The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-14

the bucolic spirit. wlthou, a love fol
and pride In the development of the
animal husbandry sIdo of a we'll
rounded farm. He believed, also that
the patriarchal spirit was an essen
tial TO proper rural life. and that
this sentiment could never be built up
on purely agrononlic calling. but was
developed only from an agriculture
that embraced animal husbandry in
one form or another
Animnl Breeding IL High Art.
TO the average man amongst us.
English country life seems inordi-
nately "horsey," and an undue amount
OF their talk seems to be devoted to
stock II looks as If the English had
almost made fetish of the horse and
other animal life OF the farm, but If
you look at 1t from their viewpoint
and concede that such forms OF farm
ing are not solely for pecuniary ends,
but act as means of grace as we'll,
we can better understand their po-
stlon. They really believe that ant
NAL breeding Is the highest art Of
men II
In this they are about right, for it
Is but natural that the supervision
care and consequent love OF domestic
animals, especially In youth. should
produce i'll man elements of char
influence. The very dependence of ami
mails on him gives him n broader sym
pathy with life, truer spirit OF SER
Vice and conservation 10 something
beyond self. The records. moreover,
seem To bear this out. for a pastoral
life has been responsible for large
proportion of the characters in history
that have been loved and chosen MS
leaders OF men. Note that almost
M n ne JaD T..
has been tender OF nocks." and
that the great men OF almost all races
have been largely country bred. We
must particularly note that from the
world conquering Island OF Engla nd
have come. not only connuerIng men,
but almost every type of domestic
animal which we know to-day. .H
Among the horses recall the Thor
oughbred. Hackney, Clyde Shire,
Punch and Shetland; among the cattle
the Ayrshire. Dovcn. Durham, Ang,ls.
Hereford Jersey. Guernsey, Suffolk,
cic.; among the sheep the Southdown
and other Downs. Dorsets. Cotswolds.
Lincoln. Cheviot, etc. and the hogs
Berk shircs. Yorkshircs. lIampshircs.
Tamworth, etc.--all English. From
the hand-nade turf Of tugh little Hol-
land have come the various Dutch
breeds of cattle. and the Flanders
rons), and besides these and tic Eng
lish breeds, there are practically no
others. Was this mere coincidence or
cause and effect? Again in the heroic
age of America. our post-colonlnl pc
Rod. 1t was from the farms that bred
horses. cattle. hogs and sheep-and fox
hounds--that we get our Wnshingtons
Jcnersons. Madisons, Monroes, Henrys,
etc Farming was then a SUCCESSFUL
N1 lr,tp 49, 1,.1
but also in producing men. Have you
seen Mount Vernon, or Monticello, or
Arlington. or The Hermitage, or any
Of our old colonial or post col onial
homes? The wide outlook, the broad
acres. signs OF animal life everywhere
and stables dose at hand give the true
farm atmosphere.
These houses and their builders were
the result of old English ideals No
others suit US, no character evolved on
the continent really appeals to a South
cause. except they We're raised Diff
fercntly.
Ideal Rnrni Life.
In France and throughout most q,
the continent. all the farming popula-
ton live N roadside groups: almost
small villages. the houses stuck close
10 the road and the road no wider here
Than elsewhere. 1t Is a little better
In Germany. but ii is seldom That we
sec anywhere on the continent an $50
lated home. In england, on tho CON
trary, even the laborer's cottage is
usually set back from the road. shaded
by trees and hidden by vines ana
shrubbery. Tho homes of wealth are
always alone, almost concealed from
view. just enough being shown to en-
list interest. excite desire and make
the landscape attrac tive.
This difference In habit of home ,ora
lion not only influences character. but
absolutely changes the appearance OF,
the country. and II makes England un-
eqnaled IN pastoral beauty Nor does
ne difference end here. On the con-
tlnent in continuous building. usu.
any more or less of a hollow square
we find human beings, horses. cnttle
pigs. sheep and fowls, all under ono
roof. In England. even in the hum.
blest cottage home. man lives alone
SO far as animal neighbors ere con.
cerned NTH -
They nre around hiin-not with him,
IN agricultural Skill and dert hus
pahdfy the people are equal; perhaps
Inc continental farmer Is a shade the
better but one builds house and tbe
other builds home; one loves the ami
ma the other loves the breed THIS
max MAKES al the difference in the world
In the ideals of the two.
1t is evident from an ANALYSTS of Inc
favored communities mentioned above
mat an ideal rural life is absolutely
incompatible with sIngle-crop farming.
no permanent rural life is possible
WIN any one- crop system. and in this
tobacco, cation and peanuts are MI
aiikc-ai In the end will bring failure.
lherc may be money in ono or In all
Tor u TING, but not long, because such
farming violates every economic law
known 10 men.
But to come back. how can & young
couple starting life on the farm, so
iive as to really make the most of ID.
not only financially. but intellectually
and socially. and thus be assured that
their children Will follow their call
Ing? -
They can do this by going there
with The determination to make farm