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which she may find time to cultivate the higher and nobler attri¬ 
butes of her nature. 
“ Tis ours to guard a sacred trust, 
We shape a heaven-born plan, 
The noble purpose wise and just, 
To aid our fellow man. 
Too long have Avarice and Greed, 
With coders running o’er, 
Brought sorrow and distress and need 
To labor’s humble door. 
A royal road to plan and power 
Have rank and title been, 
We herald the auspicious hour 
When honest Worth may win. 
Let every heart and hand unite 
In the benignant plan; 
The noble purpose just and right, 
To aid our fellow man. 
From Maine to California’s slope 
Resound the Reaper’s song, 
We come to build the nation’s hope 
To slay the giant wrong.” 
THE DAIRY—A CHAT WITH THE FARMERS. 
BY CHARLES SEYMOUR, LA CROSSE. 
Now for a free and easy chat about butter and cheese. In my 
frequent journeys between the East and the West, the conviction 
has been forced upon me that our western farmers are working at 
great disadvantage as compared with farmers at the East, in respect 
to products for, and access to, market; and it seems the evil can be 
partly remedied by reducing the bulk and by increasing the value 
of agricultural products. A ton of good wheat in the valley of the 
upper Mississippi is worth nearly thirty dollars. A ton of good 
cheese is worth nearly two hundred and fifty dollars. A ton of 
good butter is worth about six hundred dollars. The wheat crop 
is as uncertain as the wheat market is fickle. Fluctuations in pro- 
