. The journal of a country woman. sed by thelack of scientific and progressive methods offarming. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson saystoo many people are trying to get along withoutworking, and there are not enough in the busi-ness of producing something; that there are notenough farmers and too many agents for thedistribution of food products, and that thereare too few farm laborers because of this classof men flocking to the cities. It is absolutelycertain that scarcity of farm labor curtailslargely the production of the farms, and thatlittle of the labor to be had is intelligent andskillful
. The journal of a country woman. sed by thelack of scientific and progressive methods offarming. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson saystoo many people are trying to get along withoutworking, and there are not enough in the busi-ness of producing something; that there are notenough farmers and too many agents for thedistribution of food products, and that thereare too few farm laborers because of this classof men flocking to the cities. It is absolutelycertain that scarcity of farm labor curtailslargely the production of the farms, and thatlittle of the labor to be had is intelligent andskillful enough for modem farming. So we have come into a world of activitywhich has its own problems and needs just asthe city has, and even more vital and interest-ing. It is highly important that intelligentpeople should come back to the land and helpto solve some of these problems. I believe toothat the great development of agriculturalschools in many universities, the teaching alongthese lines in elementary schools, the growth of 38. A COUNTRY WOMAN farmers institutes and granges, and especiallythe governments activity through the Depart-ment of Agriculture, will speedily help to im-prove conditions in the country and bring upthe products per acre to somewhere near thestandards of England, Holland, France, andother lands now so far ahead of us. May Twentieth. There are charming drivesin this region, and none more so than the roadto the station. This is especially fortunate, forI frequently take this drive twice daily in tak-ing my lord and master to the station andbringing him home. It is less than two miles,and is more like a natural park than a simplecountry road. The fences are covered for longdistances with wild honeysuckle and othervines, and the air is laden with delicious fra-grance. In the early morning, when we go tomake the seven-thirty train, the world is in-describably lovely, the trees in their first palegreen verdure, the apple blossoms making apink and white glory i
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