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1. The best reading. Of course the Bible might 

 head the list. Whether or not there be a large 

 "family" Bible, there should be at least a text of 

 convenient size and form for everyday use. This 

 book should contain a good concordance. 



Then there should come into the home a first- 

 class weekly newspaper; possibly the local paper 

 will supply this need. Many farm homes now re- 

 ceive a daily paper regularly. 



In addition there should be available a weekly or 

 monthly summary of the current events of the nation 

 and the world. The Literary Digest, the World's 

 Work, and the Review of Reviews are examples of 

 standard magazines of this particular class. Either 

 one of them will stimulate most helpfully the quiet 

 thought of the farmer and the members of his family 

 and keep one in touch with the most important move- 

 ments of the country. 



Along with the foregoing, there should be kept 

 constantly at hand a first-class farm magazine. 

 There are numberless periodicals of this sort, but 

 perhaps among those of the first rank and those 

 which especially give definite helps for the boy-and- 

 girl life of the farm may be mentioned Wallaces' 

 Farmer, Des Moines, Iowa, the Farmer's Voice, 

 Chicago, Illinois, and the Farmer's Guide, Hunting- 

 ton, Indiana. Also, the semi-official state paper 

 well known in many of the commonwealths is usu- 

 ally very helpful. 



