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Show Farmers' Educational rTn and Co-Operative Union of America Matters jf Especial Moment to I I the Progressive Agriculturist Any fool can waste it takes a wise man to save. A grouch is one who prefers vinegar to cream for tain coffee. Success in this life is not always measured by the dollar sign. It is often easier to deliver the goods than to collect the pay for the act. For the evils of our Christian civilization civili-zation suppose we try Christianity. Complaining is a habit that drives many a man to drink or wife-beating. Every excess carries its own retribution; retribu-tion; every moderation its own measure meas-ure of happiness. It is possible fcr one to be nervous during a thunderstorm and not be such an awful sinner. Every man's family owes him, in return re-turn for the best home he can provide, its loyalty and love. Give the wind-bag a chance and he wi'l blow up. Then when the dust settles set-tles he cannot be found. Happiness costs nothing, and is worth everything. Why not use It liberally throughout 1915? Every farmer ought to have a deep Interest in politics, but not one of us ever should be a politician. When it comes to the ills of mankind, man-kind, imagination will supply almost everything save a broken leg. One of the live problems for farr-i clubs to consider is: "Why should not our club establish a brand for itt goods?" Because the population in this country coun-try tends to overrun the food supply, it means an everlasting hustling if we get food enough. Speaking quite seriously, warm feet are as essential to our well-being as warm hearts and frequently they indicate in-dicate the latter. Start out 1915 with a well-laid-out plan for the year's farming operations. Plan to establish a systematic crop rotation and stick to it. Doing things the harder way just to show one's muscle is one of the many reasons why the farm boy decides de-cides to become a clerk in the city. Sometimes unsatisfactory conditions surrounding the co-operative creamery arise from working the butter too little, lit-tle, and the buttermaker too much. Co-operation working together is coming because we are being driven to it. We work together in harvesting and threshing. Let us also work together to-gether in money matters selling crops, buying machinery, food and clothing. |