THE REASON OF THINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20421, 25 November 1929, Page 5

THE REASON OF THINGS.

KNOWING AND NOT KNOWING.

If a person were to inquire as to why certain men become students of their business, .ho would find that they lay groat stress on the importance of knowing the reason of things, comments Hoard's Dairyman. The difference between the successful and unsuccessful dairy farmer is generally that one knows the reason of things he is trying to do and the other does not. If we take so simple an example as supplying the cow with all the pure water she needs, reason tells us that about seveneighths of all milk is water; that the more milk a cow yields, the more water she must drink; that if she is not furnished with this water in a way that she can get it without too much exertion, she will go without it, to our most evident injury; that if in winter the water is too cold, the cow will not drink the amount of water she really needs for our profit. All these things or conditions belong to the reason of things, or the absolute naturo of the cow in her relation to water.

If we note how many farmers violate this established reason of things, we can see how little St>me of them know and understand the nature of the cow or the nature of the very profit they are seekiug. A humorous old Scotchman once sai,d that the reason why there were so many poor dairy farmers was because th'oy had a sori of lazy faith in the Lord. " They think or hopo," he said, " that He will somehow make up for whatever they fail to do." " Oh," ho added, "we aro a trusting lot." Come to think of it, there is a great deal in the kind of faith wo have in Providence, but we must look into the reason of things if we are to be greats students of our business and secure the success that wo all desire.