Muncie Normal Institute - Arbor Vitae Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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Editorial M QNIC clay a farmer no tlilferenee as to his hahilat. as the ineiclent is 1 ' typieal of a large elass of so-eallecl farmers fwent to the Bluneie fair f rj' . . . . . . , 'ti while his liartl-working wile remained at home to see that the tarm sul't'ereml no loss during his alrsenee. .lust about clark he returnett home, and. eoming to the poreh where his wife was taking a little quiet rest. introdueecl the following eonyersation: l'm aliout tireil out. Sallie. ls the eows in the lnarn 1 ' Yes, long.: since. replietl his wife. ls the hosses unharnessenl anal teclZ ' he askeit. Yes, lt'owls loeketl up'. ' Yes. XVootl ehoppetl fer mornin . ' Yes. Be them ehiekens piekeil an' clressetl for market'. ' Yes. XVagon greased and realty to start in the mornin ? Yes. XVa'alI. then. he eoneluitecl. as he stretehetl himself with a sigh of re- lief, let me have my supper. Sallie. an' l'll go to hell. lfarmin' is hegiiznin' to lell on nie. i This man was NUT a farmer in the moilern sense of the woril. but a nontleseripl Parasite tlrutleing his life out on the farm. llis wife was the farmer. antt perhaps the nohilily of her eharaeler lnlossoinesl there, in the environment of Nature's lneauties antl promluets as il eoultl not have clone untler any other surroundings. though toueheit antt yeneereil with all the polish at the eommanml of opulenee. lfarniing as a seienee anal as a husiness a yoeation eonunaniling the respeet antl esteem of mankinml is a reeent oeeupation from the historian's viewpoint. The tirst real experiment station was estalrlishetl within the memory of the olilest inhaliitants, ahout 18443. Sinee that lime, no other husiness, perhaps profession , is not now amiss has matte sueh striiles. Antl sueh institutions as the Nluneie Normal Institute have hall mueh to do in lmringing lhis ahout. Booker T. XVashington says: livery tlay, weather permitting, l go into my garmlen or perhaps a nearlvy tieltl anal mlelye into the soil with a hoe or spade. just to remintl myself that l am still on tloil's green earth. anal that l owe my living ancl suhsistanee to her hountiful generosity. So. if the ohjeet of etlueation is to luring man nearer to Gott. a man eannol omit from his eirrieulum a Course in Agriculture. antl presume that he is eclueatett. Personally, we like the intlepenmlenee of farm life. The farmer is the real protlueer. Ile is free to express his opinion on all suhjeels at all times. He is not eourting tramle or elients or patients. llis wife ean he frienllly or snuh at will all who eome her way without fear of the uneomfortahle feeling that she has seareil away a pi'ohahle eusloiner. Then they lioth know the souree of the foocl neeessary to sustain physieal life. know it lirst hantl. fzintl eau feel that only the hesl of Nature's stt-re is hanttetl out to them, a satisfaction than whieh there is none equal. There are lietter ways ot' tloin' thing-. II' you have un-urpasfeil sueee-S. ll' people tliml hut know. Xl'hy. tell your hrothers rio. Amt so 'tis little 'helps' we neetl. Ilon't hesitate to make it known. As through this world we go, 'Tis what they want to know. lil

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