The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-27

Make abe Farms Beautiful.
Why do so many youths and young men
leave the farms for the city as soon as
they are a liberty to follow their own in
clnatons? The answer which has been
given by a great number of students Of
the question is that farm life is dun and
uninterestng, and that the young peo-
pie, desiring company amusement and
novelty, so away TO such places as prom
Use to satisfy their longing. The young
men reared on farms rise morning after
morning to gaze out upon vista of plows
and carts and corn cribs and wood piles
and chicken coops and similar prosy COM
mOnplaces which go to make up both
front yard" and back yard" of the av-
erase farm house. When it is taken into
consideration that the nearest neighbor
may live half a mile TO three miles away,
this daily and unchanging prospect of the
yards about the farm house become intoI-
.erably tiresome.
There is no change from the dreary and
uninviting surroundings except on mail
days" when a visit to the postofce is
paid and on Sunday when the people of
the farms attend church; and neither the
postofiice nor the church is apt to present
very attractive appearance. Occasion
ally, when the farm house is blessed with
daughters, there will be found in the front
yard a few flower beds with some bright
and cheerful blooms peeping up amidst the
surrounding wilderness of farming uten-
sils and vehicles scattered around the
place; but even the flower beds, under
most favorable circumstances, are regard
ed as an Insignificant side issue which
must not under any circumstances be
which might be devoted to the more stern
work of the farm and the household.
There are no landowners householders
or tenants who have more favorable op-
portunites for identifying their places of
abode than those who live on farms, and
there are no dwelling places which moro
need and deserve to be made beautiful
and attractive than farm houses. The
farmer always has an abundance of space
for yards, and a pretty good knowledge
of grasses, shrubs and trees. He may not
be an expert landscape gardener, or a
dendrologist, but he can lay an avenue
and walks, and can judge what sort Of
trees or shrubs will thrive in the particu-
lar soil and make the best shade and
show; he can turf the flower beds and
lawn, and give valuable advice and as.
sistance to the gentler folks who deligh,
to be charged with the care of the roses,
poppies, pansies and chrysanthemums.
In rural England and Scotland the farm
houses have been beautihed with grasses.
shrubs, trees and flowers until in some sec
tons the farms are said to be green to
the very door" and some of the yards
are described as Jewel scenery" There
is no good reason why every southern
farm should not be similarly beautifed: in
deed, the reasons are just the reverse.
the greater incentive being on the side
of the Independent American farmer who
is improving his own land and home
when he adds to the attraotiveness of
his house and grounds There is hardly
room for doubling that if the farm home
ste2ds were made brighter and more ar.
tractive to the eye, the growing genera
ton would be less anxious to leave the
home nest for untried fields. During the
near future we confidently expect to see
a great movement in good road building
in Georgia and the south. With good
roads bicycles, improved horses, beauti-
fed home sites, etc, life on the farm
would cease to be monotonous and farm
ers' sons and daughters would be con-
tent to grow up to be farmers and farm
ers' wives, to the benefit of themselves
and their country.