The Farmer's trade is one of worth, 

 For partners he has sky and earth ; 

 He also counts on sun and rain, 

 Yet for success, must use liis brain. 



He knows tliat millions to him look. 

 And crave a loaf from o\it his book; 

 And wonder much at his success, 

 While they spend all their funds for dress. 



He's classed among the favored few 

 Who always find enough to do ; 

 And while all others are bereft, 

 For work the farmer's seldom left. 



He's had to ply the '• laboring oar," 

 To keep the "wolf" from many a door, 

 And's always found to help the needy, 

 While he's been ranked among the "seedy." 



Men may rise, or perchance fall ; 

 jSTevertheless the farmer feeds them all. 

 And this is partly how 'tis done: 

 By patient toil from '"sun to sun." 



His motto's been to buy for cash, 

 And by this means avoid a "crash." 

 Adopt this plan, if you'd succeed, 

 And let economy be your creed. 



It is a well authenticated fact tliat the success which has 

 crowned the efforts of the farmer or is accredited to his 

 "profession" is due to the exercise of that habit of econo- 

 my which characterizes tlie name of American farmers, 

 and which is an inborn trait handed down from our 

 ancestors (which they of necessity were oftentimes com- 

 pelled to practice), more than to its being a very lucrative 

 occupation. 



When we look around us with a view of ascertaining 

 what legitimate Ijusiness pays and are attracted to any 

 special vocation as being particularly profitable, it may be 

 well to study closely the qualifications of men who have 

 achieved this coveted success. And the result of our in- 



