The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-08-15

Simply because he cannot. He is not
financially able. One word will ex.
plain the exodus of young men from
the farm, and that word is necessity.
This age is intensive and commercial
rs we'll as an age of specialization,
and successful plan to conserve the
farms best crop for the farms own
absorption is one of the problems.
The writer can only tell his expert.
ences and observations covering
period Of twenty-five years and that
is just what he is doing.
The number Of boys that have left
several different neighborhoods re.
Gently from choice has been a little
less than ~ per cent. Since We be.
lieve the right sort Of boys is more
Of treasure to a country than even
a perfect financial system, we should
not be discouraged.
The farm boy whose parents cannot
give him financial backing stands n
small chance of being able to rent
q farm, to say nothing of buying one.
Land, livestock and feed are rou-
times as high as they were twenty
years ago. That means u young
man cannot get fitted up to farm for
less than a thousand dollars and all
self made farmers and business msii
say the hardest thousand dollars they
ever accumulated was the arst one.
For nine months year the boy who
Is working out on farm may get
thirty-iive dollars per month, one hun
dred per annum, and at that rate II
will take five years to get that thou
sand. For better wages he goes &c
the city, becomes adjusted to new
environments, saves very little ano
gets out OF touch with farming.
This is the story OF most Of the
Young men who leave the farm, an'
such remedies as amusements 10
the farmers and advice and warning
to them are sounding brass and tinR
ling cymbals.
There is at least a partial remed'
for this state of affairs. and It
what | cali concrete remedy.
system Of loaning money to reiiapi
Young men at living interest rate
would do wonders toward keepih
them on the farm. 1t is to the intel
est of the whole country for farms
: become smaller in size and greater
number. 1t should be this wa.
, s,nce no land is strictly limited !
quality II must yearly become highe
priced. This means that the law
y diminishing returns Is more quicKi
reached and keenly felt than whs
land was cheap.
Already some good has been doi
y along the lines mentioned above an
Il Is to be hoped that the hurai 're'
y II Associations viii be able to 90 {
,oo,ive work In conserving the p@'
I nroduct of the farm, for he Wants
stav there. and may the story
the how leaving the farm for the CIV
become as much thing of the pa
| ne that of the boy running OH TO 81
70 be sailor.
| One word more regarding the
J called lonescmeness of the farm IL
,e,ephone and rural mail delivery q
/ wonders toward relieving this mon
l ,onv but the automobile is wohae
l o., boon and time saver and has
most entirely done away with IT.
l farmer can own un automobile al
/ stu, be much poorer in this wore
/ goods than can the man VINO Is u
l lowing some other line Of work.
l The automobile has been au'''
factor in solving another farm Ply
i lem II cannot be denied that he'e'
| fore many girls have shown a p'
l erence for city boys Even 'he
i aernaid sallow faced clerk OF oa''
i has been more popular with the -
i ,han has the farm boy. THIS 'ac.
/ nm known to cause hoys 10 lea
| ,,a farm Now the automobile
/ Wv certain extent reserved the