The Bossier banner., 1911-06-22
10 them that the country makes its
strongest appeal.

10 tneln that the country makes its
strongest appeal.
4 house and an acre or more OF land
can be purchased or rented more
cheaply than house and lot in the
city The home can be supplied with
all the conveniences that the family
were used to in the city. The trolley
and the telephone keep them In touch
with their city friends. The city man
who is past the days Of the hard work
demanded in a mercantile establish
ment or a factory can still make fair
living from the soil. The returns from
an even acre or so Of ground will 60
far toward paying the family's living
expenses.
The pleasure of life in the open,
where the air Is pure and there Is
time to dream and room to be happy,
will add years to the lives Of the
new made farmer and his wife. The
freedom from responsibility calls back
the light heartedness Of youth. The
tyranny of Office hours is done away
with The luxury Of independence is
attained
No sign OF the return to the country
Is more encouraging than the tendency
of the old farmers and their wives to
spend the remainder of their days In
the country. Some of the old farmers
who move to town to end their days
are satisfied perhaps. but most OF
them are not. The enforced idleness
gals them. The narrow boundaries
Of a city lot stifle them. They miss
their old friends and associates.
The home farm is much better
place than the city for the farmer to
spend his declining years for many
reasons 1t Is home to him. and q
| thousand pleasant memories cling
around every knoll and tree. He car
turn over to one of the boys the active
work of managing the farm and still
have most Of the pleasure Of farming
without the responsibility. 1t may
mean the construction Of another
house perhaps, but the expense vii
be less than the cost Of house II
the city. There are always little tasks
to he done when he feels like work
yet he can quit when he feels lik'
quitting When he is not in a moo'
to work there are always neighbor
to visit. With his automobile or hi
horse and buggy he and his wife ca1
go where and when they please. Thu
the days pass pleasantly and smooth
ly. without ripple Of discomfort o
the strain of getting used to a ne,
environment. The passing years leav
, few marks on either the farmer or hi
wife, for this sort of life is not ca
culated to encourage the advance Q
| old age.
From the standpoint of the comm,
, nifty the retired farmers are valus
, Bile asset. A number of such fdmilie
in the community give permanency
/. it's social life With little else to d
: and plenty of time to do 1t in th
farmer and his wife can go ahea
p with the management of the club I
5 grange. They can devise picnics ar
j suppers and go ahead with Iectu1
courses and celebrations.
e These things are of incalculab
benefit to any community. and yet t
often the young farmers are too bus
J. to look after all the details counect'
with them
j. In looking after the business affai
of the township and county and sta
the farmer who is out of active bu
i ness finds an outlet for his surpl
energies. Township offices are by
y means lucrative. Yet it is essent1
y for the good of the community til
: they be filed by men who will ia
y time to see that the township AHA
!. are properly conducted. A farmer W
no longer has business Of his o,
;" to demand his best attention Is j.
- the man for such place.
;" The county supervisors have char
:. Of great amount of business. Up
I" the efficiency of their work deper
!, the condition of the roads and bridg
- The management of a county Is
=. small job. yet it is too often intrus'
!, to some Office seeking politician
:; cause there is no one else who
70 time for the place. Here Is anotl
.. opportunity for the retired farm