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ohanical. They are at the foundation of advancement. The era 

 of muscle has been superseded by the era of brains. All the 

 conditions of trade conspire and inspire towards a higher stand- 

 ard. Whatever our fancies, practices and natural inclinations, 

 there are outward conditions ruling in all departments of com- 

 merce and manufacture which govern the farmer as well as the 

 tradesman. The farmer is not merely a producer to-day, what- 

 ever he may have been in the past. Out of his manifold forms 

 of improved machinery, by which he is able to increase output, 

 he becomes a manufacturer, and the laws which govern in the 

 realm of manufactures govern in that of agriculture. 



Not alone profit out of sales, but saving in cost of manufactur- 

 ing, whether it be milk, butter, wool, fruit, farm products or 

 poultry, saving in wastes, saving in labor, both of machine and 

 man — this is what gives success in the shop and mill, and this 

 alone will suffice on the farm. The necessity for constant study 

 of details, close watch on all departments, constant weeding out 

 of the least profitable, seeking for reduction of friction in oper- 

 ating, is appreciated on the one hand, else there could be no 

 successful manufacturers; it must be grasped in its fullness if 

 there is to be satisfaction and permanence on the farm. 



It is no new thought I am giving utterance to, but simply the 

 presentation of a principle, accepted but not governing, else there 

 would be no call for the discussion of this system of measuring 

 values at our exhibitions. 



We have reached unnatural conditions in the breeding of all 

 classes of live stock. Functions natural in their origin have been 

 intensified, divided, subdivided and marvelously increased through 

 the ideals of men backed by the dominant will of an objective 

 mind. The exalted position maintained to-day by individuals 

 and herds is not accidental, neither is it permanent. The higher 

 levels are secured and maintained only by persistent application 

 of one's largest conceptions, the subjective mind yielding surely 

 to the positive influence of the clearly defined ideal in the mind 

 of the master. To-day I plead for this ideal, necessary as never 

 before, in order that the forward steps taken by the seers and 



