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of his freedom, on attaining majority, to place as great a 

 distance between himself and the farm as possible ? This 

 in many cases is all the encouragement tlie boy gets to 

 adopt a farmer's life. 



Of course, in this enlightened age, few boys are deprived 

 of a common school education, but so far as fitting and 

 encouraging him to be a farmer, this is all that is done. 

 This is not because you do not love your boy and desire 

 with your whole heart that he shall stay with you, but 

 because you do not realize how uninteresting this life must 

 be for him. You have your farm to manage, you are inde- 

 pendent, can do as you please, buy, sell, and have the 

 satisfaction of adding a little to your store every year, even 

 by this slow process. Why not, without revolutionizing 

 your business, make it more interesting and at the same 

 time more profitable ? If you are making butter, why not 

 instead of buying a lot of Brighton cows, buy a few good 

 Jerseys or Guernseys, double the amount of butter made 

 at less than double the outlay, and lay the foundation for a 

 herd, the surplus of which can be sold at high prices and 

 prove a sure and handsome remuneration ? Or, if you are 

 making and selling milk, there are Holsteins and Ayrshires 

 within your reach, from the breeding of whicli similar 

 results will be obtained. 



What can be more interesting for boy or man than to 

 watch the growth and development of fine young animals ? 

 I imagine some hard-headed farmer whose mind has run so 

 long in grooves that it cannot get out of them, saying, 

 "That is all very well for men who have money enough, 

 but we poor farmers can't afford to buy such animals." I 



