108 THE BUSINESS OF FARMING 



of farming can not go and take the courses of 

 our agricultural colleges, yet the opportunities for 

 learning better farming are now brought to their 

 very doors by the literature of our agricultural 

 experiment stations, farm journals, and the best 

 agricultural books written by practical men who 

 have lived close to the soil studying its whims and 

 its needs, and who give a "well digested system 

 of an experienced and successful farmer who has 

 seen and practised all that he records. " 



The experiences of men who are doing things in 

 the business of farming, showing its mistakes of 

 the past and its possibilities, are being recorded 

 every day and for little money can be secured 

 by every one engaged in the business of farming. 

 And they can indeed be made to illuminate the 

 path we are yet to tread. 



The young men and women who are thinking 

 of making the business of farming their life work, 

 have such opportunities for learning and master- 

 ing the business never possessed by the young 

 men and women of a generation ago. The young 

 men and women of the past were educated away 

 from the farm. The curriculum of the schools 

 did not even hint at agricultural education. The 

 ideals of the professions and city business were 

 held up before them as the right ones to be ob-* 

 tained and they caught no visions of the business 

 of farming. 



We have seen our educational mistakes and are 

 fast correcting them. Our schools and colleges 

 are giving agricultural training and education a 

 prominent place in their curricula. 



The general government and each state govern- 



