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Show FARM BOYS', FUTURE. For a good many years various writers have seemed to be worried because farm boys leave the farms to seek their fortunes in the towns and cities, as if the farm boy had not the same right to choose his career as other boys. There would be as much logic in asserting that the son of a coal miner, min-er, for instance, should never aepire to be anything but a coal miner. Of course, if a farm boy has no ambition to acquire ah education, or no desire to enter business or, a profession, pro-fession, or is not Willing to' apply himself to learning' a skilled trade, he had better stay on the farm. Without With-out seme sort of practical- education he would be worse off in a town or city than in the country, and would probably have to accept the lot of a common laborer. But for the intelligent ad energetic ener-getic farm boy who can oitain an education it cannot be dented that the towns and cities afford wider opportunities. op-portunities. In fact, many of ihe leaders lead-ers in every field of endeevtor came originally from humble farmt homes. While most of the trades and professions pro-fessions are crowded toctay, farming is also overdene. More farm products pro-ducts are produced than ran be marketed mar-keted at a profit over the cost of production. Whenever the demand equals the supply we shall sec better prikes for agricultural products, aii we' s'.'iall also see people, young and old, going back to the farms. But until th,t time comes the farm boy should be encouraged to enter any vocatio n for which his talents and education fit him. ! It may be added that there are right no excellent opportun Ttii s on the farms of the country foir boys who will study and apply mdern agricultural ag-ricultural methods, but tl future holds little in store for this indolent and shiftless, on the farm, or .anywhere .any-where else. - , |