The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-02-01
ADVANTAGES OF
LIVING ON A FARM
Articles Which Won the Prizes at the Grain
Growers Convention Both Extra Well
Written.

Moore's picture shop. offered to
the farmers wife or daughter
writing the best essay on cad
vantages Of Living on the Farm"
ia dozen photographs. Miss
,Emma Hewitt was awarded the
LIST prize. while Mrs. Laura Lott
secured a second. The articles
are both so we'll written that we
/ will produce them:
FIRST PRIZE.
Think of the environments that
surround !. family living on a
farm. A farmers advantages
Tor the upbuilding OF himself and
his community are equaled by
those OF no other business man
in the country. He probably
owns the land that he tills; he
sows his own seed at such times
us he sees fit; he harvests his
crops without asking the consent
OF anyone, and markets his grain
whenever he feels that he is get
ting the greatest returns for his
harvest. Through the long,
long days of summer he tolls in
his fields, enjoys fresh air and
pure breezes tht.t are filled with
the scent OF the new mown hay,
or The green grasses and the
fields Of waving grain. What
other business man is there that
can boast OF such a health giver
as the farmer enjoys -God'spure
breath. Here then is one great
advantage the farmer has over
any other business man, the en-
segment Of health y health is
wealth.
The farmeris more independent
than any other man. He needs
to beg no man for trade; he buys
where he will, and sells where he
will. The mother earth is the
source OF his supply, and the
world is hismarket. He may be
as independent in his politics and
Religion as he is in his business
affairs. He need not bend the
~kfiee for some street corner poll
tlcian or political boss. He does
not need to vote for any man or
set Of men for fear OF loosing his
lob. Uninfuenced and unpre-
JUDGED he lends his voice in vote
for the cause OF right as he sees it.
No person has greater oppor-
tunities for making herself and
others happy than the farmers
wife. Her home is her own and
in many cases is indeed a Heaven
on earth. She rises in the morn
lug and takes up her daily duties
of looking after the comforts Of
the loved ones; she looks after
her chickens and her garden and
enjoys the same fresh air that her
husband does out upon the field.
Her lot is health and love ligh-
tens her labor. What city wo-
man can boast OF the health and
happiness that these things
bring to the farmers wife.
She is more independent than
the city lady. Her home is free
from the usual gossipers and
busybodies that infest the home
ofso many OF our city people.
She can rear her children as she
sees fit, and in later years has
the enjoyment Of seeing them
grow up to noble manhood and
womanhood. Unlike her city
cousin she does not have to
worry that her children are with
every ''Tom, Dick and Harry's'
children, picking up all the slang
phrases and tricks OF the day.
But on the other hand she has
the satisfaction to know that
they are spending their time with
the flowers and plants, and the
domestic animals OF their pleas
ant rural home. She sees them
attend the little country school
that has been the starting point
OF SO many of our famous men