WHY BOYS LEAVE FARM 



Discouraged by the fact that farms are mort- 

 gaged 5 



Farmer cannot control prices 2 



The farmer buys high and sells low .... 1 



High taxes near the city 1 



Expect to farm some day, after making 



money in some other business 15 



The question of physical labor 



Too much hard work 26 



Hours too long 17 



Work too monotonous 11 



Farming is drudgery 8 



Work is unattractive and uncongenial ... 6 



The work is not intellectual 6 



No machinery can perform the hard work of 



the farm 2 



The work is too hard in old age 1 



The farmer is too tired to enjoy reading . . 1 



The social and intellectual ideals 



No social advantages or activities .... 26 

 More opportunity for advancement elsewhere 14 

 The farmer cannot be known in the world . . 5 

 Life is monotonous 4 



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