Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-11-17
MORE ATTENTION TO FINER
Memphis Commercial Appeal Sees Ne
eesslty Of DevotIng More Time
to Agricultural Interests.

I'VE would be glad n all our sena-
tors and all our congressman would
attend farmers meetings. They would
then make better senators and better
congressman. They would learn that
the development OF the south depends
more upon a good agricultural depart
ment at Washington; upon the dis
seminatIon of information about fer
tilizing lands. than upon the Philip
pine question or the free and unlimit-
ed coinage OF silver"
This man is not a farmer In the
strict sense OF the word-indeed. he Is
a banker. but he recognizes the fact
that the civilization. the development,
the progress and the happiness of this
people. and the people OF the whole
world depends upon the SOIL"
In the south We are rapidly destroy
ing the fertility OF our land. We can
make the fertile more fertile. We can
do this by study; by getting knowi-
edge and by following scientific prin-
ciples in agriculture"
TT is a magnificent business. this
thing of farming, when we farm right,
and as soon as the southern farmers,
all of them, farm right. this will be the
richest agricultural RECON In the
world"
And. by the way, the Commercial
Appeal intends to devote hereafter
more time and attention and space to
successful farming. to public educa-
ton. to good roads. and to. home i'm
provement than to politics"
Ths above sentences are taken
from recent editorials in the Memphis
Commercial Appeal. Such expressions
from such a great daily means much
to this section of country. When all
our great dailies, weekly papers.
teachers, senators. congressman,
preachers and other leaders fully rea-
lie the fact that the wealth OF the
farmer is at the basis or all general
prosperity and that 1t enriches as 1t
goes by creating a demand for the la
Dor of workers In all occupations. and
impress our people with the dignity
and importance Of agriculture. the
south will soon be the richest section
of the world When all our great
dallies and weeklies devote more time
and attention and space to successful
farming. to public education. to good
roads, and to home Improvement than
to politics: when all our superintend-
ents OF education and school teachers
direct the public to the many farmers
who have produced new varieties OF
frrit. vegetables and other farm
crops, made fortunes and won names
that will never die; when all OF our
leaders urge our young people to emu
late the examples of those who have
by selection and cross-breeding pro-
duced cows that give from i've to
twelve .,allons of milk per day. sheep
that produce fifty pounds Of wool at q
shearing. the swift running and trot-
ting horses. and other animals of such
great intelligence. and whose names
will forever adorn the pages OF his
tory, we will soon be able to build
good roads. clothe and educate our
families better, have comfortable
homes with improved home and farm
equipment. and. in fact. all the better
ments which a progressive civilization
in the country demands.
The masses must become a great In
telligent, thrifty class. upon which ma
tons alone are founded: obedient to
orders. but not slaves: tenacious OF
their rights. but not anarchists The
masses must be full OF the science OF
how to farm. refined. cultured. loyal. to
government and to God
Let us all join IN the movement to
educate the farmers Of this section Of
the country The difference between
the average yield OF cotton and corn
per acre and the largest yield is about
FIVE fold The average cost of culti-
waiting an acre OF cotton or corn is
double fits most economical cost We
have. therefore. between the average
and the best in farming. an attainable
thousand per cent This difference OF
1000 per cent against the average
farmer is due wholly to conditions
which he can easily control with the
necessary knowledge The educated
farmer gradually deepens his soil by
deep blowing: fills IT full OF nitrogen
by growing leguminous crops; fills IL
full OF humus by practicing rotation OF
crops: plants the most prolific seed:
gives his crops frequent and shallow
cultivation and annually gamers abun-
dant harvests.