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est transformation-period the world has ever 

 known and have brought as great changes in 

 country as in city life. Even on farms remote 

 from towns and cities, telephonic and telegraphic 

 communication, and the later boon, rural free 

 delivery have come to keep their residents in 

 close and constant communication with the out- 

 side world. These have annihilated distance for 

 the farmer of to-day. 



INDEPENDENCE IN AGRICULTURE. 



Some of those who have guided the destiny 

 of young men have realized that there is danger 

 in a land that suffers from over-education and 

 over-crowding of the professions. The careers 

 of our young men plainly show that society is in 

 need of both brains and brawn, and that while 

 we have need of the professional class we must 

 not neglect those callings that give us our bread. 

 Ex-Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin, exclaimed 

 in a public speech : " I cannot bear to go to my 

 grave until I see imparted to my nation the 

 spirit that shall make agriculture not only the 

 support of men's bodies, but an inspiration to 

 their intellects." 



