Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-07-11
How to Make Boys Hntc Farming.

VI HOO! HOO-au! III Oou.
How to Make Boys Hnto Farming.
A farmer wrote to member OF
the American Institute requesting
him Impossible to find for him boy
who is honest, truthful, not lazy,
and who will be likely to love farm
ing. He wanted boy to pick up
stones, churn, milk the cows, turn
grindstonc, &C., and one that will
not hate farming and run
away every chance he gets.
(Great Laughtcr.) The chair
man handed it over to Serene Ed
ward Todd to answer, who replied
as follows:-If a boy is ever justi-
fed in running, most assuredly he
would be when directed to go alone
to perform job that every faithful
laborcr hates. If you wish to keep
a boy on the farm never set him
alone when the birds are singing,
the squirrels are chatting and the
violc.s are unfolding their charm
ing petals, at picking stones in a
large field. (Applause.) The truth
is, those little arms and soft muscles
are no more suitable for handling
stones than the muscles of young
colt are tor drawing a subsoil plow.
If you wish to make a boy love the
farm better than any other employ
ment, don't keep him turning q big
grindstone at noon when all the men
but the one who is grinding are Iy-
ing in the shade, and don't bear on
with all your might, so hard rs to
stick him, and then ridicule him
tauntingly, telling him that he must
eat more pudding and milk before
he can turn a grindstone like a man.
Perchance the boy only weighs fifty
pounds. You weigh $50 and the
grindstone $50. Now, then, sup
pose we let you turn huge stone
of $50 pounds, giant of $50 pounds
weight bears on, which is fair pro-
portion between yourself and the
boy. Before the giant has applied
half his weight if we don't see you
balk square from the mark, and
crack, if you don't break the third
commandment and assume a profane
and pugnacious attitude, then write
me as false prognosticator.
cloud cheers and loud laughter.)
Unless You want to make a good
boy hate farming and every depart
ment connected with it, don't man
age in such an underhanded man.
ner that he will have to milk the
COW which every one dislikcs to
milk, because she milks so hard.
"a voice-"That's what he knows
about milking.") When the boy
comes in at night SO tired that he
would rather lie down on the hard
side of a maple plank than to eat
his supper, don't tell him to hurry
up and eat his supper so as to do
that churning, when all the men and
older boys are allowed to read the
or to smoke unmolest-
ed. fyou wish to induce boy to
think that Indian corn and potatoes
are profitable crops, don't give him
an old rusty hoe that no sensible
man would use, and then tell him
that if he will cut in smart when
hoeing that you will help him to
keep up his row even with the rest,
(Renewed cheers.) If you don't want
to make him hate the country, when
a task is assigned to him don't pile
on so much as to compel him to sum
mon all his energies for three
fourths of the day to complete it,
and then, as soon as the job is done,
tell him he will have to 90 to the
mil. or the cook can make no bread
the next day. If you want to make
a boy hate all the operations of
small farm, don't tell him while all
the men are taking their "nooning,"
in harvest time to water the COWS
and horses, and to hurry up so as
TO 60 with the men when they re-
turn to the field. Don't encourage
the boy to rear nice calf or colt
and tell him the animal shall be his
when grown up, and then sell the
beast for a good price, pocket the
money, and tell the boy the price re-
ceived don't pay for the hay, oats
and grass consumed. If you want
20 make an energetic and success
full farmer Of boy don't encour-
age him to rise before daylight so
IS to rake the wheat stubbles while
he dew is on, telling him he shall
nave half the gleanings, and then
selling his part of the grain with
he crop, and tell him, when he in
luires about his share of the mon
ey, that the little sum he received
will not pay for half of his board
next winter. daughter and cheer
ng. ID. d. Bruen interrupting, 81
guess Todd was a boy oncc."O
Don't badger good boy to the verge
If desperation with the mischievous
and obnoxious ego boys" system of
If you want him to
ike farming operations, don't fret
every ambitious desire out of the
young aspirant with the incessant
ling-dong of
Jim do this and Jim do that.
When all Jim gets is an old straw hat.
There is no precept and no rea-
soning that will induce boys to stick
to the farm like the cheering words
''Come boys" always accompanied
by an irreproachable example in
leading the way. Strange as it may
seem to some. boys arc human
(Renewcd applause.)
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