The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-08-23

training. $. beth. in sei,m;i or college.
White there shou.c. undoubtedly be
such Training ss a foundation lex
tent diSrri.,: ::c.crd;i,- tn the kind OF
wort. rsc., w. :::.::rnGs To Co rs mani.
It IL t,eyrri.i ;..r;' that our educa-
tionul s.x:-n, <.a::,d ricrr and mere
be turned IL :i.r direction of educating
men towarJ 80. cof AWAY from the
farm and He ssup.
Du;iu:: :hs inss Ea;: criiury we have
begun tU irrs."p system OF agricul.
tural education 1T 1Ere practical and
scientific. ard w~ must 60 on devel.
oping u. Eat after developing 1t It
must bc used. 1hr rich man who
spends fortune upon . fancy farm
with entire Indifference to cost does
not do much SOod to farming: but. on
tho other hand. .usf IA little is done by
the working farmer who stolidly re-
fuses to prof; by the knowledge Of the
day. who treats any effort at Improve
ment as absurd o, its face. refuses to
countenancc what he regards a. new
tangled idcHs ard cOnfrivunces and
5eers Mt aII ''bonk farming"
I wish l could take representatives
Of this type Of farmer down to Long
what has been done. not rs philanthro-
ny. but as a plain business proposition.
BY men connected with the Long Is.
land ruilroad. who believe II pays to
encourage the Development Of farms
along the line Of that railway. They
hare put practical men In charge OF
experimental farms. cultivating them
intensively and using she best mod
ern methods not only in raising crops.
but In securing tile best market for
the crops when raised.
The growth has been astounding.
and land only nfty miles from New
York which. during our entire national
lifetime has been treated as worth
less. has within the last three or four
years been proved to POSSESS a really
high value.
Interest to Farm Lite.
The farmer. however. must not only
make bis lnnd ruy. but be must make
country life interesting for himself
and for his wife and bis sons and
daughters. Our people as a whole
should realize the Infinite possibilities
Of life in the country. and every ef-
fort should he made to make these
possibilities more possible.
From the beginning Of time 1t has
been the man raised IN the country
and usually the man born in the coun.
try-who has been most apt to rem
der the services which every nation
most needs. Turning to the list Of
American statesmen. 1t IL extraordi.
nary to see how large . proportion
started Us farm boys. But it is
rather sad to see that in recent years
most OF these same boys have ended
their lives M men living in cities.
It 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 farmer. who lived all his
life In the country: Washington was q
farmer. who lived and died in the
country. And we Of this nation ought
to make 1t our business to see that the
conditions are made such that farm
life In the future shall not only de.
velop men of the stamp of Washing.
ton and Henry Clay. but shall be 20 at.
tractive that these men may continue
as farmers. for remember that Wash.
ington and Henry Clay were success
full farmers.
l hope :hat things will so shape
themselves that the farmer can have
great career and yet end his life as
a farmer. so that the city man will
look forward to living IN the country
rather than the country man to living
in the city.
Farmers should learn how to COM
bine effectively. as has been done in
industry. am particularly glad to
speak to the grange. for l heartily be-
lievc In farmers nrgnnizati tons. and
We should ali welcome every step
taken toward IN increasing co-opern-
ton among farmers. The importance
OF such movements cannot be over
estimated. ard through such intelli.
gent joint action 1t will be possible to
improve the market Just as much as
the farm
Eou.I re,no. With c;%v eoIk.