. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. 218 TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE HOME CONV:eNlBNC:ES. Address by Mrs. J. Taylor Stratton, of Madison, Tenn., Before the East Tennessee Farmers' Convention and Institute, Home- Making Section, Knoxville, May 21-23, 1912. A boy working along industriously with his broken hoe was heard to say: 'T am going to have a garden if I ain't got much of a ; Now, that was a fine, plucky spirit, and such a boy deserves a good hoe—the best on the market. This little story characterizes the state of mind of the great ma- jority of good houseke
. Biennial report of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. 218 TENNESSEE AGRICULTURE HOME CONV:eNlBNC:ES. Address by Mrs. J. Taylor Stratton, of Madison, Tenn., Before the East Tennessee Farmers' Convention and Institute, Home- Making Section, Knoxville, May 21-23, 1912. A boy working along industriously with his broken hoe was heard to say: 'T am going to have a garden if I ain't got much of a ; Now, that was a fine, plucky spirit, and such a boy deserves a good hoe—the best on the market. This little story characterizes the state of mind of the great ma- jority of good housekeepers and good cooks throughout the country. With poor tools and few of them, they are pluckily tackling the job. A Good Cow for the Farm. of feeding the nation. The workman is worthy of his tools, and we all know that the worker with good tools has a great advantage. That the problems of millions of housekeepers are demanding more attention each year, and that housekeeping is being recognized as a definite science, is shown by the fact that our schools and colleges all over the country are adding courses in domestic science and home economics. Not only are our daughters learning to be better house- keepers in the future, but the present-day housekeeper, one who al- ready presides over a home, is taking advantage of it, and if she is unable to leave home she may receive lessons by mail from schools which are leading the way in practical education. When a great many people want the same thing, some fertile. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tennessee. Dept. of Agriculture. Nashville, Tenn. : The Dept.
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