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How To Make Good Farmer Boys

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
January
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Induoe tlictn o takean interest in tb farm, in the inipíementí,"n the stock ; - teil them all your plans, jour Buooessos nd failures ; give them a history of your own Jife, and wnat you did and how you lived when a boy ; but do not harp too inucb on the degenerato oharaoter of the young men of tbe present ago ; praiso them when you can, nd oncourage them to do still better. Let them dre.s up for the evonirjg, inetead of eitting down in their dirty olothos n % dingy room. Provide plenty of ligbt ; tbanks to kerosene, our oountry home enn be as brilliantly lighted ae the gas it houses in the city. Encourago tbe neighbon to drop in eveuing. Talk agricultare rathcr than poütios ; speak of the impottance of largo orops, of good stock, of liberal feeding, and of tho advantagee of makicg auimals comfortable, - rather than of the bard times, low price, and liipli wages. Abovo all, eucourage tbe boys lo read good agricultural books. Papers are well enougb, but aD intelligent boy wants sometbing more nd better. Get him somo good agricultural booka to etudy. Read with him, aud give him tho bcnofit of your experiecce ard criticism. When he ha mattered this, buy him anotber. Answer definitely all proper questions. Eucourage rather than rufuaa cbildlike ambition to be of usefulness ; no matter how trifling or unpractical the present reeult, profit lies beyoud.

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus