Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1914-03-14
WHY BOYS AND GIRLS LEAVE
THE FARM.
1t is Because They Have Become Dis
couaged With Farm Life.

Farm home improvement is the
present demand, and is receiving
more liberal share of attention than
formerly. In the earlier history of all
farming districts of the country the
custom was to provide rather tenn
porarly for the family until the farm
became self-supporting, or until the
money-making feature was put upon
solid basis. The live stock that
were to be largely the means of Civ
ing the farm the basis of money max
ing were first considered Barns, sta
bles, sheds and all that was necessary
for their comfort and prosperity were
supplied them, while the family lived
in any kind of make shift, crowded
| quarters.
This seemed to be the customa md
it is a pretty hard proposition to argue
as unwise from a money-making and
economical standpoint The greatest
weakness to be observed was in con-
tinuing too long under these condi-
] tons, and in adding to improvements
for comfort of the stock to the dis
comfort and injury of the boys and
girls, who were in need of more room
The basis of farm prosperity is the
farm home. 1t matters not how we'll
and how completely everything else
is arranged about the farm for the
convenience of handling the stock and
the crops, things are not going on
right if the home is not properly pro
vided for in all its details of conven-
fence and operation The housewife
in many homes on the farm too often
has no resource but to use what is
provided, even if this provision is very
meager compared with the production
and income of the farm.
Farm homes are improving, as
general thing, especially where lands
have advanced to several times what
they were worth few years ago.
But did you ever stop to consider
how much more attention is paid to
| the comfort and sanitary condition II
the animals on many farms than to
the health and happiness of the fam
lily? On many farms the red barn,
the well built horse stable, the COW
| sheds and the hog houses are all pro-
vided in the most approved model
style before there is move made to
tear down the old, worn, cramped,
| dingy house, and in its stead provide
the family with the ordinary conven-
fences of modern improvements of the
comfortable home And then we won
der why the boys and girls leave the
farm as soon as they become of age.
There is no well founded argument
for this neglect or oversight. 1t is the
result of getting used to the surround
ings and not being able to measure the
needs and demands of the family from
the right standpoint There is usually
| a promise that as soon as something
else is provided the new dwelling will
be next. But too often it comes too
late. The boys and girls are gone
and their mother has lived out her
days. She, TOOLS haonge cmfwyp m
days. She, too, is gone.
Why is it that towns and cities are
filled with boys and girls from the
farm? 1t is because they have be-
come discouraged with farm life and
seek other employment, allured by
hopes of better living. There would
be a great offset from the migration
from the farm to the city If the re-
form of home comforts and home
pleasures were set to work IN pro-
vidng more congenial surroundings
for the boys and girls. 1t is not nee
essary to argue this point with those
who have had the experience, and
whose experience has taught them the
lesson of influence that home comforts
exert in making or undoing family ties
on the farm and in the home.
1t is much better for the boys and
girls that the family remain on the
farm and that all the modern inn
provements be added to the home
that the dwelling and all its surround
ings be made as attractive and pleas
ant as those of the city home, than
to get the notion of retiring from farm
life and moving to the city.--Twen
tieth Century Farmer.
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