THE YOUNG FARMER 



There is no objection to men of other 

 vocations adopting farming as an avocation 

 if they can afford it. It is a rational form of 

 pleasure for wealthy people, and one in 

 which they can often be of great service. 

 This cannot be said of all forms of relaxa- 

 tion. Wealthy men have been of special 

 service to the cause of agriculture by pro- 

 moting the breeding of improved live stock. 

 Men in other callings should clearly under- 

 stand, however, that if they have a farm 

 merely as a place to spend a week end, that 

 they may expect to find the financial returns 

 unsatisfactory. 



To no one is there more significance in the 

 old school aphorism "knowledge is power" 

 than to the young man who is to become a 

 farmer. While it is not necessary to be 

 educated in schools in order to gain knowl- 

 edge, yet the schoolroom with all its limita- 

 tions is usually the most economical and 

 most efficient method of acquiring certain 

 forms of knowledge essential to every suc- 

 cessful man or woman. A farm-to-farm 

 canvass of a certain region of the state of 



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