104 THE NEW BUSINESS OF FARMING 



transportation companies would be idle if there 

 was nothing to ship. Strength comes from the 

 environment ; and a successful farmer is strong 

 and capable : his strength is refreshed because 

 he is dealing with the elemental facts of life. 



A good home means a good family; and the 

 highest ambition which any man can hold is to 

 be the head of a family, strong in mind and b#iy 

 and righteous in deeds. To provide an estate 

 that will support such a family and develop in 

 them these qualities is a goal to appeal to the 

 best of us. The writers who urge us to go to 

 the farm because of the beauty of the country or 

 the peace of the life on the land miss the factor 

 that makes the farmer worth while. It is the 

 discipline of the farm, the insistence of its du- 

 ties, the certainties of its penalties, and the 

 great big fact that you are working with nature 

 in the things that make the world go, that make 

 the farmer a broad, self-reliant, forceful indi- 

 vidual. 



Work is happiness and idleness akin to mis- 

 ery. There are more children who need to be 

 set to work than there are who need to be 



