Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-13
Keep Your Boys on the Farm

We see too much disposition among
our farmers sons to leave the farm at
an early age and go to the towns and
cities for employment. Nor is this con
fined alone to the son. The father,
placing too low an estimate upon his
humble, though honorable, occupation,
and naturally feeling great interest in
seeing his son do better than he himself
has done, often encourages the boy to
60. Thus the young man or boy starts
out to seek employment in the town or
city without experience or much quail.
fcation for the business he seeks. Its
too often the case that the boy has not
been taught sufficiently about common
sense things. AS general thing it is
exceedingly difficult for such to find
employment among the merchants, and
this is the place they generally go for
employment. Such are not often
wanted IN the store or Office. Occa-
sionally young man can get good
position who is not thoroughly qualified
for the business, but generally mtr-
chants want experienced business men
in stores 1t is too often the case that
young man, after be has secured a
position, makes but little or no effort to
improve himself in his new business,
and often his employer after worrying
with him for some time, dismisaes him.
This is too often the case. The boy
loses his position, and too proud to 60
back to his fathers home and farm, he
gets out among the idle into bad com
pany, and is too often led into dissipa,
ton and ultimate ruin.
Those young men or boys least quail,
fled are generally the most anxious and
persistent in their efforts to get into a
store. They are looking out for some
easy position. Their parents have
failed to learn them industrious and
economical habits at home, and conse
quently they are unfit for almost any
business.
We would advise farmers, especially
those who have good farms, to keeI
their sons at home and learn them t.
work, at least until they are settled il
their habits and have enough age and
experience as well as education to sue
coed in business. The young man whc
has been properly taught and learned
to work on the farm, as general thing
if he has reasonable intelligence, Wi
most likely succeed as a business man
Parents must look after the proper
training and teaching of their children
at home. We cannot, as genera
thing trust their training to others
We must do it ourselves. 1t is no
only best for the children, but it is
duty we owe 10 ourselves and t.
them to train them up in the wa,
they should 60 and they will not de
part from it wheH they are DID," H
who fails to discharge this obligation
often suffers much pain and humiIa
ton in consequence thereof. AS a gen
eral thing, boys should be kept on tn
farm until they have established habit
of industry, economy and morality
Especially must we teach our boys a
home to be temperate, moral, homes
and Industrious. These are essentis
qualifications and must be taught an
inculcated at home Let us make on
homes pleasant and attractive-msk
our boys understand that they al
working for themselves as well as u
Give them a chance to make somethin
for themselves aud encourage them i
their work. Let them manage an
spend their own money for somethin
useful.
Farmers boys, Us well Us other
should spend much Of their leisul
time reading. Place on your tabl
and in their hands good agricultur
books and papers and encourage the
to read them. BY reading agrcultur
and stock journals your boys will b
come delighted with and proud
~ their occupation, and less disposed
leave the farm. -Four or five dolla
spent annually for good agricultur
reading would be Of great value, n
only to the boys, but also to the fathC
mother and daughters. Agricutur
papers have become 50 cheap that al
farmer may take two or three go
papers and never miss the cost Of thel
We, as farmers, should do our who