Show 4 O S r I W American Farm Life I 0 THOSE HOSE who are inclined 00 0 are to extend their Ii symS sympathies sympathies sym sym- S T to the country's farmers and their Ii r families because they sometimes live miles from r re i and are out of touch with the the world I j general geri al doubtless would be inclined to revise h ir ird deductions in this connection were they to toak Snake nake ak a canvass of the average farming district district an and learn of of- of the extent to which modern conveniences con con- S s' s have b be been n adopted by the rural populace 1 S 1 lace ce of the United States e I Por or instance authentic figures show that inS in instates S states of f the Union Umon more I than half of the S S t farmers rs s own own automobiles in which the children 1 h n n Many cases ride Jo school and j in in which the families il take trips to the nearby towns to or cities citie nd t fo to church and other meetings Efficiency ncy ii in in tine J. J u use use e of machinery also is ison on on the increase e a as shown by by the fact that farmers ill in the country country- have tractors and more o n i Instead of plodding wearily behind plow plows lr by wn-by by slow-moving slow dobbins they glide o on onS S t r over their fields while marketing g their with products with the use of motor trucks they com corn ine business and pleasure r S 'S r ifft Although Ai sO some some ne of the farmers arthers live far fro from 1 ce of population as s a a. rule they keep 5 in lose touch uch with the world through the use of th the fi phone which has b become come the most uni universal rs af Jf f modern d rn facilities used sed on Am American rican farms It s s st stated ted that almost 40 o per cent of the farms farm i have telephones while in 10 one of the most mos most f r of of- Middle We Western tern states Stat th is ne nearly 86 per per c cent n I J. J In IrI addition i n to sh sharing the e. e u use use e of the autos an and L telephones 7 the farmers farmers' s J wives es have a e increased S LS I 5 S 5 L- L advantages by the installation of water and electric electric elec elec- lights which is true of or approximately 10 1 per percent percent percent cent of pf the farms while electric churns and washing washing washing wash wash- ing machines in use use on farms are almost without without without with with- out number After studying these facts fads anyone who wb would ld have the temerity to sympathize with farmers s doubtless would get his tongue crossed as badly as s if he atte attempted to rapidly repeat the words truly rural S S |