THE YOUNG FARMER 



garians, Poles and negroes. The English, 

 the Irish, the German, the Swede and the 

 Norwegian have been readily received and 

 assimilated in the American farming com- 

 munities. The peoples of Eastern and 

 Southern Europe are often criticized be- 

 cause they do not become farm laborers. 

 That they do not is in large part due to the 

 fact that the farm hand is usually a member 

 of the farmer's family. Thus the supply of 

 common labor which is today used by the 

 rest of the industrial world is not open to the 

 farmer. 



Farming differs from some other occu- 

 pations in that it does not ordinarily offer 

 the laborer much opportunity for advance- 

 ment. The fireman on a railway train be- 

 comes the engineer; the brakeman becomes 

 a conductor. There are opportunities in 

 many establishments for the advancement of 

 the industrious and clever. A man may 

 enter their service with the hope of being 

 able to marry and support a family. On 

 the other hand, all our land laws are based 

 upon the idea that each farm should be of 

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