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only wliat this man saiM, aiul to write nut his expe- 

 riences, but also tliDsc of hundreds of other successful 

 men along the same line. Suppose, further, that we 

 j)laced all this matter in the hands of a careful, capable 

 ])erson. who would arranc^-e. condense, and express in a 

 simple, plain, helpful wa}- all that he had so accumulated. 

 Would any of the information S(^ fathered be less \alu- 

 able because it tinally appeared in print than if it were to 

 fall on the car. soon to be largely forgotten and lost? 

 The middleman in agriculture is just as important in 

 his way as is Hie practical man. who produces; we must 

 have both, and let us ap]3reciate l)otIi and despise neither. 



Mr. Coburn occupies a large place in the hearts of 

 American farmers — a ])lace peculiarly his own. for there 

 is none other just like him. He has gi\en us other 

 books, but this will, without doubt, be \\h:\t those who 

 are learned would call his "iiiaginni} opus," which is 

 simply Latin for ''great work." Since ]\Ir. Coburn 

 writes in good, substantial English, that e\eryl)ody can 

 understand, this is proba1)ly the only Latin that will ap- 

 pear in his book. 



I ha\'e said nc^thing about the hog. inv Mr. Coburn 

 ^^•ill fill to the limit every page that follows, with useful 

 information concerning that most useful, humble meiu- 

 ber of the farm domain. 



W. A. HENRY. 

 Lhu'versity of \\'isconsin, College of Agriculture, 

 Madison. Wis. 



