132 THE ROMANCE OF EVERIFARM 



"However, I presume we shall always have the 

 'thorn in the flesh' in the shape of these cockle burrs, 

 the rough-neck of the plant world, but he will have 

 to be eliminated eventually from the society of high- 

 grade agricultural plants, in order that they may gain 

 the greatest development. In the same way, the 

 rough-neck, undesirable individual must be elimi- 

 nated from a community, in order that the society 

 and environment may be the proper kind in which 

 to rear and educate our children," wisely reflected 

 Farmer Good, as he carried the cockle burr out of 

 the field to be destroyed. 



