The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, February 13, 1906, Page THREE, Image 3
THE AMERTCAN FARMER.
The Wealth He Produces Make- Ii
The Greatest Wonder of tha
Age.
Professor W. G. Johnson, managing
editor of the American Agriculturist,
-ro wrote the following article on
the wonderful achievments of the
American' farmer for the New York
Hdrald's annual financial review,
says:
"Our American farmer is the won
der of the age. Wall street trembled
when he announced the value of his
products for 1905 at $6,415,000,000.
Railroad officials shook because of
their inability to hand to him a bill
of lading in 1904, but when he asked
for rolling stock to transport his crops
at the close of the last harvest they
were unable to speak. He requested
cai-s for 2,708,000,000 bushels of
corn, 740,000,000 bushels of
wheat, 1,000,000,000 bushels of oats,
35,000,000 bushels of rye, 150,000,000
bushels -of barley, 30,000,000 bushels
of flaseed, 250,000,000 bushels of po
tatoes, 28,000,000 barrels of apples,
3,000,000 busheli of onions, 910,00
busels of cranberries, 650,000,000
pounds of riee, 230,000 tons beet'sugek,
11,000,000 bales of cotton, 58,000,00
tons of hay, 42,000,000 pound of
brim corn and 156,000,"Q pounds of
"In addition the farmer asks for
traisportation of milk, butter and
-cheese from ~17,570;00 cows, which
iik9ets alone h etimatag will be
rti 1O6 more OaO 6W,000,Oba
He values his cows at "$482,000,000, to
sarjthid-ng of the 49,700,000 other cat
tl, worth in round numbers $663,000,
000. Just to make the figues even up,
he says, add another $1,500,000,000 for
hoss and mules and east your eye
o44i 47,400,000 sheep and swine in the
barns and fields. As the general freight
agent starts away, scratching his
head, the farmer says provision must
be made for handling and shipping
1,800,000,000 dozen of eggs during the
next twelve months.
''When he closed the year 1904 the
-American farmer announced the value
of his products at $4,900,000,000. The
gedieral public was amazed at these
-unthinkable figunes, but when he comes
fotth at the close of another season
witff an aggregate of over $1,500,000,
-000 more than the marvelous record of
1904 we wonder what sort of a man
the farmer really is. All other classes
of producers sink into insigrnificance
when compared with him.
"'All the gold mineral in the world
in ~the last 400 yeai-s could not pur-,
dhase the farm erop of the last two
vaars.
"Farm crops for 1905 are worth
more than the value of the manufac
tures of five years ago, not counting
the materials used. They represent
several times the gross earnings of,
all the railroads in the United States.
"An occupation that produces such
bewildering figures is deserving of
more than passing attention. A few
ysj.i ago thie man who tills the 6,
000,06X) farms in the United States
was called a 'hayseed' or 'Rube.' To-:
day he stands head and shoulders
abive his fellow coworkers in other
vocations, but we never hear him.
speai disrespectully of any one. He
is~the master of' tie situation. Wal
street eonsults hin a-nl measures the
suceesses of the~year by the con
teats of the farmers' granaries.
The man behind the 'plow has de
lirered his goods for 1905 and bids
everybody a happy New Year. His;
ranaries are bulging to overflowing,:
his cellars are packed and his larder
is stored with the necessities of life.
He feeds the world, reserving first
enough for himself and family. No;
one dare deny the fact that the pros
perity and welfare of the United
States are intimately associated with
tha wonderful achievements of the
American farmer. He has pushed
ahead, keeping pace with the times.
In ten years, from 1890 to 1900, he in-!
creased the value of his products
nearly 93 per cent, but the most mar-'
veous advances have been made dur
ing the last five fears.
"From products valued at $3,742,
00,000 in 1890 he advanced to $4,
40,000,000 in 1903 and $4,900,000,
000,000 in 1899 he advanced to $4,
00 a year later. It is by no means ad
mitted that these figures represent
the full value of the farm products.
Besides the value oif his products the
real estate valt,es of the farms have
increased over 33 per cent in five.
years.
During the last few years the
American farmer has accumulated
hirger sums of money than ever be
fore. In many sections his deposits
have been so generous that the rate of
interest was forced down. Alert to
these conditions, the"farmer has now
larger sums in permanent investment
than ever before. He has shown his
capacity as a financier: he is found
ing so many rural banks. a movement
of uo unstable chbracter.
"For the first time in the banking
history of tile south there are deposits
in excess of $1,000.O00.000. The man
with one hand on the plow keeps the
other on the combination of the vault
containing his cash oi securities.
What the future has in store for the
American farmer no man can tell,
but one thing is sure-he never turns
back. He goes straight ahead. and
nothing can change his belief that his
is not the best and safest of all vo
cations. He is no longer a tiller, but
a supreme master of the soil.
"Farmhouses are connected with
telephones as never before. Isola
tion is a thing of the past. Modern
equipment and furnishings make his
home the best in the world. His chil
dren are offered improved opportuni
ties for education; the rural delivery
brings to his door daily literature of
the highest class; he is a ravenous
reader. As his power to purchase in
creases his approaches the most com
fortable and happy ideal American
home.
