The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-05-06

up by the sportive bass and the eager
grabs the tempting bait, fills the heart
of the fisherman with delight. The
glories OF the sunshine, the beauties
OF the moon and stars at night fill the
mind with noble thoughts and the soul
with beauty. The glowing trees, stand
ing majestic< in their age and beauty,
the long stretches OF cultivated lands,
the magnificent hills, fertile and pro
ductive, capable OF producing hum
dred different crops that will bring in
money enough to support in luxury a
great population-all touch the heart
and fancy of the man who sees such
things. The beauty of this country
cannot be pictured an painting, told
in words or sung in song. To fully
appreciate it one must live and dream
amid the scenes which give TO this
spot OF earth the rarest sort of beauty
and the tenderest sort of grace The
paintings OF the great artists are but
vain attempts at an imitation Of some
small part of nature And no matter
how real the likeness. the picture never
approaches the beauties of the land
scape or the glories of the setting sun.
The music that comes from instru-
snents is but an empty substitute for
the melody Of the human voice or the
sweet song of the birds. The awe
inspiring roar of the ocean, the faint
perfume of the flower, and the grace
full beauty of the fawn cannot be re-
produced BY the skill and knowledge
or ingenuity of man. To the lover of
nature Florida especially in winter and
spring must appeal to those who wor-
ship at natures shine.
These things being true we want to
1.-Two to see rural life so sweet in this
delightful land as to make our bards
rave over it as Bobby Burns and 9TH
er gifted ones raved over the rustic
beauties anu restful lives Of their re-
spective lands.
we want to live to see an aecumu-
lation of grassy lawns and success
sion of lovely flower gardens. We
want to- live TO see on every hand out
ward signs that indicate inward COM
tentment
Our climtae being so mild anI our
soil responding so rapidly Is the touch
of the husbandman il is possible for
every rural home to be made as bright
and cheerful as those OF the city.
Things are conspiring TO make the
duties of the farmwife no longer q
drudgery nors the labor Of the farm
hand no longer one of irksome toll,
1t is possible now for homes on the
farms to be in keeping with city
homes. Hot and cold running water,
shower baths. telephones, electric
lights, fireless cookers, graphaphones,
automobiles. and all the comforts that
modern appliances and conveniences
imply.
And machinery on the farm is annu-
ally Increasing production and all the
while lessening the sweet and toll Of
the farm laborer.
Farm machinery has made it possible
for fewer persons with less sweat and
toll to provide food for all the people.
About 90 years ago the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics put forth
the most striking figures extant on
what machinery does for food pro-
duction
! In 1880. the report pointed out, sit
took 64 hours and Is minutes of man
labor to produce an acre Of wheat, the
labor being ss.71. In 1896. the report
claims. it took only two hours and 4s
minutes, at labor cost Of go cents
! to produce an acrd of wheat. In 1880
| it took IS hours and Is minutes Of man