Show TUB COMING Y the educated farmer becoming a power in state and nation tho the time Is fast coming if indeed it Is not already here when the intelligent tell toll igent industrious and energetic farmer will occupy a 4 for far more prominent place in ia tho the affairs ot of state and nation that over ever before the rapid paco pace necessarily adopted by those engaged in professional and mercantile pursuits in ia order to successfully meet tho the competition assailing them on every hand Is not conducive to the mental endowment of their descendants and tho the farmbry of rugged constitution ution and industrious habits will bu bo in ili ever growing demand to 1111 their depleted 0 o ranks much has been written in regard to tho the prominent part played by such breeding and early country training in tho the successful management of great mercantile enterprises and tho the marvelous discoveries and achievements of great professional leaders and much more will still be written upon tho the samo same subject the farms of tho the country havo have been and will continue to be tho the nurseries from whence tho the degenerating forces ot of those overworked brains and shattered nerves will bo be recruited moro more important still there Is also a most promising future for tho the farm boy who takes up agriculture as an occupation farming Is no longer moro more drudgery and muscular exertion in which man occupies about the same place as tho the beasts of burden but it Is an industry calling for tho keenest intelligence and the application of well defined principles it tho the farm boy can bo made to understand that the cultivation of vile soil boll and tho the feeding floding of stock steel aro are based upon principles as clearly donned defined as those underlying any mechanical or merean mercantile tild pursuit and that tho the same skill and energy applied to tho the former as to tho the latter will yield equally profitable returns ho he will vill bo be more greatly attracted to his home acres when to these facts aro are added tho the opportunity to participate in public affairs and tho the assurance assur anco that because ho he becomes a farmer lie ho does docs not surrender all claim to public recognition and renown lie ho will enter upon tho the work of tho the farm with greater zest and courage and with loss less foreboding in ia order to obtain cheso results it Is necessary that tho the farni farm lad bo be fitted for tho the work as thoroughly ns as persons aro are fitted tor for other professions lie iio must study agriculture as ono one who Is to become a physician studies medicine or the ono one who Is to be an attorney studies law lie ile must not only know how to do all things but lie ho must also know why tho the things aro are done lie ile must know the effect upon tho thet soil of different methods of culture and tho the effect upon animals of various systems of feeding lie ile must know a thou thousand sana things unknown to ills his ancestors a generation or two ago and then theia and not till then will lie ho be in a position to practice farming as intelligently and as successfully as the physician practices medicine or tho the attorney practices law it requires time hard bard study and some money to acquire this knowledge but not so much as Is required to prepare for other occupations and professions yielding good returns there Is no study necessary for the laborer who uses pick and shovel at a dollar do r and a half a da daiy but prepa preparation alon Is necessary for him who earns ea 3 t three or four times that amount in any 11 line of work there Is no preparation to n necessary for tho the farmer who is content to harvest what the soil produces to of its own accord but preparation is necessary for the farmer who produces three or four times tho the average yield of the soil tho the man who manipulates tho the soil and directs the elements of nature in an intelligent manner in the production of that crop is an almost greater factor than tho the soil itself father and mothers who desire desaro thel their r boys to become or remain farmers farmer s should encourage them to make t the he requisite preparation for their life work and then viere fiere will bo be fewer abandoned bando ned farms and fewer discouraged cou raged and dis heartened disheartened farmers farmer |