"In the production of these im
mense crops the farmer faced peculiar
conditions. His fields were not al
ways covered with sunshine and his
pathway was not strewn with roses.
The early part of the season was beset
with many adverse circumstances that
tried the iron heart of the sturdy
plowman. However, this extraordi
nary harvest was not so much due to
meteorological conditions as to the
skill, energy and scientific methods
pursued by the farmers themselves.
There is no place in the world where
agricultural p)ractices have reached
so high a scale of developmenit as in
the United States.
"The American farmer has not
been handicapped by the traditions of
centuries as have the farmers of the
old world. He has been steadily hoe
ing his own row. With the help of
the government and state experts at
the agricultural dolleges and experi
ment stations and the dissemination
of scientific knowledge and the ex
change of practical experiences
thirough the agricultural press the far
mers-have advanced more rapidly in
technical, specific and practical knowl
edge than any other class. A genera
tion ago a season no more favorable
than that experienced in 1905, from a
meteorological standpoint, would have
resulted in only a moderate crop yield,
far short of the present magnificent
showing.
"Although nature was by 1no means
in a generous mood the past season,
our farmers have wrested 'from her
results that would have been impos
sible, even under the most favored
conditions, in the days of their sires
or grandsires.''
Plain Speaking Preacher.
"Father Taylor was a famous sail
or preaeher in Boston many years
ago," said an old resident of Boston.
"On one occasion an opulent mar
chant of the Hub had honored the
meeting with his presence and made a
speech extolling the kindness of B6s
ton people in building Father Taylor's
chapel and their consideration for the
poor sailors.
"When he had finished Father
Taylor remarked quietly, 'Is there
any other old sinner from uptown who
would like to say a word before we
go on with the meeting?' No other
old sinner responded.
"Another time in the midst of an
exiting state campaign Father Tay
lor took politics into the pulpit in
this wise. He prayed, '0 Lord, give
us good men to rule over us, pure men
who fear Thee, religious men, tem-'
perate men, who-pshaw Lord, what's'
the use of veering and hauling and
boxing around the compass? Give us
George N. Biggs for governor, amen.'
"His prayer was answered."
A Missing Feature.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
(Gobang-Did you en joy~ the ocean
trip-? Ukerdek-Not. much. I miss
ed the train boy and hi.s little boxes
of is~y.
AMUSING BLUNDERS.
Stories Told of Mistakes Made By
Mri-ters in the Pulpit.
I'ach paofe'on has its stock 'joke.
its liorfis .1,0111emPNr .P.. , nd to eav-.
beloo's Ia: h.or all its own. Tha
gue of him who makes it. but in the
ear that hears. is the testimony of the I
great dramatist. The doctor on his
rounds and the Judge upon the benh
have both an audience ready and will
ing to accept as the highest wit the
bon mots of the speakers, and there
is n1o elub gathering of men that (oes
not acclaim 4ine of its members as
supreme in this respect. and are
rea tql v ( 1 11ield i l, 1'ec1o-ntioi0i I 01 fle
gift.
There is. iowever. a vast amount (of
Ullos11lCoIs IimS alvays floatilg
about, and to those wh-1) perceive it
the world is ever very amusing. It
must be admitted that the blunders I
and jests clerical stand for some rea
son pre-eminent both in number and
in mirth producing qualities. The rea
son, of course, is not far to seek; the
very surroundings in which they oc
cur the very upsetting of one's pre
conceived notion of reverence, all
tend to cause a reaction iii the ordi
nary mental equilibriuni and the sim
plest mistake or accident under such
circumstances assumes the propor
tions of a huge comedy.
The divine who, in drawing the at
tention of his congTegation to a spe
cial Sunday communion service on the
following Sunday, iiformed them that ]
"the Lord is with us in the forenoon
and the Bishop in the evening.'' is
chronicled with praying for the chil
dren of his parish in these words:
"And now. 0 Lord, bless the lambs
of this fold and make them meet for
the Kingdom of Heaven." While
a Scotch minister innocently. perhaps.
hit the mark by telling his people:
'Well. friends, the kirk is urgently
in need of siller. and as we have fail
ed to get money honestly we wvill have]
to see what a bazaar can do for us."
There is a certain amount of ex
euse to be made for the young curate
who, remarking that some people came
to church for no better reason than
to show off their best clothes, finished
up as he glanced over his audience:
"I am thankful to see, dear friends,1
that none of you have come here for
that reason."
An Irish clergyman is credited with
having concluded a powerful oration
in this fashion: ''My brethren, let
not this world rob you of a peace
which it can neither give nor take
away." Which coupled with the re
mark of a fellow country colleague
who, in rea-"iuis with a woman who
had lost her faith in Christianity,
told her: '"Well, you will go to hell,
you know; and I shall be very sorry,
indeed, to see you there."
But what can be said of the negro'
student who, conducting the prayers:
at one of the great missionary col
leg'es, said: "Give us all pure hearts,
give us all clean hearts. give us all
sweet hearts," to which the congrega
tion made response, "Amen.'
