The Dolores star., 1906-06-29
tcopyr,sht, ,sss, By x.,A1 c. Fowler, IT,,

sash1 C. Fowler, ys)
Gallon OF the progressive farmer IL
superior to that of the rank and hle OF
metropolitan men OF wealth.
There always will be some poor apd
half-starved 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-
nious city workers than there are farm
ers in actual want. But right here let
Ii be said that even the poorest farm
err are better on 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 en-
the farm. unless he can give legiti-
mate, sensible. and positive reasons for
change. Where nature placed us
would appear to be our natural field
of action, subject only to exceptions.
Therefore. the boy born upon the
farm should consider the farm the place
Tor his life work. unless there are rea-
sous why change Of base should be
MADE.
For any reason save good reason,
many farmers boy despises the farm.
when he should be proud of his agri-
cultural heritage. He is of the nobility
of the soil. nobility, not of many dol
lars, but descendant from the parent OF
dollars.
The boy who would leave the farm.
aGd who gives no good reason for
leaving. may as well go as stay. for
he will undoubtedly be failure any
where. The boy who d!slikes the farm.
because he does not like work, will not
be a success anywhere. II he is not
wiling to work as hard upon the farm
as he would have to away from the
farm, he will not work hard enoug h
anywhere else to earn more Than a
mere livelihood.
The boy who does not like farming,
who dislikes 1t 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 good
farmer. and forcing him to remain
there indefinitely is certainly bad
judgment and will prove improbable.
Why City Attracts Boys.
Any boy has right to dislike the
farm, II his dislike is sensible; but
many boys. perhaps the majority OF
them, who leave thu farm to go to the
city. do 30 because they look upon
farming as inferior labor and believe
that the farm offers little opportunity.
This is all too often the farmers fault,
not the fault of the farm itself Thou
sands upon thousands of boys, failures
In great cities, might have been sue
cessful citizens. upon the farm. The
drudging farmer, the ne'er-do-well dig
ger of the soil, with weedy garden and
shabby house, cannot expect his boy to
respect the farm or love the farm; and
this boy, unless he is broad enough and
Intelligent enough to see beyond his
fathers farm, will probably leave it,
even II he has to run away
Should4he city boy leave the city to
become farmer? Yes, fhe wants to.
II he goes, the chances are that he will
become happier man, healthier
man. and better citizen; bit IL he
does not want to go, do not force or
even urge him. Probably great many
more city boys might go to the coun-
try IL they only knew the meaning Of
life in the country. However, there
are comparatively few city boys who
TURN farmers. and 1t may be long
tine before the sense of the city will
be strong enough and broad enough to
sec beyond its brick walls and tower
ing buildings.
Real Success.
The farm, which gives the father a
raerc living. may give the son a COM
pctency. The farmers boy should
realize that success is not so much
how much one earns in year, as how
much one gets out OF the year in ex-
perfence, money and opportunity to en-
joy life. A few hundred dollars earned
on a good farm may leave at the end
OF the year much more in actual money
than five times the amount OF earn
ings VIII leave to the boy or man in
the city. True, the city boy may say
that, although it costs more to live in
the city, one gets more that is worth
while. and therefore city life is worth
what Is paid for II. There nevor v,s
greater mistake made. While the
city may give more than does the
country, even in some things worth
having, the city charges more for what
1t gives, even when intrinsic value IL
considered ounce by ounce and pound
oy pound. Many q the things which
city people think they want, they