STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. I25 



them appreciate the beauty. How can anyone love nature and 

 not love God ! We can hear Him in the birds and seen Him in 

 the flowers. 



I am aware that farm work means hard work, with hands and 

 brains and often soiled clothes and disagreeable labor, but I 

 know also it is work which means health, independence, free- 

 dom, self respect, and self support. It does not mean the 

 broken down nerves of a school teacher. It does not mean the 

 dyspepsia of a stenographer. It does not mean the consump- 

 tion of a clerk or factory girl. It does not mean premature 

 old age and the broken constitutions brought on by hundreds of 

 sedentary occupations. It does not mean being rung in or out 

 of work by factory bells. It does not mean the worry of losing 

 your situation and finding another. It does not mean a menial 

 servitude to others. 



But it does mean health, happiness, prosperity, independence, 

 fresh air and free sunshine in God's out-of-doors. It means 

 co-operating with nature, in watching things grow, in develop- 

 ing perfection, in using one's brains. It means sound sleep at 

 night. It means steady nerves. It means a business of your 

 own, without submission to others, and with a constant incen- 

 tive to study and improvement in your line of business. It 

 means a pride and enjoyment in your business. It means a 

 hospitable home, and to the earnest worker I do believe it means 

 enough money and leisure for some longed for study and travel. 



