THANKSGIVING DAY 



between the rows until the middle of June. Now 

 let us look at the other side. Over ninety per cent 

 of the trees grew and put out a strong growth. The 

 nurserymen did not ask to be paid except for those 

 that grew. The corn escaped the frost and ripened 

 splendidly. It is now being husked, and is proving 

 to be the best crop of com that has been on the farm 

 in years. Tut, Tut ! It looks as if I would eat 

 those ducks in a cheerful spirit after all. 



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There are times when I think that a spirit of 

 thankfulness is born in one rather than cultivated. 

 When looking at things in this way I find it profit- 

 able to study tlie animals on the place. Somehow 

 they seem to be very human in their emotions. 



Their feelings are not complicated by efforts at 

 reasoning, and in their every day conduct they re- 

 veal their true spirits most amazingly. Take the 

 Red Cow for instance. Nothing seems to discourage 

 her. She is too full of ambition to grumble about 

 anything. If she doesn't manage to steal a march on 

 me to-day she is quite sure that she will be able to 

 do it to-morrow, and that keeps her in a constantly 

 cheerful frame of mind. This year she had set her 

 heart on getting into the corn field which was just 



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