No. 4.] MODERN DAIRYING. 93 



THE NECESSITIES AND DEMANDS OF MODERN 

 DAIRYING. 



BY W. B. HOARD, FORT ATKINSON, WIS. 



What a wonderful transforming power is the hope of 

 financial gain ! It is transforming the whole world median- 

 ically, commercially, scientifically, and, as a consequence, 

 politically. For the sake of gain the inmost secrets of 

 nature are sought out, and the physical forces of all the 

 earth are placed under contribution. Human intellect is 

 stretched to its utmost tension to perceive the truth of 

 material things, to know the laws that govern nature's 

 forces, in order that man may have increased dominion over 

 them. All this we call progress, and its main inspiration 

 is the hope of financial gain. 



It is a curious feature to me that the farmer, of all the 

 various classes of society, should care less to make money, 

 and for that reason should exhibit, so much less than other 

 men, the mental activity and energy in its acquisition that 

 they display. 



We have been accustomed to say that the farmers are 

 naturally conservative, and hence do not embrace opportu- 

 nities for improvement in methods of gain-getting with the 

 quick mental appreciation and avidity that other men do. 

 I am convinced that conservatism is not the right definition. 

 We should say rather that the farmer does not care to get 

 rich, as other men do; that he has no such consuming 

 desire for wealth and all it can buy as the manufacturer or 

 merchant. It is fair also to say that, owing to the character 

 of his environment, he cannot see the opportunities of 

 reward for increased mentality and activity that present 

 themselves to men in other vocations ; and so he settles 



