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machine, the gasolene engine, these and the many like 

 contrivances on the modern farm not only shorten labor 

 hours and reduce the severity and the more disagreeable 

 features of the work, but also call for more mind, more 

 ingenuity, more skill, than the older tools did. 



Important as is this matter of labor-saving and mind- 

 developing machinery, it is only a small part of the vast 

 change. There is a whole new world of knowledge open- 

 ing to the twentieth-century farmer. He must " keep up" 

 with these new discoveries in scientific farming, and know 

 how to apply them to his conditions. He must know 

 not only what crops best suit his soil, but also what ones 

 are likely best to suit the market conditions of harvest 

 time. He must know the principles of breeding plants 

 and animals. No education, he finds, is " too good " for 

 his use. More and more he takes on the air of a business 

 man ; and his growing prosperity wins him a new respect 

 in the eyes of the world. 



PRACTICAL QUKSTIONS 



1. According to the Census Bureau, how many inhabitants must a 

 district have in order to be considered a city ? 2. During any period 

 of the last century has the country increased in population as rapidly 

 as the city? 3. What is meant by the phrase "machine age"? 

 4. How can the machine take the place of a man ? 5. In Pennsyl- 

 vania a century ago was there more woolen cloth made in the large 

 factories or in the homes? 6. What is meant by "The Age of 

 Homespun " ? 7. How did the " Age of Homespun " keep people on 

 the farm? 8. How has invention retarded the growth in population 

 of country districts? 9. What has been the main cause for the in- 

 crease in the production of wheat? 10. What do you understand by 

 the economic side of a farmer's life ? The social side? 11. Is an 

 economic force stronger than a social force ? 12. Does the country 

 satisfy man's social nature? 13. What is migration? 14. Has the 

 son of a farmer a right to leave the farm to enter a profession ? 

 15. Is it possible for a person who leaves the farm to go elsewhere 



