XXIX 

 A LOVER OF THE LAND 



In a preceding sketch entitled "From Sire to 

 Sons" attention has been drawn to a typical English 

 case of inherited farm properties splendidly carried 

 on by a succeeding generation. This following of 

 the son in the footsteps of the father comes as 

 nearly being the rule in Great Britain in all walks 

 of life as it is the exception in the United States. 

 Our notes on the career of Gapt. JAMES N. BROWN 

 remind us, however, that we too have some striking 

 instances of filial carrying out of paternal plans in 

 our own country. In fact there can be no finer 

 illustration held up to the rising generation of farm- 

 ers' sons than that of Gapt. BROWN'S son WILLIAM, 

 whose death occurred in 1908 at the age of 69 

 years. His case fairly falls within the purview of 

 this work, not perhaps by reason of any striking 

 individual achievement in the realm of farming and 

 cattle-breeding on the part of the deceased, but 

 rather because he stood out in bold relief as a fine 

 representative of a type the SADDLE AND SIRLOIN 

 GLUB delights to honor a type which unfortunately 

 has been all too rare along the trail that began in 

 the flowery prairies and woodlands of the early days 



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