The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-10-14
ESSAY CONTEST OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Judges We're Rev. James E. Cornell,
Rev. John n. Davis, and Prof. F.
E. Rathbun-Prizes Awarded.
HOW GIRLS MAY HELP IN FARM LIFE


make it cheerful. She may be of great
help in the dairy, taking care of the
milk, separating if, making butter and
cheese.
Some girls are very helpful on the
farm, raising poultry. livestock: ard
gardening.
City people depend entirely upon the
farmer for their food. If some of the
farm boys and girls did not stay on the
farm, the city people would soon have
nothing to eat, and die of starvation.
But they do not seem to realize this, for
they ridicule US at all times.
In our schools to-day Young girls are
being taught something about the
rotation of crops on such soils as cover
their farms.
If necessary, strong, healthy, am
bilious girl can do almost as much work
in the fields as a boy.
1t is very important that the farmers
daughters should receive a good educa-
ton to be helpful on the farm.
The country girl is of more help on
the farm than the girl that comes from
town; for being raised on the farm she
understands all about farm life A farm
cannot be run successfully without the
girl.
There is great complaint about the
high-cost of living. This is because
there are not enough farms and
farmers. If more girls and boys stayed
on the farm, there would be better
farms to-day and there would not be
such high prices.
Many boys and girls leave the farm
because their mothers or fathers are
disconnected, and in most cases it is
caused by drudgery and lack of recrea-
ton which could be overcome.
| am strong, healthy, country girl
l know lot about farm life and have
a great deal to learn. l am going to
stayon the farm and help with all kinds
of work. There isn't anything | love
better than this kind of WORK. | am
proud to-day, to say that l was born
and raised on a farm, and that my
mother and father have always been
successful farmers.
Let more young girls take notice to
some of our thrifty young farmers
daughters, then practice what they see,
and the world will have better farms,
and the farmers, better homes.
LOLA RUTH MICHAEL,
Westernport, Nd
WHY BOYS SHOULD STAY ON THD FARM.
BOYS, stay on the farm. Labor and
you will succeed If more of the boys
would stay on the farm the cost of liv-
ing would be less and the farms could
be cultivated better; greater and larger
farms could be had, and should farmers
want to sell their farms they would be
in good condition to bring higher prices.
Go to the cities and see how many idle
boys you will see on the streets; inves-
tigate and you will soon be able to IN
derstand that there is no work for many
of them, even if they are willing to
work. Studying this we will see that
continued idleness is the ruination of
many boys, and sometimes lead them to
be robbers and thieves in order to make
their way without working.
Again, turn to the farm and you will
see there are employment for boys of a
very young age, learning them as they
grow older to know that which has been
already tried. and by experience will
learn many new things which will still
enable US to have greater and better
advantages as the years go by.
Some of our greatest American lead
ers have been reared on the farm, yet
some city folks will call the farmers
such nicknames as ''hay seeds, "old
fogys" and others, never stopping to
think that the greater part of their liv-
ing comes from the farms, and if there
were more farmers they would have a
better table to sit around three times
daily.
Agriculture is the leading industry.
Why? There are several reasons which
could be named, one of them is because
it gives more men, both young and old,
employment than any other occupation.
Work on the railroad, in the mines,
or in any factory, when you get old and
cannot do a hard days work, see how
soon the head manager will be looking
for some one to take his place, and if
you are not certain age you cannot
get position, but go to the farm and
there is nothing said about your age;
both young and old can find place if
they want it and you hear nothing about
the retired list
So my advice to you is-boys, stay on
the farm to insure success.
FOREST F. robson, (age II yrs.)
Avilton, Md.