--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 8 number: 1 published: 1904-11 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Worth of the Farm Boy," *Improvement Era* 8, no. 1 (November 1904): 28.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0801unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera0801unse start_page: 28 end_page: 28 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1904-11) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0801unse publication_year: 1904 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1904, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Worth of the Farm Boy — 23 IMPROVEMENT ERA. cannot implant in the sterile soil of sectarianism the choice seeds of gospel truths, which comprehends divine authority, includes living oracles, and inculcates the principles and ordinances of everlasting life. The work of the Master is growing, directly and indirectly; the littleleaven leaveneth the whole lump. His decrees are firm; his purposes, unalterable; and none can stay his hand. Surely no one can fail to perceive that that which was spoken by the God of Israel to Isaiah, many hundred years ago, is verily true, and literally fulfilled. Said the Lord to the prophet: For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and re- turneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it (Isaiah 55: 10, 11). Truly, this great work of the latter days is " A marvelous WORK AND A WONDER.'' Salt Lake City, Utah. WORTH OF THE FARM BOY. Some folks figure out what the farm boy costs, but they do not seem to think that he is worth the raising. But he is! He brings the cows twice a day, the wood for night, and gathers the eggs when we are all tired out from the day's work. Forty times a day he hears the call, "Johnny, run and get the hammer or the auger." And he runs. He never says a word back when folks call him "Bub" and tell him how "no account" boys are. He is a great, big streak of sunshine wherever he goes all over the farm. He knows where all the hoes, axes, saws and other farm tools are. Sometimes people say he knows this because he scatters the tools around; but it is not always so. He keeps the rest of us from getting old. In short, the boy brings back two dollars where he costs a cent. If you do not believe it, just wait till he is gone and see what a hole it makes in the running of the farm. He fills a gap that no amount of money can fill. Instead of figuring how much the boy costs, I think it is a great deal better to think how much he saves. Farin Journal.