A LITTLE LAND 40 



AND A LIVING 



application in modern agriculture. Their learn- 

 ing, instead of being a curse which has robbed 

 them of the best years of their lives, would on 

 a farm not only help them in their work, but be 

 an endless gratification and pleasure to them, 

 both in their work and in their recreation. 



SCOPE FOR "KNOWLEDGE LEARNED OF SCHOOLS." 



In spite of the fact that agriculture is unique 

 among occupations, in that it can be engaged in 

 without one's first attaining any particular ex- 

 perience, there is ample room for the knowledge 

 learned of colleges and, moreover, agricultural 

 colleges cannot fail to benefit both the " pres- 

 ent " and the " prospective " farmer. Many suc- 

 cessful farmers of the present day, however, be- 

 gan farming with very little knowledge. They 

 had, of course, to meet the occasional " joshing " 

 of the country-bred, but they bore this in good 

 part, and picked up knowledge and skill with 

 the readiness and pluck of the tenderfoot of the 

 Western plains. They have not found that an 

 academic course of study or book-learning in ad- 

 vance was necessary for a start as a successful 



