HAPPY HOLLOW FARM 301 



our pace-making will be decidedly more modest 

 in its character. I shan't kick about that. 

 Whatever it may be, we're bent upon doing 

 something here at Happy Hollow that will 

 advance the business of farming and so make 

 it easier for folks to live. 



Is that a practical aim for a farmer? Or is 

 it merely a sentimental notion? I don't care 

 what you call it. We're going to do it. Only 

 when that is done shall we be able to feel that 

 our adventure has wholly and happily justified 

 itself. 



Why shouldn't we do it? Goodness knows 

 there are plenty of ways open for breaking 

 farm records. We're progressing, and we're 

 moving fast in our understanding of possibili- 

 ties ; but we haven't yet moved very far from 

 the old-time stagnation. Everything that's 

 being done on the farms of to-day will be bet- 

 ter done in the next generation. Our feet 

 aren't yet accustomed to the new forward stride 

 after so many centuries of just marking time. 

 Every blessed thing in the new science of farm- 

 ing has been discovered and developed since I 

 was a boy. We're mighty vain of all this 

 brand-new advancement; but don't you think 

 it likely that the farmers of the next generation 



