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VOL. LXIV INDIANAPOLIS, APRIL 10, 1909. NO. 14 Things Seen, Heard and Thought. Ky J. II. Haynes. Some people go through life neither seeing, hearing nor thinking—mere machines. Bach lives are of little value either to the person or the world. 1 heard a good natured — toy say: "Dont worry mother,'' as he eame in Irom a hard day's labor and found his mother trying to get the evening meal while her head was racked with pain. "You taught me all kinds of work aud now I can pay you for some of ycur trouble. You go to that chair and rest yourself and 111 get the supper." So right cheerfully did he wash and wipe his hands, sweep the floor, fill the wood box and then set to work preparing the meal as gracefully as any girl—aud Mich a pattern of a cook jou never saw. So very unlike the slatternly girl avissa thinkshousework a dis- grace and herself above it. "Oh he is worth a dozen girls," said his grateful mother as he left the room after bringing her a cup of tea and with a feeling akin t'i distinct he led his little brother from the room fearing his merry prattle anil the patter of his toddling feet would jar upon tbe mother's aching brow. "Bread cast upon the water, that has returnesl to me," she whispered to herself. I thought of these words but yesterday when I hesxd u young wife blessing the memory of her husbansl's mother who had died many years ago. She said: "He knew how every kind ot work is done. He does the milking because he says it is not a woman's work. He helps me in many- ways. Oh, he had such a gosssl mother"— The mother's teachings, bsiw like one planting a beautiful shade tree alssng the roadside under whose shade many weary Bad worn travelers might rs'st long after the hand that planted it had been laid to rest. I heard Sam Gl_? say to his wife: "What a fool old Smith's wife is making of her son John Why tonight as I passed by he was going along with the old woman to milk the cow carrying the pail on his arm as though it was a portfolio." And Sam gave one of his big derisive laughs as though he thought that he is, abont the right kind of a fellow himself. Sam has four children .the oldest is a hoy of eight years, who has his way in everything. Sam owns a large farm. He sleeps plenty of hired help for bis wife to wait upon, and though he clears his thousands he can't afford to hire help in the home. As to milking the five cows, or carrying 'he water from the spring even on wash days why he never once thought of being *> undignified as to do a woman's work— not he. Once he did carry a pail of dishwater to the pigs, ausl when he brought back tbe pail be gave it a kick on tbe kitchen floor, saying: "No more carrying slop for inc." In spite of his wife's protest be built a little square pen alongside the fence and beside the front gate and moved the pigs into it, so she would not have so far to carry the feed aud he made her believe treasl down to patching pantaloon, ot sewing sm buttons. Maybe in college they must board themselves. They may be called to wars in strange lands. They may be psior wit!: sickly wives ,or they may share wealth with scarcity of help or they may be bachelors needing worst of all men il Keeping Farm Help. A I'air of Imported Belgians. that his love and consideration for her welfare caused him to take this labor and trouble npon himself. His wife was one ol those kind, patient forbearing little cieatures—living under a continual struggle, but her augelic sweetness suppressed it all and sealed her poor lips with a sad smile, though intended to be bright and cheerful. Oh dear how I wish there were no more such real pictures, but every community bas just such sad, sad ones as this. I have beard some creatures in the form of men, great brawny armed men. say: "Fudge, a woman's work; it's all chiM's Play." Poor mortals—they did not deserve kiml mothers tss sacrifice their lives at middle age that tbey might live nor did tbey merit poor unhappy wives tsi minister to their \> sinls in fsar and trembling. Such mon deserve a well shod heel upon their necks grinding rhem to earth—with martyred wiv?s ami mothers whispering in their enrs: "Child's play Indeed." Old horses going the rounds of tread 11.ills day in ami slay out. like little squii ■ reis in cages living to find solid grssunsl sin a revolving wheel—"Child's play." Mothers teach the boys to be handy in ab kimls of work—from the making of knowledge of home keeping. Or yourself may become infirm and then they can help you and pay back principal and interest for all your trouble. It will pot be lost anyway. At some time in jour life they will bless you for it. Teach them to care for the sick. How tsi move with gentleness and care. By doing so you will smooth over the rough edges of man's nature making tbem more lovable, kind and generous, teaching them to appreciate the toilsome labors that go to make up woman's life; and remember if jou receive little or no benefit Irom thQM teachings somebody will and that somebody will bless you for it—when your grave is covered with moss and green lichens and your memory is but as a dream of lung ago. In view of the recent decision of the Boa nl of Food and Drug Inspection of the United States Department of Agriculture relative to the use of henznate of sissla in food products, the meat-inspection regulations of the Bureau ssf Animal Industry have been amended so as to permit the addition of this preservative to minis and meat food prodncts, provided they bear approved labels