THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



tion of which is too monotonous. The labor in 

 that part of the country is all done by negroes, 

 and, owing to the climate, must always be. The 

 race question has never affected us materially, 

 but it must be solved in the next few years, and 

 the outcome is uncertain. " 



(26) (Mississippi) "Lack of remuneration in 

 proportion to the amount of labor. Lack of 

 opportunities for social intercourse. 



"I was too far from school, church, and post- 

 office. " 



(27) (North Dakota) "I do not care to be a 

 farmer because, first, I do not like farm work; 

 second, I do not think there is the chance for ad- 

 vancement on a farm that there is in other lines, 

 either social or financial; third, the farmer in 

 general is not looked up to intellectually ; fourth, 

 there is not enough * doing' on the farm for a 



boy-" 



(28) (From a large ranch in Montana) "Yes, 

 I intend to follow some other business, but not 

 because farm life is unattractive, for my opin- 

 ion of the farm is health and true freedom ; but 

 I can follow a professional business and have 

 the farm as a side issue, and through it always 

 have a steady income. " 



(29) (Washington State) "I did not leave 

 the farm because it was unattractive or because 



110 



