THE WHEAT CULTURIST. 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTION TO WHEAT CULTURE. 



&quot; 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.&quot; 



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 

 something. There is a charm in industry. The man 

 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 

 h sh taken by other hands. And the same is true of him 

 who cultivates the soil to secure his daily bread. Were 



