The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
REAL elAEER in AGRICULTURE.
q Higher Dignity For The Crest BusI.
nsss Of Farmers.

Clemson College. -. -"As q man
thinketh in his heart, 90 is he". So
speaks Holy Scripture. and all enper-
Jence confirms lbs truth.
The most important consideration.
therefore, for the farmer 10 his attitude
toward his farm. What does he think
's6out it,-what does he think about
farming? Does he love his fields and
woods ?Does his eye rest with peculiar
tondness on his sleek mules and fat
rattle? Does he feel IN his very soul
that farming is q high calling. the only.
vocation for him? Or does he value
fields and woods and cattle In terns
merely of money! Will he sell them all
Tor 8 price. and gladly turn away from
them foreveff Is he a farmer by chance
or by choicef Has he simply "inherit-
cd" d tarmf Is he = farmer because he
knows no other way Of making iiv.
Ing" because 1t may seem to him tae
easiest. most independent lief Has he
looked the world and it's businesses IN
the faoe. and deliberately decided that,
as for him. the piow and the fresh
earth upturned, 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 b
saturated with love OF the country.
Many more farmers there mus be,
whose determination to stay onN the
tArm 10 quite as fixed as their determin-
alton to win success. and comfort and
happiness. for themselves and their
families, by means OF their farming.
such farmers will not be bribed by .
sudden rise in the prices Of farm lends
to sell OUT and move to . neighbor-
ing town. They will not be driven away
byslabor troubles. They may cell a part
Of their holdings. but they will stiil
cling TO the soil. BY the use OF modern
machinery in the homo and on the
farm, they will 50 multiply personal
efficiency az to reduce greatly the num-
Der Of kGborers, and increase the output
OF all who work. These farmers win 10
fully persuaded In their own mindS.H
that ta,oy above men in other callings.
have opportunity to rakse strong healthy
children. They will appreciate at their
true worth, the breeze blowing clear
and pure over the wheat, the sight OF
cattle on tho 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.
clesn milk, fresh eggs, tender vsgeta-
bies, hofne-rafsed bread and meat! Tho
medical records OF tho ,Sslectiye Draft
Board, have just revealed that the
heslthsest zone In the United States 10
from North to south, practically CO.
slsptaanf sth stAs zpns q Ereatest
NlsslSsippf Valley. May not the more
abundsnt food supply there be the
secret OF the stronger. healthier
young mon?
Bread" IL the universal human cry.
Only tS,e farmer can furnish It. No
other occupation fills 90 fundamental
. need. Preacher. lawyer. doctor. msr
chant, manufacturer. banksa,-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
Of time and point Of logic is farming.
And the farmer. the real farmer, viii
realize that he is, under God. the dis
penser Of the bountfes Of Nature to hia
hungry fellowmen. Ho will value his
profession accordingly.
The very practice o. the art Of
farming affords opportunity to
the farmer to grow to the full.
mentally and spiritually. He u
not dependent on men and things
- other mon are. He 10 Dependent
ON cloud and sunshine. on the hidden
processes Of life; that 10. he is dewend.
snt on the wisdom. power and goodness
Of God. He ought to be q better man
for II. Just because the farm gives this
opportunity for closer rcfationshtp with
tho Lord Of life, there II . higher dig
nty about this business than We have
commonly accorded Il. We have looked
at the dirty hand, and the bent back,
and we have called the farmer uncouth
and his profession unclean- Tho world
has taught him to despise his work and
hfmself. II admires the skill Of the
great surgeon, but forgets the years
no apent In the grtesome work Of the
dissecting-room. 1t praises the artist