86 THE BUSINESS OF FAEMING 



pare the soil for the planting of seed, the selecting 

 and study of the best means and appliances for 

 planting the seed, planning and putting into exe- 

 cution the better methods of cultivation, study- 

 ing plant growth and trying to fathom the mys- 

 teries of plant growth, and to ascertain why it is 

 that two plants growing side by side in the same 

 character of soil, kissed by the same sunshine and 

 nourished by the same rains, the one will produce 

 the food that satisfies and nourishes man, and the 

 other, fruit that poisons and kills. 



The study of the nitrogen gathering plants is one 

 of the most wonderful and fascinating studies that 

 can engage any mind the plants that have the 

 power to draw from the air the most costly and 

 precious soil element, nitrogen, and store it into 

 the soil for the use of growing plants, and thus 

 renovate our worn and worn-out soils. 



Too many farmers get into the monotonous 

 grind that too many city men get into, the grind 

 that throws about us a state of indifference to 

 the good and interesting tilings of our work ; that 

 will not allow us to see the greatness, the vastness, 

 the inscrutable mysteries of Nature 's ways. Oh ! 

 if we who are engaged in the business of farming 

 would but catch the vision of the wonders lying 

 at our very feet, what a transformation would 

 result in our business, resulting in increased 

 profits. 



Mankind in general go about their daily tasks 

 like the driven galley slave and so perform their 

 work with like interest, sighing that the working 

 hours are so long, rejoicing when they are ended, 



