The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-08-05

| repesfs itseif pisy fSe part of he
oppoEtunist BY chopstng present oc'
cupasion r some ieasily attainable
and hnmadiatslE nalrlerative line Of
work
This tendency to fDllow tha line
of least resistanee Il our industrial
life il fnr more osnosnl than most Of
US apnreciats> We o1e largely cresr
lures OF accidem. Hyen strong pred
ilectkn& are aannnR R1innted to thu pres
sure of circumstanc1s, or are repressed
to take adxantnna Of what seems to
be . GOD oppoe1unity to make an I'M
mednuea or earn tcp9Uyemenk in our
hnaHs1Al conditf6n- More genseranlly
fits I'll short o. s1yth1ng like. eomplete
realixation, and ,theEo = confined disr
appdntnent over q monotonous ex-
istalne amb = yiii IonginG fnF what
miu1nk have been-s
Too nsw young men approach the,
alkimportant proboem OF choosing ..
career with an eye to the. attainmenfs.
OF = more. or hess distant fnture. Quite
naturally ttin problems OF The present
are first and most Thoroughly consids
cred As result many young men
have left me farm for other employ
ment at a. time when the future is ex-
ceeding1y bright for the progressive
farmer. The country bred young men
who are just now engaged in the con-
sideratian OF the momentous problem
Of choosing career would do we'll to
consider this outlook, while weighing
the farm in the balance with high
industrial wage. And If they take
Counsel with Older men aHa men in
other lines of business as well, the
DECISION reached Is likely to be one of
GTfafar wisdom
In weighing the farm against other
careers present difficulties of farm
mana cement, particularly the shortage
of farm labor, are likely to be placed
in the balance against the farm, in
stead OF in its favor. A little thought
should, however convince the young
man who is considering this question
that this handicap il certain to react
in favor of the farmer who sticks
to his job and makes the most OF the
present situation. Shortage of Farm
labor means lessened production along
some lines. It also means increased
urban consumption. Together these
factors mean renumerative prices for
farm products.
Economists OF the business school
believe implicitly in the ultimate in
fluences of the old law of supply and
demand. They believe that prices for
IOOu StuIS must TlSe TO relatively
higher scale of comparative values,
which will enable the farmer to sue
cessfully compete with the manufac-
turer for needed labor, and which will
return the farmer and his family a
more adequate labor income.
The country bred young man who
are up against the great problem OF
choosing career would do well to
consider these economic facts before
deciding against farming as a career.
Look out for the second brood Of
the Alfalfa Web worm which is due to
appear in a short time. 1t may be
heavier or lighter than the first brood
but should be closely watched and II
too heavy, some action should be tax
en- to control 1t. II we only had .
County Agent this work could be well
organized in time
\ The cherry crop in Penrose seems
to be light on some ranches, but the
other small fruits are plentiful and
bringing good prices.
The Alfalfa web worm mas done
considerable damage in the Penrose
section. especially to the sugar beets.
Several Of the other crops have been
damaged by this pest. and number
Of farmers have begun 10 spray with