200 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



hogs and cattle and buying groceries or clothing for 

 themselves. Don't scold your children. Don't tell 

 your sons that they are the worst boys in seven States. 

 They think that if they have the name they may 

 as well have the game, and again it is a reflection upon 

 yourself; for, after all, they are but a chip off the old 

 block. As the father is, so will be the sons. In all 

 things try and set a good example for your boys and 

 for your boys and girls to follow. It is no wonder that 

 so many boys and girls get disgusted with farm life 

 and leave the farm at the first opportunity. It is 

 because they are overworked and ill-treated. The 

 wise farmer does not think of working his three and 

 four-year-old colts hard and continuously ; why not 

 have as much consideration for your boys and girls? 

 Use all your endeavors to make farm life pleasant for 

 them. Make the home the clearest spot on earth. 

 Surround it with comforts and even luxuries if your 

 means will allow. Fill it with love, make it such a 

 place that when your sons and daughters leave it to 

 make homes for themselves their dearest memories 

 will cluster around the old home. If perchance your 

 sons go out into the busy world and chance to hear 

 that old familiar strain, " Home sweet home, O there 

 is no place like home," may it strike a responsive cord 

 in their hearts, may it recall to them many pleasant 

 hours spent in games or reading. The good influence 

 of such a home will be so stamped upon their hearts 

 and woven into their characters as never to be erased. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Thorpe: I read this paper, take it all summer 

 and winter both, and I would like to ask Mr. Curtis 

 what he furnishes in that paper that is going to benefit 

 the farmer in his business as the farmer ? 



