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farming in order that the profits may be reaped from smaller 

 areas. The invention of machinery has played an important 

 part in the introduction of new methods. 



The results of these changes are only just beginning to 

 be realized. Many may think that fewer people will be 

 needed upon the farms. The very opposite is true. But 

 instead of the farmer of the future being an uneducated per- 

 son, he is coming to be well prepared for his new calHng. 



The Best Men Needed. — The farm demands men who 

 are prepared for their chosen work. Men with the best 

 brains are wanted on the farm. The time is rapidly drawing 

 near when no occupation can be found which will demand 

 a better preparation than farming. A wide knowledge of 

 science; a thorough understanding of basic principles of 

 plant and animal life; a constant acquaintance with the 

 world's market quotations and how to interpret them; a 

 clear insight into reasons underlying all farm operations; 

 a close attention to all details of the business; a steadiness 

 in all matters pertaining to the operations of the farm; 

 courage to act, and act quickly, at the proper time; good 

 physical strength and power of endurance; — these are some 

 of the qualities demanded of the farmer by the farm of to- 

 morrow. Already we hear the call for such men. 



Some Contrasts. — Take a ride across any agricultural 

 section of America in the fall and you will find many of the 

 cornfields remain uncut. Some few farmers have learned 

 that the corn stalks contain forty per cent of the crop, and 

 are careful to utilize it. 



A certain man was seen applying barn-yard manure to 

 recently drained swamp land when already the place was 

 too full of unrotted vegetable matter to produce its best 

 crops; his neighbors spread manure on the poorer soils of 

 the uplands. 



Many dairymen are keeping dairy cows which do not 

 pay more than five dollars each over the cost of keeping them 



