The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-09-06

The farmer has passed the stage OF
crawling and is now walking He
has his automobile and the progress
is so great that | expect the day to
come when he viii have his steam
Yacht s.fk>s..s- 4 4ssss
of agriculture when the farmers
p their farms and assem- BILE for
s. urposes as you are now as
sch to exchange ideas and bet
ter /. p~selves for your work. You
are q hearty welcome here and
though ..'e do not give you the luxuries
Of the table, We give you the good,
plain food which our boys work. I
bid you welcome ana wish for
you a pleasant and profitable session"
''TIle Twentieth Century Farmer
Then began the practical addresses
Of the day the first by Mr.. A L.
French, of Rockingham county. who
spoke concerning The Twentieth
Century Farmer In his address he
told Of what should be the work and
knowledge Of the farmer Of today and
tomorrow, emphasizing the great
changes that have taken place IN
farming life He paid tribute to the
pioneer farmer, declaring him to have
been a power in his day. but that
now improved methods are needed
The great problem Of the farmer Of
today Mr.. French declared, is the
care Of the soil; that the cream hao
been taken from it by his fathers
and that with SKINNED milk on his
hands he must add the cream 50 as to
get the fat soils Of the bottoms, that
the lands must be built up, that q
different brand farmer Is needed IN
present day work, one who will build
up soils and raise larger crops
Money today is not q need. but
an absolute necessity the speaker
said going on to show that In meeting
on equal terms men of other pursuits
the farmer must have decently
furnished home; his children must be
as we'll educated and as Well dressed
as other children, that he must sub
scribe to books and papers; that IN
fact the farmer must be business
man az we'll as a farmer. that he
must know how to purchase as Wel as
how to sell, Declaring that ne dld
not desire to Interpret any politics
into his remarks. he declared thae
the twentieth century farmer In North
Carolina because Of their NUMBERS
should be a controlling power IN
politics, that they should use lheir
own heads and not be made the TOOLS
Of the better trained men IN otner
lines of life, that the farmer should
use his power to control his own
business.
Discard the old ways, he urged,
saying that a farm is a business when
needs cash and brains, that the farmer
must be a trained business man dis
we'll as 2 thinker, that the farmers
do not measure up to this, that North
Carolina needs more real farmer clu-
zens He urged that the farmers take
their sons into their lives. so that no
other life would appeal to the poys
more than a farm life and that they
would not want to leave it Tram
the boys at home, teach him TO be
begin his education on
he farm, for the man VINO VINO
5oine the best that is in him
farm is as good and as safe busl-
ness as any in the State, he declared,
and insisted that the thing for the
father farmers to do was to take IN
the boy with him, to let 1t be our
farm in which he had a share, that
there is no better place to train boy
Fhan on farm and the farmer must
be trained himself SO as to do this.
Tea chers in county schools should De
trained SO as to teach things suitable
for farm needs; they must know the
soils; the college professor should lead
his pupils along broad agricultural
ines.
Here Mr.. French turned his atten-
ion to the newspapers, saying that
he local papers should he informed
IF the things of value done by flTst-
lass farmer as in other lines; that
hey should give as much publicity
o the farmer as to the lawyer or doc
or "ROckingham county. said he.
has probably more lawyers in it than
t can use. and it needs farmers De
.laring that in his county. when our
-oung men started into law. he re-
,efved columns Of praise and that
fifty boys who started in farming re-
eived not a line, ne said: People
n journalistic life do not believe in
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