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Show Fanners' Educational rjTI and Co-Operative Union of America Matters " Especial Moment to 1 U I the Progressive Agriculturist The price of good crops is eternal vigilance and muscle. The productive power of the soil Is the support of all prosperity. In serving others we often serve ourselves without knowing it. Children learn to talk by imitation they learn to swear in the same way. Inferior goods cannot be sold at' a superior price under any form of cooperation. co-operation. The more we make a noise like an oyster the less trouble we shall have to overcome. The first man, the farmer, must get a fair price for his produce, else all business will languish. A run-down, weedy garden always Is the sign of an overworked woman, or a lazy man, or both. Without standardization you cannot maintain a price, either by passing a law or by co-operation. "One of the maddest men 1 ever saw was a chap who yelled loudly for a square deal and got it." Keeping the windows tightly closed to keep out the cold puts checks In the doctor's bank account. Do not join any co-operation which teaches one bunch of neighbors to hate and distrust another group. The specialist in farming is gradually gradu-ally developed from a plain farmer he doeBn't learn how in one Beason. Big business is always ready to cooperate co-operate in anything which will make better conditions for the whole country. coun-try. Hardening a child by exposing It to bad weather, or giving It taBks beyond its strength, is a species of cruelty which fattens the graveyard. Few men will admit that their wives know anything about business, but a great many will follow their advice ad-vice and then take all the credit to themselves. |