The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-19
Back to The Farm
Rr d X MnnLEY


What's this ! hear about your xiv.
Ing mp your law practice I'm the city"
asked one prosperous looking mau OF
another. "Got something better"
"Betcherlifer mughcd the other.
I'm going to be q farmer
quit your Joshn'" responded the
first mnn. You must have been max.
lng money on the street, you're getting
w independent In your words"
I'm getting independent all right
spoke the second man And | mean
1t when say I'm going 10 be- u farmer
II seems ike a step down to some
NJ you folks, but, takeit from me the
farmer Is going to tell YOU folks where
to get ON aud get Off In the time to
come"
Il was raised on a farm said the
first man 1T was permanent cure.
No farming fur me It's dogs life.
What's your wife say to IT,
L"Shes with me heart and soul You
sce, wr were raised on farms too
and under the old methods Of farm.
ing, when man was AL overwOrked
slave aud woman was valued only
according tu the amount VI strength
and time she could put into her job
as farmers wife. | remember II all
very we'll H. killing 10 everything
that's finest IN a human being. To
this day hate the sight Of an onion
bed. | had to weed out onions when
was Kid
And yet you're going 10 be a farm
err exclaimed the first man.
My mother went ON the other
ignoring the Interruption, "determin
cd that none N her children should
hr farmers. She denied herself every
thing that We might be educated
/ In professions that would provide rs d
living In the city. We were sent
away To city schools when We got
old enough The girls became schoo
| teachers have a brother who Is d
doctor, aud ! um lawyer
My brother Is making IL bare liy
ing NJ q doctor and has 10 content
| for business with 'steen other doctors
In his nclghburhOOd- there ar,
more Vt 'em coming every year. II,
must have money TO keep up In hi
profession. aud though he puts up
good front know It's practically /
hAndtu mouth existence he has.
Roth " my sisters are leuChlnl
and both show every promise "
cranky old muidhOod.
1--WE got fairly good practice hu
! II is taking every ounce Of my energ!
10 keep It and get enough out VI /
to live dpccntly and educate our Chil
dren Like my doctor brother t.
day and night work for me. ! WASH
cut ont to be- Il lawyer any more tina
he IL 10 be- n doctor. And We hay
both decided that n we put the sam
amount NJ time and energy into ~
to-date farming wen have somethln
10 bank on fur old age So we've bee
quietly buying up farm property !
our old home territory It's remark
able how dirt cheap you can get II /
aud we've been studying eyerythln
pertaining to farming including maj
ketlng " goods, for the past tw
years. Now we're ready TO pull u
stakes Hnd take direct charge Of ou
properties on business basis, keel
Ing the competent superintendent we'y
employed right along.
But we're not going back TO farn
ing under the old heartbreaklng col
ditiOns We expect 10 work, but M
10 work any harder than we've worke
In the city And we're taking eli
{ conveniences along with rs.
l There Is no gas IN our locality, b'
my wife will use a gas stove and "
. shall heat partly with gas, The
are firms providing machinery thi
i makes gas lust for such uses as OF
; VIII he one can also buy little ele
= tric light plants for country or far
I use, NJ much less cost now than
' few years ago. Manufacturers are b
z ginning to show the farmer how
can I've happy and comfortable In h
v home. One can also have a hathroo
q and running hot and cold water In
farmhouse these days aud there a
II septic tanks Tor sewage.
\ II estimate an initial cdst OF son
X thing like Sl,hOO to make our fai
'e home comfortable but ! consider
\ capital well Invested, paying dividen