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Show AGRICULTURE AND LIVE STOCK ARE MAINSTAYS OF HUMANITY fr-J F.ngtnnd, Home nnd Ittrthplnce of Grenieat Ilreerleraj nnd ( ' ' , . -',' Farmers World 119 Kvtr Known, Owen Honored ' 1 '. ' Pufilttnn lo Arlaltscrncy Who Acquired Wnys ".' . ' '';',' of Improving Solt nnd Animals, ' it 1 ? ;,; ii 'i"4 t " : --t'wA 'X: '' , ' ' IkAtf A - J AV-'.- ' . I . V- e- ' t -r jTi- t ..'f 1 A Bunch of Fat Stftrs. Iiv CAI'T. A It WAIilU'l.l. I The most nselul citizen the country coun-try can piodiice la the mnn who Itniks upon the soil of the earth and says. "Whnt inn I grow from It or produce upon It?" AkMi uliuro and live stock are Ihe main stays of humanity, and It Is to the husbandman and breeder Hint kirns and princes ns well as the hum ble pi leant must turn with Ihankliil ness and ".latitude not only for Ihe IiIi skIiiks ol life, but for existence It self Gn at llrlialn, Ihe home and the blttliiilare of the arenteat breeders mill fnrmrra Ihe world hue ever known, ones this honored position lo Ihe aristocrat y of that country. It was llitse people who of their means and abundance sought for und acquired ac-quired Ihe wnya of enriching nnd lm proving the soli and Hie animals that grii.d upon II. Let nn example by the highest In the lapd, Ihe country squire, Ihe gen tleinnn farmer, and eventunlly Ihe tenant fnriner himself, each to a greatet or leaser extent, strive to copy thai luachlnjia of the lorda of the manor nptll a keen rivalry of the most friendly nature sprang up be tween landlord and tenant. In a con teat for siipremnc. In the productions of Ihe farm and Ihe live slock that wcro bred thereon. Agricultural allows sprang up In tho vnrlotia counties nt which were ti be seen the great draft horses, rat tie, sleep and swine of the lorgi landed proprietors, stnnilltig side hi side, though In lesser numbers, with those of tho tenant limner and ever the humble col later Looking on and keenly observant, could he seen Hie noble lord with hla wife nnd chll dren as well ns the tenant farmer nnd Ihe cottiiKtr with nil the mem hers of their households and wnltlna lor the verdict of the Judge who In those early days stamped themselves as Ihe mnater breeders, and whose names are written down upon the role of honor of Kng'nnd'a great breeders and agriculturists. Today, not only do thu titled pen plo, country gentlemen and farmers of that land continue In Ihelr breed Inn nnd lis still further Improvement, but the pio't sslonul nnd business men of the towns nnd rllles have tnken It up to such nn extent nnd with surh Interest nnd consummate skill, lhat It Is dl'flcult to II ml a man of wealth who has a taste for breeding and farming who la not occupying hla Ids ure moments In Ihls way. II Is this spleni Id state of affairs that hits made hrccdlmc nnd farming what It Is In Great llrlialn today, and while that glorious o'd country enn learn much from the gnat, young, roliuil and healthy I niter) HI a tea It la giiitllylng to see Amerlenn gentlemen gentle-men of wealth taking n lesson from the mothers hook and going In for cg',!iimtf tiietliodH of pedigreed stock' breeding and advanced modern farming farm-ing The example that thes gentlemen are setting In thts country will b followed fol-lowed hy the same w-holesonie end In-ni llclal result In regard to farming nnd pedigreed stock breeding aa wae nchleved hy Ihe pioneers In Kngland yenra ago, until we shall eventually find nil the sections of this country best fitted by nature for Ihe highest class of farming and breeding, occu- -pled by gentlemen who are now lending lend-ing Hie way and setting this splendid nnd useful exnmple. |
