The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-01-13
EDUCATIONAL.
(BY &. w. MEISNEST. }

people from the country to the city.
AS result of this disturbed balance
between city and rural population, the
country has been the loser and the city
the gamer. The young, bright and
sturdy boy who leaves the farm takes
| along with him energy and ambition,
he berefts the community of his power
| and adds it to the city. Ofttimes his
power to the city is only temporary,
and he like others gone before him
takes the downward path. How much
good this young man might have done
in his home community where the en-
vironment is of the kind he is used to.
This exodus of young men from the
country to the city has not yet entirely
ceased; but at last change is coming.
Men of all classes are looking to the
farm as place for investment, and es-
pecially for the highest enjoyment.
AS city life has grown more complex,
to be appreciated Many city-bred
young men are looking to the farm as
the best place for the exercise of their
powers
Now what are the opportunities offer
ed young man who stays on the farm?
For the young man who is seeking a job
away from home, opportunities by the
hundreds are open to those who have
some training along farm lines based
upon a good fundamental common school
! education. Hundreds of calls are is
sued each year for trained creamery
and cheese factory operators. Then
there are numerous calls for large
farm managers, superintendents, herds
men, inspectors of farm supplies, and
operators of pure milk supply stations.
Then too there is a great call all over
ne United States for men to work on
ia rms in all capacities from ordinary
laborers to the very best positions of
this kind.
In all the above named vocations the
man with an education has the prefer
ence. In order to get to the best job
some training in some agricultural col
lege for several months during the
winter will be sufficient to fill most of
the ordinary positions in farm life. At
tendance at an agricultural school re-
quires that person have the equvi-
liant of common school education.
This is all that is necessary. If you
can get more all the better. How then
can any one deny himself the opportun-
tiles OF securing an elementary educa-
ton? How can any parent deny his
children the opportunity of securing
the basis for their future livelihood?
Regular attendance and interest in
school work are two essentials neces-
sary for the attainment Of the best in
any vocation.
The compensation one receives on n
farm may seem small in comparison
with that paid in factories. But in part
it is what is saved and not what one
earns that measures the value of po-
stion. Twenty-Five dollars, board and
washing, per month in the country is
better compensation than fifty dollars
in the city. The young man who finds
a place with an up-to-date farmer, or
in modern creamery, is gaining eX-
perience and learning methods of doing
business that are of the highest pos
sible value. TO the better class of
men, the lower positions generally lead
to the higher ones; they lead to part
nerships or an interest in the business
and finally to the control thereof. If
young man becomes a wage-worker
for any of the great manufacturing es-
adjustments of the city or the great
corporations, one must struggle for re-
cognition along with thousands of 9TH
ers. In agriculturale employment, there
are usually but few competitors, and
the able, ambitious young man is more
easily discovered and recognized.
Opportunities on the farm then are
numerous enough to induce young men
to remain on the farm. More, howev-
er, can be done by the farmer to-day to
make it so that it be a social pleasure
TO remain at home. A great social
change has taken place during the last
ten years. Farm buildings and farm
yards are much better to-day, they are
in many cases modern, clean and sani-
tary, as compared with twenty years
ago when one would have to walk on
stills to get through n farm yard or
even cow-barn. wspapers and
magazines; home gatherings and gath
erings in school-houses; contented
home and ten hour day; all these and
numerous other things help to keep
the young man on the farm. Without
them he is going to drift from home if
possible. Then ordinarily all that is
necessary in most cases is that parents
who have children of school age send
them to school, so that thay may have
a fair chance. The population especi-
ally in cities has grown faster than it
can be supplied. The increase in the
number Of farms and the output has
not grown in comparison. What is
| needed on the farm to-day is men who
can do more intensive farming, men
with brains, men who can raise two
bushels where formerly one was rails
ed.