no Outlook to Nature 



recoil at what they call the dirty work of the 

 farm. So much are we yet bound by tradition ! 



(3) The life of the farm boy is varied. The 

 farmer handles an entire business, not some 

 small part of a business, and he is therefore able 

 to lead something like a naturally rounded life. 

 In an age of minute division of labor, this is 

 important, for it tends to develop many abilities 

 rather than to make a man a cog in a wheel. 



I often hear it said that the farmer's life 

 is monotonous. This is true only so far as 

 it may confine his activities to one locality. 

 His work does not compare in monotony 

 with that of the average workingman or the 

 average business man ; but other men may 

 have more divertisement provided for them, 

 and for this the farmer will have time and 

 desire when he comes to organize his effort 

 and to develop a greater sensitiveness to his 

 surroundings. To a large extent, he must 

 provide his own diversion. 



The farm work itself, while of the same 

 general kind year by year, is endlessly varied 

 in its details, and this is the very reason why 



