The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-03-16
Poultry and Farm Life.

or all the many places | have been
and read about, both in country and
city life, know of no better place
or one in which can take more solid
comfort, than | can in well kept
flock Of thoroughbred poultry. | love
to care for them, watch them grow and
develop into prize winners. We find
many young man rushing off for
the city as soon as he possibly can,
to seek his fortune among such mob
that, should he be lost, or even work.
ing on from day to day, would be
thought no more of than If he were
on the opposite side of the world.
There are more places of immediate
amusement, to be sure, in city no
matter where 1t is, than in the coun-
try, but what is life for? Is It to be
spent in hours of pleasure, or shall we
as citizens of a flourishing nation put
our shoulder to the wheel and our
brains in action and raise ourselves
above the common level of those who
are content to drift along from year to
year, satisfied with few patry dol
lars. with which to barely pay for
their own keeping, missing the oppor-
tunity to broaden out and became ac-
quanted with the great works around
about us.
In speaking with our city friends
they ask us what we have at our
country homes to invite our boys and
girls to remain at home. This is some.
what of a difficult question for some of
us to answer, for the pure and simple
reason that we have allowed our
farms and building to get rusty and
look unattractive, when with a little
extra work with the bush scythe,
stoneboat or garden rake on our
lawn our homes may be made attrac-
tive and homelike. We find our city
friend continually paying out his
money or working late hours, In Or
der to have his lawn look better than
his neighbor's. We see him working
overtime, day in and day out, that he
may raise money for something extra
Now let us go right back upon our
hills and choose some good, earnest,
energetic farmer. Here we have q
father interested in general farming
and in turn bringing up family of
children who feel great pride in be-
ing sons and daughters of man who
can make a success of a life that
keeps the universe in existence. As
they grow to manhood and woman
hood they soon become aware of the
fact that many and many man from
the city, in riding by their homes, will
remark here lives a happy man"
And 1t could be said of more, should
each one of us be educated to the fact
that it Is the most noble life of man.
OF this same family, we can follow
them and in nine cases out of ten
every one will sooner or later engage
in some kind Of farming One may
choose the occupation of the father,
another may take up farming, anoth-
er poultry raising, etc. The well edu-
Gated mind travels in a course with
which 1t Is most closely connected,
and when we find our country boys
rushing off to the rank and file of the
city we may give vent to a drawn con.
clusion that there is a neglect some
where.
But to return to my starting point.
Poultry Is the rock of my standing. In
it I find the greatest opportunity to
carry out every thought that learn III
every day life and 1t gives a quick re-
ply to whatever problems put into it.
In studying nature we find laws of
which sometimes we wish to learn
more about and we can turn them to
fit our poultry culture and make a
handsome return for our trouble.
There is nothing but what we can in
some way turn into benefit, for some-
thing should we desire it. Country
life and poultry is a great factor of
it.-Archie e. Vanderroot in the In.
diana Farmer.