The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-07
Tom McNeal and G. II. Sessions
Make Speeches.
Kansas Leading HumOrist Tells
How to Keep Boys on Farm.
Is COMING TO FRONT
Asserts That Farming Will Be
First Profession.
Secretary of State Urges I'M
pOrtance of Irrigation.

outsiders furnished the life at
the night meeting of the state HOT u
cultural society which is in session a.
the state house. They were 1oll -, -
Neal and c. H. Sessions one talhe9 9
nf how to keep boys on the Aarin . elN'
+F7a other of the importance OF lrTlsd-
ton and what he doesn't know about
horticulture e~r,,,,e,
'sThe time will come when 1arnl -4.ls
x.-iI1 he considered the most reSpectd-
hIa ana first in the learned proIes-
sfons." was the assertion OF M sl-S. es..
Mr. McNeaI also said that TAI In nee
E,aiTs nroperIv cultivated and APP
DIfed were the best fertilizers Tor tIlS
farms and were making the lana
yield threefold- r,,,~ Rows
Lave the Farm He said that the
reason for 20 per cent of the popula-
zion being in the cities today was Dez
canse the drift cityward started
s-et.e1 fsrno bovs thought that they
could get more pleasure out OF ire IN
town for less work than TOT oii
drudgery of farm lite- he 4 lls.o &C. &C.
the attitude that labor was desraol ile
handed down from the days OF tne
serf. and the ridicule given by farm
ers in cartoons was also largely re-
sponsible for the beginning OF the
Another reason advanced by the
sneaker and that from his own ex-
nerience was that the farm boy o.
former wears COulu 44Ol AORO ~
abIo to own farm of his own, ana
that as agriculture used to be prac-
ficed. it did not give scope to ambition
or brains. -
state in his address of welcome urged
Kansas farmers and hortlculturlsIs y
invest in Kansas irrigation projects
rather than in out OF state hke PROPOSE
4ions His talk in part follows:
ssFruit growing has been an honor
able occupation through all the ages.
Plain, common, everyday FARMING a
certain periods in ancient times was
recorded as degrading. Not until mod
ern times. was banking considered a re-
sDectable business And am not sure
that the newspaper business Whlcn Is
my trade. is yet regarded as nOnor aole-
Al one time or another, in the history
Of the world. all lines of human en-
daayor. even including preaching, was
under the ban, except Irull gorwInS-
So Won folks must be Gods chosen peo-
pie.
Prefer Kansas Irrigation Projects
Now. I haven't the nerve to STAND
4p here and presume to tell you people
how to grow fruit A Denver man was
in nv Office not long ago and took out
a charter for a big apple Orcnaru III
Linn county He said he proposed u
teach Kansas people how to raise ap-
Mos He has adopted the modern SCI
entiac methods, including irrigation
Now he may or may not pc aole ~
teach YOU folks some new tricks OF the
trade Int it is worth your While 10
watch him and his methods Kansas
sends thousands Of dollars annually, 10
the south to promote fruit plantations
and thousands TO the mountain states
to promote irrigation plants Scarcely
ever do we hear Of any dlV1dends on
those Investments. 1t is my theory
that if this amount of money were spent
right in Kansas, draining lands when
45eIr are wet, and irrigating them when
they are dry, that it would yield Its
owner ample returns
Fruit Men Not Topers.
Here is a noticeable characteristic
of frr1it growers: they are usually peo-
ME of fine sensibilities, good haolts'
veil educated and we'll dressed Inc
enc who uses liquor is indeed rare
curiosity. The most of them do not
even use tobacco. A Lawrence fruit
grower. not long ago, modestly Cd
served that fruit growers deserved nc
sDecial credit in that respect He ad-
vanced the theory that fruit growers
were great fruit eaters and that they
got enough alcohol out of the fruit to
satisfy their appetites. However, ]
attribute it to the fact that fruit Is
healthful and aids digestion; that g
good digestion promotes good nature
and that good nature promotes gooc
habits.
ssFruit growers have the fruit eating
habit instead of the liquor habit or tbs
tobacco habit and I would to God thai
the rest of humanity had the same
habit
Mrs. H. W. Roby in her paper. THE