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every farm neglect would be soon eliminated. 

 Bead again our chapter on the Discouragements 

 and Vicissitudes of the Business of Farming, and 

 especially our chapter upon the Profits of the 

 Business of Farming, and see if you cannot get 

 the spirit and vision of that work that gets you 

 interested in every detail of your business, for if 

 you can catch the true spirit of work and make it 

 a part of your being, then you will cheerfully go 

 forth and strive to eliminate from your business 

 the spirit of neglect that is swallowing up your 

 profits in waste, and which also is spreading the 

 spirit of discontent of farm life among your fam- 

 ilies. 



The most successful men in the business world 

 have been the men who were ever alert and so 

 interested in their business that they attended 

 carefully to its every detail, and in the doing of 

 this they found that waste was the most serious 

 foe to their business, and that its elimination 

 meant increased profits, and when they saw this 

 they did not procrastinate but acted. 



We must eliminate the waste of neglect from 

 our farms, not only for profit, but for the uplift 

 of our families, and to increase our love for our 

 business. If it requires capital to do it, let us 

 put forth every effort to secure it for the returns 

 will soon pay the borrowed capital. If energy 

 and work only is the requisite needed, then let us 

 quit our dreaming and get busy. Get in the game 

 of your business and play it like the true sport or 

 quit the business. Too many of us are simply 

 drifting, and the drifting man always neglects his 

 business and fails to safeguard it by the elimina- 



