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ing in their degrading effects, especially upon children. No 

 amount of schooling can dim the memory or change the eft'ect on 

 the boy of such a home, for the picture that is burned into that 

 boy's brain lives forever. Is it any wonder a boy raised under 

 these conditions hates the sight of a cow, and even the farm 

 itself, and is going to get away from it forever at the earliest 

 opportunity ? 



Home Picture That Holds the Boy. 



Fortunately, in direct contrast to this, there are other farm 

 homes supported by dairy herds paying large profits, where the 

 enthusiasm of the father has spread to the children. Surround- 

 ing these homes are neatly mowed lawns, with flowers, trees and 

 vines around the painted, well-kept house; and where money is 

 spent for home comforts. Here the question of how to keep boys 

 on the farm never arises. 



We are asking for a higher civilization, but civilization costs 

 something, and in order for a man to raise himself in the scale of 

 civilization he must increase his earning power. The possibili- 

 ties of increased yield and income from rightly conducted dairy- 

 ing, is the lesson sought to be impressed upon the younger dairy- 

 men, and with this comes the wonderful stimulation of an inter- 

 est in the things which concern the farm. 



Wanted — Intelligent, Enthusiastic Men. 



More intelligent, enthusiastic men on the farm, is a crying 

 need in agriculture today. Our century can show no greater 

 glory than the awakening of an intelligence in relation to the 

 work of the farm. If this can be generally accomplished, it will 

 be the biggest thing that ever happened. For real meaning it 

 will surpass any educational movement that has yet swept any 

 country, as the final result would be a saving of human energy 

 which would be of even greater consequence than the conserving 

 of our forests and mines. 



