The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-08-06
STATE
WIVES OF FARMERS DECLARE
TIE Most DESIRABLE THING IN
TIE KITCHEN is RUNNING
WATER.

Nv why women who are at times em
parrassed because of the meager
stpend handed them by their hus-
oands was brought out in the class
room OF the ministers school at the
maryland Agricultural College. II
was SHOWN that preachers wives suf-
Ter from the same inconvenience In
formation regarding the country wom-
en- was revealed in the lecture by
MISS Taft on the equitable distribu-
uon or division of the farm income
While the information as TO the min.
isters wives was furnished by the
preachers themselves.
The lecture and subsequent discus-
sion Oh the facts in the case were of
great interest, and the ministers
showed that they were in possession
OF lew facts along this line. One
OF the ministers went so far as TO saw
that the only money some preachers
wives got is half of the marriage fees
tie added that if the parson had no
marriages his wife got no money.
Miss Taft created considerable amuse-
ment by declaring that about the only
certain things in the life OF farmers
VIE are her board, clothes and a
steady Job, and sometimes few eggs
and butter to sell. She insisted that
TO make them happy and contented
and to give them certain degree of
independence, they ought 10 be given
an amount of money, for the spending
OF winch they would have TO give an
account to no one, and according to
Miss Taft, the farmers wife is queen
OF the country and her dignity ought
not TO be curtailed by stingy hus-
bands.
Their Greatest Need.
1t was shown, further, in the talk
by Miss Taft that much good would
be accomplished if the farmer would
give bis wife the same consideration
ne gives bis hired men. Miss Taft
said the farmer provides all manner
Of labor-saving devices for the labor
ers on the farm, but seldom thinks
about putting any such devices in his
kitchen to save his wife from much
drudgery Miss Taft said that not
long since she wrote about 500 letters
to farmers wives, asking them what
they desired most to facilitate the
work in their kitchens, and they re-
piled, about unanimously, that run
ming water would be most helpful, and
yet few Of them have such conven-
fence
IN his address on the development
of American agriculture Professor
Bomberger was of the opinion that
the war will result in the greatest de-
velopment OF land interests the coun-
try has known in many years.
Asked for his opinion as to the cause
of the present high cost Of living he
said without hesitation, that the I'M
usual yield of gold during the last
20 years had sent the prices soaring.
He referred to the fact that more gold
has been mined in the last 20 years
than in the history of America pre-
vious to that time
Live Stock on the Farm.
The ministers attended their first
lecture al the experiment station. The
first of the lectures was by Professor
Ruffner, who spoke on the use of
po hie in,
teresting TO the preachers, as all of
them have TO keep horses and some
of them cows The lecturer scored
the person who drives a horse with
sore back, and said he knew a preach
er who did that very thing.
He scored what he termed a Woe
full lack Of soil conservation by the
Maryland farmer He said they must
raise more stock If they would pro-
tect the fertility of the soil. In order
to carry out this theory, he said it
would be necessary for each farmer to
raise one COW for each three acres of
land At the present time, said Pro
fessor Ruffner, in the State there is
but one COW TO every II acres Of land.
He strongly advised the farmers to
raise their own colts and to make
good horses of them instead of being
compelled to purchase their stock.
DR.. H. J. Patterson was given
warm welcome upon his appearance
at the woodland theatre at the Mary
land Agricultural College, where the
final session of the summer school for
teachers was held.
DR.. Patterson responded to the re-
peated calls for a speech and compl-
the teachers upon their wide
awake spirit He said, in part
at is on you, teachers and preach
ers Of Maryland that the greatest bur
den falls in the work for lettering
country life, for yours is the greatest
Country life, at its best,
is wonderfully satisfying life-at its
worst, IL is little better than serfdom.
You must be the messengers and in
spirers of this full and satisfying coun-
try life