Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1910-09-08

Setter Agricultural RH@eh00m7
i A lot Of nonsense Is being talked
and written by thu Republican news
papers about better agricultural
methods. Self-interest, Of course.
prompts every farmer 70 do every
thing that he can to get the best
crops possible, and no incentive 10
stronger then ssli-interest There
are many things that farmers would
like to do that events prevents them
from doing. and there are thing
which they do that they wish they
had left undone. II is so 10 every
business and with everyone. II
the hay bad not been Gus shls morn
ing rain would not have spoiled IL j;
but who Is wise enoughtto tel whas
the tickle weather will boz II Il
had not rained for weeks In the
spring, the cotton and the corn
would not have been so weedy; 10
would have been possible 70 work Il
10 season, instead OF having 70 walt
until other crops needed attention;
had ID not been for the damp. muFky
weather, the tobacco would nos hays
rOtted In the barns. II 10 had noi
bsen for the drought. the crops
would have been better; bus she
farmer Is not rain maker aud has
to accept The weather thai nature
provides.
When the people get sick Of Re-
publican policies and corrupt mis-.
rule. some smart Alsck blamss IL on
the farmers. and heorgans bsgin
opipe 10 the sa ne tune and dem lnd
"b tier agricultural methods"
When Insurgents Insurgs. tho
Same organs" blame Ii on the far.
mera and insis. that they have pron-
pered through Republican Iegisla
zion. although they admit The tariff
should have been more sclenln.
ie".
Some railroad magnase has q mod
si farm where everything aha. he
raises costs twice what II 10 worth,
and sven The eggs costs one dollar
per d. zen, and he thinks lhas the
farmers should follow bis example
Of intensive farming. The AgrI-
cultural Department experts advise
the farmers how 70 improve their
soil and stock. bnt II their advice
were followed The farmers would
need the Treasury Of she United
States 10 draw upon and then 70.
quire an urgent deficiency appro.
prlation, "a the "experta" ofaan do.
70 make both ends meet.
n the farmers critics would try
their hand at farming. With the pre-
semi lack Of labor and nos very en-
Client ~ that. they would nos carp
30 much. II isdollAra 70 doughnuts
they would admit failure. blame 10
on the land or the weather. and then
resume theirold occupation Of scrib-
bling about farming.
The Agricultural Department has
just discovered shas the farmers
ought TO raise moro potatoes 70 ths
acre. and hassent experts 70 Europe
10 tind out how 70 do IL. What they
will learn viii be thai She climate
there Is better than here for thai
sors OF crop, and any PennsylvanIA
Dutchpan could have cold them 40
much without u costing . dollar,
when they win spent shousAnds.
Other countries are sending or.
perts here 70 discover how Ne grow
cotton. and why Itcan 4 be grown a.
well or better in Africa. Asia or
South America. Il is probably q
question Of climate. for The darkey
and tbs old mule can surely DO du-
plicased In some fashion aud shere
Ii no great secret In their meander.
ings.
II you have tried farming yOu
viii know that II 10 no picnic, and
that throuRh Republican policies ali
that you have 70 buy Is ~ trust
prices. and for all that you have 70 sell
you must taks what some combine
will pay. Yes. u IL not al fun
being . farmer, nor do they al ride
In automobiles. though the RspublI.
can metropolitan organs and the
funny supplements would try and
make US believe THAI that farmers
are bigger fools than are ether NOR
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