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proposition. The preponderance of opinion is 

 that while it is desirable to own a plot of land 

 and a home, farming does not pay, and that you 

 cannot keep the people on the farm once their 

 " ambitions " are aroused by the alluring so- 

 called " opportunities " of the city, and that you 

 cannot induce them to go back to the farm again 

 after a taste of city life, however disagreeable. 



YOU SHOW HOW TO MAKE FARM LIFE PAY. 



Your book proves that farm life does pay. 

 If the city dweller can be made to see this and 

 to realize what a small percentage city life pays, 

 it will be easy to arouse sufficient interest in a 

 movement which will eventually bring us to 

 healthful conditions and to a race that will feel 

 content on the farm. Money-making attracts 

 every one; those with much money, yet want 

 more; those with some, wish to increase it; and 

 those with little or none are ever in a maelstrom 

 of passion for money. Certainly it would at- 

 tract a large number of those who now shovel 

 snow for the mere purpose of self-preservation, 

 and those of starved physiques, who can only 



