;       Library
LAFAYETTE, INDj
Gardeh.
VOL. LVI.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., NOVEMBER 23, 1901.
NO. 47
What Training-, Education and Accomplishments Should the Farmers'
Daughter Acquire?
Kditors Indiana Farmer:
A good general education is of much
importance to the farmer's daughter, as
it is to every person in any avocation iu
The
home aud to preserve the health of its inmates. The general education with music
and drawing fit her for the higher life;
first, in her home; second, in her intercourse with others. A special training
together with a general education unites
..killed  labor  with  trained  intelligence.
have contributed their full share to the
advancement and enfranchisement of man-
kin*!. A people without a country, they
have made all countries their own. They
have thrived ou persecution and survived
the despotism of blind hatred. They have,
with a tenacity unprecedented, preserved
rhantaqiviry,
life. The farmers
daughter will need a
knowledge of literature, of history, botany, geology, chemistry, politics, etc,
in order to fill intelligently her place
in the social Ufe of
the world; in order
to develop her mental powers to a fuller
and higher con*i|>-
tion of life and of
her relations to her
fellow beings, in order to cultivate
within her a taste
for high and ennobling associations; to
give her that'culture
which helps to make
her mind broad
enough to reach beyond the routine of
daily duties into kinship with the best
minds in literature,
art and science. An
acquaintance with
music and drawing
not only proves of
advantage in a social way but some
ability along these
lines makes life
more pleasant, affords a wholesome
recreation and goes
far to round out her
nature, eirlargeing
her sympathies and
making her not only
"a farmer's 'laughter," but a companionable being as
well, who is capable
of commanding tin*
respect of nil educated people whether
they are from city
or country.
Then because she
is a farmer's .laughter ind because ihe
needs special training for hev particular work just as
does her brother for
his chosen work,
whether it be on the
(arm or in the office, let her have a
thorough, practical
training in cooking,
a knowledge of
sanitary science and
of household remedies that will be
helpful in the home;
and whether she
does   the   work     or
not,   she    s h o u 1 d	
know how to care for the milk and butter,
for the farm poultry, for the garden and
for the flowers. This training in domestic science dignifies the common duties of
everyday life, brings system in the accomplishment of such work, and pleasure and
enjoyment in the doing of it. It enables
her to master her work,  to beautify her
before"
idown in old
iuowo in
i That Aunt,
"from ber knittin'-
dnd Mirandd^romtbe teMa-p^^
£\dw good old     __T
farmer Truesdd 11   r~£N*r- if
~^\/ [fit,    \k___
witb bis meatdx in bis bandJfc*i-r^^5
A wdlkiri toward tbe <^'
cboppin' block to view
bis patriot band
4jL
■*y *a£i
~A<S\'
*Xgi
) ££
and saw a sybt
but few ot us are used ter-\
•A comio' fall tilt rigbf
. down bis tracks wa,s tbe
^^ old bob-tailed rooster, J
i5j knewj/oud be tbe first,"
•Sdid he"*5ut bless me wbdtd crowd
:^S®tftajrkej/^ calves, pij<s, la mba, ducks, geese,
1 ^dS^^nd even that peacock proud ."i.|b-/V
And raster in tbe raw recj^jj   *      >d be   briQddienor^&odore,
for biswnboytbdtvolunteered,|fe >inr ^m. Lhiv Ur-
was cornin' borne to stay.
^Ipxir cbe6t expansions vejyTine, T. Gobblers is .still better,
t\\b bdek and front are quite in lioe, He'll never show wbite feather"
"you are enlisted, Gobbler, 5ir, report at ten tor duty,
And for tbe battle come prepd red, "Miranda he is a beauty,
v "The* table next day creaked arxi groaned oeatbtbat'
lj!^k_ And cakes and pies and padding,and delicious
i-ar^^^^^a^ <■ ■— ■ ■    'rnpyrijht. 1,53a. by Rob-t-CM-rquia.-—
Need of Education in Horticulture.
Editors ludlana Farmer:
I was much pleased with the question
asked in regard to farming and gardening and the books named, but much
more with a chance given me for information  iu your query department.
Lagrange     county
l.:is   an   agricultural
aud        horticultural
society, and we have
about     20     to     25
young   people     that
we    want in a class
under a teacher. We
had   apples   as  the
subject    last    time,
and   there   was   not
one   that  could   explain  what    oblate,
_ corneal, or even tell
- he apple, yet many
/- f them    will  com-
\ ete our high school
urse this spring. I
ve American Fruit
Iture, by Thomas
it,  this   is  too  expensive foi   most  ol
rs.  We want something  that  will   tell
ns how to raise, cultivate   and   care   for
apples, butespecially
describe   and    know
the kinds  of fruits.
We do not want this
tonfined   to    apples
alone, but all fruits.
In  agriculture   we
want a book telling
us,    for     instance,
about feeds.     I ask
a boy what one kind
of   feed     he would
feed a cow to obtain
the most milk,    tho
next whattwokinds.
the  next  what   one
kind       he would
feed for most fat,
etc. We want to
take a beef animal
before the class, and
measure and judge
it. I wish the
State would appropriate money to pul
a reading class in
horticulture and agriculture under a
line of work outlin-
ed by Purdue Uni-
\ ersity.
II.  ('
Lagrange Co.
JEWS'   SERVICE   TO   MANKIND.
In religion, in philosophy, in commerce,
in the arts, and—let it not be forgotten by
Ihe thoughtless who are accustomed to regard the Jews as unpatriotic money getters merely—in every struggle that man
has ever made, in any land, under any sun,
since Abram tended his flocks, the Jews
their racial integrity while keeping pace
intellectually, morally and in material
prosperity with man's utmost progress. In
"The Jewish Encyclopedia," which is the
joint product of more than four houndred
scholars, they have for the first time had
full and fitting representation as a people.—National  Magazine.
Were They Starved
for Olover?
Editors Indiana Farmer:
A subscriberwrites
to tell of his experience in feeding cut
clover. Not having
used it for some
time, he put it in
the mash on several
consecutive days:
result (as he    gives
 it); three dead hens.
the gizzards packed with clover. Ho discontinues the clover. Better keep on
using it in moderate quantities. Had the
hens not craved it to such an extent that
they literally glutted themselves such results would not have happened.
Subscriber.
Marion Co.