New Britain herald., 1915-06-30
Rack 10 THE FARM.

ing situation In the. United States.
People had been leaving the farm for
the city until nearly every state in
the Union had 4 superabundance of
deserted farms on its hands. Indi-
srectly this influx of country folk into
the city was blamed for the sudden
rise in the cost Of living. .ss No one to
work on the farms.
And now the procession has start
ed the other way. The line has been
formed, the band has struck UP a
rural air, and the city folk are farm
ward bound. Back to the Farm is
the slogan.
In Connecticut according to the
state board of agriculture. there Is
not one abandoned farm. This ar
CUES well for the state. It means
better future. It also warrants a be-
lief that living expenses will event
ually be cut down to lower level.
Many of these old Connecticut farms
have been taken over by sons of other
countries who are not long resident
in the United States. BY their econ
on1ic manner of living, these people
nave stored away their savings day
by day until they are able to pur-
chase a small plot of land, to produce
the necessaries of life for themselves,
and more luxurious things for others.
It is good these people have re-
claimed some of the old farms which
have lain idle on the hill-sides for
some years past. while their former
owners now gallavant about the big
cities in the glare Of the electric
lights.
Connecticut is noted for its wonder
full expanse of farmlands. No other
state in the country can boast of the
magnificent array of rolling country
that sweeps from the north. the south,
the east, and west,-all part Of a net
work of farms and cities No state
surely can show a closer relationship
between it's towns and farms. The
great system of roads in the state,
makes it possible to go from the re-
hottest farm to the heart of the city
consideration that will make the city
people of Connecticut farm folk. and
the farm bred people city folk. It
will bring about better understand
ing between men.
Men who have business interests In
the city can now have their families
on the farm in the summer months
and after Office hours the head of the
family can step into his automobile
and reach his farm-ya in less time
than it takes to tell, Children
brought up on the. farm have always
been physically stronger than their |
city bred cousins This taking UP OF
the abandoned farms then will do
much in helping for better race OF
men in the future.
OF course, one of the first problems
the man who would leave
the city for the farm is, How can l !
make it pay" Five years ago if the
city man were told he would have no
difficulty in making good as farmer,
he would scorn the idea. But expert
ence has shown that in our own state
in the city have taken up farm work
and developed a paying business The
new methods injected into agricul-
tura1 work by the promoters OF scien-
tific farming nave done much to rev.
oiutionize the industry, and the city
man has as much chance now as the
old dyed in -the-wool farmer, because
both must start at the same point.
The city man. as q matter of fact, has
an advantage over the country man,
in that he does not have to correct!
bad habits inherited from an old
school. The DEPARTING nt of Agricul-
ture employs a beyy of experts on
farm management who visit every
community during the farming sea-
son and extend help to the novice 4
farmer. In fact, the beginner is the
one who gets the advice.-the old
timer usually spurns any offers of
assistance from what he terms a
theorist.
Intelligence is the greatest asset a
man can take into agricultural work.
The day Of merely planting seeds with
the hope they will sprout into life is