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are too small ; while worse still, many of them, even 

 in the bed chambers, are permanently nailed down. 

 So, if the health and the general well-being of the 

 boys and girls, as well as the parents, are worth 

 anything at all, attend religiously to these small and 

 inexpensive conveniences, not neglecting to provide 

 most carefully for keeping out flies and other insects. 

 The wise farmer will find the secret of getting along 

 with his own household and of rearing a strong, 

 healthy family to lie in the strict attention he gives 

 to just such small matters as these. The things 

 that overstrain the physique, that try the temper and 

 patience of the housewife, must especially be looked 

 after and something of a better nature substituted 

 for them. 



HOW ONE FARMER DOES IT 



Mr. W. F. Mottier, living in Ford County, Illinois, 

 gives in Farmer's Voice his plan of providing for the 

 children, as follows : 



" I have always tried to farm intelligently. One 

 of my favorite ideas in regard to farm life is that of 

 making the home as attractive as possible for the 

 children. So I put on the place all the modern im- 

 provements that I can afford, in order that the 

 children may not feel that town life is the best. 

 And our children do not have any desire to go to 

 town. It would bring a sad thought to me to hear 

 my children talk against the farm life or home life on 

 the farm." 



