FARMERS' VACATIONS 



That this fact is going to be widely rec- 

 ognized is shown by the variety of people 

 who make up the goodly company of sum- 

 mer travelers. The minister leaves his ser- 

 mons and his wife her missionary meetings 

 and aid societies. The lawyer, under the 

 excuse of land hunting, seems able to desert 

 his clients for a time. The banker drops his 

 business mask and talks eagerly and with 

 enthusiasm of good fishing resorts. The 

 leader of men meekly follows his golf- 

 skirted daughters and wife. The teacher 

 loses her worried frown, the bookkeeper his 

 stoop, and the newspaper man well, the 

 newspaper man is there, but he is one who 

 can never lay aside his professional mantle! 

 He carries with him his notebook and his 

 politics. 



But where is the farmer? The great pro- 

 ducing agent, the man without whom these 

 other classes would cease to exist, the man 

 whose work has given its value to the land 

 which is viewed from the car windows is 

 seldom found among the vacation pilgrims. 



Why is this? We know that a farmer's 



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