La Junta tribune., 1914-04-25
Joys O. FAnlHxG
- Tells Why He y : Farnaes
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<sQ euntry Gentleman are told the !:
m true farmer feels bscause !:
&: ~ son has decided also to b !:
Her Of the soil and the rewards ):
;NAlea would induce him 70 fol- |:
ssieN the same life II he had to 90
yer II again. william r. Light !:
-, the writer. says: !:
'''.ss 80.
Qace In . while. In every real
Luah's life--not 10 often ~ to let him
Iooe,quite used to something hap
- to fiji him with honest glad
- I've known such times. Once
- my marriage: again when you
we're born; yet again when brought
Iyou and mother 70 this farm and set
labopt making our own home. And
nav here's another thrill Of the
aane sort, My son 10 TO bc . far
NO..
I'm genuinely glad. through and
through. don't say this merely BE-
cssse believe farming TO be good
business. The soundest OF all aigu-
ments in favor Of farming a. 4 life
work goes far deeper than the ques-
tiou of making . living and growing
rich out OF the surplus earnings. I,
Isn't matter Of poetic sentiment
either. It's what you might call
practical sentiment-applied senti.
msnt, rooted IN reason and sustain
81 BY experiences.
II any man-cI earth today is en-
titled to hold up his head and stitch
OF his chest It's the farmer who with
hia own hands and ON his own lant
has brought good crop through Il
The harvest. There's . solid salts
faction in that-greater than an,
nan may guess who hasn't done 4
himself. The satisfaction isn't in tn,
reward that's 70 come; IT'S In the nc
tual performance. To look out acros
an October cornfield In the shock an,
cay to myself. 'Eishty good bushel
TO the acrs!"--thsre's the satisfac
tion I mean. and not the stolid feel
ing that comes when the surplu
grain 10 sold and the money put Il
bank.
I've made GOOD money out o
"deais." 1t cd times---trading II
cattle and horses, or taking 4 prof.
eut Of . piecs Of land I've bouEh
and sold. OF something Of that sor
but the pleasure I've got iron
those profits hasn't amounted L
nuch. I've never put any brains in
itasny trading bsyosd = little shrewd
aees. n little cold. calculating clover
nees, rAess trades Of mine haven
ad6e Sss 'bsaay to'tAs wussd'
wealth They've created nothing
They've merely shifted dollars from
some other mans pocket to mine
The werld isn't any better off Ia AM
way. - account Of them.
The dollars I'm proud Of are thos,
Nv. made by growing my crops
There's no 3-shcll business about
that. That's creation. There's moth
inr mean In IT,. When I've planted
buahel and . half 0f wheat on I
well prepared acre and have made
1t sivs me thirty-five or forty bush
els of iscrease I've done something
I'm nos ashsmed Of owning the dol.
lars that are earned In that way. I'm
proud Of them. The long and short
Of it.b that I'd rather own one dol
lar nads BY crop growing on my
farm than 80 made out Of shrewd
trade. Doss that sound 70 you like Z
piecs q csasy sentiment! All right;
but that's Just exactly the way tel
about 4.
70 pst Il In plain words. David.
take ~ greatest comfort In farming
bcceGss feel that my harvssts
wrcusht With my own hands. have
divine approval. I've never been
able = tel 70 about my land specu.
lstieos o. my horss trades. I've
manaGed those on my own hook :
but ~ hand Of God IL In the In.
cree q The zelda. That's fraak
speeoA. ! shouldn't wonder u Il ~
sealo me 70 you IN an unfamiliar
lIghG Yes've never had pastieulas
rcsooe ~ thinkins Of ne - . a.
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