The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-07-29
FARM LIFE.

Agriculture Is the greatest among
the arts, for IT is first In supplying
our necessities. 1t Is the nurse and
mother Of all other arts. 1t favors
and strengthens population; itcreates
and maintains manufactures, gives
employment to navigation and ma
terials to commerce. 1t animates
every species of industry and opens to
nations the surest channels of opu.
lence. 1t Is also the strongest bond
Of well.regulated society, the surest
basis Of internal peace, the natural
associate Of good morals. Health, the
first and best Of all the blessings of
life, Is preserved and fortified by the
practice Of agriculture. That state of
well.being which we feel and cannot
define; that self.sat;sfied disposition
which depends, perhaps, on the per.
feet equilibrium and easy play Of vital
forces, turns the slightest acts to
pleasure and makes every exertion of
our faculties source OF enjoyment.
This inestimable state of our bodily
functions Is most vigorous in the
country, and II lost elsewhere 1t Is In
the country we expect to recover 1t.
IL has been long observed, and with
unfeigned regret, that the growing tend.
ency Of young men and lads, yet early
In their teens, Is to abandon the health.
full and enobling cares Of the farm for
the dangerous excitements and vicissi.
tudes Of city life and trade. Delight.
full firesides and friendly circles In the
quiet rural districts are every day
sacrificed to this lamentable mania OF
the times.
Young men, favored with every com.
fort Of life and not overworked, fancy
that they can do far better than to
guide the team at the pillow and are
withdrawn from the implements OF
agriculture and given to the Office or
shopwork of the city, which generally
proves vastly less agreeable or profit.
able than they had anticipated. Pa
rents throughout the country have
not failed to realize this startling
truth, and to sorely mourn the strange
inclination Of their sons to encounter
the fascinating snares and pitfalls OF
city residence and fashion. In brief,
let tie country lad be as we'll educated
for the farm as his city cousin Is for
the bar or the counting room, and by
all means let the farmer be led to prop.
erly estimate his high and honorable
position In the community. 1t would
require volumes to enumerate the
noble men who have imperishably re-
corded their exalted appreciation Of
rural life and enterprise. Every age
has augmented the illustri0usnumber.
Our own immortal Washington was
ever more enamOred OF the sickel than
the sword, and unhesitatingly pro.
nounced agriculture 1.-THE most
healthy, the most useful, and the
most noble employment of man."
or all occupations that OF agricult-
ure is best calculated to induce love of
country and rivet it firmly on the
heart. No profession is more hon.
orable, none as conducive to health,
peace, tranquility and happiness. More
independent than any other calling 1t
is calculated to produce an innate love
OF liberty. The farmer stands upon a
lofty eminence and looks upon the
hustle OF cities, the intricacies OF
the din Of commerce, and
brain.confusing, bodybuilding litera.
ture, with feelings OF personal free
dom, peculiarly his own. He delights
In the city as his market place, ac-
knowledges the usefulness of the me.
chanic, admires the enterprise OF the
commercial man, and rejoices In the
benefits that flow from the untiring
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