CHAPTER XI 



THE FAEM AS A HOME 



Good farming is a means to an end. If suc- 

 cess is sought simply to gratify personal ambi- 

 tion, to supply a love of ostentation, or to give 

 luxurious ease, the fruit of victory will turn to 

 ashes. 



Good farming should mean a good home, a 

 lasting home, founded upon a rock, not resting 

 upon the shifting sand. Agriculture is a first 

 principle; on it rests the life and happiness of 

 mankind ; it is the greatest and most important 

 of extractive industries, and upon these indus- 

 tries depend every method of getting a living. 

 The manufacturer would have nothing to manu- 

 facture if farmers, miners, lumberman, and fish- 

 ermen ceased to supply him with raw materials. 

 The merchant would have nothing to sell if the 

 manufacturer made nothing for him; and the 



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