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show them what I was made of." He showed the same spirit 

 right through in the brain work as well as in the muscular. 

 He won the hearts of the people Avho owned and managed 

 the farm. At the end of about a year he went to the owner 

 and said, ** I think I have got a little insight into the 

 business side of market gardening, and now I think I must 

 leave you." lie thanked the owner for the favors he had 

 received, etc. The old gentleman said, "I am very sorry 

 that you are going, but I cannot advise you to stay. Your 

 time would be worth more to you in working for yourself. 

 I want to say to you that if you need any capital to begin 

 work for yourself, I am willing to lend you all you need." 

 I do not know whether the young man availed himself of that 

 offer, or not. He hired a farm, and the first year succeeded 

 very well, and within a very few years was in a position to 

 buy a farm. I believe he did not pay for it at the start, but 

 he is doing well. What this } r oung man did, other young 

 men can do, but they must love the business, they must be 

 as determined to succeed as Mr. Hale was when he fought 

 the witch grass. When I was about fourteen years old, a 

 brother and myself were turned into a field of witch grass. 

 I always tried to do thoroughly whatever I undertook, and 

 we hoed that field so thoroughly that there has never any 

 witch grass grown there from that day to this. With a love 

 for the business and a determination to succeed, a young 

 man who will come to us and get the scientific side of agri- 

 culture can succeed even without capital. 



There is just one other point, and one on which I have no 

 doubt the speaker will agree with me, because his practice 

 accords with what I am going to say. I believe there is too 

 much small farming:. Extensive farming should be followed. 

 It takes a hundred-acre man to be a hundred-acre farmer 

 and a thousand-acre man to be a thousand-acre farmer; but 

 what you young men want to do is to fit yourselves to be 

 thousand-acre farmers, and then be such farmers. You can 

 succeed and you will make money. Of course you can make 

 money on a small farm. But if you go into extensive farm- 

 ing with determination and with love for the business, you 

 can all succeed. 



Dr. Jordan. I do not want our friend from Connecticut 



