Show STAY ON THE FARM W 11 alcoulie editor of tho the virginia news petersburg virginia has haa a proposal that deserves wide attention it la Is elm plo and it Is important and tho the crux of it Is why not keep farm boys boya on farina in pursuing his proposal ho he asks 27 pregnant questions lions concerning the trend ot of young inon away from the farm and tho the possible ways waya 0 of reversing its direction it Is certainly obvious that boys boya who have been reared un lanna farina lind and have been been intimately associated with tile tho craft or agriculture since infancy aro are boat best equipped to make tho the farmers of tomorrow and it ta equally true that those these boys boya have boon been marching to the cities in armies for a great many years im belled by tho the hope of making their fortune lit in ft a ufa life of which they know little or nothing in the years following tho the war tills this away front from tho the farm drift added hundreds ot of thousands ol of boys to the urban population and ami who when tho the depression dePrOss lOll calo it was waa ati all important factor in ili cauling tho the worst unemployment situation in ill our history moat alost of the boys boya had never learned any trade especially well they took any old job they could find and it was waa usually of a sort requiring little skill and tie no training or aptitude they were tho the first to bo be lot let out when production slowed they aro are likely to be tho the last taken back wo we have appropriated millions tor for agricultural rollel relief and created great fT federal leral organizations to administer it certainly it would be worth while as aa editor Al cOutre says to go to tile tho root of the farm problem and giva part of tile the money and effort to evolving a plan to enable yung men to stay on oil the farm and become self belt supporting citizens doing tills this would prevent overpopulation over population of urban centers tend to mitigate employment drob loins lenis and as mr mcguire says fits in perfectly with the 1 lions aid to provide a solid eco 1 foundation tor fur our country j |