Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-01-25

by good master. But the fact EsrxAar
that this kind Of a farm pays it's snssSsit
upon the capital invested. The fnrmss's
city trained mind. couplei TO hss 1--we fvr
the land, has worked ont esYhakn no.
suit. and paternalistic or mot, N sszxs
him; II suits his family; 1t suits his nnwn.
The hours are as regular az they ars hD n
shop-from until $50; the vesk yhsEk
must be do8e earlier and later tnsr shws.
hours being handled In rotation, ana sS
tedious work IL done by hand THAT Mn-
chine can be devised to do. nxssx'
gasoline engine, on wheels, liz pulled snsHg
by horses and set to saw wood, thsAp1a.
make cider, pump out tanks, ehop AsG
grind feed, operate lathes, grsndskwmass
and do all the other purely neehnnsrns
work which has bent the backs OF rnsMs
since they began to till the soil
When man comes to the farmer 10 aslk
how thing should be done the fDgnmss
usually says, How would you do mr. w
is astonishing what such n single prn--
position can produce. Any good nxMEs
doubles In value when he 10 allowed ~
use his brains
How do you ever get your men 10 wDrar
with such enthusiasm asked stszzkrsa
OIL magnate who has country pane~,
half a mile up the road. oh" said fA~
farmer, II gossip little with tfiern asv
and then. They think the place ic ts~sss.
too" which indicates that the farrDss M
either very simple or very subtle. wAd<A
ever way you like to look ut IL
You can stand over men In shop msx
you cannot do 1t on 250-acre farIn NJ
you. All the men employed Mt EluwSaas
since the farmer shut up his city 1ffies-
and began to scratch the soil have cHDxbs,
the spirit of the place except one. He
could not stand the bathtub. A porcsaA9sn
bath on fnrm was out Of focus with fssa
traditions He bad two dogs which 5s9
feas. They always slept with him. AsD
he thought 1t was no use washing ssssy
to get dirty again. He wept when ks yns.
sent away; but the men themselves bsGt
no wish TO stay him. or the II who nrss-
on the place today, outside Of TIN nw1e.
house servants. who are swedes afa3 se~xH,
forward to dying In their own eGsss5ssy,
there Is not u man who does not bepe "a
live his whole life at Elmwood.
1t fs certain that anybody Of ttfgrengx
can make study Of soils ro prDtEBrn
farming as an industry reGrires ., peezo-
liar talent. II Is not merely qBgSsfssz
Of agriculture. One cannot iOok "a gsss
men at Elmwood going through tlseEs fRs.
thusiastic "Gre-drill;" or, having shE9g
game Of baseball after supper; Or pzssss-
ing In comfort on the club steps, wsfbsrur
realizing that IL IN largely a human psns.-
lem, here as everywhere.
1t may be that this farmer has Ihs wEsiyf
In him to organize great Industry az ~
political party. or a social reYoiDt30ss, Fars
as he PAGES up and down his broAa Dsayzxx,
after supper like an admiral on his Hmas-
ter-deck, dressed 10 white dnckS @a4i rsut3-
ing at a good cigar, you would Deytr sExr.-
pect he had care In the world. 8s yasss
were TO ask him II he ever expects Rgnsrs
TO live IN town, he would take year eexxs
and walk you calmly TO the edge - 9lsp
piazza, point down line Of elips htrssss
q field 10 where beautiful usenA5re
wiGens away 10 q range Of hills, an3 t1zys
Look Look and breRther'
FRANKLIN II. WENTWORTH