Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-02-08
the best anchor Except father girl

the best anchor except father a girl
can cling to.
Give your boy the best education
you can; not with the idea, as many
do, that you will fit him so he can
make living easier than drudging on
the farm. That mistaken fallacy is
fast vanishing into thin air, thanks to
greater knowledge of business condi-
tions. There is no class of men today
that needs to be educated along so
many lines as does the farmer. Sup
plement his schooling with readings
from the wide open book of nature, as
the broader and more complete his
education the greater will be his sue
cess as a man and farmer. Keep in
touch with his school, be a friend to
his teacher, inviting her to your home
that she may feel that you are inter
ested in her and the work she is doing.
Many times she is little more than a
child and will be glad of your SYM
pathy and help.
There is a general move all along the
line at present to have agriculture
taught in all schools, which is fine
thing, but while we are teaching farm
ing to the boys if we would go step
,rther and teach our daughters to be
efficient, contented home-makers on
the farm we would do much toward
making our boys contented farmers.
If were ASKED to tell in one sentence
how to keep the boys on the farm, my
reply would be to keep the girls there.
Just as long as mothers bemoan over
the hard life of farmers wife and
educate their daughters TO think that
they will be happier anywhere than
on the farm, just so long will the ma
jority of the boys seek some occupa-
ton in the city. Teach your boys to
be courteous, self-respecting gentlemen
and they will be in no way inferior to
anyone whom they may meet.
Take Your Boy to Church.
Take your boy to church and Sun
day school and be an active, loyal
worker yourself that he may early be-
come interested and enlisted on the
side Of right and Justice.
A boy has an inherited right to a
dog, gun and fishing tackle. Give
them to him and the opportunity TO
frequently use them, and when ne
brings home bag OF game or string Of
fish, rejoice with him. Get up fami-
~ fishing party occasionally, inviting
neighboIing family to join with you.
IL will do you all good and make the
ooys happy.
Make rcd letter day of each pass
inA birthday and all holidays. Invite
III his frienus and give them the best
room in the house; yes, all the rooms.
You don't entertain your lends in the
barn or on the woodpile. Why should
your boy? Furnish plenty of games
such as children delight in and have
dish of apples, nuts or popcorn tor
them to MUNICH. Mingle with them,
he one of them. Don't worry about
your dignity. It won't get lost. 1t is
time parents, teachers and preachers
ceased to perch themselves on pedes-
tai so high as 10 be out of the reach
Of the boy they are trying to guide.
You must come down to your boys
capabilities cor time if you wish 10
keep pace with him rs he develops
ami according as you bind your boy to
you with loving sympathy and keep
in touch with his mind and heart, so
will you be able to guide and control
him when he most needs you. If
your boy has not perfect trust and
confidence in your love and judgment
at the age of ten or twelve, you will
not be able TO influence him at the
most critical time in his life, the
adolescence period.
The boy as be develops should be
kept busy with ajudicious mixture OF
work and play. would like to en-
phasize; let the work come first. Idle
uess is the mother of nearly all of the
discomfort and mischief of boyhood
He should understand that he should
work as regularly as his father, that
be is a part of the firm, and that he is
not only working for his father, but
also. The farm business
should he an open book to him, that
be may know just as much as his
father, the value of the stock and
products of the farm, also what 1t
costs to conduct the business. He will /
,hen be able to see the necessity for
economy, and be better
satisfied if he knows what the pro-
,eeds from the farm are used for.
Purchase Some Good Products.
He should be encouraged to pur-
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