Self-Control. A Poem

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AGRICULTURE AS A*PROFESSION. 123

the purpse of the soil mulch and when should it be established? These are farm operations requiring the highest order of intelli-

gence for their successful solution. In the operation of plowing alone, the questions involved are numerous. What will be the effect on the soil moisture, on the loss or gain of plant food, on the temperature of the soil, on its storage capacity, the effect of a more thorough aeration, of a more rapid nitrification, etc? These are questions the answer for which can only be found in an intimate knowledge of the soil. Fifteen years ago, from five to twenty percent of the butter fat was lost in the skim milk, and five to ten percent more in the butter-milk. Scientific methods have been brought to bear on the handling of milk, and this loss has been almost entirely checked. In seeding grasses and cereals, in feeding live stock, in applying fertilizers to the soil, in fact, in all farm operations we have an op- portunity to adopt scientific methods, and instances are on record where the adoption of these methods has saved thousands of dol- lars to the farmer. It is hoped that in the above, sufficient evidence is presented to establish the fact that agriculture is a profession. It is worthy

of the best efforts of the brightest minds among the young men of our communities. With this thought in view, let us strive faith- fully to work in harmony with nature's mode of action, and the bars which guard the wealth of soil and the accumulation of man's toil will fly open at our bidding.

SELF-CONTROL. Check the tongue and curb the temper, When passion-storm is wont to rise; You will then defeat the Tempter And learn the joy of being wise.

Hold no malice 'gainst another, Whate'er the provocation be, Come it from a sister brother; Learn to have true charity. George W. Crocheron.