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that it is easier to get riclies and honor in the workshop or 

 eountinii'-room than on the farm. This is erroneous ; but 

 still the influence of this impression is as injurious as though 

 it were actually true. Therefore any measures calculated to 

 instill a greater respect for the farmers calling will in a 

 measure efiect a cure. What we want is to create an enthu- 

 siasm among the farmers, make them feel that their calling is 

 respectable and respected. They will thus receive afresh im- 

 pulse and inspiration. Let our young men but imbibe this spir- 

 it, and they will impart it to all Avith whom they come in con- 

 tact. The farm is the great nursery of all the professions as 

 Avell as the industrial arts of the country. From the hills and 

 valleys of New England, fresh and vigorous come the strong- 

 recruits to till the vacant places of honor, influence and 

 power. The heated air of the factory, workshop and count- 

 imr-room is not conducive to the growth of substantial men. 

 These only grow to perfection in the free air of our hillsides 

 and valle^'^s ; and "the nearer the soil, the better the stock." 



We always speak of the farmer's profits comparatively. 

 We compare his success with that of the merchant or manu- 

 facturer, and even then avc do not take them generally, but 

 individually. We take isolated cases of success. In consid- 

 ering the profitableness of farming we should remember that 

 farmers nowhere live so well and spend so much money on 

 themselves and families as in New England. In the lan- 

 iruaire of another, "There are none that make the soil con- 

 tribute so much to the soul and character; none who use 

 such excellent instruments ; none who have more convenient 

 buildings ; none who educate their children better, and none 

 whose real manhood is more purely developed in all the im- 

 portant relations of life." 



The present is a fast age, especially with us Yankees. 

 Everybody is in a hurry to get rich, and few are willing to 

 bide their time and patiently pursue the intermediate steps 

 necessary to obtain this result. We all want to begin where 

 our father^ left oft*. But experience teaches us that success 



