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Manufaciurers' Record
Attention is directed 10 the great
importance Of improving our oppor
tunitlcs 90 secure an extension OF
agricultural training at centers of
population In clyular Issued boy
q. IT Scott OF tho department OF
agriculture Georgia Normal and In
dustrill college, Milledgevillc. Ca
In this publication It is held that all
Youths and adults should have op-
portunity for agricultural training n
they desire Il. and that tho Wides,
possible diffusion Of such opportu-
nifty would benefit both city and
country Tor their problems are in
icrwoven. n ls noted that the con
ErEtion of cities awakens In many in
diNlduals there a desire for rural lie
and that large proportion uf stu
dents at agricultural schools IL from
populous ccnters, which indicates
that many urban youths incline TO
agriculture and "a rural existence n
suitably trained, also that 90 frame
wise policy tn provide such train
inr at ccnters OF population demands
The best wisdom Of school authors
ties leaders In country and city. and
~ Legislators and that local mu-
nicIpal and federal government and
voluntary effort should sct In nper-
alton a working plan 10 this end, FOR
tho world situation makes such a
policy imperative in this country and
also in all others
TO accomplish such extension OF
agricultural training and the general
spread uf farming knowledge, Il Is
suggested that firms Tor practice.
hhoraiory7and experimental uses be
established at ~ near towns and
cities. In correlation with the sys-
tenn of public education, Softer op-
portuuity FOR proper training In Rgri-
culture to children and youths I'm the
elementary, grammar and high
schools. ana they may also he re-
hated 90 such advanced institutions
as colleges n ls argued that sgri-
cultural knowledge would thus he
much more extensively disseminated
than u now is. because students
would not be obliged To leave home
and become boarding students at
some comparatively distant Rgricul-
ural college I'm order 20 obtain train
INK As competent farmers. This, u ls
said. would incline young men 90 re-
main in tho country and pursue
farming as business They would
hc well equipped To succeed and less
UkslN 90 go TO cities and swell tho
ranks " unsSllcd labor This would
bring about better distribution OF
population and IL would also M
crease the number of workers ON
q. o.. a.
mcut ~ The total of farm products
which SIS 40 Impcratively needed
now
Thcrc lssno doubt that ono of thu
chief reasons for the migration W
Vp many Young mCu from tho farm
To- tho city Is their inability to see
how farming can he made 90 pay
Adequate agricultural education
would show them the ways 20 make
money ui farming and they would
then naturally Incline 20 remain in
their rural environment rather than /
try lie I'm cities where. although the |
immediate returns iu money may hC /
greater. tho cost oC living js much .
higher The last is fact which the I
average country. boy or young man
often ovrrlookg in n.. first uIImus.
ot urban existence which at tho he
r.rn.uE usually presents .fs most gf.
ipr'tye side Coz him ~ thcsr train.
I0r and experimental farms pro die.
iuhu'"i around noutcrs OF popula-
Nnu g0 'Nyt town aud country boys
nearby ran enjoy their advantages
they would hr encouraged to con a
iuuo lifo as farmers and moreover I
town ana city boys inclined 10 aErI-
.H.fur4F .TFrH=fHfs would H. ..gH.1 O.. ]