The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-11-05
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EDUCATION FOR FARMING.

q Summer work has occupied the
minds and hands Of the young men
and boys of the country, and by this
time they begin to see their way
through, and many are thinking what
to do for the winter. The crops are
to be harvested, and when this is
done, the work will be such that few
er hands win do it, and the boys can
be spared to go to a trade OF to school!
There is great demand for the labor
of good mechanics of almost every
trade, many of whom are'now getting
very high wages. The country is
growing rapidly, and though asa rule,
American journeymen are by no
means thoroughly accomplished, like
the mechanics of Europe, yet there is
work enough for them,. and they rise
rapidly if Industrious, sober, and in
telligent' This makes the trades very
attractive to young farmers, and the
mechanic arts will always draw their
recruits largely from the farms! The
farms, however, offer, greater induce
ments to really intelligent labor than
either the trades or the mercantile
professions, and young men should
plan how to best spend the winter for
their Improvement in their profession.
b. The farmer, without an education
for his calling remains sort of drudge
wherever he is, and he stands 40 high
er in, society, thania mere hand-work-
-er ought ito. Properly educated for
his business he eleYates his profession
and him self exactly in proportion to
his intelligence, and general culture. re.
Facilities for agricultural education
are greatly increased over the whole
country, and it would be well for far
mer-boys. to. see. if they, cannot in
some. way take advantage of them,
even if they can do no more than at
tend a single course of lectures. The
advantages to be, gained would be
some information which could hardly
be acquired in any other way, q knloowl7
edge of where to obtain the informa-
ton from books and from other
sources, and finally, how to make
knowledge available. The Agricul-
| tural Colleges of Michigan and. Mas
sachusetts, the scientific schools of
New Haven, Rutgers and Dartmouth
Colleges, offer such facilities. The
Cornell University, with its unrivaled
advantages, the University of Ken
lucky, and several, other institutions,
open their doors. to those who would
base their agricultural practice upon a
broader foundation, than that of their
own and their fathers experience.
\. Our. successful commercial men,
merchants, manufacturers, bankers,
brokers, shippers, ETC., as soon as they
acquire wealth which they do not
need in business, Immediately buy
country seats, or farms, which they
1 have worked under their direction, or
upon shares, either for the sake OF
drawing articles Of daily consump-
ton fresh from the fountain of natr-
raj supply, or to be used as summer
retreats from din and dust, or for the
profit they hope to gain by the rise in
value of land. Thus there is and will
be. an increasing demand for 'intelli-
gent young farm managers to super
intend with profit to the owner OF
these estates. Good salaries will be
4 paid for educated brain, and this de,
j mand, as soon as it is felt upon the
4 farm, will keep our agricultural col
ID leges and lecture rooms full of atten.
tive pupils, who choose farming as
their trade--Ano. Ag. '.fA2''f '''' Il, j