THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



you put your services at this figure?"). 

 These are some of the replies : 



"An expert in other branches has a right to 

 expect a good salary, so why should not a man 

 who has spent four years specializing in agricul- 

 tural studies and practical work?" 



"I think that the above figures [$1000 to 

 $1200] are about right because a person, after 

 four years' training, ought to be in a position 

 to earn that amount. Even if an individual 

 did not study at a college, but started immediately 

 in some commercial enterprise, it is quite prob- 

 able that he would be making as much as this 

 and perhaps more. Why then should any one 

 with special knowledge of any sort be his in- 

 ferior in wage earning, if the branch which he 

 has taken up is a profitable one?" 



"It requires at least $3000 (even to a labor- 

 ing student if we take his time into considera- 

 tion) to obtain a college education. This in- 

 cludes the money actually expended and also the 

 value of four years at ordinary wages. To 

 this we must add the gain to mental efficiency 

 also. I have always lived and labored on a 

 farm and am acquainted with the practical side. 

 My vacations are also spent there. I am taking 

 as general a course as possible. My object in 



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