COUNTRY LIFE
Scottish Migrants
By way of personal letters and newspapers I continue to receive evidence that in Scotland, if nowhere else, enforced migration from the towns has inspired urban youth with a desire for country pursuits. The "rural bias," on behalf of which educational authorities have done so much vain and misguided work, has been strongly imparted. The latest example of which I have heard concerns two Edinburgh boys who have given their parents an ultimatum : they must be farmers. A parable from my experience malv be allowed. Two young men from Glasgow came south. One went on to the land, the other went to London where he sold produce for his friend and made a comfortable income almost at once. The countryman had a hard struggle, but won it. The Londoner and his family went downhill and disappeared. The very vigorous sons of the farmer have made a considerable fortune and are locally well known as among the best paymasters. " I don't believe," one of them said to Inc, " in lowly paid workers."
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