THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



afford to become mere month hands on 

 farms, except only temporarily when learn- 

 ing the business. Of course these facts are 

 recognized by good business men, and the 

 demand for farm managers from the col- 

 leges, at good remuneration, is greater 

 than the supply; but the general public 

 does not yet seem to realize them. 



2. CAN FARMING PAY SUCH SALARIES? 



My reader will at once ask whether agri- 

 culture can pay such salaries or wages as 

 these; and thereupon we come to the es- 

 sence of the matter. The truth is that the 

 college graduate has failed to go back to 

 the farm in many cases because the farm 

 has not been worthy of his efforts. We 

 must remember, also, that the number of 

 graduates has not been large. 



The economic question 



We may first consider the plain econom- 

 ics of the case. One of the common errors 

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