Excerpt from Housing Farm Help
The American farm home has been neglected during past years of industrial progress. The American farmer realizes that home improvements are necessary. realizes that home improvements are necessary to make life worth while, not only for himself and his family, but for those in his employ. If food will be a large factor in winning the war, it will be necessary to give as careful consideration to the housing of farm laborers as it has been to the housing of shipbuilding or munition workers.
The relation of the industrial worker to his employer is far different from that of the farm hand to the farmer, consequently the methods of supplying living needs and comforts to the latter must be considered from an entirely different angle. The industrial worker rarely if ever comes in personal contact with those by whom he is employed and is left more or less upon his own resources as far as home accommodations and living are concerned, except perhaps for some opportunities which may be offered him for housing his family, if he has one, on a rental or purchase basis commensurate with his earnings.
The farm hand, whether he be married or single, permanent or employed merely during harvest season, is dependent largely upon the living conditions and atmosphere created by the farmer himself. This does not mean that entertainment such as is found in the towns shall be provided, but attractive, practical living accommodations. Farm hands appreciate quarters where they may be comfortable during leisure hours or in times of forced idleness and where they may enjoy some measure of privacy and independence.
With college education for children, automobiles, and greater familiarity with the conveniences of city life, the farmer has learned the difference between living and existing. These changed conditions from the old days are apparent to the farm hands as well as to the farmer himself, and unless the former are permitted to enjoy them in some degree they become restless and uneasy, thereby reducing their permanency, efficiency, and value to the farm.
The war has taken the majority of unmarried men so that the farmer must depend largely upon married men, most of whom however make more capable and dependable workers. To attract this type of men, especially if they have families, suitable living accommodations must be furnished them.
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