The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-30
THE NIPPLES LIFE
IS ATTRACTIVE TO
PROFESSIONAL men
They are lLured From
,Grind of Daily Life
To the Farm
Ess4 az -
GIVE EXPRESSION
A Group OF lhein Tell OF
Their Ambition to Acquire
Land and Farm Ii

tadei the man vino is engaged in
business pursuits TO return to, pos
sihlA. where he first saw the light OF
day VI put in q Number OF the cal-
Tier years CT his life"
III l. doubtful if even before in the
history of farming has there been
so mach attention paid to the farm
and its resources as at the present
sine. 1t has come about through
The persistent work of the depart
mcllt of agriculture of our govern
mcnl. The sidclighls have been the
conventions OF tho past ycar Or two
in which tho conservation OF the
resources of tho country i'm every
vUssiDle avenue; the g.oat irrigation
projects in the far west tor the rec
-ana,i0N Of vast acres of land which
80 supposed To have had but little
~, lit wlici. can lie made 10 Dlo-
0r.r @on .ertully under the insplla-
tiaa o. the irrigation system,
Though tae lands shows which have
aroused Il great deal of enthusiasm
among people who have had little
conception of what the great mass OF
people over the world We're fed with
or @hcre i! came from. These arc
so,1e OF The factors which have
brought tho business of farming to
The h:"Aer attention. and has been
placed on u higher hasis. net but
Hhat it hes always been entitled TO
thai place. bur simply because the
public took little interest in the
farm. Tho consumers were satisfied
of the fact that somewhere out IN
INC world there were %cornficlds and
whnatliclds. also that cows, sheep,
and hogs thrived, were shipped to
market and kille- and finally found
the way to the table IN the various
forms OF food. But what of the sys-
tenn? None knew.
When the detail of all this great
work accomplished on the farm has
been given to the people in various
forms and through the ont men,
toned above, there has been a great
awakening among the business class
es to get a touch of nature-to get
back to the simple life and be be-
ycnd the influence OF any master.
This idea was pretty we'll emphasized
the other evening When Il group OF
educators were gathefed around a
Ginuer table, and after they had dis
,uSscd educational matters in lHer-
enc jlEhtS, tue roNNe.SallON ulltlaG
off toward the farm.
One OF The group, an educator aid
that he had heard the call to the farm
lor several Years, and inat when lie
was in his class ROOM and listened
10 lhe efforts before him. tho cait
*ounded louder than eHel. III has al
ways been his ambition % eventual
il pack up his belongings and With
his family find an idoal. spot and put
into practice the i&eas which he had
worked out during his summer Nag&-
tons in years past. This educator
Gevotes the greater part OF tho SUM
mei in the experimenting With seeds
and grows a fine garden. His success
with the garden has enlarged his
ideas so that he wants TO get a five OF
ten acre tract and begin the business
i'll earnest.
Another of the group exprsssed
himself as thoroughly satisfied thai
the day is not far distant when he
will turf his key in his professional
office and turn his face toward the
farm which he now owns, but which
his good wife says they cannot afford
to operate Just at this time. This
professional man has been lure
from the delving and digging i'll his
office TO the quietnde OF the farm,
and he is cognizant of what the flu
turc holds by a we'll directed effort,
and applied scientific principles. as
have beer developed in the past few
years. To this professional man
farming is as much a science and
business as anything else he has
come in contact with. and he is anX-
ious to wrestle With its problems, for
when he %conlucrs them the results
belongs to him and he gets the re-
turns from the results OF his labor.
Still another. an educator, said
that while in all probability he new
er would return to the farm. it was
his intention to see that his boys ii
rected their attention to tina avoca-
ton for a time at least. and that he
believed they would become SO i'm
pressed with the freedom of the life
that they would give it up for moth
ing else. This educator has been
studying farm subjects himself in
these late years, and the conviction
has been carried home strong that
this great work is deserving Of the
best effort of mankind and hat il
should be carried on.
another OF me party. q clergy
man, held a little different view or
the farm life proposition. The farnl
did not appeal to him with as great
force as that of going into the chick.
en- industry. He said he had lone
been an observant and something
of a student of this industry. and
that when the time came that he
felt he wanted to give up the pulpit
it was his ambition to buy a plot Of
ground sufficiently large to enable
him to raise chickens on a large
scale. aud to have only the very besI
pedigreed stock Dr. the place. Tile
returns, he thought. We're mucl
larger for the money invested ant
considerably less Of the harder work
where one really had to perform The
. duties himself.
The following day one of the mem
bers of the dinner party me q promi
neut fnancier ana, in the curse q
4 brief conversation, the tinanciel