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Show TOO MANY CHORES DID IT. s Henry Wallace, in looking up in formation for the government Farm Life Commission of which he is a member, receives some rather original origi-nal opinions in some of which there is much to think about. The following follow-ing from a South Dakota farmer is one of them. "Late last fall on my way home from town, two little boys were herding herd-ing sheep in the stubble. There wab a bitter cold wind and their clothing was none too warm. When I got near them they came toward me and asked tho time of day. I told them, and the smaller one, .with trembling lips said, 'Mister, I wish there weren't any sheep.' Here were two boys whose love for the farm was ebbing very fast They were about eight and ten Ik years od, and should have been in K school. How often when the boys 'PV come home from school and ask for a piece of bread they are told to shut in the hogs first or go to a neighbor's and get the calves. I don't think I , ( am overstating it when I say that 25 per cent of the live stock of the - ' country are raised at the expense of the health, education and happiness of our school children. I have a r? neighbor whose love for lots of stock ' broke up his whole family. Every fall he would buy one hundred or more stockcrs and feed several cars of steers. He had five boys six years ago. Today he is alone and can't tell you where his boys arc. They don't care enough for home to write. Can you blame them? This year he has sold about all his stock. Many a young man when he marries and goes farming, proceeds to "stock up," going go-ing his credit to the limit! when if he would get good stock and less of it, he would be far ahead in a short i t. t,mc Exposure in caring for stock put my father in the hospital and a week later in his grave and myself in bed for two weeks. We then lived in town for nine years. Love of open air and fine stock drew me back to the farm, and I came to South Dakota Da-kota from Illinois in ipo, "bought 48o acres and raised grain, mostly wheat. Then I concluded to raise dual-purpose Shorthorns, and my troubles commenced. I could not keep my hired men. I. sold my stock, and now have but nine cows and about thirty hogs. 0 |
