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LESSON FOR THE FARM HOME 



L. H. Bailey, Director 

 Course for the Farm Home, Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor 



VOL. II. No. 37 



ITHACA, NEW YORK 

 APRIL 1,1913 



RURAL LIFE SERIES 

 No. 3 



HOME ECONOMICS AT THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF 



AGRICULTURE 



Martha Van Rensselaer 



A large amount of money is spent yearly in order to place farming 

 on a scientific basis. 

 No ono questions the 

 wisdom of such expen- 

 diture. Thoughtful 

 persons are realizing 

 also the necessity of 

 spending money in 

 teaching women the 

 science of home-making, 

 in order to increase 

 human efficiency. They 

 are realizing the impor- 

 tance of woman's work 

 and the desirability of 

 standardizing it so that 

 her time and effort may 

 be used economically. 



Agriculture is the 

 science, or the meeting- 

 point of many sciences, 

 treating directly and 

 indirectly of animal 

 welfare. Home eco- 

 nomics is also the 

 meeting-point of many 

 sciences, often identical 

 with those of agricul- 

 ture, but it applies their principles to the more important phases of human 



Published semi-monthly throughout the year by the New York State College of Agriculture at 

 Cornell University. Entered as second-class matter October 13, I9H, at the post office at Ithaca. 

 New York, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. 



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Fig. 48. — Forest Home walk in the rear of the Home 

 Economics Building 



