Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-06-14
SCIENCE ON FARM
AgricuIturiSt of Today Must
Know Business Thoroughly.
Canadian Tillers Of the Soil Have
Proved That Old Days Of Hap
hazard Methods Have Gone.

Agriculture in Canada has the sta
tus Of a profession which both its high
standard of operation and the prime
place IL occupies i'm national life justi-
fy. The days when land was casually
fled ON and farmed without any in
telligent understanding Of agricultural
processes are going with the dwindling
availability Of the land. and rapidly
passing is the epoch OF the destruc-
ton of soil values. and the abandon
ment of farms which have been rem
dered unproductive. Clearer and clear
er has become the realization that
farming is n specialized profession re-
quiring special training, and In the
place of this SpOliati0n there is an
intelligent system IF crop rotation,
preservation Of the virtue Of the land.
discovery Of the nobility az the
farmers calling and g determination
Go secure and achieve the best pos
sible in everything.
The Education Of the Farmer.
Agricultural colleges. experimental
farms, government literature. railway
propaganda, all I'm an appreciation OF
the national benefits which accrue,
contribute 20 the education Of the
farmer who. If he starts out I'm ignO-
rance, speedily discovers the futility
and prOfitleSSneSs Of continuing I'm
this state. II is only Of comparatively
recent years that farming in Canada
has become the comprehensive and eN-
haustive study it Is and its tenets
been so widely absorbed, and older
farmers who have followed haphazard
methods or systems scientifically I'M
sound are gradually forced from neces-
sity into an intelligent study and APP
plicatiOn Of their profession.
This brings US 10 the city man who
IS anxious 10 leave his old life for the
greater freedom Of the country and
take a farm for himself, and, the fore
going holding good. he need not follow
far behind the older farmer If he take
M the study OF his work seriously,
bring energy and intelligence 10 bear
upon a following ont Of the systems
Of experienced and successful agricul-
turistS, and utilize the results Of the
expert investigation and research the
Dominion places M his disposal The
whole country is working for him and
the novice has almost IN equal OPP
pOrtunity with the farmer Of a life
time.
\ census Of Canadian farmers would
probably show that fully oue-Ialf are
not farmers sons and We're uor
brought M 20 the life Of the farm. Yet
none would criticize CanadI's farmers
on the score Of poor farming methods
IN general. the eVCellency uf their
crops with international huu0rS md the
universal demand for their livestock
products refutng this effeciuaily. Sig
niiicant is il. too. that practically a-l
the farmers who have achieved the
most signal honOrs al international
farming competitions have not been
lifelong farmers. but city men who,
taking 10 the land after reaching ma
turitv without the remotest previous
knowledge Of agricultural activities.
have through intelligent study AMI
close application of the best farming
methods surpassed the efforts Of those
agriculturiSts who have continued do
ing things on the farm in the way
their fathers used 70 do them
For further particulars, pamphlets
regarding Canada. railway rates, ETC.
applv 10 George A. Hall. 123 Second
ST. Milwaukee. Wis.-AdverJisemeHt