WHY Do THE BOYS LEAVE THE FARM? 



HTIHERE are several ways of attempting 

 JL to answer the question why the young 

 folks leave the farm for other occupations 

 or professions. The commonest way is to 

 give probable reasons drawn from general 

 observation of farm conditions. The ob- 

 server can readily see many unattractive 

 features of farm life that he supposes 

 might influence the young. Another 

 method is that of the advocate or propa- 

 gandist, who is likely to fix his attention 

 on one discouraging feature and to make 

 it the motive force in the exodus from coun- 

 try to city. He may see this cause in some 

 governmental or other disability, which 

 he conceives to press with particular 

 hardship on the farmer, and which he de- 

 sires to correct or reform. A third method 

 is to ask persons who have joined in this 

 exodus why they have done so. This is the 

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