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Standing wages and doing hard, muscular labor that 

 ever makes more than a scant living. But for a man 

 to prosper, he must generally have something growing,, 

 something enhancing in value, or increasing in num- 

 bers, when he is asleep or resting. His muscle alone 

 will not do to depend on. It will fail him in a few 

 years. If he does not prepare something for his old 

 and declining years he is apt to be brought to want 

 or thrown on the cold charities of the world. 



I do not know of a better plan for a young man 

 who expects to make stock farming his occupation 

 than to get him a farm with good running water that 

 lasts the year round. Then put his land in such 

 grasses that suit his soil. He should study his soil 

 and be sure that his grasses are well adapted to the 

 land he is using it on. For instance : Blue grass and 

 clover require a great deal of lime in the soil for them 

 to flourish. They will not do well in sandy land, but 

 orchard grass and herd's grass will grow on sandy 

 soil. Herd's grass does very well on low or damp soil. 

 A man to stock farm properly should be a good judge 

 of land as well as a good judge of stock. If he is not, 

 he should advise with some one who has had experi- 

 ence on the subject. Most men of experience will 

 take pleasure in advising with a young man wanting 

 information. The soil is a compound like a man's 

 blood, has a variety of ingredients and can be changed 

 or modified as circumstances may require, and it be- 

 hooves the farmer to study the nature both of his 

 stock and soil. It should be remembered that a stock 

 farmer has an opportunity of improving his lands 

 while he is growing his stock; what they eat is put 

 back on the soil. So, it seems that God intended that 



