LESSON LX 

 THE CALL TO THE FARM 



FARMING is one of the most pleasant occupations. 

 Nearly everybody is interested in the cultivation of the 

 soil and in the raising of animals. Indeed, there seems 

 to be a natural longing to work with the soil, which 

 comes to every one sometime during his life. 



Farming demands intelligence. - - The farmer works 

 with living plants and animals and with all the natural 

 forces in soil, air, water, and sunshine that affect the 

 growth of plants and animals. Boys and girls should 

 fully realize that the farm offers a good field for the 

 exercise of all the skill and scholarship that they can 

 attain. Although farming is a special business that 

 requires broad and thorough knowledge, yet one may 

 do fairly successful work on the farm while he is learning 

 the underlying principles of the science and art of 

 agriculture. 



A desirable occupation. - - There has been a false 

 impression that tilling the soil is a hard and low kind 

 of labor. Nothing could be further from the truth. 

 Great minds in all ages have considered farming a 

 most desirable occupation. All accomplishment comes 

 through some form of labor ; and labor becomes a 



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