:*. Itwaiwa
Vol XII.
IKDIANiPOUS, INDIANA, MAY 26,1877.
No. 21
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.
Ten cents per line, and no advertisement for less
than 25 cents.
No better medium could be selected than this department of the Fabmeb for the recovery of stock.
Tell your neighbor of lt when you hear of the loss
of his stock.
FOR SALE.
TTIOR SALE—Farms ln Indiana and Illinois. A.
Jh M. ALEXANDER, 48 Vance block, Indianapolis, Ind. 20-52ti-(10*
-*r"--|OR BALE—A three-year old Jack 14 hands
JD high; nice and smooth. H. N. ADAMS, Judson, Parke Co., Ind. . 18 4w*
F
IOR SALE-PEKIN DUCK EGG8-J3X0 FOR IS
EGGS.   PURE STOCK. T. E. ELLIS,
12-10w288 Plainfleld, Ind.
"T710R SALE—The well known White Oil Corn
1*1 Single packages 15 cents; 2 packages, 25 cents,
or J1.40 per dozen.        Indiana Fabmeb Office.
OR SALE—Three yearling Shorthorn Bulls of
ood pedigree, young Mary Brides, etc JAS.
'-—"- -•'•-• 16-Jweow*
good pedigree, young Mi
P. FORSYTH. Fn_i_lin.Ind.
EOR SALE—A pair of well broke Indian Ponies,
14 hands high, matches bays, gentle, good riding animals.   Price, J200.   J. P. LUBE & SONS.
20-2t-(10)
EOR SALE-After 20th May. Kggs of Pekin
Ducks, L. Brahma, W. F. B, Spanish, B. B. R.
Game Bantams; 81.50 for 18. JOHN BENNETT, Sunman, Ind., Ripley County. 20-2[ (11)
"Ij'lOE SALE—Eggs from first class Buff Cochin
Jj fowls from imported stock till July lst at S2.00
per setting of 13.  Address:
J. L. Carey, Indianapolis Ind.
6-22ti 85 and 87 South Meridian St
FOR SALE—A new Childs Brothers' Organ, style
30, new and in good condition.    For sale at a
discount from regular price.
4tf Indiana Fabmeb Co.
EOR SALE or TRADE—"Muggins," 4028 A. S. H.
Record; 4 years old; a good breeder; will sell
cheap, or trade.  S. R. QUICK, Columbus, Ind.
13-tf--00
FOR SALE —POLAND-CHINA PIGS—A  few
choice pigs selected from a lot of 200.   Satisfaction guarantied.  Send lor prices.   Address B.
C. BURKETT, Fincastle, Putnam county. Ind.
' 12-I3wl97
EOR SALE—Thoroughbred Short-Horn Durham
Bull, Owned by Horace White, Laona, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Age, _ years- weight, 1800 lbs. For
pedigree, address, BOND & ALLERD1CE, Indianapolis, Ind. _0-3t*
FOR SALE—My eggs having hatched with such
good success this reason, I shall now be able
to sell eggs from the same yards I breed from myself, at reduced prices, from May lst. Send for
Jirlots, if you with eggs from good stock of all the
eading varieties. E. G. Bagley, Sunny Hill Poultry
Yards, IndianapoUs. 18-4tit223)
F
OB SALE—Will spare eggs, at reasonable rates,
from premium Light Brahmas.   Address
GREEN A VANSOYOC, Indianapolis, Ind.
14-10W-202
FOE SALE—Three fine Berkshire sows, 18 months
old, and Berkshire boar 6 montns old, fine, not
akin bought in Bourbon Co, Ky„ from best stock,
will be sold for f iOO, the lot, as we want room for
other stock and cannot keep two creeds of hogs.
