FARM ORGANIZATION 



is no place where more intricate and satis- 

 fying problems may be found than in the 

 development of a successful farming enter- 

 prise. In the instance cited, the father may 

 have been unable to pay his son the wage he 

 might have obtained elsewhere, but he did 

 not need to dwarf his son's development by 

 treating him merely as a hired hand. His 

 willingness to do so was probably due to his 

 failure to appreciate that his son had be- 

 come a man. 



Sometimes a father is astute enough to 

 reorganize his business so as to retain a 

 place for himself while giving to his sons 

 that opportunity which every man must 

 have who develops himself normally. 



An Ohio farmer once came to the Dean's 

 office. He had a son in college who was 

 just completing the first year of a two years' 

 course in agriculture. 



"I should like to have you find a place 

 for my son in a cheese factory during the 

 coming summer," said Mr. McKinley. 



"I own a farm of 130 acres on which I 

 have a herd of Jersey cattle," continued the 



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