The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-23

.,1 architects are professional men.
rhav spend years n years of con-
n+ant study to attain that knowledge
4b,t will fit them for the front ranks
- their professions. Only those who
a. ctu3y ever make a great success.
NAN cannot be a great
~, NV because his father was one. He
n,Tst study. for the knowledge of his
f9+haf cannot be inherited, nor can
i he passed on simply by word of
n,orth While the son of an archi-
+art NAV be gifted with certain talent
he too. must study, for the talent
u,iIj avail him little unless he knows
mathematics.
Few men IN life have made a sue
oass without education, n those few
who have, have had inbOrn shrewd-
ness 10 employ educated men or use
Educated men to formulate plans to
corr,, out their schemes. The lack of
education has whetted their ambition
~ he somebody" and to be some
hody they must have aid. Therefore
thpy turn to the man with the educa-
ton along the line they wish to
move.
The rye studies for years be-
fore ne ever touches q knife or instru-
ment. 1t would be impossible for him
to become a surgeon, either ~ watch
ing the work Of others or by expert
mpn+;ng alone on human bOdieS. He
must first possess knowledge of anat-
omy.
How is it with the man who if he
would quit his work for sixty days
could paralyze mines, railroads, cities
and towns; who could wreck banks,
overthrow governments and make
gold as worthless as clay?
We speak of h farlner-the very
axle uDOn Which the wheel of life
itself turns.
Agriculture is the axle Of the world.
Money is the huh. Commerce is the
sp0kes and rim that completes the
wheel. The grease hat will prevent
q hot box is agricultural education.
Grease the brains of u boys and
girls and the wagon will run easy. The
load will be success.
But some may be asking what the
motive power is. There is none yet
save the natural law of gravitation
and momentum. The wagon Of life is
only COasting. 1t will take a long
time to reach the bottom of the hill
the VALLEY of Observation-Disclosures the
lands have been robbed and inpover-
ished and the nations Of earth will
starve. But by that time a new motive
power will have been found 1t will
be Ambition, who with bowed neck
anu SINiCS ICSS, 1ilo11hPAiiS 'RoAA ~
bit Of resolution will pull the load to
the top of the hill.
But enough Of dreaming and back
10 earth now.
Farming is a business-just as any
other occupation. Yet. it IS the most
negligently conducted of all.
The average farmer is one because
his father vas or because his lot made
him one. And his son will probably
hN- 81 49, 80 ~ 1N 1v1 n VIC
more about farming than anything
else. Yet unless this boy has caught
the true spirit of the farm and loves
the work; unless he sees the beauty
Of the life that throbs in everything
around him-he cannot make a sue
cess and will farm simply to make a
living.
The love of farming is peculiar only
to the best farmers-the ones who
love and understand their work.. No
man can succeed at any work he does
not love. The farmer who does not
love his work, who does not love his
stock, his crops, his very home, is not
likely 10 make the success that the
man who does love his Work will
make.
No class of work requires a higher
grade of training or special qualitica-
tons than farming.
Inc Southern farmer has been
Sleeping upon his oars. The fish
have been striking all around. He has
been batting the hook and the other
Fellow has been doing the 'string-
ing"
The cry of back to the farm is
yelled the loudest by those who have
an ak to grind. It is usually the rail
road president who notices decreased
tonnage, or the real estate man, who
mas farm lands for sale.
me restoration of rural life de-
pehds upon the farmers themselves
1"eE alone must solve the problem
"nu upon them depends the saving
Vi the rural South to the white race.
me cotton crop of the South is
in!+9e by the "one-horse' farmer; the
H''e FELLOW in the fork of the creek;
one little fellow who drives a mouse
oSioFed mule (for which he paid an
1Horoltant price, to a cheap pillow
3IHtt cost him dearly): the little fell