LESSON FOR THE FARM HOME 



L. H. Bailey, Director 

 Course for the Farm Home, Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor 



Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Ithaca, New York 



VOL. II. No. 47 



ITHACA, NEW YORK 

 SEPTEMBER i, 1913 



RURAL LIFE SERIES 

 No. 4 



A CANNING BUSINESS FOR THE FARM HOME 



Claribel Nye and Bessie Earll Austin 



What man, woman, or child does not have the ambition to earn money? 

 Such an ambition is entirely natural. It does not indicate that all persons 



Fig. 81. — Operator at work in the orchard 



crave the power which they think the possession of money will give. 

 Rather, it means a yearning for the self-respect which comes with the 

 knowledge that the work accomplished is of recognized value. The 

 reward sought is not power, but independence. Young persons, as well as 

 older folk, are eager for, and need a certain amount of, the experience that 

 is obtained by producing and selling a marketable product. A city boy 

 has an ambition to sell newspapers because it gives him employment and 

 makes him feel himself a part of the business world. Why should not the 

 country boy have a like opportunity ? A business enterprise that centers 



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