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Other items of waste, such as wasted land along line hedges, wasted 

 poultry possibilities, wasted fuel material, the waste through the farm 

 kitchen, etc., might well be considered but I have already taken too 

 much of your time. 



It is not that the farmer does not recognize these avenues of waste, 

 for he knows that they exist, and just a little extra effort and careful 

 thoughtful attention is all that is required to check them or put a stop to 

 them so far as is possible. 



And now with a few pertinent proverbs for the producer I close: 



Do it now. 



An ounce of prevention is worth a ton of regret. 



A place for everything and everything back to its place. 



He that wasteth while he farms will want when he moves to town. 



A calf in the pasture is worth two on the right of way. 



The meek shall inherit the earth, but the wise farmer shall reap 

 the products of its fertility. 



The words of the wise are as jewels. Read your farm papers that 

 you may become rich. 



A nail in time saves nine and often more. 



The soil is the basis for all wealth. Give back to it that you may 

 receive more abundantly. 



Consider the hired man: he chores not, neither does he sweat, yet 

 the farmer with all his broad acres cannot afford a driving horse like his. 



BENEFITS DERIVED FROM FARMERS' INSTITUTES. 



Mrs. Martha F. Thornton, Ankney, loica, Before PolJc County Farmers' 



Institute. 



The question is frequently asked, what benefits do we receive frorn 

 the farmers' institute? In a farm paper of recent date I was reading that 

 "Wherever a farmers' institute is held that has well trained speakers, 

 finely equipped, expert, enthusiastic lecturers, agreeable and capable man- 

 agers, comfortable suroundings, and a live, wide-awake up-to-date pro- 

 gram, there will be expected in that community an interest, intelluctual 

 and practical that will not die out with the close of the institute session." 

 If the best results are to be obtained, all old shop worn goods must be 

 gotten rid of regardless of cost. Nothing except clean, fresh up-to-date 

 material can be permitted in the modern institute. Every institute 

 ought to be a show window that will be remembered, an exhibition never 

 to be forgotten by the community that beheld it, and impression ought 

 to be made that will never be obliterated or cease to influence for good 

 those who have received them. Those having control of the institute 

 will make it their chief concern to see that there is presented to the 

 audience something new and useful to think about and that it is served 

 up in an agreeable and interesting way. It is a conceeded fact that 

 the men of the community have become much interested and the results 

 are they have improved their talents in acquiring more information, 



