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gains where they will bring back so much annual in- 

 terest in cold cash ? He does far better. There are 

 more beautiful things in this life than greenbacks, sil- 

 ver and gold. The man gets a piece of land. A 

 landscape gardener lays it out, then he has it planted 

 to the choicest trees, shrubs and flowers. These arc 

 well cared for, and that piece of brown earth soon de- 

 velops into a beautiful estate — and that is wealth. 



That plat of ground, of little value in itself, be- 

 comes a garden of delight. As the years go by it 

 grows more and more beautiful — the joy of the owner 

 and the delight of all who pass by. 



I^ow please tell me why the western farmer can- 

 not be rich. He has better land than the eastern 

 man who buys a worn-out field, and then pays $10 

 a cord for manure besides the hauling. The farmer 

 has plenty of manure in his yard. Trees and flowers 

 will grow for him as well as for others. Go to the 

 experiment stations, and you will see what vast num- 

 bers of things there are which do well all over the 

 West. 



The farmer's wife belongs to the noblest race on 

 earth. How much of patience, fortitude and hard 

 work she has displayed in the homebuilding. Heaven 

 help him if his sons and daughters are not of more 

 worth than many of the children of the rich who live 

 in a band box and must be fed with a spoon. 



Farmers complain that their children do not like the 

 farm, and as soon as they can they will leave it. What 

 wonder ! I knew of a man worth $75,000, with a 



