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jouio 1910 VOL. LXV INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 9, 1910. NO. 28 Written for the Indiana Farmer OUR GIRLS OF THE RURAL DISTRICTS. By Laura S. Dickey. Theodore Roosevelt says: "It is especially important that whatever will brighten home life in the country and make it richer and more attractive for the mothers, wives and daughters of farmers should be done promptly, thoroughly and gladly. There is no more important person, measured in influence upon the life of the nation, than the farmer's wife, no more important home than the country home and it is of national importance to do the best we can for both, by any legitimate means that will help to make country- life more gainful, more attractive and fuller of opportunities, pleasures and rewards for the men, women and children of the farms. "The improvement of life >on the farm is the most important question now before the American people." Our church is aroused to the necessity of hard thinking, wise planning and careful work if she would not only keep alive, but still better, have a healthy country church for the future. We are realizing that in the past few years we have left the rural church to "Shift for itself. We are now studying ways and means for remedying this condition and while we plan for the general work of building up the rural church, let us consider as one of the problems that confront us, the great number of women and girls who live in the rural districts. The church has a responsibility to them. The day has come when woman has become a power with which one cannot reckon lightly. She has made, through her ability and capacity a large place for herself in the present day world. She is a valuable asset of the church; shall she be lightly treated, allowed to turn her energy and ability into channels that are outside her church life, and so both the church and the woman be the loser, or shall she be considered as a powerful, resourceful part of the rural church problem? Shall efforts be made to secure her co-operation in building up our rural churches. The Presbyterian church has always stood for a high type of mentality and we are proud of her educational work and the educational influence she has always been wont to exert. In these Eastern States the Presbyterian farmers of the rural districts were for the most part Scotch or Scotch-Irish. We all know the strength of that influence. Were those same influences in the country now we would still have strong rural churches. But most of these people or their descendants have moved into the city and their families become the source of strength for our city churches. Other people of different national influences have settled on our farms and united with the local churches. These newer daughters of the church claim and need her care and attention. Statistics tell us that about one-half of our American people live under rural conditions, and it is estimated that there are over six millions of girls in the rural districts of our land. Being a Young Women's Christian Association secretary I am accustomed to think of people in a four-sided way, physically, socially, mentally and spiritually. May I go about the study of our rural girls in this way? Our country girls do not have opportunities for systematic, well planned work in an up-to-date gymnasium or confined to picnics and occasional parties in the summer and to still fewer parties in the winter. Then there are the drives to church Sunday night with her young man and during the week other drives with him. In the summer THEY ALL READ IT. Master Raymond Newton, age 3 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Newton, Parke Co., a young farmer reading the Indiana Farmer. even recreation. Athletics of any form, all of which would teach her the muscular control of her body, give her grace and the development of the weaknesses of her physical make-up, as well as keep her in good physical condition. She does not have the advantage of health talks, which would teach her the marvelous organization of the body, also its sacredness, and that as "the Temple of the Holy Spirit," it must be kept pure, clean and true, a fit dwelling place for the Spirit of God. Physicians tell us that in the hospitals for the insane there are more farmers' wives and daughters than women from any other class. They will tell you this is due to the monotonous life of those who keep the farm home, the same weary round, early and late, every day for years. There is not the variety of seeing people and things which the town or city woman enjoys. The physicians also say the monotony of diet accounts for many cases of melancholia. The social life of the rural girl is the horses are being used so continuously that it is hard for her to get a horse and go to anything. In the winter the weather and distances make few social occasions. Her originality and Ingenuity are not developed as her city sister's are, for she does not have to plan for luncheons, parties and little functions where women take pride in arranging dainty and unique accessories for the amusement and pleasure of their guests. It is well and good for her that she does miss much of the social life that is wrecking the bodies and souls of many of her city sisters. But is the social life she does enjoy sweet and wholesome? Is it full of real fun that will be a recreation and benefit to her? Mentally what is she getting? y Continued next week. Editors Indiana Farmer: Will some of the farmers that have had experience in sowing clover in corn write an article for your paper stating the best time to sow. Also if clover is to be sown alone or in some mixture. What variety of clover is the best, Big English or Red? C. F. C. Wayne Co. Written for the Indiana Farmer: NOTES OF TRIP IN