The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-06
club unless they get results; they must
have somethtns. &c help them through

club unless they get results: they must
have something &c help them through
the week-reading courses, and q
study program. as we'll a. the social
half hour. We should study >dietetics
and learn how to balance the days
food; to provide such articles as will
feed as we'll as fill the family stomach.
Man must eat to live, but he need not
eat nearly so much If we give him the
right kinds Of food. The more we
study our business: the more attrac-
tive it becomes; when We q study.
ing it, we lose interest in eur work.
So country women are organizing clubs
for discussion and study. When 4 club
is conducted in an orderly manner.
and every member made to feel per-
sonally responsive for Its success.
to seem like a big family, yet large
enough to gain and hold interest Of
the members. it will work q revolution
in a country neighborhood. Wherever
q country women's club has been or
gained. the women report that 1t
gives them new energy for their home
work. Out Of a small club At Adair.
clubs that q joint picnic Of the mem.
bers and friends brought out q crowd
Of nearly 1000 people. These ladies
have issued a cook book. with the
proceeds from which they are enlArs-
ing their sphere Of usefulness.
Another club. the Daughter Of
Ceres. at Bedford. Iowa. issue 2 calen-
dar for the years work which COM
pares favorably with the work Of any
club. Country women's clubs are usu-
ally short Of money, and difficulty 10
sometimes experienced in securing
books for study. Would It not be well
for every state to supply a reading
course for farmers wives after the ex.
ample OF the Cornell Reading Course?
II the government would send u a
bulletin containing the essential rules
be a great help in conducting meet
ings. A meeting must be regarded
seriously and conducted with dignity
to get the best results. A little time
and money expended in helping the
women Is well spent. When Secretary
Shaw lived in Iowa he owned a num-
Der Of farms. It was his practice to
cocks and turkey toms. A neighbor
demonstrated with him. saying: You
are making our tenants wives discon-
tented. We cannot afford to give away
pure bred poultry" Secretary Shaw
replied: when I help the women
with their poultry. I always get my
rent"
The organization Of the farmers has
long been the end desired by those
try's welfare. BY reason Of all his
has been acting on his judgment.
and working alone. the farmer 10 not
accustomed to organized effort. and
does not fully recognise it's value:
hence the influence OF his wife in this
| matter Is Of special help. The farmer
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length of time that weeds spring up.
fences fall down. cattle get of their
feed and cows fail In their milk. Hence
he stays at home year in and year out
getting deeper and deeper In h rut
| unless educational and social privi-
leges are brought to him. This the
women can and will do though their
coat when the blustry wind only caus-
ed him to hold 1t tighter. Through the
united efforts Of the N the farm
er 10 going to think less OF his taxes
and more Of his schools: he Is going to
be one Of an army OF country men
| united to secure conservation Of the
soil through longer leases. conserva-
cational facilitics: conservation Of the
wife through the relaxation Of meet
ing with those OF her own sex. and
shall not add: conservation OF the
few ~hard:earned dollars in the purse
by parcels post? The farmers wife,
in order to conserve to the fullest ex-
tent the best interests Of the farm,
must be filled with the conviction that
farming Is the most honorable and
most worthy of a man Of any other
pursuit. and il q career worthy OF
their best %endeavors and not merely
a makeshift until something better OF.
fers Such a woman will impress upon
her children the thought that no call.
ing or profession 10 10 worthy OF thei,