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Show A FEW THOUGHTS FOR THE SONS OF FARMERS AND FRUIT GROWERS. ; Wc take the following article from the annual report of the Cororadc State Board of Horticulture, which was written by Thornton White. ', Sonic one has wisely said that "the farm is the best security wc have for the training and development of young men, who arc to. make the in- tcllcctual force and the moral strength of our community life. It will be ' more than unfortunate if farm life should from any -cause lose its attrac- 1 tions f.or our young men and its mon- i cy profits as well. "The best possibilities for the next fifty years arc to come from the homes on the farms. The farm gives ; ' vigor to the body, great moral strength to the character, and scicn- ' tific research for the mind, all being important elements that enter into the building of men who arc to meet the general dcmaiids of the highest , citizenship." What arc some of the conditions ' that exist today? The answer is simply sim-ply this: Our young men arc leaving . Uje, farms and orchards of our forefathers fore-fathers and seeking employment in our cities, on our railroads, in our smelters or manufactories, of one sort or another. This to me is a serious question, both for 5ur young men and for our farming and horti- 1 culture. If this state of affairs con tinues for any lenghty period, the re-I re-I suit will be less dignified citizenship and a great and irreparable loss to our farming and horticultural interests. inter-ests. The widest and most useful field that I know of today for many 1 Of our farmer boys is on the farm and in the orchard. Even now there is a great demand for technical and practical prac-tical men in farming and fruit growing, grow-ing, These two industries arc the vory ba'ckbonc of our nation, and we cannot afford to let them be a secondary sec-ondary consideration. The time was whqn it was thought, "Well, I guess Ave will have to make a farmer of John as he docs not seem fitted for Anything else." Not so today; these industries are calling for the very best bnains of the country. The young man of this day, who properly fns himself for scientific farming and horticulture, hor-ticulture, need not look long for a good position, for there is one wait-jug wait-jug now for the right man. I think horticulture in Colorado is only in its infancy. Thousands of acres of vir- gin soil in many sections will grow fine fruit if wc only get water on it, plant our orchards and give them proper attention. I predict that many large orchards will be put out in the not far distant future ,by men of capital. These men will want men of brains, bnawn and of practical experience ex-perience in horticulture to superintend superin-tend these orchards and vnaka them a paying investment. Where shall these men come from? Not from our railroads, o.Tices, stores or shops, but if supplied at all they must come from the young men of our farms xnd M orchards. M Boys, stick to the old fnrm and pre M pare yourselves for another step higu- lk cr on the farm ladder, by aihvnys do- fl ing your work in the best possible H 'manner, H |