The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-06-11
Educate the Farmers.

! greater conception OF LIE, to under
stand and to know, we readily con-
clude that no business can be sue
cessfully pursued without the train
ing of the mental powers.
That farming is a business Cor
at least should be) we readily ad
NIT. Its Importance is unquestion-
able, for behind every great bust
ness is the man at the pillow, sup
porting the various vocations of
country.
The commerce of a nation de-
ponds upon the producers of her
soil. America with her crops of
cotton stands at the back of Eng
lands manufacturing industry.
Our westland today sends her
cereals to the homes of those who
are developing the mining indus
try. 1t is natural for an American
people to desire their country to
develop. We are commercial
people; our agricultural districts
must be recognized as the giant
power which seems as a founda-
ton for all American industry.
What affects farmer in South
Dakota will also, to a certain de-
gree, affect the Wall street banker
in New York. In fact that which
advances the cause of agriculture
in any part of our country strength
ems the business relationship in all
parts of the same.
An educational farmer is a fac
tor of development, and today our
government promises to do much
for the one that will but make the
earnest effort in agriculture.
1t ought not be question as to-
whether a farmer of today needs a
training of the mind, but the de-
claration is made even by farmers
themselves, that it needless to
spend time and money educating
the farmer as their ancestors have
generously handed down to them
a plan of their own. But if these
same farmers should be asked to
give the true definition as to what
blowing means, capillary circula-
ton of moisture in the earth's sur
face, propagation of plants, few
questions on tile drainage, or som
other simple question that con-
fronts the farmer daily, probably
he would find it quite a difficult
question.
1t matters not what profession a
person pursues it ought to be his
aim to advance with greater strides
than did his fellow workmen of the
preceding generation, so it is with
most any vocation; the man at the
bar at this age stands advanced of
what his profession was fifty years
ago, the ook-keeper of today has
his modern forms, the physician
does not lag, so the farmer ought
to keep in pace. Ittakes the train
ing of the mind for men to success
fully fill any of the above mention
ed places, so it will for the farmer
who makes his business success.
We do not understand that educa-
ton is only for select few or for
those who are to fill limited num-
Der of cases, but think success in
any business at this day demands
it.
The outlook for the farmer of
today is more flattering than it has
ever been before. His position in
the business circle has been recog
nized, and the young man who
equips himself with an agricultu-
raj training will most assuredly
meet his future with the utmost of
ease.
We hear the call far over our
land for educated young farmers,
those who know the true prinCi
pies of modern agriculture, and as
it is always more easy for one to
accomplish more during the in
fancy of an industry than after
it has become crowded with COM
petition, so it will be with the
young educated farmer at this age
as he enters the broad, inviting
fields of agriculture where compe-
tition at present is practically un-
known. Already the North has
many educated young men who
who are leading their great throng
of agriculturists to higher planes
of development, who are looked
upon as pioneers of this ennobling
profession, and who are winning
for themselves a name that will be
held sublime in the minds OF their
COuntrymen.
The Southland offers greater in
ducements to an educated farmer
than does the north, the mild eli
mate short winters, etc.
The spirit of AGRICULTURAL educa-