cowardice into cour
age? The world shrugs its shoulders
when such questions are asked ant
q replies that that is the towards at
e fair-and continues to damn him. Their
, is no pity for him. His infirmity /
! his misfortune, and society kicks hin
2 out of the back door.
Mind you. we are not defending tn
Q coward. w 6 CdTe nOl.&f1O De lrGnE
u we are afraid to. We are simply Stain
8 his case. There is story of tw
I men who were going into battle sid
IS by side. And one of them-H cave
n save him-was shivering with fear. H
q companion, noting It. said: "Why, Johl
you are scared"
> Yes, I am" the coward replied, IAN
y If you were half as scared as l you
~ take to your heels and run away"
= However. his was cowardlce OF Il!
y legs. which was overcome by his cou
= age Of heart There is a cou,
> age of heart which may exist in spi
OF physical timidity; just as there ms
" be combined In the same man physic
- courage and moral cowardire. What
courage, anyhow?
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