Farming Is Now Becoming A Very Skilled Occupation

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 7, 4 July 1949, Page 5

Farming Is Now Becoming A Very Skilled Occupation

“Farming is now a skilled way of life, and those who are not skilled must experience hard living,” declared Mr C. V. Janes, an economist, at the New South Wales Agricultural Bureau conference at Hawkesbury College. The new status of the farmer, he said, was business and professional. Gone were the clodhoppers and hayseeds. “Success in farming is becoming more and more dependent on brains, and less on brawn. Farms no longer are dumping grounds for intellectual duds. An up-to-date farm in many respects is like a scientific laboratory, and requires for its successful functioning much the same type of personal application as is needed in a scientific workshop. “Wide-awake farmers give enthusiastic support to educational extension projects; and are ever ready to enlist the services of experts. No farmer is justified in feeling satisfied unless he regularly takes refresher courses. I have no condemnation ■ strong enough for the attitude of any farmer who wants to be pitied, or who is apologetic about his calling.”