| Show T Pwen tiet ventury en tury farming fr min P the social and educational life of 0 the country countr home how the young people may be kept kep on the farm or fitted to leave it by C L PECK V a former ut utricle me on oil th s s lia vis 19 lop top c only the extensor sur I 1 binl des an oc of the baim taim home fa 1 nele mentioned men toned thise to a gleat extent must be controlled by the financial condition and tastes of the onnel f the faim falm aluch much of the hoi boneer ieNer were tl ose in tl e beich of ei deiy deiy annii nho ft ho has the enterprise and ambition imbi tion to procure them sl SI ide hiees ind 0 it side ide ts ire with n the reich ot of every enterprising fairney who cales to have his home a credit to h myself and it to tl e members of his family the matters of con conie mence mentioned are in the reach of eiery man worthy to be called a timer farm life Is the only one that can boast of 0 divine origin alan was corn com banded to till the soil and even beffie adam was driven from aden he was given control and management oer oner what the almighty evidently intended to be the ideal of life of the being he ile had created he never commanded a man to become a binker a merchant mei chant a lawyer a speculator or a stock broker all these are man made voca eions he did make him a farmer and if farm life is not so zo happy and en as any that exists it Is because of the shortcomings and mistakes of the farmer himself there are a few primary principles in the social life of most so called business men not found as a rule in average farm homes but i inch mch the farmer would do well to adopt the business man leaves his ills business in his office or place of business at the close of the daa day when he locks its doors it is a rare thing to hear him discussing his business cares tri trials ils and perplexities in his home he may mention them sufficiently for those members of his family to whom he in trusts his business cates to understand and be conversant with them but th tb s Is done briefly ana and is not allowed to interfere with home life every farmer should adhere strictly to the rule that business matters and plans are never to enter the dining room and only on rare occasions be allowed a place about the fireside in the family sitt ng room cheerful con veis atlon good humor and even jollity about the family table have a great deal to do with good d health and long life loud loung men and women are not likely in laying out the plans for future life to select one that has his proved unpleasant to them and ind in which they found few if any tny elements of pleasure plea suie and enjoyment farm life becomes repulsive unless its assoria eions have been pleasant and attract tive if in th s article I 1 shall have succeeded in mal ing some practical suggestions as to how to make it so its purpose will have been accod on a well conducted firm an average of ten hours pei pet day in active labor will perform perfo irn its manual worl work eight hours of sleep leaves six hours for mental improvement and reasonable recreation the farm pro gramme that does not admit of this is incomplete and ind imperfect mental improvement is just as important in the life of the farmer and his family as lain or good clops better the seN severest erest dinuth ever ener experienced than a da ly pio plo in farm life anat leaves no time or en ergy tor for educational de elopement elop ment the developing f form ir in boy will find a place for entertainment and ind pleasure plea suie if these things are ire not to be found in his own home he lie will go they are ire to be found it if the tathel does not fomish the proper bind hind the sen son will go where those are to be found which the father would not be likely to ap prove in short if the father does not tactfully and intelligently shape the tastes that will fix the future character chai cha acter lacter of the boy those tastes and habits will be formed under the influences of others that ire quite I 1 kely to be such as will not give promise or of a satis fac tory or des rable rabie future I 1 fe what has old age in it to the daimer f aimer that con talus nothing of hope for the future 0 of f the boys and g ils he has brought into the what more desirable than to have approaching old age find him surrounded with sons ind daughters with nith huab ands who are well ell started in successful farm lives engaged in his chosen life work well fitted by education and ana taste for the business the insult of bis his foresight in shaping the tastes and habits of his children A few dollars spent in croquet sets hammocks games awn chairs etc are among the wise investments of a farm home three or four of the lead ing agricultural weeklies should al ways be found on the family reading table one or two of the popular monthly magi magazines ought to be in every family and the father should be so far conversant with their character as to be able to select those that lead to higher thought and intelligent ac tion also at least two political news papers represent ii g the views of op leading leil parties A