Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-10-08
FARMERS HELP PROBLEM is PRESSING.
HARD TIME GETTING HELP on
fe FARM.


Trial TO Thorn. asgal
A large number Of farmers are hav-
ing sales Of their surplus stock and
implements this fall. The number 10
larger than in q long time and the
reason as given BY one Of the old
settlers 10 interesting. W. R. Dun
Hap, who has resided here for rs
years, on farm that he has Inn
proved, will sell of his stock and
implements next week. !,
1T Is getting so that there 10 little
encouragement for farmer to con-
tinue to work on o medium sized
farm" said he. "If we farm good
sized place there must be hired help.
II We hire help In the field there must
also be help in the house or else the
wives and daughters work themselves
to death. 1t is practically Impossible
to get help In the farmers kitchen.
The town people have hard enough
time but when q girl wants to work
she goes to town. She will not work
in the country at any price. Per-
haps she is not to be blamed but II 10
the fact As result the farmers
wives become slaves Of the kitchen,
unless the farm 10 large enough to
have tenant house or one can find .
couple that will work together-the
man in the field and the woman In
the house.
1.-THE help item on the farm is no
joke either. The farm hand has
somehow got the idea that he ought
to have the eight hour day the same
% the worker In town. He has read
90 much about unions that be 10
anxious to belong 10 one--and some
Of them do. II will be matter Of
short time when all dc--and then the
farmer may as well do his own work.
The farmers are trying to avoid the
question By working In cooperation.
They buy threshing outfits and use
them In common to escape the thresh-
'rmen's trust and they help ONE
mother in the larger things Of the
ield work. What most Of them are
;rying to do 10 to seed down some Of
heir broken land and dispose Of their
'urplus implements. putting more
'ttention In stock and arranging their
work so that 1t will be possible to do
I without hiring help. 1t 10 condi-
ion that has come In the past three
'r four years and the large number
Il public sales noticeable during that
,sriod Is one example Of its work.
ngs."
II 10 true that there has been an
unusual number Of such sales but
many Of them have been for the pur-
'ose Of moving to other parts Of the
'ountry, to the northwest and the
'aci6c coast largely. The county 10
II the time receiving new comers
md sales Of farms to people from the
astern part Of the state are almost
1 daily occurrence but the total.
'6pulatiOn Of the county changes IT.
le, showing that there is as large an
utgo as 10 the increase from immi-
ration. The influx however keeps
and values well up and farms arc
elling for figures that are satisiac-
ory 10 the old timers who have Inn
roved them. One farm Of 100 acres
old this week for %, 800. and 1t is9
iiles from town. On the other hand
90 acres adjoining the city Of Herring
On sold a few days ago for $1,000.
he farmers are not anxious to sell
nd many Of the older settlers are
loving to town and renting their
arms or letting their children run
hem, making thus an easy living.
is one Of the manifestations Of the
ever conditions that bring to the
sntral counties a situation similar to
hat obtaining In the eastern states
he frontier belt and.the attendants
fleets Of newness have moved on to