No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 347 



"The world is too much with us; late and soon, 



Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; 



Little we see in Nature that Is ours; ^ 



We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! 



This sea that bares her bosom to the moon; 



.The winds that will be howling at all hours, and are gathered now like sleep' 

 ing flowers; 



For this, for everything, we are out of tune; 



It moves us not— Great God! I'd rather be a Pagan suckled in a creed out- 

 worn ; 



So might I standing on this pleasant lea, • 



Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn." 



I know that our farmers do a good deal of newspaper reading. But 

 how many get the true worth out of their paper. Some read the 

 paper to see who died, others who married, one to see who was visit- 

 ing, another who got killed, a few to see market quotations and the 

 rest wher-e the next public sale will be. That is right, we always 

 like to know the latest but it will help very little towards our intel- 

 lectual improvement. When you pick up the paper don't commence 

 at the top of the first column and read everything down to the last 

 page to the end of the last column, but first glance over the head 

 ings and see what is worth w^hile to read. After you have done that 

 then read, but not until you have your pencil and note-book in hand. 

 As you read something new and interesting to you make a note of 

 it and so on until the paper has been read. I would say that any 

 thing that may be of future value should be noted, like crop reports 

 how they look, or failures, or estimates of them. Note those things 

 all on your books. Why? Well for instance, it is in early fall, you 

 would like to know if the different cereals are going to be higher or 

 lower later on. You turn to your books and see what it says there 

 (of course you must remember the more years you have been keeping 

 faithfully your books, the surer you can say) you note the different 

 failures in the different countries, you add them up, then see if it is 

 more or less than the yearly need or yield. Also see in what states 

 or countries the failures and the good crops have been. By so doing 

 for a few years you will be able to make every year a snug little sum 

 of money by turning in your grain at the riglit time. Again, note the 

 market prices of all farm products from d«y to day, and also the cost 

 of things which you buy. In this way you can save many a dollar 

 in a year. You may not be able to do so the first year but you can in 

 a little while. Suppose you read in the paper that a violent storm 

 swept over the West Indies and the Southern States, destroying thou- 

 sands of acres of sugar-cane. Note it, turn to your books and see 

 whether the average still left is sufficient to supply the markets for 

 consumption. 



