The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know

descendant of the second and sixth Presidents of the United States was shown to have made in one year a profit o

he manufacture of steel or the selling of merchandise, is the exception, while the man, in whatever calling, who rears and educates a family and at the same time lays by a sm

Reuben was tired of the country. He went to the city and apprenticed himself to a harnessmaker.

her people did. He had no debts. Lucien had fair crops, but they yielded no more than enough to pay interest on the mortgage. He wore a ragg

had a fancy veranda and green blinds. His clothing improved. Lucien was still ragged, but he paid his interest

a new house and a barn. He smoked a pipe. The neighbors saw that every year he made some improvement on the farm. He wore a white shirt w

leave the business to him. Harnessmaking was not what it used to be. Lucien bought more land. He went fishing when he wanted to. Reuben came o

rden stuff, and fruit. He buys his groceries and clothing and tobacco. Reuben buys everything. At the close of the year Lucien puts fr

enacted and re-enacted in every one of th

the wife of Lucien. Sarah liked to make tatting and to go to pink teas. Mary preferred to raise flowers and fluffy little chickens. Nothing is to be said for or against

e truth, that most congressmen would not hang a

pare harness making with farming, much less to comp

velopment of the man who goes into business for hi

work for wages rather than to engage in business for themselves. This is becoming more and more true a

e young, economizes and invests his savings in his business gradually outstrips his wage-earning brother. During later life he is able to enjoy the fruits of his earlier economy and investments, while

ns of pensions for wage earners of all sorts, while no such arrangement is m

ployment at wages, even if only for a few years, or until som

to work for wages along lines that will not be too far removed from the business in which he is subsequently to engage. It will be assumed that

h to beginners, although for men of experience $5,000 a year has been paid in exceptional cases for the management of large enterprises. These positions often

ion or practice. Not only must the farm manager be able to manage workmen, but oftentimes he must manage his employer, who may h

usiness, many circumstances may arise to cause the owner to change his plans or sel

airying, chemistry and forestry. Beginners receive from $800 to $1,000 a year. When they are sent out of Washington into field service, as many of them are, they receive their expenses, including subsistence

ar intervals, usually several times a year, in various sections of the country. A letter addressed to the United States Civil

oughout the country. Such employment is generally to be considered desirable if not continued for too long a period. As a matter of fact, men are con

ter year by year, both because these institutions continue to grow and because young men are attracted more and more to practical work. It is stated that in one institution there were 46 gra

tive field for young men who are properly tr

ry school. The customary salary is from $70 to $100 a month on an eight to ten months basis. An experience of one or two years as a teacher in a high school, or even the lower grades of

rtue and industry. No man who is not willing to make the preparation necessary to master his subject can expect to succeed. He must, also, be a man of absolute honesty, and he must lead a clean life. It was

ly as to the morrow, but what is likely to be th

pi River was agriculturally largely an undiscovered region. Since 1870 we have much more than doubled our population and our agriculture. S

tural people. We have been an agricultural people, but our problems have

eat or two bales of cotton with the labor previously required to harvest one. Our crops have been so abundant that the agricultural problems connected with the growi

crops. In the future, young men will be needed who have studied the science of living things in order that they may make,