The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-05-28
WHEN HE GOES BACK TO THE
FARM

FARM
The following article, which was
written by Dean Davenport Of the
College Of Agriculture, University OF
Illinois, and which appeared in the
1912 annual Of the Agricultural
Dept. Of the University OF Mime
sofa, il published through the kind
ness Of Mr.. Ralph Fletcher, Berea
College Gardener.
II is more than necessary that
the student IN going back to the
farm should realize pretty clearly
the conditions which he will meet.
lie must remember first Of all that
he is rather marked man because
he has been away from home. He
will have very great difficulty in
deed in establishing the relations
that used 10 exist before that event
took place. He will find the people
he used 10 know more or less dis
trustful Of him. They will regard
him as stuck up" and he will have
need To use all Of his judgment and
tact IN establishing himself in
their esteem. In many cases, ] am
bound to say, he will fail.
However. he should establish him
self as early as possible IN the con-
ildcnce and esteem Of some Of the
leading people Of his own communi-
~. These will most likely be to a
very large extent men older than he
is himself, as they ought To be men
who have succeeded on the farm.
Indeed. could not give better ad-
vice to q young man going home
than that lac should as quickly as
possible hitch up" with two or
three 81 the leading farmers OF the
community that are older than he.
II makes no difference whether or
not they know nitrogen from Men
del's law. n they have succeeded,
no matter how, he should get in
touch with them; for II he can win
their confidence much may be
learned from their success. Like
success IN any other line OF work, II
has been founded upon good reas-
ons, and II Is reasons Of this kind
which the student should learn, be-
cause u a large extent they lie
within that domain Of knowledge
which is not teachable in college.
He will find too that this class Of
men is anxious ~ learn some OF the
things that college man can i'm
part by all means let the older
men make the advances in this di-
rcctlon; but II will be found in gem
eral that before "a great length Of
time has elapsed some intimate re-
lations can be established between
the young man and the older men
who have succeeded on the farm by
the exercise Of that rare article
known as common sense
Above all, the young man should
understand that he is not hiding
us llNhN hHh'i a. ny
back To the farm. Indeed, there is
no place now where a man lives in
the limclight more than he does
upon the farm when he undertakes
to practice modern methods of agri-
culture. He will find his time and
talent fully occupied, and whatever
his ambitions may be, even though
he have his eyes fixed upon the
United States Senate, there is no
more sure means of getting there
than To plan Ia spend the next ten
years Of his life is retirement on
the farm.
=. speak in this way because some
young men seem To feel that they
slbiust do something extraordinary in
lporder to be recognized and become
ltprominent, whereas there is no
more extraordinary thing that a
man can do, and there is no safer
prominence for him to attain, than
10 go on piece Of land in these
dave and hacnmp "A really enpcaQSful