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VOL. LXIV INDIANAPOLIS, MARCH 20, 1909. NO. 11 The Reasons Why I Should be a Farmer. [Address made before the Pierceton Fanners' Institute, Feb. 2t>, 1909, by Prof. Palmer, Dean of Winona Agricultural Institute. 1. Offers the biggest returns on the investment. The farmer who understands Lis business is making a bigger per cent on the investment than either steel corporation or Standard Oil. It may not appear sp large as the farming is done on a much smaller scale. It has been found in Minnesota that it ssasts from $7 to 8.50 to produce an acre of corn not including rent or interest on invested money and it surely costs no more in Indiana. Soil that is kept in good condition should raise 80 bushels per aire aud in fact ought to go as high hs a hundred. But say 80 bushels at 60 s ents equals $48, taking out $8 for raising the crop leaves a profit of $40. If the la ml is worth. $700 per acre the profit woulsl he 40 per cent on the investment. If the yield were GO bushelsj per acre the profit would be 28 per cent. Then if the corn is fed, another profit is realized on it whicli will in many cases amount to as much as the first profit, and the beauty of it is that no one is going to find any fault with the farmer who makes a profit from 25 to 50 per cent on his investments. In fact he will be thought the more of. In making these big profits he will be helping industry along by adding to the world's wealth wliile the manufacturer or merchant or transportation company when they are making a large per cent on the investment are taking more than their share and hence cause aome one to suffer. To make these profits it is necessary that the person have some knowledge of soils, manure, crops and fertilizers ami of animals, tlieir rearing and improvement, just as no one would attempt to start out as a doctor or lawyer unless they first understood medicine or law. 2. The most independent life. After a man makes enough to live comfortably he perhaps next to that, treasures independence and in many cases in- 'lepeudence comes first. There is no . ailing that offers the independent life that farming does, provided the farm er knows his business. He goes tsi work when he pleases, quits when Ilc pleases. He can wear clothes to suit himself. He sm sell to whom he pleasies; buy from whom he pleases and should he choose not to sell the rest of the world would starve. He can live far enough away from his fellow men so as to have perfect quiet and no one can approach unless lie wi.sh >t. In short the farmer can meet his fellow men as a man. 3. Most healthy life. Nothing is more valuable to a human lseing than health. The factors that enter into the having of good health are, a s°und body, exercise in the open, pure and wholesome food, an abur^ance of fresh il'r, sanitary conditions and contentment '•* at least the absence of worry. These factors are supplied more fully on the farm than anywhere else. Even that •f a sound body as the very nature of the work, food and other conditions on the farm tend to develop a strong body. > here else can one have the exercise in •he open, the pure food, the fresh air, the s-initary conditions and the contentment "'at one can on the farm. Too many of "l|r fanners do not have these things but 11 is their fault and not the fault of the farm. 4. Best place to raise a family. This is so self evident that enlarging on it is hardly necessary. The farm has furnished and is continuing to furnish the This was very nicely illustrated when the last panic struck us. Bankers and business men lay awake at night dreading the to-morrow or unnerved over the happenings of the day. Fortunes wiped away, Stayman Winesap Apple sent by A. II. Barker, Entiat, Washington. Black Ben Apple. A. H . Barker Entiat, Wash. men who are at the head of nearly all great enterprises. The life in the open, the pure and wholesome food, the pure air, the splendid exercise, the daily tasks and duties develop the physical moral nnd spiritual nature. The person equipped with a vigorous body that has been trained to do things has a confidence in himself that can come in no other way. Then again the child in the country has to think. He cannot always run to someone but must think and oftentimes do so quickly. He is one of the most necessary qualities in a lender whether it be on the battle field or in a business enterprise. The contact with nature also breeds honesty and frankness, two very valuable qualities. In fact without honesty there can be no success. 5. Most stable business^ ruin staring them in the face,—horrible. The farmer perhaps got less for what he had to sell but he could also buy cheaper. People had to eat and be clothed panic or no panic, and the farm would produce as- well. 0. God made man a farmer. When Hod made man he placed him in a gardeu an.l charged him to have domin- ioi. over the animals, plants and all that was on earth. So it is easy to see that (isssl's plan was that man nuould be a farmer. 7. The nation needs farmers. The stability of a nation depends on its farmers. Manufacturing and commerce may mean much but they are based on farming. The manufacturer is simply making things that the farmer will need ssi that those who are making things for the farmer will need. Commerce is nothing more nor less than the carrying of the products of the farm to those who are making things for the farmer and the taking back of these manufactured products to the farmer. Eliminate the farmer end commerce and manufacturing would cease. 