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alone experience, but definite education in the lines of their busi- 

 ness has made farming more profitable to the farmers. The 

 isolation has been overcome in many parts of the Union by the 

 extension of the telephone, by the pushing out of the systems of 

 electric railroads, by the increase in the number of rural free mail 

 deliveries, so that no longer isolation stands as a barrier to resi- 

 dents away from the cities, but rather the joys of living in the 

 country, which have always existed, have added to them all of the 

 comforts and conveniences which cities enjoy without the incon- 

 veniences and dangers incident to living where population is 

 congested. 



Again, the financial success of those who are skilled in agri- 

 culture need no longer be doubted. My position in connection 

 with the. State University brings to me constantly the demand for 

 trained agriculturists to take positions at salaries fully as high 

 as those paid in other professions. 



The present condition of the farmer in the United States is 

 one to be envied rather than avoided. The life of the farmer 

 in the future in the United States, with all the changes that have 

 occurred, and with all the changes that are about to occur, is to 

 be happier, more independent and profitable than life devoted to 

 most of the other occupations of man. 



