Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-25
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great american humorist, said IN a speech before
the representatives Of the Associated Press that
everypody thought they could write a play, run
a motel or edit a newspaper" He might have an.
larged his list by adding "becoma q snccsssfu,
larmer. 10 put seed In the ground and see II
grow seems SO easy that almost every one imag.
mes nimself capable of doing 1t successfully. But
we know that farming, that is. successful farm.
ing, Is both a science and a business. One can
make Just as complete a failure of farming as he
can VI practlcing law, running a hotel or edit.
ing a newspaper. 1t would be worse than pseless
70 encourage the Back to the Soil' movement II
! ID not planned and executed In a way that ia
nKeiy to be successful. The natural yearning to
get back to the soil that comes to most neonle
causes such a movement to appeal TO those who
" wen quahhed, as we'll as to those who are
poorly qualined successfully to do their part as
cultivators Of the soil. To go back to the coil
is TO the man OF ordinary means and under ordi
nary circumstances something like pioneering
ana not every man, by any means. ia capshle NJ
oecomins a successful pioneer. To undertake In.
discriminatory, unscientifcally and without nrona-
nethod and organization, to get people hack n
the SOIL Will result in more of failures than suo.
oesses' IN more OF injury than OF good. But This
"ork can De accomplished In a way that will he
ootn enectiVe and successful and which Will in.
crease the proportion of producers as comnared
with consumers. All that is necessarv gor r.
accomplishment of this result Is that the Same soro
signt and organization should be adoDted In stort
,s Tue business OF farming as Is adopted in the
wv vi any othef business ENTERPRISE ~
men OF means, who also have the disposition N
heip their fellow men, would realize that -
could make a good paying investment. as wal, a.
reiieve distress and suffering by belninp otho-s
10 return to the soil In the right way the shaoL -
lne SOIL movement would then give prom,so -
accomplishing all that its enthusiasts have c,atn
eo ior IT, Such a movement must. of course h.
unaer taken on a bushes basis: upon q pIan wb,oS
VIII promise not only a profitable return m az
investment, out result in giving good homes onS
STEADY employment to many people who mead hoth
1t is easy enough to say to the poor of the laraa
ci.ies tnat they should go back In tbe
Out Tor the successful accomplishment of
Sucn a result money, and considerable money IL
required One cannot expect to make a living nm
: new hundred dollars invested in a farm and the
necessary for its cultivation. any more
nan one can expect to make a living on the same
,mouht invested In any other business. So in
ne nrst place. 1t requires money or credit IN
'uy q farm, and money or credit TO secure neces.
'ary implements. machinery. horses. cows. etc IN
necessarily conduct It 1t will take from Ave IN
'he hundred and sixty acres. according to the char.
'cter OF the soil and the methods of its cultivation
y support a family. You cannot EXPECT large a
rus from a poor farm, or from a good farm. moor.
, cultivated. You cannot expect to receive q no.
from a farming investment out Of all nro
'oreion TO the value of the Investment and n
aoor expended thereon The di6BcuItv n 49,
begins at once. Many of those uhoro