SOUTHERN COUNTIES. By Walter S. Smith. Gibson county, in part, is further south than Lexington, Kentucky, and, as the soil is quite good, things were well advanced when I was there, about the 17th to 21st. Corn was fully knee high, and apples just at the point of turning ripe. There were ripe peachea in places, and the wheat was nearly r'eady for the binder. I never saw! apple, peach and plum trees laden more heavily with fruit. I did not notice any fields devoted to tobacco, although I think the 3oil is rich enough. It Is so much to the Gibson county farmers' credit, for tobacco is dirty all along. The fat green worm that crawls over it, and bites holes in the leaves displays very poor taste. There are no other animals that will eat it, except the genus homo and the genus goat. There is a poor outlook for wheat, and a good one for corn. There is a fine grade of intelligence among the farmers. The houses are good and the fences are in good condition. I saw several flne orchards about Princeton, and the first great watermelon fields of my life. One such field north of Princeton I Judged to contain thirty acres; and there seemed to be not a hill amiss. From the car window they appeared to be planted about six feet apart both ways, and the spread of the vines had reached from two to three feet in diameter. A commission man once told me he understood from the growers that watermelons will do no good planted the second year on the same ground. The growers had told him that any man who can devise a fertilizer that will overcome this trouble has his fortune made. In Princeton I heard of a field that has been planted to corn continuously for 107 years. I wonder if the soil fertility is not kept up by the annual overflow of White River. At Vincennes, I walked out to see if I could find the site of the old English stronghold that was captured by the intrepid Clark. I saw the house of the first Indiana Governor, General Wm. Henry Harrison. It is a very nice two-story brick building, seventy or more feet square. It fronts westward and southward, and stands in a filthy little street crossing, almost under the eaves of a huge paper mill. The company to whom the mill belongs has bought the house and the State talks of moving it to the public park. There is no one living in it. There is already a monument of the civil war there, erected by the Grand Army, and eight old cannon are reposing upon its walls. Vincennes is wet. This park is disgraced by a gigantic brewery that backs right up to it. The streets are very straight and the site very level. I was however rather surprised to find so few fine buildings. The original post was French, and was called Saint Vincent
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1910, v. 65, no. 28 (July 9) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6528 |
Date of Original | 1910 |
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 |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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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. |
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Transcript | jouio 1910 VOL. LXV INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 9, 1910. NO. 28 Written for the Indiana Farmer OUR GIRLS OF THE RURAL DISTRICTS. By Laura S. Dickey. Theodore Roosevelt says: "It is especially important that whatever will brighten home life in the country and make it richer and more attractive for the mothers, wives and daughters of farmers should be done promptly, thoroughly and gladly. There is no more important person, measured in influence upon the life of the nation, than the farmer's wife, no more important home than the country home and it is of national importance to do the best we can for both, by any legitimate means that will help to make country- life more gainful, more attractive and fuller of opportunities, pleasures and rewards for the men, women and children of the farms. "The improvement of life >on the farm is the most important question now before the American people." Our church is aroused to the necessity of hard thinking, wise planning and careful work if she would not only keep alive, but still better, have a healthy country church for the future. We are realizing that in the past few years we have left the rural church to "Shift for itself. We are now studying ways and means for remedying this condition and while we plan for the general work of building up the rural church, let us consider as one of the problems that confront us, the great number of women and girls who live in the rural districts. The church has a responsibility to them. The day has come when woman has become a power with which one cannot reckon lightly. She has made, through her ability and capacity a large place for herself in the present day world. She is a valuable asset of the church; shall she be lightly treated, allowed to turn her energy and ability into channels that are outside her church life, and so both the church and the woman be the loser, or shall she be considered as a powerful, resourceful part of the rural church problem? Shall efforts be made to secure her co-operation in building up our rural churches. The Presbyterian church has always stood for a high type of mentality and we are proud of her educational work and the educational influence she has always been wont to exert. In these Eastern States the Presbyterian farmers of the rural districts were for the most part Scotch or Scotch-Irish. We all know the strength of that influence. Were those same influences in the country now we would still have strong rural churches. But most of these people or their descendants have moved into the city and their families become the source of strength for our city churches. Other people of different national influences have