Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-04
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
A farmers Study.


Have you any room about the house that
answers the place Of studyp If you have
not, you want one. Every farmer, who
claims 10 be anything else than a mere
laborer, needs n study as much as any PRO
fessional man docs and for that matter,
he requires IL moro. The farmers home
is not ordinarily very quiet one. There
Is much work 10 do in IL there is the clat-
ter of milk pans the noise of the churn
the prattle, If not the crying Of the chill.
dren. II Is hard for any one TO make
much hcadway in mastering the contents
Of book, under such circumstances II
is "thc pursuit of knowledge under difli.
oilties." An editor might write, or law.
yer might study, under such circumstances
because they have become accustomed 20
intellectual labor amid noise and confusion
Necessity compelled them to labor in this
way, but IL took long time for them 10
become masters of the situation. But fol
a farmer TO do IL, whose times for study
are limited, for the most part to rainy days
in summer, or 10 the bleak, stormy seasons
of winter, the thing is next to impossible
He wants cozy little room where he can
shut himself up with his books and papers
A farmers study need not be a very
large or very expensive affair. A room
fifteen feet square would answer the pur
pose well. Six book shelves, which
should be permanent running across one
side, would hold n respectable library and
leave room for files of papers, magazines
pamphlets and farm account books. A
few pictures on the other side would dc
for adornment. A table with drawers, q
few chairs and stove are all the furni
turc that is necessary. twenty-five dol
lars and few days work with the plane
and hand saw would fit 1t up.
Such room as this would be blessing
to every farmers household. The house
would be more orderly, because here
would be placed the books and papers that
too often are scattered about, and being
lost or ruined. Rainy days and winter
days would be turned to as much account
with facilities for study, as arc the bright
est days OF summer. The disposition tC
leave the home for the tavern or grocery
would in many cases be taken away, fol
the reason that there is a better place Il
spend time that cannot be employed ii
out door work.
Nor is it to the farmer alone that such
room would be of comfort and value
The children could use IL during the even
ings when they arc attending school, anC
thus derive more benefit from each tern
OF school. To the wife, too, such q room
would be blessing. With her manifoiC
cares aud perplexities, with the odor o
the cook-room in her nostrils, with chill
dren clinging to her skirts, how pleasan
would such room be in which to retir
occasionally and read book, perusc
newspaper or write letter to q friend.
Every thrifty, well.to.do farmer, VIII,
has provided warm stable for his horses
q convenient barn for his cattle and evel
a commodious pen for his hogs and a ken
mel for his dogs, can certainly afford
place of retreat for himself. 1t would re
sultdn having a better planned farm,
better ordered house, happier home an,
cultured minds. A library of books vii
accumulate when there is place to pu
them. Papers and magazines will be pre-
served when there is place to put then
on file, and spare time be put to good ac
count when there is IN opportunity t
spend 1t without being Interrupted
Prairie Farmer