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well-kept farm, his happy family, and will tell you that he has a good 

 balance on the right side of the ledger at the close of the year. He may 

 not accumulate money as fast, but he has a sense of pride in the fact 

 that all he has has been produced by his own efforts. He is independent 

 to a large extent of the finanical conditions which affect other lines of 

 business. 



Are you wondering where this farmer lives ? Let me tell you how you 

 can find him. Go out in the country almost anywhere, and as you pass 

 along the road you will now and then come to a place which stands 

 out in marked contrast to its surroundings. Stop here, for the proprietor 

 will be at home. Talk it over with him and you will go away more than 

 ever impressed with the advantages of farm life. 



It is the wish of the writer that you may sometime come to believe in 

 the truth of the saying that "the stability of any nation depends more 

 upon the character of its rural population than upon the size of its 

 standing armies." D. R. Pease 



Trumansburg, N. Y. 



QUOTATIONS 



"There is a beautiful spirit breathing now 

 Its mellowed richness on the clustered trees. 

 And, from a beaker full of richest dyes, 

 Pouring new glory on the autumn woods, 

 And dipping in warm light the pillared clouds. ' ' — Longfellow 



"God's own profound 

 Was above me, and round me the mountains." — Browning 



"The clouds have voices, and the rivers pour 

 Their floods in thunder down to ocean's floor. 

 The hills alone mysterious silence keep." 



— William Prescott Foster 



"The hills are bright with maples yet. 



But down the level land 

 The beech leaves rustle in the wind, 



As dry and brown as sand. 

 The clouds in bars of rusty red 



Along the hill-tops glow. 

 And in the still sharp air the frost 



Is like a dream of snow." — Alice Cary 



"If I can not catch a note of inspiration from the plainest thing that I touch, 

 then to that extent my life is empty and devoid of hope and outlook." — L. H. B. 



"Nature is our environment, and we can not escape it if we would. The problem 

 of our life is not yonder : it is here. The seeking of truth in fresh fields and for the 

 love of it, is akin to the enthusiasm of youth." — L. H. B. 