J. P. LUSE A SONS, Montmorency, Ind.     20-2t-(lu)
FOR SALE-BUFF COCHINS EGGS Iron the
"Boss Yards." My Breeding Cock "Monarch''
took S First Prizes and 1 Third at the Poultry Shows
last winter; scored from »5 to 98 Points. Eggs at S3
per dozen. A. SEIFERT, 18 N. Illinois street, Indianapolis. 18tf2-4
EOR SALE—Poland China Pigs. No. 1 Pigs at
from 812 to 815 each. Also a few choice Chester White Pigs. Eggs and Chicks from high class
White, Buff and Partridge Cochins, D. Brabmas,
and B. Leghorns. WEST <s WHICKER, Pecksbuig,
Hi ndricks county, Ind. l6-3mos
EXCHANGE OR SALE.—A splendid No. 1. Pedigree Berkshire Boar, iwo years old; also pigs
for a good Organ or Piano. Will pay difference in
Nursery stock.  A. C. HARVEY, Laiayeite, Ind.
20-2t*
WADT-ll.
TTTANTED—A fresh cow with calf, ln exchange
TV     for anything in the watch, clock. Jewelry,
or silverware line.   F. M, HERRON, Jeweler, 16 W.
Washington street, Indianapolis. 21 lw(15)
TTTANTED—Agents ln every township in this
W    State to sell the New Illustrated History of
Indiana, and flne family Bibles.  J. W. Lanktree A
Co., 47 Thorpe Block, In dlanapolia, Ind.    10-ly(189)
Sr ANTED it known that the White Oil Com
has stood the test, won laurels, and ls for
at 15 cts per pkg.   Address
8-tf Indiana Fabmeb Company.
TTTANTED—Farmers to call on H. O. Rice, 35 Ky.
W   Avenue. Pumps, Wells, Cisterns and Vaults
dug, cleaned and repaired 1913t(4)
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
TTIYE AND EAB. DR. I. A. E. LYONS, Room 10,
Sh Bates' Block, opposite Post-office, Indianapo-
fisYlnd. 1913K8*
HENRY F. BARNES, M. D., Physician and Surgeon.   Office, Rooms 10 and 11 Masonic Temple.   Office hours 10 to 12 a. m, and 2 to 4 p. m..
19-131-8
MISCELLANEOUS.
MONEY to loan, ln sums of J500 to 85000, on improved faims. Money in Bank No delay.
RUDDELL, WALCOTT A VINTON, 44}_ N. Pennsyl.
vania Street, Indianapolis, Ind. 20tf-(l0j
POP THE QUESTION CARDS.—A new plan-
Fun alive -In fun or earnest—Sure to please.
Sample 10c ROUE B. BECK, box 1103, Vincennes,
Ind. ■».♦■,*
21 4t15
JTEEL Engravings of 1000 American Statesmen.
J   300Photographic Vlevra of Washington, D^C.
16-401 212
TEXAS—Two choice sections of land for sale
-,,. 640 acres each. Address, W. C. GREGORY,
NO Washington Avenue St. Louis. 20-4W
TEXAS LAND WARRANTS-Of 640 acres each,
for sale at 25 cents per acre, locatable on any
Public lands In the State of Texas. Maps of Texas
to,!.?111 information free. Address N. R.WARWICK, Agent, 1S8 Vine St., Cincinnati, O.      19tf(8)
1RAND EXCURSION—MAY 22,1877,12:45 noon,
^A    to Texas and Kansas, over the M., K. and T.
t*„    <ne mUHon acres of Neosho Valley Lands—
joe rain belt of Kansas—for sale at panic prices and
«n terms to suit customers.   It will pay you richly
jo examine these lands before buying.  Schools,
cnurches, good markets and civilization.  Land
> ,f5e™ f°r Bale at all times, on orders, for Kansas
i I *»££&!-  8ee or address us at once.  J. O. FUL-
I si.il .IDER * CO., room 2Iron Block, Indianapolis,
I state Agents M.,__ and T.B.B. 183w224
THE FARM.
Postal Card Correspondence.
INDIANA.
Our correspondents will please inform ns in
regard to tbe demand for farmhands and the
ruling rate of wages per month, in their respective localities. Let us hear from Pulaski
county.—Editobs.
