The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-08-05
Getting the Best Out Of Life
on The Farm

In travelling through the country,
did you ever notice how much more at
tractiye the landscape at a distance
looked than that in your immediate
vicinity. The coIoring was more
harmoniously blended. That near you
exposed the erosiOns of the soil, the IN.
Symmetrical trees, rough boulders. the
thorus and rubbish. The unsightly
things that mar the view at closersnge.
are obscured by distance. In daily life
We view our immediate surroundings in
the same way. We see all the obsts.
cles, all the handicap; ourimaginstiops
picture some other section of the coun.
try as free from what we encounter.
but when we reach the pictured Fl
Dorado. we find it. too, has its scare.
and lite handicaps. Young men on the
farm imagine from their glimpses of
the cities. the gay windows, the NOV
ing picture shows. the different forms
of entertainment and amusement that
their cup of happiness would be full if
they could live 10 the city, 1t ia only
after they go there and undertake to
get foothold, that they get glimpse
of the other side Of the picture. Posi.
tons are rot always to secure and liv-
ing 10. expensive; they find more de-
mands for money, and to secure it
means long hours Of just as lsborious
toll as on the farm. They find that
the people with leisure and money to
enjoy the things that lured them to
the city, are either the rich, or the
transient visitor, such as they had been
on their occasional visits to the city;
that most of the people Of the city
were hard at work to meetsthe demands
for living there. While the farmers
work hard, he has time when be can
get away to hunt or fish, to 20 for a
visit to the city; be can enjoy the sighte,
take in the picture shows. enjoy his
visit to the city and return to his farm
and see that bis farm and see that bic
crops have been growing right along.
When the man that labors for wages,
stops work. his wages stop. but bis ex-
penses go right along.
know that much has not been done
thai could and should be done to
make home life more attractive to the
boys and girls on the farm, and | know
that neglecting to do it has robbed the
farm of thousands that would be there
today. If II had been done. know, ton,
that in view of the increasing demand
for food products of the farm. 1t is i'm
perative that the farm must be made
attractive to the boys and girls. This
10 necessary for the city dwellers as
we'll as the country. We are interde-
pendent and should cooperate in the
solution of the problems that are the
foundation of our national life and
prosperity. ! am glad that carics-
lures lof the Country Rube" and
"hsyseed farmer" are less frequent in
our papers. We must dignity farming
to the place it rightfully belongs, the
foundation for all prosperity, No
farmer has cause to be ashamed Of bis
vocation, He should be proud of it.
We cannot expect others to respect US
or our vocation If we are ashamed of
it. Instead Of being ashamed Of it. let
US learn all we can of its possibilities
and intelligently make the most of
those possibilities. When lntelligently
and industriously practiced. We will
have no cause to regret or be ashamed
of being farmer
Primarily agriculture was the only
vocation. Farmers needed more Con-
veniences as cultivation advanced. and
to provide them other vacations were
developed. No matter how far we sd-
vanced in the arts or sciences. sgricu'-
ture win retain lite place Is ths.fun-
dsmentsl. of all industrial activity,
While IL 10 the Oldest vocation known to
man, II 10 clsssed with the newer
sciences and We have progressed far
enough In the science TO realize that
lite possibilities for research and deveI-
opement are practically unlimited. |
While agriculture will reward the Hit
srate worker living for his labor. no
vocation offers q broader field to the
person With q well rounded education
Tor the full use Of bis qualifications.
We are rapidly increasing In populs-
lion. The resources Of the country are
being developed BY an increasing pro- |
portion of our population and they |
must be fed by our agricultural clseses.
nsuring . certain market for their
product. As to the profit to the farm
,r for bis product that depends on the
% operative effort on the part of the
farmers in marketing their product.
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