Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-12-03
FARM cONYENIFNcFs.

cess. The question OF soil improvement
has been emphasized in every way. Cul-
tiyation OF crops and fruit and yegeta-
bic growing have been discussed, also live
stock breeds feeding and their diseases.
The honey bee and It's Importance in eco.
nomic agriculture has been taken up
This week let rs talk about farm con.
veniences and the important part they
play in our comfort, happiness and sue.
cess. To cover the ensre range and dis
cuss the question on the broad line it
merits would require a volume, but we
will confne ourselves to the home and
its arrangements for water and light
The country home, of course, has air
and light, unless these are cut off by a
superabundance OF shade trees too close
TO the house. Too many and improper
ly placed trees are worse than none, for
the home should have plenty OF air and
sunlight. 1t is often placed too near
the country road, which robs it OF the
comfort of privacy, and exposes it to
the detrimental influences OF dust and
dirt. For this there is no justification.
With an entire farm TO select from,
there is no excuse for the improper loca.
ton of the house, which should neither
be placed too near the public thorough.
fare nor in some valley or hollow, but
on some fairly high, well drained spot.
If, in selecting the building site, a spot
can be found which commands good
view OF the farm and surrounding coun.
try, so much the better. If it is true
that a thing OF beauty is a Joy forever,
it is ten times true that fine view Is
a JOY forever. 1t makes mans heart
jump every time he steps out on the
front porch and looks at the glorious
sight. That, think, is something worth
while There may be people who are
satisfied to live under conditions which
might be compared to a man trying to
look through a crack in a board fence,
but must confess my utter inability to
be content in such a position.
On most farms there are springs with
sufficient fall to operate a hydraulic
ram that costs very little money and
with ample capacity to supply the fam
! lily with an abundance of water at all
times, for every purpose, and the cost
of the ram and its installation could be
saved in the time spent in carrying wa.
ter for family needs in two years, while
the equipment and many conyeniences
it would provide would last for many
years,
Can you afford to neglect to improve
the water supply when it means added
comfort and convenience to every men,
Der of your family, and when the il
conveniences that your boy and girl a
home are contracting with the conven'
fences that they see when visiting
You cannot afford to live and work
under such disadvantages when you can
provide the conveniences at even less cost
than the city man. He must have them
if he lives in the city as either owner
or tenant, and he pays for them in rents
of special taxes. If you have not the
spring suitable for putting in the by
draulic ram, you could provide your wa
ter supply from your well with wind,
mill or a gasoline engine, connected with
your pump. So much labor can be saw
ed by using gasoline engines that they
are almost indispensable on any farm
They can cut your wood, shell and grind
your corn, run the separator and chur
your milk, cut your ensilage and slower
When it has done its days work and
night comes on it can fill your reser
voir and with an inexpensive dynamo il
can generate light for your home and
barns, giving you all the real conven
fences that the city has claimed over
the country, and you can provide them
with no more actual cost than if you
had them in the city. So why not have
them, now that we have the telephone
rural free delivery of mails, good roads
and good schools and good churches in
the country?
You can have all and so much more
in the country. If you do not believe
it, go to any of the big cities and you
will find that the successful business
man who has money to satisfy his ideas
of comfort is going out into the coun
try, along the good roads, and is build
home where he can have elbow
room, fresh air and spacious lowRs. He
knows that he can have all the conyen
fences of the city and so much more by
getting into the country. He is teach
ing us a lesson we might have known
We must make our homes more at
tractive and more convenient if We
would encourage our children to remain
contented on the farm. know that ",
cannot do all the things that the sue
cessful business man could do in hi,
suburban home at first, but we can pro
vide the conveniences gradually, by
utilizing time that we have wasted, ant
ultimately provide our home as W,
would have it, The business man i.
lust realizing the home that he has beer
working and saving for years to build
The trouble with us as farmers il
the past has been a habit of getting
along with whatever was least trouble
TO provide in our homes and their equip
ment. When we make up our minds W,
want to provide more conveniences 70
our homes we will find time and mean
to do it, and the added comfort and hap
piness we get viii inspire us to bette
utilize our time and opportunities unit
we satisfactorily solve the question o
home convenience in the country.
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