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There is no -question but that the plan, is workable, for it is 

 working. The larger the membership the less the cost of opera- 

 tion, for with increased membership will come increased "wants" 

 and "for sales," which means more business, and hence a smaller 

 margin. It seems that here is a movement that every farmer in 

 Missouri can well afford to back. It only costs the $1.00 member- 

 ship fee unless some business is done, and then only the seller who 

 pays to the secretary from his profits a very small fee for finding 

 the buyer. 



WHY I INTEND TO REMAIN A FARMER. 



(J. Robert Hall, Lamonte, Mo.) 



This subject comes very near me and I think should to every 



young man who intends leading an upright 

 life with any degree of success whatever. 

 Farm life means the best of environmental 

 conditions and helps wonderfully along this 

 line. 



Agriculture affords an opening for a 

 person at most any stage of life ; therefore, 

 it is considered a very substantial and re- 

 liable occupation. It is becoming more so 

 as the demands of people engaged in other 

 occupations become greater. 



The study of farming is solely a study 

 of nature, which greatly encourages every 

 one who engages in its study. The en- 

 couragement which it has given me is the main reason, as you will 

 see, that has kept me on, the farm, and I think its grasp is enough 

 to hold me there indefinitely. Its study and practice is carried on 

 around the home (a place at which it is good for us all to be), be- 

 cause it affords us great pleasure and independence. 



For me to get at my subject as it should he gotten at, it will 

 be necessary for me to relate some of my past experience and its 

 effect. Every boy who has had like experience, you may feel sure, 

 will remain on, the farm. 



I attended the ordinary rural school and saw but little of the 

 possibilities in the agricultural world till I went to Columbia in 

 1909 to attend the short course in agriculture. I had started to 

 high school but the management was poor, so my father made ar- 



J. Robert Ilnll. 



