THE YOUNG FARMER 



firms making a specialty of publishing agri- 

 cultural books. For the average reader 

 these catalogs are sufficient to enable one to 

 make intelligent purchases. 



Every farmer should take one or more 

 agricultural journals. At present journals 

 are published on every phase of agriculture 

 and many of them are of high character. 

 Publishers are always glad to send sample 

 copies free of charge. By examining these 

 copies intelligent selection may be made. 



The writer of this book has had rather 

 unusual opportunity during more than a 

 quarter of a century of observing the influ- 

 ence of education upon the success, financial 

 and otherwise, of those who engage in farm- 

 ing. As the result of these observations he 

 wishes to urge every young man to allow no 

 one to persuade him that because he is to 

 be a farmer, he does not need a thorough 

 education. Remember that you have but 

 one life to live, and if you let the golden 

 opportunity pass, the mistake can never be 

 rectified. No man ever regretted that he 

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