The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-01

It is also worth considering who shall manage the home farm when tnV father desires to drop his responsinin- ties, especially where real nome mas been built and desirable farm lands ac- quired.
 Many a boy chooses the city expect
 ing there to accumulate capital with
 which later in life to buy farm, TOT
 the instinct of retiring to the tarm IT,
 the later years of life is very general
 one among menlof all professions, rom
 presidents and governors 10 tne huh'D
 lest wage earners in the cities.
 There will be no fulfillment of this
 dream for the average city man, first
 because the average man will not save enough in the city: second because III the diversified condition of the agri-
 culture of the future he will not have the information necessary to make farming success; and third because by the time a surplus can be accumu- lated the price of desirable farm lands will have reached prohibitive tlg- ure. When we remember that within the past five or ten years lands nave advanced fifty to one hundred per cent in value throughout most Of the Unl- ted states. we may reasonably expect that the increase Will continue TOT there is no longer west to be mad for the asking, practically all of the gov ernment land fit for tillage having been occupied.
 Those who remain in the country will get the benefit of this augmentation of value and those who fail to possess themselves of land within few years will find that their opportunities have passed. Let us remember that an in l Aux of people from other states and from other lands into the southern courtry 1 is already beginning and that this movement will soon become a great current. Shall our southern boys aban- | don the farms and find too late that | the home of their parents has passed l into alien hands, or shall they them selves reap the fruit of enhancing val ues and of the ever increasing conpe- tition for land? ~
 | However, the main point that I de- | sire to make In this paper is to sug- Rest d few of the means which VIII | tend to foster a love of farm lire among those boys whom the parents would like to have remain upon the l farm, The parent can do much to
 make farm life attractive to the bright | spirited boy and to keep him by ms | side. First, he can avoid that too | common mistake of permitting his son to work for him without any stipulat-
 ed salary. Many a boy leaves home | only in order to be his own boss in | spending his earnings, however, meag- | CT Every man and youth ought 10 know exactly what he is working for
 and ought to be paid as promptly and
 regularly when working for his father 1 for wages, as if he were working for l some other man. It would even he well if some allowance for spending | money or saving could be made to boys
 just entering their teens for work done l on the farm.
 Next to definite wages. the best way
 of interesting a boy in farm life is to l give him the absolute ownership and
 net profit from some horse, colt. COW
 SOW, sheep, poultry. or patch. Let this
 be a business arrangement, by which 1 a definite sum Is deducted from the
 sale of offspring CT profits as com pensation to the farm for the actual | expenses, the child taking possession of the balance as his own.
 Another method of imrlanting a love for farm life and Of insuring success in it is by giving the boy the widest possible outlook upon agriculture, stock