The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-03
HOW TO ANCHOR THE BOYS o..
THE FARM.

With many farmers iii. .a...s
question what to do wgtn a.. bows. ur
rather, to suggest to Tire bH~ what
they shall do FIR tham~r,vo- ...-,
farmers, who are farming ford ftp LIE.
and not as a means Of cOutuu 4 exist.
enCesas long as the Lord lets them live
upon the earth, prefer thu the bows
should follow the calling Of th.irrlr.
ents, and should, when the proper tine
comes, marry, settle down near the old
homestead, and thus keep Up the pleas
ant associations of their childhood and
youth. How to anchor these boys Oh
the farm and beget in them an culhusl
astic love for their fathers profession.
Is a question that seriously troubles q
good many farmers
The boy Is naturally anxious t. see
the world. Few who have not grown
up on the farm can realize the hunger
that is in the minds Of q good many
boys to know what is going On in the
great world around them, and Of which
they know little except what comes TO
them in books and newspapers. This
desire Of the boy to learn more Of the
world in which his lot is cast, IS not
only a natural one but commcndable,
and it should be gratified as far as pos
sible without interfering wish the SET
tied plans Of his life.
We know of no way TO anchor a00y
to the farm and make It a pleasant
haven to which to return after a sh0rI
excursion or a period Of education ID
college, than to give him an lnJeres IL
something come ted with the fare
Farmers sometimes deal shametul
with their boys in this manner. The
give them a calf or a pig and the oQ
takes care Of it to the best OF his aOlICi
often learning from the taking care :
that one animal more than he Goes IfOh
all the rest Of the animals on the IaTm
but when the calf grows up It, IS amer
COW or steer as the case may be. IL / :
the boys pig, but fathers hog IhsS
entirely wrong and does much 70 Wean
the boy from farm life. lie teens ma
he has been wrOnged and decelVed, 9nu
that, too, by his " parents, an IN.
determined to earn something loL n nd
self and be in a position to keep ~ an
this he can do best by ieaVlng IHe IL
and engaging IN some oVneI hCS own.
Give the boy something OF hds C coIt'
whether it be a calf, or a pig, u and
or the use Of an acre of grounu, FIR
then let HIM make his own pa Ether
the management Of ill., yrben he
merely suggesting-and 3nT In+ him use
has harvested the proceeds let rnlsibly
them as he sees fit. he may bR,t wis
make mistakes-all OF us d. nart bv
dom is learned for the mosI P%t' and
correcting plumbers. me b seI results
care requisite to secure the DeST igbich
from that part Of the farm III u If far
the boy has a personal lnteFeos oEtionalIy
greater value to him duc oaral /!
than any proceeds he may y e f5e way
will not only educate MN H. II viii cult,
vate in him a love for the O Ein5 soon
farming. A boy OF tn9 and wise
learns to farm intelligently anu nt Iess5o
Iy. and so Don as this impot'a4bbeo re are
is learned. he will see tina &c os crest
openings in farm life equally d. s Ssr IN
if not greater than any wnltn rsstsd u
the cities. A boy once MT NJ n give
this class of work is not likely o"D[22sy
his father much trouble by ms I%or,rrgaL
TO leave the farm.-LGe StOC"