The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-08
Women and The Farm Bureau

us work with them, but want US to.
Happy Homes Factors
In the Farm Bureau Greed Of the
Farm Home, the following factors
determining happy farm homes are
given:
Adequate income, health, religious
life, education, recreation, apprecia-
ton of the beautiful, good cOmmu-
nifty life and social responsibility.
"We believe that the township or
local meeting is the key to the sue
cess of ali movements for rural bet
terment. Important as are the eco
nomic interests of farm life, we be-
lieve its social, religious and educa-
tional phases are worthy of equal
consideration. We believe, too, that
Farm bureau members need to sing,
play and eat together, in order that
they may learn to work together,
later on. Every township unit
should have a live organization hold
ing regular and interesting meetings.
They should maintain standing COM
mittees who study local conditions
and report the needs to the program
committee, who will try to include
these problems and their possible
solutions in the regular monthly
meetings"
In the early days of u country
the farm and home were a kingdom
by themselves, the farm producing
and the home turning its raw ma
terial into food and clothing. In
those days it was possible for the
farm family to live a life unto them
selves. AS we all know, conditions
today are vastly different. No longer
can we live independently of each
other. Just so long as we do or try
to do it, that much farther away are
! we putting the day when we may
have an adequate standard of living
for the farm home and an income
from the farm to pay for it.
How 1t Applies
Do you wonder how this applies tt
S farm women and the Farm bureau
a To quote from the booklet Civ,
Things That You Want: can edu
e Gated man is an educated individual
o an educated woman, an educatet
G household, and as Mrs. Sewell says
"While we all believe sincerely tina
l. the farm home is the heart of agri
y culture, it is necessary to enlarg
lie that spirit to extend to every HON
to in a given community" Doesn
:" that mean that the first place an
&c duty of the farm woman outside he
v home work, is in the organizatio
in that is concerned with her home an
as her husbands business? 1t is a fir
ct thing to take an interest in all Il
- up-tO-date movements, to have
e. friendly association with the tow
sisters, to belong to all the woman
clubs you have time for, but WI
neglect the one organization that
vitality interested in the business tn
means your very living? When far
women wake up to the fact that
r largely depends upon them wheth
we ever have "an adequate standa
Of living and an income from t
farm to pay for it," then Farm b
900 reau will take it's rightful place a
ro- won't have to stand back and WI
of for the women to get home fro
n bridge parties, woman's clubs, Ell
1Tr before they can spare time for
"a farm organization.
re- Dreams Materialize
~; ~ Women, haven't you ever motto
tier how, when you have set your hea
ON upon having a new rug or a mu
we machine or a wash tub or most al
thing you long for heart and Sc
ant how your husband or brother
lar father or son will make the m
desperate effort to see that you h
r a it? Well, don't you see the poll
hen Did you read Roger w. BabsOn's
lade ticle on Opportunities in Farmil
ven and notice how he said: "Agricult
mu- is the basis of both life and prosI
alize ity. Not only without agricult
en- ~ would we sta-ve, but agriculture
the surest and most economical m,
in cd to create wealth. The billion;
cent real wealth coming each year f
yeeo the farmers of America are
Try foundation of prosperity" And
king, listen to this Il heard it at the
WA nual American Farm bureau con
ton at Chicago in President Tho
sons address): "They tell us thai
total value Of farm property in
United States has shrunk 20 bill
n, civ rvoo-c ~rrbi1o 4bo rro11,o "a