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or nation, for with one-sided government comes one-sided 

 development of character. I want the mother to think, to 

 act,' to vote, with the father, that the motherhood may- 

 match the fatherhood of this generation, that the life of the 

 woman on the farm may be a joy to herself, to her husband, 

 to her children, to all about her; and that may it be an inspi- 

 ration to her neighbor for better living. 



DISCUSSION. 



A. L. Hatch — I am glad to have heard this paper. I think 

 a portion of it is for the especial delectation of my wife, 

 especially the rag carpet business. 



Pres. Smith — I think it would be better for Mrs. Hatch 

 to give her side of the question. I do not think she is ex- 

 actly satisfied with what her husband tells us. 



Mr. Anderson — I was certainly very much pleased with 

 that paper, having lived on the farm so long and also hav- 

 ing lived in the city. I think the farmer's wife perhaps- 

 lives as comfortably and works no harder than the city 

 man's wife. 



I think they live as comfortably and are perhaps as well 

 provided for as the city man's wife. Of course all farmers 

 do not have all of the comforts they ought to have, nor do 

 all city people. "We farmers have to work. If a farmer 

 hires a girl for his wife she has as much time to visit and 

 read as the woman living in the city has for visiting her 

 friends, relations and acquaintanances. My impression is 

 that the average farmer and his wife certainly enjoy life 

 as well as the working man of the city, and his wife and 

 family. I think it is a mistake to think the farmer's wife is 

 ovcjrworked. 



G. J.Kellogg — There is a good deal of fact portrayed in the 

 last paper read, in the fore part of it, that is vital to alarge 

 majority of farmers. Of course we are not all farmers, but 

 the drudgery of the home may be very much lessened for 

 the wife if the man is of the right sort. If he goes to the 

 barnyard and comes in without changing his overshoes ; if 

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