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organizations, but one thing I like about the farmers' organiza- 

 tions is that the men and women work together. I do know 

 that the women when they attend these meetings hsten with a 

 great deal of interest to the discussions in regard to the raising 

 of cattle and the rearing of sheep, and the planting and tilling 

 of the soil, and I have often wondered if when they went home 

 thev did not advise their husbands in regard to it. But at any 

 rate I admire their interest in the subjects; I like the fact that 

 they are working together and that they are partners. In no 

 profession of life that I can name are men and women so nearly 

 partners as they are as farmers. For that reason it is a delight- 

 ful occupation, and for that reason these meetings which we 

 have throughout the country are delightful, and I carry with 

 me a very great admiration for the work which you are doing. 



Mr. Gold. As no one appears to be ready to ask questions, 

 I rise to ask a question and to say a few words myself confirma- 

 tory of what the lady has told us. 



I learned a good while ago that a boy could be kept in trim 

 so that work and errands were a pleasure to him, or he could 

 be driven with work so that he would shirk it every time he 

 had a chance, and that was a provision of nature to restore that 

 boy's activity again. When you sent him in a hurry on an 

 errand, he came back again and tumbled down under a tree. 

 That was an exercise of nature to lie there. You, could call 

 upon him in a few moments lagain and he would start up as 

 lively a boy as ever. But if you didn't let him have, once in 

 a while, a chance to rest, if you were all the time nagging him, 

 you wouldn't get much satisfaction out of that boy or girl that 

 you wanted to stimulate to exercise. 



Now if we have a horse we find we have to get a certain 

 amount of work out of him, and we feed him, and one man, 

 with the same amount of feed and the same amount of work, 

 keeps that horse in good plight, and he holds him in with the 

 rein all the time while the horse is doing his work. The other" 

 man so manages that horse that' he has to have the whip up to 

 strike him to do his work, and he will do no more work, and 

 keep that horse poor all the time on the same feed. 



