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consumption. This will materially affect the expense in 

 packing. 



Another great advantage is the use of by-products. No pro- 

 ducer but that at times has a perfectly good product and always 

 a second quality which, for various reasons, cannot be marketed 

 to advantage. It is a very small community that cannot sup- 

 port a preserving plant, permitting spare time or unused land 

 to be utilized with distinct advantage. 



So far we have considered only the cold-blooded business 

 aspect of the situation. Necessity makes 'a man work just to 

 supply his need. Beyond this it must be higher motives. Few 

 work for money. It may not seem so, and possibly the man 

 himself may not analyze his motives, but generally the pleasure 

 of doing things, the zest of the game, is the force driving him 

 to invention, sacrifice and work, and if he has no room to 

 employ this energy, resting in some degree in the breast of 

 every human being, either his spirit is broken or he seeks a new 

 field. 



What a wonderful opportunity organized agriculture presents 

 to train and direct the push and energy of youth. If agricul- 

 ture will keep at home some of the jobs which can be done in 

 the country, but which as now organized are located in the city, 

 these back-to-the-farm, rural-life, crowded-city and depleted- 

 race questions will be solved. In accomplishing this do not 

 forget that a social department is a vital thing to a country 

 business organization. Man is a social being craving the society 

 of men, and he prefers those of his own experience and ideals; 

 he wants entertainment, but unknowingly will choose that best 

 fitting into his life, and his amusement will naturally be from 

 topics which his training and experience enable him the most 

 easily to comprehend. 



This branch of the organization should include schools, both 

 trade and business, preparing him for his work instead of the 

 university. 



This is the proper department for sanitation, nursing and 

 clinics dealing especially with children's diseases. There should 

 be physical training with gymnasiums, shower baths, bowling 

 and other games, as well as military drill. 



The proper agency to successfully undertake this part of the 



