The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-11-29
What a Boy With no Chance
Can Do.

We have Just been reading ~ a
Northwestei u farm paper apouba w
III Young man now--called DdVid
David has recently taken charge o'
one OF the largest dairy farms 10 'he
United States at salary THE equiv
alent OF $4,000 a year when luoe
ed by city standards" !" II lsh
this salary that makes his case re
matkable. but the way he worked VI
TO IL.
Dayid's family was poor. As boy
he herded COWS for neishbor 10 tne
summer and went to school 10 the
winter. AT sixteen he took q notinh
TO 20 to business college ana askeu
40 older brother who had college
education and what David thought a
good JOB to help him But tne
brother also had some Of his college
debts to pay of. and he advised DaVld
to take the litle money he had ana
study agriculture at the University ot
Wisconsin. David did 50, and by the
end Of hi, fist term OF fourteen weeks
was So much in love with bis WORK
ana had shown such aptitude tlat
*. Governor Hard, who visited the
college, hired him for the summer as
barn boy. Remember that this hoy
was at this time working IN the daify
barn TO pay his way through college
and that the jo1 offered him was BY
40 meats a big one. lie took u, how
ever. and made good, steadily working
| his ~ay from one position tn anoiheI
and STUDYING the WORK he was dolnl
an the time IL was hard work, o.
course, and may at times have seeme1
sIow: hut the hardness Of wort
consists mostly ia ones attitude To
wards it and this young mans pro
sresS tl important positions and goo'
pay was really rapid
There i nothing especially remark
lable about this story. David was
according to Governor Hoard "a bort
catetaser aud daily farmer" and va
eyidetdly much in love with his work
,at L. quote Mir. Hoard again he wa
"a PLAIN, practical, truthfuifarm bty
All fr did u sin this distinction wa
the ex,rcise OF those simple, old-fash
ioned qualities. which too man
Young men cast aSide-hnnest faitt
Etuiness. and ,igiiaut care over tn
animals entrusted 10 hrm."
rhi- took place il lie NDrEh"esl
but it might just as wcll have--take
pIaee IN the south Davids story @
,ucc >s4nieht be duplicated ty man
Southern by wbo- feels that he
hand ca lped because he has not th
money to pay for a college course
rne demand Tar meu VINO really kn0'
agriculture. for eapanle daitymef
-facknlen, hHtttcultulists, farnl mar
ayers in The Suutb Is >'eadily increa'
liuu. and--Bttter y far than au
chance OF employment hy others - b
pppnrfunItits for young nlen who hay
JniS training 10 hpglu in small wa
and grow up uia successful fafme'
are almost unlimited. And any pt
aho has energy, persistence and re-
ioye ~ farm wUTg can reaiize % lhes
opportunities TIE agricultural Co
iepe> Of the South give even the poJ
hoy a enance 10 get The fundamental
LOT agricultural education, and ait'
ne has start, any ambitious boy ca
keep uu adding to his store of know
L. e and 10 his aiiiily To dh got
work. If only one OF the four weel
: 4ir * weeks cuurses can be taken "a
a g, yedr, tuis ~ili aimp,i certain
1 I'VE ans boy who Is good student
chance To earn suficidui mpne} zero
be next c ur>e begiuS TO take
Every winter there should he hundred
4, OF our farm bdys-and OF gruwn-t
IA nlers as wel-taSing these sho
courses ilt every Southern state al
d a. may more uakiug the oue-year al
= two year aud four year courses oIiere
.rbe huy, need the training. The Soul
neecsthe trained meu l. IT not til
rf rur yuung msn TO u Tie
ttttuuiiips they hay, FL he Progr
( siye Farmer.