WHY BOYS LEAVE FARM 



(19) (Pennsylvania) "a. The drudgery of 

 life on a small farm. 



"l>. The small profits. 



"c. The farmer is tied down, because crops, 

 etc., cannot wait. 



"d. Other fields seem to offer possibilities for 

 greater and nobler achievements. 



' ' These are a few of the unattractive features 

 of farming that come to my mind. If, when 

 younger, I had seen more of farming on a large 

 scale or had known more successful farmers, I 

 might now be taking agriculture. Even now I 

 hope some day to own a farm." 



(20) (Maryland) "I am intending to be a 

 civil engineer. There are several reasons why 

 I did not care to be a farmer. First, farming 

 in my country, where I naturally would want to 

 farm, does not pay fair return for efforts. Sec- 

 ond, the influence exerted at home was opposed 

 to such a life without a strong desire on my 

 part, which I did not have. Third, I had a 

 strong desire to become an engineer. " 



(21) (Ohio) "Because I was not born the 

 heir to a fortune. Had I been, I can think of 

 no more attractive place to spend life than a 

 farm. Without plenty of money from other 

 sources than the farm itself, a farmer's life is 

 too limited. He cannot travel, he cannot have 



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