Agriculture and Its Needs 7 



In the mechanical industries men live and 

 think and plan and work collectively. They 

 go out much of nights : they associate in or- 

 ganizations easily. In the agricultural 

 industries men live and work very individ- 

 ually. They come to conclusions and 

 carry out plans by themselves. In the 

 cities, centralized capital on the one hand, 

 and the leaders of labor organizations on 

 the other, struggle with each other, to the 

 frequent disadvantage of both. There 

 much depends upon others. The farmer 

 controls a considerable property, and the 

 responsibility of prosperty or penury is 

 very largely upon himself. With both the 

 farmer and the mechanic the personality is 

 of overwhelming importance, but the con- 

 ditions give the individuality of the farmer 

 larger opportunities and make his success 

 or failure more notable. Essentially the 

 farmer lives at home. The family life is 



