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a poor living and linve died discouiaged and in debt, while still 

 others have enjoyed beautiful and happy homes, leaving the com- 

 forts, yes, even the luxuries of eai-th lo Iheir posterity, because they 

 loved, and loved wisely, their chosen vocation. 



A horse that trols a mile in five minutes, with proper training, the 

 same horse easily does it in four; continue to train him and he will 

 do it in three mi«utes. As the horse develops superior speed, so 

 the farmer, bj^ mental training, develops superior abilities in the 

 management of his chosen business. Blacks Lojie loved the law; 

 Morse loved electricity; and their names have gone down to posterity 

 closeh' linked with the pursuits the}' loved. Just as truly must the 

 farmer, who will succeed, love to hear the bleating of the lambs, the 

 crowing of the cock, and even the deep bass voice of the well-bred 

 bovine sire. There is a love, deeper and tiobler Ihau the mere mone- 

 tary reward, that must stand on guard to keep the baser beneath it, 

 a natural God-given love for home with those pleasant and beautiful 

 surroundings, found and prized so often on the orderly and well 

 tilled farm. 



Of the lesser qualifications, the farmer who would succeed must 

 have order in his make-up, order developed and rounded out by con- 

 staot practice. Order is heavens first law, and without it chaos 

 reigns on the farm, as in the universe. I believe a man should have 

 will power suijicient to control and manage men, as well as animals, 

 and to do this he must first, learn to know and control himself, for 

 it is just as true to-day as it was in Solomon's time, that lie 

 that ruleth his spirit is greater than he that taketh a city. With 

 order he must possess promptness which is the key to success. Too 

 late, means failure, more than once or twice. 



He mi'st be honest. I fail to find better words than those so often 

 repeated, the old reliable ^'honesty is always the best policy." Hon- 

 est}' not only best ser\^es the farmer, but all men, whatever their 

 place, condition or calling. If honest, he will be truthful, for dis- 

 honesty is of the father of lies. 



He should be temperate in all things. These are trite and ordinary 

 words, but there are none truer, for the intemperate man can never 

 grasp success. M}- farmer who is to succeed must be temperate, 

 not only in his eating and in his drinking, but must avoid those other 

 forms of intemperance seldom or never spoken of, that drag strong 

 men stealthily down to premature graves. 



Then my ideal farmer must be a man of broad and liberal educa- 

 tion. I will not insist on his being college bred, for even the men 

 who are trained in the universities do not get their best education 

 and training; it comes in later life through the utilizing of the 

 spare moments of each day. There is no excuse for the farmer who 

 does not read the best books, and who does not keep up with the lit- 

 erature of the times. 



