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Show Farmer 'of the Future I -.. V n i Practical farmers nro sometimes Inclined In-clined to resent tho advlco that they frequently seo in tho nowspnpers with respect to their methods of doing business; and at first blush and superficially super-ficially It does seem a little peculiar that Uie editorial brethren should con-tinuo con-tinuo to pour forth ndvlco that is rarely taken, nnd Insist on writing agricultural ag-ricultural essays that nre often ridiculed ridi-culed in n quiet way by those to whom they are addressed. It is a common saying that an editor edi-tor can mako ten crops with his pen whero ho couldn't mnko ono with his hand, and it Is' regarded as presumptuous pre-sumptuous for a man who can't lay off a piece- of land for (a crop, nor even run n straight furrow with a plow, to bo telling the farmers what they-should they-should do and how they should economize. econo-mize. But tho truth of tho matter Is that thero aro very fow farmers who appreciate the real lmportanco nnd dignity of their calling, or who try to do much more than make a living out of tho ground. Indeed wo have heard of somo who failed to mako a good living, and who wero always in debt as tho result of what they called haul times and bad crops. On the other hand, wo havo heard of somo who persist In making good . I crops xlurlng tho worst s'oasons, and who havo full barns and overflowing smokehouses at a tlmo when their less V ( fortunato neighbors are purchasing their supplies in tho stores. Wo believe be-lieve that even an editor could manage man-age a farm well enough to mako prot-ty prot-ty gpod crops when tho seasons aro nil propitious, whon tho rains como in tho nick of timo, and are succeeded I by Just tho right amount of open I weather. Wo mention this possibility J- In order to suggest thnt it Is not noc- "" ossary to bo a good farmer to mako . j fair crops in seasons that aro pro- ' i cisely sultod to growing things. " Perhaps It Is too much to expect, , ' and yet we bellcvo that tho timo will j como when a farmer will possess all " 7 tho accomplishments that aro neces- nary in his work, and that ho will bo ! a first-class busincssuibcsides. Wii ! are coming upon no(Pfcandme,s methods, and tho pressure of thoso " - 9flP will produce new men, who will farm i3m( exclusively for tho Immense profits , Wml that nro to be coaxed out of tho soil. W, Atlanta Constitution. lsL |