The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-06-20
Farm Life Discussed
Duties Of Soil Tiller
From thursdays Daily.


to-heart talk with an audience OF
farmers in Beauford town hall, last
night He addressed them as al
farmer, one who has had an expert |
ence of twenty-eight years on the
farm, and what knowledge of farm.
life he failed to acquire while &C
lively engaged in tilling the soil ht
has obtained by close observation il
his travels about the country. He
gave his reason for leaving the farm
the death of an only son.
Mr.. Howard told his audience tina,
he is acquainted with the conditions
under which farmers worked. He
knows their joys and sorrows. Ht
knows what it is to milk the COWS
do the chores and gather in the
crops He knows what the boys OF
the farm have to contend against
He knows what it is to go tired t.
bed at night after a hard days WORT
in the field But after all the farm
is the best place on earth TO i've
There is no reason why the boys
and girls should leave the farm tt
city-the congested city where the
merry-go-round has whirled so man!
people into the slough of despond
Nothing to Complain Of.
The farmers have nothing to com
plain of. Prices received for theill
products are good, much higher thar
they were a comparatively few year.
fhn for arf
much better than they used to be
and the social life is far more pleas
ant The prospects for success new
er were brighter. There is nothing
better than good farm right here
in Minnesota. This state is an EN-
pire. Its resources are limitless. The
soil is rich and productive. In tbs
northern part of the state there il
yet a vast amount of timber to be
cut, and there appears to be no ent
to the iron ore deposits.
Mr. Howard wanted the father
and mothers to understand that theil
children are deserving of bette
education than many of them are re
ceiving Education goes hand an
hand with the cultivation of the so
and the raising of better breed
stock. Mr. Howard deplored tn
fact that 80 Per cent of the chi
dren in the public schools in tn
country leave the schools after a
tending the sixth grade and only ]
per cent of the pupils reach the his
school. A higher qualification is dc
manded in every line of endeavo'
and the young men and women mus
be more highly educated in order Il
meet these requirements.
No. Cheap Land.
There is no cheap land anywhere
1t is all taken up and the land tina
ulators at high prices. In view o
this condition of affairs, there is
growing demand for better agricul
ture. 1t has been with some grea
difficulty that the work of educating
the farmers up to the idea of bette
agriculture has been started on it
way. There has been too much pre-
judice against the better agriculture
propaganda, but now the leaven i
working and the younger generation
on the farm is taking up with tn
more advanced methods of filling tn
soil and making the acres more pre-
ductive. Farming in America is be
hind that in countries across the We
ter There must needs be lookin
up in this country.
Mr. Howard said that there shoul
be more attention paid to the socis
side of farm life, and one of tn
great aids to this end is to be foun
in the organization of clubs. H
hoped to see club organized i
every township in Blue Earth coul
ty. There should be more cooper;
ton among the farmers. The
should organize egg, potato an
grain selling companies. Referenc
was made to the farmers cooper;
tive laundry now in operation in
town in the eastern part of the stat
This laundry has been the means {
lifting a heavy burden from tn
housewives and does away with tn
Monday morning wash on the farm
1t is estimated that the washing ca
be done in the laundry at about 3
cents per family per week
Remarks Well Received.
Mr.. Towards remarks were we
received, and at their conclusion,
motion, made by Mr.. Kramer, wa
unanimously carried that Mr.. How
ard should be extended an invitatio
to again address the Beaufort farm
ers in the fall
]. E. Reynolds, who was preser
through an invitation of Professc
Shumway, spoke briefly endorsin
what Mr. Howard had said and r
ferred to the advantages to DE gai
ed by organizing, a club.
Professor Shumway spoke also @
the benefits which can be derive
from organization.
Henry Hance made few remark
which were german to the question
The audience decided that anotht
meeting shall be held on Monda
night, June %, and at that time a
organization will no doubt be pc
fected
Ralph Healy was chairman of la
nights meeting.