The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-03
Make THE FARM
APPEAL. TO BOYS
Farmers Should Minimize La
Dor and Substitute Brains
and Machinery
LADS SHOULD BE GIVEN
AGRICULTURAL PAPER
By Furnishing Them With
Bulletins and Journals On !
Farming They VIII Become
Welded to the Soil
BY CHARLES A. MILLER.


BY cAARLEa A. MILLER.
The Farmers and His BOY.
In attempting to deal with his inns
portant supJect. I shall let the dis
cussion take wide range and present
any matter that has a bearing on thu
question
In order to impress the boys -
they grow up Win the importAuC4
OF farming and farm life, first Of Ill
the fathers must learn to be GOOD
farmer, work to a purpose and s00e@a
ceed in spite of difficulties. sss
This cannot be done unless N4a
makes farming n business and keoUMA
books just ~ large mercantile eaen4s
Iishments. The introduction OF pxuNNa
teal business methods ut ones oDN
the way to thoroughness In every N@4
Of farm work. The question SVl n
then he presented. Which II the Mn0 III
profitable, ten acres OF cora W11N
something dropped in the mn AM#a
broadcast to increase the Yield a488
thorough cultivation at tho right IT,
by using as far In you ara able e4oz
labor OF yourself and chiidrsn 0&sss
twenty acres half cultivated wien
hired labor or working your own
force beyond reason and too lO1xs
hours? ssssS
Keeping books will tell you Wh3e&
cow TO let 60 and which n pays yo4IA
| 10 keep. II will demonstrate % yoMM
whether IL pays to use fertili1of 9n4g#
what grade, low grade with . snneN
per cent. of actual plant food ana - 81
filler with fller quo can get toee3he
on your own farm. or the high gxo0o%
fertilizer and save freight. hauling AE6s
handling.
Step by step as we advance alOnG
these lines the way will open for bet
! terment and development.
Crops That Gather Nitro1em
! Science which has taught ~ tlAm1a
there Ii a class OF crops that feed o3ks
/ the soil and another class that helps I'D
gather fertility from the atm0aphAE4N
aud increase the productiveness Of the
/ coil. making crop at the Same tfu1Ms
| This then brig us to the point Nhe&la
we begin to thirst for scientific agKA@@
| cultural knowledge. 4
! 4 good farmer IL a man Of char
acter he stands for something &n4M
does something. He thoroughly loy90S
his work. has faith in farming ana s16M
the soil. The person living on tj10M
farm has large opportunities Tor
deep broad ami rich life. z
| The child can live and grow tn#M49A
! better atmosphere for laying IT,
foundation for large manhood ri
womanhood. The race has develops
| In the count-y--it has died In t1f&&
cities. Contrast the boy who rise WkN
six. does his mornings work a1Se
walks to school with every kaon3eX&
alert. with health ana power gnt4&15
/ by exercising every muscle In k
most health giving recreation WM1E%S
tnE--with the city boy who scar0o1St3|
rises In time Tor a hearty broAkf9#
who goes to school only few blo&as
away and maybe hauled In IN Auf437
mobile, and we will understand NaN18
I the country gives Us practically 12*
OF our great men.
! Rush to Cities ISa sSa
| Yet the boy getting at the - N
/ liberty leaves the farm, whafA AX&
would be developed into . sub6tG
| tial citizen. and hurries to the c5&f
| In which the chances are that M&&
! will attain no more individuality th91
one fly in swarm. He wants
! hear the clamor OF traffic Instead r.
the song of birds and the ruetI9s
! ripening fields. as53
| The traffic has become deafona
/ roar. He is beginning now 10 pa6
! new value on peace. to reSpeGESz
new standard OF happiness. but
| this came too late--when strnii
till the acres Of his fathers. 8sa
In undertaking to enumeratA n04
OF the things that will help Ia m
| the boys at home. tabor saving II
machinery should stand at tho n
| of the list. The small farmer
say while this is practical for
large farmer. he has not sufdo16
! acres TO 5ustffy such an cxp0nAltf
, This Is overcome by several n1
farmers buying their machin4kY
gether or each farmer certain
chine. filling out their reduirenn4
IN this manner and then aFTn111
their work accordingly. s8S
4 farmer who owns fifiy arY01f
land and owres manure ap41
would not buy two spreaderx II h0i
fifty additional acres. when aN'
mer buys piece OF farm maClji1
he simply buys labor At tho I'm
cost without board and has III
( he needs it,
Machinery Intsrset Ysaet
The use Of farm machinery 6Dt3
To the hey and takes the grind n
physical labor out OF farmfnG
makes II a calling Of pleAeua0 ~
interest The boy should IN
made 10 feel an interest Ii tk3
and crops and have lftttH sp1
| money. or what Ii better. rive
calf or q patch to cuitiyate "a
OF his own. and when he re4c1l<
teen give him colt. and At ex4
buggy to hitch II 10. Theirs
be several farm papers sent
house each week and some Goo4
on all snbJects suited to thu
OF the girls az well ~ the bo14
| will ever wed him TO tho sol a
life. as3z
When the boys reach
how much wiser Il would h2
father would give him hfs
laad than have the ycun6
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