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declining years, when they are likely to seek a home 

 in the country so that they can spend the few remain- 

 ing years in enjoyment. The farmer can spend not 

 only his declining years but his entire life in enjoying 

 nature. He can always have the trees, bushes and 

 many of the other interesting features that have 

 been named. 



When a farmer sees none of the beauty of the 

 country ; when he looks on his life as one of drudgery ; 

 when he seeks merely to earn dollars and compares 

 his often meager income with that of wealthy men in 

 the city ; his declining years are likely to arrive too 

 early in life. He may be old when he has reached 

 the age of forty or fifty. When he sees the beauty 

 of nature ; when he realizes the comfort that he en- 

 joys, the satisfaction of breathing pure air, of having 

 freedom beyond that of most men, the pleasure of 

 listening to the songs of birds, looking at the ex- 

 panse of sky, the beauty of woodlands, of sunrises 

 and sunsets ; when he takes a philosophical view 

 of life ; when he solves the various farm problems 

 with intelligence and wise foresight ; his declining 

 years may be postponed far beyond those of the 

 average man. With the ideal farmer's life, such 

 years may never be reached. 



