Show SCIENCE IN FARMING Frank W Hawley one of the gentlemen gentle-men Interested In the Niagara Electric Power company and a scientlllu farmer farm-er has a model place near Kochester N Y Writing on the subject of the farmer of the future he says The new era for the farmer has Just begun In no domain of human activity lies greater scope for genius than in agriculture No other calling Is so con ducive to health longevity and happiness happi-ness Science lays discoveries at the farmers feet and implores their use For him the chemist tolls In his labora tory For him the botanist gleans the tlelds For him the inventor htfa sim plified labor and enlightened toll For him scholars and experts employed by the Government are ever at work at State and National experiment sta tions to solve the problems of the soil The broadminded agriculturist who avails himself of these researches and discoveries Is n man to be envied We may yet attain the art of making mal leable glass and under such protec tion acres may be devoted to the growth of vegetables and semitropical fruits for our local markets Rapid transit and Improved refrigerator cars will enlarge the territory to be sup plied The broad belts of the temperate zones extending around the world will be explored In search of new varieties of grain trees flowers and shrubs for our use The laws of animal breeding and heredity will be better understood and our domestic stock be greatly Im proved America will possess the finest cattle In the world and the States fit ted for cattleraising and dairying will vie with one another for the leadership The electric age will materially Im prove the condition of the agriculturist i look for the day when each farmer will own an electric equipment to fur nish power for his creamery for grind Ing food for pumping water for light Ing his house and for heating his greenhouse and other buildings Elec tric roads will pass his door affording quick transit for himself and his pro duce to the nearest market town His horses will labor on the farm while he Journeys on the highway In a wagon propelled by a storage battery The subtle energy can be made to serve him In a thousand ways and perform In numerable tasks By Its kindly aid the hitherto overworked farmer may be come largely a gentleman of leisure Then we shall expect much of him Then will he have liberty to assume that political Importance to which he Is justly entitled The successful farm er should be the coming man and fu ture legislation must look closely to his Interests It Is a notable fact that many of our best and ablest men have exhibited a strong predilection for ru ral life Webster delighted to retire to Marshfleld the name of Jefferson re calls Monticello Jackson reminds us of Hermitage Clay Is associated with his beloved Ashland Mount Vernon has been rendered classic ground as the abode of the Father of his Coun try With the advance of this new era from our rural homes beautified by naturo and adorned by art saving In I fluences will come in the future to public guide and guard the future of the Re |