x THREE ACRES AND LIBERTY 



There are a number of other reasons why people do not 

 like to live outside of cities or do not succeed in farm 

 work. There is the difficulty of finding help. This, how- 

 ever, rejoices the heart of the modern sociologist. Consider 

 we first teach our children independence and train them for 

 everything but farm help or household services. Then we 

 degrade the "help" below a mill "hand" so that people will 

 not even sit at table with them at an hotel. Next we fix 

 a theory of conduct for them that keeps them constantly 

 under orders and pay them wages that make it hardly pos- 

 sible for them to rise above the station to which we have 

 appointed them. 



Finally, when we move away from the haunts of men out 

 to Sandtown-by-the-Puddle we blame them that they do not 

 rush to join us. Most of them would be happier in penal 

 servitude than in the country. The work is as hard and re- 

 quires as much skill as a mechanic's work, besides personal 

 qualities that are demanded of no mechanic, and commands 

 half its wages. 



Those who, like Henry Ford, can afford to pay mechanics' 

 wages for help can get all they want. 



Many people go to the country without plan, preparation, 

 or vocation, to make a living. They usually start to build 

 a bungalow but seldom get further than the bungle. Don't 

 build anything without plan. Get a comfortable house 

 proof against cold and heat as soon as possible and, above 

 all, well ventilated. At present the air hi the country is 

 good, because the farmers shut all the bad air up in their 

 bedrooms. 



They say 



" The farmer works from sun to sun 

 For the summer's work is never done." 



