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,n?w hTf f ?. ^^""""^ **"'* P'*'* °* ^^^ injunction, as applied to farm- 

 ing but ho d fast to the good with firmest grip. He can do the first part by 

 proxy, and that is just what we want such institutions as the Illinois In- 

 dustnal University for. At least that is one of the things. My observation 

 of honest money making men, is that he who catches on to a business or a 



tT !n1 ^""^ ''' ''!'''"' ^'^"^^s^-^e '"'^rgln, andwhosHcfoJofs, in 



the end acquires a competency. Better not test new theories or untried 

 practices until financially strong enough to bear a loss if it come. The prac- 

 tical end of education and learning is to place actual work on the solid basis 



theZ^;ft:rr'''t\^'^^'"™*'^'^^°" '^^"^ *«P'°^ com best at hom^ 

 the daughter, to make bread in her mother's kitchen. Shall we not have 



r,:r.r' **"'"' '"*"^"^*""'^^'^''°'«^ no; except for illurtLuve pur! 

 poses, andforpurposes strictly educational. I regard the argument that it 



"'ZZITZV^'"'' V^' " "^^'"^ ^'"^^ for work mere moonshta 

 The influence of mere sentiment or pride undoubtedly often has much to do in 



fre to r«T TT ""'A'' ^°'''''°"' ^"'^ =° ""^^ '^''^<^''' but these affections 

 are to great extent constitutional and seldom yield to nostrums of any kind 

 I think we are ready, and it is certainly time-to summarize the needs of 

 farmer's sons and daughters in respect to education in general andtadus- 

 tnal education in particular. 



■^^. ■^'l^*' ',"? ^^^^^°'^ *o common school and high school training let them so 

 through college if they aspire to this and it is practicable. What f rVyfu 

 ask. To make intelligent men and women of them. ISTot a single branch 

 named in the ordinary curriculum of a college course is studfed beyond 

 What IS necessary m order to master the elementary principles of the subject 

 Leave out Greek and Latin and German and French if you want to and 

 substitute something else. Do this especially if there is no talte for the°e 



forirandttthTr* *'•?"'' '=°"^'' " ''''''' '' -o* -tellectual aptne 

 for It, and let the boy or giri engage in actual business at once. It is foUv 



to attempt coaxing the horse to drink which is not dry. Every one of the e 

 studies fills a valuable place in making a man of culture; in fitting a manlo? 

 positions of high trust and honorable public service. Can a young man 

 make any more money by itV Perhaps not; but he can enjoy what he Tes 

 make rationally. A man might about as well cultivate obesifyls to acautoe 

 money which he enjoys as a mule enjoys a mess of oats drawn ?rom a great 

 store house. Go to his home. It may be elegant and costly, or no^o ^You 

 fikelv th'^ '"'''°° f'^S^T'^' ""b^oks, or, if you do they are not read Very 

 likely there is no taste for reading. Such men frequently have great S 

 best'S'it"'' ''"*-"J°«'^-« benevolence or Wisdom', or Ubfr^'in 

 Second if farming is to be the practical business of life the sneci^l 

 studies relating to the various branches should be mastered There fsde 

 stadies Thr*'^°''°°'"'^"**^ ^"^ "'='^*«'^ ^"<i have': taste for hes; 



tarm, but what the farm may lose, the world will gain. 



