MENTALITY ON THE FARM

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 49, 26 August 1933, Page 12

MENTALITY ON THE FARM

"Above all, we want to kill this rotten old notion that farming is an inferior job for inferior people." [Thus Professor J. A. S. Watson, in! a plea for the Young Farmers' Clubs.] of Great Britain, which have been,' organised on a large and increasing scale. The clubs are now approaching 200 in number, and they .'are one of the signs of the rural a\\/sken~ ing in the Old Country. V/hen science and farming stood mmote, each talking scornfully of thfl other —when one shouted "Fool!" and the other shouted "Theorist!"—lt seemed that co-operation between Ahem was far distant; but die march, of applied science—theory in practice—has raised practical questions that intrigue the young, from, the ranks of whom the Young FarftVers' Clubs are being steadily recruited. Tests in stock-judging are Quoted by Professor Watson as sharpening the powers of observation and description in a remarkable way—so much so that, after he/ has listened for a few minutes to- his pupils, the professor begins to/, doubt his own judgment Perhaps it would not be a bad idea if all sh#w judges were attached more or lem closely to a young farmers' chfh. While the union spirit may catoii the mature farmer, the club spi/rit catches the young people. No longer will the fool of the family go to $he farm, and the bright boy to tlie</Bar or die Public Service.