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and capabilities iu whatever line of production he is engaged in. 

 Teach them to test the cows, and rear the calves from the best, and 

 name the heifer when young. A farmer's boy, imbued with the right 

 spirit and a respect for his calling, will be a great benefit to his father 

 as the years pass by, and a direct acquisition to the producing interests 

 of the State. Do not blame the children for not taking an interest in 

 the dairy, when you show by example that you have not sufficient 

 enthusiasm to test the cows and cull out the animals that never pay 

 their way. Any bright, sensible boy wants to know what the future 



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liolds in store for him, and he cannot be expected to kindle an 

 enthusiasm in a business that is being decried by his own father. 



If we are going to save the rural population, we must put our best 

 efforts on the building of a home that will have all the conveniences of 

 the city, witli all the gloi^ of the country, so that when the girls and 

 boys reach womanhood and manhood, their one desire will be to remain 

 on a portion of the old farm, and rear a home patterned after the one 

 in which they spent the happy days of their vouth. 



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