Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-18
BEST COME FROM THE FARM
High Order oflnteIIigence, Pluck
and Business Ability Among
Tillers OF the Soil.
by EDGAR L. y1NorNr.

ilttie farmers can do In the way OF
keeping up the intelligence of the
world. 1t seems sometimes as II there
is an idea that all the farmer is ex-
pected to do is to furnish the corn and
butter, the eggs and the other stuff the
world. needs to eat, and leave the
Drains to the people that live in town.
VINO looks for intelligence among the
farmers?
NOW, stop minute and let me show
you the inside of few farm homes
that ! know of, and let me say that
this Is no fancy picture can take
you straight to these farms. The first
one wish to speak of has for its mis-
tress a lady who was once a farmer
girl She graduated at a state normal
school and taught for a number OF
years. a nice farmer man came along
and she said, "Ill go with you and be
the best wife I cant"
In the course of tire there carns a
number of boys and girls. They went
to school, but by far the best nart az
their education came from that farm
ers wife. She taught them things that
the district school could not-German'
algebra and a lot of other things. She
80, 49, s''oiio Aoi iier own young
~. LOT tt'e heighbor boys and
. SIS tnat came TO fer home. Those
49,. ineii anu women never will know
3 .;,1 NV, NV niucn 'hty owe their mother
TILL they go to cross swords with the
world outside.
W lhlo tnat nome, and II you do not
cay mere IS more true gentleness and
a,,n. lhah you VIII find in the
,,s,,,t Guy nome ! shall be disap-
p ~, - avety one IS good and kind
81 -, ,nere - an earnestness on the part
y i lnaa MAKES the heart glad.
u VIII an their getting, those
49,. aoAs nave gotten good. sound
. pous, anu Il tnat is not thing to be
.naliAi ~ ior IN these days when -
, 10y arg nshtlng Tor life / do not
NV "nal -.
., te - announcer pictures Out of that
20 IN ~ nome nave gone two men. one
~. ' 20 civil engineer for one Of
NJ, ~A, anyways OF the state Of
~. ~" I'm Tue otner is IN business for
~ sen an large rruit store. From
,,a s sans nome three lady teachers
sone,
/. Gun soins 20 make This statement
~, !. nay pe cnailenged; II probably will
~. e WY iive IN localities where
,ve,,d n1. tne pissest thing IN the
t., -. a'se, WI IS tnls: Ihat there
49, 20 ii.eiiigence IN matters Of
eiue prac.lcai worth among the farm
- t,iis country To-Day than any
Nc 49, S,ss ~ ,ne "oria, and 1T makes
eiiiiih tnat am a plain.
- =, ' ~, -, IarineI. am not ashamed
iapor every Gay With my
r no+,aa.a il ~ soou company.
notlced not long ago that a man
49, IVA iau pousht an ear OF corn
Ia. la. oes. nun sloo. Seems like a big
cow, oost ~, Anu sun that ear OF
80 .os. tne man that grew 1t years
s,,ra 10 ~ care ana culture. am
- e enri,eu ms money.
- q small thlng TO raise an
,,,,. - Urn. 30 IL Is, as good corn
a. 80, ~. e.,al ear Oh corn had behind
,,a,,,a ~ .ese Jorge tnat ran Though
Ea. .ps one mar, 3 iiIetlme.
COW la ne haa peen studying the
,nssi,pa 49, e haa saved the best
posslpie SEED. He had carefully pre-
~ s,, .n s ,, upon winch It grew. Hs
ti,,at;a, :. tae very pest possible Gull
ana .l.4 anu ~ the end--ah 1t is the
staLas -, soui.s ne won the sweep
a.s., piiAe at tne Iowa Corn Grow
,,a,,,s assocaeion meeting and gave ths
NJ, a soins u ehe pest corn ever seen
90 mo 49,, 800 - eonn grown by the
saHle man SOLD for $130.