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Show H v TO BEnER FARM LIFE. Hi ! , m J President Roosevelt has ever shown B j himself the friend of the farmers. So K, far tils efforts tiave been directed H mainly toward securing better pro- B I ductlon, but recently he has appointed H a commission of able men who are to R ! advise him how to Improve the bust- g I ness methods, the home life, and gen i j cral social conditions of farming com- , -j munitlcs. 1 his Roes much more deep- H i ly into the farmers Interests than any- B , tiling he has done. Just what he Is H) ti aiming at will be seen by the following K'' quotation from his letter to Prof. L. Hr.4: II. Bailey of the New York College or nl I Agriculture, whom lie has asked to j serve as chairman of the investigating Hk committee: B" j "How can the life of the farm fara- H j ily be mado less solitary, fuller of op- K ' portunity, freer from drudgery, more K comfortable, happier and more attrac- B tlvc? Sucli a result is earnestly to be m desired. How can life on the farm be B, kept on this highest level, be so im t proved, dignified and brightened as to r awaken and keep alive the pride and H, , loyalty of the former's boys and girls, H j or the farmer's wife and of the farmer H ' himself? now can a compelling desire to live on the farm be aroused in the B?' chlldreu that are born on the farm? KL . All these questions are of Mtal impor- K tance not only to the farmer, but to B tho whole nation. We hope ultimately H- t3 double the average yield or wheat H and corn per acie; .it will a great V ' achievement; but It Is even more Im- B portant to double the desirability, t t comfort and standing of the farmer's Hf ' "The farmers have hitherto had less Hf than their full share of public atten- HjI tlon alcng the lines or business and Bj social lire. There is too much belief 1 , among all our people that the prl.f s B. i( . of life lie away from the farm. I am B, thereforo anxious to bring before the B people or the United States the ques- B .j tlon or securing better business and K I better living on the farm, whether by K- ! co-operation between farmers for buy- B' ing, selling and borrowing; by promot- R. ing social advantages and opportunl- H& ties In the country; or by any other 5 legitimate means that will help to P- make country life more gainful, more H ,. attractive, and fuller of opportunities, H.? pleasures, and rewards for the men, Uf women and children of the farm." K It is reported that Professor Bailey B'l will dp unable to serve on the commit- K$ tee but any one or the other members B? is a deep thinker on agricultural sub- Hfc lects and a keen observer or farming B lire. Thoy are as follows: E Henry WalUw of Wallace's L- ' Farmer, Des Moines, la., President m Ken) on L. Buttertlcld of the agrlcul- H' tural college; Gifford Plnchot of the H. United States forest reserve, and B ( Walter II. Page, editor or the World's H, I Work, New York. H j t From this commission President S J Roosevelt hopts to get such Informa- K j1 tlon as will enable him to make re- Ht commendatlonii to Congress on tills HJ Important matter. |