The Raymer enterprise., 1913-05-01
TWO TYPES OF COUNTRY LIFE
Easy Matter to Distinguish Between
Real Man and the Drone-Both
Had Equal Chances.

To the officers and members OF the
union:
A farmer driving to the city with
a load OF cotton, produce or on some
errand Is struck by the general neat
| ness OF some cottage, probably the
home OF workingman. Flowers
bloom in the yard, well-kept grass
grows on the lawn, the fences are neat
and painted, and there is an air Of
distinction about the place You say.
"A sober, honest, industrious man
must live there" Next door Is a
dirty, unkempt place, cans and trash
in the yard. fence falling down, and
a general atmosphere Of unkemptness.
You say. "A shiftless. drinking, no ac-
count chap lives there"
But how much more noticeable
these things are out in the broad. open
country, where the air Is sweet, the
sunshine free OF smoke and the stencil
and filth Of great city.
You drive along country road,
and come to farm. Distinction
marks 1t In hundred little ways.
The fences are all up. and no rotting
or tumbling rails are seen; the fence
corners are free OF bushes, briers and
weeds; the bitches are clean.cut, with
no wide hedge OF rank weeds grow
ing along either side, and the land
cultivated close up; the stumpS and
rocks are out OF the fields. Even the
rows and appearance OF the fields
themselves show the thrifty care o!
intelligent application.
| Presently you come to the house.
Flowers grow In the yards. which are
clean and well.kept. with neatly
graveled walk leading up to the front
porch. Barns and out-houses are In
good repair. and no rusting farm tools
or machinery clutter yards or barn
| lot,
And you know without q question
that here real man lives, man
that will do to trust, business man;
he pays his obligations, and. moreover.
Is real neighbor and helpful one.
You will generally find, too. that he Is
thoughtful OF his wife, daughters and
sons, that the boys want to stick to
the farm because dad is all right and
he made good living out OF II.
So you drive on. and directly get
shock. You come to place with
the fences down, corners growing up
in weds; land washed for lack OF prop.
er drainage. stunted. weedy stuff
struggling to survive In the fields. No
paling surround the house, no flowers
grow In II, but litter Of every sort
OF thing encumbers It, The roof OF
the stable and barn are leaky, the
doors propped up, rusting farm tools
and machinery stand about corroding
in the weather. Four or five laxy
hounds sleep about the door or yard.
and everything about is desolate and
depressing. You will find without
query that n shiftless, indolent, pur,
poseless, don't-care man lives there.
He couldn't get cent OF credit from
anybody without security. His wife
Is hopeless drudge. with just energy
enough to crawl about; his daughters
run away and marry at the first oppor.
tunity, and his boys go to town or
away from home as soon as they are
big enough to know enough to leave.
Up and down this nation have
| travelled. and | have seen both types
| everywhere, and | have never made
Inquiries yet that did not confirm
my views between the two-the hust-
Ter and the drone. And often. too,
both men have equal chance in so far
a5 productivity OF the land goes.
see In my travels something in
this connection that makes me hope
| full The first named class is getting
more numerous, and the last.named
| fewer and fewer. or course, We will
probably always have the don't-care
farmer. but his class is vanishing at
a gratifying rate. to be replaced by
alert, hard.working farmers who
realize that farming is profession,
calling for high Intelligence and com.
mon sense.
And rs the profession OF farming be
comes higher and better, you will see
powerful and a contented nation.
c. S. BARRETT.
Union City, Ga.