Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1913 — The American Fanner. [ARTICLE]

The American Fanner.

Farmers of America ought to be thankful that they are nqt residents of some foreign countries, where they are counted a menial class, where farming is engaged in in the crudest manner, and all work is seemingly performed in the most difficult way possible. Crude Implements and teams, or no teams at all, seem'to b&the rule rather than the exception. Imagine a man working all day pe the sides of a mountain gathering hay, obtaining only a few spears at a time, and at night carrying the gleanings of the entire day home on his back. The farmer in Janpan must perform the work of man and beast. The working hours are" about sixteen,, the labor hard and the fare scanty* Truly the life of the American farmer can be that of a prince if he will only "will" IL