Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-10-04
HOW COUNTRY LIFE CAN De
MADE MORE ATTRACTIVE

a handsome driving Or
riding horse which is used for no
other purpose. Good roads lead
ing into the adjoining town or
towns make driving or riding more
pleasant. They also enable the
farmer to market his produce in
better shape, haul larger loads III
less time with less strain o.! his
team and wagon.
We often pass country estates
and see places in which no one
would care to live. There would
be no need of enquiring at any OF
these homes why the boys and
girls leave the farm. Each men,
Der of the family should have some
particular branch of larln wo'
to do, and always-ha e somethlnt
that the boys and girls can cali
their own. This will encourage
them to have more love f,r the
country and their home, and this
will tend to keep the boys and girls
on The farm. Every day should
produce new ASPIRATIONS for the
boy in particular, in blowing, SOW
ling, planting, building, pruning,
spraying, harvesting, storing, mark
citing and many other things which
may occur to q farmers lad. Work
! is generally spoken of as a DIR ggery,
but any farm work can be made
pleasant if one looks ct it in the
right light. There is no work day
too warm, too cold, or too rainy i'll
which there is not something that
can be done on the farm. Most
farmers girls are called upon to do
what is too hard and unpleasant
fnr hem. Some time ago, q man
who was speaking to me concern
ing the dairying industry said that
he gave up dairying because
he could not get the women to do
the milking. Farmers should have
more respect for their wives and
daughters and do the milking them
selves, The boys can level off the
yard, make concre or gravel walks,
tput out some shade trees or shrub
berry; while the girls can plant
vines, set out roses and other fow-
ers to beautify the surroundings.
then the place will lock as if they
loved it, and there would be to
them ono place like home" The
girls can further pick the cultivat-
ed raspberries, blackberries. straw
berries. grapes, and other small
fruits on the farm which the boys
have helped to set out and cult
vate. The girls could also have
exclusive control of the poul-
try. In country homes near q
city the girls can have flower
garden and small green houses in
which to raise commercial flowers
One of the girls could be her faith
ers book-keeper and each boy anc
girl could have his or her own books
to keep. The girls and boys will
gladly help their mother when she
needs their assistance.
THE busiest man has the most
Etime," but we hear farmers say
that they haven't time to visit Oh
receive visitors, haven't time tc
change their garb before going into
town. The countryman- can sys
tenatize his work in such a way
that he can have time to visit, re-
ceive friends, and dress respectfully
He can attend Farmers Institute, y
Reading Clubs" or have them
meet at his home occasionally. The
country home is not merely place
at which to labor, eat, and sleep,
but a place where the family can
be together and enjoy each others
company by reading, receiving OF
entertaining of evenings or at such
a time farm work is not pressing.
ct always will be pressing if things
are put off from day to day, which
is usually the case on most farms. }
The furniture of the house should
be in keeping with the home. There
should be an. Office. a spacious re-
ception hall and dining room along
with the other necessary rooms of
a house. A large porch adds great
ly to the beauty and colpfort of
the home. Many pleasant summer
evenings could be spent under its
roof.
We have spken of country life as
applied to an attractive farm life
and shown how we can better
the Preside and the landscape. We
have further shown that it is
necessary to have a knowledge of
better farming, that cooperation
is necessary; that things can be
more convenient in the country
than in the city at less expense;
that there are pleasures in the coun-
try that cannot be obtained in the
city; and that the farmers boys
and girls can be kept on the farm
by the influence of father and moth
er. Let each member of the house
hold speak a good word to each
other every morning and evening