Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-02-02

| for holding moisture DOtn OF when
very essential 10 plant life. Best
plants for this purpose are the clover
! family I'm case of beetS, leave all
! leaves i'm field as they contain about
twice as much fertility as the roots.
Occasionally little danger of souring
! if crop plOwed under too green. Allow
TO get as ripe as possible before land
must be plowcd. Recommends cover
crop 10 prevent washing away fertility
Oats rye or peas "A good cover crop
Mr.. Dean summed up the matter
Of combating insect and fungus dis
eases classifying them a> insects that
eat, those that suck and fungus dis
eases. Kill those that eat with poison,
! those that suck with kerosene and
fungus diseases by applying bordeaux
mixture or Sulphate of copper solution.
! Spray i'm winter for curl leaf and when
petals fall i'm most other cases. Lime
or ashes Sprinkled i'm plum trees when
damp sometimes of benefit forcurculi0.
Sorry we have not more space for
the very interesting papers Of Nathan
! j. Baker, Mortimer Lake. Mrs. O. j.
| Campbell and Miss Mildred Baney on
! the subject Of Farm Help, from the
different Standpoints Of the farmer,
the farmers wife and the help both
indoors out. All agreed most inn
portant question and two sides to the
| question
Mr. Baker would treat our help with
more consideration. be patient in Civ
/ ing instruction especially To ineXper-
fenced workers. Each study his own
business and see how much can afford
to pay, and keep in mind the motto,
Live and let live " Have work done
nicely ON the start aud insisting and
accepting nothing less. Hire for rs
long rs YOU need help and ON gradu-
atcd scale of wages. We farmers are
sometimes narrow Treat hired man
as you would want one Of your own
SONS treated i'm like circumstances.
Mortimer Lake divided hired men
into three classes First, the poorly
dressed, S'oyeuly man who cares is
little about how work is done rs his
own appearance: second. those who.
Wh.c good worker, ana perhaps good
intcntioncd men, yet who have con-
tractcd bad habits: and third the
good moral young men who want to
do what is right, take an interest i'm
their work and who have had expert
cncc and learned from it. OF these.
the third class often suffers onaccount
OF the other two, the farmer being
often unable 10 distinguish.
Mrs. CImphcn has in many cases
found the term help msnomer. and
that the housewives burden has been
made heavier instead OF lighter. The
farmers help from the circumstances
must be more of the na,uoe of a WoIk-
Ing visitor invited 10 stay an indeti
mite time. who expects and receives
many attentions usually bestowed on
our guests. a tenant mouse does
away with some pleasant features.
/ In going into the home Of his en-
ploypr she man on the farm should at
one conform TO the rules and customs
of he house He should always be
prov led with a comfortable room for
hi, XcluSive use. not to be invaded by
children or any member Of the family,
aud the occupant needs not 10 annoy
the hOusekeeper bv careless or untidy
habits 1t is not necessary for him to
take part in the management e the
household or rearing the children, nor
should the children be allowed to
assume authority Undue familiarity
s. not 10 be encouraged, but respectful
consideration on both sides.
The indoor help is a very serious
question. IF there is in this country
today any one class who exercises alb
sOute tyranny over another, it j. the
young aides on whom we depend for
assistance on the farm" They still
cling 20 the old-fashioned and bygone
idea that homework is not just the
correct employment for refined young
ladies. COOkink schools and classes in
domestic affairs are doing away with
this in measure. IIOuse excepting is a
fine art and the hOusekeeper needs a
knowledge o. the laws Of health and
ny1ious thit Sic mo. ken hcJ home
IA sanitary cOuuiJlOa ana pace
before her familya balanced ration.
The girl who performs her work with
neatueSS and dispatch Will find much
leisure time. while the careless and
dill itory one is always busyandalway 5
: being hurried.
Miss Baney thinks an education and
general knowledge If her work "a nee
essaty a Ia any 'ther Inc. though not
SNNHuMPHREYS'