" I know a good many farmers who think nothing of paying out several hundred dollars every year on improved machinery to lighten their own labor on the farm. But they think their wives are crazy if they ask for an improved washing-machine that costs twenty-five dollars or a few kitchen utensils of the latest style to save labor. That’s one reason so many farmers’ wives are crazy over in Crawford County Asylum. "

― Charles M. Sheldon , Born to Serve