The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-18

Pr, sdcnt Roose ,c't about the work
which the country life comm ss.on
is carrying on. The pr' 'sidcnt has
turned the letter over to the coun
Try life commission and the COM
mission his asked the farm hand
To write some more.
], Il have be farm hand just
long enough" slys he pre-, dent
corr, spon lent "to learn the cd. SO
OF so many sons and daughte. &
aud wcll-mcaning, reliable farm
/ hands leaving the beautiful farm
and country and loing TO the city.
\ lack of order and system ON
I the farm and too long hours for q
day rs what is driving the best
minds from the farms To the uty
and shop what can Nc expect
OF a 1md. or tie ta'w'.'s Ntl"
and her I,"- ty. in the w'v ci ina
tcE"cuW Development Al, % they
get ont of their beds az $3.50 m
the morning and work from that
time until or y. M? And No at
tcntion paid TO the sanitary condi-
tions OF the home, and necessary
couveuicnccs on the farm for do
ing the farm work with the least
labor aud time
This man has given the country
life commission some very interest
ing firsthand information about ru.
raj conditions and recommendations
based on a long experience in farm
work and farm life. lie has work d
for all kind of farmers, good and
bad, he says. and he has always
had his eyes open To detect the
causes of their success or failure
lie has drawn his own conclusions
and sets them forth in downright
straightforward fashion. Education
pays In farming. he says. The farm
cr who plans out his work and car
ries 1t through in a systematic, bus
iness-like manner, just as the city
man does. will be able to shorter
the hours of labor. so many far
mers measure everything ON tn,
farm from the standpoint OF mus
p clc,' he continues. "and are eXtrem,
in some things and slack in others
decided several years ago tina
life is too short to work for Pete
t Tumbledown farmers"
Now, Mr.. President" he writes
"you can take this for what 1t 4
I worth. ! have not given you hal
a OF my experience" The Countr,
I Life Commission has written hin
!. that his suggestions are so usefu
. that they hope he will send NOR,
r Compel the farmer to be- a bus
be mess man." he says 60 into th
i the so-called farmers and ascortai
how they live, and learn of thei
methods of doing the business d
which they are engaged. And 20
will be sprprised what variet
N you will find. Ascertain what the
T. read, and what stress they put o
= literature that comes into thsi
(, homes df any comes) bearing o
n. the business they are engaged il
ir See what per cent study their bus
} ness
.. Give me the educated farmer q
ID a boss and the educated farm-han
IL as hand when come in co
tact with hand or farmer thu
studies his business find him a
vancng, and It Is pl asure
l. work for such men.
!. "The majority Of the farme
q, are eight-hOur men, that Is. eig
I, hours in the forenoon and cig
Nc hours in the afternoon. Eight
T., ten hours on the farm cannot w.,
20. be adopted in all cases, but it nee
al not be- from fourteen to siXte'
.rl hours. II the family arises eve
ah
~ and daughters attend 20 househo
~. duties. and the farmhands and so
attend to the chores and 20 TO {
NJ field at : o'clock and work until
lt or 1880 and go TO the field aga
he AT / and keep at it until o'clo
ov and 90 to the house and eat I
cr supper and then do the event
% chores, they have done farm da,
work Regular hours for work, a
~. regular hours for meals, and r
nd ular hours for sleep, and regu
- hours for rest and recreation, W
u plenty OF standard papers a
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