The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-03-15

institute will prove a factor in keep
ing many a farmer himself on the
farm. Too many farmers are moving
into town to become drones aud no
one knows it better than he does him.
sell. For what person OF earth is less
happy than the retired farmer during
his first year or two in town, or, as
you might say; sitting on dry goods
boxes in front of stores keeping GUS
toners out, kicking about his taxes,
cursing every effort toward public
improvement and lodging every SUBJ
script n list, whether worthy or not,
till he finally for lack of exercise and
healthy thought-drops out wonder
ing why he was born anyway.
Yes / really believe that through
the interest that the institute will put
into the farmers occupation, many,
many farmers will find it so enchant-
ing, so healthy, SO %ennobling, that
nothing can induce them to leave 1t
and when the time comes for them to
leave this world they will 60 with no
stain OF 'illgotten gains" or "tainted
money" or their conscience.
This leaves me to think Of the
"hired help problem" Inc farmers
greatest lament is that competent, re-
liable help cannot be secured, too
true, too true. 1t would seem that
our American boy; and by American
boy l mean any boy born in America
it matters not whether his parents are
American, Scandinavian, German or
Irish, is being educated along lines
that eventually lead him away from
farm labor, so that the situation is
getting worse each year. The fact is
wages are advancing and the quality
of help is decreasing-until / am al
most convinced that Chinese and jap
anese laborers should be allowed to
come in limited numbers to the coun-
ty to relieve this great shortage Of
common labor.
l really believe that 1900, 900 labor
ers (farm) could be utilized on the
farms of this country, and still not
effect the wages OF competent, relia-
BILE, American farm help. There
would still be room for all worthy men
at as good if not better wages than are
now paid, and the poor help that is
now more OF an aggravation then a
help, could then move on.
Not only help on the farm is scarce
but help in the house is a serious
question. The farmers wife needs
yuSC do IluCI Hclp us VIC lldH Iilhl-
self and many times she needs it eve
worse. Too many farmers wives are
~Overworked. / believe there are less
lazy wives than husbands on the farm,
and this is the reason why so many
farmers wives break down. The wife
usually does more hours work every
day than her husband, besides rear
ing her family; and because she gets
q tnnD Snn1n u,ov ND tho Sha nd
finds the work kept up, he Overlooks
her tired, worn out appearance, until
she drops beside her work.
The women of this country would
gladly welcome the admission of O.
600 600 servants from China and ia
pan, and they too could be assimilated
here to no detriment to u American
laboring girls. Here too is grand
work for our institute.
Now, brother farmer, l have given
you some of my ideas along this line.
| think we have the grandest Occupa-
ton on earth today, and u chances
for enjoyment are improving every
day. | we'll remember when l was a
boy, my father owned n team only;
and that was IN OK team, old Tom and
Jerry. My fathers farm was ten miles
from his trading point and his trading
point was sixty miles from the railroad.
Many, many times have ! known my
father to go on foot to town and bring
home his groceries on his back. If a
doctor had to be summoned the ten
mile trip was made on foot. How diff
ferent today. In case OF sickness you
step to the telephone and the doctor is
at your bedside in half an hour, your
t%hreshing help is summoned in five
minutes, you have your daily mail
brought to your door, and | believe
the time is lear when the gasoline or
denaturalized alcohol motor will be
making trips by nearly every farmers
home, when besides all the joys of
farm life he too al take in the pleas
ures of city life.
Brother farmers of Brooklngs. coun-
ty, let us all do what We can to make
this association a grand success. Let
us hold the best institutes held in our
state. Let us do the best farming
done in the state. Let us have the
happiest homes in the world. Let us
make our farm homes so attractive
that our boys and girls will study to
become farmers, and eventually be-
come benefactors to the world.
Inc pTGSluSuI , huuIcsS oi IiiC w"
jects of the institute closed the fore
noon's program, owing to the l~ateness
OF the hour. Up to the hour of open
ing thirty-four entries had been made
and recorded in the corn contest by
Superintendent II. /. Stearns, and the
president announced that the regular
program would be continued after the
noon hour. After dinner, Prof. John
S. Cole gave a very interesting talk on
"Corn Breeding, Seed Selection and
Testing" and was followed by MIR.
Sherwin, ST., who told "How / Raised
Eighty Bushels of Corn Per Acre Last
Year" This was followed by dis
cussion.
The balance of Wednesdays pro-
! gram and that of Thursday was as
follows: Ladies Quartet. Piano duet.
EARN Dalrying" by Prof. A. H.
Wheaton. Discussion by Halver
Halverson and Geo. Kennard. "Shall
| We Patronize Home Creameries OF
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