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him and his co-laborers, and base his actions upon this time-hon¬ 
ored adage, the results would be different. Discard this idea that 
a farmer needs no education ; that anybody can be a farmer ; that 
every other calling and walk in life is clothed in habiliments of 
dignity of a finer texture than his, and that he must depend en¬ 
tirely upon the intellect of other professions for the protection and 
government of his interests. Just so long as this state of things 
exists, so long will the farmer be looked upon as “ nothing but a 
farmer; ” a prey to the greed and avarice of those who are wont 
to look upon the sunburnt tiller of the field as a something cre¬ 
ated for his especial use and benefit. 
How often do we hear the gaudy upstart boast that he can make 
a living without work—live off his own brains, and such like ex¬ 
pressions. Now, who must furnish him his living—who must toil 
to support his idleness ? Somebody must do it, for it is an estab¬ 
lished fact that every human life must be sustained by human la¬ 
bor. Are you willing that you and your children shall toil from 
day to day, through sun and storm, to support him and his swarm 
of worthless butter-flies, who look from their giddy height of arro¬ 
gance upon you as being nothing but a farmer. No, you are not; 
and yet you do it; and why do you do it? Because he and his 
class are united and fully organized, while you stand isolated 
alone, too weak to contend against the united strength of those 
who, taken singly, are both mentally and physically your inferiors. 
Now these are my views of the subject hastily given, (for want of 
time for preparation, and for which I should perhaps apologize, 
being my own fault,) conlusions arrived at from close observa¬ 
tion. I may have viewed the scene from perhaps a different stand¬ 
point than many of you have, from the fact that I, as most of you 
know, through my short though chequered life have been engaged 
in many different occupations; have had many opportunities for 
watching the workings of the different systems adapted to the needs 
and wants of the various callings. 
Now, in conclusion, let me say to this little club of farmers, and 
those deeply interested in everything appertaining thereto, that if 
we will take the proper interest in this matter, it will do us good— 
will do our neighbors good. True, we cannot expect to revolu¬ 
tionize the whole system of correct all the existing evils, but we 
