HINDRANCES AND HELPS 



and the fattening of fine beeves, but whether 

 the Hfe and the rural occupations offer verge 

 and scope for the development of his culture 

 —whether land and landscape will ripen under 

 assiduous care into graces that will keep his 

 attachment strong, and enlist the activities of 

 his thought ? 

 Let us inquire. 



PLACE FOR SCIENCE 



Because a man cannot revolutionize farming 

 and its practice by clean copies of Boussin- 

 gault and Liebig under his arm, or upon his 

 table, it by no means follows that an intel- 

 ligent person who is concerned in rural occupa- 

 tions may not profitably give days and nights 

 to their study. Because we cannot conquer 

 all diseases, and clearly explain all the issues 

 of life and death by the best of medical 

 theories, it by no means follows that the best 

 medical practitioner should therefore abandon 

 all the literature of the subject. The scientific 

 inquirers who direct their view to agricultural 

 interests, deal with problems which are within 

 the farmer's domain; and if their solutions are 



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