Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-20
A Cemetery--and a
Sermon For Farmers


terry. much like most little country
cemeteries, yet thcfo was something
queer about 1t. There was the arehed
gatewaysand the, Customary weeping
willows by II, The clipped hedge was
like most cemetcry hedses- The tomb
stones were about the average run OF
tombstones. But, withal. there was
something queer--sven shocking, Then
you discovered what 1t was. These
were truthful tombstones. Consoling
platitudes--"Too pure for earth" and
that like-found no place. Instead.
"Mothcr--waiked to death in her kit
chen" Sacred to the memory OF
Jane--she scrubbed herself into etern-
ity." Grandma washed herself
away" "Susie--swept out OF life with
too heavy a broom"
The people who saw that cemetery
and there were thousands of them
may have been shocked for the instant,
but they came away with the thought
that one might be better for seeing
such cemtery. For, you see, It was
square and IL was part of an exhibit
at the Montana state fair. Such levfty
with the most solemn thing that man
kind knows could not be justified
merely on tho theory that the things
said were true-but those who saw ii
came away with the belief that Il was
Justified by way Of keeping just those
things from being true. And that was
the purpose OF the exhibit, placed
there by the agricultural extension de-
pnrtment Of the state agricultural col
lege OF Montana. 1t was meant to en-
phasire the need for home convent
ences. for lack Of which many a farm
woman has gone to her grave before
her time. ss
There were other exhibits designed
to drive home the Same hard truth.
One was q model showing bleak
farm house on q bare hill. At the bot
tom Of the hill ran a little stream, and
by the stream were barns and cattle.
Struggling up the hill toward the
house with two heavy pals Of water
was bent old woman. And the legend
was: Convenient for the cattle-but
not for mother" Then there was a
farmhouse with the water supply as 1t
should be. the woman in the yard
sprinkling her flower beds with a
hose. And the inscription read: Con
venicnt for mother-and the cattle,
too" Another model showed a kitchen
as It should be. and another. a kitchen
as Il should not be. And there was
the legend, "A long distance kitchen
shortens life."
The lesson taught by the exhibit Is
one that the state Agricultural colleges
and the United States department Of
Agriculture are trying to teach by every
means at their command-sreater
convenience and a larger measure Of
comfort In the farm home
Farm Notes. : sr,
OH. Benson, for ten years connect
cd With the United States depa rtment
OF agriculture. and during the greater
part Of that time in charge OF the boys
and eirls' club work OF the office Of
extension work for the northern and
western states. has resigned. George
e. Farrell. formerly assistant In boys
and girls club work in the northern
and western states. and more recently
secretary Of the Hampden County I'm
provement League of Massachusetts,.
has been appointed to succeed Mr..
Benson and resumed hisS duties with
the department on Dec. l. s5f > rr.
Stock reisers Of Kossuth county,
Iowa, point with pride to the fact that
- %bn al ~
herds in the state of cattle accredited
a. free from T B are found in their
county. There are fifty-three Kos.
suth tested herds and forty others
are on the waiting list to be tested in
the near future.
Beans, tho higher in price than they
were several years ago, are still
among the cheaper foods that can be
bought today. They are one Of the
cheapest sources Of protein and may
be used TO help supply this valuable
food constituent IN the diet, according
to United States department Of asri-
culture specialists. H-
Successful storage OF potatoes Is de-
pendent on number OF factors: as
for example. the quality OF the tubers
stored. the temperature At which they
are held the moisture content OF the
air. the size Of the storage pile. and
the exclusion Of light. The proper
storage temperature for potatoes
ranges from about 81 degrees TO about
20 degrees. -
Texas cownsn are not overlooking
al opportunity to secure cattle, ne
matter how remotely located, to utilize
| successfully the abundant white,
ranges and forage crops. Some Of
these cattle have been shipped and re-.
shipped several times and at last ar.
located on land near which they or.
iEfnated. II Is estimated by some Of
the best-informed cattlemen OF the
state that at the end OF the war rsra,