Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1914 — The Good Farmer’s Creed. [ARTICLE]

The Good Farmer’s Creed.

I believe in a permanent agriculture, a soil that shall grow richer rather than poorer from year to year. I believe in 100-bushel corn and &0bvshel wheat and I shall not be satisfied with anything less. I believe that the only good weed is a dead weed, and that a clean farm is as important as a clean conscience. I believe in the farm boy and the farm girl, the farmer’s best crops and the future’s best. hope. I believe in the farm woman, and will do all in my power to make her life easier and happier. I believe in a country school that for country life,, and a country church that teaches its people to love deeply and live honorably. I believe in community spirit, a pride In home and neighbors, and I ▼/Hl do my part to make my community the best in the state. I believe In the farmer, I believe in farm life, I believe in the inspiration of the open country. I am proud to be a farmer, and I will try earnestly to be worthy of the name.—O. P. Drake, Agent, Cowlej County, Kansas.