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quarter of a mile away, as I used to do, or taking a wash-tub 

 into an out-house, I go into the bath-room and have all the 

 conveniences and comforts for a good bath. Of course these 

 things cannot be done without some expense, but 1 consider 

 it the best investment I ever made. It tost me about -$600. 

 I would not have that bath-room taken out of the house to- 

 day for three thousand dollars. (Applause.) Now, there is 

 not a farmer here who cannot do that thing ; and, if there is 

 any one here who has not the ready money to use in that way, 

 my advice to him is (perhaps it is not worth much) if he 

 cannot raise the money in any other way, and does not feel 

 that he can run in debt for it, to look over his farm and see 

 what piece of ground he can best spare from it, find a pur- 

 chaser and sell it, and use the money to bring water into his 

 house, and see how much comfort it will add to his own life, 

 and how much it will help the wife in her work ; but, as a 

 matter of economy, there will come times when you can see 

 that it will pay. You can sometimes dispense with the ser- 

 vices of a hired girl in the house if you have these conveni- 

 ences — I know that from experience. My wife, with the 

 assistance of a little girl of fourteen, has done our family work 

 through the summer. We have a family of from six to eight 

 and ten through the year, and she has done all the ordinary 

 housework of the family, my boys and myself helping about 

 the washing Monday mornings with the washing machine — 

 which I consider very proper. Having water so convenient, 

 she has been able to do her own work, and do it with a great 

 deal more comfort than she could if she had a hired girl and 

 was without these conveniences. If you cannot find a spring 

 in or near your farm have a tank put on the second floor or 

 in the attic, and have the conductors on your roof arranged 

 so that the water can be carried to that tank, and then you 

 can have a bath-room of your own, with hot and cold water, 

 just as you find in the Scovill House, or any other well regu- 

 lated house in the country. 



Mr. Rogers. I think that very few farmers give atten- 

 tion enough to the matter of small fruits in relation to health. 



