Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-10-08

munities Just now need lenders mucn
more than they need meu VINO can
simply make money on their own
farms II Is necessary tor tne agrl.
cultural college graduate TO succeed on
his own farm. OF course His every
move is closely watched by critical
neighbors. Even the shadow of a
failure starts a chorus of II told yon
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Success on his own farm is the first
essential TO the young man who would
be leader. Given that for backing.
he can do almost anything be wants
to with his community Farmers have
a vast deal of respect for the man
who can do things. Their prejudice
against college farming is lost in ad-
miration for the results achieved by
the college farmer II he advises or
ganizing a club they are willing to
join in and help. IL he tells them the
school needs recognizing they are
willing to be convinced They may
even consent to bringing two or three
schools together and using the money
saved to hire better teachers. The In
SEPARATION of one mans success and the
energy impaired by him Is sufficient to
start whole community to thinking.
Once you get man to thinking, there
is no need to worry further about him.
he will take care of himself
II an energetic young farmer with
an agricultural education could be
placed in each township throughout
the farming sections the results would
be an enlightened agriculture that
would be the envy OF the whole
world leading educator recently
made the statement that three live
agricultural college graduates could in
ten years increase the value OF the
land in any agricultural county $50
per acre. That sounds incredible, but
it is literally true. The community
would become so progressive that It
would be worth 500 an acre more to
live there.
The charge has been made that ag-
ricutural college graduates do not so
back to the farm. The facts do not
bear out this assertion. While the
percentage varies, It is safe to say
that fully 80 per cent of the graduates
go directly to the farm. The others
go into some work closely related TO
farming. In my acquaintance with
young men just finishing colle"" !
have known of yeS few who we're
not anxious to 60 to farming \ good
many of them do not do so because Of
lack of capital They have spent all
their money in college, and it looks to
them like uphill business to start
farming without a cent They are
overwhelmed with offers Of salaried
positions at salaries Of from 81 900 to
$1,000 a year TO start with. Expert
ment stations, agricultural colleges,
agricultural rApers and manufacturers
Of agricultural products are all looking
for agricultural college graduates.
Many OF the men go into some work
of this kind until they can save money
enough to start farming.
OF the college graduates who do
take up farming as a business the
greater number rent the home farm
or go into partnership with their re-
spective fathers. This is the Ideal
way for a young man to get a start
Under such favorable circumstances
he cannot help but succeed. often,
however. there are enough brothers
at home to occupy all the land. The
young college farmer must look else
where for a job. Every year the agri-
cultural colleges are receiving a larger
number Of calls for farm managers.
Many OF these offers are exceedingly
LIBERAL They COM for the most part
from farmers who wish to retire from
active work and at the same time do
not wish to sell or rent their farms.
They are often willing to take the
right sort of a young man in on a
partnership basis or give him a per.