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give of their hoarded dollars, could they once more repeat those 

 words. All are home. Then make it congenial for the young 

 people. Get acquainted one with another. Talk over their plans. 

 Tell them of your experiences. Give them of your merriest laugh, 

 your noblest thoughts, and your kindest words. Sing with them, 

 read with them, and play games with them. You will gain their 

 confidence and their respect. Few other business men have the 

 privilege of spending so much time with their families as the 

 farmers. 



Home-makers, bring into your household affairs all the ordei 

 and system at your command. Many a housekeeper would main- 

 tain her cheerful disposition and accomplish more for her house- 

 hold if she were more methodical in the arrangement of every de- 

 tail of her work. Give every member of the family her work to 

 do. Even the small children love to know that they are little 

 helpers. With a little tact on mother's part, the duties required 

 of them will be pleasures rather than burdens. 



Let each day of the week have its allotted work, and accom- 

 plish it. Do not leave everything for Saturday and make the 

 day one of confusion and disorder; and Sunday morning will find 

 you too tired to attend church and enjoy the blessings of the Holy 

 Day. 



Beautify your home with flowers, music and good books. Make 

 it as attractive as your means will permit, but never go beyond 

 your means, for if you do you will only succeed in making life 

 a burden instead of a joy. 



We claim that the farm is the ideal place for the development 

 of the children. It is away from the many temptations found in 

 the city. Farm life is conducive to health, and he that has that 

 has need to ask for little more. 



My friends, when the children have grown to manhood and 

 womanhood, do not influence them unduly to remain on the farm. 

 If they leave the farm, let it not be because they dislike it, but 

 because they have strong qualifications for some other vocation in 



life. 



I have already alluded to the fact that the farm homes are 

 famous for producing teachers and poets, soldiers and statesmen. 

 I will not say to the young people present this evening, that the 

 farm is the only place where they will find happiness. Rather I 

 would say to them, do that work which you can do well and which 

 you love to do. 



