The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-04-20
A Terrell County Farm.

Were YOU but 10 come TO Saloha anu see
the cabbages which l raise in my garden
with my own hands you would no longer
talk TO me of empire" Diocletian is report
ed to have written to Maximlan, MS Tor
mer associate in the government OF the
Roman people when the latter endeaVored
n nersuade Diocletian to leave his farm on
the shores of the Adriatic and to take up
again the cares of state.
In the enjoyment of his quiet ambition TO
live the final years of his life out of doors
away from the hurry and vexations OF the
busy world and with only the rain ana the
wind and the sun and the myriad OF grow
ing things about him the old Roman en-
neror realized the wish of many an over
worked nervous but ambitious man of to-
dav. If the larger cities and even the cities
Of the size of Dawson were to give up all
at once the men who were born and reared
on the farm and who want to go back to
their old homes and those who have never
known the joys of farm life but have al
ways longed for the out-of-doors how many
of them there would be!
Most of all to be envied, however, is he
who though enjoying the advantages OF the
city delights at the same time in the exhil-
arating pleasures of the farm and the great
world that lies beyond the four walls of
business Office and the other places where
the great army of indoor workers toll from
dav TO day For him is the mingling of the
pleasures of town and the country at the
same time The red gods do not call for
him in vain; he is free to follow the lure OF
Spring He is not compelled to look out
from day to day through a window at the
April skies while he longs to be out of doors
and is toiling from day to day to reach the
coveted goal of a cosy farm where he will
shut out the noisy cares that fret away ones
nerves to the breaking point.
few minutes in car out from Dawson
will bring one to a farm that will make any
back-to-the-country enthusiast become enVi-
Gus. 1t is the estate of Mr.. II. A. Petty,
several miles east of the city, and the eye
rests with kindling pleasure upon it now as
Spring comes her olden, golden way Mr..
Petty is one of the fortunate number who
enjoy the advantages of both city and town,
as his business interests take him constantly
back and forth from his home in town to
his farm.
At the crest of gently sloping hill that
commands nearly all the entire farm or
more than twelve hundred acres stands the
neat farm house and the various barns and
outhouses. Here may be seen the results
of the work of the twenty plows that are
directed by the intelligence of Mr.. Petty and
his assistant Like many other farmers in
Terrell county Mr.. Petty not only breaches
but practices the colloquial adage about liv-
ing at home and boarding at the same place.
The estate is not only self-supporting in nor
NAL times, but also furnishes a good diVi-
dend to it's owner.
The pride of the farm is the breeding
pens and the lot where the red Duroc-Jer-
sey hogs and shorthorn cattle are kept. The
breeding pens are models of neatness and
cleanliness, as is also the lot where the cat
tie are kept. While it may not be said that
cleanliness is next to goodness in the man
agement of hogs and cattle, yet it is distinct
lv shown that neat and we'll arranged quar-
tiers bring good returns in freedom from dis
ease and in aiding in breeding stock that
are healthy and strong and desirable in ev-
cry way.
Mr.. Petty believes in the very best, not
only in the way of live stock, but also in
regard to seed. Each year he is busted with
the selection of better and more improved
cotton and other seed. He has learned that
only by using the very best seed under the
very best circumstances of fertilization and
cultivation can the most profitable and sat
isfactory results be obtained. He believes
that the farmer must turn his face toward
the future rather than toward the past The
past has its experiences that are invaluable,
but the future holds just as valuable lessons
for him who will learn. The farmer who
will make use of the very best that has
been learned and who will strive to learn
some of the many things that can be easily
investigated by intelligent management IS
the farmer of the future. His reward is OF
both today and tomorrow.