The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-10


Tho MIX hnti uuticr Emsimc>s.
The recent remarks In the lNrEIlldES.
rER under this head seem to have excited
considerable interest. There have been Il
number Of comments, public aud private,
mndc on tho subject. We take 1t that Mr.
A. 7. Mclielyy's article in u recent Issue
expressed perhaps the average views oil
farmers on the natter lie holds that the
milking Of COWS aud churning OF butter is
onc Of the wearing and exliauSting drhds'
cries connected with tliohouso'wiie depart
ment ia farming, md that II Is not ut al
strange that farmers who have got ahead
in the world should not only be willing
hut glad to relieve the wives md daughters
Of their household Of this drudgery.
This is not M unreasonable view The
kind Of labor referred to il beyond doubt
continuing drudsery, and especially where
location has not furnished exceptional
ronv.niences in the way Of proper
facilities, close nj hand, for spring
houees. II Is impossible that these should
be had oil every tunI, especially that they
should Immediately adjoin desirable loca-
lions OIL every farm for residence buildings.
IN early. days the fashion wasG to select
II location for the farm house with spe.
ri,l reference 10 securing contiguity 10
water. This was done not only with ref
c;encc 10 facilities for dairy purposes but
10 secure also, chcaply and easily, supply
OF water for ordinary household purposes.
II nee in early days nearly MI thehouses tf
the set,ler8 were pitched hard bya .spsiI s
the side or ut tho foot 0! hill. But as
tho country filled up, and as II better order
Of houses came to be built, there was les
disposition TO sacrifice health and general
desirah!ity OF location TO this considea-
alton, and houses were bui!t with reference
TO The surrounding country, particularly
with reference to y commanding view, and
waller WIS obtained by n'eansof wells.
This change did not. oil course, tighten
the cares Of womau's work about the
household. except that it gave her moe
health and strength by removal irem
dampne<S and by securing better drainage
and more cheerful surroundings. Thee
still remained the combining duties Of milk
ing and chutning. And this, too in the
days when the raturns Tor this Grudgeiy |
were vcay mcasrc, indeed, us compared |
witt. wha, they are today. It was Tie
duty of mothers aud daughters to milk TIE |
COWS, take all the care OF the milk in Il c
summer and winter, make the butter end
market it. There were no hucks,els wlo
visited the farms in those days, and rarely
was cash paid for batter. TWAS taken on
horseback to tho country stores or TO town
aud traded for goods, and the goods were
not cheap either i'll those days. The only
cheap thing was the butter. This was tie
difference between the days that were ard
the days that now arc.
There has been grea: change in iarm
life in this and all other respects, and farm
er1 are TO be congratulated on it, especially
larmer5' wives and daughters. Their Tor.
tunes have been greatly improved. Iears
have been added TO their lives, and, what's
more important still, more OF case and
pleasure huye been infused into their lives.
No one ought 10 wish il otherwise.
l'n! still the fact remains that the use Of
milk and butler has not gone out Of fashion.
Ga the contrary, Tie fashion has increased.
They are apong our necessities, and noLe
but the very poorest think Of denying them
selves these necessities when the price is
ut MI within bonds. But how are prices
to be kept within bounds? This is the
important question. An esteemed reader
OF the lNrELl,GENcEi: says that it must
come by n radical change in the manner OF
carrying on this department Of farm bust
ness, and We agree with him in this He
suggests that the dairy business must be
made specially; that it must practically
pass into the hands Of those who for the
money there is in ii will lay out the bust
ness on Il large scale and supply milk and
batter in large quantities. This strikes
lis asa suggestion in the RICH: direction.
ltisawell known TACT that the NEST
profitable part OF farming is what is known
as market iarmins-that is, the selling Il
vegetables, and Of milk, butler, eggs ard
poultry. There is no other department OF
il that pays SO well. Crops iail now ard
then, and wool goes down ip price, aud
stock die of or lail 70 pay, but it is seldom
indeed that the articles VIC hayc quoted
fail TO bring remuucmtiye prices. They
can always be relied upon for ready money,
and, where special attention is paid 10
them, Tor good deal OF ready money.
Bat, rs matter OF course, they involve
care and great deal OF confinement on
the part Of those who undertake 10 make n
success OF the business. 1t is no chiid's
play. The better the facilities provided
and the more thorough the attention given
10 it, the greater the reward. 1t is not like
pasturing sheep or other stock, 4 business
that III the pasturng season will almost run
Itself, and that admits Of n good deal Of !
leisure and even absence on The part OF tho |
farmer. 1t must, rs n lule, be attended to
in person by the one who has 4 pccuniary
tut. t..t a 49,