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Show MUCH PLEASURE AND PROFIT FOR MODERN BUSINESS MAN Should Takf Lesson From Hook of Experience and Divide Time Between Labor find Recreation Great Many Englishmen Not Only Successful In Com merclal Life, Hut is Breeders and FarmerSt mr ca pta in a. ii. WAr)i)i:i.L.) If the business uieuof our town end cltlt'i would but take a lesson from the book of experience, and In-Btead In-Btead of sitting with their shoulders bent over their city desks, with their noses to the grludstone all day, and their brulna lu a whirl all night, and divide their time sensibly between labor la-bor and recreutlon, they would not only And Infinitely more pleasure In amassing wealth during business houra, but would be far more capable In ao doing, for the elmple reaaon that tbey would be In better health, coikII tlon and fitness. In Great llrltaln a very large per centage of the aucrraaful bualneaa men of that country are not only prominent In the commercial world, but are noted breedera and farmer. They divide their time between their business places In the cities, and their homes and farms In the country, where they take up breeding of some kind aa a pastime, or go In for farming pure and simple If their tastes tend In that dl rectlon. If their tastes lead them towards the pleasurable and profitable field of breeding, they select a certain breed of horses, or one of the splendid breeds of cattle, sheep or awlne, and although U racy and wealthy landed proprietors, proprie-tors, and which was In days gone by, the foundation upon which the wonderful breeding Industry of Great Britain was laid, and which lias now made that country far and away the greatest breeding nation In the world. Nowadays in that country, and for many yea's past, wealthy business men have taken up this Interesting and profitable pursuit and pleasure until un-til these great merchants are In many cases running the nobility and large Id n d owners n done race for premier position. And why Is It? Firstly, because be-cause It Is one of the most delightful, interesting and fascinating pastimes that anyone can take up. Secondly, because be-cause they have no difficulty In disponing dis-poning of their pedigreed stock, and thirdly, and perhaps most Important of all, because they find that not only Is their healih vastly Improved, but that they are more able and capable of undertaking un-dertaking great business affairs. It Is only too clear and apparent to the man who has lived In both countries, coun-tries, who knows both people, and Is familiar with the habits and custom of each; that where the Wall street man for Instance la an old man at forty, the London man of the same calling Is a young one at sixty. These ' .'.. ' . . i ' , .. tf . . Slit ' J ; A Profitable Flock. they may or may not go In for eltbeia Dn a large scale, they always commence com-mence with the right kind of parent Mock, and pursue their profitable pleasure not only along approved scientific lines, but on practical and enslble ones aa well. They do not overburden themselves with stock, but what they buy la the best that can be procured, and their operations are conducted In such a way aa to suit their purses and their holdings. Their first ambition aeema to be to breed stock on their own farms that j they ran exhibit at the local shows ml beat their neighbors who are trying try-ing to beat them. This brings about a spirit of good-natured rivalry that In tormer years was confined to the arls- uXacts are well worthy the careful con alderatlon of American business men particularly as there Is a lot of monei to be made In the occupation. Farm for Poultry. The farm is the Ideal place foi growing all kinds of poultry for meat and eggs. Good poultry can be reared and made to produce In close quar ters of city and suburban lots. Hut with poultry, as with human beings the free air and. sun of tbe rountrj are what rnakea the rich red bloo and general hardy qualities thai n.ake for the highest good In the end The farmer who keeps better poultry or the best. Is on the right road t a paying business. |