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studies geology" and mechanism at the same time. He not 

 only looks into books and reads them well, but he makes 

 books for others to read. He not only consults authors and 

 compares their different theories, but he becomes an author 

 himself, and constructs theories for others to follow. He not 

 only reads history, but he makes history. He not only fa- 

 miliarizes himself with the deductions of science, but he de- 

 velops, and elaborates, and utilizes science, and makes it 

 contribute to his success as a farmer. 



Another necessary element of success in the character of 

 the farmer, is a well balanced and well developed moral 

 nature. For no man can be truly honest who has not a well 

 developed moral nature. And honesty or integrity of char- 

 acter is the basis of all greatness or goodness in any individ- 

 ual. But such is the condition of the farmer's life, and such 

 are the natures of the elements and properties with which 

 he constantly comes in contact, that all tricks, all deceptions, 

 all sham and duplicity, should be forever banished from the 

 farm. This is all the more needful for the farmer, in order 

 to strengthen his faith and confidence in the God of the sea- 

 sons, against the time of trial. There comes to every man, 

 and every family, a time of trial and disappointment, when 

 the mind is bewildered, and the heart grows faint, and hope 

 dies out, and comes not back with the morning light. But 

 there are trials and disappointments that are peculiar to the 

 tiller of the soil ; for, after he has selected the seed with the 

 greatest care, and planted it in the most congenial soil, and 

 cultivated the growing crops with the greatest care and per- 

 sistency, and Avhen every indication would seem to warrant a 

 large, and even bountiful harvest, and he begins to count his 

 gains as snre, then comes the drought of summer, and he 



