Education: Happy Farmers

Ambitious farm boys and girls now dream of better farms, not of city life—at least those who are good at farming. So said a poll of country youngsters themselves, taken at the 20th annual 4-H Club Congress in Chicago last week. Polices were the 1,570 4-H delegates, ablest and best-educated group of U.S. farm youth.

Their views:

> 74% preferred to live on a farm, only 3% in a big city.

> Biggest single group of boys (21%) wanted to be farmers; 3% wanted to be airplane pilots; less than 1% politicians or lawyers. Among the girls, it was nip & tuck between...

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