plainly slowing the presence and amount of ben/.oate of soda. By E. B.Hushing. The annual slurrying for good farm help has commenced again in earnest as usual. The problem in many sections is a perplexing oils'. As all labor prob- - buns are, it seems to me that the only feasible way to meet the situation is to gi'i at the root of the mat- ter and sis' what influences are driving competent young men from the fields. In the first place, many only hire help for six or eight months in the year, for their cropping operations are so planned that there is practically no further use for extra help. I have often beard this remark, "I will be glad when I get throngh my wssrk this summer, so I can get rid of my hired help." No ambitious young man will work by the month under such conditions longer tban is iisss'ssary to accumulate enough money to start i'\ with a piece of land for himself, for surely there is mit much hope of getting much ahead on six-months' work out of twelve and then paying board the other six months. Young men who have not the ambition to get land of tbeir own wander off to the cities, where factories offer better pay and steady work. These matters are not new. by any means, but are worth recalling. Many farmers know precisely where the trouble lies, but instead of making arrangements to meet the sit- iialinn .many have been tempted to ss'ii (heir farms ____^ and get off into small tsiwns, as they say, "so they will not be bothered." But later they (md their mistake, they are bothered worse than when they were on the farms, lur sisisn tbe money is gone, and too old to buy a farm again, Ihey must tough it out. A L'o'jil farm hand is a jewel un any farm. Fie should be given substantia! encouragement to remain until he wants ts. farm for himself. Surely a little planning on most farms will arrange the work for him the year around, and he will feel he has a permanent place at good wages. Fader such an arrangement the hired man takes an interest in things and is worth twice as much as the man who is meg is, you fssr six months at the highest wages lie can squeeze out of you with the least amount of work performed on his p.-rt. The man who does hard work day after cay should have good meals ami a cotn- fortflble room. Treat them as men. and tht chances are you will get much better service and your men will stay with you. By the explosion of a gasolinestove while she was getting breakfast last Sunday, Mrs. ... W. Brown, of Brownstown was l.urnesl to death and the flames consumed the farmhouse, one mile east of that place.
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1909, v. 64, no. 14 (Apr. 10) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6414 |
Date of Original | 1909 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or not-for-profit purposes. |
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Date Digitized | 2011-04-07 |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Transcript | VOL. LXIV INDIANAPOLIS, APRIL 10, 1909. NO. 14 Things Seen, Heard and Thought. Ky J. II. Haynes. Some people go through life neither seeing, hearing nor thinking—mere machines. Bach lives are of little value either to the person or the world. 1 heard a good natured — toy say: "Dont worry mother,'' as he eame in Irom a hard day's labor and found his mother trying to get the evening meal while her head was racked with pain. "You taught me all kinds of work aud now I can pay you for some of ycur trouble. You go to that chair and rest yourself and 111 get the supper." So right cheerfully did he wash and wipe his hands, sweep the floor, fill the wood box and then set to work preparing the meal as gracefully as any girl—aud Mich a pattern of a cook jou never saw. So very unlike the slatternly girl avissa thinkshousework a dis- grace and herself above it. "Oh he is worth a dozen girls," said his grateful mother as he left the room after bringing her a cup of tea and with a feeling akin t'i distinct he led his little brother from the room fearing his merry prattle anil the patter of his toddling feet would jar upon tbe mother's aching brow. "Bread cast upon the water, that has returnesl to me," she whispered to herself. I thought of these words but yesterday when I hesxd u young wife blessing the memory of her husbansl's mother who had died many years ago. She said: "He knew how every kind ot work is done. He does the milking because he says it is not a woman's work. He helps me in many- ways. Oh, he had such a gosssl mother"— The mother's teachings, bsiw like one planting a beautiful shade tree alssng the roadside under whose shade many weary Bad worn travelers might rs'st long after the hand that planted it had been laid to rest. I heard Sam Gl_? say to his wife: "What a fool old Smith's wife is making of her son John Why tonight as I passed by he was going along with the old woman to milk the cow carrying the pail on his arm as though it was a portfolio." And Sam gave one of his big derisive laughs as though he thought that he is, abont the right kind of a fellow himself. Sam has four children .the oldest is a hoy of eight years, who has his way in everything. Sam owns a large farm. He sleeps plenty of hired help for bis wife to wait upon, and though he clears his thousands he can't afford to hire help in the home. As to milking the five cows, or carrying 'he water from the spring even on wash days why he never once thought of being *> undignified as to do a woman's work— not he. Once he did carry a pail of dishwater to the pigs, ausl