Hamilton Co., May 16th—Grass, oats and
wheat look well. Farmers are putting in large
crops of corn; most of tbem will finish planting this week. L. T.
Pakke Co., May 16th.—The wheat looks fine
in this part of the connty. Ploughing and
planting is the main business now.     -
Mabtin L. Dote.
Eitley Co., May 19th.—Wheat looks well.
Fruit badly injured; not all killed, but probably most of it will be blighted. About half
our corn is planted. It has rained almost
daily this week. O. K. F.
Tippecanoe Co., May 22.—Health in old Tippecanoe was never better. The. weather is getting very warm, 88 degrees in the shade last
week. Wheat, oats and grass, look very well.
A good many will hare to plant their corn over,
'Doc.  '
Anotheb.—Wheat, oats and grass, are growing fine. Farmers are busy planting corn.
We have had very fine growing weather the
last four or five days. Corn is coming up well.
W heat, $1,80 to $1,90 per bushel; corn, 50 cents.
The fruit crop will be slim in this part of the
county. 8. Steely.
Washington Co., May 16th.—Fine grow;
ing weather now, though rather too wet lor
corn planting. Borne have not planted yet,
but I think the main bulk ofthe corn is planted. Wheat and oats all right; some apples yet,
but the frost has thinned them considerably.
W. A. A.
Putnam Co., May 17th.—Excellent prospect
for wheat. Oats backward, but healthy, and
growing nicely. Grass fine. The favorable
spring and prospect for good prices, have induced farmers to plant far more than usual.
Fruit here ia badly damaged. Peaches killed.
Borne apples and small fruit escaped injury.
J. M. Pases.
Fulton Co., May 19th.—Wheat, a fine pros-
peot, the best for years. Corn nearly all planted, large acreage being planted. Fine prospect for all kinds of small fruit. Apples about
a half crop. Peaches about one-third of a
crop. Fat hogs $4,40. Stock hogs plenty. No
cholera in this county that I have heard of.
L. W. Shelton.
D-ABbob*-* Co., May 15th.—Wheat about
average. Meadows started good. Corn not
all planted owing to the wet weather. Fruit
slightly injured on the low lands, general prospect good, except for peaches and early cherries, which were winter killed. The ground is
in usual good order. Pastures good and stock
looks well. Know nothing of any hog cholera. M.B.K.
Sullivan Co., May 15th.—The prospect for
farmers in this section looks gloomy, as it is
still raining and but little planting done for
corn. We have been drowned out two years
in succession and a prospect for the same thing
a third time. It makes our faces very long
now. Just as soon as there is anything raised in this county for sale, I will try and s nd
you some subscribers for the Fabmeb. LoDg
may it wave. W. T. Mubduc*-.
Miami Co., May 19th.—Pleasant and growing weather. Farmers generally done planting com along the river. Quite a large crop
being put out here. Wheat a little thin on
the ground in some places, bnt looks well. I
dont think the frost injured the fruit in this
locality, but the apple crop will be short. Farmers in this locality Beem to be encouraged
this spring and think better times are near at
hand. J- Saygeb.
Floyd Co., May 16th.—The farmers are getting their corn in late this spring on account
of tho extreme wet weather. The fruit crop
will not be as large as was expected on account
of the recent frosts which came very unexpectedly to all. The early sown wheat is beginning to head. It is useless to try to raise
wheat here without using bone dust or manure freely. The Indiana Fabmeb is like cold
iron, (hard to beat). L. D. Enqleman .
Georgetown, Ind.
Cabboll Co., May 18th.—Corn planting is
about done, except on the low lands; some
early planting will have to be done over. The
weather is all that can be desired, one or
more good showers every week. Wheat is
looking splendid. Oats and flax are doing
well. Clover and timothy meadows are good.
