The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-02-22
Cecil Farmers Club.

Elwood Balderston,
Robt. Cameron, J. p Wilson,
Alfred Kirk, II. II. Kirk, Robt.
K. Rawlings, A. r. Brown and
Cecil E. Ewing. The following
visitors were also in attendance {:
Jackson, Rufus Jackson
and Cecil Kirk.
In relating their experiences with
stock, Mr.. Rawlings stated that
out of recent litter of IL pigs all
but three had died, caused by the
SOW lying on them during the cold
weather. The concensus of .opin-
ion was that April pigs were the
best, although E!wood Balderston
thought February as good as any,
provided they were kept warm.
II. Ell. Kirk. had a heifer with
first calf and got from one to two
quarts of milk above what the cali
needed. He attributed the unus-
ual supply to the feed and care
given the heifer.
Mr.. Reeder had concluded an
with ration feed and
had obtained very satisfactory re
suits. He had made four tests OF
is days each on seven mixers.
Had tried ration with gluten and
without gluten and found the in
crease of milk was considerable
when the gluten was included and
that the dairy test was not lowered
Mr.. Brown had purchased six
Holstein cows last fall, intending tC
fatten them, but they had turned
out such productive milkeos that
he had changed his mind. Had
been feeding gluten since Deem
Der and was highly pleased with
the result
When called upon for an es ay
the host responded with the fol
lowing:
THE FARMERS WIFE.
She Seeketh wool and flax and Worketh WllliEg
ly with her hands.
She is like the merchants ships; she bringett
her food from afar.
She riseth also while it is yet night and givett
meat to her household, and a portion to hel
maidens.
She considereth the field and buyeth it, with the
fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.-PRov
XXI; ID, II, Is, and l6.
1t is evident from this description of a
farmers wife that Solomon's ideas of her
were very high That it was farmers
wife he had in mind when sketching her
accomplishments is clear as he employs
her in spinning wool and flax, making
her consider fields and buy them, plan,
etc.
She is also up before day and hurrying
up the break fast for the men, so that they
can get out TO work early.
This description of Solomon's ideal
farmers wife is not so far removed
from many of our modern housewives as
found on the farm. And to go back to
the first half of the last century, it is very
similar to the farmers wife of our grand.
mothers day. And though machinery
has make such an innovation on modern
methods of labor the farmer and his wife
have not got as far from the drudgery OIL
four thousand years ago as they should be
and enjoy more of the comforts of oul
advanced civilization. The farmers wife
is compelled to still be up before it is YET
light, or while it is yet night, 10 prepare
meat for her household, and in harvest
and threshing seasons it is very rough,
unkeinpt household, which cannot fail &c
CRATE on her nerves if she has acquired
the cultivated tastes of modern society
Her duties do not cease any the earlier in
the evening on account of the early morn,
ing start, but continue till far in the
night.
Not only is the muscular and nervous
strain 10 be endured, but if there happens
to be mortgage OIL the farm, she has 10
endure mental strain that is more
trying than physical.
In this advanced period of science and
mechanical discovery and invention this
ought not to be, and the problem which
the farmer should address himself to is
how to better his wife's condition by im-
proving his own The march of improve.
ment has forced all other lines of business
to combine their capital, skill, mental
and physical forces and call to their aid
the inventors art.
By these combinations labor saving
machinery of the most costly kind has
been made to take the place Of human
muscle and to do ten TO twenty times as
much work, and of course multiply
wealth in the same ratio. Steam and cleo.
tricity have been harnessed to the labor.
saving machine, and while wealth is
multiplied the drudgery of manual labor
is avoided TO large extent.
But to reap the greatest advantage from
the use of these titan forces large build.
ings have taken the place of the small
shop and factory, and hundred TO a
thousand pairs of hands have been
brought together where formerly but few
were employed in like labor together.
The farmer must learn from his brother
i'll other lines of industry If he would rear
greater rewards for his efforts, and more
comforts and less drudgery for himself,
wife and daughters.
Twenty or more farmers like twenty