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chanical work connected with their studies. All over 

 the south there seems to be an awakening among the 

 boys and young men, of an interest in the industrial 

 and commercial problems of the plantation." 



The farm papers and the educational magazines in 

 the southern states give much evidence of this same 

 sort of awakening. The farmers' and planters' 

 organizations, the local improvement and school 

 betterment clubs, and many other movements, are 

 giving both incentive and direction to the country 

 youths who are at all inclined to find an interest in 

 the home affairs. The rural parents who desire out- 

 side aid in arousing their boys' interest in the home 

 business may well seek such assistance by bringing 

 the latter into closer touch with one of these progres- 

 sive organizations. 



PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FATHER AND SON 



After the farmer's son has fully settled upon his 

 father's business as an ideal one for himself, there 

 may be brought to the latter a gradual relief from 

 the worry of details, and that through a partner- 

 ship management. A. G. Hulting, Jr., of Gen- 

 eseo, Illinois, thus describes such a plan of coop- 

 eration in a letter to Arthur J. Bill, the agricultural 

 writer : 



"We have 160 acres of land in the farm. My 

 father owns the land. I do the work, provide all the 

 labor, horses, and machinery, and we have an equal 



