Show jour 0 reszo rk what shall it lr de be I 1 it I 1 FARMER ff 8 p g ile not t the traditional tort sort but p the scientific farmer the man jt who Is in equipped to enjoy a free ft vj and prosperous proui life how your y boy can get the education of a 4 vi scientific farmer for nothing or y V next to nothing state and 4 y federal government anxious to K help the boy who wants to mator mastor y the new farming the reva K wards of farming by modern Vs y methods method f BY C W JENNINGS ONT turn up your sour nose when a friend suggests that tha t you encourage your boy to take up farming for his lifework I 1 know that a farmer farmar has teen been looked upon as an unkempt illiterate awkward poor struggling creature without hope ot of reward for the utmost self denial and planning with buildings and grounds and machinery find and horses mortgaged wife overworked and children forced to remain out of school to help at farm work nothing but toll toil and poverty it if such conditions ever really existed generally among uncle sams tillers of the soil foil which Is extremely doutt doubtful ful they have departed for agriculture nowadays Eow adaya Is king it has taken a long time to bring it about but the farmer ot of today has every opportunity to be the most hobt independent and self respecting citizen of this country dont object that you cant afford to pay hla his way through college though for that matter any ambitious boy can work his way through college without a cent from home and it la Is particularly crusy en sy to do so BO la in agricultural colleges for the tha most moat earnest effort of colleges all over the united states state a these days Is to help FL a boy become proficient in agriculture It really eally it Is IB fur far easier to be a scientific farmer than the other kind t A recent letter from D J crosby government specialist in agricultural education to the writer contained this ibis nearly every state agricultural college in the united states makes sonie some provision for reaching the young man who cannot secure a college education several of these institutions offer cor courses and reading courses in agriculture nearly every one of them Is engaged in farmers carmera tar mera institute work or in conducting movable le schools 0 of o agriculture or short winter courses at the college or at aacen places in different parts ot of tho the state so great has hag been the impetus in education for the former farmer that there are COO institutions giving instruction in agriculture these include nearly 70 colleges colleg ca normal schools schoola high schools and academies corresponding and reull ns courses in 15 states 16 15 el eroen emen tary schools and over so 80 tor for negroes and indians agricultural colleges proper which anre maintained in all tho the states give a full college course generally bostow bestow ing the degree of bachelor of science rind graduates bra are fitted tor for the most moat difficult and advanced problems of any character in fit agricultural lines but so BO great la Is the demand for or instructors that most moat graduates take up pro probes fes adonal work or as teachers instead of becoming actual tanners farmers it if tor for some reason your boy cant so go to college col leee still every opportunity Is open tor for him to get all the education and training that he can find time for to 70 quote from one ona ot of the government bulletins bullet lna for those these engaged in agricultural occupations the tanners dairymen arid and fruit growers and their sons and daughters who are to leave home during the busy seasons tho the winter courses have been or gan izod those courses carry in length from a week to twelve weeks they are in most cases severely practical they reenter center around the judging pavilion the lat laboratory oratory the dairy and the cheese room with lectures and read laza to supplement the the nature ot these theae courses Is even more imore varied than their length of term they offer courses in general agrical including more or less thorough instruction in plant production animal husbandry dalr dalry yIng ln poultry culture domestic Bu lence agronomy bee culture forestry beet sugar production farm mechanics botany bacteriology and entomology there are also a large number ot of practicum courses and lecture courses which are confined to a dinglo line ot of practice such auch as cereal judging stock judging und end the de st ruction U of noxious insects the rhe pedal winter courses are the utility lity courses important because of use the influence ol of present praet too on tatums practice and present practice Is sure to lave hare a powerful influence on uie tb young people who are ard to be the future tar farmer mers and on the quality of mall oil farm machinery and domestic domos llo animals with which these thene young people pl will lavo lave to do when they take charge of farms arms and finally there are the summer schools for teachers and the one year aad t affo artar normal courses in all of 0 which nature study and elementary agriculture are important features these special anil and extended courses are generally given with only a slight tl it any chargo