when he brought back tbe pail be gave it a kick on tbe kitchen floor, saying: "No more carrying slop for inc." In spite of his wife's protest be built a little square pen alongside the fence and beside the front gate and moved the pigs into it, so she would not have so far to carry the feed aud he made her believe treasl down to patching pantaloon, ot sewing sm buttons. Maybe in college they must board themselves. They may be called to wars in strange lands. They may be psior wit!: sickly wives ,or they may share wealth with scarcity of help or they may be bachelors needing worst of all men il Keeping Farm Help. A I'air of Imported Belgians. that his love and consideration for her welfare caused him to take this labor and trouble npon himself. His wife was one ol those kind, patient forbearing little cieatures—living under a continual struggle, but her augelic sweetness suppressed it all and sealed her poor lips with a sad smile, though intended to be bright and cheerful. Oh dear how I wish there were no more such real pictures, but every community bas just such sad, sad ones as this. I have beard some creatures in the form of men, great brawny armed men. say: "Fudge, a woman's work; it's all chiM's Play." Poor mortals—they did not deserve kiml mothers tss sacrifice their lives at middle age that tbey might live nor did tbey merit poor unhappy wives tsi minister to their \> sinls in fsar and trembling. Such mon deserve a well shod heel upon their necks grinding rhem to earth—with martyred wiv?s ami mothers whispering in their enrs: "Child's play Indeed." Old horses going the rounds of tread 11.ills day in ami slay out. like little squii ■ reis in cages living to find solid grssunsl sin a revolving wheel—"Child's play." Mothers teach the boys to be handy in ab kimls of work—from the making of knowledge of home keeping. Or yourself may become infirm and then they can help you and pay back principal and interest for all your trouble. It will pot be lost anyway. At some time in jour life they will bless you for it. Teach them to care for the sick. How tsi move with gentleness and care. By doing so you will smooth over the rough edges of man's nature making tbem more lovable, kind and generous, teaching them to appreciate the toilsome labors that go to make up woman's life; and remember if jou receive little or no benefit Irom thQM teachings somebody will and that somebody will bless you for it—when your grave is covered with moss and green lichens and your memory is but as a dream of lung ago. In view of the recent decision of the Boa nl of Food and Drug Inspection of the United States Department of Agriculture relative to the use of henznate of sissla in food products, the meat-inspection regulations of the Bureau ssf Animal Industry have been amended so as to permit the addition of this preservative to minis and meat food prodncts, provided they bear approved labels plainly slowing the presence and amount of ben/.oate of soda. By E. B.Hushing. The annual slurrying for good farm help has commenced again in earnest as usual. The problem in many sections is a perplexing oils'. As all labor prob- - buns are, it seems to me that the only feasible way to meet the situation is to gi'i at the root of the mat- ter and sis' what influences are driving competent young men from the fields. In the first place, many only hire help for six or eight months in the year, for their cropping operations are so planned that there is practically no further use for extra help. I have often beard this remark, "I will be glad when I get throngh my wssrk this summer, so I can get rid of my hired help." No ambitious young man will work by the month under such conditions longer tban is iisss'ssary to accumulate enough money to start i'\ with a piece of land for himself, for surely there is mit much hope of getting much ahead on six-months' work out of twelve and then paying board the other six months. Young men who have not the ambition to get land of tbeir own wander off to the cities, where factories offer better pay and steady work. These matters are not new. by any means, but are worth recalling. Many farmers know precisely where the trouble lies, but instead of making arrangements to meet the sit- iialinn .many have been tempted to ss'ii (heir farms ____^ and get off into small tsiwns, as they say, "so they will not be bothered." But later they (md their mistake, they are bothered worse than when they were on the farms, lur sisisn tbe money is gone, and too old to buy a farm again, Ihey must tough it out. A L'o'jil farm hand is a jewel un any farm. Fie should be given substantia! encouragement to remain until he wants ts. farm for himself. Surely a little planning on most farms will arrange the work for him the year around, and he will feel he has a permanent place at good wages. Fader such an arrangement the hired man takes an interest in things and is worth twice as much as the man who is meg is, you fssr six months at the highest wages lie can squeeze out of you with the least amount of work performed on his p.-rt. The man who does hard work day after cay should have good meals ami a cotn- fortflble room. Treat them as men. and tht chances are you will get much better service and your men will stay with you. By the explosion of a gasolinestove while she was getting breakfast last Sunday, Mrs. ... W. Brown, of Brownstown was l.urnesl to death and the flames consumed the farmhouse, one mile east of that place. |
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