Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-08-28

f'O'i nSht OI county advjsar.
that ls' employing a man who ,s
rarm-oorn, a graduate of an aericp,
tural college, who has served in the
extension department, and who has
1hus come In touch with the farm.
ers themselves. 1t Is his business r.
ADVISE the farmer on about avarv-
thing he wants to know--tbe char
acter Of the soil, the crops adapted
TO that soil, the best methods of ham
ding his live stock. The county ad-
wiser is kind of a bond IN brir O.
the farmers of the county together
and tends to make them a unlt IN
their efforts to carry on the work of
FARMING. We have not yet begun to
realize the value of the county nd
wiser.
Farm life, however, can not be sat.
isfactory until it provides not merely
"a better living on the farm. puts a
better economic basis under the
home, but also provides for the bet
ter education of farm children, bet
ter rural schools. Nor will It be sat
lsfactory until it provides a better
moral education, in other words. bet-
ter churches. These are coming
coming slowly, but still they are
coming; and with these will come
better roads. Slowly and gradually
we are coming into a better road
system, not merely the main roads
that lead from the country to the
town, but better roads from farm
tn farm, from the farm to the school
from the farm to the church. All
this will make country life better
worth living.
Whether the farmer realizes 1t or
not, these better things depend upon
himself. He can never get the ad-
vantage Of this, unless farmers adopt
a different attitude toward each
other. Farmers are beginning to
realize this, to realize the necessity
of getting acquainted with each
other. The only way they can get
acquainted with each other is to get
together
heretofore the farmers aim has
largely been to live like the people
il the town, to get acquainted with
town people. There is nothing
wrong about this; but it is far more
important for him to get acquainted
with his own peOple-the family liv-
ing on the next quarter or in the
next township. The farmers life Is
different from that of the townsman,
and always will be. The important
thing for him to do is to get &C
quainted with other farmers, men
who follow the same line OF bust
ness that he does, who have the
same tastes and aspirations. and
hopes. Whatever diversity there
may be in the tastes and views OF
the people who live on the farms
there is far more uniformity between
ers and the people of the town.
This naturally will lead to more
cooperation, gradual shaving
down of the excessive individuality
that has characterized the farmer
for years past, and which in times
past was necessary. Nor is the time
too late to develop in all these ways
and with all these helps a better
social life on the farm. This will
make farm life more pleasant, and
more profitable as we'll, for it will
gradually lead to wise, careful and
practical cooperation in a thousand
lines; co. operation to a certain ex-
tent in the work on the farm, CO.
operation in breeding Of live stock,
cooperation in da1rying, co-opera-
ton in selling farm products, co OPP
eration in buying. When the indi-
viduals on the farm get to know the
sui t!antial worth of ether farm peo-
PIE. their more serious view OF life
their mere deeply religious life---llIe
in he country will 20 more satisfy
ing than life in the 2'tg or town ie,
even to city people, aui vastly moe
81 isil ing to the farm folks tina
own lie could be.
Just one thought more: All this
is coming. There is a marked move
ment in some neighborhoods and in
some townships, and in some coun-
ties. The townships and counties
that do not throw themselves into
this movement will find themselves
drawn into it sooner or later. Farm
ers will discover, when the specula-
tive values goes out of land, that this
reorganization OF farm society Is
necessary In order to get the full pro-
ductive value of land, and, more
than that, in order to realize Its So
cial value. Few farmers realize the
social value of land. No farmer In