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Show I'arm Mfe. I A hired ij on a farm, lolling lib ' "oryto a city worklnirmiii Utelr, In-ferioe-l tho tjen Klwrer thtt ho rvw at 4o clock la tU luurnlng, worked until 1J, hl an hour for hie dinner, then eetluariln l MM atea Illy until 8 oclxkal night Wore lu got lib enp. per, and nt reltawl (lnally to creep off to bad. Ilia oppcr wat mnally coll bacon, breal and akim milk. Ho dll thb day after d-iy for a f.w dolbr a tnonlu. If ho atoppe.1 tfl lo go to a rlr-cu rlr-cu the tlmo waa deilucte-1 from hi leant w age. Tb boy waa thin, tawny, bent over and pretnitnrcly old looking Tb city liborer waa a helivr In aomo meehanleal work. Ilowatpalttwodot. Isr a day tor a day of nine hour' work. Ho went to work at 7 In tho morning anlwaafreo at ft. After that ho had lib evening to himself, coul 1 go where ho pleated, and In tho dty there waa at-way at-way aomo agreeablo place to visit. Ho could walk tho street an I find pl-wrarj-tie cidtcuimt there. Tlio city laborer waa will drrnnl, clieerfnl and plump looking, thonjh ruber ttler than a healthy man ought to bo. Yet peoj lo wonder why lioya leave tlio farm, and why good frma are belnj abaudone.1 all over tho country. Tbo reoaon la plalu enoagli. Tho condltlont cf llfo on tho firm hare become to lurd In U10 arerago of case that they are no longer lo be borne. However much tlio consumer piy for tho UJng tho fanner prow, tho farmer get llttlo bentui from It lib trice are mxla for hlui. On tho other haul, method an I failikmt have changed to much In cvcrythlngclm that tbo old atylo fanner b let t etranded on tho ahorea of time. Ilia outlook It hal enoujli. Ho hta lately liegnntoitlrhlmaelf, an Ithefarm-rra'varlou Ithefarm-rra'varlou orgauliatlona are tho lint reanlu Hot ll.o farmer must begin to think. There never yet wa an evil for which then wa not alto a remedy, and a remedy which rslilent eflort could Cn-L There are tan roved metlio-li of agriculture, for ono thing Tor another, there la getting tho control ot tho price for hit 1 redact Into lilt own liand. Itoth theao tho nnllvil effort of the ruralUtcaii compata. l'aru llfo I the moat natural to man cf all, aud It ought to bo tlio moat delightful, de-lightful, and at tho tamo tlmo A t roilt ahlo a any other. Tho fanner ought not, any mora than anybody else, to toll more than nine hour a day, or In th luay eaton ten. Ho need not It ha will lite hit brain to laako lib llfo easier. Mere grinding toll of llaelf la 110 credit to a man. At tbo end ot hi day' work bo uught atlll to have strength enough left lor enjoyment. |
