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interesting facts, wliich before were mysterious, and which tend to make 

 life interesting and intellectual. Not merely do books become more in- 

 structive to him, but as his mind develops there is more and more of in- 

 terest in his life— onore and more tending to elevate him above the mere 

 drudgery. 



Ruskin says: "There can be no happy labor without thought. There 

 can be no happy thought without labor." 



After all, the greatest study of man is man himself; how sadly has he 

 been neglected in so many cases. 



The problems of rural life are not only to make it more profitable, 

 but more comfortable and enoyable. The question of the town vs. the 

 country I believe will be settled by agricultural education. Our possi- 

 bilities are boundless, limited only by the power of man to grasp them. 



The farmers themselves are the ones to lift agriculture to a higher 

 level; and to the young men belong the task. Do not mistake me for a 

 moment as having said that he who has passed through an agricultural 

 college has finished his building; but I do say that he has a foundation 

 on which to build, the expense of which he will never regret. 



Let all who may, improve their opportunity. 



May I close with a little verse: 



The farmer's trade is one of worth, 



He's partner with the sky and earth, 



He's partner with the sun and rain, , 



And no man lose for his gain. 



Men may rise and men may fall. 



The farmer, he must feed them all. 



IOWA'S GREAT FARMING OPPORTUNITIES. 



Reproduced by courtesy of Doubleday, Page & Co. 

 By Prof. W. H. Stevenson, Iowa State College. 



How a Young Man Cleared $1,733, in One Year by His Own Labor — An- 

 ther Made an Income of $3,200 at an Expense of $125 for Labor — 

 Twenty Acres Yield 100 Tons of Alfalfa Hay and Pasture 

 Eighty Hogs a Whole Season — Big chances for 

 the Experienced Stock, Dairyman, 

 and General Farmer. 



Governor Cummins of Iowa says: 



''The loioa College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, of ivhich Pro- 

 fessor Stevenson is so excellent a representative, is a fine example of the 

 wonderful development in recent years of the agricultural science. The 

 United States presents so many instances of extraordinary and unpar- 

 alleled groivth that most of our people do not knoiu what institutions 

 devoted to the science of agriculture are doing for the material ivelfare 

 of the country. I helieve it to be true that the knowledge imparted 

 by such colleges and the interest aicakened through their efforts has added 