son bon s respect for his father will be in creased when he sees he Is broad enough to investigate both sides of political questions in short every literary attraction found in the village home should be found in the farm home minus the trashy fiction often found in village houses it Is often profitable for two or failers f aimers to club to together ether each one taking one or two first class magazines and ex changing among their families as seems desirable in the present era of cheap literature there Is no excuse for scarcity of reading matter in the farm home in these days of cheap fara tele pi ones no film home Is complete without oi 01 e they add gielely to the attractiveness of faim lite lie quent socials socia ls chinch chuich and oti oil ean elwise ae tend to I 1 beep the oung tolk folk in i 1 ropel social 1 11 1 es kaoi e all don t allow yourself to lose au inte interest iest in the 3 boing 0 irig folk of the lie I 1 in vite v ite tl ein to 3 our I 1 ome and male mal e it pleasant for them when they come I 1 et them ki 0 v 5 3 ou on enjoy then pleas lire ure it will lighten then thell lives ines as well uell is add to your 1 leastie is no recollection that comes to us in 1 liter bitet I 1 fe moie mole vivid ind atti active than the remembrance of the home of some bos u pliable couple whose house was nas the gi githen ng place of the youns young men and women of the neighborhood YOU own children chil dien will nill be phoud of theli home and it w ill go tai to give it that attraction thit shall keep the boy on the faim f aim and if he he will see to it that one good girl stays with him the most powerful attraction to the boy foi fol farm I 1 fe Is the matter of pride let him feel that his fathers farm has on it bettel cattle handsomer horses finer hogs and bettel clops than are to be found on the farms of the neighbors ind he would be less than human if he was not interested intel ested in them the live farmer of the awen bieth centhy will raie raia only blooded stock there aie ale two reasons for this lust it is moie mole profitable second there is a pleasure in it not to be found in the rearing of scrub stock at pres ent prices of blooded stock they aie ai e it tal tai by any enterprising farmer and those bred tor for many generations for the development of some particular feature or trait are moie mole desirable for the man that desires to that trait to profit than those bred with no spec ial purpose in view the farmer chat hat lives with a purpose and has no espee jal al aim will be ill ely to rear boys like himself like produces pio duces like by the time a boy his leached the age of e or nineteen ye ais often long before that time he will it if he have within him the material of which men ire made have made a selection of his life work if having passed his early life amid the attractions and pie sant surroundings of farm life he has a t strong prete lence for some other vocation mechanical or professional he will be I 1 kely to bend every effort to its attainment all the farm born and faim bied bled boys are not going to stay on the firm some of them are needed for other fields of ac tion and when they have i t strong na tural inclination for that other field the coonel and moie mote actively they be gp their for it the better if 0 one n decide for a faim life the for it should be thorough and baleful the day bis his passed for the energetic boy to be satisfied with in different preparation for any bubi ness whether professional or pastoral he must be educated in any line to meet the competition of the ige in which he is to ine lie and nork the higher his education and the moie mole thorough his preparation for his work the more interest he be bill ill take in it ind the greater the consequent sue cess there his has neer neier been a time in the history of the generation when the prospects of the daimer were brighter ani electricity are sear by ye year ir bunging him in more direct contact with the commercial comme iclal world and its marl ets he can buy cheaper and sell higher than at any time for years rice agricultural schools are to day within the reach of eveia farial 9 son and it costs less for a proper fitting tor for agricultural life than Is required in any other probes sion for farming Is a profession thele should be a free and full feeling and ind sympathy between father and son in the plans foi woi I 1 an ani I 1 the fullie e the son should be consulted and ad with as if he lie a hartnel in the business by precept and example he should be taught to respect his big mother and sisters and pay them the little attentions to which they are en titled it tikes something more than external to constitute home whatever they may be bt they are ire the mere adornments necessary it is true but aftel all home is what its inmates make it mutual interest mutual confidence and mutual love these ahlee tin and fhe the greatest of them la is love for where it exists the others will be found it does not ex 1st in nine cases out of ten the fault will be found at the parents door and due to then example 1 lew pw york trib une |
