236 The Nature-Study Idea 

 that every person's mind should be expanded 

 in order that he may derive the greatest satis- 

 faction from life. If the occupation in which 

 he is engaged will not allow him to derive 

 this satisfaction, then it is his privilege, and 

 in fact his duty, to change his occupation. I 

 am very sure that the educating of farmer 

 boys and girls will often have the effect of 

 taking them away from the old farm. It is 

 a question, then, whether the whole point of 

 view on farming must not change and whether 

 such new methods and new types of life must 

 be developed as to interest persons with a broad 

 outlook on life. I think that the diffusion of 

 information and the extension of education is 

 bound to have this effect on the farming indus- 

 try in the long run. In the meantime, it is for 

 us to try to determine just what is the most 

 practicable means of procedure in the educating 

 of the country boy and girl, that will give them 

 a satisfactory outlook on life, and make them 

 least willing to give up their place in the country. 

 Time and again I have had problems similar 

 to the one that your patron asks of you, namely, 



