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world exists for the education of eacli man." It is not necessary to. 

 go away to school to make a man of wisdom, but he must have a fe>^ 

 Jhiugs, without them he remains an ignoramus. The first, is ud 

 ceasing toil. The second, is your mind centered on the one subject 

 that of iniju'oving. The third, make the best use of time, never 

 waste a minute. Learn to use time as the miser learns to hord«^ 

 money. Do not leave a minute slip by without thinking something 

 useful. If you are master of the three ''musts," then comes th*- 

 secondary part. That is, you have to be a book-keeper and a gooct 

 one at that, but somewhat different from the olfice book-keeper. You 

 want to have a large ledger and a large diary for your oflSce, and a 

 small note book for your pocket. Well what then? Before I wil) 

 answer that I will ask a few more questions which I will not answer 

 but will leave each one think along those lines and see if they can 

 not already find some work, and begin their diaries. Perhaps a> 

 first thought you may say they are foolish but I bid you to think, 

 think, think, and perhaps after all it may seem as something. Th«* 

 questions, or things I might call your attention to are so many thai 

 I really don't know which ones to state, but as a mind-opener I sup- 

 pose the following will do. 



What compounds, or elements are required to produce a stalk ol 

 wheat, rye, oats, buckwheat or corn? What elements predominat«% 

 when the soil is of a blackish, reddish, or whiteish color? Can yon 

 analyze soil? Do you know what minerals are contained in th^ 

 stones lying around your fences, if any, or from the law of natur- 

 what strata lies next to the subsoil? 



Will it give more stalks if you sow a long kernel of wheat than a 

 more set one? How can you keep the insects out of your grain in 

 field and barn? How long do the different kinds live? When ar»i 

 they the most destructive? Through how many stages do they 

 pass? What do they eat? What is the entire cost to you, labo?^ 

 reckoned in, to raise a bushel of wheat, rye, oats, or a head of cab 

 bage, or peck of beans? How can insectivorous birds be induced 

 to multiply more rapidly? What are the names of them? Wha* 

 are their habits? Wliat do you know of all the birds in your di»- 

 trict? Could insectivorous birds and songsters be brought fronr- 

 other countries and do well here? If so what kinds? How muck 

 poison is there in the holly-hock or daisy? How much oxygen doe* 

 an oak leaf give out in a day? In a summer? How much moisture 

 does a chestnut tree collect? Can you always say what kind of 

 weather we will have the next forty-eight hours? Remember the Id 

 dian could. What per cent, of moisture will collect on your cora 

 field if you harrow two inches deep or cultivate four inches? Will it 

 be better to plow eight inches than twelve? Do you know how long 

 it will take far 8^P oak, ohegtuut, ^aple or cedar to grow ttiree inohe* 

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