Missouri Farm Facts. 449 



Need cement walks and better drainage to and from barns and out- 

 houses. — Grundy county. 



If it were possible to have a storage battery to heat and light the 

 house and to use in cooking, this would certainly be the greatest improve- 

 ment, but it may not be among the possibilities. — Gentry county. 



Some needs are, more help in the house, running water, furnace 

 heat and light plant. We would like to have a more modern home, but 

 material and labor are so high that it is almost impossible for the ordinary 

 farmer to have many improvements. — Buchanan county. 



The husband should take an interest in making the place attractive 

 with good fences, attractive lawns and well-kept shrubbery.— Ripley 

 county. 



We have a new farm house and have made same modern in every 

 respect, except fans, and the hot days of summer make us believe that 

 these are most needed. — Buchanan county. 



A concrete floor for each porch, walks to gates and to woodhouse, 

 and concrete around cistern or well would be desirable improvements. — 

 Oregon county. 



We have a modern water system. Were we without this would think 

 it the improvement most to be desired. — Camden county. 



We have a good many wishes, but very few fulfillments. — Gas- 

 conade county. 



We need good help in the house more than anything else. — Monroe 

 county. 



We have the only water system there is in any farm house in the 

 neighborhood. It is supplied with hot and cold '(cistern) water. We 

 also have a pump connecting with both well and cistern, so that we can 

 get water from either. This, in my opinion, is the greatest help to the 

 housewife of today.— Dade county. 



An up-to-date laundry and dairy room, with running wate^ and 

 gasoline power would be most desirable. — Scotland county. 



We have a water system and consider it the greatest improvement 

 about the house. — Audrain county. 



Women wish for a cooler way of cooking, washing and ironing. — 

 Moniteau county. 



Heat, light and water equipments in the farm home have been in- 

 creasing four or five years, but such things come slowly. — Pettis county. 



A good, industrious wife on the farm makes the plow run easy and 

 the mower sing a sweet song. — Butler county. 



