Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-08-24
ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES
FARMERS AT UTICA
Tells Them Why Their Vocation and
Industry Are Essential for the Future
of the Country

to you hereto you practical men,
who own and work your farms =
that it is pernicious absurdity tc
refuse to benefit by the work OF the
student. The English farma' II
have quoted, Young, was a practical
farmer, but he was also scientific
farmer. One reason why the great
business men of today the greet
industrial leaders have gone
ahead, while the farmer has tended
to sag behind the others. is that
they are farmers willing, and
indeed eager, to profit by expert and
technical knowledge-the knowledge
that can come only as result Of
the highest education. From rail-
ways to factories no great inGlstr
al concern can nowadays be carried
on save by the aid of swarm of
men who have received hiyh tech
nical education in chemistry, in en-
gineering, in electricity, in one or
more of scores of special subjects
The big business man, the bis rail-
way man, does not ask college
trained experts to tell him how 10
run his business; but ne Goes ask
numbers of them each to give him
expert advice and aid On some one
point indispensable to his business,
He finds this man usually in some
| graduate of technical school or
college in which he has been
trained for his life work.
''The farmer, however, must not
only make his land pay, but he
must make country life interesting
for himself and his wife and his
sons and daughters. Our people
as a whole should realize the inf
} mite possibilities of life in the coun-
) try; and every effort should be
made to make these possibilities
more possible From the beginning
of time it has been the man raised
in the country-and usually the
man born in the countrywide has
been most apt to render the ser
vices which every nation mos
= needs. Turning to the list o
: American statesmen, it is extraor
binary to see how large a proper
5 ton started as farm boys. But
u is rather sad to see that in recen
years most of these boys have end
h ed their lives as men living in tn
y cities.
Farmers should learn how t
/ combine effectively, as has bee
done in industry. | am particu
n larly glad to speak to the Grang'
/ for l heartily believe in farmers
u organizations; and We should a
y welcome every step taken toward
4 an increasing cooperation anon
% farmers. The Importance of sue
"a movements cannot be overestima
At ed; and through such intelligel
a. joint action it will be possible
IN improve the market Just as much ;
e. the farm.
Country life should be as attra
4
al tive as city life, and the COUNT
er people should insist upon haviI
ne their full representation when
as comes to dealing with great pub
"a questions. In other words, count
ell folks should demand that tn
elf work on equal terms with the ci
1t. folks in all such matters.
he "The country church should
ur made true social center, alive
M every need of the community, stan
or ing for broad individual Quito
OF and development taking the le
ew in. work and recreation, caring me
an for conduct than for dogma, me
So for ethical, spiritual, practical b
IS terment than for merely formal
ian ETY.. The country fair offers
My greater. possibilities for continue
ose and healthy usefulness than it
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