158 WE FARM FOR A HOBBY 



we take on more than two we will see about a 

 trailer for farm hauling. The mail-order houses 

 sell knock-down metal parts for trailers that are 

 easily and cheaply assembled. There is a lot of in- 

 cidental hauling on the farm that is not heavy 

 enough for hiring outside help yet is sufficient to 

 be hard on passenger cars. A trailer beats a truck 

 on taxes and liability insurance. 



Farm drudgery is one of those things we have 

 all heard tell of. Except in isolated communities 

 or on professional farms operated with limited 

 capital, there is no reason for it. It is a legend, 

 fostered by those with the wit and will to escape 

 it. Like the thesis no woman should work if she 

 can be spared, or the illusion that Education Con- 

 quers All, it is a hangover from pioneer times. 

 Those of our forefathers who still harbored race 

 memories of illiteracy sheltered in log huts and 

 dug-outs might understandably promulgate such 

 mistaken notions as "I never want any child of 

 mine to work as hard as I had to work." But to 

 suppose, because they fled to the city to escape 

 drudgery or seek education, that therefore back- 

 breaking toil and illiteracy are still the rural lot, 

 is to suppose what is not so. 



A lot of housework is drudgery. But there is 

 not a single city device for its mitigation that the 

 country wife cannot enjoy. Most such mechanical 

 aids depend on electricity for power. Where elec- 



