Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-08-19
I1IRMONT FREDERICK COUNTY, Md THURSDAY AUGUST 49,

among many progressive farmers Is
to take the hired man into the family,
while in industries the worker may
never even see his employer and nave
no human contact with the man he
works for. In the Country we still
have in considerable measure the old
time relations between the employer
and the worker. The American farm
ing regions form the great reservoirs
of traditional American democracy.
Conditions Not What They Were.
And living conditions in the coun-
try are not what they were sener-
alton ago. A lot of our notions about
farm drudgery aud hard living and
isolation are ideas carried over from
an earlier period. when there were no
electric lights, no hathtubs, no rural
free delivery. no good roads to speak
Of and when an automobile on the
farm was as rare as an airplane to-
day.
II you want to judge what the farm
er of today is buying for his, home.
read the advertising in any of the
leading farm journals. 1t would not
pay the manufacturers of aut0m0-
bies and pianos to carry advertising
in farm papers il they were not sell
ing goods of that character to the
readers: and when we find all kinds
Of Iuxuries and high-grade necessi-
ties advertised in the rural press II
means that there is market for tire
things that make living more com
fc"tahle and easy.
Good roads and the automobile
|. have worked wonders in removing the
greatest hindrance to progress In,
farming sections. The farmer ms
rule, is no longer completely isolated
but. generally speaking. Is within
easy reach of some thriving. up-to p.
date market center. and often within
motoring distance Of great city.
Moreover. the movement TO draw
the farmers together in social life and
community achievements is just he
ginning. With the active help of tin
department of agriculture and the
state agricultural colleges community
enterprises are being promoted SO
that the farmers may have their club
houses for recreation and business.
The women are coming together
more and more to work for the social
life and to raise the standard OF
education and culture.
The little red schoolhouse is giving
way rapidly to better buildings that
would look well in any city. such
schools serve large area and give
the farmers children the same edu-
cational advantages as the city chill.
dren.
Initiative and New Ideas.
The best of II Is that all these eff
forts for the betterment Of country
life are in their early stages. There
Is great opportunity for the young
man with Initiative and new ideas TO
help make his community just what
he wants ii to be. Anal that Is lot
more fun than finding something
ready made awaiting you.
The business of agriculture Is diff
ferent from tllat of most industries.
Ii gives the all-around man a chance
to use his talents. 1t Is not matter
of doing the same thing over and over
again day after day as in some fac
tories, for every month and every day
brings its own special problems on
the farm. and the man who is ingeni-
Gus and clever at doing variety OF
things has a chance to make good.
In taking u job on farm, look
for one that offers employment for
at least nine months of the year.
While il may not be possible to get a
lob for the full IL months, that Is not
necessarily a great disadvantage. Find
out where the nearest agricultural
college is located and arrange to take
during the slack period the short
course, which runs II or IA weeks
during the winter. -
In these institutions tuition is free
to citizens of the state, and the sub
jects taught include such practical
matters as stock judging and feeding,
soils and field crops, and under the
subject of farm management, such
topics as marketing, cost accounting,
and other business details Of farm
operation. Under farm engineering
there Is a course in the operation OF
farm machinery and implements, in
Guiding tractors, also the planning of
farm buildings and the general laying
out of the land to secure best results.
1t will be seen that with nine
months of practical work in the year
and three months of training in the
agricultural college, man who wants
to get ahead can become a scientific
farmer while he is saving up the
capital to become an owner.