The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-08-10
THE FARMERS OF LAURENS
HOLD GOOD CONVENTION
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where she Is studying her work and
irving to lecrn about health foods and
food values abp'.t sanitation and about
how 10 make the most splendid physi-
cal and moral manhood and woman
hood of her children, she has a chance
to find many times as much 10y and
sweetness In life, as the 2ocietv woman
in town who fritters away her time
playing bridge and striving to deck
herself little different today from
Yesterday. at seems 70 me" said a
gifted young editor. al had rather not
live ct all than to regrooch my Creator
by life wasted in such aimlessness. F"
| did not at all realize, my friends
what country of grand possibilities
this Piedmont belt is, until travelled
in other sections and noted their sue
cess Notwithstanding many difficulties
against which we do not have to CON
tend
One year ago | had the great privi-
lege of visit through the grand North
West of our wonderful, grand country.
| Kept my eyes and ears open, you
may be sure, that | might learn of
them, for their success has been phe-
nominal. Passing up through the mag
nificent corn belt north of Chicago,
my first stop over was with friend
in Minnesota where the winters are
long and very cold and the summers
short and hot. And let me tell you.
my friends's kitchen, where she did
all of her work without help, was a
revelation to me. She had every de-
vice, | am sure, in the ingenuity of
m2n TO construct for making her du-
ties easily and quickly done In a
steamer, OH a kerosene stove, she was
cooking, without fear of scorching, all
kinds of foods, a roast, vegetables in
variety and a pudding, a whistle warn
ed her when the water was getting low
so she had but little to worry over. I
have one of these steamers and they
are worth their weight in gold. She
had also fire-less cooker, stone
eriddle for frying batter cakes without
grease "a press for wine and jellies.
parers and choppers for all kinds OF
fruits and vegetables besides many
other utensils. A high chair was by
the table where a bread mixer stood ;
then a rocking chair over by some
shelter where good books and mag
azines lay, to be read while she was
resting. here too she sat and wrote
letters for her state agricultural paper.
In her back yard there were vines ev-
erywhere and bright blooming ANIMALS
Her poultry was in yard near by.
Now let me introduce you to our new
hired man" she said as she was show
expensive home. | wondered. as | fol-
lowed her out to the big red barn in
the lot, of what interest the new hired
man could be to me. but / wisely held
my peace and what do you suppose /
saw in room of the barn. Why a
gasoline engine, putting away, chop
ping food from the silo for the splendid
big horses and COWS that had just been
put in their stalls. This" she eX-
planned" does the work of men-it
runs my washing machine, wringer
churn, sewing machine, saws wood
pumps water. runs the thresher and
plows and in fact helps about nearly
all the work on our place. 1t is never
too tired for job and best of all
never talks saucy back to us
What blessing and comfort" | said
No wonder that your fine state has
millions of dollars to it's credit in its
treasury, instead of being in debt as
most of our States are; your people
work intelligently." 1--WE are promised
year free from taxes now soon anC
we are glad of that" she replied.
Over in British Columbia in home
| saw small electric dynamo that die
all of the work done by the gasoline
engine and in addition to this furnish
ed lights and milked the COWS. Ii
great astonishment / watched the fin,
Holstein COWS as they stood quietly
waiting for the rubber tubes to be at
tached to their udders, then went OF
eating as If nothing was happening
One man could attend to four COWS ant
the work was quickly done. The mill
was conveyed to a separator; tn,
cream went into a churn and tn,
milk into vat for cheese. How won
derful 1t all seemed
On the Pacific coast OF the State O
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