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" Then, too, you have opened to me a line of connection with the 

 University from which I have received much valuable information, of 

 use in my garden, and on my lawn and trees. Many other things which, 

 naturally, I do not need, are admirable for the class for which tliey were 

 designed, and I congratulate you most heartily on the success of the 

 course." 



'■ I have received the Reading-Course for Farmers' Wives, and have 

 got a great many helpful things from them. I am sorry that I have not 

 had the time to answer the questions, but I have so much writing to 

 do, with my other work that my time is nearly all taken up. I am Secre- 

 tary for our Grange (122 members), which makes me lots of writing. 

 My husband has business that I do lots of writing for him, and with 

 writing letters to friends and relatives, makes about all the writing I 

 have time for. We take a number of papers, and I try to keep up with 

 local affairs. I have enjoyed the Reading-Course very much if I have 

 not answered the questions, and they have been of very much interest 

 to me. Two years ago we tried to start a club, and study the papers, 

 but it some way did not materialize. Every night we had set to meet 

 it would storm, and we could not go. If you see fit to continue sending 

 me the papers I shall continue reading and enjoying them, and shall be 

 much obliged." 



" As one of the members of the Reading-Course for Farmers' Wives 

 I want to tell you how much I have enjoyed the past year's work. I 

 feel that it has met a long felt want in the lives of the farmer's wives. 

 As for myself, I began farming last year. Most of my life has been 

 passed in town, and when I came on the farm, and saw the old house, 

 and the general tumble-down appearance of it all, I thought I could not 

 stay, but I am becoming very much interested in the farm, for the many 

 helpful ideas and bright suggestions gained from the past year's study 

 have enabled me to make the old house a comfortable and cheerful home 

 to dwell in, and I am looking forward with glad anticipation to the time 

 when many more conveniences will be added. I think I may safely say 

 that the Reading-Course is the first real help to higher living that the 

 farmers' wives of this vicinity have ever enjoyed, and it has been faithfully 

 studied, and truly appreciated. 



" We are planning for more thorough work next year. We mean to 

 make use of the state library provision. 



" I wish to express to you my own gratitude for the help and enjoy- 

 ment I have received." 



