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a load of corn in order to set up in the garret of your 

 house a miniature art studio of some kind for your 

 young son. Or, perhaps you may have to establish a 

 small machine shop as an adjunct to the barn or wood 

 shed, wherein the budding genius may blossom into 

 that beauty of manly power and efficiency which all 

 the world is glad to admire. Out of just such a wise 

 indulgence as that last named a certain Kansas boy 

 finally became enabled to revolutionize the old farm 

 home and the work done there through the installa- 

 tion of an excellent motor power plant. Electric 

 light for the house and barn, power for operating 

 feed grinder, washing machine, grindstone, fanning 

 mill, and many other such machines all this has 

 resulted from the rightly directed work of a youth 

 who could have easily been driven to the city into 

 some treadmill of mere wage earning. 



But, occasionally the boy will prove himself a 

 versatile character, succeeding in a measure in every 

 line of small business to which you introduce him, 

 yet showing a marked success in none. In such case 

 the advisable thing to do is to continue his general 

 education for a longer period than is necessary for 

 the boy who shows an early inclination toward a 

 given line of work. 



SOME WILL BE RETAINED ON THE FARM 



It is admittedly desirable, all things fairly con- 

 sidered, that many of the very best boys remain on 



