Show AN AM INTInE STING on tho 1 I riming of Far nors children 1 before the tha womans comans session 0 C A S next to the inherent right of every child to be it ell born is his birth right proper training the thought may suggest itself what is thi farmer that special attention is is directed to the training of his children what would our fair cout country itry be without the farmer man be being ng dependent upon the soil boll to supply lin LIB need for food renders farming inevitable farming we find dates date se back almost a to the origin of our race it it was held in hi ghigli h honor and regard by bv the various I 1 us civilized nations in their early life though though many have followed this thi S occupation without learning yet it it is an acknowledged fact that no profession or industry requires sti hi eater skill and aid wider knowledge than that of agriculture our ea esteemed teemed government believing farming to be the basis of eter eien well ordered state also that it i one of the best fields for in dust nil enterprise and that it develops the highest type of physical and intellectual manhood iu in its citizens granted an endowment for the establishment and maintenance of colleges chere the leading object is a broad and liberal libera education in branches relating to agriculture including instruction in the science and practice of beeding and the management of live stock block tie intelligent farmer applies apalie 8 this skill and accumulated knowledge in n the cultivation of the so soil and i in it the growth and development 0 of f his bib animals and permits to iio en ell nor circumstances to interfere with his desired aim the highest perfect perfection tion that ciatu nature re an and d ciance can give Is the farmer behind his fellow fello w mechanic or artist in his big el efforts lorts to educate his children how HOB does the enrollment of his c hildren children in the district and high s schools compare with his neighbor greater than the achievement of perfection in farming vastly more imp important rt ant ti than ban scientific skill in stock r raising ii g is is his interest in the sacred cred duty duly of caring for his children not only is their pha oh welfare wel fire his chief chiefe study tudy butry but every available means is sought after to promote the development of the various faculties of the immortal being enli to his keeping I 1 in u the nen nen born child are hidden those powers rs chich unfold during life instincts which can be trained upwards or downwards realizing that as the twig IF is bent the hiees inclined and that the childs development beans be na with his first fira breall so must his training his instincts should be trained in the lines of right from their earliest manifestations and early impressions should be correct as they trev have an influence on his character har acter the value of kindergan Kinder gai ten training is being recognized by teachers and students of education and the ado adoption in of its 7 principles in the school and fa family in ily is advocated froebel its founder expressed its object as folli follows aws it shall receive children before the school age give them employment suited to their natu their bodies exercise their senses employ the waking mind make them acquainted quain ted judiciously with nature and socie society tv cultivate especial especially lv the heart and tem temper der and lead them to the foundation of all living to peace with themselves outside of his home the facilities of the firmer farmer for the training of his small children are somewhat circumscribed I 1 no kindergarten is near ito to his small children atia it is not always possible to sec secure urethe the t orvices of a teacher to the judicious farmer no other duty affords a valid excuse for neglect in n the training of his chil dren knowledge knocks at the door kindergarten literature can be obtained I 1 it recognizes the mother as all the natural educator of the c hild child for the kindergarten is only a model d s I 1 home transplanted and E every very intelligent mother is bound to have the best education the times afford her in her dillies toward tier her child science and invention have removed some eoina of the d drudgery in the household economy and is 11 hired help can be gotten n lien needed with system and order dar duties are performed that a tinie time for self culture is provided in the farmers home As the training of the farmers small children is almost wholly in the hands of the mother shall she file be I 1 ignorant gnor antof of the infants instincts and their cultivation or rather shall she come forward and hii 11 ready tact inform herself upon this system have a voice in its adoption and take her child by the hand and stand tide fide by side with 1 the he kindergarten ers who are ready I 1 to 0 as assist her frances E willard says it is a tender thing to be a sculptor and to chisel marble into beautiful shapes but it is sweeter to mould in the clay of a childs 0 character har acter the future generation is the aude material in the hands bands of luo mothers their example and training will make impressions impressio rs as lasting as life the noble doble calling of motherhood demands of yoman woman her highest 6 endeavor the broa broadest dest culture the most complete self control an ali III der standing of the child slid and its 48 capacities the mother should so 80 cultivate the rational in herself that ahe can see that every fault in bet child is simply the lack of some virtue study her children acknowledge the faults to herself and not to tier her neighbor and ask what is lacking that these faults fan its exist like nehemiah of old build up the wall where it is the weakest if the child is self ibb it is s that he be needs if jie e is untruthful it is accuracy w which is lacking perhaps he is tyrannical to his younger brother or sister it is the element of kindness which should be developed Emp emphasis emphasise hasie the opposite virtue praise him for it when you ou have the opportunity however be certain tf i n that the effort is a genuine one else commendation will foster a L species of hypocrisy which is worse than the fault bought to be eradicated cultivate right tendencies cies and wrong ones will die out in III the realm of conscience she cannot teach honor bonor truth or any any other virtue unless she elie possesses 1 it t herself oh mother does not th ohp e thought that your real inner life inc inevitably stably tells upon that of your c hild child rouse in you the desire to live the hig highest best noblest spiritual life of which you are capable |