The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
The Farmer Wife /

4 two as9. discussing questions OF In
terest In .cgard 10 farm life: you
may talk AS much as YOU like .,bou:
the farmer OF the future. his business
+ like basis and Ills utilization Of every
possible labor-savlng machine but |
X go beyond Tie farmer. should like
TO know what Is being done. and what
Is going TO be done. for the farmers
! Wife"
There is no class of women she
\ continued, whose service to human
ity Is So little recognized. or whose
4 comfort and advantage Is so little con-
sidered, IS This class The farmer Il
'tis true, attends to the blowing and
= the reaping, the sowing Of the seed
and the ingatnerng Of the crops. but
he Is more and more applying the prin-
(, clples of science TO tho Improvement
b of such crops,to saving them from In
Jury through adverse wea ther condi-
tions. TO bringing thcm TO full perfec
flton and ma turity. This tending to
crops takes the farmer out into the
open. and It has at least the advan-
tage ofivariety." q
The Wifhtn-Dnora Province.
n. But within doors lies The province
n of the farmers wife. She must rise
early to have bri,akfaet ready for men
whose work calls them early a-ficld,
I whose morning duties include The
feeding and watering or the teams.
ahead of breakfast This Is prefaced
on the woinan'z par; by milking time
and by tho stralning and putting away
h OF the milk.
# THEN after breakfast. there are
dishes TO be washed. rooms 20 he put
In order. churnins to lie lookal after.
dinner 10 be planned AMI cooked the
"a IA .,f fA-
noon, when other women arc resting,
the farmer's wife Is aettiit; her liulEg
room and Kitchen To rights. Than She
h8a To get al early ami substantial
supper against the time when her mon.
folk tired and hungry. come home
from he fields to enjoy Ire closing
meal OF the day
HrIcls,,rnkinr without strnw.
Even II the farmers wife faced the
strenuous problem Of her daily round
with a Kitchen equipment that trans
formed what had been ulllicnt into
compare ,iycls comfortable achieve
{ mcnt: even II her domestic help was
trained and efficient, as 1t is scarcely
II likely to tc. shc would narA tn be
K woman OF unurual executive ability in
4 iherself to render her department Of
farm life anything but drudgery. and
monotnnous drudgcry.
y But when IL Is remembered how
+ long wome, IN rurll districts have
been making bricks without srtaw.
+ how long they have been wasting
youth and health and energy in kitch-
f ems. destitute Of all but the most prim-
tive INC thods tor baking ana brewing.
they arc the human beings for wuoT
my interest is most stronG,r aroused
concluded the woman advocate OF tht
farmers Wife class, plus,nG to taNs
breath and looking around on hei
little audience with an expression that
Z seemed 10 challenge rontradlci,cn.
"And while the american nation.'
che resumed, rs preaching bncx-to-
the soil doctrine. and getting out I'm.
Ink handy pocket r>:rics on scicntiiC
agriculture, should wish some, one to
get up pictures OF model Kitchens and
dairics and chicken houses. | should
like for "a rmcrs 10 be encouraged ii
having water put into their l.ouses and
p In building Substantial outhouseE. cs,
pecially houses where stock can nc
kept IN winter. should like pihli;
sympathy and attention called 10 the
long suffering farmers heipmcet. She
should have her chance. II shc Is
sure OF help in the devices she needs
10 tighten her daily labor. IL electricity
and Machinery arc associated to come
Fl 10 her deI!verarce, she Wili have the
time she needs for practical training
and can preserve her pretty looks ami
wear her pretty frocks. transforming
her farmer husband into hes perpetual
sweetheart"