Old wheat is worth $1.75 to $1.80 per bushel,
com 40 cents, has been 45 cents. Grapes are
all killed by the late frosts, but there will be
some fruit of other kinds.    James Haslet,
Wayne Co., May 18th.—Wheat prospects
are good. Farmers are very busy harrowing
their corn before it comes up. Corn nearly
all planted, the firBt time, and a large amount
to plant the second time, caused; by plauti ng
while the ground was too cold, and the lack of
good selection of seed corn. The oat crop is
not very flattering. Meadows are promising.
Fruit is badly injured by the frosts of April
the 30th and May lst. Stock all in good condition. Hogs scarce and worth $5 per cwt. Ko
cholera.  , '   B. T. Reynolds.
Vigo Co., May 14th.—Thera has been so
much rain that it has retarded corn planting
very much, and still it continues to rain. The
last cold snap injured the fruits and berries in
this county to a very large extent. It is estimated that the loss on strawberries alone is
$20,000. The growing wheat of this county
looks fine, promising a large yield. Wheat is
worth $2,00 per bushel; potatoes, $1,50; com is
selling at 50 cents in the city of Terre Haute.
Terre Haute presents a beautiful appearance
at this time in the year. The people are also
very sociable.   More anon.
.   John M. Chansleb.
Spenceb Co , May 17th.—This has been a
very cold, backward spring. It rains almost
every day. Some of the corn that was planted
has rotted. We are not half done planting
com yet. Early potatoes look well for the
chance they have had. Wheat never looked
better. Grass only moderate. Tobacco plants
are doing well. Wheat is $1.00 per bushel,
com 40 cents, potatoes $1.00 to $1.10, hay $5.00
to $6 00 a ton. Hordes and mules are in better
demand. Hogs andV'cattle are in good demand. There is some cholera here. The
farmers are waking up to a sense of their
duty, and are trying to improve their stock.
We have a few Short Horns, some Alderney
cattle, and Poland China hogs. Sangdiggers
are about played out. Wm. F. Tullis. ,!s
TEXAS
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Austin, May 13th.—We did have a fine prospect fjr fruit, but it has been damaged by severe hail storms. Will have about half a crop
of peaches and plenty of figs. Strawberries
have been very abundant for a month, season
now about over. Daw berries are now ripe
Apples do no good here, but we have fine
grapes. Wheat and oats are splendid and
nearly ready to harvest. Cotton looks fine
and has commenced to bud. Corn is waist
high and looks very well.       Wm. Passes.
HEWS   OP  THE   WEEK.
IOWA
Lucas Co., May 16th.—And still it rains.
There are a great many that did not get to sow
but few oats on account of the wet weather;
not near as many sown as usual. Bat very
little ploughing done for corn as yet, and but
little corn planted. The prospsct for crops is
gloomy. The heavy frost we had May 1st
killed a great deal of the small fruit. Apples
seem to be all right. Flour, $12, to $13, per
barrel; com, 35 cents. AU kinds of produce
seem to be on the rise. Farm hands $15,00 to
$18,00 a month. Stock of all kinds doing well.
John W. Eabtes.
QUERY AND ANSWEB,
A Coebection.—In your paper of May 5th,
I inquired for Russian China hogs. The question came Poland China.
Wm. A. Abmstbong.
Answer to D. W.—To break a cow from
kicking, put a belt around the waist tisb. t;
then pass a rope through it and around the off
Bide hind foot, draw it 12 or 15 inch-*- from the
ground and she can't kick. Follow up this
plan for a short time aud the work is done,
she can't kick in that fix.      A Subscbibeb .
I wish to know through the Fabmeb if pine
fencing plank will last well in the ground 1 as
I want to put some two or three hundred rods
of tile ditch through soft black land which will
have to have plank under the tile to keep them
to their place. If any one has had any experience please give the result.  .
.     J. K. Mebbywe-THKb.
State It*!.
Fbixndville, Wabash Co., 111.
To the Editor* Indiana Farmer:
Please give me some information about the
Clayton apple, and the Iddress of the man who
wrote the article on the Apple house and the
apples. Mabshall Wood.
