The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-18


to have a vacation each year. Why
should not farmers and their wives
also take a vacation. Certainly no one
works harder than the farmer, unless
it is the farmers wife. The plan pro-.
posed in an article which we have clip
ped from the California Cultivator, is
practicable in any part Of the country
and especially so in this state If you
go away for vacation every thing
must be left to the care of some one
else. If you undertake to have va
cation at home make your plans to
let things 60 as if you were not there,
and then stick to it unless some very
grave emergency arises The Guilt
vator article is as follows
A few years ago in discussing plans
for spending the Fourth of July, our
household was in straits to decide as
to which beach resort or what place
to choose to honor with Our presence.
Which would give us the most pleas
ure and patriotism? Which the least
fatigue, fret and fuss in going? And,
incidentally, which the least expendi-
ture of hard worked for coin of the
realm?
Each place had its good points and,
strangely, each had its Objectionable
ones. The one greatest object, how
ever, obtained in the case Of all places
suggested and that was that on that
day the rush and jam and push and
haul to get seats, or rather, get place
to put Our feet when others couldn't
stand on them, in the cars, was such
that we all united in saying "Let's
don't go at all" This came hard for
the boy, few years under his MAORI
ty, but in consideration of other good
and sufficient compensations he finally
yielded gracefully.
Then I came in with suggestion
that we all turn in and work-play I
mean-with the plants and flowers
about the house and especially con-
struct little 1ath house for which we
had long wished to propagate plants,
grow hanging baskets and incidentally
swing hammock and afford loung-
ing place out Of sight of the passers-
by on the street The idea was &C
cepted by the family and the lumber
ordered The lumber bill was but a
few dol1ars-1ess than fve-for we
used one side Of the woodhouse and
high fence for two sides of the sum-
mer house. SO that the outlay was far
less than for the family to have gone
on a jaunt to some resort.
Work was taken tip with will
while the hre-crackers were exploding
and people going by in gala day attire
It was finished, hammock swung and
with pillow and blanket most inviting,
with plants arranged gracefully about
the sides of lattice and baskets of
ferns from roof and, better than all,
tasty table with dainty luncheon Of
sandwiches, fruits and ice cream in
the center with Our little family about
at the time of the cleaning when
these same "gala day attired' folks
were coming home They were tired
all right, but of course they had had
"big time" We hadn't, but Our "little
time" was at that moment being i'm
mensely enjoyed. And we voted it a
successful, restful day, the result Of
which would give us many days pleas
ure in the months to come.
It came up to our expectations in
that. and later we took restful trip
to the ocean when the crowd was not
there
"But what has this to do with
Camping out at Homer" Nothing.
Or at least it's only the text for the
sermon to follow.