The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-25


farm and become the substantial citizens
of their neIghborhood We desire TO show
them what advantage they have over the
hard-worked and poorly paid youth of our
cities who have not rich fathers to main
tain them in idleness. We want them
educated 90 that they are prepared to &C
cept responsibilities and make q
success in life. All these things are dear
to parents hearts, and the boys get no
more consideration than they need.
But how about the girls? While BOYS
are given a chance, have not the girls
equal rights2 Their lives are much what
their parents make them. The boys get
out of the home as their work calls them
or as their desire leads lthem. but the
country girl mas few privileges other than
those granted by her family. She cannot
and should not be independence the help
of others in the days of her giIlhood. She
cannot get the means OF an education as
can boys, or develop her talents in any
particular direction only as she Is aided
and encouraged by her parents
What are her rights? In the first place
we would place that of being prepared to
be independent when she reaches woman
hood How can q girl be more wronged
than in being left upon the chance of mar
rage for the means of subsistence or OF
gaining a home? This failure 10 train
daughters as bread winners is the ready
cause of countless unhappy marragee.
They see before them either common
drudgery or idleness unless they marry,
and so they are at the mercy of worthless
| fe lows who would have to 20 further for
wives if girls were trained to be indepen-
| dent.
The daughters in some farm houses are
looking with longing eyes toward city life
| because they feel the deprivation of those
| things they crave. They want some Of
/ the innocent enjovments that are gotten
! IN social intercourse aud ADJUSTMENTS,
ana they rebel against the drudgery that
| il often left to the woman on the farm.
/ Why should the girls stay at home all the
time 10 do the cooking, the milking and
other necessary work, whiIe'the boy may
/ bridle a horse and 90 of here and there to
seek his enjoyment? IL is an easy matter
to forget how dull the home may be Tor
the ones who rarely get out of it.
a little more thought and care Nigh;
brighten the home. Ii should be made a
| welcome place for the young, and the
\ evenings given partly to innocent amuse-
ments. There should bs more brightness
in all our lives. Ii the young people of a
country neighbOrhood can be drawn to
gether in q reading circle, or for any other
cultured entertainment it Is better for the
| boys and adds to the lives of the girls.
The home should be made sufficiently at.
tractive to prevent any desire for the
| frivoiities of the cities. The boys in the
home should do the drudging they are
| better fitted for it-and the girls should
| be encouraged to fit themselves Tor bread
| winning just as are the boys now.
Observers Notes; No. 2.
The railroads are making a change in
the kind of farming practiced in MANY sec.
tions. and turnpikes or other good roads
I will have the same effect. A few weeks
ago was in a county that has been noted
in the past for its stock. The corn and
grass were converted into flesh in order tc
reduce cost of transportation to market
Two railroads now pass through this
county, and they bring the cities near the
| farmers. The result is that many are
| growing such bulky crops as potatoes. and
others are growing berries and other
fruits, while some are going into dairying.
When there Was no transportation for
| perishable goods, the entire farm income
had to be gotten from stock and what
| grain was drawn long distances, and the
change is an improvement
Good country roads bring farmers nearer
! market and enable them to grow more
| cash crops. 1t is probable that four-fifths
| OF the farming land of this country lies too
/ far from the market, when the depth of
county roads is considered, to permit of a
| free choice OF crops that are fitted to the
/ soil. IL is this fact that helps to mako
these crops that are not regarded As lead
/ ing ones moro profitable than wheat aud
cattle But it is very noticeable that
! many who have the best facilities for get
ting out of the way OF western competi.
ton do not improve their opportunities
They continue to grow wheat on land
that should grow bulky and perishable
stuff that western land cannot afford to
grow on account of lack of market.
/ have noticed in my trips through the
country that the men whose farms were
so small that they had to grow specia
crops and cease growing wheat and cattle
were the best satisfied. They we're max
ing a living, and some were doing more
than that, on farms that were quite small
This condition of things has set me Il
thinking. and while | know that tn,
majority of farmers cannot grow potatoes
or can aloupes, or sweet corn, or swee
potatoes, or plums, or strawberries etc
etc, vet / do know that some of tn,
farmers who read THE SENTINEL could
make some money by cutting Off twentY
or thirty acres of their farms for this in
tensive farming. There is room for you
my friend, even If there 10 not room for all
Now is the time 10 try il on a small scale
can lay no claim TO ability to advise an,
one man as to what he should do. but dt
stand ready to suggest some points abou
the culture OF cash crops 10 those VIII
have never thought OF growing anythiDt
but corn. wheat and stock, provided the,
will drop observer" note stating wha
they propose trying. We want TO get ou
of the rut, and even then we cannot hop
TO make any big money, but if an accoun
of the methods OF some specialist, who i
successful, will aid single one that mucl
good can be done.
DO One Thing Wei.
The man who learns to do one thin
better than most others can do il is sur
of success in this world if he has business
management. On q thirteen acre farr
one man gained nearly national repu
tation by learning more about th
sweet potato than any others knew. II