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had is a practical illustration of the practical man instinct. The 

 two have got to work together ; one cannot say he has no use for 

 the other; they must work together in order to do this thing 

 right. 



They tell me, up in New Hampshire there was once a boy who 

 wanted to go to the agricultural college. The father said no. The 

 boy says, why not ? Why, the father says, they teach book learnin ' 

 up there, and that is no good. The boy wanted to go and after 

 studying the matter over, he said to his father: 



"Father, you are a good farmer, ain't you?" "Oh, yes, I am a 

 good farmer." "Uncle John down below here is a good farmer?" 

 "Yes, one of the best in town." "Uncle Bill here in town is a 

 good farmer?" "Yes, one of the best." "Aunt Mary's husband, 

 how is he?" "One of the best in his town." "Now," said the 

 boy, "suppose you and Uncle Bill, John and Aunt Mary's husband 

 all got together and sat dow^n and had it printed in a book, would 

 that be book learnin'?" He had the old man; he demonstrated 

 to the old man that knowledge lost nothing by being put into print. 

 The old man examined the college and the boy went. When a 

 thing goes into a printed page it is not spoiled for usefulness. 



Since my talk this morning, several questions have been asked 

 me. In the first place, a man asked me, if it is true, that in the 

 East it is likely they will raise more beef cattle in the future. In 

 answer to that, I will say, yes ; my estimate will be that in ten years 

 from now, there will be two or three times the number of beef cat- 

 tle there. 



The labor ciuestion in the East is a hard one. Some of you men 

 may think you have a hard time with hired help. I do not think 

 you are having the trouble we are. In the great cities of the East, 

 I could show you thousands of men, big, stout, broad-shouldered 

 men, capable of doing a good day's work, sitting do^ai in the park, 

 or lying down on the grass, or loafing in front of a store, doing 

 nothing. If you go to. one of these men and ask them whether they_ 

 want a job, they will look at you and may ask you what kind of a 

 job it is. You tell them farming, and the response will be, "What 

 do you take me for; for a dead one?" How do these men live? 

 Through the aid of the charity organizations, they get their break- 

 fast and supper. Now, these men will never leave the city until 

 driven out. Now, whenever we get hold of a good man, who turns 

 out to be a first class manager, some wealthy man takes him away 

 from us, offers him twice what we can afford to pay. Now we are 

 obliged to care for our stock ourselves. I have a great respect 