settled on our farms and united with the local churches. These newer daughters of the church claim and need her care and attention. Statistics tell us that about one-half of our American people live under rural conditions, and it is estimated that there are over six millions of girls in the rural districts of our land. Being a Young Women's Christian Association secretary I am accustomed to think of people in a four-sided way, physically, socially, mentally and spiritually. May I go about the study of our rural girls in this way? Our country girls do not have opportunities for systematic, well planned work in an up-to-date gymnasium or confined to picnics and occasional parties in the summer and to still fewer parties in the winter. Then there are the drives to church Sunday night with her young man and during the week other drives with him. In the summer THEY ALL READ IT. Master Raymond Newton, age 3 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Newton, Parke Co., a young farmer reading the Indiana Farmer. even recreation. Athletics of any form, all of which would teach her the muscular control of her body, give her grace and the development of the weaknesses of her physical make-up, as well as keep her in good physical condition. She does not have the advantage of health talks, which would teach her the marvelous organization of the body, also its sacredness, and that as "the Temple of the Holy Spirit," it must be kept pure, clean and true, a fit dwelling place for the Spirit of God. Physicians tell us that in the hospitals for the insane there are more farmers' wives and daughters than women from any other class. They will tell you this is due to the monotonous life of those who keep the farm home, the same weary round, early and late, every day for years. There is not the variety of seeing people and things which the town or city woman enjoys. The physicians also say the monotony of diet accounts for many cases of melancholia. The social life of the rural girl is the horses are being used so continuously that it is hard for her to get a horse and go to anything. In the winter the weather and distances make few social occasions. Her originality and Ingenuity are not developed as her city sister's are, for she does not have to plan for luncheons, parties and little functions where women take pride in arranging dainty and unique accessories for the amusement and pleasure of their guests. It is well and good for her that she does miss much of the social life that is wrecking the bodies and souls of many of her city sisters. But is the social life she does enjoy sweet and wholesome? Is it full of real fun that will be a recreation and benefit to her? Mentally what is she getting? y Continued next week. Editors Indiana Farmer: Will some of the farmers that have had experience in sowing clover in corn write an article for your paper stating the best time to sow. Also if clover is to be sown alone or in some mixture. What variety of clover is the best, Big English or Red? C. F. C. Wayne Co. Written for the Indiana Farmer: NOTES OF TRIP IN SOUTHERN COUNTIES. By Walter S. Smith. Gibson county, in part, is further south than Lexington, Kentucky, and, as the soil is quite good, things were well advanced when I was there, about the 17th to 21st. Corn was fully knee high, and apples just at the point of turning ripe. There were ripe peachea in places, and the wheat was nearly r'eady for the binder. I never saw! apple, peach and plum trees laden more heavily with fruit. I did not notice any fields devoted to tobacco, although I think the 3oil is rich enough. It Is so much to the Gibson county farmers' credit, for tobacco is dirty all along. The fat green worm that crawls over it, and bites holes in the leaves displays very poor taste. There are no other animals that will eat it, except the genus homo and the genus goat. There is a poor outlook for wheat, and a good one for corn. There is a fine grade of intelligence among the farmers. The houses are good and the fences are in good condition. I saw several flne orchards about Princeton, and the first great watermelon fields of my life. One such field north of Princeton I Judged to contain thirty acres; and there seemed to be not a hill amiss. From the car window they appeared to be planted about six feet apart both ways, and the spread of the vines had reached from two to three feet in diameter. A commission man once told me he understood from the growers that watermelons will do no good planted the second year on the same ground. The growers had told him that any man who can devise a fertilizer that will overcome this trouble has his fortune made. In Princeton I heard of a field that has been planted to corn continuously for 107 years. I wonder if the soil fertility is not kept up by the annual overflow of White River. At Vincennes, I walked out to see if I could find the site of the old English stronghold that was captured by the intrepid Clark. I saw the house of the first Indiana Governor, General Wm. Henry Harrison. It is a very nice two-story brick building, seventy or more feet square. It fronts westward and southward, and stands in a filthy little street crossing, almost under the eaves of a huge paper mill. The company to whom the mill belongs has bought the house and the State talks of moving it to the public park. There is no one living in it. There is already a monument of the civil war there, erected by the Grand Army, and eight old cannon are reposing upon its walls. Vincennes is wet. This park is disgraced by a gigantic brewery that backs right up to it. The streets are very straight and the site very level. I was however rather surprised to find so few fine buildings. The original post was French, and was called Saint Vincent |
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