St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-08-13
Mr.. VEAZE NASTERFUI
ADDRESS TO The
FARMERS.

Address to the Farmers of the State,
delivered at 0peIousas. on the 18th
of July, BY EdwardP Veazie, Esq,
Of the st. Landry Bar.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Welcome, thrice welcome within
our doors, is Samuel F. White of the
Frisco Exhibit.
Small would be the sentiment not
touched by this outpouring Of the
people; smaller too would be a want
of appreciation on my part Of the
signal honor conferred By designating
me as orator of the day.
From every part Of the country the
farmers have fockad here to drink
deep at the fountain Of agricultural
science. The great Frisco Railroad
Co. is here with its cars laden with
the richest agricultural and horticul-
tural products, End along with the
carload Of positive evidence Of the
wealth and prosperity Of our western
neighbors, comes Mr.. White. the
most practical farmer who ever in
vaded the Louisiana field. Without
flourish Of trumpets. with no attempt
at literary display, or rhetorical finish
be dissects the soil, analyses the
climate in It's effects upon plant life,
and assuming q given crop, tells you
the most approved method Of planting,
cultiyating and harvesting che same.
MI. Miller, the able and distin-
guished head Of the Louisiana Game
Commission, with whom / have not
the honor of personal acquaintance,
but whose brilliant lecture, delivered
in this city last year, still rings ii
my ears, is obliged 10 resort to the
art Of the taxidermist or to the
stereoptican, to place before you, ii
intelligent and attractive manner, The
life and history Of our neglected song
ster.
Not 50 with Mr.. White. Fresh
from farm and garden, wet with The
morning dew, he produces before you
for you to see and to study, the very
fruit itself. If knowledge is power,
and this seems not to be d debatable
question, / know Of no more appro-
pirate place to install that power
than in che cultivated field.
The average farmer, with so much
native ability, and SO little pretense.
little appreciates the dignity Of his
profession.
II is the farmer who feeds and
clothes the millions at home and
abroad; it IS your labor that maintains
the trade exchanges Of che world;
il IS your hand which gives electric
foot to crop news and sends it to all
parts Of the world, where it influences
every other business engaged in By
man. It is your hand which draws
the miles Of loaded freight boxes
and drives the ocean steamer, laden
with your treasures, across the water
and has your conntry's fax waving in
every port and in every cline; indeed
it is your work for society which
your name, and your fame, to
be celebrated the world over, by the
music Of the Whirling spindle. The
lessons taught you here today BY MI.
White viii broaden your lives and
sharpen your interest ID yoru
chosen calling. long after he has past
away.
All good movements, ike the one
now inaugurated, gather force and
volume as they proceed on their way
to the final success,
One looking at the Big Fork River
would suppose it could be nothing
but d riyulet; travelling south where It
leads you, and skipping many of the
twenty six tributaries, the Susque-
rolls into the Mississippi river,
descending further, the Iowa adds
her fortune to the growing food
further on, the Illinois. the Missouri
the Ohio. the Arkansas and the Red
pour their surging bellows into the
Father of Waters, and onward, COM
bined, they rush to the Mexican Gulf.
Just 50 it will be with this move
ment. Hundreds BY hundreds, eager
TO be taught life's greatest work,
will drop into line and finally merge
into one common school, where
science demonstrates thas a crop IS d
certainty. and that experiments are
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