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more than a dollar, aside from the cost of the paint, which pays 

 for itself in preserving the building. 



Here is an humble cabin in a mountain clearing. There 47 

 would not seem to be much incentive to improvement here. 

 Yet the cabin looked like this a year later. This improvement 48 

 cost 10 cents for morning-glory seed. Was the money well 

 spent ? 



These morning-glories were planted by the woman of the 

 home, not by the man. In fact, it usually is the woman who 49 

 takes an interest; the man is too busy planting, making, and > 

 harvesting crops to bother with such things. All honor to the 

 American woman, who, no matter how humble her home or 

 how countless her cares, still finds time to keep a few flowers 

 blooming bravely in her windows and by the doorstep. 



We are interested in making the farm home more attractive 

 because it enriches our own lives; but, far more than that, be- 

 cause of the influence it may have upon the children in the 

 home. The most earnest desire of all normal fathers and 50 

 mothers is that the children may have more advantages and 

 lead happier and more useful lives than their parents. Nothing 

 has a more potent influence in shaping the life of the child 

 than the home environment. What are we doing to make our 

 own homes more attractive? If we will not take the trouble 

 for ourselves, we certainly should for our children, so that 51 

 when they leave us to make homes of their own they will 

 always remember with pleasure the old home on the farm. 



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