8. Legislatures need farmers. The farm, being fundamental to commerce and manufacturing, should be properly represented in the legislature end no one can do that as well as the man who is on the fann and familiar with farm conditions. And again, the farmer is not so apt to sell his vote as the person who lias nothing to lose and everything to gain in selling his vote to a corporation. The farmer also knows that he would never be returned and would be in disgrace forever, while the politician in the city can cover up his tracks. Indiana has a good proportion of farmers in her legislature and the number is constantly increasing. , | 9. Working close to nature. The man on the farm is working with Nature. The better he understands her the better success he makes, wliile the man in the city makes his best success when he can make the most out of his fellow men. The farmer does not prosper at the expense of his fellow men but prospers as they advance. This has a big Influence on man's development. It develops the highest type of manhood and womanhood. 10. George Washington said that Agriculture is the most healthful, most useful and most noble employment of man. No man was better qualified to judge in this matter as he had farmed, had been a solslier, a general, a president and yet he round his greatest pleasure in his farm. Many more reasons could be given why I shssiilsl be a fanner but this ought to be enough to convince us that we should be fanners. Why They Leave the Farm. ttdlture Indian* Firmer: A great deal is being said on the Bubjeel "Why Uiys leave the fann" and writers are suggesting various reason for this (as in the article in the Farmer of Feb. 27th). There is" nothing new in such pleas; they are as familiar and almost as old as farming itself. "Tis true some of rur boys are quittiu farm life and seeking employment elsewhere. Our neighbor cities are greatly iu need of the broad minded farmer boys, and we are proud of the fact that the city man places reat confidence in these young men. It is said that farmers work too long hours, that they are sixteen hour men, The farmer that works eight hours in the forenoon and eight hours in the afternoon is the exception and not the rule. We do not set such men up as patterns and measure every farmer by their faults. It is true farmers are sometimes, in the rush of the season, compelled to work rather long days, but the up-to-date farmer of today has labor saving machinery, convenient buildins, good sto-k and manages his affairs in a systematic business-like way, which makes farming a pleasure instead of a disagreeable business. Writers fail to say anything aliout the many people who are coming from the cities to the farms. Why are they doing s- Because they enjoy the air of freedom, where they can spend their time in peace and quietness and have every privilege ono asks for. V. F. Weinmann. Dearborn Co.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1909, v. 64, no. 11 (Mar. 20) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6411 |
Date of Original | 1909 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 1 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
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Transcript | VOL. LXIV INDIANAPOLIS, MARCH 20, 1909. NO. 11 The Reasons Why I Should be a Farmer. [Address made before the Pierceton Fanners' Institute, Feb. 2t>, 1909, by Prof. Palmer, Dean of Winona Agricultural Institute. 1. Offers the biggest returns on the investment. The farmer who understands Lis business is making a bigger per cent on the investment than either steel corporation or Standard Oil. It may not appear sp large as the farming is done on a much smaller scale. It has been found in Minnesota that it ssasts from $7 to 8.50 to produce an acre of corn not including rent or interest on invested money and it surely costs no more in Indiana. Soil that is kept in good condition should raise 80 bushels per aire aud in fact ought to go as high hs a hundred. But say 80 bushels at 60 s ents equals $48, taking out $8 for raising the crop leaves a profit of $40. If the la ml is worth. $700 per acre the profit woulsl he 40 per cent on the investment. If the yield were GO bushelsj per acre the profit would be 28 per cent. Then if the corn is fed, another profit is realized on it whicli will in many cases amount to as much as the first profit, and the beauty of it is that no one is going to find any fault with the farmer who makes a profit from 25 to 50 per cent on his investments. In fact he will be thought the more of. In making these big profits he will be helping industry along by adding to the world's wealth wliile the manufacturer or merchant or transportation company when they are making a large per cent on the investment are taking more than their share and hence cause aome one to suffer. To make these profits it is necessary that the person have some knowledge of soils, manure, crops and fertilizers ami of animals, tlieir rearing and improvement, just as no one would attempt to start out as a doctor or lawyer unless they first understood medicine or law. 2. The most independent life. After a man makes enough to live comfortably he perhaps next to that, treasures independence and in many cases in- 'lepeudence comes first. There is no . ailing that offers the independent life that farming does, provided the farm er knows his business. He goes tsi work when he pleases, quits when Ilc pleases. He can wear clothes to suit himself. He sm sell to whom he pleasies; buy from whom he pleases and should he choose not to sell the rest of the world would starve. He can live far enough away from his fellow men so as to have perfect quiet and no one can approach unless lie wi.sh >t. In short the farmer can meet his fellow men as a man. 3. Most healthy life. Nothing is more valuable to a human lseing than health. The factors that enter into the having of good health are, a s°und