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he knows of raising calves. After going on record as standing 

 for the best methods known in calf -growing, he certainly cannot 

 consistently do less than put into practice on his own farm the 

 system he has advocated. He has established his own standard, 

 and must live up to it. 



Club Work a Stimulant to Study. Being called upon to 

 present various topics at club meetings stimulates study. No 

 one farm or community has in it all that is good along all lines, 

 and being forced to study and look into what is being done in 

 other places increases the general knowledge of the community 

 and of each individual therein. 



Outside Talent in the Meeting. A farmers' club may increase 

 the general knowledge of its members by bringing in outside 

 talent. Business and professional men from the nearby towns 

 or villages can be prevailed upon to address the club. Speakers 

 from the University or the College of Agriculture and other 

 public institutions may be secured occasionally to bring in out- 

 side ideas and inspiration. 



Community Problems. A discussion of the various problems 

 of interest to the community always tends to stimulate every 

 good, live citizen to desire better things, and to make a greater 

 effort to secure them. Any one who has confidence in people and 

 in his community believes that almost all good things are possible 

 if the necessary effort and determination are put forth to secure 

 them. If a club can succeed in arousing in its members a desire 

 and determination for improvement in the community, better 

 schools, better roads, better homes, better live stttck, better farms, 

 and better people are all possible. 



Financial Advantages 



Business is now done in this country on a large scale. Millions 

 of dollars and thousands of people are used in great enterprises, 

 A farmer usually deals with people representing business in- 

 terests larger than his own. As a rule, in business enterprises 

 he deals with men who have the advantage, simply because the 

 transaction means more to the farmer than to the other fellow 

 in his wider field. For example, a potato-buyer in a community 

 may buy ootatoes from 200 farmers. ' What is 100 per cent, of 



