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Show Farmers Educational "nj and Co-Operative Union of America Matters tf-Especial Moment to I I the Progressive Agriculturist A crafty fellow never has any peace. Necessity is a powerful weapou. Beneca. Fast men and fast rivers are often hallow. Praise Is Louest sometimes; Mattery Mat-tery never is. A diplomat never kicks at the cur that barks at his heels. Idlers spend their time going nowhere no-where and coming back. Doubt Is an expert at weaving barbed-wire obstructions. There is more hot air used by politicians poli-ticians than by aeronauts. Feeling sorry for a friend in hard L:ok is the average man's limit. Live stock of choice breeding is now a formidable rival of King Cotton. Philosophy will even help some men to endure the trials of matrimony. No boy who is given a share in his product ever voluntarily left the farm. More wives would respect their husbands hus-bands if they were not so well acquainted. ac-quainted. Success is not measured by the style displayed by a man's wife and daughters. No home Is complete without a flower and vegetable garden, no matter mat-ter how small. A man is always dead sure he is right whenever the decision affects his own pocketbook. After a man has passed the critical stage of his illness he begins to worry about his doctor's bill. When a boastful marksman misses the center, see him solemnly examine the sights on the gun. A woman never gets over feeling resentful re-sentful toward the man she would have married had he only asked her. Farming is as difficult to learn properly prop-erly as a trade. However, it can be made more alluring. That depends altogether upon the teacher. Give a boy a pig to take care of, a dozen hens and a plot of ground, and if he is worth shucks he will have the time of his life and gain in health and strength. |