Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-26

superior to that of the rank and ME or
metropolitan men of wealth.
There always win be some poor and
half-starveO men among farmers, but
this class is far less prominent upon
the farm than in the marts of business;
and there are ten times more impecu-
NOUS city workers than there are farm
ers in actual want. But right here let
1t be said that even the poorest farm
ere are better off than are the average
strugglers of the great city. The farm
or has a chance to grow. The city man
may or may not have that opportunity.
Should the farm boy remain upon the
farm? Upon general principles l say
yes, and emphatically, yes. There are
exceptions. There are many boys who
have no business TO stay upon the
farm, because they are destined for
something not necessarily better, but
son ething entirely different from farm
ing; but, generally speaking, / would
advise the farmers boy to remain on
the farm, unless he can give legiti-
mate; sensible, and positive reasons for
a change. Where nature placed us
would appear to he our natural field
of action, subject only to exceptions.
Therefore, the boy born upon the
farm should consider the farm the place
for his life work, unless there are rea-
sous why a change of base should be
maze.
For any reason save a good reason,
many a farmers boy despises the farm,
rvIoA H., oh,,,IT 10 rwDrra nc .hfc orrf-
cultural heritage. He is Of the nobility
of the soil, a nobility, not of many dol
lars, but descendant from the parent of
dollars.
The boy who would leave the farm,
aud who gives no good reason for
leaving, may as well go as stay, for
he will undoubtedly be a failure any
where. The boy who dislikes the farm,
because he does not like work, will not
be a success anywhere. If he is not
willing to work as hard upon the farm
as he would have to away from the
farm, he will not work hard enough
anywhere else to earn more thai a
mere livelihood.
The hoy who does not like farming,
who dislikes it from his very soul,
who has absolutely no love for plant
Ing or harvesting, and yet is not a
loafer, is not likely to become a good
farmer, and forcing him to remain
5 there indefinitely is certainly bad
, judgment and will prove Improbable
Why City Attracts Boys.
r Any boy has a right to dislike the
, farm, if his dislike is sensible; but
many boys, perhaps the majority OF
5 them, who leave the farm to go to the
4 city, do so because they look upon
farming as inferior labor and believe
4 hat the farm offers little opportunity.
r This is all toe often the farmers fault
S not the fault Of the farm itself. Thou
4 sands upon thousands Of boys, failures
- in great cities, might have been sue
S ctsstul citizens upon the farm. The
drloging farmer, the ne'er-do-weu dig
/ ger of the soil, with weedy garden ant
S shabby house, cannot expect his boy tC
e respect the farm or love the farm; anC
e this boy, unless he is broad enough anC
r Intelligent enough to see beyond his
e fathers farm, will probably leave it
e even If he has to run away.
Should the city boy leave the city t
: become a farmer? Yes, if he wants to
+ If he goes, the chances are that he will
t become a happier man, a healthier
man, and a better citizen; but IL. h,
r does not want to go, do not force O
even urge him. Probably a great man!
more city boys might go to the coun
try If they only knew the meaning o
life in the country. However, Their
are comparatively few city boys VIII,
It TURN farmers. aud it may be a lonI
e time before the sense of the city will
k be strong enough n broad enough t.
s sec beyond It's brick walls and tower
n ing buildings.
Real Success.