FARMERS' VACATIONS 



actually carried on by that method it was as 

 though I had never read a word upon it, so 

 different was the reality from my book con- 

 ception. I returned home blessing as never 

 before the country that was watered from 

 the sky! 



The average western farmer has little 

 idea of working with fertilizers. The east- 

 ern farmer has so little idea of working 

 without them that it is a common thing for 

 him, upon hearing of some large yield upon 

 our western farms, to write and inquire as 

 to the sort of mixture used for producing 

 such results! 



The farmer who gets about knows and 

 understands the agricultural conditions in 

 various parts of the country because he has 

 seen for himself. He is quicker at finding 

 new ideas which he can adopt to improve 

 his own methods. These new ideas have a 

 money value and the man who discovers 

 them most plentifully is apt to have the best 

 paying farm. 



It may be objected that although there 

 can be no questioning the value of vacation 



