Vermont Dairymen's Association. 51 



HOME MAKING. 



MRS. ADDIE F. TIOWIE, ULM GROVE), WIS. 



Gentlemen and Ladies : — In coming to you many hundred 

 miles across the country, I do not feel that I am entirely a 

 stranger because twice before it has been my good fortune to 

 visit Vermont ; and then again were I to reach out my hand to 

 Wisconsin, my fingers would be grasped by Vermonters. I again 

 come to you and receive a cordial welcome from the same people, 

 because the good people in Wisconsin that Governor Bell told 

 you about nearly all came from Vermont. 



(Applause.) 



For many years we have had Farmers' Institutes and have 

 with more or less profit discussed the most desirable methods 

 of breeding and rearing livestock, the best ways to plant, cultivate 

 and harvest various crops and numerous other subjects of inter- 

 est and value to our line of work. But during all this time only 

 an occasional talk meagrely bearing upon that most important 

 topic of farm life has been heard. Now it seems to me that the 

 farm is the ideal spot on which to build a home just as the broad 

 spreading elm, oak or maple is the most fitting place for nesting 

 birds. And while I might speak enthusiastically of the poetical 

 and artistic side of farm life, I have no wish to dwell on these 

 phases, because I sincerely believe that if we give careful thought 

 and attention to the little practical things that have so weighty 

 an influence on the happiness and comfort of our loved ones, 

 the aesthetic features will soon follow on the same principle as 

 "look after the pennies and the dollars will take care of them- 

 selves." 



NOT ENOUGH SENTIMENT. 



It is an undeniable fact that the most of us put too much 

 labor and not enough sentiment into our lives. We look upon 

 endearing words and gentle, thoughtful courtesies used in the 

 family circle as superfluous to every-day life and practice, when, 



