ESSENTIALS OF SUCCESS 



undertake to run a locomotive engine or 

 perform the duties of cashier of a bank 

 without thorough training, there are many 

 who will undertake to farm without educa- 

 tion or knowledge of the business. 



The young man who intends to become a 

 farmer should fully understand that if 

 farming is not a business worthy of a thor- 

 oughly educated man, it is not a business 

 worthy of him; because every young man 

 is worthy of a thorough education, provided 

 he is a man of clean habits and good pur- 

 poses. Do not allow yourself to be per- 

 suaded that you lack ability to acquire a 

 good education. All you require is oppor- 

 tunity, determination and honesty of inten- 

 tion. 



Farming is worthy, moreover, of the 

 most highly educated as well as the most 

 capable. If lack of means prevents a young 

 man from taking a four-years' training in 

 agriculture, he will find a two years' course 

 offered by many of the state agricultural 

 schools. While it is obviously impossible 

 to give in two years as much training as in 



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