Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-04-22

lives to the betterment of their
fellew men and women.'
There is need, the evidence shows.
of a new regime when the farmer
thinks first of his wife and children,
of his home rather than his barn, OF
his family history rather than his
live stock Recently, great con-
yention of farmers were held in
central Montana. One speaker had
just finished an excellent paper on
a snappy, middle-aged farmer, whose
personality showed that he was in
terested in the higher things of life,
arose and asked permission to speak
for a moment upon money Making
as a Hog" He proceeded TO draw a
picture that could be found upon
hundreds of thousands of farms, and
closed with the homely, but rather
significant statement: 1.-THE great
trouble with some farmers is that
they pay more attention to breeding
up fine calves and hogs than they do
to breeding children that they can be
proud OFFS
building is to be cryStaliZed into a
great Congress as powerful perhaps,
in its work for humanity as the Dry
Farming Congress which is bringing
it into existence. The men and
women Of all the world will be in
vited to assemble at the foot of
majestic old Pixies Peak next
October to formulate plans for a
worldwide campaign for the ideals of
better society and more perfect liv-
ing upon the farm; to discuss ethical
matters, hygiene, literature, diet,
nursing, the Identification of the
home, architecture, literary, musical
and spiritual training, the care of
the children, the art of dressing
economically but tastefully, home
amusements, country social move
ments, and an hundred other things
that will make the home attractive
and profitable to every member of the
family. At the same time the
methods by which the wives and
children can assist in making the
farm more profitable, farm bookkeep-
ing to be done in the home, and pro-
fitable ventures for the women who
desire to establish additional personal
bank accounts through special
gardens, fruits of flowers will be dis
cuSSed.
The governors of states are being
invited to participate and send dele
gates, the agricultural colleges are
being asked to send the women who
are spending their time in this line
of work. The Country Life Commits
sion, although no longer an official
organization, is being asked to par
ticipate, and the various home-mak-
ing societies-of which there are sew
eral state organization oranges and
women'S clubs, are being invited to
cooperate.
Back of the movement are many
such men as DR.. Liberty II. Bailey,
director of agricultural of Cornell
University; DIR. J. II. Worst, presi-
dent of the North Dakota Agri-
cultural College: DIR. James NJ.
Hamilton, president of the Montana
Agricultural College; DIR. E. A.
Bryan, president of the Washington
State College: DIR. William F.
Slocum, president of Colorado College:
DIR. John A. Widtsoe, president of
Utah State Agricultural College:
Hon. w. r. Motherwell, minister of
agriculture of Saskatchewan: DIR. A
G. True, director of the federal office
of experiment stations; Hon. John f.
Shafroth, governor of Colorado: Hon.
Frank w. Mondell, member of Con-
gress: Hon. Duncan Marshall, minis
ter of agriculture of Alberta: Hon.
James H. McColl, president of the
Senate of Australia; the Internal
ional Executive Board of the Dry
Board of Control, and a representa-
tive committee of Colorado women.
The detail of the organization has
been placed in the hands of Mrs.
John 7. Burns, who for four years
has been associated with the Dry
Farming Congress and is we'll ac-
quanted with organization work. A
national board will soon be an
nounced.