The Beaver Herald. (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 9, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 10, 1911 Page: 6 of 8
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Mnro but Dam of Blood Breeding Qualities by-
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llfo that never falls to
Impress visitors from
tho United States la
the extent to which
women labor In the
Holds In many In
staucoa working sldo
by elilo with tho men
nnd In others either
performing tho greater
ehnro of tho toll or mayhap nppar
cntly doing It all whllo tho mascullno
mcmbors of tho household nro no
whero to bo seen. This stato of things
Is not confined to any ono section or
division of tho Old World clthor
From tho wost of Iroland whoro the
tourist sees women holpliiR with tLo
grain harvests and aiding In tho cut
ting of tho peat all tho way to Ilussla
whero tho peasant women nro called
upon to perform every sort of labor
In tho fields tho same story la told
by tho sights which meet tho oyo Id
every rural district.
Tho Americans who novo rather nd
"vnncod Idem aa to tho toll which wo
men should bo
permitted to per-
form nre treated
Ito their greatest
aurprlso In somo
of tho more prim-
'Hlvo provlncos of
central Europo
whero It Is no un
common sight to
teo n womon
"hitched" to a
plow as It woro
wldo by sldo with
horso or other
animal whllo bar
"Ilogo lord trudgos
boblnd guiding
tho plow. How-
ever a rival of
this stato ot
I things In to bo
scon occasionally
Bn Holland whero
la mother and her daughters may bo seen on tho
towpath dragging a bargo or canal boat along
iby means of a heavy ropo while tho hefty hoad
of tho household sits comfortably at tho tlllor
of the craft.
! It must bo admitted howovor that few of tho
(European womon who work In tho fields appear
jln tho least discontented with their lot. To bo
.uro the explanation In many cases may bo found
ln tho fact that they know no other llfo and
Itccmlngly glvo nary a thought to tho possibilities
lof an easier oxlstcnco. Their mothers nnd their
grandmothers before them wont Into tho fields
tin this wise and with n provorblal adhernnco to
'precedent and custom thoy accept tho responsi-
bilities as a mattor of courso. At tho same Umo
there aro somo of thoso women who havo given
thought to tho subject without having tho ponder-
ing ranko any dlffercnco In their montal attitude
On the contrary somo of them grow actually g-
grcsslvo In their contention that It Is tho duty of
a wife to be bor husband's llfo partner and co-
worker In fact as well as In namo nnd that If tho
'husband's occupation Is tilling tho soil sho should
lend a hand In tho field work Just as fho would
expect to stand for hours dnlly behind tho countor
If her helpmato were a small shopkeeper.
Field work by women In tho United States Is
not so common nn occurronco na It Is on tho
other sldo of tho Atlantic but neither Is It suffi-
ciently unusual to causo much comment and tt
(has increased greatly both In volumo and va-
riety In recont years. Thero Is tho difference
itbough that work In tho field aa pci formed by
isuch American women as engage in It does not
savor of drudgery as does much of that nbroad
and furthermore It Is engagod In for tho most
ipart purely bcrnuso of personal proforenco. That
Is there is no mascullno compulsion figuring In
tho matter nor Is American fanner's wife or
daughter misled by the fallacy that sbo Is not
doing her shnro If she docs not perform manual
labor In tho fields under cultivation.
About the only circumstances In which we find
tho women of our farming communities going
Into the fields not exactly through a choice of
their own Is at harvest season when thero Is a
tcarclty of labor It sometimes happens that
farmers particularly tl ose In the more Isolated
cectlons of the west and ralddlo west find It Im-
possible to secure for lovo or money tho needed
harvest ahands and rather than seo the ripened
grain lost for lack of harvesters their wives sis-
tcrs and daughters have. all credit to Jlicm for
It come to tho rescue and performed the work of
men In tho harvest Held In not a fow Instances
women volunteer havo under bucIi circumstances
donned men's clothing and tho almost unanimous
eidlct Is that the advantage rom the standpoint
of utility moio than counterbalance any detriment
in appearances
But ns has been said most of tho American
women who aro today working In the fields uro
doing" so purely because they prefer It to somo
other means of making livelihood This la truo
of tho tarry plctiars who If they chose could
taking up "claims" and In a surpris-
ing number of cuscs of late tbeso wo
men have "worked" these claims and
developed them Into lino farms with
very little outsldo holp. A recent caso
In point was that of threo former
school teachers who ontlrely by their
own oxertlons successfully carried
out n "homcsteadlng" project flfteoa
miles from the nearest habitation.
Farmer women too. nro doing mors
work in tho fields than ever beforo
for all that tho caslor circumstances
of tho prosperous twentieth century
farmer has brought automobiles and
pianos nnd telephones and n host of
homo comforts that might naturally
be expoctcd to tako tho minds of tho
women folk off such things as farm
work. In this sphere too tho explana-
tion of tho presence in tbo fields of
many women who are not driven
there by necessity is found In the fns-
clnntlon of earning "ono'a own
money " It has been tho custom from
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Prize Winning Jack.
poultry rvrffirf i
HNOHtRMUt jjsrarfTJ
Zwsxny cacumv cwstsyrsTfit
earn nearly as much as seamstresses or clorks In
stores and it la true llkowlso ot tho Increasing
number of women who aro engaging In truck gar-
dening and fruit raising nnd ltko occupations.
