Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-15

ate. Is it not wiser to vote for the
other man?
THE FARMER AND THE AUTO.
The automobile is doing its share
toward keeping the farmer contented
on his farm For says the st. Paul
| Pioneer Press:
One of the most important problems
in connection with the development
OF agriculture in this country is that
of keeping the real farmer on the
farm rather than that of getting the
wouldbe farmer to 60 from the city,
The automobile, according TO the Iron
Age, is accomplishing mich for the
cause of agriculture, particularly in
the older settled districts. 1t with the
rural telephone and mail deliveries
has been carried the town to the
farmer, and he no longer finds = de-
sirable to retire" as soon as he &C
| cumuated an independence.
Until recently one of the serious
features in connection with the agrl-
cultural development was the tend
ency of the well-to-do farmers to
move and rent their farms. The far
mer who has been successful felt
that he would like to live in nearby
town where he and the members OF
his family could have social advan-
tages that were impossible in the
country He would buy or rent a
house in town, turn his farm over
to a renter and move into the VIII
!; lagc.
The result, as any one knows who
has observed the retired farmers in
small town, is generally far from
being as satisfactory as the farmer
had expected. Very often he is un.
easy and dissatisfied with the unac-
customed leisure. After being used to
a life of activity the pleasure Of
doing little or nothing soon pals. The
automobile. telephone and mail de.
iveries are changing the situation, it
is claimed. by enabling the farmer to
remain on the farm and at the same
time enjoy nearly all the advantage
that come with life in town. He is in
touch with the town and his neigh
bors at all times. and can go to the
village in the same time that formerly
was required to go a few city blocks.
The result is that he stays on the
farm and gets the full income from
it. He buys labor saving machinery
and hires the help that is required in
order to enable him to take life easy,
He and his family reman in surround.
ings that are familiar to them. They
are among their friends and lifelong
acqualntances and enjoy life better
that it is possible to expect any one
to do under new and unaccustomed
conditions.
And the best feaure of al is that
they keep the young folks on the farm
When the parents retire and move to
town the children very often do not
go back to the farm The new order
of things that is being inaugurated
by modern invention viii keep the
children as we'll as parents on the
farm, and both are of just the sort
needed to advance the cause of agri-
culture. The parents are the success
full farmers who are qualified to get
results for themselves and to teach
and start their children on the road
to agricultural prosperity.
1t is all we'll enough to talk about
back to the farm, but it is more i'm
portant to keep on the farm those
who know how to improve the oppor-
tunities that agriculture affords. The
farmer who ''retires" to the town
creates the impression that the farm
is place on which to make money
and from which it is desirable to get
away as soon as the money has been
obtained. Farmers enjoying the ease
and comforts of city life and yet re-
naming on the farm will make the
agricultural prospect brighter and
should be the means not only of keep
ing other farmers on the farm but
of attracting many from the towns
to till the soil. They will add a new
dignity and attractiveness to country
life that should mean much to tho
welfare of the nation.
Another great event has been sue
cessfully conducted and terminated
in Bismarck. The ladies of the state
federation of women's clubs have
gone to their homes with visible signs
of satisfaction with the manner in
which the good people of Bismarck
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