THE YOUNG FARMER 



four years, these two years' courses contain 

 the more technical subjects and are usually 

 very thorough and efficient. No young 

 man, no matter how thorough his previous 

 training, need hesitate to pursue one of 

 them. 



There are, however, young men who can- 

 not spare the time and expense of even two 

 years' training. For such many state agri- 

 cultural colleges offer winter terms of eight 

 to twelve weeks. These courses are arranged 

 to allow the student to specialize along 

 some particular line. The better prepared 

 the man is who enters these winter courses 

 the more he will benefit by them. This 

 leads to the caution that such courses should 

 not be substituted for the education offered 

 in the public schools, but should only be 

 sought after all the opportunities for educa- 

 tion at home have been exhausted. 



For the somewhat older young man who 

 is now farming and cannot leave his farm 

 or for the younger man as a preparation 

 for the short courses, one or more corre- 

 spondence courses will be found useful. Not 



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