42 FARM MANAGEMENT 



pation; a change of occupation will not prevent them. 

 There is no occupation that looks good when one is con 

 sidering all its disadvantages. Unfortunately, human 

 nature is such that we are likely to see the bright side of 

 the other man's work and the dull side of ours. If one is 

 to succeed in any occupation, he must learn to work when 

 he had rather not, and to keep at it even if he is tired. 



Farming is not an easy task. It is worth while. It is 

 worthy of a man. It combines physical labor with 

 thought, so that it calls for an all-around development. 



If one is to be a farmer, he should prepare for the business. 

 An agricultural college education is desirable to-day. 

 But a young man is preparing not only for to-day, but for 

 forty years from now, when such an education will bo 

 much more necessary. The college course will help 

 during every one of these forty years. We rarely see a 

 man who regrets having gone to school too long. Nearly 

 every one regrets having stopped so soon. Lack of money 

 need not discourage anyone. Any boy who has good 

 health can work his way through an agricultural college, 

 and there are ways of starting farming with little money. 



It is not advised that any young man be a farmer. 

 It may be very much better for him to leave the farm, 

 but before leaving the farm, he should consider both 

 sides of the question. 



