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the farmer's table. The development of the 

 creamery system over large sections of the 

 country has relieved the farmer's wife of a heavy 

 burden. This gives the hint for further improve- 

 ment. The community laundering and other 

 work could be done in an establishment con- 

 nected with the creamery. Labor-saving ap- 

 pliances in the future will greatly lighten the 

 burdens of those who are willing to use them. 

 With the teaching of home subjects in the 

 schools, household labor will again become re- 

 spectable as well as easier and more interesting. 

 There is widespread conviction that the farmer 

 must give greater attention to providing good 

 quarters to laborers and to protect them from 

 discouragement and from the saloon. The 

 shortage of labor seems to be the least marked 

 where the laborer is best cared for. It is certain 

 that farming itself must be so modified and 

 organized as to meet the labor problem at least 

 half way. While all farmers feel the shortage of 

 help, the Commission has found that the best 

 farmers usually complain least about the labor 

 difficulty. 



