The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-09
Call Of Farm to CITY PS
Offers Work to Many. >
Bv iona Howard
BY Jones' Howard.

But in those sections OF the country where
half dozen grahsnnd grasses ripen In quick
succession and every farmer Is rushed to get
4 In his crops at the moment when every other
farmer Is so rushed. 1t is certain that no one
industry In Summer has the same call for help
rs Is this call from the harvest fields. These
are times when the tramp and hobo stick to
the edges OF the tall timber In order to escape
draft such as Kansas and Nebraska have
been forced to levy in times past.
Under almost any condition Of weather the
farmer is rushed with his harvest of hay and
the small grains. II the season BIO dry and
safe to take chances on In curing and stack
Ing, the harvests will be forced In the ripen-
ing II the season be wet, there may be the
more hurry In those days when 1t is possible
to cut and shock and stack the hnrvests. Al
such times the farmers day is from the time
the dew is off sufficiently to permit the work.
until at night the dew Is again too heavy.
& Four O'Clock VIII be rising time 8 80 q. CLOCK
may be the time to bed; but meals and beds In
the better class Of farmers houses in the
grain belt Will rank far above the average
city accommodations Of the kind.
Chances to Spend Money Few.
In the life of$the farmer, there are few
7 temptations for the city man to spend his
money. His wages. II hired by the month
will range from $40 to 500, with his board
lodging, and meals: II hired from day to
day, he may expect at least $l.50 to & and his
board. Withan equipment OF underclothing
heavy shirts OF plain pattern, overa1ls, and
blouse. man Is prepared for a whole sea-
son in the harvest fields. At the end OF the
summers work 1t Is possible for him to return
to the city with almost every dollar paid him
L.. Ill u
in the city does not save money to approac CHI
$50 a month.
From the great cities there will be few
married men to go far into the country for
a seasons work. which leaves the family t
home. Leaving a family on city expenses
Of any kind while the head OF 1t toled in the
harvest fields scarcely could be accomplished
4 II the worker had any sort OF employment
at city wages. But in hundreds of cases
where the husband Is without work, or In tho
hope one day of going upon Il farm to live, or
where some question of health may be in
yolvcd. the opportunities. of the farm IL
summer and in autumn are worth the con
sideration Of the family.
The young man whose hopes and mbitions
all may be within city's environs may fine
in a season Of such Unemployment not only the
profit that may come to his purse in d,1ll
season in the city but in the rugged proc-
esses of the farm he may take on a new lease
Of life itself from the sunshine. the winds.
and the open fields.
Revolutions in farm Methods
The man of 40 years who was born on =
. farm and reared there, afterward seekint
livelihood In the city. may be ignorant
enough Of modern conditions on a modern
farm to despse 1t all, Just as the city bred
man may know little enough Of anything In
rural life to decry the farm. Both type:
might we'll take a course In modern farming
through one harvest season.
Twenty-Five years ago the man who worked
a team In a field was s1leered a by his neigh
bors II he used an implement upon which he
could ride. Today the field implement which
) is not provided with a spring seat Is hard to
find. The farmer has awakened to the neces--
sity Of good road into town. and, tens OF
thousands have their mall delivered "a their
front gates. 35tt5
The average farm owner everywhere ta
his horses for driving, with rig or two be-
fitting the needs OF his family. His house is
modern and his barns are Us fully up i @ the
requirements OF his stock. All this has
affected The interests OF tho "{iired man ],
quite as much as 1t has altered the condition
y or the iIATHler. II
Cities Should Heed Call Of Farm
AS an economic proposition affecting a
nation this annual call of the farmer for helm
III his harvests should be Needed from 4 q
cities, II possible The urban dweller has
been too prone to scorn the lowly work OF the
fields: his conception OF 1t has been wrong
for the most part. A man in blue overalls
and hickory shirt. swinging n pick on a
farm. may be a radically different parsonage
TO the same figure swinging the pick In the
gas trench. The last may be q denlzen OF the
sums. working only when sobriety ana
hunger drive; the other may be scholar in
deed. with a comfortable fortune In his right
In the present time OF the harvests the
city worker and the rural dweller may find
an excellent opportunity for better under-
standing Of each other and to theirfmutual
profit. n