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YCUrJG FCLL1C9 C:ZG1AL. . Ilea 1 J ifff-Jp g V.C .1.1- JUUU1 A Kami amri Hnmo a7 aalrltr r sv TVTsl-k nn1 Ulill MAMA M Avillv ff WJAAJT iUI Ul U1JLWA ,and Georgia. ma, VoL XXV. Ho. 36. RALEIGH, H. C, SEPTEMBER 10 1910. . Weekly: $1 a Year. "Makers of the future The Boys and Girls of Today JUST a few years from now the boys and girls of : today will . be men and womenthe men and women whose privilege and duty it will be to lead in every line of work, to decide what shall be done and how it shall be dorie to rule the , State, to mold in large degree the future of this good land of ours for ever afterward. Right now, too, these boys and girls are deter mining the kind of men and women they will be, are deciding whether they will do great things or small, whether, they will do them well or ill, whether under their guidance the country shall become richer and fairer anol happier? or be handed down, to those wh&in their turn shall ill. I follow them." a less desirable (heritage than the fathers and- them. ' .. Y v , ' ' ils to how they will decide, as to the future they will bring about, we have no fear and no Question. The very thrill of worthy ambitions, the longing to do good work, to make all worknobleand every lifeusefult is strong in the -hearts of the young men and women of to day. They are dreaming beau tiful dreams and doing hard work to make these dreams reality. Bright, earnest, ten tfer girls; strong, clean, pur poseful boys," these are the sort of boys and girls one finds on the, farm today. The girl whose life holds no worthy purpose, the boy whose idea is to get through life as easily as possible, are the exceptions. Opportunities they have, too, such as few generations of boys and girls have evjer enjoyed. Qn the next page we are printing one farmer's lament that he can not share their lot. They are reaping the harvests sown, in days darker, than they will ever know, by fathers and' mothers whose courage never failed, who did not give up the task because it was hard. It is theirs to enjoy the fruits of these labors and to prepare themselves right how to do their work as well. . So we would make this a direct personal, appeal to every boy and girl who reads these pages : : - "When you are a man, Farmer Boy, the farms in your neigh borhood will be better farms ; they will tie cultivated better, and grow bigger crops ; better live stock and more of it will be on them; there will be better buildings, better roads, more ma chinery, less-hard physical work and greater demands for clear and accurate thinking. All this means that the farmer of. that time will have to be a better farmer than those of today and this, in turn, means that right now, while you are a boy, if you rC it if i LL, a 17 o IT 0 l tl ... ! r'Ui would be one of these good farmers, you must begin to prepare yourself for At. You must lose no chance to study, to acquire r useful knowledge, to keept yourself strong in body and mind, to form good -habits. If you do these things, the future is yours ; if you do not, you will be swept aside by the march of progress, and be one of the ''poor farmers," the "failures' . What are you doing about it? j Are you making the most of your school, of the practical: training you get on the farm, of the books and papers you read ?A Have yon ever, thought about a college course -rihe short -course in agriculture, at , least and about the fact v,.. ' , that a farmer needs to prepare for his work just as does a lawyer ' or a : doctor ? If you prepared, the blame will be largely your own, for on every side the doors of opportunity are open. . When you are a woman, Farmer Girl, the homes of the country may not be any dearer to those who share them, but they will be brighter, more beautiful, better furnished, equipped with a hundred con veniences of which your mother has never known. There will be less , hard work in the housekeeping of those days, but there will be demanded of the housekeeper a wider range . - 7 v f knowledge, "a capacity to deal with problems which are now left entirely to the physician, or the teacher," or the legislator Alt this means that you, too, must keep both body and soul clean and pure and strong, that you mu9t train your, hands and discipline your mind, so as to be ready for the duties that will be yours. If you are thus prepar- ed, you will help to lift the whole race to a higher plane of liv ing; if you are not, you will tend to hold it down. You are de ciding right now which part you shalt play. " FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE. A FARMER BOY'S PROBLEMS . . . . . . . . . ; . ..... . . . . .......... 4 'A FARMERS SUPPER .................................... 7 HOLKDAY OCCASIONS AND CUSTOMS IN OTHER LANDS ... . 5 HOW IHE COUNTRY GIRL CAN STUDY MUSIC ......... i . . . 6 HOW TO FERTILIZE WHEAT AND OATS .... . . . . ........ 3 HOW TO GET RID OF THE CATTLE TICKS 10 LETTERS FOR YOUNG READERS 13 METHODS OF CUTTING CORN 2 NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS CONVENTION i : .. 13 ROUND THE WORLD TRAVEL LETTERS No. I 0 SOUTn CAROLINA FARMERS CONGRESS ........... 10 WHEN THE BOY TALKED TO HIMSELF V . . I .'. . . . ... ... ...... 4 MEMBERS OP THE GIBSON COUNTY, TENN-. BOYS' CORN CLUB.
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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