The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-06
INDIANA FARMLAND ON
IlFE IN THE COUNTRY
Tells Roosevelt Why Many Prefer
Work in the Cities.

An Indiana farm hand has written
letter TO President Roosevelt about the
work which the Country Life Commits
sion IS carrying on. The President has
turned the letter over 70 the Country
Lie Commission and The commission
has asked the farm hand TO write some
more.
Il have been farm hand just long
enough" says the Presidents CORE
spOndent. TO learn the cause OF 50
many sons and daughters and we'll
meaning. reliable farm hands leaving
the beautiful farm and country and
going 10 the city. lack OF order and
system on the farm and too long hours
for a day is what is driving the best
minds from the farm to the city and
shop. What can we expect OF hand
or the farmers wife and her posterity
in theway OF intellectual development
when they get out Of their beds az $50
in the morning and work from that
time until or 3 p. M And no AZ.
tentiOn is paid 10 the sanitary cOndl-
tions OF the home and necessary con
veniences on The farm for doing the
farm work with the least labor and
time"
This man has given the Country Life
Commission some very interesting first
hand information about rural condi-
lions and recon menfatiOns based on
a long experience in farm work and
farm life He has worked for all
kinds Of farmers, good and bad. he
saws. and he has always had his eyes
/ open 40 detect the causes of their sue
/ cess or failure. He has drawn his own
conclusions AMI sets them forth in
downright straightforward fashion.
| Education pays in farming, he says.
/ The farmer who plans out his work
I and carries il through in a systematic.
] lusiness-like manner, just a the city
man does. will be able 10 shorten the
l hours OF labor so many farmers
measure everything on the farm from
the standpoint Of muscle he contin-
/ ues. "and are extreme in some things
and slack I'm others. I decided several
years ago that life is too short TO work
for Peter Tumbledown farmers
Now. MIR President" he writes
"you can take this for what il is worth
I have not given you half OF my ex
perience.~ The Country Life Commls
sion has written him that his sugges
tions are so useful that they hope ht
viii send more.
Compel the farmer 20 be a business
man" he says Go into the homes 81
some II the farmers and the sO-calleC
farmers anu ascertain how they live
and learn Of their methods of doini
the business in which they are en-
gagged. and you will be surprised wha
a s8riety you will find. Ascertain wha
they read and what stress they put OF
the literature that comes into thef
homes (if any comesl bearing on tn
business they are engaged in. See wha
per cent study their business.
GIVE me the educated farmer as
boss and the educated farm hand as
hand. When | come in contact wit
q hand or farmer that studies his bus
ness | find him advancing. and IL is
pleasure 20 work for such men.
.-The majority Of the farmers ar
eighthour men--that is. eight hour
, in the forenoon and eight IN the aftei
noon. Eight or ten hours on the farr
! cannot well be adapted in all cases
: but II need not be from fourteen Z
! ] sixteen hours III the family arise
every morning at O'Clock and u
wife and daughters attend TO III
household duties and the farm hand
and sons attend TO the chores and <
I TO the field al : O'Clock and work unit
II or 1880. and 20 10 the field agai
al / and keep at it until 8 o'clock, an
. 90 10 the house and eat supper, an
then do the evening chores. they hay
done a farm days work Regula
hours for work and regular hours fc
meals. and regular hours foi sleep an
regular hours for rest and recreation
with plenty Of standard papers an
J. books. including the best agriculture
papers and books. and full faith
God and good grub is wanted
-The family should rise at 5 o'cloc
J, on Sunday morning as well as on wee
DAVIS. and do the necessary Sunda
morning chores and then 20 10 churg
and show the business man in the eli
that Sunday on the farm does not co
sist in changing the stock from OF
field to another or sailing II. or u
y loading load Of hay that was brougl
In on Saturday evening.
Coming to the meals az the me
y hour makes II easy on the wife. 50 81
can arrange her household duties
order. as can also the husband h
farm work
le Ingredients Of Fertilizers.