The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-02-22

'usIOineu yOur5elI tO using tneu.
One of the most valuable books In
,ur library Is Semper's "Manures;
how to make an bow to use them"
Il has saved US many dollars in
fertilizer bills, and used in connec-
ton with Stores has proved most
adjunct. If you are a
shepperd you want Stewards Shep-
perd's Manual. An orchardist and
small fruit grower ought by all
means to have some of Bailey's ex-
rellent works on those side facts.
l have mentioned only few of
the books that seem the most es-
sential. All of these and others
may be obtained through the ira
yelling library, kept six months and
returned. Many of you will find
you cannot afford to do without
some or all of these books and will
add them to your stock of tools.
A word as to book farming. II
is quite the thing with some people
to sneer at book farming. 1t
doesn't pay say our wise acres. 81
know more about farming than all
them writer's do," says another.
While another criticised US for
spraying our apple trees and pota-
toes, by remarking that the Lord
Almighty knew his business. If
He wanted us to have apples and
potatoes, we would have them. 1t
was flying in the face of Providence
to use such nefarious machine.
Each one OF you who have tried to
improve your method of farming
have been sneered and laughed at.
Never mind. Life is constant
attrition, q contest between the old
and the new. The indolent mind
ed see in all progress menace to
their sloth. 1t Is far carrier to sneer
and ridicule than to exploit new
fields. Their laugh at your hopes
and endeavors is a weapon Of self
defense, and tacit admission of
Incapacity. They will predict all
sorts of failure for you; keep level
head, strong faith and go ahead.
1 would that each of you have that
"sternness and veracity" as Carlyle
praises it, that will keep you close
to facts and hard reason and not
let you stray off into vain hopes
and ambitious and false reasoning
that will make your farming, book
or otherwise, failure. Study your
surroundings, soil, market, equip.
ments, and your own inclinations,
and get from your book those hints
that will best help you to succeed.
Then lay up store of faith and go
ahead. You will find dark places,
and you may sometimes doubt
whether, after all the corpers and
critics are not right. Just turn
that lamp of faith little higher.
Its CLEAN will enable you to see
whether they have made success
in life as you desire. Are they
your ideals? Think of these things,
my young farmer friend full of your
bright hopes and am bitions. Stick
to your text, and success will crown
your efforts.
A great deal of attention is being
paid to domestic science and books,
papers and magazines are full of
thoughtful talks on these matters.
When we realize that the food we
eat determines very largely the
quality and quantity of work we
do, we will see how essential it is
that healthful, well balanced meals
be served. The field is wide and
inviting and is fascinating in the
extreme. Housekeeping means so
much more today than form erly.
To be true home maker, in the
fullest sense, the wife must under
stand the chemistry of cooking, and
the art of serving dainty and nutli-
tious meals. She must know of
sanitation and ventilation, and
Of nursing if she would
ward off the dreaded contagious
that are becoming
menace to our rural communities.
fever, scarlet fever and
diptherIa are our annual plaques.
How to feed the body to resist
these invidious attacks, must ever
be study for the mother. Iknow
that they only need the helps to-
develop along this line, their inter-
est in agricultural topics at farm
er's institutes, their careful reading
Of the most difficult subjects per-
tanning to the farm, indicate their
mental hunger. They will turn as
readily to science in the home, /
nave with me three excellent joar-
nails, Good Housekeeping, Table
Talk and The american Kitchen
Magazine. There are other jour