The Washington herald., 1911-10-22

age Droughts have cut down the fiocks
IN Australia, and disease has greatly
Iessehed them in the Argentine Repub-
lie. AND all the while the appetite for
mutton Is growing and the demand for
wool Is increasing. We have fsI5s ~
alfalfa thirty miles long. bn+ for csttIa
and not for sheep, because sheen viii
completely destroy alfalfa in fo,,- -
five years. Thus several things are oD-
Grating together to put the worId's s,p-
ply of mutton and wool in considerabIA
doubt"
What do you think of American ag-
ricultural methodist"
The farmer of the United States &,
having more done for him than Is .nY
farmer on earth. He is being helped nv
scheme of paternalism that is both sun
prising and gratifying. He is told when
! to plant, what to plant, and how to plant
and is instructed concerning the elements
required Sy his soil. He IS educated, I
might say. at public expense, either at
schools and colleges or at home on his
land. In England the farmer must pay
for all the knowledge his sons acquire,
ana once the sons leave school the gov
ernment is done with them because It
never began with them. and. so far as
assistance goes. they do not exist.
How the English Farmer Lives.
Nevertheless. the British farmer Is a
better agriculturalst than the Amert-
can. He is cultivating the land. YOU
understand, that has been in his family
for generations. Experimentation is
over. Every field is an open book. The
farmer, with the facts handed along
from father to son. knows exactly what
can and cannot be done. Furthermore
ne stays on the land. On the other hand
the sons and daughters Of American
farmers leaVe their homes at the first
opportunity. The reason Is plain
In free America the farmers uIfs Js
slave-the one national drudge Up In
the morning before any one else she 10
sui washing dishes after the other mem
oers of the family have gone to bed She
Is a menial to her husbands hired men
cooking for them. washing for them, and
mehGlhg their clothes. Naturally, the
daughters of an American farmers wife
want no such life. The sons don't want
tneir sWeethearts turned into servants like
Ihelr mother. Thus the children make
as possible
In England a renter-not an owner
nllhu you-or 100 acres of land lives like a
respectable citizen. He rides around in
buggy as you would call it, and so
does the mother of his children. He keeps
three or four teams of horses with a
man TO each. and every man has his
own house. The farmers wife has two
maids-they do the work and she does
the managing. Hired men eat at their
own tables. The wife of the farmer Is
not their washerwoman, seanstress. and
scullion. Her daughters are glad to stay
at home, or to marry men who are like
their father. The country women in the
United States should get together and
write another Declaration Of Independ-
ence"
How can American trade with Argen-
tina be extended" I asked
Business won't come unless solicited -
Mr.. Hope replied, with smile. One
must go out and get acquainted with It.
The successful man makes things that
somebody wants and then pushes them
with energy and intelligence The crop Of
fax seed in Argentina this year Is es-
timated at 100000 tons Half Of II will
be sold in this country. Why can't the
United States give products in exchange
for the fax seed instead OF paying mon
ey? Americans do come to our country
to dispose agricultural implements, kero-
sene, lumber, and wire fence. Have you
nothing else to offer US "
Copyright. Is1l by James B. Mor-o1)