Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-08-25
Give the Girls on the Farm a Chance.

ears SO long anu pofSlStontiy GndC we
find ourselves wondering why some
boy, out Of sheer chivalry, does not |
take up the cry: ''Give the girls
on the farm chance and thereby |
show he isn't going to run off with all |
opportunities the boy propaganda is
affording without dividing the loaf |
with his sister in the home.
History places the women of every |
race and time, second in the economy |
of things, while their rightful station
is that of honor at every Preside; not |
only because they are the children and
and burden bearers but because they are
mentally equal, if not superior, and
their moral and spiritual sense is the
saving bond of the home.
We noticed that girl won the first
prize in corn.raising contest in a
southern state last season. Was she
out of place in such contest. or was
it an expression of a latent gift seek
ing its own. and her zeal overcame her
pride? Her picture failed to reveal
masculine lines in face Or figure she
was the miniature of the woman of
tomorrow. and she won first by her
force of character, intelligent effort
and hard work.
Our farmers are inclined to make
the boy the prince in the home. They
are setting apart plots of and for
them, that they may plant. produce
and market their own. They are given
the smallest pig in the litter, the
scrawniest calf, the uncertain lamb
and sometimes the lousy colt. and it is
not an unusual thing ,or the boy to
make a prize-winner out of such
unpromising beginnings, and seeking
for the cause of his success is quite
II h. ~ hot &h1
or sister in the home have contributed
large fund of diplomacy is found
necessary in handling the priest of the
household, lest when market day
comes the cash returns fail to reach the
boys bank account.
The boy. because he is a boy is
favored to do and be a force worth
while. Every new piece of labor
saving machinery, device and method
used on the farm, serves to educate
interest and give larger outlook to
the boy so favored.
The coming of the agricultural
school and one of its important prod
ucts, the county or district agricul-
tural expert, is lifting force for the
farm boy, for it is not clothed in any
mystery, that all such rational move
ments are for the sole purpose of
making the greatest business III the
world, (and that is farming.) so
interesting and profitable that the boy
will remain from choice.
Possibly, in all this effort for the
boy we are forgetting the most impor-
tant unit of efficiency on the farm
even the very factor that will and
should be the strongest lure to hold
the sons of agriculture, and that is the
daughters of the farm homes
Let the mothers and older daughters
of the farms organize their farm home
bureaus and secure from the domestic
science schools. expert young women
, to do the same work for the home life
; and domestic center of each farm, that
, the agricultural expert or agent is
! doing for the dairy. the herds and the
fields. Isn't the woman's field in oul
,, farm life just as important, just as
= needy of expert advice and assistance
y as the other activities of this mos
= important vocation? What a splendid
field of work for the willing, able
E helpful young woman that will actualI,
J take up the mission here outlined
y There are so many things to be don,
y for the average farm girl. The HON.
J and it's duties can be made so constan
- and perfect in her attractiveness, tina
+ no thought. but becoming part of it
g a loyal helper in its making, will
: obtain.
i When we visit farm and note tn
o fine stream of running water to tn
:. house and barn, the first thought tina
. comes to mind, is there a bathroom
! install bathroom before getting tn
- piano, with all Difference to the mora
. uplift Of music. A girl or boy, VIII
= learns the lessen of hersonal cIeanli
h ness in all its bearings. has made bi
o beginning in the problem of decent liv
y ing it means more than can be expresse
- by the written word. Some farmer
\ wife may say when she reads thi
f brief, that these suggestions would b
= applicable to many village homes
=, This is true and in many cases tn
4 need is greater than is possible on
farm. even in the more pretentiou
village homes the coming of an exper
might be made rich blessing, and
is needed the world over, in all urba
and rural life.
1t may seem a delicate matter t
enter home to accomplish missionar
e work Of this character, to sugges
- changes in the plans of living, method
"a of doing work and cooking. All tn
r industrial features of the home wouI
N De DeneHleO Dy the touch OF the e3
4 pert's method and hand. The domesti
: science student learns tact, it is tn
- resilient bond that finely complement
ls mental acuteness along the lines of tn
~ work and deftness of hand, and tn
: mission is to confer gift and its nam
n IS efficiency. To make the gift accep
y able and effective there must com
y INTO the conference the great idea {
IL loing loving service, in fact, tact
= largely made up of love for others
therefore the two dominant element
l. Of this work must be. love of wor
n and service without thought of return
# finding rich compensation in the doine
; The socialist has something we a
,, need. and our benefit from their wor
~ will be measured by our spirit towa1
n it. II we admit our need and NEE
"a them halfway there will be cooperate
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