The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1920-01-29
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a Higher Dignity For The Great eusI.
ness of Farmers.

Clemson College, Jan, 5--"As a MIN
thinketh in his heart, so is hc". SO
speaks Holy Scripture. and all cxper.
ience confirms it's truth.
The most important consideration,
thei efore, for the farmer is his attitude
toward his farm. What does Ii, think
about it,-what does he think about
:arming? Does he love his fields aud
woods?Does his eye rest with peculiar
ftndEcss on his SIS elk mules and tat
fattle? Does he feel in his vc"y soul
hat farming is high calling, the cnly
vocation Tor him? Or does he value
lclds and woods a"d cattle in terms
merely Of money? Will hc sell th"m all
CT Price. ard gladly turn away fr.m
hem forever? Is he farmer by chance
n by choice? Has he simply "inherit-
ed farm? Is he y farmer because hs>
tnows no other way of making a liv.
nS,' because it may seem to HIM tie
EASIEST, most independent life? Has he
'ooked the world and its businesses in
he face. and deliberately decided that,
Us for him. tho piow and the fresh
earth upturnCd, and the growing plant
have charms above all?
Before any further real progress can
be made in the development of our
country life,that country life must be
saturated with love of the country.
Many more farmers there must be,
whose determinat'O on to stay on thy
tarm is quite as fixed as their term in
alton to win success, and comfort a i
happiness, for themselves and their
families, by means OF their farming.
Such farmers will not be bribcd by
sudden rise in the prices OF farm lands
% sell out" and move to ncighbor.
ng town. They will not be driven away
by labor troubles. They may sell part
OF their holdings, but they will sill
cling to the soil. By the use OF modern
m""hinery in the home and on thn
farm, they will so multiply pnrso"al
efficiency as to reduce greatly the NUN
Der Of laborers, and increase the output
OF al who work. These farmers VII he
fully persuaded in their own minds,
hat they above men in other cal!iry3
hnv" opportunity to re 70 strong heal ~
children. They will appreciate at IT, II
true worth, the breeze blowing clolr
and pure over the wheat, the sight ci
cattle on the hill feeding slowly home.
ward. the run in the woods after nuts
for the children's growth, both Of body
and mind. Who but the farmer can
furnish in abundance to his children,
clean milk, fresh eggs, tender vcg-ta.
bCs, hCme-ra ised bread and meat? The
medical records OF the Selcctive Draft
Board. have just revealed that thu
healthiest zone in the United States is
from North to South, practically co.
incident with the zone OF greatest
agricultural development, the great
Mississippi Valley. May not the more
abundant food supply there be tho
secret OF the stronger, healthier
young men?
bread" Is the universal human cry
Only the farmer can furnish it. Nc
other occupation fills so fundamental
need. Preacher. lawyer. doctor. nler
chant, manufacturer, banker-we can
not do without them, but their import
ance to society is less than the farm.
er's. The first occupation both in point
CT time and point of logic is farming
And the farmer, the real farmer, will
realize that he is, under God, the dis.
penser Of the bounties Of Nature to his
hungry fellowmen. He will value hi.
profession accordingly.
The very practice O. The art OF
farming affords opportunity to
the farmer to grow to the full
mentally and spiritually. He 10
not dependent on men and things
as other men are. He is dependent
on cloud and sunshine. on the hidden
processes OF life; that is. he Is depend
ent on the wisdom. power ar 4 goodness
OF God. He ought to be a better man
for 1t. Just because the farm gives this
opportunity for closer relationship with
the Lord Of life. there is q higher dig
nty about this business than we have
commonly accorded it. We have looked
at the dirty hand. and the bent back
and we have called the farmer uncouth
and his profession unclean. The world
has taught him to despise his work and
himself. 1t admires the skill OF the
great surgeon, but forgets the years
no spent in the gruesOme work Of the
dissecting-room. II praises the artist
who sings a song. or writes a story. OF
paints a picture. but the artist who
gave us our breeds Of cattle. or strains
OF wheat or corn. our improved meth,
ords OF tillage, are almost unknown.
Yet their reward is with them. In the
quiet. even in the obscurity OF theiI
a.,
mankind is perpetually their dsDt or
Your farming holds the possibility
OF such career for you.