No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 627 



''Ecoiioiijy in Feeding Ihe Fanner's I-^iniily." I don't bcli(?vfr there 

 is any class in the world that enjoys eating- and sleeping better 

 than the farmer's family, and I don't believe there are any boys 

 that like to sleep better than Ihe farmer's boys. I thought this 

 evening that it would have been a good thing if my father had 

 choked me off and I would not now have to carry about so much 

 flesh; but the farmer don't like to check a person when he is eating 

 and usually lets him stop when he gets ready. I was thinking of 

 the boy who came up one evening where the ladies of the church 

 had a free supper and this boy never had much to eat and he 

 worked hard. Up in our country they furnish a whole meal at 

 these places for ten cents and it is cheaper than they can get it at 

 home and they go there for supper and get filled up, and on one 

 occasion one of these boys came out; you know what large hearts 

 these ladies have, and one of them said to this boy: "Have some 

 more, have some more," and they kept saying to this hungry boy, 

 "have some more," and he was trying to talk and finally said: "T 

 can chaw but I can't swallow." I know if our farmers' boys could 

 be choked off it would be cheaper for father; but it is the best place 

 on the earth to make boys and girls and send them out into the 

 world. "Wo all know that four-fifths of our business men in the 

 cities come from the farms and that is the reason they have these 

 broad shoulders. The fellow, reared in the citv, dies oft' and he 

 never gets there. If the farm is the best place to raise boys and 

 girls and feed them, we should let this feeding go on and continue to 

 live in this happy family. 



There is a magazine published in Chicago, entitled, "What to 

 Eat,'' and I wish that was placed in the hands of each member 

 of this Board. We get in the habit of feeding our families, and 

 it is just as important for the housewife to give us some- 

 thing that is palatable and nutritious as it is to give us good 

 water. I worked eight years selling farming implements, and you 

 know how it is in threshing through the country, and traveling 

 around among the farmers. I found that they lived a great deal 

 different than they do to-day. They have been educated on this 

 subject, but they put too much on their tables; it is impossible to 

 eat it and be healthy. We don't want to say to the boy or to the 

 girl, you must quit eating, you have had enough; but to my mind 

 we should place literature into their hands that will teach them 

 about what to eat, and how much to eat, and making it clear that 

 to eat too much is injurious. We tell them not to drink liquors, 

 and it seems strange to me that there is no literature on the sub- 

 ject of eating distributed throughout the country. This magazine 



