Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-10

| try 10 know how results may be OBJ
tanned tllt win tend TO retain those
who may choose the profession Of Il
farmer, that they win be kept from
desiring 20 change for something differ
| ent and also 10 bring TO mind
some Of those things, which, in cur
4 candid opinion, do not have a very
enuciug influence for farm life. We
can have no sympathy with the
/ plan pursued in many instances, where
the father says 70 his boy, Johnny.
you may have these steers FOR
your own, and want you TO
take the best care OF them that you
possibly can and cause them to become
a useful team when they are grown
Johnny is too anxious for such an oppor-
umity, and does not leave single
thing undone in the care and trimming OF
/ those steers, How proud Is he to think
| they are his and how glad he viii be
when he is old enough and his steers
strong enough to do work as father
does with his team But alas, how dis.
! appointed he win be when he realizes
that his steers have IN some mysterious
way become fathers oxen, ana the team
Is sold perhaps, and not a cent ever
gets into Johnuy's pocket OF course
we all know that the father does not
intend to wrong bis boy, in So doing,
but Is It right? Is Il honest?
| Lack of confidence we think is
source of IN 10 those who would do
much better for themselves than they
are doing We do not trust our boys
/ for fear they may do wrong many
times, and SO they lose M desire to do
the best that is possible for them 20 do.
Too much work and too little play is
often the rule. We fear that the eight
hour system spoken of by one of our
writers, which means eight hours I'm
the forenoon aud eight hours I'm the
afternoon, is really adopted and put in
force. Fishing time seldom, II ever,
comes to many of our would-be farmer
young men, And SO we could enmmer-
ate many more things OF n like nature
that cause young men TO have a dislike
for farm life.
| Now for the other side Of our ques
| ton Well do we know that the teacher
who Is most successful will seek 10 make
| his pupils feel that their presence IS
needed every day md every hour dur
| ing the school term, in order that they
may obtain all that is possible, and
when this impression Is fixed you can
not easily induce one 10 remain away
or 10 have IN imperfect lesson. SO we
| think our boys ON the farm may be made
to know That their work is appreciated.
and that they shall receive share Of
the profits of whatever is produced. not
only In having food TO eat and clothes
TO wear, but shall actually have a share
| Of the dollars and cents Make the
young men partners, real owners and "a
point viii bee gained that win be lasting
in It's results of great Importance.
! We have begun at the lower round
of the ladder we think, Ia q few of the
many things that enter into the life OF
/ n successful farmer, and which are
ncedfu and should be sought after If
we would lead our young men 10 higher
Inspirations and uoblcr doings
Educate our young men To know the
| Importance Of agriculture in all It's
lTlried interests, and the time Is not far
distant when we shall see the calling
respected as It should be- and there win
/ be those who win be as eager and Will
1 ing TO enter It's ranks as those who are
now turning their faces towards other
avocations Let this right education be
/ gin at the home, whore il should nat
uully commence, ana we VIII have no
reason 30 fear for the cause we are
called upon at this meeting TO represent
Would it not be q step in the right
direction to give our young men spe-
cial invitation 10 attend our Institutes
and take part in the discussions In
looking about This room we see several
young men, but there should be more,
The majority are Of that number who
have been long In the service and now
what we want Is to have the rank and
file filed In by brave hearts and stronger
hands If possible, that the future work
Of this great commonwealth Of our
State Of Wisconsin shall be onward
for better things, keeping to the front,
where we firmly believe she stands
today.
Now q word or two about the terms
used at the beginning Of this paper, that
no one may misunderstood We would
not convey the idea that farmer should
not be gcntecl, and cannot be- polite.
Far from a. II Is a mistaken idea that
al farmers are vulgar and rude IN
speech and manner Perhaps II would
not bo ont Of place TO give a description
Of what might DE styled "a gcntcel
farmer. though we do not consider 81
70 Doe The best type This was told 70
me by n friend. who went back 10 his
childhood home IN New Hampshire q
few years ago The flnner be- called
upon one day was the poss ssor of six
acre farm, hilly and in some parts
rocky, but all parts used for some pur
pose. His house was small but well
furnished; barns and Sheds nh ia fine
condition. orchard wen cared for and
fences ln good repair. IL was in haying
time. and the farmer dressed with silk
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