The giving out of church notices
has often proved a pitfall for the un-:
wary. "During Lent," said a rector'
lately, "several preachers will preach
on Wednesday evenings; but I need
not give their names, as they will all
be found hanging up in the porch."
It 'was a rector who gave ont a
hymn beginning, "Awake, My Soul,
Stretch Every Nerve," befbr'e his*
sermon*, and a curate who read in the'
lesson for the day: "He spake in.
these words, and cathoppers came
and grasspillars innumerable," but it'
was at a young woman's Bible class
that, when asked what hymn should
be sung at the close, they all with one
accor'd chose "Where is My Wander
ing Boy Tonight ?''
A Precise Answer.
Woman's Home Compariion.
"Lawyers are supposed to be the
most literal minded men," said Elihu
Root, "but every now and then coun
sel in course of practice will encoun
ter witnesses who cani give .them
points in the matter' of literal answers.
An Trishman was called to testify in
a damage suit arising out of the
death of a man 'at the hands of a
bull.' so to speak.
"'Are we to understand, sir.'' ask
ed the p)rosecuting attorney' 'that the
decased, Patriek Fiannigan. was.
your father?'
"'He was till the bull killed him.'
was the reply of: thc wihuess."
Rev. Irl Hicks For February.
Rev. Irl Hicks has made the fol
owing predictions for the month ot
'ebruar v:
A fractionary storm period will be
ii prgress s Febru-y come-s inl. On
1nd t4uching the 1st and 2nd the temn
>enuat -r will react to warmer. the
)a rm ) Veter will rail and l-oud iess
ith more or less rain or snow, will
>ass over most sections. A regular
torm period is central on the 6th. ex
ending from the 5th to the 9th.
Kithin this period we have the Moon
it extreme torth declination on the
hi and t)ill on the Pth. By the 5th
he bi11meter will begin falling in
vesteril sections, winds e'hanging to
outherly and easterly.
As t hese ('olIditimlls be-ill to) move
"astward about the (ith. rain will set
n to the east and south and snow
vill follow along northern and west
rn sections. Hence rain succeeded
)y colder and clhanging to snow, will
>ass eastwardly across the country
rom 6th to 10th. The crisis of this
)criod will be on and touching the
)th. High barometer, with very cold
vinds, amounting almost to blizzards,.
vill follow these storms.
A reactionary storm period is cen
;ral on the 12th and 113th. At this
;ime look for great change to warmer.
Eligh tidal waves will also be utuial
md probable. A sudden cold wave
will follow about the 13th to 16th.
From about this period February,
to its close.. promises to be not only
lisagreeable, but very severe, if not
riolent in its storms 6iid weather
>henomena.
The regular storm period extending
rom the 16th to the 20th, having its
enter on the 17th. This period will
e characterized by very low barome
ter. During its first stages rains,
wvith thunder and lightning, will visit
-outhern sections. with sleet and snow
ii northern sections. with a severe
oi wave about the 17th, 18th and
L9th. A reactionary storm period falls
>n the 22nd to the 25th. This will be
robably the most severe of the
nonth. About the 21st look for a
thange to warmer in most western
sections. By the 23rd high tempera-:
;ure for the season will spread east
vard and about Friday, Saturday and
sunday, 23rd to the 25th, violent and
reneral storms of rain, wind and
;hunder will visit many sections, fol
.owed by rising barometer, with
;weeping blizzards of snow and sleet.
At this season of the year blizzards
na succeed thunder storms and tor
idoes within a few hours of time.
As the moon does not eross the Ce
estial Equator, working northward
~rom south until the 25th. the cold
~ollowing the storrns of the 22nd to
~5th, may be restrained and modified.
A regular storm per~iod having its
~enter 'on the first day of March, will
~ause a rise in the temperature in
western extremes on the 27th and
8th.
Plowing With Oxen.
There can bc little doubt that the
> was the earliest beast employed
or the plow. A white bull and a
white cow were yoked together to
iraw the furrow for making the walls
f Rome. Greeks and Romans era
>loyed oxen in plowing; asses only for
andy soils. When the plowman had
inished his day's labor he turned the
nstrument upside down, and the ox
n went home dragging its tail and
iandle over the surface of the ground,
Sscene described by Horace.
The yoking together of ox and ass
vas expressly forbidden by the law of;
doses and is made ,the ground of lu
lirous comparison by Plautus. Ulys
es when he feigned madness in order
o avoid going on the Tro.jan expedi
ion, plowed with an ox and a horse
ogether.
What's In A Name?
success Magazine.
Frequently in the south one finds
mnong the negroes as remiarkable
Thristian names as those bestowed
pon their offspring by the Puritan
athers. A gentleman of Virginia tells
fa negro living near Richmond who
or r-ears had been familiarly knw
o him as Tim. It became necessary
t one time in a lawsuit to know the
ul name of the darkey. The not un
atural supposition that Tim stood for
'imothyv met with a flat denial.
'%N. sah !'' exclaimecd the ngo
Maih name ain't Timothy. It's
e Jacksoni. Dey .iest calls me Tim
o' sho't.''
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