SELECTED SAYINGS 



menee with an exchange of labor with a neighbor because he is 

 short-handed, and it may be extended until there is cooperation 

 with several in buying and selling, in promoting better highways, 

 schools and churches, and in the general uplift of the neighborhood." 

 "Many persons with slight acquaintances with books are perfect 

 encyclopedias of the common and exact knowledge so useful in 

 everyday life." 



"Communities of small farmers tend to promote common hon- 

 esty, a respect for the rights of others and for law. No one is rich 

 enough to dominate his neighbors or so poor that his influence may 

 be disregarded. The stock, products, and property of all are alike 

 exposed to trespassers and depredators; hence, a common interest 

 unites them for mutual protection and the primary lessons of 

 society are thus taught." 



"It has been observed for years that the sons of small farmers 

 develop managing ability. From their earliest years they are com- 

 pelled to do things and to act independently. It is from this source 

 that the greatest number of managers of the various enterprises of 

 our country have been drawn." 



"Some plan should be devised and framed into law by which 

 the farmer may participate in the use of an equitable portion of the 

 vast time deposits of the people's money at a moderate rate of 

 interest and upon such securities as he possesses. This would open 

 the door of opportunity for thousands of thrifty toilers to seek 

 and establish rural homes." 



"By every means possible the great dignity of land ownership 

 should be impressed upon the men and youth of the present genera- 

 tion; but mere reiteration whether verbal or printed, will not accom- 

 plish the object. There must be real dignity; that is the men on the 

 farms must have character, manliness, education and energy. The 

 farms must show by their improvements and judicious management 

 that they belong to that type of men, for the improvements are the 

 visible expressions of what is in the man." 



MEETING OF AGENTS IN DEMONSTRATION WORK, 

 MACON, GA., SEPTEMBER 16, 1910. 



"We have tried to think out the plans of the demonstration 

 work carefully and lay them along lines of practical utility; to form 



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