Farm echoes . that is generously enriched will be generous in itsyield. Like its divine Master, it loveth a cheerfulgiver. It is quite true that there-are sermons instones. The earth too is a sermonizer of no mean preaching is thoroughly practical and Paul listened to its teachings, for did he not echothe voice of nature when he told the Corinthians that He who soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and FARM ECHOES. 107 he who soweth bountifully shall reap also farming in New England cannot be made remuner-ative, where did the many farmers
Farm echoes . that is generously enriched will be generous in itsyield. Like its divine Master, it loveth a cheerfulgiver. It is quite true that there-are sermons instones. The earth too is a sermonizer of no mean preaching is thoroughly practical and Paul listened to its teachings, for did he not echothe voice of nature when he told the Corinthians that He who soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and FARM ECHOES. 107 he who soweth bountifully shall reap also farming in New England cannot be made remuner-ative, where did the many farmers who are well-off finan-cially get their money ? Some of them, doubtless, regretithat they have not kept their funds in their legitimatebusiness, by continuing to improve their lands and mak-ing them yet more profitable, rather than invest in out-side securities which have proved disastrous—investmentsof which they knew nothing definitely, but which theyhoped would yield a large return. They have discovered. MAKING A MOUND OF STONES. to their sorrow that the bulls and bears in those citymenageries called Stock Exchanges, are far more dan-gerous animals than are the country ones which they cancontrol without foreign aid. What better investment cana farmer have than corn stalks and plow shares?If it paid to clear a portion of the farm, why notmake yet further improvements and get a larger returnfrom it ? Farms do not clear themselves. At least I knowof none that have done so, nor do I know of any super-human aid that will do the work, although I believe thatour globe revolves. One farmer cannot be convinced of 108 FARM ECHOES. this. His is an unusually rocky farm, and he insists thatif the earth did go round, and his farm ever gotbottom side up, there would be a great rattling of stonesbelow, and that he rather guessed he would be savedthe trouble of getting any more stones off his land. The surplus stones on Echo Farm are packed intoravines, and covered with earth. When there
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