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Show THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO GO BACK ON THE FARM In tho current Issuo of Farm and Fircsldo appears tho following Interesting Inter-esting nccount of tho kind of people who go bnck on tho farms: "Tho government nsked nbout 45,300 crop correspondents somo tlmo ngo to find out tho history of tho city folks who wont bnclc on tho fnrm Here nro the main c'nsscs: "1 . Small tradesmen who gavo up a hopoless Btrugglo In nn overdone retail business nnd seek In tho conn try n small farm whoro tho cost of living Is chenpor nnd whoro a mnro Independent existenco can bo main tallied. "2 Merchants who fnlled In business busi-ness nnd who seek tho fnrm to escape es-cape tho misciinnccs of employment. "3. Mechanics, school tenchers, tnll ors, e'erks, nntl sawmill men who seek agriculture nn prefcrnblo to uncertain un-certain bustnoss employment. "It Is Infrequent for a city born man to becomo a farmer. Usually tho men who give up city occupations occupa-tions to rpturn to tho farm lived on farms In boyhood. "A Inrgc part of those who return nro farruors sons who havo been lured lur-ed from tho fnrm by the falao prom lso ot high wngos but who subsoriuont. ly lenrn that tho cost of living In tho city Is high and that tho monoy rnto of wages In tho city Is deceptive. decep-tive. These young men often return when thoy find they have mado no headway In tho city. Hotlrcd farm-eiB farm-eiB also, who moved to town with tho expectation of spending tho rest of their lives there hnvo In ninny cases found town life short of their expoc-. tntlona nnd hnvo returned to fnrniB.J "Lastly, there are tho agricultural colonies mado up to n lnrgo extent of foreigners who hud formerly been farmers in their nntlvo country nnd who welcomed opportunity to colo-nlzo colo-nlzo our farms." -mm m m m |