The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-09

j success. ItSis no woffder that her
father thinks the world or hers ard n1~
fieyes that her ability ig more valuable
to him, IN running his farm, tnan 70
the school board In teaching Latin
Her y~ersattlity illustrated.
Here il one instance III Mas Mat
fhewss general knowledge and versa
tility in it's application. Her obEerva-
ions and studies had LED her TO beitevel
that siIage was the proper food Tor
one should grow a large acreage of
corn and have d good stlo TO put ~
into I'M the fall, She had studied silos
and taking ali things into ccnsidera-
en- slaves, as the material could all be
bought ready to be placed In form, and
the seller gladly would send q man TO
1T together. She however, knew
as good FOR preserving the SfIage, but.
there was the difficulty OF making the
forms, pouring the cement and erect.
ing q comedy structure.
builds Cement siIo.
In this attitude, 4 representative OF
the United States department OF agrt-a
culture found her n day. He be-
s1ieved In the cement Siio, and after
promising his assistance in preparing
plans, she was uuicltened TO beIieVe In
her ability to erect one. 10 her sur
prise she learned that some OF her men
i'm MHQkiAGA N&IAE GClAACNAAa REAN10s AAI.
plans were made, the ement pur-
chased and under her supervision, the
siIo was built. The forms were set In
the morning, tbs cement mixed ana
poured, IN LETT to dry in the after
noon.
The silo will not suffer by compari-
son with any cement silo In the land.
IT was fi1led with silage which is now
more b e 9 year old n in splendid
II is often said that In order to be
successful In specialized forms of
farming n should be near some large
lady in the Matthews family. a sister
OF the farm manager Miss Maude Mat
thews, who, while differing much from
her sister in ability to handle animals,
lis yet In her class as a farm
by exempIifying In a marked degree
the possibilities OF poultry raising out
on the prairie, far away from any
large city. She has more than three
hundred animals in her hOcks, consist
ing OF Buff and Black Orpingtons and
Pekin and Indian Runner ducks. She
has realized as high "a $1,000 in one
year from sales, and yet is very mod
in competition with the best in the
country, IN has won many prizes. As
trophies of these contests, she has ten
silver u
Correspondence Very Heavy.
She knows her fowl and just the
proper way To take care OIL them, SnS
does the work herself, and does it cor-
reetly. She advertises in many Of the
best farm and daily journals, and ships
eggs and fowl to all parts of the coun-
try. In the busy spring and summer
seasons h has no time FOR anything
excepting her poultry and her corre-
spcndence, which at times q only be
handled by working long hours. Un-
like her sister, she is not q college
graduate, although she completed the
freshman year. She delights in books
and study. These and her poultry are
her constant companions.
A few@years ago, Mr.. Matthews was
offered $4,000 for his farm. The in
terest on this even at 5 per cent would
have been sufficient to provide the
family with all the comforts of life in
the city or to have brought them much
pleasure in many ways. 1T was his
desire to sell. u the entreaties Of his
| wife and daughters, who felt that the
city had no compromising advantages
in comparison with the old homestead,
fixed his decision to retain the farm.
An afternoon spent at the Matthews
home in conversation with the parents
and their children is a privileged ex
perience of that new and better sociel
fabric which is to be built UP out on
our farms.
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