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would otherwise enrich the manure heap. Without going further, then, into details, this one fact stands out above everything else in the new farm science— a “food tonic’’ is a necessity. Eminent medical writers, such a* Profs. Winslow, Quitman and Finley Dun, tell us certain elements are al ways beneficial—bitter tonics, which aid and strengthen digestion, iron well known as a blood builder, and ni trates, which act as cleansing agent* to remove poisonous matter from the animal system. These are the ingre dients found in th* tonic which pro duce healthy growth. Production and condition are sure to follow in cattle, horses, sheep or swine when these ele ments are given.—Texas Farmer. LABOR NECESSARY. Do not think that the farmer is the only person in this world who has to work. In fact, the farmer with his riding plow, riding cultivator, riding harrow, and other improved imple ments has about as easy time as the man who sits behind the bank coun ter and wrestles with the proposition how to avert a run on his bank, or the merchant who lies awake nights and worries how he will meet his bills when the banks refuse to pay his checks. Everybody has to work, either with his hands or his head. We can never accomplish anything unless we work for it. “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,’’ is the judg ment pronounced by a never erring God upon all mankind. We must la bor with a labor that produces sweat before we can partake of the fruits of our ambitions; and, generally, the more we sweat the surer our chances of success are. No great thing has been done, so great success has bee* leached, no victory has been won without hard labor, the labor that produces sweat on the face. Even the salvation of this world was not accomplished till the Lowly Man had sweat his life’s blood. There are no flowery beds of ease for any man. We all must fight to win the prize— we all must sail through bloody seas. Mr. Toil confronts us on every hand and we must embrace him, make a friend of him, love him before he will permit us to pass on to success. The man who shirks never rises, never succeeds in the battle of life. All the world hates the shirker, the man who is looking for a soft snap. His reputation will make it impos sible for him to win, if nothing else hinders. The man who willingly works hard enough to earn a dollar generally succeeds in getting the dol lar. The man who is getting two dol lars, but works only hard enough to cam one, will soon be receiving only the one dollar. Labor confronts the young man on every hand, in the country, in the town and in the city. Do not lead the boys and girls to think that the city is filled with soft snaps and that all they have to do to escape work is to escape the farm. Show them that labor meets them at every turn of the road, and that if they do decide to go to the city, they must make up their minds to work and work hard to succeed, even there. When the young are taught that it is impossible to escape hard work, a mighty step is taken in the direction of preventing failure in their lives.—Farmers’ Ad vocate. RESOLUTIONS OF MONROE COUNTY FARMERS’ UNION. Forsyth, Ga., Nov. 9, 1907. Whereas, All cotton goods are con trolled by the trusts of the country; and. Whereas, Said trusts are made pos sible in a large degree by the tariff on cotton goods. Therefore be it Resolved by the Farmers Union of Monroe County, That we ask our rep resentative in congress, the Hon. C. L. Bartlett, to us his influence to get all manufactured cotton goods placed on the free list. 0. W. HOLLAND, Secy. OUR COTTON LETTERS. No doubt about it, that the recent panic was made to order, on Wall street for the purpose of bearing down the price of cotton. If this is not true, please tell just why this thing did not come off until just at the right time to force the weak cot ton on the markets at ruinous prices? Henrv Grady said that cotton was a fool; but we are of the opinion that men that put too much faith in cotton are the fools who are now passing through perhaps the toughest trials of their experiences with more cotton than they are able to hold easily. Several men are selling corn, pork, wheat and oats to pay their debts with in the Carolinas and Georgia, and holding on to their cotton like “grim death to a dead nigger.’’ Boys, keep cool and don’t waver; for it is said that the darkest hour* of the night are just before day. The water is deep and may get up to your nose, but hold your breath and wade on clear over, for the water and way are clear and the bottom is firm. Beyond a doubt Beyond doubt there is an attempt among some of the officials of the Union to suppress some information of vital interest to the welfare of the Union from its members. This we condemn as an unfair act for the members, the Union should hear both sides of all questions or they will not be in position to do justice to all and thus defend the equitable principles of the Union. All such attempts to suppress in formation from the membership of the Union, and going out on a still hunt for personal interest and ag grandizement, will react against such individuals when the light is turned on to them. We are in possession of the evi dence to establish every allegation set forth in this communication and will turn it into the Union at the proper time and place. A WARNING. The attention of our Farmers’ Un ion Bureau of Information has been called to the fact that a notice has appeared in several newspapers of the State calling a meeting of the State Union to be held in Colum bia on December 18. As the above notice has no name or authority attached to it, tha origt* WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. of this call was rather puzzling until it leaked out that just one man had promoted the call and the worst fea ture of this affair