The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
college in which he has been trained

college in which he has been trained
for his life work
''ln just the same way the farmers
should benefit by the advice of the
technical men who have been trained
in phases of the very work the farmer
does. | am not now speaking of the
man who has had an ordinary general
training, whether In school or college,
While there should undoubtedly be such
training as a foundation (the extent
differing according to the kind Of work
each boy intends to do as n T7n). it is
nevertheless true that our educational
system should moro and more be turned
in the direction Of educating men TO-
wards, and not away from, the farm
century we have begun to develop
system, of agricultural education at
once practical and scientific, and we
must go on developing it. But, after
developing it. it must be used.
1.-The rich man who spends fortune
upon a fancy farm, with entire indif-
ference to cost. does not do much good
to farming; but. on the other hand,
Just AS little IS done by the working
farmer who stolidly refuses to profit
by the knowledge Of the day; who
treats any effort at Improvement rs
absurd on its face, refuses to counte.
nance what he regards as new tangled
IDEAS and contrivances, and jeers at all
book farming ] wish ] could take
representatives Of this type of farmer
down to Long Island where ! live, to
have them see what has been done, not
as philanthropy, but as a plain business
proposition, by men connected with the
Long Island railroad. who believe 1T
paws TO encourage the development of
farms along the line of that railway.
They have put practical men i'll charge
of experimental farms. cultivating them
Intensively. and using the best mod
crn methods, not only in raising crops,
but in securing the best market for the
crops when raised. The growth has
been astounding, and land only fifty
miles from New York which, during
treated rs worthless. has within the Inst
three or four years been proved to pos
sess really high value.
Make Farm Life Attractive.
"The farmer. however, must not only
make his land pay. but he must make
country life interesting for himself and
for his wife and his sons and daugh
ters. Our people ms whole should real
ize the infinite possibilities of life In
the country; and every effort should
be made to make these possibilities
more possible From the beginning of
time it has been the man raised in
but usually tlc Uluu DUTu
in the countrywide has been most apt
TO render the services which every ma
ton most needs, Turning to the list of
American statesmen, it is extraordinary
TO sec how large proportion started
as farm boys, But it is rather sad to
see that in recent years most of these
same boys have ended their lives as
men living in cities.
cit often happens that the good con
ditions Of the past can be regained, not
by going back, but by going forward
We cannot recreate what is dead; we
cannot stop the march of events, but
we can direct this march, and out of
the new conditions develop something
better than the past knew, Henry Clay
was a farmer who lived all his life
in the country; Washington was a farm
or who lived and died in the country;
aud we of this nation ought TO make
lt our business TO see that the condi-
tons are made such that farm life in
the future shall not only develop men
of the stamp of Washington and Henry
Clay, but shall he so attractive that
these men may continue as farmers;
for remember that Washington and
Henry Clay were successful farmers. ]
hope that things will so shape them
selves that the farmer can have a
great career and yet end his life as
farmer: so that the city man will look
forward to living In the country rather
than the country man living in the
city.
Farmers should learn how TO com
blne effectively, as has been done in in
dustry. ] am particularly glad to
speak TO the grange. for | heartily
believe in farmers organizations; and
we should all welcome every step taken
towards an increasing cooperation
among farmers The Importance of
such movements cannot be oycrestimat
ed; and through such intelligent joint
action it will be possible to improve
the market Just as much as the farm.
Part in Civic Life.
''Country life should be as attrac.
tive as city life. and the country people
should insist upon having their full
representation when it comes TO deal