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his family, his greatest return being a home and the food raised 

 on the farm. Many farms now carried on under scientific 

 management bring a profit of thousands of dollars, ranking 

 with large manufacturing and business establishments. 

 Inquire about farm earnings in your locality. 



8. Effect on the worker: Farming tends to long life, health, and 

 content. The great objection to it has been its narrowing effect 

 on the life of the worker. The small farms of European coun- 

 tries, often little more than gardens, with their narrow interests, 

 have produced the peasant classes of Europe. On the other 

 hand, all-round farming, on a large scale, as practiced in the 

 United States, has resulted in an intelligent class of farmers 

 who have interest and influence in community and state and 

 national affairs. 



9. References: 



Anderson, F. I. The Farmer of Tomorrow. 



Bartlett, L. W. The Citrus Industry, 



Dewey, Evelyn. New Schools for Old, chap. 1, the country 



life movement. 



Fowler, N. C. Starting in Life, 47-60. 



Giles, F. M., and I. K. Vocational Civics, 31-45, agriculture. 

 Gowin, E. B., and Wheatley, W. A. Occupations, chap, iv, 



agriculture. 

 Lapp, J. A., and Mote, C. H. Learning to Earn, chap, v, 



agriculture and its needs. 



McMahon, J. R. How These Farmers Succeeded. 

 Pressey, Park. A Vocational Reader, 29-43, the new Amer- 

 ican farmer. 



Robison, Emily. Vocational Education, 241-263, agriculture. 

 Rollins, F. W. What Can a Young Man Do? chap, xxvi, the 



farmer. 



Sears, F. C. Productive Orcharding. 

 Smith, J. R. Commerce and Industry, 20-120. 

 Stanford University Committee on Vocational Guidance. 



Vocational Information, 15-22, agriculture. 

 Stimson, R. W. Vocational Agricultural Education by Home 



Projects. 



Tappan, E. M. The Farmer and His Friends. 

 United States Bureau of Education. Bulletin No. 8, 1920, 



Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges. 



