The Delta independent., 1910-04-29
THOUGHTS OF THINKERS.

THOUGHTS OF THINKERS.
Parson Twine.-Every man fire.
ouently says: Il have tougher luck
than any other man alive" AS a
matter of fact. all of us have a lot
oil good luck. l always claim to have
{, hoodo that works long hours in
Gueering me, but as a matter of fact
when l think it all over / decide
/ have had nothing but good luck
all my life. And the same thing is
true of you.
f. H. Grubb.-We plow much
land, requiring too much help. too
many sore shouldered horses and
mine the life out of our soil too
quickly. What we need is to adopt
methods requiring fewer acres in
grain, potatoes. etc. getting proper
yield from those we plant. and leave
more acres for alfalfa. clover and
grass that will enable us to grow
meat animals to advantage. and
thus keep up a diversity and our
bank accounts growing.
H. j. Jeffries-To run farm
with hired help man should first
know how to run that farm himself
SO he can plan his work and tell
when he has a good man. and to be
able to appreciate him. No doctor
or lawyer or any other business man
who does not know or has the least
idea how farm work should be done
can make a success. In order to hire
help man must be sure that he
understands such work himself.
John H. Adams.-Farmers never
organize and call strikes. They never
tie up business. They plow and SOW
and reap and NOW. just the same
one year as another and the grass.
the wheat, the oats, the vegetables.
the poultry. the pigs. the sheep. the
cows and the horses, grow from day
to day. Wheels may stop turning
and fires may go out in cities but
dame nature in the country, super
vised by the farmer grinds slowly
away. Give us the agricultural coun-
try for stability and permanency.
f. w. Mondell.-As a people we
fave been woefully neglected OF in
dustrial education. including agri-
cultural education. In view of the
fact that the foundation of all pros
perity is the farm. the forest and
the mine and that it is the produ-
GER on the farm, in the forest. the
mine. shop and factory who creates
ell wealth. it is clear that 1t Is i'm
perative that we should educate the
youth of the land as to the advan-
tages, the Importance and the dig
nifty of agricultural and industrial
pursuits.
H. f.. Wright.-Do not blame the
farmer. He is working hard for very
ordinary wages. | am farming l6O
acres. / will be highly pleased If
get $40 an acre for my crop, or 3d.
200 for the year. The landlord gets
one-half the crop for rent leaving
me 5 900 for years work for my
self, wife and son and $500 worth
of horses and machinery. To earn
this 81 900 we work from 4 90 n. m.
until 500 p. m, eight months of
the year. and during the other four
months, put in more than eight hours
day at hard manual labor 1t is
not all milk and honey on ranch.
| f. w. Mondell.-We have paid
altogether too much attention to the
professions and have failed sadly
in the duty of educating our youth
for the necessary Industrial. agri-
cultural and domestic work of the
country, with the result that we do
not farm as well as we ought, our
mechanics and artisans are not as
well equipped for their life work
as they should be. The advantage
of an industrial or agricultural life
are not understood or appreciated
as they ought to be. hence the over
crowding of certain professions and
of certain classes OF clerical employ
ment.
ii. A. Van Fredenberg.-Do the
country people really desire to zee
a food of the city poor overflow
the city bounds and spread out over
the country? Are not the city poor