Show J Pursuit of Happiness I ISmart I Smart Agriculture Presents t Cure for Human Problems Jl By HT Hubbard Hoover and andy y Ia I abo Hoover Hoo Z and Isabelle i p Dear eAr Hubbard I Silas Is our neighbor with the S f ovule fields fields' and well-kept well build- build his prosperity doesn't gs s. s But cep him from constant worry bout abOut something his farm his His family or the next election ejection m is never a at t rest rest We were Wing e against the pigpen and W was scratching the back of BU the nearest pig with a stick y Next year Im I'm going to let Jet my lie fallow fallow- he said said- mouth uth field In In a sense Silas has nas aPP appointed I my guardian to steer me in inthe inthe the ways WaY a of country and village life But I 1 have hopes of at doing a abit albit pit bit of steering too What's That's the use being village schoolmaster un- un nf of lIeu fees I do a little job of adult edu edu- nation when I get the chance to 1150 So youre you're going to rest that field I said It U looks like a good goodfield field fi ld to me Ii Rest Pays I It It It 1 is il a good field he answered rout Abut it needs some fertilizer a I od cover crop and some rest It Iti I i aS to rest a field and build it up up ame me M u jt it t Pays to rest a stron strong work cork horse it I Or a man I ventured 4 Maybe I dunno And Silas to if rive give me a shrewd glance see he lie was committing himself too far Mighty few men overwork them- them many of my neighbors Silas measures a mans man's worth en- en ely on manual labor standards He Ee likes lUces to give me sly digs rei re- re i inding me that teaching school too hard on a fellows fellow's back Silas I said its too bad we ont cant letot let our minds rest for a year Jear year ot so let so-let let them lie fallow It might b bi good for us as well as for the fields ti fi I doubt it it Silas said Folks jet let lazy doing nothing ij uI itI I dont don't mean a man should do nothing I went on usually worse than doing too much He emphatic approval it to rest field say pays pas a Silas ilas Ill I'll wager that many of our personal problems would solve themselves if we would just let them them lie fallow for a season in- in of constantly fumbling at them p Silas looked interested and thoughtfully dug behind the pigs pig's ear with the stick sUck The pig grunted gratefully And Good Deeds Some of ot our problems might be washed away by the rain A Afew Afew Afew few might be blotted out by the winter snow Others might be crowded out by a good cover crop of doing things for other people I I could see Silas looking at me out of the corner of his eye Fertilizer Fertilizer Fertilizer Fer will do a lot for a field he said and glanced up to the hill to see if it the wind was changing but it takes rest and time to build it up Sure it does I put in and it takes time to build up a mans man's mind when Its It's all run down from worry If Ie he would just let his problems alone for a couple of months he would have new energy to tackle them and he might be surprised to find that many of them had disappeared You mean they would disappear with the weather Silas a asked ked with a smile as he dug behind the pigs pig's other ear You may be right schoolmaster you may be right Silas is a character I like him and I can see that he likes me mo in spite of my vocation You must meet him next time you are up Your country cousins Rex n Ann Copyright 1948 1945 Hubbard Hoover |