Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-10-19

allowance at all for interest on their
money OF for the fertility which they
are selling av~~ .,Jm their land that
they can hs-> AZ believe that the time
has come when the farmer is getting
enough for his produce to enable him
TO put farming on a business basis.
Probably this change has affected no
one oh the farm more than the women.
The country girl has a different idea
OF career now. She lives in mod
ern farm home, or If she doesn't she
knows thar such homes exist and are
well within the range of possibility for
her. She has had her longing to see
the world satisfied by visits to city
friends and relatives She has seen
that all the conveniences of city homes
are duplicated in the country. She
has admired the spacious lawns and
beautiful grounds of some of the best
OF the city houses. bur she has been
observant enough TO note that such
houses belong only to the few. She
hes gone TO the theater with her
friends and enjoyed it. but no more
than she enjoys the homemade the
atricals in her home town or the plays
and lectures she has attended in the
larger country towns by trolley She
has been surprised to find that her
friends In the city do not know their
next door nelghbor The excuse that
''they are NOT in or set" mas puzzled
her democratic little soul. lt il diff
ferent in the country. where every one
sympathizes with every one else's sor-
rows and laughs with all in their Joys.
The girl comes back from a trip to
the city better satisfied than ever with
her country home. Her father may
not be worth more than $1,000 or Sl0,-
600 or $4,000 measured In money, but
HIS house and grounds are equal In all
essential respects TO many of the mill
lionaires' residences she saw in the
city. Her girl friends in the city were
coaxing their father TO buy them an
automobile so that they could go
somewhere" The country girl and her
mother have a horse and buggy that
are sacred to their use. The horse is SO
gentle that he viii not even bat his
egelid at an automobile and the buggy
so shiny that they are proud 10 be seen
anywhere In it. They can hitch up
ard so where and when they please.
The laundry In the basement has TAX
en- away the terrors of wash day. The
conveiiences in the kitchen have great.
ly lessened the work of feeding the
hungry men folks.
The farm reading table is strewn
with tle latest magazines, and the girl
has :. piano or &c least an organ. A
piaIo dealer i'm ore of the middle west.
EN- states recently told me that he
sold fifteen pianos to the farmers In
one township last year. II the farm,
er's daughter wants a piano he is go
ing to get it for her. He may have to
raise few more hogs next year to pay
for il. but TINT is easily DONE
Taking everything together. any com.
PARSONS that the country girl may be
able TO draw are favorable TO the farm.
She has been raised In the open air.
The pigs and the calves and the chick
ems are her playmates The colts win
come when she whistles. for who ever
heard of country girl who couldn't
whistle? She eau name all the trees
In the wood lot. and she knows the
note of every bird that sings In their
branches Every day Is full of sun.
shine. and she sings for the very Joy
of living where air is free and room In
not bought and sold.
She still longs for career. but it is
career OF a different sort. She wants
TO live the rest OF her life on the farm.
and she looks forward TO the day when
she will go into partnership with some
ambitious, resourceful young farmer.
To be a successful wife. TO help make
the most out of the old farm and Co do
her part TO make her community the
most progressive in the eountry-this
is the career that appeals to the mod
ern country girl. Schools have been
provided to teach her the things she
needs TO know about her coming bust.
ness. If she is in one of the most up
to date communities. she begins to
learn sewing and cooking in the rural
school. II not given there. 1t comes
in the high school or the preparatory
school or the small college. All Of