The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-10
The Matthews Girls Of Larimore
As Very Successful Farm Managers

00nL ana ntnkeT. Her aDlillN ulS.
played at school in acquiring knowl-
edge SO readily has its counterpart In
her quick analysis Of farm problems.
Ever alert and quick OF decision. she
ie always ready to meet any conttn-
gency. These are her strong points.
and they make 1t possible for her to
delve into books. read agricultural
literature. attend farmers meetings.
acquire and crystalize the good In all
Of them. and yet have an abundance
OF time to devote to the management
of her big farm. Hers arc the efforts
of a real scholar applying scholastic
knowledge to practical farm life. Her
farmstead Is we'll appointed and clean.
lent in the Dakotas. has no place on
her farm. Things are tidy about the
place.
Selects Her Seed Corn.
Miss Matthews has devoted consid-
cradle time to the seed question. She
is impressed with the d~esirahility n
efficiency Of good seed. She attends
to the selecting and testing herself. In
the fall season. when the men arc very
busy, It is always difficult to get then,
to pay proper attention to the selec-
ton of seed corn. She goes into the
cornfield herself and selects the best
ears from the standing. well-develop-
ed stalks. and by this practice OBJ
tains the very hest seed.
And. as with the selection n prep
aration Of seed. so with everything
else pertaining. to farm management
on the Matthews farm. Careful at
tention to details. marked by a dis
eliminating knowledge of every phase
of tho business has made her farm
management a, success. 1t is no won-
der that her father thinks her ability
is more valuable to him. in running
his farm than to the school board in
teaching Latin.
Her Versatility Illustrated.
Here is one instance of Miss Mat
thews' general knowledge and versa
tility in its application. Her observa-
lieve That silage was the proper food
for dairy cattle. and that to be sue
cessful one should grow a large acre.
age Of corn and have a good silo to
put it into in the fall. She had stu
died silos. and taking al things into
consideration. had decided to erect
n of wooden slaves, as the material
could all be bought ready to be plac-
cd in form. and the seller gladly
would send a nan to put 1t together.
She. however. knew that cement was
more lasting. and just as good for
preserving the silage. but there was
the difficulty of making the forms.
pouring the cement and erecting a
comedy structure.
Builds Cement Silo.
In this attitude. Il representative OF
the United States Department Of Ar
riculture found her n day. He be-
lieved in the cement silo. and after
promising his assistance in preparing
plans. she was quickened to believe in
her ability to erect one. The plans
were made. the cement purchased
and under her supervision. the silo
was built.
The silo will not suffer by COMPARE
son with II cement silo in the land.
1t was filled with silage. which is now
preservation.
1t is often said that in order to be
successful in specialized forms of
farming one should he near some
large commercial center. There is
another lady in the Matthews family.
a sister Of the farm manager. Miss
Maude Matthews. who. while differing
much from her sister in ability to
handle animals. is yet In her class as
a farm manager. by exemplifying in
a marked degree the possibilities of
poultry Raising out on the prairie. far
from n large city. She has
more than three hundred birds in
her docks. consisting Of Buff and
Black Orpington and Pekin and In.
dian Runner ducks. She has realized
as high as $500 in one year from
sales. and yet IL very modest about it.
She has placed her birds in competi-
ton with the best in the country, and
has won many prizes. AS trophies of
these contests she has ten silver cups.
Correspondence Very Heavy.
She knows her fowl and just the
proper way to take care of them. She
does the work herself, and does it
correctly. She advertises in many Of
the best farm and daily journals. and
ships eggs and fowl to all parts Of
the country. In the busy spring and
summer seasons she has no time for
anything excepting her poultry and
her correspondence. which at times
can only be handled by working long
hours. Unlike her sister. she is not a
college graduate. although she COM
pleted the freshman year. She de-
lights in books and study. These and
her poultry are her constant COM
panions.
An afternoon spent at the Mat
thews home in conversation with the
narerts n their children is a priv
ileRed experience of that now and
better social life which is to he built
up out on our farms.