THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



is not great enough to warrant statistical 

 conclusions, I am not making a scientific 

 investigation, yet they probably state the 

 larger part of the reasons that a much 

 greater number of similar persons would 

 allege. These replies come largely from 

 New York, but those from other states, 

 chiefly in the West, are the same in tenor. 

 Most of the respondents give more than 

 one reason for planning to leave the farm. 

 These reasons I have roughly classified be- 

 low. It will be seen that the predominant 

 reason is that farming does not pay in 

 money, and other reasons are that the 

 physical labor is too great and the social 

 advantages are too small ; but I prefer not 

 to comment. The figures give the number 

 of persons who allege the different reasons : 



The question of financial reward 



Farming does not pay ; no money in the busi- 

 ness 62 



Difficult to acquire a farm without a start . 10 

 Farming requires too much capital .... 5 



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