88 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



tunity to help lier husband, protect the rights of their home 

 and guard it against the evils that threaten. 



Some how I have great faith in woman as a help to man 

 in whatever field is open to her. Like man, she is full of mis- 

 takes and thoroughly human, but she has on the whole, a 

 gentler, keener, finer sense of right — men call it intuition — 

 that is a necessary force in helping man attain best results.- 



In the account of the creation woman was created a help 

 good for man. 



To people not accustomed to looking below the surface, 

 the life of the farmer's wife is not an attractive one. Unfor- 

 tunately the drudger}^ of farm life cannot be hidden, but be- 

 hind this there is much to compensate for appearances. Her 

 life is a comparatively independent one. Freedom from the 

 demands of fashion and what is called society, gives her time 

 for thought, work and reading. In these days of bounti- 

 ful literature and nearness of country and city, there is no 

 excuse for the farmer's wife not keeping in touch with the 

 world about her. 



The necessarily close partnership with her husband in 

 work, their singleness of purpose in life, their dependence upon 

 each other for comforts, great and small; close contact with 

 nature and the natural in life; the partnership in the rearing 

 of their children, and, hy the way, the best contribution of the 

 farm to the world is its girls and boys. These are some of the 

 conditions that make the farm home the most perfect home 

 on earth. And for the good of this home — that goal that lies 

 beyond the plow handle and the burden — we ask for a more 

 complete partnership of husband and wife in every line that 

 bears upon it. Why not? 



WHY DO NOT FAEMERS TAKE THEIR WIVES AND 

 DAUGHTERS TO THE DAIRY CONVENTION? 



MRS. E. NOBLE. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of this Assemhhj: 



I am glad to greet you here tonight. Glad also to note the 

 interest taken in this convention. I have enjoyed the many 



