THE YOUNG FARMER 



proper solution of these economic problems 

 is to be the means of solving the educational, 

 social and religious problems is simply 

 putting the cart before the horse. Economic 

 questions can only be satisfactorily adjusted 

 through the application of intelligence and 

 right ideas. 



Let it be supposed that when a young man 

 decides to pay attention to a young woman 

 that instead of meeting her at the church 

 door, or it may be at the railway station, it is 

 considered better form for him to get per- 

 mission of the mother to call upon the 

 young woman in her own home. This is the 

 most fundamental question in every neigh- 

 borhood. What has it to do with the price 

 of wheat? 



This illustration has been used to empha- 

 size two points. First, there are many prob- 

 lems in every community that are in no way 

 related to the material prosperity of the 

 neighborhood. Second, there is, at present, 

 no single force in the community with suffi- 

 cient influence to cope properly with many 

 of these problems. 



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