The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-04-07
THE FARM NEWS


1 SPECIAL PAGE DEvo
INTERESTS OF
THE FARMS AND THE FARM
HELP IL
5 The Marshalltown Times Republican
In commenting on an item taken from
the Cedar ltapid IS Gazette says:
The Cedar Tsapid Gazette explains
whyfhe hired man is isappearing from
the farm. It says: lit
Better pay, better living conditions,
the broader life is causing and has
caused him to leave the farm for the
city lii shoals. Because Of this deser;
ton the farmer is sorely perplexed as
to bow! to get the farm work done. Few
y are spry enough to,do all of the work
on 200 acre farm" The Gazette sug-
Eetts that higher pay for the young
4 men ~ the way to bring them back to
the farm. u
IL III not altogether the lure Of the
town and the apparently higher wage
paid I'M cities that sent the old time
hired man" to join the buffalo and the
emu a4 an extinct or disappearing type.
Time was when every farm sought its
hired man and contracted with him at
30 mich a month until after corn pick
tt1ks When labor saving machinery
.o6kred opportunity to "get along with
day work" the farm naturally figured
the lower cost, There were day hands"
then III the village ana here and there
in athe countryside. so the hired man
met much the same fate as the old time
I" Jour printer. "A Many of them found
their occupation gone. They sought
other employment. They had to.
The question Of better wage requires
ANALYSIS as between the wages on the
farm and those In town. The Gazette
qsietessa farmer who says he is paying
~ nG Sahs neaza a sS ab sna sans
ii, towp. If hs setss $4.5os q day and
works rs days out Of the month his
m031hly income III bes$ u $50 or S62s.50
net Il On the farm at $65 and expenses
It Hould be $65 net. Outside work in
the city means more than the loss of
one day month on account Of weather.
There ~ no weather loss to month
hand on the farm. The honest fact ~
to make d stake for college sUr Tor any
other purpose the farm is the best bet.
The wage Is better. .s n
However the way out for the farm,
thA4 needs a man regularly is the neat,
OzfS0Etable tenement house, well built
ana well located aud attractive to live
In where It can house a family man
ana ,offer him 5a better living and q bet
tArIciance than the average worker can
make for himself II the city, That
iish permanent class Of farm work
err which can be depended upon. The
better the community treats such work
Gr4 and their families the better class
q people It will attract. IL it chooses
To- sSnOb bishly OstraciSe and Segregate a
decsnt man and decent woman and a
niee fannily because Of their status as.
hired people" then it will get what it
de9erveS and II 1t chooses to make
those lsople part Of the community and
h6sOr them for their thrift and integ-
NY II Mtl also get what it deserves.
VT III going to be mighty hard to
eatabi4h; g pNesant class in sAnleric can
fotm 0gtricts. The American worth
d0iiditnn ana sees his children better
a thu l1niSelH sIf he tcan not have
RECOGNITION las an equal he seeks a resi-
dsnce 4d occupation where he feels
ca. euua1lfy with his neighbors as man
t6l man. s|Is il7r, BID s.3.s
s -[F1-
Bert McCOrd, the Denison hog buyer,
WIS on The Omaha markatslast Wednes-
day, and gave out the following inter-
view tn discussing the bog situation
around penison 81 lliies there are few
c. With their sbrins. crop 81 pigs. ms
dliriss IAN the country regarding tie
hog situation result in very satisfactory
ny WerR al far aS the srring CROP OF
ptgs u concerned. Litters are doing:
wall with a larger percentage of yield
than last year. So far the weather has
been all that could be desired and the
pigs appear in very healthy condition.
The final result may be a bigger yield,
than many have anticipated. Spring
work IL being pushed as rapidly as pos