THE YOUNG FARMER 



lie school, should be invaluable to the young 

 man who expects subsequently to engage in 

 farming. This is particularly true if he has 

 not had the opportunity of a college 

 training. 



It is, perhaps, unnecessary to state that 

 the salaries mentioned in this chapter are 

 obtained only by young men who possess 

 certain qualifications. To secure them, they 

 must be men of ability, integrity, virtue and 

 industry. No man who is not willing to 

 make the preparation necessary to master 

 his subject can expect to succeed. He must, 

 also, be a man of absolute honesty, and he 

 must lead a clean life. It was Bismarck who 

 said, of German university students, "One- 

 third die out; one-third rot out; the other 

 third rule Germany." Every man who will 

 may choose whether he will belong to 

 Bismarck's second or third class. 



The question for the young man of 20 is 

 not merely as to the morrow, but what is 

 likely to be the trend of events during the 

 next 35 to 50 years. 



"In 1800 the United States nowhere 



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