The Young Farmer

The Young Farmer, with the subtitle Some Things He Should Know, is by Thomas Forsyth Hunt. The book says every young farmer should have a carefully selected library of standard books on agriculture, not only for reading but for reference, and that every farmer should take one or more agricultural journals. The writer of this book reports rather unusual opportunity during more than a quarter of a century of observing the influence of education upon the success, financial and otherwise, of those who engage in farming.

On transport, the book says that if it costs one cent a pound to ship maize to a grain market, obviously it cannot be transported without loss when it brings only 50 cents a bushel. The book gives a contrast: two cents a pound may easily be paid for shipping butter which is worth 25 cents a pound. A speaker quoted in the book says, "I do not look upon the people of the United States as a nation, but as a new civilization."