STATE DAIRY ASSOCIATION". 569 



be improved and the demand for face powders and paints would be largely 

 decreased, for we know that Mother Nature is willing to do all she can 

 to add to our happiness and to our general appearances. 



Why, then, do so many girls leave the farm and go to the city to engage 

 in some shop work or work that requires all of their time during the day 

 and often part of the night? 



I fully believe it is because their eyes have not been opened to the true 

 wealth of the farm or the many advantages the girl on the farm has over 

 the shop girls. 



'Tis true that the girl on the farm arises early, but if she is engaged in 

 the dairy business her morning's work is completed by 9 o'clock, then she 

 has from 9 o'clock until 4 o'clock in the afternoon to devote 'to the other 

 arts, such as the culinary art, sewing, music or fancy work, and then when 

 her evening's work is completed, which is usually about 6 o'clock, she has 

 several hours to devote to reading or any way she wishes. Should life 

 under these circumstances be dull or uninteresting? 



But the shop girl's life is very different. She works from 7 o'clock a. 

 m. to 6 o'clock p. m., and often later, and then she feels too exhausted to 

 even care for music or reading; the rosy color soon leaves her cheeks and 

 her general health becomes impaired and we so often hear them wishing 

 for a few days on the farm, where they may get pure air, good country 

 food and plenty of Jersey cream and butter. It is then that we take pleas- 

 ure in supplying our city sisters with our dairy products, which they so 

 highly appreciate. ^ 



Many people would scorn the idea of calling the general farmer's 

 daughter an artist, but I think it can truthfully be said that the girl who, 

 by her own cleanliness and willing hands, can make first-class gilt edge 

 butter, can indeed be called an artist. 



The dark side to dairying for the fai'mer's daughter is that it is an 

 every day business that can not be put into inexperienced hands, without 

 getting things out of balance, and that whole days off must be few. 



But a girl who has tact and judgment enough to get the best results 

 from a .Jersey cow is well qualified to win by persuasive measure any 

 favor she may covet. 



So I would say to the farmer's daughters, stick to the farm, take up 

 some profession that can be practiced on the farm, whether it be dairying 

 or poultry raising, don't for a single moment let the tempter have pos- 

 session of you, but think of your health and of those little gold mines on 

 the farm, and remember that with health comes happiness and with hap- 

 piness wealth. 



The President: We ought to have some nice compliments paid to that 

 paper, and we want to hear from you, gentlemen. 



Mr. Drischel: Mr. President: The young lady presenting a paper of 

 that kind and being through the school of Purdue University and being a 



