Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-01-05

| ing Of poultry, keeping farm accounts,
etc From Hollands record We quote
these. tits gratifying TO see what strides
are being made III every kind OF agricul-
tura instruction Schools OF horticnl-
tire, agriculture. dairy, and rural house
keeping have been multiplied. All these
have tended to raise the intellectual
standard of our people i'll the business
OF farming, giving such satisfactory re-
i suits that the public authorities are de-
termined to leave no stone unturned III
this direction.
In Bavaria agricultural schools exist
in every district, the state furnishing
one-h half the annual cost. They are of
4 the simplest kind, intended for the peas
ants sons and EN- bracing a course in
/ tillage, cattle raising, arbor culture and
market gardening. Hungary spends
/ 49, 600 6 per year on agricultural schools,
which turns out yearly thousands Of
i young men well versed in scientific farm
ing
We have quoted from these reports
in other countries to prove the great BEN
efts arising from the teaching of agricul-
ture in the public schools
In this country, where agriculture is
4 the chief occupation, and the source of
wealth that gives prosperity to all other
;,d,,e+r;oe shall 40 60 II l,ob;nl r., tI,;c
country where farmers furnish the largest
and, best market for all the factories in
our country, and furnish so per cent. of
| the freights on land and sea, ANYTHING
that will make more prosperous this great
industry will benefit all the people. This
is work for the future of our Grange.
4 The Future OF the Farm Home-W hat
does it hold in store for us?
We have been so frequently reminded
of the deplorable monotony, and narrow
hum-drum existence, that our good
grandmothers endured How the life of
a farmers life was one OF drudgery, and
/ isolation narrowed down to sort Of
pork AID potato xistence-dwarfed in
tellectualy, physically and perhaps
/ spiritually. How large percentage of
| the woman who occupy an asylum were
from the farm, driven crazy from lone
someone's and oyerwork.
But has not the picture been over
drawn? Sometimes when the wheels of
/ progress gets to buzzing too rapidly,
sometimes when we weary OF the hustle
and the strife in our efforts to keep up
with them, we look back with a half
envy on those quiet perceful homes that
were isolated and hum-drum, If you
please, but dear to the hearts of the
! boys and girls, privileges to enjoy them.
Cannot we count the influence of those
homes to-day, rearing within its peace
/ full borders, the timber that went to build
/ the ark of State, timber that laid the
foundation true and strong, upon which
our Nation built its citadel Timber that
has stood we'll the shock Of war, the
shock OF financial calamity, the shock
political strife and contumely? And
can We treat too lightly, too contemptu-
ously the origin Of this strength, this
foundation which we feel to-day is our
Nations salvation, its buwark of safety,
the rural home?
From some OF these quiet isolated
homes of the past, where there was time
for study, time for earnest reflection,
time to pursue those objects life held
most dear, have come some OF our best
statesmen, some of our most earnest wise
philosophers, some of our most roman
tic poets. La these homes the family
life was circle within circle Privacy
was respected, family ties were honoled
and more binding, the homely duties of
spinning, weaving. sewing, cooking, &c,
were shared by all, and the simple recre-
ations, the church going, the singing
school spelling bees, apple bearings, the
husking bees and the sleighing parties
were sufficient pleasures within them
selves, and added zest and enjoyment to
the busy life
But it is the future we must deal and
not the past. Bnt there can be no fu-
tnre without there has been a past, and
when we think Of the ARRANGEMENTS
made in the ruiai home for work and
comfort the past, say, fifty years, few
decades-we Wonder, can it be possible
that the next fifty will accomplish so
much And yet, why not? With the
1 present age d development the proper
] ton OF Improvements should be even
much greater
/ We shall not be astounded at any new
thing for it cannot be more marvellous
than some things that have been achieved
within the recent past, and even yet the
rural home is considered out of date, by
l.