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lize some of these cold Saturdays mornings in the choosing of a 

 good name. Several of my readers have written to ask for advice 

 along this line ; but really, dear friends, it isn't feasible for me to 

 select a name for some other fellow's home. It's like trying to sug- 

 gest a name for an unknown correspondent's child, not know- 

 ing whether it's a boy or a girl. I'm eager to oblige, but if I poke 

 my advice around in the dark — not being in possession of all the 

 necessory facts — I'll be sure to get into trouble. 



The naming of a home or a farm should be based on natural 

 surroundings and conditions — that is, the name should "fit." For 

 instance, it is ridiculous to name a place "Shady Nook" when 

 there isn't a bit of shade within a mile ; or to call a farm "Cherry 

 Hill" when it possesses neither cherries nor hill. 



Perhaps the best thing I can do to help in the matter is to 

 give some names of other folk's places. Here's a list that was 

 published in Farm Journal several years ago; perhaps somewhere 

 in the list you may find a suggestion which may be worked into a 

 fitting name for your own place : 



Alta Vista, 

 Apple Grove, 

 Ashland, 

 Arbor Croft, 

 Brookside. 

 Burroaks, 

 Big Rock, 

 Beech Grove, 

 Broadmoor, 

 Beechland, 

 Briar Ranch, 

 Brightwood, 

 Bayside, 

 Cloverdale, 

 Cool Creek, 

 Cedar Hill, 

 Cherry Hill, 

 Claymont, 

 Crystal Springs, 

 Comfort Cottage, 

 Creekside, 

 Clear View, 

 Charter Oak, 

 Cool Spring, 

 Crystal Lake, 

 Deep Spring, 

 Deerfoot, 

 Elm View, 

 East View, 

 Echo Farm, 



NAMES FOR HOMES. 



Edgewood, 

 Elmhurst, 

 Fair Dale, 

 Fernwood, 

 Fern Cottage. 

 Forest Grove, 

 Fair Lawn, 

 Fern Hill, 

 Fair Oaks, 

 Fairmount, 

 Greendale, 

 Glendale, 

 Golden Gate, 

 Grassmere, 

 Greenfield, 

 Greenwood, 

 Greendell. 

 Hope Farm, 

 Hillside Home, 

 Hickory Grove, 

 Hedge Lane, 

 Hazelhurst, 

 Hillcrest, 

 Hill View, 

 Hill Top, 

 Heartsease, 

 Home Farm, 

 Ingleside, 

 Idlewild, 

 Indian Spring, 



Lone Tree. 

 Lake View, 

 Linden, 

 Locust Hill, 

 Linden Hall, 

 Lake Home, 

 Lindenwood, 

 Locust Lane, 

 Mound Hill, 

 Mt. Pleasant, 

 Maywood, 

 Milldale, 

 Mount Rose, 

 Mirror Lake, 

 Maplewood, 

 Maple Hill, 

 Maplehurst, 

 Oak View, 

 Oakland, 

 Oak Ridge, 

 Oakdale, 

 Oak Lawn, 

 Owlwood, 

 Orchard Knob, 

 Pine Tree, 

 Pleasant Valley, 

 Pleasant Grove, 

 Pinewood. 

 Plainfield. 



