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lecdong from japanece FAnr.iGPAGE 11. 4 L .ft. rarm ana nome weeKiv tor worth and South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia. Vol. XXV. No. 44. RALEIGH, N. C, NOVEMBER 5, 1910. Weekly: $1 a Yean. BACK TO THE FARM." JHERE are two aides to practically all questions of this life; bat the average man sees only one. The farmers, " and especially the fanner boys and girts, see only the lack of com pany and amusement and the hard work of the farm; while of the city they see only the bright side of greater society pleas ures, They fail to see the dark side, but this shadowy side exists, Just the same.'.:'.. On the other, hand, the city man with a family sees only the high cost of living and the greater temp tations for his growing family in his city life and restricts his vision of the farm to the wholesome moral and hygienic surroundings, and .'hi n4 ihim tint, alao in the hiffh nrices I for which' farm t naturally sees better times on the farm than he has enjoyed in the city, since wages has failed to advance with the cost ofiivtng ": jFVom these conditions, while many boys are going to the ciiies and towns, the older men and women of the cities, es pecially those reared in the country who have not found all they expected in city life, are harkeningio the loud cry of the politicians and real estate man, "Back to the farm". Many of those who answer the "call of the farm'0 are doomed to disappoint ment. Conditions there have also chang ed and while the prices of farm products have advanced, the cost of production has also increased. Moreover, it re quires more capital to run the farm prof itably than in the years gone by. High priced implements and horses and mules are needed to take the place of the cheap labor of the olden days, and the city man who goes to the country without capital is about as likely to experience a, rude awakening to the fact that there are two sides to the farming business as is the youth who goes to the city expecting to find easy work and peaceful plenty. We, therefore, wish to offer a word of warning, or rather to caution those who are looking back toward the farm, to con- r j. 1- sider well what the change means. The man who has a home and a fair salary in the city, but insufficient capital to equip a farm, had better think twice before making the change. On the other hand, the man who is not so comfortably fixed in the city, or the one who has capital with which to equip a farm, may go back to the farm with every assurance that industry and intelligence will there meet rewards tqual to those offered by the - city. ' , ---- - - ------ ------ - - - We fear that this "back to the farm" business is being overworked by the politicians, because it seems popular, and by the real estate men, because of what there is in it in the . way of commissions. ,H - Vt? ' 'H- ' Thousands who are barely able to exist in the city and are rearlna fnmilia in w - O ... ,4 ft - v. i ?' - r. r v.. if I -(- 4--? -(A ;L t , : IN FBOM THE FIELDS. squalor and ignorance should by all means respond to the call of the farm, but in doing so should realize that hard work and many privations await them, before success is likely to be wrung from our none-too-fertile soils. It requires brains and industry to enable one to realize the brigh t side of farm life; but today no occupation offers brighter prospects of a liberal reward for in telligent industry than does farming in the South. ' We would not discourage the move - ment back to the land rfor our Southern soils are calling out today for earnest, intelligent men to take possession of them and develop their latent resources; but, on the other hand, we would not ad vise any man who has no training in agricultural science and no practical knowledge of farm work to leave another business and go to farming without first training himself for the worki The notion that anybody can. farm accounts for so many poor farmers now, and the man who rushes back to the farm without pre paring himself to do intelligent farming is likely to swell the number. But for the man who will prepareihimself for the work, the opportunities are great. FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE. FALL PLOWING FARM WOUK FOR NOVEMBER GROW MORE AND BETTER FRUIT . . . INTERIOR DECORATION OF THE HOME . . . JAPANESE FARMING AND FARMER FOLK NORTH CAROLINA FOREST LAWS ROUP THE DREAD DISEASE.' ....... 17 8 11' 0 10 PRACTICAL TILE DRAINAGE IV 1 5 TEN THINGS TO DO THIS MONTH 8 THE BREEDS OF CATTLE V, GALLOWAY AND SUSSEX .... 12 THE LAZY YANKEE 18 TIMELY TOPICS FOR STOCKMEN 13 WHAT I AM DOING FOR BETTER CROPS A SYMPOSIUM . . . . . 4 WORK LONGER ROWS NEXT YEAR io
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