The Ocala evening star., 1910-01-25
THE FARMERS new TRINITY
The Improved Highway. the Rural
Free Mail Delivery and the
Telephone
(Atlanta Georgian.

Far pht IN the country. ntteeT
miles from the city and six miles from
. the Nearest village. there il q rura
mail box
/ This box is attached TO a rura. tele-
! phone pole, which stands by the side
; OF the turnpike leading to the village
and past the village to the city
| They are together-the Big Three
the rural mail. the rural telephone and
! the improved rural highway. the three
! big things in country life of the pres
complished. and big with the vastnesS
! of things Yet To be achieved
The overenthusiastic have declared
: that each of these things will revo-
] !Utionize existence on the farm. Calm
/ er persons have asserted that the
three together will effect revolution
Those who are satisfied with nothing
! but truth Iieral in its exactness say
that these things have added new
charms TO farm life and mitigated tC
Il considera bic degree its chief draw
back. isolation
Revolution does not seem the right
word TO apply 10 the farm. Things do
not come To pass on the farm by revo-
luton. but by growth. Growth IS
evidenced everywhere. 1t is the CEN
trail interest throughout the year, Gag
-rly watched, because its product is
the harvest and its bounties
The rural mail the rural telephone
and good rural roadway are the seed
therefore. which have already pro-
, duced growth Of wonderful beauty
and beneiicence, Yet to rlpen into a
more magnificen, fulfllment.
What is th. matter with farm life ?
The national country life commits
sion seriously investigated this ques-
ton, and SolcInnly pronounced that il
was. chiefly. monotony. the grinding
Sameness that sends the housewives
OF the farm to the insane aSylums and
hurri-S the youth Of the farm 10 the
towns and cities.
Perhaps 'tiS 80. But what is mon
notony save Il state of mind-a view
point. a habit Of thought running in
ii rut?
Let this be affirmed: The mono
tony W. arc considering i the result
Of ignorance and a lack Of appreCia :
ton Of conditions and opportunities.
And this further affirmation: The
mail. the telephone and the good road
can and will lift this veil Of Ignorance
and turn this lack Of appreciation into
To these three factors should be
added = fourth--the farmers automO-
bile. 1t has not yet arrived. but Il iS
arriving. In the automobile every far
mer will own his own trolley and
freight ear. and the good road will be
his rails and his right Of way. And
til" Big Thr". will then b"Comc the
Big Four.
Don't YOU get mighty lonesome
out here. with every day the SAM
asked the Young city man of the
young country man whom h- was Wis
iting.
Not at all replied the country
man. on the farm no days and no
sea sons are alike. Each brings with
ii its varying duties and pleasures.
To the mind that lis pleased with a
rattle and tickled with straw" tina I
sees nothing but enduring delight in
the cheap and superficial pleasures
and associations OF the city. 10 such a
mind the country * an acute agony.
Put the Young country man was not
! of this kind. He had a changed
viewpoint. He had dipped into the
realities at hs own door. He had be
come possessed Of what has been Well
described as ''th. fatal desire 10 Sc.
things grow'-a desire. a pleasure of
divine origin which. when once at
tanned. is never lost For the young
man il become a passion. and for old
age thel" is no greater solacc.
1t is indeed great JOY to minister
thus at the process of Nature in the
gardens and the open fields. but the
capacity for this JOY can only be OBJ
tanned from knowlcdg. such as
I -.
Of the world through thu great agen-
cieS of modem times now Yields TO
every farmer
Lack Of such knowledge has caused
too many country MEN t. look as
through q glass darkly upon the joy
ous world right at their feet and call
it monotony and isolation.
A. noon this young farmer comes
from his fields where his crops with
each days growth present new as
4 different scene.
H comes stained with the clcanly
! soil of Mother Earth and beaded with
with the perspiration Of healthful
| toll H. enters the road and stops al
! his mail hox at the telephone pole.
H takes therefrom his daily paper.
his weekly paper. his agricultural
| journal. H.. reads the markets first.
H gIanc-S II the news o: th- world
His pockets arr bulging with maga
zines foI his wifi
Th- magazinrs contain -: her
many suggestions Of h-althfuI and
| scientific cooking. Of the carr and
training II children. Il house and
! "a r1nyari sanitation. @. dress and
| dr-SsmakinG
/ Th"s.. things ere too important u
| k@.p. They must b.. discussed with
| the VIII" at rh- n-ishboring farm. The
: telephone b-.I jingl-S and ther- fol-
) lows as sossipy and as Interesting a
conversat tior with the ncigEbr- IN III.
next farm or Ihe farm two. three, OF
/ four miles away. A. ~v-r delighted
/ rh- t-nlinin. heart.
] Not much monntOny about his
/ - YOU know what = '-.!.phon.
party. is II not. YOU Law. r-vv-
visited d Farm house wher- ,h-r" = a
! telephone I, takes place n the -ariy
evening when the duties Q: th,. day
AZ uy-: ana WHEN IN business ,or-
/ yrrsationS on The exchange Have
! ccns-d central" connects ali tn
! suh>cri b,.rs m ~ switchboard ~
such a. may b. invited 10 III. party
And everybody talks a. once. as d,
+ I,..oplt a, other parties and a. the
! voice Of each ! known 70 Ih- other
| ~ difficulty il experienced in follow