176 The State and the Farmer 



is forty-five, and the farm will turn a good liv- 

 ing in the meantime. I think that the young 

 man will make good. He knows farming. I 

 advised him to buy. Most men on salary or 

 in other business than farming do not have 

 their homes paid for and their business all 

 established at forty-five years of age. If the 

 young man has the farm debt free and fully 

 productive at that age, and if he loves his 

 neighbor as he loves his farm, he will not need 

 to patronize anybody: persons will come to 

 him. He cannot escape being a marked man. 

 He should exemplify Milton's noble line, 



" They also serve who only stand and wait." 



In this brief sketch, then, I have tried to 

 show that the rural country needs a new direc- 

 tion of effort, a new outlook, and a new 

 inspiration. Every rural institution should 

 have direct relation to the land on which it 

 stands. Education should take hold of every 

 factor that means much to the people. Some 

 man some day will see the opportunity and 

 will seize it. The result of his work will be 



