Show strong and rather reliable alghi thrown on subject by professor bailey of cornell professor leon H bailey of cornell uni university universe versi ty has been conducting some inquiries as to why boys leave the farm which throw a strong and rather reliable light upon this much discussed question lie he addressed a circular letter to all stu students dents of cornell cornel who he had hac reason to believe n were are born in the coun try among the replies received were from poisons bred on tho the farm and planning to leave it ft these assigned some reasons why iby they were leaving the farm the same being roughly classified as follon follows question of financial re reward ard question of physical labor ay as question of social and intel intellectual le canal idsall 78 miscellaneous handicaps handi aps raps 41 professor Pio fessor bailey summaries as follows it Is easy to say that this finan cial is due to poor ual farming but it is a question whether a good part is not due to cause that go further and deeper than this farming is iii virtually dually the only great series of occupations that is unorganized 1 uncontrolled except as it is dominated by natural laws ans of commerce and the arbitrary limitations imposed by organization in other business the replies of these serious minded youths should also set evera thought ful person Non wondering dering what is to be the place of the farmer in the social scheme of things and whether the he present trend is doing him complete justice about 17 per cent of the replies considered that the farmer has distinct social disabilities they suggest the question as to how far agriculture is to depend for its progress on the efforts of the individual farmer |