The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-08-22
President Roosevelt,s Address.

to the farmers. Like all of his ad'
dresses, this one is full of practica
thought. Among other things, he
says: eff there is one lesson taught
by history, it is that the permanent
greatness of any State must ultimate
ly depend more upon the character
of its country population than upon
any thing else. We can
not afford to lose that pre-eminently
typical American, the farmer who
owns his own farm. He must not
lose his independence, his initiative
his rugged self-sufhciency; and yet
he must learn to work In the health
lest cooperation. with his fellows"
The farmers of to-day have the
heartiest support and encouragement
of all our best statesmen and edu.
Gators. Their advice no longer can
be ignored on account of any lack of
being practical as was the case in
former years. Our great men are
boiling down the essence of wisdom
and giving it to us free. President
Roosevelt has coupled two ideas
here, to which we have given much
thought. We recognize that the day
of cooperation is here; also that if
our farmers avail themselves of its
power as they should, that it will
secure to them untold good. But
we, too, admire and stand for indie
pendence and individuality, which
alone can make a marked and lasting
impress upon ones home and farm
n0nn~nrnnnf Odd 0on do nnNr0h fNr
us; our people and surroundings can
do much for us; natural and artificial
advantages can do much for US, but
there always remains the prime mo-
tive force within US that none of
these a override, and at last these
only help we'll the man who helps
himself. We love and admire the
farmer who makes his individuality
felt upon his land-his crops, his
family and community. To secure
all this you must have a man who
owns his farm; who loves his soil;
who has sought to discover the laws
of nature for himself and who shapes
his course by these laws, but pre-
serves his own individualism and
force as "the potter with his clay"
giving design and scope to all the
crops that come under the touch of
his hands. 1t is true that the farmer
of to-day is called upon to lead a
wider life. Our relations are becom-
ing daily more complex; our inte1lec-
tual, social, business and political life
has broadened, but do not let us be-
come too "promiscuous'' or scatter
too much. Standing as individuals
with a fixed radius and a definite
purpose, let the complex relations
come to and centre in US, instead of
our attempting to follow the various
directions of all these contending
forces. Well-directed labor-home
dmproVement-more fertility to the
soil. more bountiful the yields, more
varied the products, the more con
tented to live within the sphere of
our paternal acres these things must
always go into the makeup of a
truly successful farmer. We rejoice
In all these outward influences that
would help u calling; we would not
repel a single one, our plea is, only
that they should be like converging
rays of Gods own ~life-giving sun
shine, focusing themselves upon a
centre-upon an Ego, that will re-
ceiye their strength and unite it into
a definite purpose of increasing the
productiVeness Of Gods green earth.
&c. H. Hunnicult. in the Southern
.C~ultiyator.
Feeding Value Of Soy Beans.
3 The following question and accom-
panying answer from the Southern
Farm Magazine contains much valu-
able Information:
please give me some information
concerning the value of soy beans
for hay and grain production. Kindly
state the composition as well. Are
sofa and soy beans similar or entirely
dinerent?''
The soy bean and sofa bean are one
and the same thing. 1t is a legume,
and, in our opinion, will yield more
grain per acre than the cowpea.
Some varieties Of it, such as the
black, which mature comparatively
early and do not grow SO vigorously
as the Mammoth Yellow and the Me-
dunn Green, will make a fine quality
of hay, and which is easier to
cure than that from the cowpea.
When planting for grain you will find
the TWO varieties just mentioned
among the best to plant for large
yields. The black is an excellent
variety of coy bean for general Gull
tiVation. The grain can be fed to a
great variety Of live stock, but being
rich in protein. it should be mixed
with corn or other concentrates. The
hay will be readily eaten by all.
classes of live stock. Farmers in the
South should cultivate the soy bean
extensively. 1t makes a much richer
hay than timothy and can be fed I'M
der rational conditions as a substi-
tute for a portion of the grain now
Mammals Girl.
Visitor.-How is it you are happy
only half the timeq