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THE WHEAT CTJLTTJRIST. 



CHAPTER I. 



Introduction to Wheat Culture. 



" The sire of gods and men with hard decrees, 

 Forbids our plenty to be bought with ease ; 

 And wills, that mortal men inured to toil, 

 Should exercise with pains, the grudging soil." 



Unremitting diligence is the price of material luxuries. 

 The beautiful compensation principle seems to pervade 

 the entire domain of all animated existence. Well- 

 directed skill and industry are always crowned with a 

 satisfactory reward. To do something — to make some- 

 thing — to give material substances a variety of forms — to 

 produce something useful out of certain useless sub- 

 stances, is a consideration worthy of our highest ambi- 

 tion. There is an indescribable satisfaction in doing 

 qr+ something. There is a charm in industry. The man 

 $2 who toils through a long summer's day to catch a single 

 >"> trout experiences an enjoyment when partaking of his 

 "*"" frugal meal which he could never feel were the same 

 p-j fish taken by other hands. And the same is true of him 

 C/3 who cultivates the soil to secure his daily bread. Were 



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