gp THE LETTER THAT 



PROMPTED THIS BOOK 



riotous living, all at some one else's expense, in 

 most cases, should be induced to take up the 

 healthful, vigorous life of the farm there to 

 see accomplished the results of his labors, not 

 only in a monetary sense, but in his improved 

 physical well-being as well. Many of the work- 

 ers in the crowded, filthy factories and sweat- 

 shops would get double the price of their labor 

 if put in agriculture, at the same time improving 

 their health, instead of marring it by working 

 and sleeping among the remnants of their work, 

 five, ten and sometimes fifteen or more human 

 beings in one stuffy room. 



THE EDUCATED AND INEXPERIENCED ADAPTED 

 FOR AGRICULTURE. 



Many park benches in the cities are filled in 

 these years of much education with college and 

 public school graduates, who, in the words of 

 Mark Twain, " know everything but how to ap- 

 ply it." Much of their knowledge which they 

 do not find use for even in menial labor, often 

 the only kind they can obtain if, indeed, they 

 are so fortunate as to obtain that could find its 



