THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



standard books have exerted an influence 

 that is truly national in its character. 

 These persons should be listed among the 

 heroes to whose accomplishments the 

 young generation may aspire. 



There are gilded publications that appeal 

 to city persons who have an extrinsic in- 

 terest in the country, or to those who have 

 abundant money to spend; but they exert 

 little, if any, influence on the development 

 of a native country life. 



The agricultural press is now very exten- 

 sive and is contributing to the developing 

 of the reading habit, at the same time that 

 it spreads information and puts the reader 

 in touch with current topics. 



We need a high-class journal of a new 

 type that will interest men sympathetically 

 and psychologically in farm life, devoting 

 only a secondary part of its space to the 

 smaller questions of technical farming. 



Another mode of developing the reading 

 habit is by means of reading-courses and 

 reading-clubs, which are now beginning to 

 be organized by the agricultural colleges. 

 These are likely to have great influence in 

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