Ans.—W. H. Ragan, of Clayton, Hendricks
county, this State, is familiar with the origin,
history and qualities of the Clayton apple:
Dr. Allen Furnas, of Danville, Ind., can furnish the desired information about constructing apple houses, etc.
When you go to Indianapolis, and want
a good breakfast, dinner or supper for the
small sum of 25 cents, well cooked, all neat
and clean, and home like with a good vari:
ety, call at the EXCHANGE DINING
ROOMS, Nos. 66 and 68 North Pennsylvania street, on west side, one-half square
I north of the Postoffice. 21 It
The tobacco crop of Warrick County is estimated at 6,000,000 pounds this season.
Clem Robertson's store in Guilford has been
robbed fourteen times in nine years, with a
total loss of $2,000.
," Eighty-two barrels more of spirits have been
seized at the distillery of Gaff & Co., Law -
renceburg.—Greensburg Standard.
- On the 17th inst, 8. H. Dakia, of M oores-
ville, was caught in the machinery of his saw
mill and seriously if not fatally injured.
Mr. Tom Hamrick sold his fast pacing horse
Rowdy Boy, to Dunbar, Dunnington & Co., of
Greencastle, for' one thousand dollars.—Din
Ville Union.
Y At a family reunion on thi 17ch ins t., the
sixty-fifth birth day anniverjary of Wm . Y.
Yelton, of Muncie, thirty-seven children and
grand children were present.
- The steam saw mill aud large lot of lumbe-
belonging to David Zehner, of Marshall county, were burned on the 12th iust. Loss three or
four thousand dollars.—Plymouth Democrat.
Mr. J. Greenwood, of Jeflerjon county, was
bitten upon the hand a few days ago by a rat,
and the effects of the wound have besoms so
serious that little hops of his recovery is entertained.—Madison Courier.
Edward Vianco, au employe iu Riuehart's
paper-mill at Dalphi, was drowned iu the
canal, Friday evening, while trying to rescue
his child which had fallen in. The little one
was saved, but the father sacrificed his life in
the effort.
On the night of the 12th inst.; Geo. Derret,
an industrious colored man of Spencer county, while passing through a strip of woods on
bis way home from work, was met, shot and
killed for a ghost, by a boy, Henry Oreoeon.—
Rockport Democrat.
Mr. James Button, of Spencer county, laid
a hollow stick of wood on the fire, from
which, as soon as warm, a large copper head
snake crawled out and showed fight. Mr. B.
after tossing the children on the bed, killed the
snake with a poker.—Rockport Gazette.
James Thomas, of Van Buren township,
Fountain county, called to see his wife at the
home of her mother, Mis. Sanger, (they were
notlivingtogether,) when the old lady whacked him over the head with a corn-knife, crushing his skull, and after he was down cut him
several times.   He is probably fatally injured.
' On the 14th inst., two boys, sons of Mr.
Wesley McCullough, of Putnam county, both
riding the same horse, engaged in a playful
scuffle during which they fell off the horse, the
elder boy falling on top of his young brother
Edward, inflicting injuries from the effect of
"which Edward" died within half an hour.—
Greencastle Star.
The most severe storm seen for years visited
Marion, Jndiana, on Sunday 20th inst. Houses
were unroofed, trees uprooted and fences des-
stroyed. A brick church nine miles north of
Marion was demolished, and at the time it
was filled with people attending Dunkard service; The roof was uplifted and the walls fell
ln, burying the inmates. The scene that followed was terrible. One young man was killed and ten or fifteen seriously inj ared.
An unknown tramp, wearing sandy whiskers, and with a stump of an arm, was seen
around the streets last Saturday begging. He
got but little encouragement, aad later in the
evening he was seen on the banks of Tanner's creek, in Newtown, taking off his hat
and coat, after which he deliberately plunged
Into the creek and sank to rise no more. His
body had not been recovered up to a late hour
yesterday. The suicide was apparently about
twenty-eight years of age.—L.wrenceburg
Press.
