The end of it all is, that I am perfectly satisfied with my experiment.

My boys, in caring for these dumb creatures, have become unselfish and thoughtful.
They had rather go to school without their own breakfast than have the inmates of the stable go hungry.

They are getting a humane education, a heart education, added to the intellectual education of their schools.
Then it keeps them at home.

I used to be worried with the lingering about street corners, the dawdling around with other boys, and the idle, often worse than idle, talk indulged in.

Now they have something to do, they are men of business.