286 The Farm Boy's Choice of a Vocation 



Why not clean up the place by cutting away the 

 underbrush and weeds, by planting shade trees 

 and repairing fences and out buildings, by painting 

 and renovating the house and barn ? and all 

 this as an investment in behalf of the children and 

 their possible future interest in the farm home as 

 the best place on earth in which to dwell ? All 

 this and more might be urged as means of guiding the 

 thoughts of the farm boy towards the possibilities 

 of his taking up the calling of his father. And 

 while all these material advantages may not serve to 

 overcome the natural tendency of the young man to 

 seek a radically different type of occupation, they 

 will at least make it more certain that his natural 

 abilities for an agricultural pursuit were not left 

 una wakened. 



MONEY VALUE OF AN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION 



The College of Agriculture in Cornell University 

 some time ago made an inquiry into the educational 

 status of the farmers in a certain county of New 

 York. It was found that out of 573 farmers, 398 

 had not advanced farther than the district school, 

 165 had attended high school one or more years, 

 and 10 had received a college education. The 398 

 who had attended district school only were receiving 

 yearly for their labor $318; the 165 farmers of high 

 school education were receiving annually $622; 

 and the 10 who had attended college one or more 



