The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-26

i had been n constant reader OF your
valuable paper for many years. and
soon noticed that the Times Dispatch
was not among his mail. He at once
subscribed for II. We get it daily at
o'clock, delivered at his gate Che
lives four miles from the depot. thirty
iN, miles from Richmond; | am in
therefore. Mr., Editor encourage the
boys to remain on tho farm
The IN st my 81 oPi Wi1i1 the inndowners In
their boys to remain on the farm In
the. primitive age of tho world agri-
culture was the principal employment
ever been q prominent source. both OF
me necessaries and conveniences OF
life Moses made agriculture the basis
or me state He accordingly appor-
uoned TO every citizen q certain guam
tity Of land and gave him the right
of filling it himself and of trans
owners of Virginia learn OF Moses in
the premises and early set apart n por-
their sons
There, never was day in tho his
, rofy Of the State of Virginia that
learned men OF every. profession with
the boys OF the rural districts In an
earnest. Intelligent Investigation of
history assures us that the prosperity
and greatness OF any nation depend
upon 9 successful husbandry. and to that
should be held IN honor. not only for
NE profits which it brings, but from
the circumstance that 1t should be
damental law OF the state.
No class OF men are better prepared
to educate correctly their children
than tho farmer living as they do at
their rural homes, remote from The
many vices incident TO cities, and asso.
c!ated with nature i'm all her beauties
trtt
alone The minds of children thus as
sociated with nature will mature slow
~. but farmers should not despond--
It is in accordance with natures law
Do your duty ana in due time YOU Will
Teap an abundant harvest.
The boys and girls thus educated
ana living upon farms are Jewels (nnd
much sought. Therefore. my advice
to them is, remain upon the farm, III
farmer boys, who are engaged in pro-
ducing the substance by which life is
sustained. if they were. to organize a
suit that would accrue TO the entire
people
Therefore. the farmers boys should
no longer be ridiculed "clod-
hoppers" and hayseeds" All wise
men represent n husbandman, for they
do good to their feilowman on prln-
ciplc OF faith. as every husbandman
should proceed, for why should he part
with his seed. which Is so valuable IL
he has not faith in the original prom
isc: while the earth remaineth seed
time and harvest shall not ccase?" But
they who forget this law and seek
prosperity from their own worldly de-
vices often reap in the end n harvest
of grief and OF desperate sorrow"
In the matter of comforts of life. the
farmer with his telephone. his water
system, better roads and rural deliv-
cry of mail, finds life far more pleas
ant than in other days: improved farm
machinery has lcssened the labor on
farm work as well as the cost.
The attractions of rural life have
appealed to men always. They are
far greater to-day than formerly
Plcasantcr living and better living in
every way make more worthy now than
ever before the advice so often given
farmers boys:
stick to the farm"
THOMAS II. BOJSSEAU.
tSeventy- seven years old.)
Church Road.