NEEDS OF THE DAIRY. O43 



We work too much on this principle in every branch of agri- 

 culture. What we need is more brain and less muscle. Our efforts 

 should be directed with more intelligence, so as to save the great 

 waste of power to which we are now subject ourselves. When 

 the country was new and covered with timber, raw muscle was 

 the principal thing needed ; but now each year calls for more 

 brain, for higher intelligence, in the management of the too much 

 exhausted soil. Machinery takes the place of muscle, and every 

 piece of machinery demands intelligence and judgment on the 

 part of the laborer who may be called upon to operate it. Our 

 agriculture, as well as our mechanics, is calling for skilled labor. 

 The obvious inference is, that we must have educated farm labor- 

 ers — more brain and less muscle. 



A certain amount and kind of education is recognized as indis- 

 pensable to cheese-making; but, unfortunately, our knowledge of 

 the principles involved in this department of agriculture is still 

 very limited and indefinite. But the need in this field is felt and 

 acknowledged, and the required information will soon be forth- 

 coming. Here, the call for more brain and less muscle is very 

 urgent and loud. 



Too much Spirit of Speculation. To come more directly to the 

 subject, — " The needs of the dairy, and how to improve the dairy 

 interest," — I must deprecate the hasty spirit of speculation which 

 has crept into it, as into everything else in this glorious New 

 World. I am not of those who think that the chief end of man is to 

 make money. 1 believe in industry and economy, and that every 

 one should try to make some provision for emergencies and for 

 support in old age. But physical and mental health are of some 

 consideration./ and I do not consider that man is fulfilling the high- 

 est objects of his existence, and answering the best demands of 

 his nature, who is not steadily adding to his stock of knowledge 

 and improving the moral man within him. This he cannot do if 

 he worships the " almighty dollar." 



But admitting that pecuniaiy gain is desirable, there is a homely 

 but true old adage which it would be wise to bear in mind : " The 

 greater the haste, the less the speed." The man who is in a great 

 hurry to get rich is apt to sacrifice the future to the present. He 

 does not lay his plans deliberately, and patiently await the result, 

 but too often kills the goose that lays the golden egg. But in 

 agricultural as in religious matters, that which is best for the 

 future is best for the present, and yields the most fruitful harvest. 



