Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-02-28

How TO Ger THE BOYs TO STAY AT
HoME.-The boys catch new ideas
much more rapidly than their fathers,
and. with the impulsiVeness of youth,
want to test them. They 60 to the
Fairs. and see the Ang stock, the new
tools, the premium fruits and vegeta-
bles. They read the papers, If they
have them at home, and II they have
not. they borrow them Agricultural
paDers are greatly multiplied, and no
religious or political paper Quite does
its duty without furnishing a column
or two, weekly, of agricultural matter
for It's readers People who read at
all cannot very well keep themselves
In the dark in regard to the changes
that are coming over our husbandry.
IF the father keeps up with the times,
has agrisultural papers and books,
reads, thinks, and practices, he retains
the confidence of his boys. and can
readily guide them. But, if he Is a
man Of routine, and keeps In the ruts,
the boys soon become disguised with
farming They do not want to break
their backs over a scythe, when
moving machine can do the work bet
ter and at 3 1.-THE Of the expense. They
want tenders, horse. .rakes and horse
hay.f0Fks. They want subsoil plOWs,
tile drains and barn cellars. They
want blood stock in the sta ble and In
fhe ssy. They want to move a little
faster, and to do business on little
larger scale. The boys have the facts
and the arguments ON their side, and
If vou want TO retain them Upon the
farm, you must keep up with the
times, and make farming a live bust
ness. The subsOil pillow has spoiled
the ruts for this generation.
Another thing, the boys want an IN
terest in the business, and the sooner
you give them an Investment In the
farm or its stock, the more likely you
will be to make farmers Of them. Ii
Is true, the law gives you a right. to
she avails Of their labors until they
reach their majority. 1t may be true
that these services are no more than
a fair compensation for the expenses
of their childhood. The intercourse
of parents and children should not al.
WAYS be graduated by the legal scale
You do not want your son for ser
want, but for companion aud a sup
port in your declining years You
want to attach him By affection and in
terest to the soil that he cultiVates.-
Begin then early TO identity his inter
ssts with your business, as if he was
under no obligations to you. IF he
fancies stock, give him what he likes,
aud let the increase be his. Especial
ly encourage him to plant orchards OIL
vineyards Of the finest varieties oil
fruit. Teach him to bud, graft, prune
ripen, and market, all the fruits Of
vsur climate. Furnish him with all
the books and facilities that he needs
to study and to practice pomOlogy and
horticulture. IF properly encouraged
he will take an interest in these things
very early, and before he is old enough
to think of leaving your roof, his
tastes will be formed and his course IN
life will be determined His heart
will 20 down into the soil with the
roots of every fruit tree that he plants
and the orchards and gardens of tho
old homestead, or of another close by
will be his paradise, from which moth
ing but necessity can drive him.
american AgrjcWltWrist.
One Californian raised twenty fiv
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