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September 1 
PROFITABLE FARMING. 
“No other profession requires such ex¬ 
cellent ability as farming. The success¬ 
ful farmer must plan both deep and 
wide, and when the planning is done, he 
must have the executive power to de¬ 
velop his plans,” said Karl Kaler to his 
cousin John Maynard. John Maynard 
was a sturdy, muscular fellow of 23, 
who, from his childhood, had lived on 
the farm, although many times his heart 
yearned to make a place in the “great 
world,” but his filial duty held him to 
the old homestead. Ilis cousin, Karl, 
who had come to spend the summer at 
“Blithehill Farm,” was a slender, pale 
man, delicate by nature, and bearing the 
marks of the overworked student. 
“Farming is all right in theory, but 
when you try 14 hours labor daily, year 
in and out; when you practice rotation 
of crops and rotation of work, and when, 
year after year, you have nothing to 
show except a comfortable living and a 
little emergency money in the bank in 
case of a fire or a funeral, you will prate 
less of the beauties of rural living, and 
be glad to coach students for examina¬ 
tions,” said John. “I have made up my 
mind to leave the old place. My hands 
burn to get hold of the lever that moves 
the world—money, money! That is the 
ruling power. Monopolies and monopo¬ 
lists run the political and social machin¬ 
ery of the United States, and their back¬ 
ing is money. I prefer to try my hand at 
the game instead of reading the weekly 
papers rainy days, and blistering my 
hands raising crops to feed these mono¬ 
polies.” 
Just then John’s father emerged from 
behind a bunch of lilacs where he had 
been an unintentional listener to the 
conversation of the cousins. He was a 
“ comfortable farmer ” ; a man of gentle 
manners, who loved the farm for its in¬ 
trinsic value, and felt proud to leave its 
fertile acres and the associations of three 
generations of Maynards to his son and 
namesake. He often visited the little 
churchyard where lay the father and 
grandfather, their last resting places 
marked by shining marble slabs upon 
which were engraved their births and 
deaths, and simple virtues; and he 
thought that when he was finally at rest, 
there was another John to take up the 
work where he left off. So this revela¬ 
tion of discontent on the part of his boy, 
struck his heart like an arrow barbed 
and poisoned. He loved his child so 
tenderly, and his farm so fondly, and 
had always associated the two. And 
now to know that his boy was dissatis- 
ued ! 
Karl, who had his uncle’s clinging 
fondness for associations of the past, 
comprehended what John did not even 
know existed, and pitied his uncle. The 
old man trembled visibly as he said : 
“ Would a regular income satisfy you, 
John ? I'll pay you wages, anything to 
keep you on the homestead.” 
“ I will tell you something better. 
Uncle John,” said Karl. “Just rent the 
farm to us and we will try starting a 
fa^'m trust—or money machine of some 
kind, here.” Turning to John, he said, 
“Would you be satisfied to work a year 
for 31,000 ? ” 
" Why, yes,” John replied ; “ but here 
one only gets his board and clothes.” 
“ Jay Gould said that was all he got,” 
laughed Karl; “but I am not afraid to 
guarantee you 31,000 if you will rent the 
farm and make me a partner; besides, 
your father needs a vacation.” 
At last it was settled that the boys 
should run the farm for a twelve-month. 
Hetty, John’s sister, was installed as 
housekeeper, on a salary of 310 a month, 
while the father and mother were taken 
as regular boarders, they to pay one- 
half the rent. The remaining 33C0 of 
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rent money was to be paid in quarterly 
installments. 
John, who was elated at 
the prospect of responsibility and inde¬ 
pendence, was anxious to begin work 
that day and hour. Karl, on the other 
hand, coolly calculated the necessity of 
prearranged plans carefully carried out, 
and of adaptability. So after a brief 
consultation, his cousin yielded, and the 
remairder of the day was spent in plan¬ 
ning crops according to the adaptability 
of the soil and the probable demands of 
the nearest market. Here Karl’s advice 
was to raise as many vegetables as they 
could dispose of, and to sell the fruit and 
butter to private customers. But John 
objected to peddling. “ That’s the light 
end,” replied Karl, “ so I will take it as 
my part. It does not take much muscle, 
and you can furnish the brawn while I 
do the blarney.” 
John was surprised to think that his 
scholarly cousin did not look upon 
“peddling” as beneath an educated man, 
and mentally vowed that he wouldn’t 
peddle if the whole thing failed. Karl 
guessed his thoughts and said, laughing, 
“ Call it itinerant commission business.” 
John worked late and early and showed 
excellent judgment in planning the 
work ; so there were no unnecessary 
delays—no hitches in the farm work that 
so often injure or ruin a crop. Karl 
attended to the light work about the 
farm, kept the books, delivered the pro¬ 
duce, and with the aid of his cousin, 
Hetty, attended to the buttermaking. 
To the dismay of Mrs. Maynard, they 
bought a separator and so many modern 
devices, that the dear woman feared the 
farm would be mortgaged by these ex¬ 
travagant young people. 
So the days grew to weeks, the weeks 
grew to months, and the look of discon¬ 
tent disappeared from the face of John 
Maynard, Jr., and a soft love-light came 
into the eyes of Hetty whenever her 
cousin Karl surprised her with a helpful 
household device or a favorite book; for 
she had a faculty of getting time to read, 
although fanc^ work was a lost art to 
her. The father and mother sitting side 
by side on the shady porch, lived over 
their young love and youth in that of the 
children. The year ended, the books 
were balanced, and to “Blithehill Farm” 
was credited 31,800 cash balance. 
“ How did you do it, boys ? ” said the 
neighbors. 
“ Oh, we used our heads as well as our 
hands, and sold only the best quality and 
the fullest measure,” replied the cousins. 
John was so anxious to go on with the 
partnership, and his parents so thor¬ 
oughly enjoyed the release from care, 
that Karl was persuaded to renew the 
partnership and give over college work, 
but it was only on condition that the 
bright hearted Hetty should be his com¬ 
pensation, his wife. There was a quiet 
wedding, and after the service, Mr. May¬ 
nard handed Hetty a paper (it was the 
deed of an adjoining hundred acres), 
saying, “You young folks have head 
enough to run this farm, too.” The 
partnership farming continued, and ere 
another year was ended, there was 
brought to the farm house a city girl— 
the wife of John, and the woman who 
almost persuaded him to leave home be¬ 
cause farming did not pay. The father 
and mother live with John at the old 
homestead, but Hetty claims a share of 
their time in her pretty cottage across 
the way. The vigorous baby, Tom May¬ 
nard, has been dedicated to the work of 
farming by both his father and mother 
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