The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-08-05

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of, and when an automobile on the
farm was as rare as an airpIane to-
day.
If you want to judge what the
farmer of today is buying for his
home, read the advertising in any OF
the leading farm journals. 1t would
not pay the manufacturers of auto
mobiles and pianos to carry advertis-
ing in farm papers if they were not
selling goods of that character to the
readers; and when we find all kinds
of Iuxuries and high-grade necessities
advertised in the rural press it means
that there is market for the things
that make living more comfortable
and easy.
Good roads and the automobile
have worked wonders and in remov-
ing the greatest hindrance to progress
in farming sections. The farmer, as
a rule, is no longer completely iso-
lated, but, generally speaking, is with
in easy reach of some thriving, up-to-
date market center, and often within
motoring distance of a great city.
Moreover, the movement to draw
the farmers together in social life
and community achievements is just
beginning. With the active help of
the Department of Agriculture and
the State agricultural colleges COM
munity enterprises are being pro-
NOTED so that the farmers may have
their clubhouses for recreation and
business.
The women are coming together
more and more to work for the social
life and to raise the standard of edu-
cation 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 educa-
tional advantages as the city chill
dren.
Initiative and New Ideas
The best of it 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 it to be. And that is lot
more fun than finding something
ready-made awaiting you.
The business of agriculture is diff
ferent from that of most industries
It gives the all-around man a chance
to use his talents. It is not matter
of doing the same thing over and over
again day after day as in some fact
cries, for every month and every day
brings its own special problems on
the farm, and the man who is ingen-
ious and clever at doing a variety of
things has a chance to make good.
In taking job on farm, look for
one that offers employment for at
least nine months of the year. While
it may not be possible to get job for
the full II months, that is not neces-
sarily 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 lay
ing out of the land to secure best re-
suits.
It will be seen that with hine
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 cap
ital to become an owner-Ex.