St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-07-29
FARMER AND PLANTER.
THE FARM HOME.
A Kentucky Woman Talks About
Making Farm Life More
Attractive.

A subject that ought. to interest ev.
cry farmer, yet SO little thought of and
SO little done to make it attractive.
Managed rightly, it should be the most
pleasant life, because it is the most in
dependent and the purest, fraught with
fewer temptations to the boys, and it
should be beautiful and interspersed
with harmless pleasures for the young,
cry farmer, yet so little thought OF and
attention be given to beautifying the
grounds. What gives more pleasure
than to sit down after the work OF a
warm day is over and look out upon a
field Of waving clover or noddlng corn,
and then bringing the eye back to a
well-kept lawn, and beautiful or
chard. Indeed, there is nothing so rest
full as a home in the country-so cool,
so quiet. We can truly say there is no
place like home. And again it is ones
duty to plan for pleasure, especially for
the young; make home so pleasant
that there will be no place like it. Have
your neighbors in for social evening,
tennis, croquet grounds and other
harmless amusements, music for there
is nothing more refining and above all
good books, even il we should have to
sacrifice for this A home dairy, we'll
filled ice house, plenty of fruit, even
tngs set apart to entertain will satisfy
our sons and daughters, and king
might envy such home and when
this is the case we will have fewer boys
who give up the farm for city life, and
home will be happier: especially when
women have less drudgery and when
conveniences are made to tighten her
labor. Think how few she has,yet when
asking sfor them, this is the reply,
"Why, we can't afford that. / am
obliged to use this money to buy a
pillow, harrow, or the machinery that
will be most conductive to ease and
speed in carrying on my farm" Yet
woman must plod on in the same old
furFow, not even sink in the kitchen,
nor a cistern at the door, and many
have neither a cellar or pantry. You
find them storing their fruit away in
closets. hunting up all the old carpets
and other articles to cover it up from
the cold. 'tWhat farmer of you would
pretend to labor under such difficult
ties? You do not even trouble your
selves to know how all these things
are kept and yet you expect them to
come on the table right and enjoy
well kept house, with scarcely
thought of the tired, worn woman, or
that it was a struggle to accomplish
all she has done. You have heard of a
little farm well titled, etc, would add
a little wife well nigh killed. Think of
the unearthly hours. Four o'clock in the
morning you hear this cry, thine we
were np-hurry please do hurry. I
can't afford to have all those hired
hands and let the sun rise before they
are in the field" Night comes on and
finds her worn and tired from the
days toll, yet this gives no relief Sup
per must wait until it is too dark to
longer work. After supper the man and
his help can, rest or retire, while the
woman is cleaning and making ready
for that early breakfast. II men would
consider this matter they would find it
economy to let their help board them
selves and it would greatly tighten the
wife's duties and make home happier.
Again, if they would systematic their
work more, a time to commence, a time
to quit, time for everything and ev-
erything in the proper time, will not
only insure success, but will give a
place where pleasure would willingly
creep in. When will men be willing
to divide on the square? 1t is work,
work for the night comes when no
woman can, work. Alas, this is not
true, for woman on farm never gets
through.-Mrs. Asa Bolley, in paper
read at the Owensboro (Ky) Institute.