FARM MANAGERS 



must cooperate with the college, and far- 

 mers carry a natural responsibility to con- 

 tribute to this end. 



The graduate of a college of law reads 

 law for a time before he enters practice; 

 the graduate in architecture enters an 

 architect's office; the graduate in medicine 

 engages in hospital service; the graduate 

 in mechanics enters a shop to learn the 

 business ; yet it is expected that the gradu- 

 ate in agriculture will be able at once to 

 assume full responsibility for a big busi- 

 ness, and he is censured if he makes a mis- 

 take. The trouble is that there are yet no 

 adequate opportunities in this country for 

 the graduate in agriculture to learn the 

 business or to test himself, if he needs such 

 test, as there are for other students. Far- 

 mers do not take students on such a basis. 

 In some of the European countries, pro- 

 vision is made for this farm training on 

 actual farms. 



Most farms do not properly instruct 



the boys even before sending them to 



college. Farm practice should be learned 



at home, not at college. The net result is 



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