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energy. In my teaching experience, I have 

 always been conscious that the farm boy will 

 accomplish as much with one dollar as the city 

 boy will with two dollars, and will make as 

 good use of himself at the same time. 



(7) The farm boy develops slowly and nat- 

 urally. His youth is long, in a time when our 

 rapid civilization tends to eliminate youth. 

 What schooling he gets has time to soak in 

 and to become a part of him. He comes to 

 manhood fresh and with something to learn. 



He is in the midst of things that are not 

 forced beyond their time, for trees and birds 

 and the grass grow naturally and in their seasons. 

 The constant contact with farm animals develops 

 a kind of naturalness that can scarcely be ac- 

 quired in any other way. 



(8) He has an honest appetite and an intrepid 

 digestion. The farm diet no doubt needs cor- 

 recting, but in spite of its faults the average 

 farm boy is rugged and unpampered. Later on, 

 he may suffer from the lack of proper physi- 

 cal care of himself, but the surroundings them- 

 selves all make for a resistant physique. At 



