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necessity of making the farm more remun- 

 erative. Given the present income, however, 

 whether in city or country, and it is possible 

 for a man to lead a wholly different type of 

 life. Much money is not essential with any of 

 us to cleanliness, personal pride, sweetness of 

 temper, honesty, and a few other very desir- 

 able but unpurchasable things. Most of all, 

 the countryman needs intellectual horizon. 

 He needs something else to think of. He 

 needs to have a real personal sympathy with 

 the natural objects in his environment. He 

 needs the nature-study outlook. Whether a 

 man wants much or little extraneous enter- 

 tainment, or whether the country satisfies his 

 ideals, depends on his attitude of mind. 



With the great growth of urban sentiment 

 and affairs, we have overlooked the value and 

 significance of plain country living. Other 

 ends in life have come into prominence, and 

 persons have been attracted by the high points 

 and by objects and affairs remote from them. 



Real leadership lies in taking hold of the 

 first and commonest problems that present 



