St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-10-21
THE COUNTRY SHOULD SUPPLY
ITS OWN RECREATION

THE COUNTRY SHOULD SUPPLY
ITS OWN RECREATION
My father used to speak of the
great camp meetings of his boy
hood days. the monthly musters and
military drills, the tournaments,
the log rollings. the corn stockings,
the family reunions, the cuttings
for the women folk-all institutions
that supplied the social wants of
tae community. But now nearly
all these have passed away. and the
| perilous and sinister fact is that the
social life of the farmer and his
family too often has its rootage in
the town-in town excursions and
| picnics that still further identify
thoughts of the city with thoughts
of pleasure, and thoughts of the
country with thoughts Of toll; IN
cheap and often vulgar vaudeville
shows; in sports conducted in an
unWholesome atmosphere: and even
in forms of dissipation and immor-
atty.
Country life cannot be put upon
a satisfying basis until the country
itself chiefly supplies the social
wants of the people. The church
building must indeed become as |
have said, a meeting house." a
social center.
And the church must not only
encourage the social. educational
and industrial meetings to which
| have referred, but must also en-
courage if not actually adopt the
athletic field, the place for games
and sports under wholesome in
fluences. 1t has been well said
that the need for play is as real
as the need for food and Sleep"
and whenever a pastor says, L am
known to be opposed to all kinds of
sports he simply announces that
he is surrendering to the devil Just
that part of human life with the
imminent danger that the devil
may use this part to get all the rest.
There must be a recreation from
Work-human nature is SO con-
structed that this is absolutely
neeessaTy-and if this recreation
does not find outlet and expression
in sport and play under pure and
wholesome influences, we need not
be surprised if it finds outlet in
the darker and grosser forms of
drink and immortality. A farmer
said to me recently, my boys work
one-third better when | give them
Saturday afternoons off for neigh
b0rhood basebafl,,-and [ suspect
that they are more than one-third
less likely to find recreation from
work in blighting and ruinous dis
slpatlon.-Clarence Poe, Editor The
Progressive Farmer.
PROMpTNESS IN MARKETING
"No, Mr.. Smith promised to have
plenty Of tomatoes here this after
noon to supply my customers. He
has disappointed me and conse-
quently forced me to disappoint my
customers. Therefore, [ shall have
to buy from some one else in fiji
ture."
So spoke a merchant in our hear
ing recently. The moral is obvious
the farmer or trucker who is to
make a marketing success must
Rave a high regard for his word.
and remember that July % e
July % and not July 80 or 81.
Farmers get SO used to depending
IN uncertain seasons, ETC., that thew
some time fail to realize that mar
kets. like time and tide, wait for
no man. THE religion of the due
date as some has called it, cannot
De too strongly emphasized.-The
Progressive Farmer.
TROUBLES WITHMILk
The bacteria which cause trou-
bic may get into milk from the un-
clean hands or clothes of the milk
er or from the dirty flank and I'd
der OF the COW. The utensils used
in handling the milk are a much
more frequent cause of these trou-
bles than either the cow or the
food she receives. To state tins
often makes the housewife angry.
but shessimply fails to appreciate
tae difference between cleanliness
as understood in the kitchen and
sterilization as understood in the
dairy. The rough places and tila
seems III the utensils are difficult
to clean. Washing in tep5d water
with a brush and a good washing
powder, scalding and exposure 10
the direct rays of tie SIN are gen.
orally necessary. i uistlra2 used
III washing milk utensils is muI!i
more likely to be fine cause of
milk troubles than either the cow
or her feed.
Unclean or contaminated vale.
IN which the utensils are washed.
may often be the cal,-e OF trouble.
Even the best appearing water may
be contaminated. Il is always a
safe plan to Use only water that
has been boiled when any uf these
milk troubles arse.
The air of the cellar, milkhouSc
or other place t5,a. is uns.ean may
also be the source of undesirable
conditions in the milk.
When the COW appears healthy
and the feeds are sound and such
as do not usuallyproduce undesir-
able flayOrs of conditions in the
milk. the most extreme care should
be exercised in the handling Of the
milk before trying to lay the blame
on the feed or the eow.-The Pro-
gressiye Farmer.
Parents. Your Boy or Your Girls
Future Is Now ON Trial. What
Are You Going to Do About 1t?
You would be a very unnatural
parent If you did not wish to give