: The residences of Marshall Crowning, Dr.
Drake, W. J. Atchison's residence aud store,
and the stable of Geo. Bradley, were visited
by burglars lastwesk. From Dr. Drake the
tbeives obtained a gold watch and chain and
$20. From W. J. Atchison, $29 and a few fine
pocket knives. From Geo. Bradley a horse,
which was afterwards recovered. The thief was
arrested. He gave his name as Chas. Banning,
but parties that claim to know him say his
real name is McKenzie.—Ladoga Journal.
A few days ago a lady who resides in the
east end ot town, while engaged in attending
to her household duties, had her attention attracted by the cries of an infant child which
was lying in its cradle.' Imagine her surprise,
when she went to ascertain the cause thereof,
to find the child engaged in battle with a hug e
house snake. In her excitement Bhe snatched
the child from its perilous position and took it
to aplacs of safety. Upon going back to dispatch the reptile she disnovered that it had es -
caped during the melee. The child was not
injured.—Moorssville Herald.
General News.
The town of Iquique, Peru, was destroyed
by an earthquake on the 10th inst.
A company has been formed in California
to export meat and fruit from the far West to
England.
A wholesale grocer in Cincinnati recently
discovered an immense Tarantula in a bunch
of Bananas, he had received from the South.
Michigan has legislated on the weight of a
bushel of apples. A recent statute has fixed
it at 50 pounds.
The cholera is prevailing to an alarmiDg extent in India. More than 50,000 deaths have
occurred from the dreaded disease.
About a thousand cattle were sold in Chicago last week for direct shipment to England,
some of them to buyers from Liverpool direct.
A number of sharp earthquake waves have
been reported by the Coast survey as occurring
at the entrance of the San Francisco harbor
recently;
From Central Missouri it is reported that
the fruit has not been injured by frosts, and
the crop promises to be more abundant than
for many years past.
A New York butcher bought his cattle on
thirty days, sent them to England, sold them,
and the cable told him that he had cleared
$16,000 before the thirty days had expired.
The Great Eastern Steamship is about to
be fitted up as an immense refrigerator for
shipping beef and other meat from this country to England. No better use can be made of
the Bea monster.
Chesteb, Pa., May 22—This morning the
Saratoga, a large iron steamship which was to
be launched at Roach's ship-yard, started from
its blocking sooner than was expected, killing
and wounding many. Seven deadjbo lies have
been removed.
THERE IS ROOM FOR ALL.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
No matter what the financial condition
of the country, or the world at at large,
may be, if every acre of land in the
United States was mortgaged for twice as
much money as it could be sold for, and
ita rents and profits did not pay one-half
of its local taxation, the agriculture of
the country could, and should be pursued
more closely, more intelligently and with
a much stronger force than it now is.
It would be possible for us to survive a
general bankruptcy, and live without any
fixed currency or system of finances; but
we cannot live without food, shelter and
raiment, and as the products of the soil
must feed and sustain the inhabitants of
the world, its tillage must be the first, and
great essential occupation of man. A
man is none the lass a consumer when
he tills the ground than when engaged in
any other occupation, though he produces, in a great measure, what he consumes ; it is surely b.tter for the community that he have a chance to make what
he consumes, than that he should consume it at the labor and expense of
others, which is one cause of the great
burden of taxation now being felt.
Solomon says, "he that tilleth his land
shall have plenty of bread." (Prov.
xxviii-19). And although farming has
not been generally remunerative, for
several years past, it must be attributed
to other causes than a want of consumers,
and they that have tilled the land have
surely had plenty of bread, while the
complaint is that many others have been
unable to obey the divine injunction,"that
with quietness they work and eat their
own bread."   11 Thess. iii—12.
To talk of holding a limit to the products of the soil, is a proposition to modify the very fundamental law of our
existence. And, as the foundation of
the remedy for all the evils and oppressions that beset the community at large,
is industry, and as the source of all industries is agriculture, all other branches of
that element being only secondary and
dependent upon it, our welfare as a people, and our future existence as an agricultural, and prosperous nation,demands
that all labor not utilized at other occupations shall be employed in tilling the
ground.
