AGRIOULTURAL. "JBD 



" Give us, O, give us the man who sings as his work I He will do nuse 

 in the same time — he will do it better— he will persevere longer." 

 Another writer makes short work of it in the following couplet : 

 *' Whistle and hoe, sing as you go ; 

 Shorten the row by the songs that you know.** 



Another thinks it important to "push things" "in life's earnest battle,** 

 as well as in war ; and also shows us that those "only prevail," or come off 

 final victors, who " never say fail," by the following stanza ; 

 *' Keep pushing ! 'tis wiser than sitting aside. 

 And sighing and watching and waiting the tide i 

 In life's earnest battle, they only prevail, 

 Who daily march onward and never say faiL" 



No matter how distasteful any particular kind of work may be, in the 

 beginning, if it is taken up with a feeling that one has got to " Hoe his own 

 row," and that although there may be some other kind of work that would 

 suit better ; yet, as this is all that offers for the present, I am going at it as I 

 would if I loved it. Of such, a writer says : 



" Who loves his work and knows how to spare. 

 May live and flourish anywhere." 



Then all I have fmlher to say is, go at whatever you have to do with 

 cheerfulness, "sing," or "whistle," as suits you best ; but be cheerful, any- 

 how ; "push things" whenever they need pushing ; never allow a thought of 

 *' giving up the ship," and you will soon love your work, and must " flourish" 

 —succeed — almost "anywhere," and at almost anything, because entered upon 

 with a "determination to conquer " be you farmer, laborer, or business rn^^t 

 boy or girl, man or woman, in the nature of things you muat succeed- 



