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he must be self-reliant, adaptable, a naturalist, 

 a business man, an expert on feeding and breed- 

 ing, an agriculturalist, and a man always ready 

 to change his policy to suit changing conditions. 



The farmer is a constructive worker. His 

 livelihood comes from making the land produce ; 

 he adds to the wealth of the world. His moral 

 fiber is thereby strengthened. Too often the 

 city man makes his living out of other people. 

 Oratory, a well-groomed appearance, and a con- 

 vincing manner are his stock in trade and by 

 them he induces others to part with their dol- 

 lars. "Instead of laboring to make two blades 

 of grass grow where one had grown before, 

 their business is to make two dollars emerge 

 from other people's pockets where one had 

 emerged before." A destructive business is 

 necessarily weakening to moral stamina, for 

 man is subject to his environment. 



These moral qualities are the fundamentals 

 of civilization. Intellectual achievements can 

 be freely borrowed, agricultural machinery may 

 be cheaply purchased, and social efficiency can 

 be quickly developed by an acute monarchical 



