The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1919-01-09
1925 per acre, an increase of 100 to
$50 per cent.


1t is a well known fact that the
city boy or girl stood a better
chance for an education than the
average farm boy or girl during
the past. Some of the poorer
class of farmers would keep their
children out of school as soon as
they we're old enough to drive
horse, thinking that if they them
selves could get along without an
education their children could do
the same. Finally a law was
passed compelling them to send
their children to school until they
reached a certain age; the best
thing that ever happened to the
farm school boy or girl; for I be-
lieve that two normal children
placed under like influence and
given equal social advantages
stand a mighty good chance to de-
velop and become of equal impor-
tance in the world. Now the num-
Der of farm children who are per-
mitted to pass through high school
compare favorably with those of
the city.
We have one of the finest agri-
cultural departments connected
with our State University that is
t5 be found. Here every Mime.
sofa young man or woman has the
privilege to take course and ev-
eryone should make it point to
attend sometime. Those who do
attend or have attended throw out
their chest and are the proudest
and happiest young men and .wom-
en- in the world. They have stud
led soil under various conditions,
livestock. grains, seeds, economics,
farm law, the best of buildings,
home making and many other
things. They have not only stud
led them but they have gone right
back home and put the old gents
farm on a business and paying
basis. The community spirit has
also been instilIed, and these are
the young people who are largely
responsible for the successful CO.
operation among so many farmers.
These young men and women are
as highly educated as those of any
other vocation. Why should they
not be, for back of it all don't the
city folk rely upon the farmer for
their foodg Were it not for this
scientific training, where would
the nations of the world be today9
Remember that said training has
not only brought about greater
efficiency but has increased pro-
duction.
The farm lad stands as good
chance to become somebody as the
boy of any other class. He may
become one of our lawmakers. The
fact of the matter is that many of
our lawmakers are farmers. Why
should they not be? Are they not
better acquainted with conditions
in the country than the business
man from the cityg The welfare of
the public lies in the cooperation of
the two. Many a young man from
the rural districts as we'll as of the
city have risen to fame that will
stand as long as history.
For more than 20 years farm la
Dor has been growing shorter.
Witness, then, when the war broke
out the many foreigners who were
called to their flag; a great many
of them farm laborers. Then,
again, when our own country en-
tered the struggle, the farm boys
rushed to enlist. They volunteered
more rapidly than those of most
other occupations; comparatively
few of them claimed exemption
from the draft. This left the
shortage of help in a dangerous
condition. Still the crop produc-
ton of the past year is greater
than ever. Whys Simply because
no obstacle is too great for the
farmer to overcome, so he went
over the top"
Hats off to the farmer! When
it came to Liberty Bonds and War
Co vinpe Stanns ha resnonded tn