Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-05-10

4 in which ne sought the uhuehiytuk PttHet-
pies OF Whatsoever he touched. He had
tract OF land out there in the country
where be lived, employing his brother to
cultivate IT and also to raise poultry.
SIT would be more accurate to say that
he employed his brother to do the work.
| For he carefully supervised the place him
| self, and the same research and system OF
accounting which he learned in the Office
he applied to his little farm. He took
standard paper on agriculture and tried so
faithfully to follow its precepts that the
editor came down to see him and study
| the results.
81 tried to buy eggs from him. They
were neatly cased in paper boxes, holding
dozen each and bearing his name EN-
bossed upon the cover. II was impossible
| to obtain them, however, because Boston
dealer took them all at price Ave cents
dozen above the market, and insisted
upon having the entire product of his
! farm.
| sOne day he brought to me some rasp-
! berries of such enormous size and in such
perfect condition that in ten minutes l
was offered an advance over the price paid.
, He continued his Office work all this time,
! but his employer confided to me that AT
/, fred had reached his limit, that II would
be utterly impossible for him ever to as
sumo the direction OF that agency.
| "How little did the manager understand
him. The manager died. Three men. ex-
perienced in the same line OF business,
sought that agency; and they sought it in
vain. Alfred had attended to that possi-
bility long before. During his vacations
for several years he had visited head
quarters at New York. The agency was
| given to him. He organized it into COM
pany, and in the very first year be
| doubled its business.
"He turned the little farm now over to
his brother, and then marrying q girl Of
his early acquaintance, he moved into the
city.
"But the charm and the poetry OF that
country life were upon them both. The
city offered no superior attractions for
him. He had seen the science OF business
applied to the soil as well as to the count
ing room. He had seen the marvellous
response OF nature to intelligent investi-
CATION and ell-directed effort.
"They are drawing nearer togeather, the
city and the farm. The country is develop
ing in interest. Its roads are slowly i'm
proving, its opportunities OF intercom-
municstion increase. The direct postal
delivery and the telephone are privileges
which ii shares with the city. The cleo
trio road revives and ampliies the work OF
the picturesque old stage coach, and the
automobile appears upon the horizon. In
addition to its usual purpose, the automo-
bile may yet compete with the city in the
dreams and ambitions of the farmer boy;
and it haAthe advantage OF being an in
centive that need not OF necessity attract
him from his homeland.
'That the automobile is occupying the
mind OF our country youth, can person.
ally testify. Say said q small boy ss be
sat upon lumber pile and watched the
cleaning OF . car among the northern
hills; T've got my automobile all
picked out. It's going to be q red one.
How much do you 'spose I've got saved up
for itf'
''As he was only seven years old, / did
not set the figure very high. %, Ave dol
lars ventured.
swell, no." said he thoughtfuliy; Il
haven't got so much - that; but I've
saved . dollar and fifteen cents
"Dear little chap! He WAS not dreaming
OF achievements in distant lands. He
was going to bring the great world to him
and he had dollar and fifteen cents for q
beginning. Who knows but his genera
tion may see an easier realization OF such
dreamsf
81 have sat and listened in wonder to
our government and college educators a.
they expounded the way in which modern
agricultural science arrives at costs and
efficiency in the production OF an article
as well as aiming at the highest degree OF
excellence.
mo wonder that the number OF pupils
in the agricultural department OF our col
leges is increasing. The figures OF Cornell
university were recently published, and
the great gain Of pupils in these depart
ments for 1910 over the previous year was
convincing evidence OF the growing In
terest in the farm.
1.-THE science OF agriculture may well be-
come one Of the most fascinating pursuits
Of man. And each thing that . board Of
trade can do to lift 1t to its proper place,
to hold the attention of our country
youths to it and to turn the attention Of
'our city youths in the same direction, will
aid them both and be OF inestlmable SER
vice to the State. The country cannot
hurt the city by legislation or otherwise
without hurting itself. The city cannot
neglect the country without neglscting an
opportunity. Together they make up
the State and their relations are closely
intertwined. Nay, the city has the very
roots Of its growth in the country; and
this being 90, its boards Of trade should
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