is that the man who claims the responsibility for this call is a sranger in the state, whose conduct since he has got in the union, and his affiliations and his work be fore are among that very class of speculative or slick duck class that the union was organized to put out of business. Now this bureau has taken the po sition from the beginning of this dis turbance among its officials, that nothing short of a regularly called delegated meeting of the State Union in full accord with the constitution would ever settle this question satis factorily. But, we protest against following the lead of any such a self-inaugu rated stray bellwether, who has pre sumed to make this call, and insist and demand that this call be made through the officials in regular order, in accordance with the constitution. If it is constitutional for one man to get up a conspiracy among a few designing men to unhorse the whole official head of the Union, then it is high time to cut that feature of the constitution out. or we will be sub ject to an eternal guerrilla warfare in the Union, and when we meet in Columbia again for the purpose of re storing peace, good order and har mony within the Union some defeat ed aspirant for position may go right hack home and repeat the same dis turbance that we are now trying to calm. Brethren, we need all our com bined and united strength to fight our enemies, and never fail to pin your faith to leaders from among your ranks, who are well known, faithful, competent men for each and every position of trust. —Seneca Jour nal. RETIRING ON THE FARMS. The Ellensburg Localizer publishes an interesting story illustrating the possibilities of agriculture in that fertile valley of Kittitas. It tells of many farmers who have installed in dividual lighting plants in their homes. They have cast away the old methods of carrying about lamps and lanterns, and introduced the modern acetylene works. In every instance the plants represent numerous lights for the homes, barns and outbuild ings. Tn this respect the farmers have brought the city conveniences to their homes, and actuallv retired to easier lives on their own farms. Their children are more contented, and peace and family prosperity reign on the old homestead. A new era has dawned on the ag ricultural districts of onr countrv. It brings sunshine instead of shadows. It removes the old-time drudgerv and establishes the farm ns a business proposition. The rural mails keen the farmer in touch with the citv and countrv. through the daily papers. The public telephone lines reach into almost everv cultivated district and connect the home with the town. The element of loneliness has been re moved. The sons and daughters of the farm have discovered that it is better to live an independent life on ' th* d**ded farm than Buffer a butter- fly existence in the rented slate of the city. They have found the real romance of living in the open world surrounded by the works of nature. Retiring from the farm marks an age of more than ordinary importance to the man who has developed a homestead. It signifies the closing of an eventful career in search of soma thing upon which to exist in his de clining years. It is the place for the erection of a monument to success. But to arrive at a point in life when the farmer may retire upon his own farm and receive the benefits of city life is something new in the work of agricultural advancement. That can be done by building on a aure foun dation. The farmers of Kittitas county have planted their acres to al falfa and timothy. Those crops pro duce annual incomes, from the hay v marketed. Such income* are suffi cient to enable the owner* of good tract* to retire and enjoy the fruit* of their labor*. The lesson is to get hay farm* and hold the muntil they become permanent income payers.— Seattle Post-Intelligencer. THE DUTY OF GOOD CITIZENS. Home and its protection is th* safeguard of all government. That citizen who has the love of home and fealty to home interests is a worthy representative of a com monwealth. It is the mass of such men that are the backbone of any community, and, figuratively, the mainstay and the rock upon which the nations are founded. He, who lives in a community and fails to support the public institutions and does not assist in the upbuilding of industries, that add to the great ness of that community, is like an alien. While he lives in one place hi* heart is in another. He is not the ideal citizen, for he is not in har mony with those w r ho are his neigh bors. It is the duty of every resident of a town or community to do his ut most to advance its interest. By do ing this he not alone assists him self, but his neighbor, his town, his country, his state and nation. —Pal- mer Rustler. THE CALL OF THE FARM. Perhaps one of the best and wisest philanthropies that could be under taken would be the institution of an intelligent and systematic campaign for stemming the human tide that is flowing in so large numbers from the farms to the cities, leaving the farms behind to go to waste and crowding still more human atoms into already congested centers of population where the struggle for existence is sharp and the rewards of mediocrity limit ted. It seems strange, when one looks about him at the pursuits of the city dw’eller of the poorer and middle class and the scant returns he man ages to wring from his pursuit, that it should be ever necessary to per suade him to a course so obviously to his advantage as would be removal to the soil. And nowhere on earth are the opportunities of the farmer great er than right here in the South, right now. It is interesting in this connec tion to note what was recently said on this subject by A. D. Shamel, a com expert in the employ of the gov ernment agricultural department and the owner of a large farm in lowa. (Continued oa Pag* Flft®*a.) PAGE SEVEN