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Show Farmers, Educational (Tn and Co-Operative Union of America Matters if Especial Moment to I I the Progressive Agriculturist From flies and filth to food and fever. Measles in school is like Are In tall grass. Nothing goes very right until something some-thing goes dead wrong. Joy riders are usually in the soup when the auto turns turtle. It's a long, long road to success by the slam-your-neighbor route. The truth we hate the most is the truth that hits us the hardest. If men had the house cleaning to do most of them would live in hotels. The faith that removes mountains finds dynamite a most helpful partner. What and where were last year's losses? Cannot their repetition he avoided? It is a loss of time and a waste of breath and energy to argue politics and religion. A course in an agricultural school is not absolutely necessary in sowing a crop of wild oats. Smoking or chewing tobacco is a bad habit. Tobacco is not a food but an expensive luxury. Laziness is a progressive disease, and when it strikes in on a farmer it I is shown in farm and home. j Every man has enemies, latent though they be; but he can get away from all but the secret liar. The weight of woe may be only the toe-weight needed to normalize the pace and regulate the running gear. I No man knows all there is to be known about farming let us all get together and learn from each other. Something is wrong in our marketing market-ing system when a small crop brings more money than a bountiful one. Co-operation between practical farmers and proficient business men will eliminate ignorance and prejudice. |
