THE OPPORTUNITIES
OF THE FARMER’S BOY
IProf. Chas. Wilson of Cornell Univer
sity Writes Words of Encour
agement to Farm Boys.
In ft recent article published in
the Metropolitan and Rural Home,
Prof. Chits. S. Wilson, instructor
of horticulture in Cornell Univer
sity, has the following words of
encouragement nnd good advise to
the farmer boys:
Charles Dudley Warner has said
that ‘"everybody ought to be born
in a little red farmhouse, with a
stone wall around it." Now, I
don't believe it makes any differ
ence; whether or not that farm
house has a stone wall around it,
or whether its coler be red or
white or green, but I do say that
the boy born on the farm is born
in the realm of opportunity. Jo
siah Strong also said that "Were
he to lie born again, and were
Providence to permit him the
choice of a place of birth, he would
say ‘By all means, let it be on a
farm in the United States.’ ” More
opportunities oiler themselves to
the young people on the farm
than to any other class of young
people. Our city cousins may
laugh at us, but let them laugh; it
is only because they don't know a
“good thing when they see it.'’
What opportunities offer them
selves to the farmer’s boyf Last
week it was my privilege to visit
the orchard of one of the prosper
ous and successful fruit growers in
Central New York. Several years
*go this man was a farmer, of less
even than ordinary circumstances.
He had a large family, among
•which were three boys. He loved
his children dearly and wished to
educate them, so he said, to the
first, "i'll educate you if you’ll
educate the second; if you'll edu
cate the third, and so on down.”
lie educated the first son, and 1
am proud to say that this young
man graduated from the Agricul
tural College at Cornell. The son
came home and brought with him
some of the new ideas which had
impressed him at college as being
particularly valuable. He and his
father set out a peach orchard,and
they incorporated these ideas into
that orchard. They studied varie
ties of tillage, fertilization, prun
ning and spraying. l'oday there
are several blocks of peach or
chards on that farm, and the man
is well-to-do. The two oldest sons
and the daughter have been edu
cated and the third son is now n
junior in Cornell University.
Last week the father and the
youngest son showed me the or
chard. It was the pride of the
father’s heart. His whole soul
Warned with joy as lie pointed,
one after another, to the things of
interest.
The future of American shall lie
in her homes, and many and the
happiest of them shall lie on the
farms. Bo\ s, the farm offers you
the opportunity of one of God'.
richest blessings a home and
whatever be your purpose in life,
whatever be your object, may
y our ultimate aim and ideal be —
t*> have a home.
Today that fruit grower is hap
j y and well-to do. The fathei
and the boys had studied their lo
cal conditions, the tillage, spray
ing pruning and varieties, ant
then had adapted themselves t<
these conditions and labored U
care for the trees.
This farm has told my story. 1
need not be peaches. It may b<
apples, or pears, or grapes, or tin
cereal crops, but, boys, ever.>
t farm will respond as willingly t<
y our labors if you only study tha
farm and adapt yourself to it.
In conclusion, let me say, Boys
the farm offers every opportunity
one could desire. The soil lie
laden with riches awaiting onl;
our efforts to extract them. Kv
ery field or farm will respond wil
lingly to our labors if we onl;
study that farm or field, adap
I ourselves to it ami care for it. Le
us rally around the standard o
youth, remembering that the fu
ture of America shall be wlmt he
young people make it Let ui
show our fathers and mothers tha
the boys and girls of today slial
hr; ready to stand forth fully
equipped men and women of to
morrow. Let us show them tha
the rising generation which is fol
lowing in their footsteps is full;
competent to succeed them an<
shoulder the responsibility of tin
farm, the home and the nation.
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