The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-09-11
THE FUTURE ARIsTOCRAT.

A writer in recent magazine says;
"The greatest story to be written to-
day is the story Of the progress OF
farming in the United States The
time is coming when the aristocrats
of the country and the people who
stay in town will not trot in the best
society.
1t is dollars to doughnuts the writ
err of the above was raised in town.
His knowledge Of farm life is probab-
ly theoretical. He never had to rise
from a warm couch at A o'clock on a
winter morning and pail the milk
from a dozen brindle cows before
breakfast He never shocked wheat
when the sun was getting down to
business in the middle of July and the
thermometer registered 12O in the
shade. He never pitched alfalfa or
hay until his tongue hung out and his
shirt looked as if it had been dipped
in an irrigation ditch He never
plowed -stubble and interfered with
the quiet home life of a nest of yellow
jackets.
Maybe if he had been raised on
farm he would have been less enthu-
siastic.
Still we are inclined to think he is
right. The science of farming is
making marvellous advances in this
country and will make even greater
advance in the next few years. Our
agricultural department at Washing
ton, within the past few years, has
been a good investment for this
country. The agents of that depart
ment are constantly on the lookout
for things that will be benefit to
the farmers of the country.
The agricultural department sends !
its representatives to every part of 5
the known world to find out things r
that would be benefit to the farm b
ers of this country. They travelled a
over the sands of Egypt and the cold
steppes of Siberia in search Of grains
and grasses that will withstand t.
drought and hot winds. The depart b
ment, both at Washington and at the b
various agricultural colleges, has been Il
experimenting on the improvement A
of grain. 1t has been demonstrated Ct
that proper seed selection and proper
cultivation will increase the yield of
corn by 100 per cent as compared n
with the yield on the same sort of p
soil under the old methods. es
Experts have made a study of the o,
various insects which destroy trees pl
and crops. They have brought in q
sect destroyers from the uttermost
parts of the earth, and have mad -
several varieties of insects in th
country hunt their holes. 1t MAJ
nave been noticed that for the pas
.wo or three seasons the chinch buI
ias been practically out of business
An ant has been imported from
South America which is said wi
,hase the cotton weevil off the face o
he earth.
Farming is no longer considered a
! drudgery, which simply calls TO
industry and muscle. 1t is be-
oming scientific profession and on
f the most attractive that any ma
an engage in. There was a time no
many years ago, when it was consid
red that any man who was willing Il
work could succeed as a farmer
{ was not considered necessary at al
hat he should have any knowledge
( books; in fact, an education wa
ather considered detriment. Tn,
armer rose az A o'clock in the morn
lg, winter and summer With the SUI
of what time it was neces- ha
airy for eating, he and his boys spent the
he hours until dark in hard toll 1t
'as common thing for a pushing
armers to work from ID to 16 hours
err day. cit is no particular wonder
nat the boys were anxious to leave
ne farm.
Fashions are changing. The sue
sssful farmer of today is an educated
entleman, who takes his daily paper,
as modern house, with telephone
lat keeps in touch with the whole
Inside world. From now on the TEN
sncy will be from the city to the
'untry. The rich will build fine
'untry houses, supplied with every
odern luxury and convenience
ountry roads will be put in shape
} that they will be the finest drive
avs in the world. Farming will BID
scientific profession. The nature
soils will be thoroughly studied and
hatever element is lacking to pro-
Ice any desired crop will be supplied.
he farmer of the country will be the
ost independent, the most prosper l
IS and as a class, the best educated ere'
be found in the republic. tim