The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-01-20
The Farmers Home.
what It Should Not Be, and What It
Should Re.

h Should He.
Il It's not every farmer who has III
8 means 70 construct a magnificen
dwelling house with verandas, =;
!. azzas, porticos, bay windows OBJ
servatories, and all the s.flubdubs
ana parapharnalias of the rich elf,
! banker. Nor is such buildino nee
: essary for the real ENJOYMENT Of RI
f RAJ lie. 1t is not the size or gran
deur of home that brings content
ment and pleasure as much as II !,
the appearance of the home and It,
surroundings. There is no truer in
J. dex to the mental and moral cu1ture
OF family than the surroundings .,
home. There is perhaps no Class
OF men so negligent and so indiffer.
emf to the appearance and comfort
OF home as the farmer.
1t is no wonder that the vouno
men become SO Disguised with the
farm, and GO to the city as soon as
and often before they reach the
years of manhood. They have been
educated to labor late and early in
that "buy more land to raise more
corn to iced more hogs" sort of way.
tnat 1t is but little short of slavery
Il will tell you the character of a
man 1t you will show me his house"
MS quotation embodies world of
meaning that should be impressed
upon the mind..of every parent
w e f1nd fxuo ri
1he flrst is the man who exerts ev-
cry effort to secure additional acre.
age to his already large farm.
In the morning every child that is
old enough to perform labor must
De up by daylight, and from 10 toI6
nours' through heat and cold, must
De spent in performing hard work
ana TINS must be repeated six DAYS
OUT OF the week through the most
Oh the year. No time for mental
or social enjoyment is
admissible. The house stands nm
painted; the window shutters hang
~ one corner; the stock run at
"lh' ne must move his heap of
compost or his barn; the grass in
us yard, if he ever had anv has g
zen trampled out by the pigs and s
owls; the shrubbery has been bro 7
en- down by the cattle and horses. !
is yard, garden, orchard and barn Il
ard present dilapidated. cheerless
nd desolate picture, that is uninvi. 0
ng not only to strangers but to his a
"n children. In the interior of o
re mouse you find no books. musi- /"
IL instruments or means of home II
nusements--no indications of cul- "
re OF parents or children. o.
1he careworn look of the over. oI
orked housewife is in sad accord al
lth all that surrounds her. E, erv U,
'mtort seems to have been sacr;.
ed to the avaricious and unbolv
sposition of the man to obt1n
Ore land or to add to the bank L.
u OF the miserly husband aid II,
her That man may cop, 'n'
eaith by the thousands, :
lidren have ne svmpat
IN life and often leave h.
regrets.
The other picture is
!: In it there is mo.
less darkness. Wit
ut hours under or
noes is days !.
farm or banl
so large, =
nted;
,er~ssef
1y D
gsters, IL
while the =.
| planted at
in rich profu.e
home, the wife 4.
to devote to collect.
is that may bloom
that the dark green
rant flower may max 8.
time forget the whit
out. The library contain !,
On OF coed books and 3 sus
the children seem to ef1a6 7 1t. .>.J !
and are able TO converse intei- a puui
ny the father is conversaht - e.
the literature of the day; and P ,an
al and physical vigor charac- tLos
; the happy family. 'na.
2 v;rtles 49, iio'iie As Que witht
ave PcopIe, the road.
us are entirely too negligent ~ \.
s there any one thought that o. -
ely to be called up in after as a.h
SO pleasing as the reminiscent s ang
t a happy childhood home? s su,eis
the freshness of May morn s "a; !.
'e can see the garden with its t5s ~
ana early summer beauties: wss ;.
'eakfast table, covered with IFS L. =
cloth, clean, white ware. and -. -s :.
led with delicious food; per .;I1 - .
n vase is fragrant bouuet LII LII )
ed by sister, and thousand Sc 60
attractions that float before us H. =,
grand panorama to remind .,,at:e.
ne pleasures of our childhood '-'io'
HOME! what a hallowed In IL
name that touches eyerv tain tn
the soul, and strikes evarv ry. TIL
u the human heart. o-B. r. endure
. ~ oo~tAe'n CUlfivatoy. our spi
vent tn
! poe eoin' one should study preserv
nts on which he intends to susta;n
nent. Let. him take pattern
{ { successful breeder of ami 1t is
nc iateer studies the animals phone
hiateo. Let breeder of growth
g. some OF the best stalks marvelt