Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-02-01
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their cradle to the grave. !, !

gtIpks.
The farmers stewardship il
the most sacred, the most deli
::ate, among the worlds orkers.
because from this same soil mus
be- produced food and $;clothin.
for5all future generations. More,
over, as pop llation increase
the demands made upon the Soil
will increase insthasSsal1ae ratio,
50 that instead DE- gradual I'M:
poverishment resulting from CON
slant Suse,' the soil. must increase
in fertif itvsand producti power
the longer tits cultivated. etE N,
argument is required TO sustain,
1his proposition. The conditions
demanding it are 4, inevitable.
|" Happily, however, Science pro.
Gains its feasibility. It can be
done. to-, {
Nor is this all. TIE 2profigate
destruction of timber aud che
wanton waste Of coal ssand min:
eralAwealthAto swell the tide Of
present prosperity cannot long
endure. 49," - 555s$S'{l:s,sl i: >}j:59ts,,
Fifty years hence the soil
must produce substitutes for
many exhausted present natural
resources which, through our
Indifference will have been con
verted into vast fortunes for the
enjoyment of a few families. i
had. perhaps, better have said
for the degeneracys of a few FAM
lilies. With u full Knowledge of
the tremendous drafts which the
future must inevitably make upon
the soil through the science and
art of agriculture, the path Of
duty should be plain to us, Ed
ucation having a direct bearing
upon agriculture should become
one of: the chief concerns of the
nation, and more Especially of
a state in which agriculture Is
the dominant industry. The
soil and it's constituents. and their
relation to plant and animal lite,
with a view 10 conserving the
fertility Of the former land the
Improvement Of the latter, are
subjects which every farmer
should BIZ on the most familiar
terms. Young men should be
educated for agriculture .pur-
suits with the same high stan
lard in view as they are now be-
ing educated for Law or medi-
.ihe. g. e.
Farmers owe this much to their
vocation from a sense of pride,
)ut more from a seasesof patrio-
ism. Petty!h indrane; 8 on the
arm should not stand between
4 nearsat hand educated, brother
wise Ignorant agriculture. The
Boys head and heartsare worth
more TO God and: toztiurnanity !;
MAD what he can. earn on the
arm when he!should bein school !
The far drawn fun tre make, a,
'trong appeal foriths education
# your boys and girls. Do;not
withhold it from them. a&s.<.
Education also f.sh uld appeal
o the farmer on other grounds
han. those just uhierated, for
he farmers responsibility does
lot cease With CONSERVATISM of
;oil fertility, :ifnproveme emit Fof
olants andu animals, land with
'cientiic farming BY virtue Of
heir independent social and in
lnstriaf position and 5bIy, weight
,f5numbers, the farmers Of ithis
latiou are respensibiesforaYsany
economic eyilsgtheye themselves
lepiors andss:;fronl S}whiet
suffer- Nottthat they 5haHesaaira
,ctly. printentio nafly contributed
ID th growth of municipalities and
nnnbinations lof fWaalhh, (which; |
,yg exnioiting athea jpeanleshaye
as1lted lnsswoIi ensfo rtunes,a but
,ystheir indiff erence1 kheyshaveE
osrmitted these IbafnaclesE
sraon the bejy.apolitic, IN / III
Z At will be aosadaday ftssr:. :: our !
country when honest, ] frse and
,psni. " competition shall Il 1beI
sSifed; when 1inaividuaisi nitsia-
i've shall be destroyed. 4. IE mat
;ers'j not how large the private
fortu1e, if honest made, andlf5
IT, is compelled ITO bear sits sjust|
proportion Of taxes, If, such for-E
tunes be distributed upon the.
death Of the owner: and not tied,
up JIM perpetuity Tlle .eoncea-E
of athe country s 4 wealth
into a fewst1ands. d ma wealth:
tie lzup in perpetuity iis apo 81
tive menace to3the eou ltry 49,
cialism, if not anarchy, will he
tie final result if this evil lis
not checked. T. Comb natiito, d of,
caoital, working Iegitimate,y
Ii n rt"E --j.r,f Ipts~ a