The Brandon news., 1923-03-22
The Ideal Farm zv1entu-tipe
YearstIomN NSDas Pictured
By CountsSAgent Simmons
The Agricultural System of the Country is Progress
ing. Twenty-Five Years From Today Will Find
Scores of Moderny Equipped Farm Homes. Ad-
vantages of City Rural Life Attractive.

forcefully we have only to
cast a Retrospective glance
! towards the past twenty
five years of development.
During the last nineties
I'VE had but little modern
Equipment to save labor
and make farm life less of
drudgery. There. were no
automobiles, trucks, tract
ors, gasoline engines, water
systems for the farm
home, very few moving
machines, tWo-horse plows,
reapers, binders, section
harrows, milking machines
and the latter day labor
saving devices. Today we
find some of these on many
farms.
During these years we have pro-
gresSed, seemingly, very slowly; we
have passed through some financial
deDreSSionS and over come them III
some style and still making an effort
to forge ahead. When we think of
the many difficulties we have passed
through there can be no doubt but
Many times. though. we try To peer
into the future and picture the ideal
farm home Il quarter of Il century
hence. Will there be any farms
then?
This is primarily an agricultural
state and our future will depend up
Oh the type of farmers and farms.
The successful farmer of the future
must he free from debt and have an
income sufficient TO live comfortably
and meet the issues of life as any
other prosperous business man: he
must be in position to give his
family the very best advantage OF
the times. What could be Il more
laudable ambition for family than
To own and operate an ideal home
and farm? At night when the
family is gathered around the fire
side. they will have access to a libr-
airy, containing, not only the best
authorities on agriculture, but sell
ection of the best authors, and news
papers and discuss the current events
of the world: this home will have its
water works, with bath room fix
lures. hot and cold water, electric
lights, or some other good light SyS-
TEN. comfortable and attractive furn-
iture and kitchen arrangements
where the house wife can perform
the duties of her work with as few
steps ana as great pleasure as pos
sible. In planning this home much
attention will be given to the out
side attractions and shrubbery and
flowers and paint will go far towards
making up this feature of pleasure
and comfort.
The home garden will be one of
the great assets affording vegetables
the entire year: the surplus of the
more desirable varities viii be put
away in cans for winter use. The
home orchard will be planned on the
same basis. only on larger scale,
sumption and some to sell to the city
brother who will be so unfortunate
aS to have to buy these things, fruit
has been long considered luxury,
now il is known as essential to the
welfare of the health, it goes hand in
hand with the vegetable.
When the timber resources of the
state have been exhausted and the de-
mand for our farm products becomes
greater and prices are stabilized, more
attention will be paid To the farm.
our boys and girls will see the possi-
bility of the farm and instead of be-
ing lured to the city by its attrac-
tions. they will seek the wholesome
life on the farm. Home of the very
best school teachers are being attrac-
ted by the possibilities of the rural
consolidated school. Many of the
schools have adopted the Smith HUI
ghes work by building comfortable
teachers homes and having farm in
connection with this home, stocked
with milk COWS. chickens, hogs, home
orchard. and garden. This in con
nection with attractive salaries is ali
inducement to trained teachers to
take up this work as rural COM
munity leadership. These consolidat-
ed schools. connected with good
roads offer a center for community
work. The women have their or
ganiZations, the man have their CO.
operative associations, the boys and
girls have their club organizations,
l and the entire community is con-
\stantly being entertained by motion
Nicture shows, lectures, and other
educational features.
1t is with great deal of pleasure
That we witness these forward steps,
anSl we nralst admit that at the
prAsent rate of development that
within the next twenty-five years
our rural life is going to be very
attrActive In order TO hasten the
idea1 condition we must develop the
foundation of our democratic system
of Government: that Ii the home.
Ench( home builder should keep these
idealA in view and make this home
the lsIace he would have it TO be.
Eadh acre must be made TO pro-
dlIce its maximum amount, and
from lyear to year more acres i'm
proved until each and every acre
cultivated will produce its profit on
the habor expended, these profits
TO no into the making of more
comfortable homes, churches, and
schools. Instead of feeling depend
ent and pessimistic we should feel
encouraged as to the possibilities OF
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