xiv INTRODUCTION. 



modern conditions means a real education of the man 

 himself. A modern farmer must have a wide range 

 of knowledge, appreciate the reign of law, and adapt 

 himself to the rapidly changing conditions of the mar- 

 ket. He must be a broadly educated man. Thus 

 there has developed a great need for agricultural 

 schools and colleges, experiment stations, farmers' in- 

 stitutes, farmers' organizations for social and business 

 ends, all the machinery that is now working to give 

 increased prosperity to the farming industry. We 

 cannot put too much energy, and thought, and money, 

 into the running of this social machinery, because it is 

 vital to the development of the greatest business in 

 America. 



How the Profits Should Be Used. But at the same 

 time that a man is being educated in order to make a 

 better success of the business of farming, he is also 

 learning that when he has made this greater profit, he 

 has not really reached the end of the road. He has 

 not yet reached his goal. The next step is to learn 

 how to use this profit in a way that shall build him up 

 as a man, develop the right sort of family life, and 

 contribute to the welfare of the neighborhood. One 

 of the serious difficulties in our agricultural develop- 

 ment arises from the fact that a good many farmers 

 when they have attained business success on a farm, 

 leave it for village or city life. They seem to have no 

 interest in the rural community, after they have 

 reached a certain degree of wealth. 



A Higher Life. All these considerations lead to 

 the thought that in our attempts to improve farm con- 

 ditions, we must keep in sight the great human prob- 

 lems, as well as the great questions of better crops, 

 and of better methods of selling these crops at a profit. 

 We must develop the right sort of home life. We 

 must have in the country those facilities for enjoyment 

 and culture that will keep people alive to all of those 

 things that make for a higher manhood and nobler 

 womanhood. 