body, exercise in the open, pure and wholesome food, an abur^ance of fresh il'r, sanitary conditions and contentment '•* at least the absence of worry. These factors are supplied more fully on the farm than anywhere else. Even that •f a sound body as the very nature of the work, food and other conditions on the farm tend to develop a strong body. > here else can one have the exercise in •he open, the pure food, the fresh air, the s-initary conditions and the contentment "'at one can on the farm. Too many of "l|r fanners do not have these things but 11 is their fault and not the fault of the farm. 4. Best place to raise a family. This is so self evident that enlarging on it is hardly necessary. The farm has furnished and is continuing to furnish the This was very nicely illustrated when the last panic struck us. Bankers and business men lay awake at night dreading the to-morrow or unnerved over the happenings of the day. Fortunes wiped away, Stayman Winesap Apple sent by A. II. Barker, Entiat, Washington. Black Ben Apple. A. H . Barker Entiat, Wash. men who are at the head of nearly all great enterprises. The life in the open, the pure and wholesome food, the pure air, the splendid exercise, the daily tasks and duties develop the physical moral nnd spiritual nature. The person equipped with a vigorous body that has been trained to do things has a confidence in himself that can come in no other way. Then again the child in the country has to think. He cannot always run to someone but must think and oftentimes do so quickly. He is one of the most necessary qualities in a lender whether it be on the battle field or in a business enterprise. The contact with nature also breeds honesty and frankness, two very valuable qualities. In fact without honesty there can be no success. 5. Most stable business^ ruin staring them in the face,—horrible. The farmer perhaps got less for what he had to sell but he could also buy cheaper. People had to eat and be clothed panic or no panic, and the farm would produce as- well. 0. God made man a farmer. When Hod made man he placed him in a gardeu an.l charged him to have domin- ioi. over the animals, plants and all that was on earth. So it is easy to see that (isssl's plan was that man nuould be a farmer. 7. The nation needs farmers. The stability of a nation depends on its farmers. Manufacturing and commerce may mean much but they are based on farming. The manufacturer is simply making things that the farmer will need ssi that those who are making things for the farmer will need. Commerce is nothing more nor less than the carrying of the products of the farm to those who are making things for the farmer and the taking back of these manufactured products to the farmer. Eliminate the farmer end commerce and manufacturing would cease. 8. Legislatures need farmers. The farm, being fundamental to commerce and manufacturing, should be properly represented in the legislature end no one can do that as well as the man who is on the fann and familiar with farm conditions. And again, the farmer is not so apt to sell his vote as the person who lias nothing to lose and everything to gain in selling his vote to a corporation. The farmer also knows that he would never be returned and would be in disgrace forever, while the politician in the city can cover up his tracks. Indiana has a good proportion of farmers in her legislature and the number is constantly increasing. , | 9. Working close to nature. The man on the farm is working with Nature. The better he understands her the better success he makes, wliile the man in the city makes his best success when he can make the most out of his fellow men. The farmer does not prosper at the expense of his fellow men but prospers as they advance. This has a big Influence on man's development. It develops the highest type of manhood and womanhood. 10. George Washington said that Agriculture is the most healthful, most useful and most noble employment of man. No man was better qualified to judge in this matter as he had farmed, had been a solslier, a general, a president and yet he round his greatest pleasure in his farm. Many more reasons could be given why I shssiilsl be a fanner but this ought to be enough to convince us that we should be fanners. Why They Leave the Farm. ttdlture Indian* Firmer: A great deal is being said on the Bubjeel "Why Uiys leave the fann" and writers are suggesting various reason for this (as in the article in the Farmer of Feb. 27th). There is" nothing new in such pleas; they are as familiar and almost as old as farming itself. "Tis true some of rur boys are quittiu farm life and seeking employment elsewhere. Our neighbor cities are greatly iu need of the broad minded farmer boys, and we are proud of the fact that the city man places reat confidence in these young men. It is said that farmers work too long hours, that they are sixteen hour men, The farmer that works eight hours in the forenoon and eight hours in the afternoon is the exception and not the rule. We do not set such men up as patterns and measure every farmer by their faults. It is true farmers are sometimes, in the rush of the season, compelled to work rather long days, but the up-to-date farmer of today has labor saving machinery, convenient buildins, good sto-k and manages his affairs in a systematic business-like way, which makes farming a pleasure instead of a disagreeable business. Writers fail to say anything aliout the many people who are coming from the cities to the farms. Why are they doing s- Because they enjoy the air of freedom, where they can spend their time in peace and quietness and have every privilege ono asks for. V. F. Weinmann. Dearborn Co. |
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