The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-30


intended that I should, In q general
way, talk on farm homes. and am
fearful of the undertaking. Home
means so much. The influence that
emanates from the home Is the prize
factor in forming character and de-
termining our ultimate success in
life. mean success in its greatest
and broadcast sense. have seen
homes that seemed to be simply plac-
es of retreat; others places of shell.
ter and handy at meal times. The
real home is the dearest spot on
earth, and to my mind the farm home
should be the homiest, dearest Of
them ALL. The farmer, more than
any other class, owns the home he
uses. 1t is his own property. Every
improvement, every adornment, Is
for the benefit of him and his. To
me 1t seems a great mistake to think
the town homes should exceed in
convenience or attractiveness those
of the country. Very often, know,
1t seems as though more thought were
used in constructing homes In our
cities than in the country; but this
should not be 80. and where It Is so.
exists the trouble that believe calls
for or has created demand for dis
cussion on these matters before meet
ings Of this kind.
Last summer I was looking for
dairy cows in what is perhaps the
wealthiest county Of the state. had
been directed to place at the turn
OF the road upon which l was trav-
cling and / drove into the yard. The
barnyard was to the left, the home to
the right. A fairly good barn, con-
sisting Of stable and hay storage was
filled to the very peak Of the roof
Stack yards contained an overflow of
lucern and meadow hay. Threshing
had just been finished . few days be-
fore and the straw stack was we'll
built, raked down, and all Of the af.
termath Of the threshing season had
been cleared up and everything was
tidy. Corn was gathered In trim, up
standing shocks. The whole barn
yard denoted careful husbandry and
thrift, and know the owner to be
son of the wealthy farmers of that
county. The house stood by itself
on what was perhaps one hundred
years ago a gravel bar that had been
left by the sweep Of a mountain wash.
Not thing was growing about the
house. The Soil was meager and lay
between cobbles and pebbles of
coarse gravel formation. The house
appeared to be Of about four rooms.
bare Of outward decoration, no porch
es, four brick walls. a door, some
windows, lowpitched gable roof, no
cornice. In the yard. about as des-
olate as a homeyard could be, were
three little girls. bareheaded and I'm.
tidy, trying to erect q shade for their
playhouse from q worn bit of old
carpet and q discarded horse blan.
ket. Rows of cobblestones outlined
their playhouse on the ground and the
furniture was anything their imasin.
alton could make . table or a chair
out Of. Bits Of broken croekery
made dishes and kitchen ware of
wonderful shape and design. In their
existed something that
to them was real homo and was az
ideal and perfect a. their experience
would permit their comprehensions to
grasp. ! wondered afterward what
the influence those surroundings
would have on the real homes those
little girls would have when the time
came for them to conduct homes Of
their own. Perhaps there was some
reason for that desolstion. have
what that reason could be. |,
The family had lived there for some
little time. SO It was not newly ac-
luired property where the people
were making temporarily the best I
shift possible. It was not for lack !
Of means. am afraid It was simply
submission to a condition that Is al
together too common.
was travelling In one Of our cas-.
tern counties pretty we'll up In the
II was , pleasant sum-
mer day. four OF Us together. one an
artist. were following the course of
one of our mountain rivers. when we
passed ranch house about sixty feet
back from the road. Tho fence line
along the road was crowded with
shrubs. and between this fence line
md the house was q glorious maze
If real old fashioned flowers. I will
lot try to tell you their varieties. but