Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-03
THE ecu MY AGENT
AID The FARAa Boy
on the Maryland FaTmeFl


sz00king back oseF oar early day
these of as Who spent them Ga tAs
garrn md new shings standfng ok
more viyEdly III our miGs thaa 4 81 Fl
taiu form 81 inlqaity praesiced sgaisI8 y
rnany OF OR acuuaintanceB. That S
fQalty seemed trivial then IL the ~
enfa but ii pne deep Ii every hi i
heart i sting and dent that has 6gisis 4
thousands 0f lads 20 the city q
lost 10 agriculture untold nnlnh rs
who might have proSpered IN tillH g
the land, and with resulting a 8
culturs greater ~ far than thaE 81
today. lnstead Of telling the sedSey,
however, lets leave II 10 the dtsrs1s ~
ing poet who summed UP the alaa-
lien ihusly
hy did sou leave the farm. my ia
Why did you bolt and leave your dA
why did yoti beat ii M 10 town
And turn Your poor old father DON
Thinkers of platform. pulpit press
Are wallowing Ia deep distress
they seek Id know the hidden catsll
Why farmer boys desert their pa
some shy they long 10 get iasif
OF faster life aud social waste.
And some will say the silly cntir1l
Mistake the silat cards for tlsei'
trumrs
IN waging fresh and germless aiR
Against The smoky thorough fare
We're all agreed the farms the rls d
So tree your mind and state yAl,I
case. &
well, Stranger, since you've been sr
frank,
III roll aside my haxy bank,
| The misty cloud az theories,
And tell you where the trouble LES
left my dad, his farm. his pillow
Because my calf became his COW
left my dad twas wrong, b
course
Because my colt became his hors@
left my dad rs SOW and reap
Because my lamb became his shee;;
dropped my hoe and stuck my fri
Because my pig became his pork
The garden truck that made gro
Was his ID sell but mine I'd hoe
| It's not the smoke IN the atnAs
phere
Nor the taste for life that brouehi
me hero:
Please tell the platform, pulpit PISS
No fear of toll Or love of dress
Ia driving OF the farmer lads,
Bnt Just the methods Of their dad
1t il not, however. the pIatfds4n
pulpit, press shat IS doing the fEbsl
reward correcting aud righting &liit
one-time wrong. II Ii that tire8es
worker. the county agent, who. ltl
/ his medium Of pig clul s. and the IKE
lis giving the farmer 10y his cha be
And while Fighting this wrong h Ii
developing the lads Of the country 8llte
good business farmers And forturS te
lly the county agent Is not the NnlJ
one 70 see the light We all renaRnl
her what the bankers Of Wiorcs Tel
County did for the pig club boys Va
are seeing what the hankeEs OF ar
ford are doing tilis year CO aid CoHntl
Agent Derrick IN MS work net ID III
| fl Hartford Coanty Is holding Kaci
on filling out tile premium list d
tending the club boys the noDeyH 81
their unsecured notes. to pure as.
better stock OF iinarlce their &ori
lcrups Worcester will soon be ca.
premier ptire-bred hos county Il
Maryland hartford County viii alsi
lher, but Hartford will have glori@ il
tan0ther line. Tor her established lglpu
ltation for good corn is being adl
secure for the future through the 10Y
nov planting the best seed obtallA BIZ
land through their opportunity To dis
pose of their corn through the #orI
growers association Some da al
THE dads IN this State will see tIl
flight and the faranboy exodus v b
largely thing of the past, thank
Ito the county agent Maryland frm
Ter
Every time you buy War Saingl
Stamp you drive another rivet int