Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-12-20
For Farmers Wives and Daughters.

Il have few words for the farmers
wives. However skiIfu!, industrious and
prudent your husbands may be, their sue.
cess in opulency depends as much upon
you as them. Economy and skill on your
part, in turning everythingto The bes. ac
| count, are ESSENTIAL to profitable husbandry.
Perhaps there is scope for study. expert.
inents and Improvements in your depart
men.s. All are no, equally successful in
the management Of the dairy. Poor pas
.nres, poor cows, poor cellars, are the al
legged reasons Tor the difference in results.
These things undoubtedly are often the
causes of failure TO obtain good butter IN
large qnantitles. Blu. may not the fault
sometimes lie with the dairy womans Is
her business so simple as to be always
understood You begin TO suspect tllatI
doubt whether some Of you have perfect
ly mastered the art of butter making Il
may be an ungallant doubt, bu. listen TO
the particulars of one case in point, and
then Judge whether can help doubling
One of our farmers, the summer before
last, employed successfully, and for shor.
terms each, three dairy women. Here
the cows, the pasture, the cellar, and all
the dairy apparatus. were the same; and
how was the result? One obtained sew
enseen pounds of butter per week. the
second twenty three, and the third ,sen.
,y-seven. Such acts as these should ill.,
duce you 10 vary your process and note
The results.
Philanthropy. looking forward, signs at
consequences which must follow from
changes that are taking place in the hab
its and employments of your daughters
Circumstances beyond your coniroll have
thrown the heallhful spinning. wheel and
loom upon the pile Of rubbish in the gar
re, Housework and the dairy do no! furnish
sufficient employment. for the females. =
Either mothers or daughters must resort!
TO something else by which to contribute
share in the support of the family. |, is
too commonly the case tha. the daughters
resor. to some occupation that is not sufii
GENTLY active and invigora,ing. The nee
die is taking the bloom from many of their
cheeks, and vigor from their frames. The
evil is augmented by tina. mode of dress q
ought to use harsher ,erm) which OBJ
s.rucss the natural and healthy develop
ments of lungs and chests also by avoid
ing exposure TO the weather: aud a TOO
eliminate reliance upon the horse for ser.
vices which Heaven intended should be
rendered by their own limbs The la
mentable consequences will not be conin-
ed to them children viii! inherit the fee
bleness of their mothers, and a sickly race
will come after use.
Useful as the needle is, and beautiful as
| are its contributions to our show, appeal
to the mothers. to forbid its excessive, its
constant use by their daughters. | en-
treat them, as they value the well. being Of
their children. TO give daughters daily and
thorough training to the cares and labor
Of the dairy and os all household affairs.
1t were well-wel for them and future
, race, that they should revive the acquain>
.ance which their mothers had with the
milking stool. the garden, and to some
ex.en, the field; for then blood would flow
in fuller tides through all their veins, they
would acquire vigor of body and sound
ness Of mind, tina, will contribute 10 .keir
usefulness and enjoyments when time
shall bring them to the places which you
now hold, shall have made them the wives
of farmers, anc mothers Of the rising gen
Grafton. Allen Putnam's Address.