| Show more opportunities for success on the farm scientifically trained young xan man can find agriculture an ideal career by MICHAEL H prominent new york banker exclusive clu sive to publishers Auto caster service one on of the serious obstacles clea that thai mus be overcome for the he good of our economic system and the country at large is the well planned theory in the mind of the farmers son bell that lie ile must leave the farm to reach the elusive goal of success the farm is not clot only a basic industry but the most important of the successful farmer la IS just as important to the welfare of this country as our biggest industrialist dus merchant or financier the people of this country cou atry or any other country could exist in crude comfort without our great industrialists tria lists and financiers but indu st try and commerce could not exist without the farmer there Is no profession or vocation more respectable mors more independent I 1 or more wholesome than tham that of 0 the successful farmer there never was a time aben farming held forth a greater or more successful future tor for the right type of scientifically trained young man than it does today in order to keep the farmers ton son on the farm wo we must first impress upon his mind that farming today is a highly respectable and specialized business and that the successful farmer is a man of actual anti and not merely theoretical importance in the community we must impress upon him ilio aho that hat to be a successful farmer r requires qu I 1 r something s om ething more than tb an the mere know knowledge knowledg led ge of how to plow a straight furrow or the proper time t to 0 p plant t potatoes and sow buck aari w ph ho cst 1 he le must learn to analyze his soll soil in order that lie he may know what crops will glat the greatest possible yield he must learn to analyze the irr arket conditions in order that he 11 may determine in advance w whet ha t commodities he can produce which will bring him the most profitably prot profi tabla returns he must learn to develop through organization a stable et tor for his products ile he must ap the importance of 0 raising thoroughbred stock and waste ile he must know whit what 1 1 machinery to purchase in order to cut down his overhead s or man power iu iii ether words we must impress apon ipoa the farm boy the fact that elu education cation along agricultural an ins Is s as mec essary to the UI farmer as an engineering chirse is s to the man who aspires to bu b an all engineer Ws we must teach this boy to visualize the successful farmer as 1 he a is the successful farmer today has I 1 ii a freedom and the means to get more wholesome happiness out of life than does his wealthy city cousin he has electricity to light his home his barns and to run Ms his refrigerator and other farm machinery he has his automobile radio telephone and dally daily paper he has his garden hardem where fresh vegetables et sweet corn berries aid fruits are grown tor for his table ila hi has fresh fr ash golden cream milk ard and butter ile he can and doss does set a table of wholesome delicious nutritious nur ditcu food that any millionaire would envy ile he can hunt fish baths bathe riep horseback and drive his car in ga den spots that his city relative on dreams about six days out of leyve seve ills his workshop Is gods great ope 0 pr space there is me IBO better place Hs work Is hard but healthful ile he h arr F no time clock to punch no lari lord to pay no commuters train 1 catch and no stifling subway tr lr squeeze into he Is his own chairman of the board president and of directors he Is his own king of all he surveys he never has to worry over where he will find a job it if the factory should shut shu I 1 down his factory always remains open mad and in operation ile he has ciany friends a good home sufficient income to balm to live comfortably slid and provide for his future his hia work is interesting te as well as profitable it if properly done it if this Is not success what is success certainly it Is not limited to any particular profession or vocation success means crudely dely securing the best beat results that can be obtained with the job la in hand band the farm boy has a greater opportunity tor for success at home than he has abroad it if we wish the farmers son to remain upon the farm we must impress upon his hia father the importance of attractive homelie s tor for that boy and the necessity of giving him a college education along scientific agricultural lines it if these facts are brought home to the ile farmers son lie he will know that he represents a noble and highly respected profession and hemill he mill be inspired to prepare himself for the career of bucce successful farming then we wa shall have no farm boy problem |
