El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-19
FARM MANAGEMENT, CON-
SERVBTI0N AND AMUSEMENT DISCUSSED


farmer to adopt better agricultural
methods. He said, in part:
NO country on earth stands so much
IN need Of agricultural help as does
ours The wheat average Of the United
states is less than half that Of west
ern Europe, and the European yields
are upon lands that have been under
the plOW a thousand years or more.
The most efficient factor in the
establishment or this new European
agriculture was the sending Of trained
demonstrators to the actual farm
homes. The result was an immediate
Improvement along all farm lines
which went on from year to year un-
I'll the yield was doubled. The United
States experiment stations and the az
rlcultural colleges are getting two and
three times as large yield upon their
49hQs as Ine average, simply because
their methods are better. The next
step in agriculture is to send into ev-
cry agricultural county a trained farm
Demonstration to study the local con-
ultlOns' learn what ought to be done,
and then help the farmers to apply il
tc their respective farms.
Deeadence Of Country Church.
Rev. Warren II. Wilson, of New York
City one Of the best known Ameri-
can apostles Of the modern church
discussed The Church Of the Work
ing Farmer. The churches in the
country" he said show the strain
under which the people on the farms
are today living. In every one of the
states as Iar west as the Missouri
river many country churches have
been abandoned. They were left
stranded by the passing of their peo-
PIE and the general shrinkage Of the
population Three farm hands out of
four are now machinery. and these
gang pl0ws and binders do not go TO
church, nor do they expect to go to
heaven, so that the weaker Churches
are going to the wall"
Sanitation on the Farm.
Dr. Ella S. Webb, of st. Paul Mimi
discussed Physical Laws OF Life in
Relation to the Family" She urged
thorough sanitation in the farm house
as preventive Of disease A supply
o. pure water for bath. lavatOrv and
kitchen, and the proper disposal of all
sewage by means Of the septic tank or
other system, viii save their own eX-
pense, she said, in added years of
health to the family. She advised the
absolute determination of the domes-
tic ily by the removal or disinfection
OF all breeding places on the farm
Fresh air in plenty for the farm house
under any AID all conditions she con-
siders a necessity for the welI-befng
or the farm family. eve viii stamD
out consumption when we learn this
lesson said the speaker.
Fnyslcal exercise, even for women
who feel that their daily work is 0ufta
sC1Ilcient exercise, was urged i'JTn-
dCubtedly some muscles are overtaxed
Ia the daily struggle, but there are nm
used muscles in even this vieoro77s
warfare, and if a few minutes dsiIv
were given TO Strengthening these n .
would develop general strength for .
me oYer-fatigue Of those most used . ]
Mothers and fathers on tbs e,
Heeq 70 De awake to the aray-i+y- -
CCL-ult loAs as they exist at the D~ss
S-tt tlne In our country Each veer
. tNtyvU DOyS cross the border line 49, +
bcyhood into manhood. OF tbis -.
army 45UVOO-almOst tWo-tbir5s1 -
doomed TO become victims of tsr-+t1C
diseases $4,000 Of them before tbey-
ledcn the age of q wears Trro77ssl-4. !
or innocent girls have this vasv 49,
lCred, by hope of love or Decunie7-,-
som from happy VirtuOus homes and I
tggElls parents TO swell the ranks of /
Ihe white slave traffic"
Recreation on the Farm.
one of the most necessary. vet most I
neglected and unappreciated phases ~ Z
Iarm NE according to Mrs. Paul CIag-
stone, OF GLADSTONE, Idaho, who smoke I
on recreation in the Home and Com /
munlty is recreation for the farm I
er s family. Recreation" she said. '.is 4
Wron g1ully considered luxury ia ,
many farm homes A farm WOman's Z
life should not be all drudEery. and /
tne boys and girls should be given Z
time for recreation. Too many bOys
ana girls leave home because they see {
nothing but hard work ahead of them I
Sne advocated the expenditure of a I
little money for a pony for the chill /
dSen, few good magazines and farm I
papers for the family. and a phono- /
graph to bring them I'm touch with the
best music or to liven the long winter
evenings A few good outdoor games
for the boys, flowers for the farmers
wife. and revival of the old art of
ma king visits were recommended as
aids to relaxation.
The country church and the country
school are perhaps the greatest fac
tors In the mental stimulus Of the I
farm life, with the Grange and the I
Farmers union a close second. Mrs
ClagStone said.
Rapid Growth Nof the Congress.
An important report to the con
sress was that of its secretary-treas-
urer, John II. Burns. Your secre-
taly believes said Mr.. Burns, that