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that will produce success in other lines of useful- 

 ness will, I believe, lead to success on a farm. 

 More than this, I do not believe there can be a 

 healthier life or a pleasanter than the life of a per- 

 son interested in country life or nature on a farm, 

 whether he farms as an amateur, with an income 

 from a profession or a trade, or as a farmer from 

 love of the life. 



And I trust that this book may be useful in 

 tempting many back to the soil, prepared for 

 hard work, without which no success is worth the 

 name. 



HENRY A. SHUTE. 



EXETER, N. H., October, 1908. 