However perhaps the most Interesting phase of
tho wbola situation Is tho vast Increase among
tho women in tbo fields of those who are not
only thero on their own Initiative but who are
nlBo proprietors as It wero rather than hired 1-
borcrs or evon co-workers who subscribe to the
policy of family co-operation.
Tho prcotnt "back to tbo soil" movement la n
doubt responsible In groat measure for the In-
crcaso In this class of womon In tho Holds and
Intluonco has llkowlso boon exerttid by tho grow-
ing realization thnt u woman can woo health
qulto as effectually by farm work close to nature
(provided ot course sho doss not overtax her
strength) ns sho can by sitting all day on n hotel
portico at tbo most famous ot health resorts. Wo
see varied manifestations ot this new fever ot
American women to get Into tub Holds for pleas-
uro as well as profit. On tho ono hand wo have
tho epectnelo of women who must needs be self-
supporting buying and working often without
any mnlo help whatever small truck and poul-
try farms located sufficiently near tamo largo city
to insuro a good market for tho produco of tho
farm at first hand and mnyhap without the pay-
ment of a slice to tho commission morchnnt
providing tho woman farmer can cultlvoto her
own circle of customem. To go to tho other ex-
treme wo seo at every government "land open-
ing." unmarried women In Increasing numbers
LET THINGS GO
The ability to rest la an art. Most womon either
rush and tear at things all day long and never
glvo their overstralnod nerves a rost or they ore
Indolent and lndulgo In an afternoon sleep which
makes them dull. A cat nap of n quarter of an
hour after luncheon Is tho best beauty preserva-
tive pos&lblo. Hut sleeping Is not always resting.
Neither Is doing nothing. A change of view or ot
occupation Is often tho greatest rost and It tho
art of relaxation has been mastered sitting with
tho hands limply in the lap with tho head resting
against (ho baclt ot the chair and the feet ou n
fooLtcol will romovo the strain from tired nerves.
Many women find going to tho thtor n rost
nnd others make a habit of Keeping a little knit-'
ting or crochet work bandy and can qulto dismiss
tho cares ot tho day as soon as the Augers start
making music with tho needles nioised Indued
Is sho who can sit down In tho midst r dirt and
contusion to finish a good book. There Is 11 house-
keeping horror who cannot see any brightness in
n ray ot sunshtno whllo there Is a Inyer ot dufit on
the plnno She makes one sbuddor at tlio very
name of "order" and by her uncomfortublo pas-
sion for tidiness causes John to look a half hour
tlmo out of mind for the average farmer to allow
to hla wifo tho "butter and egg money" but ot
late years when both theso commodities have
mounted on more than one occasion to fancy prices
tho Income has swelled so remarkably as to prove
a revelation to tho farm mistresses. Women who
had only spending money heretofore from this
source suddenly found themselves with Indepen-
dent bank accounts ot their own.
Tho to-be expected sequel was the result. The
women of the farms receiving such object lessons
of tho profits that might bo theirs If thoy took up
thoso "side lines" In roal earnest have lost no tlmo
In exploring the possibilities of the situation. Many
a rural housewife who formerly kept a dozen chick-
ens now has hundreds with an equipment of Incu-
bators and nil tho other aids to such activities. Dee
keeping has llkowlso had a boom nnd so has the
raising of pigconB the cultivation of early and
late vegetables under glass nnd numerous other
kindred activities which though making no undue
strnln upon a woman's strength and materially to
the bulk of her pocketbook. Not a few of the
"abandoned farms" of Now England which have
lately been rejuvenated owe tho transformation to
women who havo worked out their salvation
through n sort ot Intenslvo farming In wblch more
often than not the fair sex have bed little asels-
tnnco for be It known hired help Is as scarce In
somo of tho farming sections of New England as
It Is many hundreds of miles farther went.
An Interesting sldo light on the situation Is that
our up-to-date agricultural colleges aro now fitting
girls for work In tho Holds or anywhere else on the
farms. In these institutions the joung women are
studying sldo by sldo with their brothers all the
way through and gaining a clearer Insight than
has heretofore been possible Into the practical side
of farm huibandry. It 1b a decided innovation .this
plan of teaching the young womon from a iclentlflo
basts all that can be put to uso on a farm Inside
or outsldo the farm house. Under this scheme the
farm girl ncqulrcs knowledge relative to the soil
plant growth and animal life. In short she learns
(from practical demonstration as well as out of
'books) all that can be taught about field agricul-
ture dairy practlco etc. aa woll aa tho myaterlcs
of cookery and drossmaklng and home manage-
ment. Incidentally It may bo noted that much at-
tention Is being devoted to fruit raising an occu-
pation which seems to bo proving nttractlvo to a
great numbor of tho feminine recruits who have
lately taken to tilling the soil as a means of llvolV
hood.
for bis slippers and sign for the lost oase of hit
bachelor den.
