The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-02-23
Agriculture.
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! rarely sqe.k 10 The fs,b,s o. the isrn'.
srawB up soBs Bot. fathers. van, q
a oneaa eon,alistioa vita yoa.
Yps bn.uy bo,s tnsy 60 cur ADD sofs
Al The wood. All .bo 1--we srov ed.
Nothing plssses . scod farmer more. 81
bis hsir begins 10 vtIirn. than the ktos
ledge TIA. b. son. carefully reared. - -
own the issm and earn b on altar ti@,
sfor5ius bin happy home 10 bis peace
fol green I'll age. Ths isnstt VII,
shouldn't Il bef Has not be pursed thsI
isrm ali bis life. clesriog IL. Its Iroduei'
iveDess, inn rowing the buildings. aud 10
sLort. mAkiag u tae ce1tes VI The anlssrse
ss only dpe old hume 90 the farm cat
bef some day be musi leave il What
more desirable than 10 coptde ell be has
90 cherished 20 III. hands Of the soD Sho
kDovs each held, aud in rsqalrsmelt'
aud capabilities Tor yielding 81 most as
we'll ~ himsslir
But what IL I g sons hsve lett hpdine
their svelus to wealth ,lsewhere2 Labor
and care 20 IN make then forget bow TO
carry 90 the f.rn, and when The old folks
are gone il Is sold 10 stranger. Why dad
the boys 30 else sherep The trouble be
gan before. they got iut their teens. The
seeds Of dissonient garminAted - weed
seeds sprout where nothing is sowed Tie
feeling ,hst il Is oil worx sud no play de
veloped 10 the boy until il appeared 10
the youth expressed thus; IL. all fathers
Jet 10 htr take care Of II
Had the boy been | ID /, take su ilt'r
est 10 the place. it's stock aud it's businets
si.irs, Including Its possibilities for i'm
creased income. diseoot ent would have
iound no place 10 his heart
But create: danger for be boy than
that OF leaving the farm is The one OF CON.
ing into possession oil property With no
practical knowledge OF the value OF money
and Of how to protect him self sgsinst
sharp dealing; also without the acquired
ability Of how to sell the farm produce
and buy nee, ssary stock, machinery, ito,
piu ienly and wisely. Many q fhrewd
busints, man who has always been Kind
father and good provider, now on the down
bill sid, Of life, is wronging his sons, aud
perhaps his daughters also, BY personally
transscting every bit OF business, from
selling abu hsl Of potatoes to buying
land. knowing be can do it better aud
gain more Than any body else. have
known repeated instances Of boys that
rescbed the age of 80 years or mtrs with
no knowledge Of sif .irs. father being de
pended upon slwsys, and with no money
of their own except as it came through
the psternil channel.
Suddenly compelled to assume the man
agement they lost everything by littler,
and this while perfectly sober and temper
.te, only lacking Judgement which could
have been cultivated in the field OF prac
ical experience. A middle aged friend
have in mind married and continued to
eside At ONE with nothing be could call
lis own until 80. when the death OF his
father gave him everything, except tie
one Re quisite faculty for taking care q
Il.
He proved unsbls to amend The efiicieni
" 10 bis education and died q few years
ater almost literally worried to death,
having lest . large portion Of bis educa
ion and died few years later almost lit
rally worrie to death. having lat large
portion Of bis fathers savings by multi
ude OF blunders. -nv Isl
The remedy is 10 letthe boys get hard,
ned down to business while yonug and
Vhile you are about. able to advise them.
such q course will be sure also TO result
o keeping them interested in agriculture
9 profession and inducing them TO fol,
ow it. You may lose few dollars by
!, but money couldu't be lost in better
suse.
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