The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-05
TO ENCOURAGE.
BETTER FARMING
GOOD BUSINESS FOR ALL Tc
STIMULATE FARMER TO
PRODUCE MORE.

down as first principle that all
wealth comes primarily from the
earth. Labor makes all the wealth
OF the world, but the labor of tne
farmer is absolutely necessary to sup
port the existence OF humanity, there
Tor it is the most essential OF all la
Tor. Civilization began when man
ceased to live by the chase and or
the wild products of the soil; when
he turned his attention to tilling tina.
soil and 70 keeping herds to crop its
herha2e. These lrr sci. -evidcn:
truths 10 whirA all are ready 10 as
sent at any time, but it has require:
Tie pinch Of the hi@h cost Of LIVING
t. make TIM majority Of men per
cciYe thc!.' importance.
Legislator. and the mcrcantil
e immunity nave only recently re
OgniIcd that this truth which the
ages have been teaching has prarti.
cal application Agricultural science
j. By no means ancient. Legislation
in the direction Of agricultural inNss-
ti9atiOn and educat on is still NOR
recent.
Most recent Of all, It's history com
priscd wilhin that Of Il decade or les,
o. this century, is the awakening o,
the mercantile community to the fact
that it is good business to cncour-
are he farmer to produce more not
tel better in larger crops per acre
Now we begin to see organization OF
the part OF business men 10 furthe'
he efforts OF agricultural college
and similar institutions
Thus we learn that the bankers o.
North Dakota and others interested
in the general welfare OF the country
have formed Il Better Farming" a..
ISOLATION, are going TO work syste
matically to improve methods Of I'll.
lage and yields OF crops, and hay.
employed an agricultural scientist t,
head corps of instructors in tina
line. They will work in conjunction
with the college of agriculture Of til,
state; Will take whole farms undel
treir care for demonstration pur
poses. This promises to the farmc
| who offers his lands and labor TO-
| the purpose increase in profits iron
his farm and honor OF aiding in pro
viding an object lesson to his fellow
farmers. We believe this cXampl,
has been followed in some othe
states and will be in others until i
becomes quite general
William Iiirth. of Columbia. Mo.
president of the Federation of Miss
ouri Commercial Clubs, predicted il
a recent speech that within less tha,
five years groups of farmers all owe
the corn belt states will band to
gethcr for the purpose Of hiring cacl
IN agricultural college expert an,
putting him in charge of their farm
ing occupations in an advisory ca
racity. Such an expert might casil,
enable each of he associated farmer
Ia increase the profit of his labor b,
an amount many times larger thai
his pro rata share of the experts sal
airy.
This would not only benefit III,
whole country by adding 10 il
wealth hut woudmakc the aglitul
tnral college of greater value to til,
farming community. it would attrac
bright young men from the farms A
students who might othcrwiso Hoe
To the cities To waste away thci
lives there, i'll all probability Tn,
merit of the new profession Wonlt
be that. unlike some others. il woul,
actually increase the wealth al III
community and s@r'l the amount o
the common WAGE fund" to Il sun
far beyond the proportion of tha
wage fund which as body i, woul,
draw 10 snnnlN lis mnans of livinc