WHY BOYS LEAVE FAEM 



(17) (From a woman) "A woman must be 

 primarily a cook, whether on a farm or in the 

 city. It is difficult for a woman to fill this posi- 

 tion and at the same time manage outside work. 

 Not so much of this outside work comes to the 

 woman in the city as in the country. If a hus- 

 band considers the farm a place to which he 

 declines to be 'tied down/ a woman finds it 

 rather difficult to get things done on the farm, 

 enough to keep it in good condition/' 



(18) (Connecticut) "I intend, to follow the 

 profession of civil engineering. I did not take 

 up farming because in New England a farm is 

 not of much value for earning a living unless 

 situated near enough to a large city to sell gar- 

 den truck. Dairy farming is about all there is 

 left to a farmer, and one firm virtually controls 

 the market at my place, and places the price 

 very nearly as low as the cost of production. 



"My town is a summer resort for New York- 

 ers, and being thus thrown into close connection 

 with them, the young people, as a rule, desire to 

 be like them. So they either take some course 

 in a business college and start for the city, or 

 they start for the city without such training 

 at their first opportunity. 



"Then, too, there are excellent schools scat- 

 tered all about New England, and the height 



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