Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23
WHAT ARE YOUR BRAINS WORTH (?

~ 0i''f'A 49, 's' ~ - ~ ~ y 'i't -
measured by the dollar sign. '.svllat is
this man wortb?n is The question asked.
not what does he know j. P%icrpout
Morgan says that character, not cash, Is
the dominant factor in commercial circles.
but character without the ability to pro-
duce or control cash is OF little value to It's
owner, other thar the satisfaction OF hay
ing something that is not subject 10 levy
and execution. What is an education
worth. Has it a mOne value? Is the
educated man more efjcicn; than the I'M
educated. az the world goeso9 Has he n
greater money producing power. Docs
education improve the dollar-clficiency
of the average farmer.
Let lis scr.
The farm management division Of Cor
nell University have been making .inves-
LEGATIONS in regird to the dollar value of
an education TO the farmer and have ar
rived at the conclusion that a high-school
education is worth a $4,000 Investment in
5perccnt government bonds. They got at
it in this way: \ complete agricu itura
survey of T%ompkins comfy. New York.
was made. This showed that the owners
oil farms who went only To the district
school made an average labor income of
S3lS. while those who went to the high
school made 1922. But the increased
value of mental training did not stop
with a high school education. for the
farmers who had more thar that avcrag-
ed a labor income of SS41.
Another interesting fact developed hy
this investigation was that the average
farmer who WINS and operates his farm
receives no more for his labor than the
hired man, onetllird of them receive less.
and about oncthird more. The report is
silent oil the educational training of the
hired man, but it is a safe venture that
the percent OF difference i'm wages is as
great as i'm the case of owners of farms.
1t was also discovered that the larger
the farm the larger the profit per acre, due
to Il great extent to the fact that more
high glass machinery is used on the larger
farm than is now thought economical on
the small farm. On the larger farms it
was also noted that the farmer who man
aged several hired hands received more
from their services than where they work
ed singly. The farms operated at u loss
were the single purpose. or specialized
farms. while those making the most money
were the most diversified.
In other words, planning paid in farm
ing operations, and planning best natur-
ally came from those farmers who had the
most education. There are several lessons
to be seen from these figures taken from
one county in old New Yofk where condi-
tions are so radically different from what
they are in the middle west. OF course the
farmer with the greatest knowledge OF
chemistry. bookkeeping. seed testing
breeding, or at least a farmer who knows
how to study out these points from books.
farm papers. and actual experience. is the
one who Is best fitted to put them into eff
ilcient practice IN his own farm. Hence
the reason for the difference in earning
power OF the trained mind and the one
not trained.
What are your requirements? Are you
getting all that you ought to get out 81
yonr brains, or are you still working you
muscles over time? Are You competing
with the hired man, or have you got into
the other class,-the class of workers
whgse rains furnish the capital? If not,
IT Is your own fault. There is no longer
any excuse Tor the farmer being nnedu.
Gated, especially In his " line. He ma,
not y had the time nor the money &,
MS g to go to the agricultural collen q
l3ut there lS nc. longer an excuse, for IN,
agrlcult9ral college, has at last come /,
MIN; Inc correspondence school furns ish|
holue. The best authorities On agric ,.lt; g
YaieducAttOnshAVeSnu mt their heads tc.~,th