Let the country be more densely populated, even at the risk of towns and
cities showing smaller gains in population, at the end of the present decade; it
will surely tend to improve their morals.
As nothing is so oppressive on business,
and so much dreaded by the masses of
the people as short crops, scanty supply
and high prices for the commodities of
life, so is nothing so cheering as abundant crops, and bountiful supplies at fair
prices.   Then let a higher system of cul
tivation be practiced, put more laborers
in the field, let farmers who are overworking themselves—as far too many are
doing—remember the admonitions of
Saint Paul. "And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content."   *   *
For "the love of money is the root of
all evil." 1 Tim. vi-8-10. And then let
them invite others to share the toil. Let
men who complain of being enslaved by
the great breadth of land they are trying
to cultivate, sell or lease out a part of it.
As a rule, farmers are too much in debt,
and are paying too high rates of interest,
too much land is under mortgage. Too
many men invested their capital, as partial payment on farms at ruinously high
prices, and ventured greatly in debt when
prices of produce ranged high under the
influence of an inflated currency. Since
that time, under the influence of contraction, prices have been visibly lower, while
the rates of interest and taxes have generally ranged higher—about absorbing
all the profits on good crops, and on
short crops the involvements increasing
every year, while the shrinkage of the
price of lands, has, in many cases, fully
absorbed all the owners have paid on
them—thus leaving them in worse condition than renters. This class is generally
composed of the most industrious and
enterprising laboring men ofthe country;
but, being in the grasp of their creditors,
without means to employ labor, neither
they nor the farms they occupy show
any degree of prosperity, which is one of
the great mistakes of the present age. If
land is expected to pay for itself, the better it is tilled the more certain will that
end be realized. Though aside from all
this too many people, and too much of
our existence depend upon the system of
agriculture for it to be run exclusively
in the interest of men who are in debt,
or men whose motives are solely to make
money. No matter how much we sympathize with men in their embarrassments, agriculture has a higher mission
than mere dollars and cents, and must
be conducted upon higher motives than
mere individual interests. It must serve
the aggregate interest ofthe people. Encourage all the needy who cannot find
employment elsewhere, to seek homes in
the country, and cultivate habits of industry and frugality. With a true system
of agriculture.
THERE 18 BOOM ENOUGH FOB ALL.
The morals of the whole country demand it. The school systems demand it,
and Holy Writ demands it.
"This we command you, that if any
would not work, neither should he eat."
The Almighty never designed, under
any circumstance, that every avenue
should be closed against a man working
for his support, for the Bible says the
mission of man is "to till the ground."
Gen. iii-23. Abundant crops place the
commodities of life within tho reach of all
persons, revive commerce and stimulate
the branches of industry. And Mr. Editor, I am still unable to find any reason,
under any condition the country may be
placed in, why, as long as the people go
hungry, there should not be more producers of bread. I am a firm believer in
the small farm system, that is, that every
man should be encouraged to procure
real estate; for good local government
and good society always have the strongest existence where the greatest per cent,
of population are property holders—the
nearer men are on equality the better
they carry the burdens of life together.
M. B. Kebb.
Near Aurora, May 14.
We must acknowledge that if Mr.
Kerr's premises are granted, his conclusions are correct. If we are to regard
the higher mission of agriculture, as he
describes it, as "above dollars and cents,
and conducted upon higher motives than
mere individual interest," and allow that
this is the true idea of the art as generally
understood, we must admit that all the
needy who cannot find other employment
should be invited to the country. But
we were not arguing the case upon this
high ground. Our stand-point was the
sordid one of dollars and cents, and upon
the premises we took, we think we are
correct. We are quite willing, however,
to adopt the higher ground theory as soon
as facts in the condition of society will
admit of doing so, and we will do our
utmost to hasten the day.—Eds.
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