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Cleanliness is next to Godliness. Some people seem to be 

 afraid of Godliness. The successful farmer will give 

 especial care to the wells and springs from which drinking 

 water is to be used, also to prevent or control all chance of 

 impure and contaminating air floating past the dwelling of 

 his family. A man should also be able to lay aside his 

 business when night comes. " A good name is rather to be 

 chosen than great riches." So is good health. It is a price- 

 less boon, and it is sinful as well as unwise not to foster it 

 to the best of our ability. 



Good Judgment. 



I once knew a man who was a cripple, and yet, by the 

 exercise of good judgment, together with some of the other 

 good qualities which have been mentioned, he made farm- 

 ing pay, laid up money every year, and when he died left 

 a respectable fortune. It is true that he had no family to 

 support or educate; but many of his.cotemporaries, able- 

 bodied men, who were not possessed of good judgment, 

 failed of success, and their farms have long since passed into 

 other hands. Good judgment is, indeed, a blessing to any 

 one. It is what our grandfathers called common sense, — a 

 misnomer, indeed, for they meant good sense, good judg- 

 ment. 



Executive Ability. 



Without good executive ability, a man can do but little, 

 even at farming. I like to see the farmer lead in his work ; 

 but it makes me ache to see a man do most of the work him- 

 self, and pay two or three hired men to see him do it, yet 

 such is frequently the case among industrious farmers. 

 That is a happy faculty indeed, and is a part of one's execu- 

 tive ability, that enables him to so handle men as to get the 

 greatest possible amount of work out of them. Every one 

 of good executive ability will at once recognize the value of 

 system, and will adopt it in his work so far as is practicable 

 under his circumstances. Large establishments cannot be 

 run without system ; small ones may, but not as profitably. 



Power to Say "No." 

 The power to say no is a powerful weapon, and a valuable 



