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grand business of popular education. Well would it be with each 

 boy and girl were they to follow the motto which placed Mr. Lincoln 

 in the presidential chair, namely, "I will get ready." For in the 

 not far distant future from youth two pathways open, one leading 

 to the highest pinnacle of fame, the other to degredation and want. 

 Those who are prepared are bound to succeed. The world steps 

 aside to let them pass. 



AGRICULTURE ABROAD. 



By JAMES ROUNDSLBY, Millerstown, Pa. 



In the summer of 1901 I decided to take a trip abroad and left 

 here on the evening of the tenth of July. Precisely at noon the 

 next day we left the Hoboken pier on the magnificent steamer 

 "Deutschland." In the early morning of the 17th, we found our- 

 selves sailing along the beautiful coast of Cornwall, with its majestic 

 hills and cliffs, beautiful foliage and fine castles. We landed in 

 Plymouth in time enough for breakfast, after a trip of five days, 

 nine hours, thereby beating the world's record, and which took me 

 over 20 days to cross in a steamboat 36 years before. So much 

 for the ingenuity of man. 



Plymouth is a beautiful city, and right here is where the Puritans 

 sailed from in 1620, in search of a new home and country. The very 

 spot where the Mayflower started from is marked with a beautiful 

 tablet. Plymouth has a very fine harbor and it is said large enough 

 to shelter the whole English fleet. The one thing that took my 

 attention while there was the great amount of dairy products. 

 In nearly every square, cream, junket, etc., was for sale, and I was 

 told supplies were brought in from the country twice a day. Ply- 

 mouth being our base for three weeks, we branched out to see the 

 country in different directions, and the first thing I noticed that 

 took my attention specially after getting outside of the city, was 

 the grazing of the largest and finest looking cattle I ever saw and 

 called my son's attention to look out of the car window and notice 

 the fine cows. I soon learned that the dairy wa one of the prin- 

 cipal sources of revenue for the west of England farmers. They 

 are very careful and take great pride in all their live stock. They 

 learned long ago that their country is small and they cannot afford 

 to have it over-run with dunghill and worthless cattle. To stimu- 

 late the breeding of good stock, horse and cattle fairs are held in 

 various localities in the same county, and good prizes are given for 

 the best animals after competent judges have decided. 



Not only so are they interested in the good breed of horses and 

 cattle, but in all the animals necessary on the farm. One day at 

 Lydford, Devonshire, we attended a horse fair. This place is a 

 country village, lies at a junction of three railroads, and thousands 

 of people attend it. Outside of the fair enclosure was an open 



