Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-03-18
%MoNoToNY IN fARM Ia.
Rarmer Themselves TO Blame for Their
Humdrum Existence.

numdrum Existence.
That variety is the spice Of life" is
very generally admitted. Yet farmers
a a class, do not get as much Of the
spice of variety as they should. Their
lives are often m-onotonous almost be-
yond endurance. IL must be con
fessed, however, that farmers are them
selves largely 70 blame for this monot-
ony. The isolation Of the farmers
home Is of the greatest obstacles in
the way of social enjoyment he has 70
deal with. IL is our duty to one an
other 70 cultivate social habits 70 visit
each others homes, compare notes and
make suggestions as 70 the best meth
DDS Of farming, etc. Nor does our
duty end at this neighborly intercourse.
Our first obligations like charity, be
GIN at home. We should make the
farm home Just as attractive S our
means viii allow.
HoEE many farm homes are utterly
devoid of attractions The house is
implanted and uninvting; the fences
N dilapidated; the gates have sagged
down 70 the grouni; the entire SUP
roundings are drea-y in the extreme.
In the yard grow n Xious weeds. where
roses and other ornamental plants
should be seen. Scrubby bushes stand
where a neat gras plat should be. In
stead Of an orch I'd Of beautiful fruit
trees we see herr and there. at long in
tervals, a few br ken limbed. neglected
apple and pea h trees and a dense
thicket Of pluIa bushes hard by.
The adjacent fields have been cult
waited for years in the same crops,
plowed by the ann shallow running
plows, and producing their steadily de
ereasiny little crops Of corn or cotton.
No manure has ever been applied since
the land was first cleared The same
round Of drud-ery has been gone
through with year after year: the same
cry of hard times has always been
beard on this farm. and the same dole
ftd expression has been seen on the
farmers face for years past. Indeed,
this lugubriOus expression seems to
have settled down 10 stay, and stay it
doubtless will until the grave shall
close yer bis weary form.
The work stock receives but a scanty
and monotonous ration Of corn and
fodder, while the mich COWS have to
HIbsist upon what they can CLEAN from
tie bare forests and old fields.
Is it at all strange that boys should
abandon this kind Of sordid. wearisome
life and Zee 70 the city as soon as they
become of agel IL would indeed be
strange il they remained there.
But think Of the hardships the poo
wife must endure upon such a cherries
farm as this! OftentiInes without even
the common luxury of a vegetable gar
den. and, perchanee, little or no poul-
try or milk 20 aid her ia her culinary
cares. Is il not enough 20 run a sensi-
tive crazyl There are thou
sands Of just such dreary, monotonous,
cherries farm homes in the west and
south, and perhaps elsewhere.
Executive ability is not confined TO
men by any means. | know plenty Of
wOmen who have more practical com
mon sense in a minute than their inca
pable husbands will have in a lifetime.
Such women should hold the tiller and
guide the agricultural ship. Had they
full control Of things there would be
far less monotony Of farm life. They
would supply both the spice Of variety
and the sugar Of sweet contentment TO
the boys and girls Of the household
Country Gentleman.