charge for tuition and entrance examinations aro are riot not required so great has baa been tas recognition ot of the tha importance of agriculture that in nearly all states it la Is taught in tho the common schools ec bools A typical four year high school agricultural course includes such subjects subject a as study of the beeda of grosses grasses grains and vegetables tables methods of preventing and eradicating di weeds phy physical features ol of the soil their composition and behavior under different treatments different dl types of solla soils and their characteristics acte constituents ol of solla soils and effects of rotation of crops and different systems of farming breeding feeding care and judging of 0 law swine ine horses and cattle principles of fruit growing location and climate tillage fertilizing planting diseases insects spraying pruning etc another important phase of present day agricultural education Is the farm era institutes of which over are held annually under state or SOY gor eminent auspices running from rom one to several days in duration they talc take up a great variety of subjects which fit the particular needs of the locality where they are held attendance li Is a always free the government department of 0 IL agriculture gri culture stands ready to assist farmers in every way it can even to the extent of sending experts to their farms when these experts are within reaching distance often this Is dono don without any expense to the farmers far mera it if the question raised Is one of general importance it if the farmers question can be answered by correspondence ot 01 by sending a publication the expert doos does not go to visit him it if the inquiry inquire relates to some new problem of general importance the expert goes to tho tb farmer just to show what can be achieved by a man that la Is determined to bo be a scientific farmer note this A man who has followed the ministry and was wai ordered by hla his physician to get into an a outdoor it occupation used his sayings and a mortgage to acquire 15 acres acrea and a few cows cowa in pennsylvania the tha land worth much and bo h know knew nothing about farming arming b bt q he ti got into communication with ea tural and dairy experts lit in Wash tirton and did things as they aboy shou 1 be b done in light of modern scientific methods at tho the end ot of three years he had 30 blooded cows was waa employing four men the year round had paid on of the tha mortgage and was clearing 2001 2000 a year from the sale male ot of cows calves and farm arm products ile he raised from these 15 acres more rood food than hla his 30 cows consumed though it to li hold held by dairy farmers dinners generally that thai usually two acres are needed for on ond cow and for one acre to furnish sum dent sustenance Is rare perhaps your boy it is ia sato safe to say a after learning that he need tc be the traditional clodhopper because lie he la Is a farmer but can be as cultured a gentleman as anybody else will not protest when he discovers that you have the farm farin in mind for him after he be liaa has got all the education hi h feels he can afford he reaches the leni of 0 how to get a tarm farm there Is no end of avenues ile he can go to work to flit up his fathers farm as most would probably do or can get a jol job as form farm hand for or a neighbor who will pay him 10 to 20 a month and board ito iio can save at least three fourths ol of this anti and by the end of two years 01 so BO can make first payment on a tract of land somewhere i mostly any sturdy young man can cef ik a job on a farm the requirements are so obvious anti anil simple but with the training he be has had he will probably have a situation offered ferel ot him or another avenue will be opened up some time before hoIe ha reaves avea school the more mora schooling along scientific agricultural lines he can get tho the mor competent he will be ot of course and the more clearly will he ha be able to outline tho the future numerous well trained young men are employed as ten denta dents on large farms farma or find dud their openings 0 in resuscitating so ao called exhausted farms arms it your boy should wish to gowert a postal card nent ment to the reclamation service ot of the department of the in perlor will bring how to acquire irrigated land where tha th problem ot at rainfall does not exist for 30 an acre in ten annual payment pay ments without w interest and at the sams same tints he will have even closer operation cooperation co ot of government experts anyhow your boys boy place as a eclen title tanner farmer will be au an enviable one particularly as aa nowadays owing to tc improvements in all lines ot of activity very every farm in a populated section cao can have its own ou telephone and running water and trolley lines hoes that will tako tak your boy to tho the city la in a 9 short time will run by hla his door or nearby and the farmer that knows his business busl neni and succeeds to t always the one his bli neighbors delight to honor whether ta M elect him president ot of the local grange or alliance or to send him to the login lexis lature copyright 1010 by the U ua arary press apte |