The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-16

money must De loaned upon Shprl
time and hence Is not available fot
crop-rais3ng 10 auy extent Thus til.
banking capital Of our country. con
siderable portion Of which belongs =
farmers. has not promoted agricUl-
ture; but has stimulated commercial
ism ana BY its concentration in cities
has fosteTed gambling in stocks fhf
great luctuatlon in the values ~
farms and farm products lies la tins
not backing them. 1t has been Loaned
TO the merchant. the manufactures
ana the speculatins interests. This
is not intended as an argument againsi
banks. Ranks arc Il necessity. Tnt
criticism holds against phase Of oui
banking laws. which by process Of iaN
diYerts the money Of farmers int
commercial channels.
This backward condition OF the
county aS compared with the city i,
not d row problem II dates IRON
the earliest historical periods. Many
Of the words of rcproach Or approbr-
ium in the English Language were tht
designation of farmers, in the s"vcra
languages from which theN Were de
rived. sHc.l rs villain. heather, ClOWr
and boog. Whiln rural condition:
were such as th 1se IamcS indicate
the Weavers o. Brugcs and tho train.
banGs Of London We're winning Nc
tories for liberty
T>z-sry effort to ii1,nro,, INC cnl,ntr,
has hem more a.. ice. or an ,,,lift
When manufactures were established
in the villages of England and ia New
England an important step was takcf
in economic production. 1t hclpet
The marketing of farm products ant
employment OF the surplus labor %
the ,.o!lntr,- Tbi, ma sin ho IN,
lolicy of manufacturers. If the mos
economic production is sought. These
villages were = social rs voU as =,
cconor,ic rain
T.1~ Establishment of countr,
schools was another advarce. The,
had been far from perfect and posi-
bly, should b modified to meet pros
ent conditions: but -tia":- have been n
insl.ira ton 10 thousands who liNct
remote from urban Refinement The,
wee cNpcnSiN", hut infinitely cheap q
compared with the barbarism uf ig
nor2nce.
Another advance FOR tho Copntr.
WAS The establishment Of agricUliurl
colleges. The-r Democratic iastitu-
tionS attracted the sons Of farmers bl
their gospel Of labor ana tn" jntroiuc
ton OF studies. helpful in vocations o.
toll.
1t Nas mop u. ana BY many eNpectct
that II" graduates Of these college.
would return 70 the country. b@com;
CAPTAINS OF rulal industries and rero.
1Ction;ze conditions. This did no
occur. but GOOD was done. Thousand:
Of the under graduates are upon tn
1a.in5: Many q these colleges Day y,
- - w. ~, ~ , nm N ~ -
go - IT, oi', - - ''S -! = =
IL ~ :, '1eIi - / : l'i(1'' = ~ dsi icu
,uidi k kioM lto5' ~ VI c!llel .
hollitS ~ - eou4t. dhu ntiiNtf
o[a''N- heH ilaE. ios'freo 4nNeStlSd
tioiiS aioHr aSticuitufdi mes ana KEEP
Ii'e n'teSNI'H o. more d5 Ic u u "a
hfoWied&e u i!N" issue before M
pcopie.
Aaother class pf rerormers IS prc
scribin@ "Div"rsiication of Farm
Products, as remedy. Divetsjfying
is great aid TO success in asricul
ture, under certain conditions; bu
how can the man who has nothing Iii
Versify? He cannot go into dairyins
nor stock farming: because h2 cannu
buy the fraction OF q COW or pig. II
cannot plant new crops. because th'
merchant reSardS tnc move as an c%
pertinent anH hc VII not advance ~
an experiment. me onl\ wa! sucl
farmers can Pio7pei = oN renldi'IIils
~ n" oid Ful al'u iIhproFlhS me TUT.
otheI auN ocattS ol rtloilh ar
cloiiciIl3 iot Lupio\ tllCht n! d
condluois-- -p"'tSF homcs' pasSap''
nlGhWaHs. Tree oeuNefE q nalLS' etc
! Ihese are 'Ncei!cnt SUGGESTIONS bu
tneN DO not ftdcn INC man ulllicuit !
winch IS the iack OF means 10 q
anything
I once heard poor tenant farme
complain that hc could not mako
living farming: a passing stranger re
marked: why don't YOU quit farming
if there is no money in il and 60 I,
hunking? Mister" replied til
poor man. Il don't know whether VOL
are insane or IN IDIOT II sound
like bot" " To men on the farm
hunting for Il breakfast considerabl
. of the advice sounds like both
There is another reme1y for til
country. very popular just now, ant
that IS the teaching Of Agriculture il
the common schools. Properly De
! fined and understood. there is u Ger