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Show 1 Farmers' Educational I I and Co-0p.?rative Union of AmericaJ in " " I ' i Matten Especial Moment to l ' I 1 the Progressiva Agriculturist The gasoline engine Is solving the labor problem on the farm. The pessimist Is the man who sees id only the nubbins In the cornfield, t- A farmer who cau not learn any-from any-from bis neighbor will soon go to seed. n The straight and narrow path Is not " always lined with the most attractive , scenery. '() Not enough of us have learned that I, farming Is a business, not hopeless drudgery. d The townspeople who burn up the d country roads with their motor cars if may expert to be roasted by the farm-i, farm-i, ers. A dally bath, a rough towel and an hour's walk In the open, will take Che kinks out of a dyspeptic quicker tb.au a doctor's prescription. ' Contrast your homo surroundings with those of your town friends of less tin una. If the comparison Is tint favorable favor-able to you, you are at fault. Quail should be coaxed to breed on the farm. When several fine coveys pect of good shooting Is fine, then permit nobody to Ore a gun on tbe place! Che man who can make two bills of potatoes grow with the labor that was once expended on one Is almost as great a benefactor as tbe "two-blade-o' grass" man. The man who spends bis time sit-; sit-; ting on a nail keg at tbe grocery store ranks as a producer along with tbe ben that sits on a doorknobonly tbe I ben Is honest In her Intentions. The automobile is no longer regarded regard-ed as a luxury on the farm, but one of tbe most economical and useful things lu farm use. It saves the use ot horses In busy times, and all times, eats noth- In when not In use, pulls as much as ' a double team, can, In a pinch, turn . Implement from a grindstone to tbe silage cutter, will carry the family to town in one-quarter the time the team will do it, and with less ci re than a pair of horses require will last ten years. |
