And I propose to stand for them while
I have the strength to stand for anything.
CHAPTER III
BETTER TIMES ON THE FARM
Ever since I came to have first-hand knowledge of irrigation, I have
been impressed with the peculiar advantages which surround the
irrigation rancher. The high productiveness of irrigated land, resulting
in smaller farm units and denser settlement, as well as the efficiency
and alertness of the irrigator, have combined to give the irrigated
regions very high rank among the most progressive farming communities of
the world. Such rural communities as those of the irrigated West are
useful examples for the consideration of regions in which life is more
isolated, has less of the benefits of cooeperation, and generally has
lacked the stimulus found in irrigation farming.
The object of education in general is to produce in the boy or girl,
and so in the man or woman, three results: first, a sound, useful, and
usable body; second, a flexible, well-equipped, and well-organized mind;
alert to gain interest and assistance from contact with nature and
cooeperation with other minds; and third, a wise and true and valiant
spirit, able to gather to itself the higher things that best make life
worth while.
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