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changed the dairy industry of the whole world. Dr. 

 Babcock is one of the ,clever men who has spent his 

 life helping to solve the farmer's problems in the 

 Wisconsin Experiment Station. 



Colleges of Agriculture. If a boy is plucky he 

 will gain much useful knowledge about farming 

 from these booklets. But every state also has its 

 school of agriculture, a real college where farmers' 

 sons gather by the hundreds to study the problems 

 of the farm (Fig. 110). Every young man who is 

 looking forward to the farmer's life should resolve 

 to take a course in such a college, even if it is only 

 for a few months in winter. The farmer of the 

 future will have to know more than those of the past 

 in order to be successful. So one had best prepare 

 well by taking a full course. If, however, a boy 

 cannot be spared from the farm so long, or if he 

 has not the funds to pay his way through a long 

 course, there are shorter courses for him. Many 

 wise farmers, who need their sons through the crop 

 season, are sending them to some College of Agricul- 

 ture year after year for the winter terms, when they 

 can be spared from the farm. A few winters spent 

 in this way will open the boy's eyes to many inter- 

 esting and important secrets of success. He will 

 then no longer wish to leave the^ farm. The farm 

 offers a delightful place on which to live, but in 

 order to be successful one must have good training 

 and good judgment. These, with industry, will 

 bring happiness and prosperity. 



