The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
MAKE GIRLS HAPPY on FARMS
Mrs. Merideth's Work in the School
for Farmers Wives in Minnesota.
(Bosten Daily Globe 1,lr

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What the VESTS doing in the way of
training girls to live happy lives on
farms, was very ably shown at Hunt
ington hall recently BY Mrs. Virginia
c. Meredith, preceptress of the school
of agriculture of minnesota university.
Mrs. Meredith has herself conducted
a. successful stock farm for many years
and she believes Thoroughly in the
farm life for young people.
mind the ideal home, and / am glad 10
say that the Thought IN orr. school is
always. to educats the girl for the life
she VIII have TO live.
At first we had, only boys in the
school, but when 5t'less noticing. that
their sisters, and s-vee tn arts needed to
learn just what tReg yere learning,
begged US to take ei5;.s zoo, we did so,
and now forAf0ur Years we have been
training farmers daughters to make
happy farm homes.
rDuF girls study side by side with tn,
boys the differept breeds of livestock
and the various developments of plant
life A ffarmers wife needs TO know
how toFtell a shorthorn from a long
horn, and what season is best for
planting corn 5
much about the mans desire. to get
away from the farm. The reason for
his restlessness lies in the dissatisfac-
ton of his women folk with farm life.
They needed to be taught that it was
Interesting TO make a farm home
We give onf girls special work
adapted to women IN the home. such as
coekery, Which extends through the
three years, dairy chemistry and plant
life. Butter making is not drudgery
to the girl who understands the why
of it. and sewing Is rapidly ceasing to
become a lost art now that the girls
see that patterns are COMPREHENSIVE
things and mot Chinese puzzles
The girl is taught. too, about tex
tiles, most interesting subject from
tends lectures on household art in
which suitability is shown to be the
deSfderatun or a purchase, of furniture.
The application made in our school
OF mechanical drawing that of de
signing model farm housewife have
a great influence on the coming farm
home of Minnesota when the present
generation builds houses they viii be
convenient ones.
General Har1Sson's- Adiniring Client
A good story OF General Harrison is
one. that he himself used 20 relate as
a ioke on himself, which occurred while
he was IN the senate.
General Harrison with a few friends
was hunting in the northern part OF The
state and stopped with an old farmer
who, while he paid a great deal of at
tention to the future president nd wei
known statesman, seemed TO regard
him ir the light of pure democracy as
a mere equal. and for. whom Genera
Harrison showed che greatest friend
ship.
The farmer, as it happened, had fo1
SOME time been ensaged in a contro-
Sersy with a peigltbor in regard to :
! dog whose sleep Killing pFopeasities
had often caused the cid man consider
/ able worry and the aninals depreda.
+ lions at last brought his owner into Z
! lawsuit. The trial was set down 10
4 hearing " nile General Harrison was il
I the neigbborhood. and the farrne
understanding that his visitor was con
sidered one ofethe best lawyers in tn,
/ country. begged him TO take up tEi'
| case General Harrison consented ans
drove over to the nearest town tn,
next day with the farmer. His eio
quence caught the jury. which returned
atverdict in favor Ofethe farmer with
out leaving the court room. Tn,
I farmer was greatly pleased at the re
suit of the suit
1 thought you was q pretty good Gol
lawyer he. kept repeating TO Genera
Harrison all the way back to the farm
and if ever that dog gets me tItostrou
\ Bile again I'm going ito send for Won
cause don't believe you can be bea
on dog eases
General Harrison. enjoyed the irici
! dent Immensely and never tired Of tell
ing the story.