WHY BOYS LEAVE FARM 



than farming because I consider that farming is 

 all work and no pay. It is nothing but drudgery 

 from morning early morning until late even- 

 ing, and there is little chance for social and intel- 

 lectual advantages." 



(3) "I have lived on a farm, except for the 

 last year before entering Cornell, all my life. 

 My reason for not wishing to continue on a farm 

 is the financial side of the question. The work is 

 also distasteful to me, not because it is hard, 

 for I think a farmer 's life is a comparatively easy 

 one, but because a farmer 's work is never done. ' ' 



(4) "The duty of securing from the soil the 

 means of sustenance for the race belongs to the 

 farmer. This involves hard and incessant toil 

 with no adequate reward. The scope of the far- 

 mer's activities is limited to the farm upon 

 which he toils, as is that of his enjoyment. 



"The farmer's burden is heavy, painful, and 

 without reward, with no prospect of a change in 

 his condition. Life is short and uncertain. Why 

 spend it performing a painful task, which is at 

 the same time a thankless one?" 



(5) "I intend to follow civil engineering be- 

 cause it gives a better chance to get out in the 

 world and keep in better touch with a broader 

 kind of life. The farm is far from unattractive 

 to me, and I think the farmer's life as near the 



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