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spirit in the world. We have all seen this many times. If a woman is 

 left a widow every man wants to help her. They do not say: "You 

 shan't farm here in my neighborhood." I linow a woman who lives on 

 an eighty-acre farm that has put four children through the University 

 at Bloomington. Wouldn't you rather see your daughter managing a 

 farm, a little one or a big one, than see her worlsing down town? I think 

 it is a fine thing. Since girls can get that sort of an education, why not 

 give it to the girl that wants it? 



All along the line I see there is need for special training. We want 

 more from our acre — more dollars. Why? We want the dollars that we 

 may buy culture; that we may buy comfort; that we may exercise phi- 

 lanthropy. The dollar is a beautiful thing when it is correctly used. 

 Anyone can earn a dollar, but so few know how to spend tnem wisely. 

 So we want more money from our acre; more fruit; better cattle; more 

 butter, more cream, etc. We can do this only by special training. There 

 is no such a thing as luck any more. We used to think that the witches 

 got into the milk and the butter would not come. But since we have got 

 the thermometer we have found that witches did not control the cream. 

 The housewife now knows what she is doing, and the reason for doing 

 what she is doing. She. has the special training which gives the reason 

 back of all things, and that gives skill in the art. I think the philosophy 

 of a thing is very important. If we are trained in an agi'icultural school 

 by a professor who understands what he is doing, we will get the science, 

 art and philosophy, and we will be equipped to live. It is better to learn 

 how to live than to learn how to accumulate dollars. Yet, this special 

 training gives power to get dollars, and the power to use the dollars 

 wisely. I thank you. (Applause.) 



Prof. Latta: Y'"ou will see by reference to the program that we have 

 put down questions after each one of these divisions. We thought the 

 discussion might take this form. Has anyone any questions to ask? 



A Delegate: I would like an explanation of how that man raised 

 so many lambs on rape raised in corn? 



Mrs. Meredith: I would not like to say that he raised them on rape 

 exclusively. But rape was the principal thing. I know this gentleman 

 quite well, and he has been extremely successful. This fact never oc- 

 currd to him until after he went to college. While he was there he saw 

 some lambs being fed on rape, and he took the method back to the farm. 

 So he got this on account of his special training. 



A Delegate: I tried rape in my corn once, to my gi-eat disgust. My, 

 what a mess there was. You could hardly wade through to cut the 

 corn. If I hadn't had a good hired man he would have left me, 



Mrs. Meredith: Why didn't you put the sheep in to mow it down? 



