The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-12-11
MR.. FARMER. WE SALUTE YOU.

All wealth comes originally from
the soil. Some do not realize ". Dut
nevertheless it is fact. that the
farmer bears the weight OF the UNI
+ verse upon his shoulders. 1t has been
said that he is the very keystone OF
civilization. He certainly has by ms
good work earned the right to head
the procession and be the big gun IN
ever local activity. During the war
& neriod he has certainly taken great
part and Is given full credlt Dy every
thinking man in the nation.
NJ To succeed today the farmer r must
be somewhat of a naturalist ana some
thing of a chemist; he must know
y what soils are suited TO the produc-
tion Of different crops. and ne must
know what fertilizers are best adapt
ed to aiding in the cultivation OF each
..crop. Nothing is done by chance 10
day: he wants only the best seed Tor
/ his grain crops and the best seed 1or
hts livestock. His farm buildings are
given the same attention as his live
stock and grain. All in all, he is some
& man.
Farm life is the healthiest and most
inyig6rating occupation in the world.
for the farmer is intelligent and
knows how to produce. the best re-
s,,lts without exhaustive labor: He
has the scientific knowledge which
smells success He believes in high
ser and better education for his chill
dren.s and they are as rule given
College education after having com.
pleted their work in the graded
schools
Years ago the funny man. in the
newspaper office found the farmer q
fertile field for Jokes. The "clod hop
pers' is now odt OF date in even the
4 f,rnny papers. While the men who
wrote those alleged jokes are today
drawing their. weekly stipend OF $25,
the farmer has his broad fields worth
from $3.50 to $500 per acre and Is Just
as intelligent, and in many cases more
so. than those who made merry with
the "llay seed in his hair"
& The great question today is not how
to keep the farmers son on the f att
hut how to keep the city mans SON
from transplanting the rosy checked t
farmers daughter in some city n OF OF
Il town. The young man who goes 70
i the farm for his bride goes to q
4 mighty good place for one, and IS ad
least entitled to credit for knowing
where to find as good in woman hood
4 as the world affords. 'S5s &
II salute the farmer. He is the salt
s OF the earth and his daughters are the
cream Of the peach.
aRosemary: for remembrance do q
hear you say? have thing 20
remember Harry Mcleod by. IT is a
picture of that great Hereford bull
which stands at the head 0f his good.
herd near Manila. When ever ] look
at this beautiful pictureI shall think
Of Harry. II have a lock Of B. w.
Hunts hair and when look at this
ringlet OF gold will remember the
color of the swine my good friend
! breeds. have retained for remem-
i brance a copy of B. A. Samuelson's
!. last sale catalogue, IN which IS adj
\ Yertised "bred" DuToc spring boars.
1 When / am athirst shall think and
long for another of those cool refresh
ing drinks-with an egg in it-like
4 q. ID. McAndreWs, that prince OF good
] fellows, gave me last summer; when
\ / am hungry shall think Of the time
Ia attended John f. H0lst's sale and
was served two pieces Of pie when
had only eaten one before; when I
hear the classical name of Pat l will
think Of P. H. Sheridan and wonder
/. II Mrs. Sheridan's spring fries are
4 ripe; when | hear some one boast OF
their big type swine ] shall wonder If
they are really as large as J. Il.
/ Healy's; when / hear of the officer
who marched his men up the hill and
marched them down again, will
think Of c. M. Petersen marching
King L up and down the hill; when |
call for Robert Burns | will think
\ of John r. Byrnes and the banquet !
attended when they served q free
lunch at noon; when have another
pain the doctors cannot subdue ! shall
long for some Of Charley Speck's fam
ily remedies and when ] think Of all
the handsome ladies have met In
Crawford county, darn it, that is what
makes the going away SO hard. !