THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



of agricultural work are now so many that 

 the very best training is required to enable 

 a man to meet them with any degree of suc- 

 cess. Untrained men are hopelessly handi- 

 capped, and the disability will become more 

 apparent as time goes on. The college man 

 needs training in business after he leaves 

 college; and he must learn the particular 

 problems of the one enterprise that he is 

 called on to handle. It is time that he re- 

 ceive help, cooperation, and encouragement 

 at the period when he is trying to get a 

 hold. The farm must actively cooperate 

 with the college in the training of farmers. 

 I hope that I have been able to indicate, 

 although imperfectly, a type of obligation 

 to the student in agriculture that is sel- 

 dom discussed, and to suggest to my reader 

 that we need a redirection of our attitude 

 toward the value of the services of these 

 young men and the kind of encouragement 

 that they should receive. 



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