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all events, the farm youth does not want music 

 and pleasant-tasted trivialities to encourage the 

 appetite. One does not need music when he 

 eats ham-and-eggs. Eating is itself sufficient 

 entertainment if hunger is keen and assimila- 

 tion good. 



(9) If the boy lives on a good farm that is 

 paid for, he is trained in independence, for the 

 business and the hours are managed by the 

 family. There is no extraneous boss. In case 

 of need, the farm can provide the necessities of 

 the family. 



Many of the strong individual peculiarities 

 of the farmer are due directly to this independ- 

 ent life : he does not need to patronize. This 

 independence, combined with isolation, often 

 allows very undesirable traits to develop ; but 

 the general result is the producing of character- 

 istics that we need to conserve for the good of 

 the race. 



(10) The farm boy is a democrat. Of all 

 our people, he is probably freest from any 

 thought of social stratification. He associates 

 with his fellows on terms of equality. The 



