Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-30


question must at times rise Ike Ban.
quo.s ghost before that bows father
TOO, II he have conscience aud heart
How shall We educate for the farm the
farm boy who cannot 70 to the agrl-
cultural school, | offer few suggcs-
lions The number could bc multiplied.
First by early giving the boy 4
position Of Independence. 10y never
making boy a slave. hired hand.
mere help; by giving him, as soon as he
KNOWS the difference between mine"
ana thine, something Of his own--a
morse, PIG, COW. calf, q few hens,
an acre OF ground-sGmethng that ne
may see ana feel and enjoy, and work
over ana help to Increase. something
that snail be his OWN by adding 10 his
belongings as he grows older, letting
nm earn these additions II you win
Jana, indeed, this Is the better Way),
Dut AT all events letting him know the
meaning Of growing responsibility aud
realize the value Of money and work.
This begcts strength Of character pride
Of possession and purpose I'm life
what OF ii? In addition he has also.
after ALL the kernel Of an education.
II sets him thinking planning and
working Perhaps ere he has reached
manhood's estate he has acquired ~
| himself n quarter Of the old farm, ac.
| CURED sclf-rcliant manhood. and by in.
! dependent self-directed study he has
learned, until perhaps he may even
| teach his elders, Such hoy soon be-
| comes a reader Of farm literature and
a student Of farm matters lie anxious
| ~ waits the coming Of the next farm
paper, that he may learn % correct
some mistakes on improve an Old meth.
! cd He Is found trying new things ana
discussing with YOU or with his associ-
ates ways and means which were he a
mere dependent, he would let others
solve for him instead Of attempting the
solution Of them himself
Second be his companion Too many
fathers withhold from their Sons the
pleasure, comfort and help of their
comradcshIp What a mine Of exper-
fence is hidden under the snowy locks
Of that old farmer Some one has said
that Mark Hopkins on one end Of
log and student on the other would
make a university What schools could
impart the learning that the old farm
er has hewn out If wood and stone and
sod? And yet the boy who hungers and
thirsts for that knowledge Is but
boy 10 him-perhaps a lazy, shIftless
| boy too bad TO waste words on The
boy cannot 20 to college, because his
father cannot OF will not send him, and
yet the old man, with "A school IN his
own head covering nearly every point
Of practical farming. from weeds to
weather, deliberately shuts the door
to the boy, and throws away the key.
No wonder the boy is ignorant The
trprIav A. IA. tgFtff "a criminal AtutHha
he 10. A farmer father should himself
be- student Of the farm, and his boy
should be his fellow student The ia
ther should talk to the boy explain
the why's and whcrcfores catcchlse
him, teach him, arm him, until when
he Is able to count a years. he has
graduated from the home school and
learned all that the father has learned
I'm the hard, expensive school Of the ia.
TIERS experience
Third, give him an attractive home,
This must be-, If you are 90 Keep him on
the farm Make the home place
where he shall want TO stay Give him
company and books and papers, room
OF his own and decent furniture,
Wherever h. turns let him find wise
guidance iu the line Of his work. At
first he may read sparingly, at last he
viii read eagerly. Thus you can almost
bring the agricultural school into your
own home. Books and papers I'm the
line OF farm work are offered ON every
hand much Of II " high order buy
II. BE eNtrayagaut I'm this II ion any
thing
The farm boy who IL brough up under
such conditions viii come very near
being an educated boy Shall We then