ONLY A PARTIAL SUCCESS, AND WHY? 23} 



avails but little, without the further aid of the harrow and, 

 the roller. The harrow was subsequently applied at the 

 Kewanee and other Conventions. It now looks as though 

 the iron roller of the farmer must be set in motion to crush 

 all smooth, and render the stubborn glebe fit for good seed. 

 But all will come in good time. How shall it be brought 

 about ? Must it be by taking pattern of the railroad engi 

 neer ? He, seeing an obstruction before him which he can 

 not avoid, drives his engine at its highest speed full upon it. 

 The good farmer, in laying out lands, does not put his 

 hand to the plow and look back. In the case we are con 

 sidering, as in many others, there were crooked furrows 

 made, for, in looking about to see where the money was to 

 come from, the team pulled awry. 



