WHY PERSONS TAKE TO FARMING 



statement which usually is made in igno- 

 rance of the facts. 



(9) "I was reared on the farm where my 

 father was born and where my grandfather 

 lived. I like dairying and general farming. I 

 choose farming because I like to care for horses 

 and cattle and to see the crops that I have 

 planted grow; and I like the independent life 

 that the farmer enjoys." 



(10) "I think the farm offers the best oppor- 

 tunity for the ideal home. I believe that farm- 

 ing is the farthest removed of any business from 

 the blind struggle after money, and that the 

 farmer with a modest capital can be rich in in- 

 dependence, contentment, and happiness. I 

 lived one year in a city (Philadelphia), which 

 was long enough. " 



(11) "The farmer is the most independent 

 of men. He leads a happy, out-door life, and 

 is his own boss. His conditions are much better 

 than those of the average city man." 



(12) "I wish to live on the farm, for I like 

 the work. One is not doing the same thing 

 every day, but doing a variety of things. There 

 is satisfaction in knowing that the products of 

 one's labors are to be his and not somebody's 

 else. Then, there is the independent life ; one 's 



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