Mnl-o jourselt comfortable and everybody
nrouud you that Is a good password for this life
There Is together too much said In eneourge--lent
of "temperament" and "nerves." It la well
to havo them Just as It U well to have teeth and
eyes and feet but they are to serve and not
dominate us. ixsarn to rest your tired nervof sud
years and the chief knows that another ten yea
relax from bouaekMptaf cares.
jiulcs much abusod and neglected
nnllnnls. aro not generally understood
I by iniiers. A mulo In tho first place
mubt bo of good stock .not an off-
spring of somo scrubby mare but n
maj-o with good breeding qualities
writes Ed McLaughlin in tho Rural
Nojv Yorker. A mulo of tho mam-
moth stock la supposed to be tho best
mule under ail conditions. Mules are
chdaper than colts for tho servlco foo
la not generally as high. Many poo-
ploj make a mlatako In working tho
majre too soon after foaling. Never
work a mare under ten days then sho
call do light work but the mulo must
bo left In the barn.
Vhon tho maro Is brought In from
work never allow tho mule to suck as
lorig as tho maro la warm. After a
mi(lo Is two or throe weeks old turn
It out In a lot nway from tho mare
especially at night for n mulo la very
harid on a mare muoh more than colts.
When tho mulo Is about two months
old ho may be allowed to eat a fow
oats about a pint In tho beginning.
Increase aa ho growa oldor or tho
same amount of bran along with a lit-
tlo hay alfalfa la preferred. At tho
age) of nlno mouths a mulo should bo
wohned not gradually but all at onco.
Tatto It nway from tho maro and
noyor let It suck attorwarda. Ho
should bo put by himself or tied up.
At this tlmo you can glvo an ear of
corn at a meal and a small nmount of
hay Tb mulo should bo turned out
In (fnlr weather and not left to stand
In tho stablo.
A mulo should bo made before ho
Is la year old. Thla can bo done by
good breeding nnd tho proper care.
It is not necessary to glvo a groat
quantity ot food to him during tho
winter but it must bo ot the kind to
keep him growing such as alfalfa
hay silage somo corn foddor soma
corn and chopped food occasionally
Oats nro very good but vory expen-
slvo food. In spring bo may be turned
out on pasturo during tho day nnd
fed some hay at night and morning
because grass at this tlmo is very
washy. As tho grass gets older leivo
on pasture but be sure to have plenty
of shade and wator. A mulo should
not be broken until ho Is threo years
old although many are brokon before
they aro nenr thnt ngo.
With tho proper handling ho will be
found to bo ensler to manage than
horso colts. I always work thorn bo-
sldo a good steady horso. Do not
work mules together until thoroughly
broken or you may havo aomo trou-
ble. After thla tlmo ho may bo found
to' do more nnd better york than a
horso colt nt the namo age that Is you
can work him harder. Whon at this
tlmo you may say that n mulo Is.
easier raised and at less cost than
horso colts in that they do not require
as much caro and less food to keep
them In good condition. Mule colts
will bring moro money than an aver-
age horso colt oven though ho may
bo blemlshod In some way. He will
sell when a- blomlsbed horoo colt
would not sell.
Feed for Hen.
In tho laying pens wo glvo warm
mash In tho morning foedlng very
carefully Just enough to warm the
birds; then wo glvo greens roots like
turnips and sugar boots and alfalfa
bay. For the main meal at four' In
tho afternoon wo givo a good supply
of mixed grain chlofly wheat In the
litter and then wo always glvo thorn
moro than they can eat so they will
havo somo loft over for tho next
morning.
DIRT THAT POISONS THE MILK
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Tho dlfforenco between a clean cow
nnd a dirty ono Is strikingly shown In
tho picture The cow on tho right
had been running on pasturo ten days
sleeping out it night when the photo-
graph was taken. Naturally a great
deal of tho tilth sho had accumulated
In a vllo stablo bad been rubbed off
mid washed OS by tbo rains hut
enough remains to show that bor milk
would carry poison to hundreds ot
gallons when added to that of other
cows la tho dairy. At tbo Illinois
ttutlon it wns found that the milk
frojn tho average unwashed un-
brtfShod cow contained many times
much dlr as that from a perfectly
clean cow. This Is not guess work'
aa n glazed dish equal In size to a pal
was held under a cow's udder 4H
minutes the average time consumot
In milking whllo motions similar tt
milking wero made. The dirt cough)
in the dish was then carefullj
weighed. Ifwas then found that mill
iroin soiled and muddy udders slmllai
to that shown by tho cow on tho right
coutalned from 20 to 21 times as mud
dirt aa from that from a clean cow.
Short Pasture
Tho man who turns to paBtura t
early usually has much to sny abova
short pasture nil summer-.
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