10 FARM MANAGEMENT 



the world must learn to work when he would rather not. 

 No school can ever offer such an opportunity as the farm 

 boy has. He has manual training, responsibility, and 

 companionship with his father as well as school and play. 

 No wonder that such a boy is better prepared for the 

 world's work than is the boy who never did anything but 

 go to school and play on the streets. 



At the same time that the farm boy is being trained by 

 work, he is contributing to the success of the farm. Occa- 



FIG. 4. One of the better farm homes in the East. 



sionally a boy has to work too hard, but boys are not 

 often injured by farm work. 



This opportunity for the children is one of the considera- 

 tions that leads many persons to be farmers, even though 

 they may not expect so great financial success as may be 

 had elsewhere. 



The farm will always be somewhat isolated. The 

 ability to entertain one's self is, therefore, a desirable trait 

 for a farmer. Some persons secure entertainment by read- 

 ing, by thinking, by watching crops grow, by seeing cows 

 at pasture. Some families furnish their own music and 

 are best pleased by the old-time songs without any vocal 



