Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-10-07
Beauty Of Life on the Farm.
BY Ray Risner.

Life on the farm il considered
pleasant for many reasons. Who Is
happier than the farmer after having
garnered his grain and filled his NOW
with sweet-scented hay. His cellar
filled with fruits from the orchard
and the garden. He is now enjoying
the products Of the rich acres that
were made fertile by wise husbandry.
Although hs has stored the food and
provisions for his family and his AMI.
mails, the hens still continue to lay
fresh eggs and the cows yield a good.
ly quantity Of milk for the household.
What he consumes on his table is
the pure and unauthorized product
fresh from nature.
The following are necessary to
make farm life a success:
(1) Good Roads-The construction
OF roads is a matter of public concern
ana varies according to the state of
civilization and the resources of the
country through which they pass.
What are to be considered in max.
Ing good roads through a country? In
making good roads it is necessary to
take into account such natural OBJ.
struct1ons a. streams swamps. and
hills, these requiring either BRIDGES,
entertainments, grades or tunnels. The
breadth Of the right of way should be
about 80 feet, and tho width of the
grade depends upon locality and traf.
nc, although 1t should be suflcisntly
wide for the passage Of teams in all
places. The Invention Of the bicycle
and automobile has made the necss.
sity OF good roads even more appar.
ent than formerly. I think It would
be good plan II tho farmers would
form an association to promote the
making Of good roads in each locality
and have an Instructor to teach them
the new methods In the art Of making
cu1verts, grades, bridges, and other
improvements that enter into the
construction of good roads. We
would have better roads and easier
access to our towns and railroads.
~ Good Telephones-The systems
OF telephones now in use enable peo-
pie In cities and many in rural dis
tricts to communicate with each 9TH
er, thus greatly facilitating rapidity
and convenience in social and busi-
ness communication.
60 1nterurban Railways are a great
help In making farm life more pro-
gressive, increases tho sale of land
and gives the farmer a better chance
to sell his farm products. The u. S.
has larger railroad mileage than
any other country in the world. It
has witnessed a marvellous extension
OF railroad mileage since 1880, not a
single year having passed without ma
ter1al additions being made to the
value and utility Of these necessary
highways of modern commerce.
~ Landscape Gardening-This is
the art of making the country home
so that it will have a pleasing effect.
The arranging Of the ground, drives,
walks, sowing grass, planting troes
and flowers in such a way that the
whole will form harmonious combi-
nation and lend beauty in making the
home the way it should be so that it
will give beauty to life on the farm.
At present many private yards, lawns
and parks as we'll as public grounds in
cities and those surrounding public
buildings are laid out with great care.
Trees are planted with the view OF
giving the most pleasing effects, view
ed either at close range or from a dis
lance, and various water courses,
fountains and artificial lakes are in.
trodueed.