Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-11-04
UNCLE SAM A GLOBE sEAcHER FOR GOOD THINGS

CIErItten Specially for The Bulletin-)
A good many Of Us farmers are held
20 be slow To take up anything new
Sometimes that Characteristic is made
Tho basis for a SneeT- We are called
slow coaches old fogies. etc
Well it certainly is true that ad-
herauce 10 custom and precedent can
l-a carried too far When cOnserva-
rism dezenerates into retrogression-
when stability turns into stubbornnesS
when the constant habit or looking
backward pats such a klnk INTO our
Bsicizbones that We can't any more look
forward or uuWard-whv then the
thing is manifestly being carried too
Tar.
At the same time. we needn't be
ASHAMED 10 agree with Goldsmith. who
szId- 4 love every thing that's old. old
friends. old times, old manners, old
lloods. old wine There is no harm
iu the ancient landmark there is
apprehension against its removal
Iust because We. Individually may
Pee facing the east. don't let's be too
hard OF those who arc looking towards
the sunset There is a glory and a
-if- II the dawn which none who have
come gslder its spell may overrate;
likewise there Is a ripened and chas
tcned beauty in the eventide.
In the same sacred volume therein
sre find command against removing
1he ancient landmark, we may read
things. hold fast that which is good
There i suggested the safe middle
course Tor ALI Tor US farmers as We'll
IS for other men.
In the past fifty years there have
neeu many changes in methods of
farming Many more than are now i'll
vogue have been suggested and tried
uut and discarded Not everything that
5 new is therefore valuable But 1t i
Usually only by testing all the new
schemes that we are able TO Winnow
out the worthless chaff and separate
the good seed for future use some
times il happens that a plan which,
looks well in theory turns out a most
miserable failure in practice Some
times. too. il chances that an idea
"a hlch seems almost luny. at first
E.ance. proves itself under test. TO be
built around the BONES Of real re
form
esting always in the antiquity
81 the recipe. nor in the reputation Of
the coos
! remember the first moving ma
chine which was put into a meadow in
my town II took more men and
longer time TO cut an acre of grass
With Il than was The usual rate with
the scythe- \ lot OF my elders laugh
ec AZ the crazy cOntraptiCn. We
boys laughed too. for that seemed to
be the proper thing 10 do. But a few
farmers sti-k 10 the machine: a few
inventors kept improving ID. practical
tests kept suggesting changes for the
better The trouble with that first
machine was not in the idea but in the
rey To vas not at first worked out. !
The IDEA was pure gold. the execution |
was IL clumsy wood and iron. at first |
But who now would go back to the |
hand scythe and milestone and l
spreading fork and hand rake TO do !
lis having
L.
ard then held fast to it because it |
rlzde good.
OF the last esntury's improvements
IA farming tools and methods a vast
III Jority have been devoted 10 exist |
Ing crops We cultivate and handle
rem differently. but we still raise corn
o. nd potatoes and oats, etc jndoubt-
edly we arc wise in doing so-in |
sticking 10 the old friends or our
fields.
But our ancestors didn't always |
: = Sc corn ana potatoes and oats
absolutely new crops In the case of |
corn and potatoes that time wasn't 50 |
f7r back. either. None Of our Euro |
pesn forhears ever saw or heard of !
either one or those crops The maize !
which we can corn is a native North |
= rT7eTf~au plant. and was never known |
BY white men till the Massa chusetts |
IND Introduced il 10 the Pilgrims. |
-iIis p--r'n- a dead fish under each +,
= n at chanting time The potato was |
lrSt found IN Peru, where it still grows |
Mild ARD mighty poor fodder it is. |
tro. in its original. unimproved statet
Some OF Us are inclined to think !
Tat our great great ndfathers |
- ere an 1wfuly slow and pOky set !
and TIE progressiveness {" try out /
roru and potatoes we might still nave I
been living on barley and turnips-
great deal of very valuable if not |
sivrss-s anpreciated work is being done 1
~ the I nited states department of 1
q ericslrure and by tho various state 1
experiment stations for and anon ex- |
sting crops and conditions. They are /
aE the time devisinr and testing new |
H. tnvls OF mana eiug the crops we |
7lreGa4 raise Many progressive |
faflners join Nitn them in these ex-
rr-1,iffIts- II IS g worthy and and one
? hich shauid have The sympathy and
cordial assistance of all Grass IS the /
Oldest IN az crops And he who makes
twu hlasies or -rGss grow where one
1cucfactor to his Kind. Everything
e. hieh enables Us 10 grow better grass
'rit oettsr corIi AID better potatoes
enc better oats and better cahhage on |
irr soils is manifestiy a blessing
5us the department Of agriculture
fs<rt stopped there Not content with
lectfrr to improve the produetfvepess
.rs profit % already common crcDS.
. las r7r Fesrs been working On new
ra-s q iSl-t quite 10 br supposed !
.- a- af rue United States have and
-se ail tae GOOD thir~s Sllat row i'm
'in EoTtl- There arc several other
sr itrcsr~ iriia sired b nanny sorts
people Is Ht. liTe- move and have
II reu. from foods and fruits
frr- are difIcr.u mt from ours
- n.y. tn.
b. Hon- tls- varieties OF pianrs raised /
r Fur.Fs- and Asia s1d Africa and |
'-trda.a und thc islands uf the sea.
nFt" u se some which viii 5o well
2 one rarc or another or these United
= .teS
THAT b. Just The question which the |
. rlr- T-ent - seeking TO answer
II has no~ and has had for years
-ainco SCENTS in all parts OF the world
4 r.4iue arorg their ative prnduc- |
Ions f1r 81 scies which give promise of
r-rE f-Sefrs To US our national area
f-rf--e ~ arctic and I