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make a greater success of what he would tend to succeed in re- 

 gardless of formal school or vocational training? 



The Training of the Boy. 



Any possible deductions from the present study, of course, 

 will be limited to the field of general farming as investigated. 80 

 Repeated emphasis has been given to the importance of the man- 

 agerial aspect of farm success. In discussing this question 

 from the training viewpoint the writer wishes to urge 

 that a new approach may be advisable a possible approach to 

 the secondary agricultural education question in general farming 

 through the avenue of management. Management involves con- 

 trol control, in this case, of such factors 



The best training as crops and cropping, hand, team and 

 approach may be power labor, invested and operating capi- 

 through manage- tal control that intensifies here, extends 

 ment. elsewhere, applies cost methods when 



needed control in changing plans to meet 



emergencies in weather, markets, or what not. Manage- 

 ment requires objectivity an outside viewpoint. The engineer 

 is outside the machine. He comes to it and goes from it. He 

 gets away from it at night, for the week end, or possibly for the 

 season. 31 So far agricultural teaching has tended to lose sight of 

 the inclusive nature of managerial success. Courses in soils, in 

 crops, in breeds and breeding, have emphasized the break-up and 



30. It is hoped that, since the field is opened up, future 

 studies will not only consider specialties like poultry raising, 

 fruit growing, etc., but will subject general farming to much 

 more detailed analyses. The conclusions drawn seem to be sup- 

 ported by the evidence at hand for general farming (dairying 

 and allied crops) in New York State as well as general farming 

 (corn, wheat, stock, etc.) in Ohio or Kansas. 



31. It is suggested that the very nature of the present or- 

 ganization of the farm tends to prevent this viewpoint. The 

 farmer is born, brought up, eats, sleeps, has his whole life-long 

 being within his job sometimes under it, if the mortgage is 

 heavy. Under such circumstances, only the exceptional man can 

 get the inclusive, objective viewpoint of his farm as a machine 

 and a job. 





