Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26483
Notes:
Pages 437-447 in Zachary Michael Jack (ed.), Love of the land: essential farm and conservation readings from an American Golden Age, 1880-1920. Cambria Press, Youngstown, New York. 463 pages., From a 1918 book by Galpin, Rural life. (pages 261-276)
Author uses the career of a musician to emphasize the value of determining what part of your writing talent is unique, then "carefully create the best possible surroundings for that talent to grow and flourish."