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Show FARMER CONSIDERED A JOKE Man. Formerly Called "Hayseed" Now Better Informed on Public Matters Mat-ters Than City Man. (Bv I1EHRKRT C. LONG. Colornilo AK-iI,-hUiiih1 CoUeEe, Fort Collins. Colo.) Thore was a time when the farmer was considered a joke, and was called a "rustic" in literary language, and in popular language, a "hayseed. There was of course some cause foi this. The farmer was really ignorant of many things which were matters ol ordinary information to many city people. But the obnoxious terms are rapidly going out of use because tns group to whom they may be applied 11 continually growing smaller. Nowadays It is not difficu.t to find 1 farmer who is better informed on nial ters of public interest than is the a - erage city man. The boundaries of hi farm no longer constitute his borlzoi - He takes a very lively interest In lb i. world about him. And really ther t is no excuse for the average farm( e remaining longer a rustic or a ha seed. Modern postal service maki n connection with the world at Ian e easy. Modern printing business mak information on all subjects and tl g products of the best minds, easi n available. The modern farmer can purcna ir such periodicals and books as will ( k- able him to make his business a b ter success, and he can subscribe ip papers and magazines which will ke ds him just as well informed on all m ters of public interest as any c .in man. ;fc- There is no reason why a man v follows agriculture as a busto a should not have just as much an fluence in state and national aff; as the city man, and there are sc al- reasons why he should have more of fluence |