The pioneer express., 1912-12-27
MAKE HOME LIFE PLEASANT
coNGENiAL AND coMFoRTAHLE
{ SURROUNDINGS WOULD KEEP
CHILDREN ON FARM.
Allurements Of City viii Have No
Attraction for the coun.
try Children 4 @
Then,

Fargo.--"1f we can. only make our
home life so pleasant" ;" said one farm.
er.scholar, that our boys and girls
Will be loath to leave it and will not
pe attracted by, allurements Of the
city, we will keep the youngsters on
the farmland they will stay on the
farm long after they have passed the
'youngster' stage of life. You think ii
can't be done?" noting an incredulous
expression on the correspondents q
face. Just come along to the model
home exhibited at the Country Lifd
conference"
A visit to the country home more
than fulfilled the predictions. The
exhibit was the paramount source of
interest for today's session, and there
was a continual throng of visitors|
The home was arranged according to
ideas outlined by, Professor Keene Of
the North Dakota Agricultural coll
iege. Scores of ingenious devices for
Tightening the burden of the busy
farmers wife were shown In actual
operation. A system of hot and cold
water throughout the entire residence,
bright gas lights, electric bells, and
many other aids to comfort and ease,
that would be veritable revelation
to the Yankee farmer of decade ago,
were shown to be not only possible in
the modern farm home, but extremely
practicable. The model home at
tracted vast amount Of attention
and hundreds of visiting farmers
cleaned new ideas that they will put
into practice when they return to their
own firesides.
Country Home May Be Improved.
THE Country Home" furnished
theme of discussion for Mrs. Bertha
Dahl Laws of Appleton, Mimi, who
is recognized as one of the best ex-
perts on household economies, as re-
lating to the farm home, in this sec,
tion of the northwest Mrs. Laws re-
ferred to the model home on exhibi-
tion and explained many of the de-
vices shown. She cited innumerable
improvements that are possible in
country homes, especially those refer
ring to convenience and sanitation.
Mrs. Laws was emphatic in urging
radical revolution in the methods of
constructing rural residences. In
early days, the homesteader's very
existence depended upon his returns
from the soil; but he could not till his
land without horses for in those days
there were no tractor engines. Con-
sequently, the farm animals had to
be well protected against storms. The
pioneer farmer actually paid more at
tention to building magnificent barn
than he did to erecting a dwelling for
is wife and children. Times have
changed, however, and the farmers
of North Dakota are now in position
to give their attention to suitable and
comfortable homes for themselves.
Not only. may bathrooms be incor-
porated in the architects plans for
the modern rural home, but large piaz-
zas, sun porches, and even a conserv-
atory. Instead of the family hud-
ding about the old-fashioned base.
burner in the sitting-room, furnaces
may be installed. Instead of lane
between two rows of wire fencing
leading from the road to the house,
beautiful driveway, lined with trees,
may be laid out, while windbreaks on
the north and west will offer welcome
protection from snow and windstorms.
These were few of the suggestions
made by Mrs. Laws and the other
speakers who followed her in the dis.
cussion.
Thursday was given over to dis.
cussion of farm clubs. This portion Of
the program was attended by one Of
the largest crowds of the conference.
Especially at this time is this sub
ject of particular interest to farmers,
as several clubs of this nature have
been and are being organized in vari-
GUS sections of the commonwealth un-
der the auspices of the Better Farm
ing association. o. D. Center, Secre-
tary Thomas Cooper and other officers
of this association were among the
speakers. A feature of the session
were the talks on the subjects of
clubs by many of the attending farm.
ers.