THE YOUNG FARMER 



cannot be left out of the problem when a 

 young man is considering his future occupa- 

 tion. 



It has been said, and probably with con- 

 siderable truth, that most congressmen 

 would not hang around Washington if it 

 were not for their wives. 



No one must mistake this story as an 

 attempt to compare harness making with 

 farming, much less to compare living in the 

 city with life in the open country. 



What it does is to compare the struggle 

 and the development of the man who goes 

 into business for himself with the man who 

 accepts employment at wages. 



Because of less responsibility and less 

 sacrifices at the beginning, the tendency is 

 for young men to work for wages rather 

 than to engage in business for themselves. 

 This is becoming more and more true as in- 

 dustrial methods make it more and more 

 difficult for the young man to command the 

 requisite capital. 



The man who works for wages usually 

 has the larger income and appears the most 



