Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-10-02
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ea-,,s = work has occupied tie minds and
Laa5s ~ the Young rlen and boys ofthe eoun.
trv and by this time they begin to see their
,vay through, aud many are thinking what to
Al e., the winter The crops are to be har-
vested and when this is done, the work viii
he such that fewer hands will do it, and the
bows can be spared to 90 to trade or TO
school There is a 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, as rule, American jourueymen
are by no means thoroughly accomplished,
ike the mechanics Of Europe yet there IS
work enough for them, and they rise rapidly
ifindustrioas. sober, and intelligent, This
makes the trades very attractive to Young far
mers. and the mechanic arts will always draw
their recruits largely from the farms. The
farm. however, offers greater inducements
to really intelligent labor than either the
trades or the mercantile professions, and
Young farmers should plan how TO best spend
the winter for their improvement IN their pro
fession.
TSe farmer without an education for his
calling remains sort OF drudge wherever he
sand he stands no higher ia society than
mere hand worker ought to. Properly edu-
Gated for his business he elev@tes bis profes
sion and himself exactly in proportioa to his
Intelligence and general culture. Facilities
for agricultural education are greatly increas.
ing over the whole country, and it would be
wall for farmer boys 10 see IF they cannot in
some way take advantage Of them, even #
they can do DO more than attend single
course Of lectures. The advantages to be
gained would be some information which
could hardly be acquired in any other way,
knowledge Of where to obtain information
from books and from other sources, and fu-
ally, how to make knowledge available. The
Agricultural Colleges of Michigan and Mas
sachuaetts, the Scientific Schools Of New Ha-
ven, Rutgers and Dartmouth Colleges, offer
such facilities The Cornell University, with
its unriYaled advantages, the University Of
Kentucky, and several other Institutions
open their doors to those who would base
their agricultural practice upon 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 nave
worked under their direction, or upon shares,
either for the sake of drawing articles of
daily consumption fresh from the fountain of
natural supply, or to be used as summer re-
treats from din and dust, or for the profit
they hope to gain by the rise in value Of the
land. Thus there is and viii be an increasing
demand for intelligent young farm managers
to superintend with profit to the owner these
estates.-G Good salaries VIII be paid for eju-
Gated brains, and this demand, as soon as it is
felt upon the farm, will keep our agricultural
colleges and lecture rooms full of attentive
pupils, who choose farming as their trade
1merican Agricaltlrist