217 SPECIALTIES 
farming was to be made in specialties,” and 
that the country boy in deserting the farm was 
“running away from opportunity.’ This has 
since been proved true, and today it is possible 
for either girl or boy to make a good living from 
even a small piece of land, if she or he will only 
give intelligent attention to the matter. 
It requires labor, to succeed in farming, 
but so does any other calling, if one wishes 
to master it, and there is no calling that 
assures so much independence. People must 
eat, and the food must be grown for them, 
whether the times be hard or easy; and even 
should times be so hard that you can’t sell your 
product freely, you can eat it freely, and you 
can not be sure of food and room if you are 
in a shop or in an office. The American farmer 
and gardener are the nearest to free workers in 
the world. 
The most unlikely things may bring profits 
when grown as specialties. One man who has 
a farm in Lewisburg, Pa., is making a good liv- 
ing from raising chestnuts. His profits on their 
sales average several thousand dollars a year. 
He made a study of chestnut growing, until he 
knows a lot about it, and has grafted young 
trees with Japanese and Paragon chestnuts, 
thus increasing the quantity and improving the 
