2 \ I : FARM DEVELOPMENT 



of daily experience and from book knowledge, practical 

 facts and theories which are of the highest importance 

 in acquiring success under his or her environment. 



Home training. Most of the plain farm arts, as plow- 

 ing, sowing, harvesting, feeding, breeding, buying and 

 selling, and much of the mechanical work of the farm, 

 are best learned by everyday practice in the business. 

 This is also the case with the home arts, as cooking, sew- 

 ing, house decorating, home making, entertaining and 

 character building. Without practical experience the 

 would-be farmer is not adept in selecting the practical 

 methods and theories from the great mass of available 

 thought and adapting them to his conditions. Those 

 who have more theoretical knowledge than practical 

 experience are not inclined to be conservative in adopt- 

 ing new theories and new practices; on the other hand, 

 those who lack training in scientific theory are not 

 usually capable of working out new things of practical 

 importance. A combination of theoretical and practical 

 knowledge is necessary for the best success in any line 

 of effort; and in no line of business is this more true 

 than in farming. 



Technical and scientific as well as practical knowledge 

 is of daily and yearly value in the home and on the farm ; 

 and in these progressive times every person should be 

 constantly in the attitude of an inquirer, a student. All 

 the agencies yielding useful information should be 

 utilized. Agricultural periodicals, books on agricultural 

 subjects, speeches at farmers' institutes and other 

 farmers' meetings are sources of much information re- 

 garding farm life and farm business. Much of the best 

 information and many theories of farm and farm home 

 management may be acquired by young farmers from 

 their parents and from intelligent folk with whom they 

 associate. Consultation with those who have made a 

 success of any special line of home or farm development 



