Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-03

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implanted.
The Material nrd tho Mental
AS steel sharpens steel, as diamond
cuts diamond, Interpretation OF the tu-
turo seems to develop faster in the city
than in the country, and professional
thinkers, community architects, plan
, elaborately in the linc OF education,
school buildings and school books. ana
the taxes to pay for them. In the
churches and Sunday schools devoted
teachers seek to develop character, by
planting the seeds OF religion, virtue
and truth
Scarcely less Jealous arc the de-
votecs of the state, patriotic founders
OF tho constitution, legislators who
| forge endless laws.
Yet II is out on tho farm the inter
ests of The Child are regarded with
| growing solicitude no less nxious than
| in town. While tho pupils are travel
| Ing many miles across the wind swept
| prairie to the consolidated school, the
mothers are dcvisinE fond pictures of
| their social, mental and religious prog
ress: the fathers are calculating tho
probable expenses in high school, busi-
ness college or university.
| In the material department the de-
velopment of the very farm itself Is
| linked with that OF The Child. ls
tree planted, its fruit ten years hence
is most probably for him. Is a piece
Of ground bought 10 enlarge the farm,
an Il" built to make the house larger.
| II Is for the benefit OF all the family,
but mostly for the children.
All this introduction and the subject
hardly touched We note with Grattn-
cation tho gradual pcrfectinG OF ma
/ tional and state laws. for the safety
and tuition and citizenship of tho new
generation. Great sums are expended
| in agricultural experiments, improve
mcrt Of livestock, of grains. or every
| botanical specimen. every servant In
| feather or fur. II is not true that the
state devotes more care upon the hogs
| than upon the little ones.
The roint in this contribution is not
| intended to be the care, instruction,
amusements. hygiene Of children hut
tho management Of details for tho
/ time when we've. the dun, short
sighted wanderers Of the present brief
day-shall be dead and gone. Among
| these numerous details may be briefly
noted on the farm cataloc:
| Construction of farm buildings on
permanent lines. impcrisha bic founda =
| tons of rock. concrete. brick, rather
than wood which will rot away. Long
| life materials for roofs. even of build
| incs in the barnyard, Chimncys built
| with utmost care. Air-spaccs in nu-
mcrous possible devices both for roo
!
ply. Mouse proof floors and insect
proof closets. Carefully studied plan
of rooms, halls. kitchen. Plenty 81
porchcs. a porch costs onc-tenth the
price of a room, yet is worth ten times
its cost.
Everlasting posts in all fences, and
tho fences n foot higher than those Of
tho neighbors.
Plenty of gravel and sand all around
| tho house and on walks and paths.
system and place for pilinE and
boarding all vegetable refuse-littcr.
weeds. dirt, leaves, so that this s,ur
shall be packed in compost and ulti-
mateiy go back to the soil and he
| plowcd in.
4 thousand baby locust sprouts
growing into posts and poles on un-
used ditch banks and in corners. A
wood lot OF some kind, even II only
softwood saplinEs.
| The whole concern an experiment
station evolving tho natural se,cc-
,ion" Of the best grains, tho best ami
mails the best birds, SO that the place
OF origin shall he a sufficient adycr-
| tiscment of something good.
| II possible by any means, some kind
of tiny pond. for padding OF juvenile