FOURTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART VIII. 541 



What is comprehension? It is the ability to see, to Icnow. to under- 

 stand, to comprehend. What makes the difference between the man at 

 the head of large affairs and the day laborer? It is comprehension. Let 

 me say to the young man who is about to engage in the business of 

 farming that if he would be successful in his calling he must have com- 

 prehension. He must learn to reason and think for himself, and use his 

 head as well as his hands. 



Farming is now an occupation worthy of the best thought of the 

 greatest minds. There is a vast field now open for the scientists in this 

 direction. The word farmer now no longer suggests the uncouth, ill- 

 dressed figure depicted by the comic papers. He is today the most vital 

 force of this great Nation. Much is expected of him, and he is proving 

 himself capable of the demands made upon him. The successful farmer 

 is today laying the foundation of the future greatness of generations yet 

 unborn. 



We have outlined some of the essentials of the successful farmer oi' 

 the present day. W^e have "also endeavored to point out some of the 

 things he should avoid. To sum up the requirements of the successful 

 farmer, he should have first of all "comprehension;" that is, the ability 

 to see and understand what is necessary to secure the desired end. Nexr 

 he should have the energy and ambition to apply this knowledge and 

 understand it. 



To be a successful farmer in the broadest sense of the word not only 

 means a farm well tilled, but a farm well filled. 



FARM BUILDINGS. 



A. T. Zimmerman, before the Cherokee County Farmers' Institute. 



Since the condition of this country is so rapidly changing from that 

 of a largely grain producing to a very mixed grain and stock producing 

 country, and also the stock being partly for meat production and partly 

 for dairy products, and the sheep industry beginning to make its ap- 

 pearance, all requiring some difference in construction and interior ar- 

 rangement of buildings for their protection, we shall not confine our 

 thoughts to a particular set of buildings, but endeavor to mention some 

 things in regard to farm buildings of a general character. 



Our domestic animals are so far removed from their primitive cor 

 dition that they may almost be said to be artificial in their development, 

 and nature has made no provision to adapt herself to these conditions 

 without the help of man. No more than mankind can these animals 

 withstand natural surroundings without protection, by the use of soni'B 

 of nature's products. 



Since man is possessed of a being and powers beyond that of mere 

 animal creation, it would entitle him to the first place in the use of these 

 productions. It is for this reason that we give the family dwelling the 



