Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-06-02
SOME THINGS WOMEN
SHOULD KNOW.

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poor man with a family, consisting
of a wife and several children. This
man was a tenant, lived on rented
land in a house with one room and a
little shsnty connected with it in
which the family cooked and ate
their meals.
The entire possessions of this fam
lily consisted of horse worth about
fifty dollars, a dump cart, and a lit
tie household furniture.
But this man was thoughtful, and
his wife industrious as we'll as her
husband. They began to think how
they could better their condition.
They bought a cow and the hus-
band would bring the butter to
| Goldsboro to sell, but he found out
that there was no demand tor his
! butter for the simple reason that it
! was not good. He then went to
work to remedy this defect. He and
his wife began to study the subject
of making butter, went to people
WhokneW how to make it aud learn
ed of them the art of butter-making.
In a little while they bought a small
separator for separating the cream
from the milk, and soon they were
delighted to find that they could
make butter pure and sweet. Then
+In h,,cInnI OffnrnI nroi,, bic hr+fo.
on the Goldsboro market. AS soon
as it was sampled by the house
, keepers, they were glad to buy the
butter and to engage it regularly.
/ Since that time, one by one, this
farmer and his wife have purchased
more cows, and now, twice a week,
during the entire year, they supply
a number of families with butter.
The ~skim-milk, after separating the
cream, is kapt at home on the farm
and fed to the pigs and calves.
This man now owns several horses,
rents a farm with a comfortable
dwelling on it, and is getting in
| shape to buy a farm of his own.
Now, here is a practical lesson
which many can learn. Further
more, it is an open field and there is
room for many women to make a
success. It is an Independent way
of living, too, much more independ-
: ent than standing behind a counter
all day long selling goods to all
classes of people.
! And right here, the ARGUS desires
to say that the schools of the State
are not doing their duty in the course
of study they offer to a large class Of
our young women.
AS is we'll known, the ARGUS has
always been the firm friend of that
great institution the Normal and In
dustrial College, established by the
State at Greensboro for the education
OF the young women of North Caro-
lima in Normal and Industrial work.
J But from what we have seen and
heard of the work done at Green's
boro, the industrial feature has
amounted to very little. The normal
department has turned out hundreds
of capable teachers who are doing 9
great work in the cause of education
but there is only a limited field fol
teachers, while for industrial worker!
the demand far exceeds the supply
The time has come in this STATE
that in order for our people to pro
gress as they should that it is abso
lutely necessary that our young wo
men should receive instruction in tn,
I industrial branches, cooking, sewing
butter-making and other practica
+ subjects for which nearly every VIC
man has use almost every day as Ion,
as she lives.
This may be considered az a crit
cism by the ARGUS of the Stale Nor
+ maI and Industrial College, but it
the criticism of a sincere friend c
+ that institution.