The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-26

Farmers should have a higher respect TOT their business. Too many regard farming as buraensome and less profitable than other kinds of work. They look at the farm as . place to get away from and constantly talk about what someone is doing in the city. in the oil business or in anything else but the farm. What we need is more genuine enthusiasm for the farm and its surround tngs, The burdens and worries then disap- pear and a careful study reveals the surest profits The farm and live stock and props and fruits and fields become great lab- oratorfes where profitable and pleasant study is daily made of conditions The sub ject is of mutual interest to the father and
 sons and daughters. Instead of desire to leave the best place in the world the farm Is beautified and enlarged and the boys build up homes in the neighborhood and
 have no desire to leave or take up other callings.
 J. H. Skinner in Breeders Gazette.
 The love of the farm with all Its beauty,
 freedom. health, profit and honor is instill- ed into the children instead of that feel ing of anything but farming. Too frequent
 ly boys are encouraged to take up profess sions that at first thought seem to offer
 great opportunities. Doubtless in such cases
 the father has not studied the subject care
 fully enough to see the many and varied op-
 
 who will train and fit themselves for az
 ricultural pursuits. He may think that the
 farmer needs no special training and that
 the farm is the only place where the agro-
 cultural graduate can find employment. The
 father and son may not know that some of
 the highest salaried men that 90 out from
 technical schools are from the agricultural
 courses. And they may be surprised to
 know that there is . demand for farm man. agers foremen, teachers, investigators.
 chemists and writers which is not being
 filled because there are not trained men Of practical knowledge to fill them.
 A certain amount of knowledge of theory
 is essential to such training, but the asri-
 cultural courses as taught nowadays lear
 with materials the same as any other in-
 dustrial course The students may study
 handle. score and judge animals of various breeds and types; grow crops in laboratory and field. anaIyxe soils, mechanically and cereals. injurious and beneficial insects and ho wto estroy and protect them. They learn the principles of feeding and breeding all classes Of farm animals and how to care for milk. make butter. graft. buI. prune and spray fruit trees. grow berries, vegetables and get the principles of vetrinary science as well as a knowledge of animal diseases and their treatment Such traintnp fits them to do something and do it we'll. It gives men trained capacity. It broadens them and fits them for every emergency. II makes men-men who are capable of talk ing responsibilities and filling positions of trust and honor. It makes them business men. The agriculture that Is being taught throughout the country in various schools and colleges today is practical. useful and proritable There fs no course any broader or so full of possibilities. It opens up to young men many avenues and new fields which have scarcely been touched as yet
 To that theFa fs for on the farm is putting 1t mildly How many Ilelds are producing their maximum yields, How many farms are run down and neglect ed! Is the COW profitable as handled by many! Do feeders make the most of the feed put into beef, pork and mutton? An swer these questions and you will be con- vinced that the farms of this country need trained men with ability to solve the econ i omic problems of the farm. Such men are being trained by the agricultural schools Of the country. But there is a demand for a hundred times as many as are awaiting