The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-08-04

tom IN many PARTS VI The country ant
among many progressive farmers II
to take the hired man into the family
while in industries the worker may
never even see his employer and have
no human contact with the man hi
works for. In the country we still
have In considerable measure the old
| time relations between the employer
and the worker. The American farm
ing regions form the great reservoirs
Of traditional American democracy
Conditions Not What They Were.
And living conditions In the coun.
try are not what they were gener
alton ago. A lot of our notions about
farm drudgery and hard living and
isolation are ideas carried over from
an earlier period, when there were nc
electric lights, no bathtubs, no rural
free delivery, no good roads to speak
of, and when an automobile on the
farm was as rare as an airplane to-
day.
If You want to Judge what the farm
er of today is buying for his home,
read the advertising In any of the
leading farm journals. 1t would not
pay the manufacturers of automo-
biles and pianos to carry advertising
In farm papers If they were not sell
ing goods of that character to the
readers; and when we find all kinds
of luxuries and high-grade necessi.
ties advertised in the rural press It
means that there is market for the
things that make living more com.
Portable and easy.
Good roads and the automobile
have worked wonders in removing the
greatest hindraDce to progress in
farming sections. The farmer, as a
rule, is no longer completely isolated,
but. generally speaking, is within
easy reach of some thriving, up-to-
date market, center, and often within
motoring distance Of great city.
Moreover. the movement to draw
the farmers together in social life and
community achievements is Just be-
ginning. With the active help Of the
department of agriculture and the
state agricultural colleges community
enterprises are being promoted so
that the farmers may have their club.
houses for recreation and business.
The women are coming together
more and more to work for the social
life and to raise the standard of
education and culture.
The little red schoolhouse is giving
way rapidly to better buildings that
would look well in any city. Such
schools serve a large area and give
the farmers children the same edu.
cational advantages as the city chill.
dren.
Initiative and New Ideas.
The best of it is that all these eff
forts for the betterment of country
life are in their early stages There
is great opportunity for the young
man with Initiative and new ideas to
help make his community just what
he wants it to be. And that is a lot
more fun than finding something
ready-made awaiting you.
The business of agriculture is diff
ferent from that Of most industries |
1t gives the all-around man chance |
to use his talents. 1t is not a matter
of doing the same thing over and over
again day after day as in some fac
tories, for every month and every day
brings its own special problems on
the farm, and the man who is ingeni-
Gus and clever at doing variety of
things has chance to make good.
In taking job on farm, look
for one that offers employment for
at least nine months of the year.
While it may not be possible to get a
job for the full II months, that is not
necessarily great disadvantage Find
out where the nearest agricultural
college is located and arrange to take
during the slack period the short
course, which runs II or IA weeks
Turing the winter
In these institutions tuition is free
% citizens of the state, and the sub
iects taught include such practical
matters as stock judging and feeding
soils and field crops, and under the
subject of farm management, such
opics as marketing, cost accounting,
md other business details of farm
'peration. Under farm engineering
here is course in the operation Of
arm machinery and implements, in
luding tractors. also the planning of
arm buildings and the general laying
ut of the land to secure best results.
1t will be seen that with - nine
loIths Of practical work in the year
nd three months of training in the
gricultural college. man who wants
D get ahead can become a scientific
armer while he Is saving up the
apital to become an owner.