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pay the whole or a part of his own way through 

 school. Any young man with push, energy, good 

 health and a determination to do so can pay his own 

 way through college. I started with only $150 in my 

 pocket, which I had saved for that purpose, and with- 

 out a cent of help from any source paid my own way and 

 came out at the end of four years with $50 in my 

 pocket. Fully one-third of my fellow-students paid 

 their own way entirely. If a young man has no desire 

 for such an education it is folly to send him to college, 

 he will not be likely to turn out well. 



The last and most important point which I shall 

 briefly touch upon is this : The home and farm life 

 should be made so attractive that the boys and girls 

 will want to stay upon the farm. Can it be done 1 

 Most emphatically I would say, yes it can. But how ? 

 Some one immediately suggests that if you want your 

 boy to stay on the farm, get another man's daughter 

 to come and live with him. I might add to this. 

 throw in a good farm. Take the children into partner- 

 ship with you. Give them an interest in some prop- 

 erty about the place. Let them have something they 

 can call their own, they can care for and market. 

 Treat them well. Treat them as your equals and 

 helpers and advisers when they arrive at the age of 

 responsibility. Do not make them work too hard 

 and too long and thus disgust them with farm work. 

 Make the home attractive in the evening with books, 

 papers and innocent amusements. There is something 

 the matter with the farmers' home in which oil is not 

 burned both summer and winter evenings. Place 

 responsibility upon children. Teach them to develop 

 their judgment and business ability. Let them per- 

 form business transactions such as marketing grain or 



