The I. C. S. a Public 

 Benefactor 



I have just received my Diploma in your 

 Agricultural Course, and am much pleased 

 with the painstaking manner in which my 

 Instruction Papers were handled by your people. 

 The proposition, in a nutshell, is that, if the 

 student does his (or her) part, the I. C. S. will 

 do theirs. 



The benefits to be derived from a Course in 

 Agriculture in the I. C. S. are manifold; the 

 most important, perhaps, is that it teaches the 

 tiller of the soil to grow not only a better crop, 

 but realize a greater production, as well as to 

 do it with a great deal less of labor and expense, 

 thereby making the tilling of the soil more of 

 a pleasure than a drudge. Farmers, as well 

 as others, are waking up to the truth that 

 scientific farming is the otily proper method to 

 pursue, especially in these days of worn-out 

 land, problems of drainage, and other things 

 too numerous to mention. In this connection, 

 your instruction on manures is worth the price 

 of the whole Course. I might say the same of 

 your instruction on drainage, etc. 



I have endeavored to make my letter brief, 

 but, on account of the great scope or mag- 

 nitude of your Agricultural Course, it would 

 be difficult to say it all upon a hundred sheets 

 of paper of this size. 



Any one who can show how two plants can 

 be grown where but one could be made to grow 

 before, and with less labor, expense, etc., is no 

 less than a public benefactor, and this you do 

 in your Agricultural Course. 



WAYNE CANFIELD 

 ' City Hall, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 



