Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-04-12

dull monotony of a farmers life, of the
humdrum existence, ETC., but we 40 not see
why it should be any more m~onotonots or
humdrum than any other industrial pursuit.
The idea is a false one. The thrifty, enef-
petic farmer does not lead a dreary life.
Some farmers, we admit, do, but 1T is their
own fault, There is i'm the broad field OF
nature with which they are associated more
than he can learn in one life time. The study
of the soil, of plant and vegetable growth
of breeding and improving stock, OF produc-
ing new breeds, etc, is not SO easily master
ed that it need become m~onotonous. NO
one has yet been through the pool and turn
ed back to review it. There need be no rep
itition; the course is onward.
The reason farm life is so unattractive Is
because we make it so. 1t should be u de-
lightful pastime, or we may ALLOW it to be-
come a drudge. If we would make it a plea
sure we must go to work i'll an intelligent
manner. The SMALLEST farm may be
made attractive, the humblest home may be
full of comforts and convenience, the weari-
est life of toll may be so interspersed with
recreation as to become enjoyable. There is
no calling to which, the old proyerb, ''all
work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"
is more applicable than that of the farmer.
He who labors from morn until noon, and
from noon until into the night, will accom-
Dlish no more in the end than he who labors
with moderation, working regular hours,
and taking regular hours Of recreation.
There is all empty, cherries nakedness about
such homes. The constant, unbroken round
of toll makes it tedious in the extreme, and
not only is it so with the farmer, but his en-
tire family feel their existence to he an irk-
some one. The home should be made bright
and CHEEKY with pictures and decorated with
house plants, and surrounded by shrubs,
fruit and flower gardens. Country maiden;
fill in the moments not necessarily employed
at household duties in rearing and studying
plants and flowers. Young men; find rest
from the toll of the field in a fruit garden,
and in studying and developing fine points
in stock, poultry, etc.
1t Is highly essential tor our contentment
and enjoyment that we have some diversity
OF labor. The farmers wives and daughters
feel the need of this more than any one else,
since their work is indoors. The father and
sons may go to town occasionally, or take a
ride over the hills to look after stock, but
the wife and daughter have none of these
opportunities for a bl eathing spell, and be-
come careworn earlier in life. The farmer
who would make his calling a labor of love
to himself and family, should not only take
a holiday occasionally, but give his family
the same opportunity. Yes, not only give
them the opportunity, but see that they en-
brace 1t. When the wagon is going to town
offer your wife or daughter a seat by your
side furnish them a saddle horse, that they
may gallop over the prairies with you. Pro-
vide your homes with all the conveniences
DO not scatter things about the place so as to
necessitate a mile walk to prepare a meal,
but prepare the cook room in proper shape,
SO that everything will be just at hand. Do
this aud the duties Of the household will
soon become a pleasure. Arrange the cor
rails, stables and things about the farm with
a like view to saving time and labor. With
these preliminary arrangements the pursuit
of agriculture becomes the most enjoyable
instead of the most n.onotonous of indus
trial avOcatiOns.
IT is wisely and truly said that life is what
we make it. Family influence, wealth, cul-
ture, etc, may to some extent assign us our
place In society, and In this we are to
greater or less degree the children Of circum'
stance. But u happiness Is almost entire
lv In our own hands. We can make our.