| Show TREES AROUND THE HOME HOMEI I In on an Illuminating address dellel d before the Minnesota State Ui tural society Mrs Lydia Idla Phillips Wil Williams Il liams chairman of or the forestry com colu of or the general federation of club clubs chose chOie as s her subject the Form Farni Woodlot t or M u sli she expressed it Forestry as lit Related to th the Farm FarmIn arm armIn In dealing with this question she ahe be set forth th the really close relationship r be bo bet t I II this one ont phase of forestry ani the home a feature not very tery tr generally recognized r o a all as of or any ait 11 particular Im in Importance Forestry as IS Related to the Firm Finn Since th the phrasing of th the subject l U I jec I IF Is such a happy conceit she he Mid wid I should hould like to In trace the kinship between and mid the th farm ann or th home horn for tor farm Is tA but bt u II synonym for tor home holn slId and hoc mut must be If something mor mort than a trecle a acreage orage rea e and a lIun shelter If It son eons end and nd daughters are If to remain contentedly beneath the roof rooftree tree We recall A drive on our border from to Fergus r Fall Falto Knit and an illI we Wf mated some e of ot those theta sunbaked windswept abodes abode of ot desolation with plowed ground reaching to the Ote very vary r doorstep doorsteps we w could but bul exclaim I J should hould go raving mad If obliged to hire here The following day dav da we te were frt taken tai t n through the asylum Ilum at Fergus rAil Falls and end we e asked Where do 40 aU ali of ot those omen patients tome from and whet what Is IH th the rauie aue of ot their laNa InsanIty Ity It ami an received melved the th answer 1111 They The come OlnO from Just Jh homes home as h you saw 11 yesterday 8 that thai you Mid said would drive you ou to marines Overwork mono monotony monotony tony ton and lack teck of t cooling shade and restful coloring Is the au of ot touch much Insanity Is IN It not nol truer economy for forstate forstate state tate and nation to 10 spend millions for tor forestry and Irrigation rather than build madhouses and people eo lIe them with our producing population Forestry as Related to the Farm Parm Why Wh the kinship is 11 so 0 close and so O One necessary ne eual from every e eer viewpoint we ran can no more the two to in thought than we ran can disassociate home and mother What Shet are re the enhanced values that will survive the collapse of or a boom and prove a II permanent asset anet assetTo assetTo To Toa a r what Im Improvements appeal al to 10 him the strong strongest est eat Pt a It pretentious home or n a simple cottage with woodlot well under way Wit that tb t shall furnish future fencing fu fuel l and building material a fruit orchard a n highway hl hi wy frontage of trees tree tr n It flower dower Ing hedgerow for fr bees bt o and a few tew fine food trees for birds And these thelle latter are as essential aj as the former If we are arl areto areto to have hats hal honey hone to tn eat fit and bird birds music mu lt to the Ih ear earVe We Ve are startled at such uch feel a all as allthee these thee that the earth Arth would become a It de desert ert In nine years us ears but for tor the In birds that the now 1101 tto costing tn Texas TulI ally all threatens the entire cotton crop COl COlof of or the country and Anti It II Its dependent In that unintelligent lumber lag Ing ant ami consequent fire fir and flood threaten the wood Mil and water supply Where Sher shall w Il we look for help The homes home of sota that hat today loda furnish h hIhl the Ihl students student of ct our agricultural col lege realize th the vital Itai rela reda relation lIon tion which must ex lit between the th different phases phA II of ot forestry and the farm and In III it this student body hod reste lIta our hope for tor the future Forestry as All Related Belated to tn the Farm Why Wh hy It I is II like wine some great Bible text or r grant grand bit of Imagery that preaches It its 1111 own on sermon seimon delivers Its own mea me mel sage ape l and need neild no exposition because It Is 18 H It masterpiece m III In Itself It IWI f full lull of e lesions and pictures picture of prosperity beauty beau and contentment Over Oer against a shelter lter it presents a IL coot cool cottage Over against t a 1 tiring stretch of ot plowed round ground or wide vId area Ara of with It II its complement of ot hot hint thirsty herbs herb herbIt It presents n a varied landscape single singletree tree or family group roup ottering grate grateful grateful ful shade shad to man nun and Ind bea beast t while hll not far distant rises riles the leafy grove with Its IIA berry patches patchell while birds bird and hees are arn busy 9 storIng up uI for their contribution of And tone song It If not nol so ao far tr afield would our vision the old maple on the lawn lan fur tur the picture pl turf of ot a hot midsummer afternoon Beneath the th grateful shade lad tbt tb he babe In the cradle fanned tanned by tho cooling breezes sleeps on while the uterus contents of mothers basket hesket be kt arc nrc gradually reduced Father thEr ratchet catches H I restful r tul nap after the midday meal or reads read his hl last lut farm journal Kittle Kittie flays Ilas at itt housekeeping with her dolls doll Jack mends hi his hili cart or swing In the hammock while the future club worn Om Omun m mUn un perched In the branches or wide old I hl cutch of I the maple wanders with it Alle Alicd In lit Wonderland rland If It It be a winter Inter M scene ne the th picture h Ia t scarce carre less lees attractive or less lew I Indebted ed 1 to the forest contribution for tor the snapping and crackling and nd pungent and resinous fragrance and ro roe y glow Slow horn the fireplace are all furnished by the Ih birch b beech ch ma maple mapIE mapIe pIE hickory hl kor and pine pint knots knols from rom rota the home woodlot The very rr thought of ot such urh Inviting warmth make ones ol 01 olfactory factory factor nerves repudiate the th heat heal of coal tar antI and laundry suds ud many of ot our team steam and plants plant furnish I it tie III poor denizens of the town Finally FInal as II I 1 have hu said Hid the th text preaches pr its III U own sermon there should hould be no nu farm Irm without It its woodlot As Ao regards regard the th work of the federa federation federation tion of Women flubs Clubs In the matter of ot forestry was 1131 added to our work only oat three years ago aJo but the committee questions If any an other ef ot the tha General federation ran eon show M so great greata Ire t tAlt an Alt a Increase of interest M during the tilt three year ears as If that of nf forestry tf states have ha where berf It was not already a department of ot work added lidded forestry and end the committees are enthusiastically spreading the propaganda of ot tree plans placing lag ing tn forest preservation and Irrigation Like a prairie fire Interest among amon state federations fd In national and state elate move movement I treats ment for the preservation of Urge large Jar Mocks of or forests la is I spreading and n bin blaz blazing binIng ing In up here end and there from the cypress cypre cypret pr t grOves roves ros of ot California to 10 the I I slopes of It New St Hampshire Forestry as u In our work ork I 0 both bolh arboriculture arbort and forestry A very ver general activity Is fJ manifest throughout the th length and breadth of the th country l In III w 11 trw tt tr planting for tor dH pot pur pot s perks parks ks and end |
