The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-01-18
America Farm Bureau
SdDeHAgriculture Must
Remain Basic Industry
New Day Dawns for Farm Life Country Life Must Be
Raised Out of Monotony. Farmer Should Not Only
Make Money, But His Life Should Be Personally
Satisfactory, Says New Farm Life"

"The Agricultural prob
lem must be settled on a
basis of business rather
than sentiment, and what
ever may be the course and
outcome of the period Of re-
construction we are now ex-
periencing, a gricult t u r e
must remain the greatest
basic industry in the world.
But before agriculture
can come into it's own, be-
fore the foundations of our
own country can be proper
ly strengthened, before the
attractions of rural life can
be improved-the farmer
must receive a reward COM
mensurate with his effort
and responsibility"
The foregoing conclusion is drawn
in an article discussing the present
day agricultural problems and their
relation to the general welfare of
the nation. issued by the American
Farm Bureau Federation.
After discussing fully all phases
of the problem Il paragraph or two
is devoted to THE New Farm Life,
as follows:
Country life must be raised out
of the monotony. 1t is not enough
that a farmer should be able to make
money. His life should be person
ally satisfactory
POpularizing Agriculture.
The new farm life will provide
for better wages; better distributions
of work and working life; eduatiOnal
advantages will be improved; dis
agreeable tasks will be largely elem
mated by up-to- date methods: steps
will be taken to furnish recreations
and amusements; the social side or
rural life will receive more attention
than formerly.
Although the worlds immediate
need for food is indeed serious, a
broad consideration of the problem
involves the matter of popularizing
agriculture and country life for all
time to come. Such movement, if
il is TO be effective must be con-
ducted unselfishly. giving due con-
sideration to each and every group
and class that make up our nation.
Furthermore, it must be conducted
along constructive lines. We must
interest ourselves with putting rural
life on a more attractive and higher
plane rather than depreciating the
real attractions OF other society.
1T is up TO one farmer individual
ly and collectively to boost his bust
ness. Agriculture must be adver-
tized The American public must be
sold on the business OF farming.
There are very few real advantages
of the city that cannot be brought
TO the ruralist, but the basic funda-
mental advantages of free life in
Gods open country can never be
tranSplanted in the city except in a
very limited degree In the final
analysis, tile farmer has the upper
hand. Agriculture is the most, stable
of all industries Wars may deyas-
tate, panics may bankrupt, markets
may become stagnant, but the farm
er continues to~live more or less as
usual"
But farming must be made more
profitable. for sociological improve
ments cannot be effected without
money. it is explained. Nor can the
profits of farming be assured until
the farmer asserts himself in the
matter of establishing the prices OF
farm products"
Facing New Era.
City schools should give more at
tention to rural problems and the
FARMER boy must be trained to see
through the superficial veneer of
city life and at the same time profit
by anything that he may learn from
the city"