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AND A LIVING 



of their lives amid the rejuvenating influences 

 of the country. These men come to the city 

 daily to work, yet when you talk to them about 

 their efforts in the agricultural line they fairly 

 swell up with pride and without a shade of 

 modesty they will tell you of the wonderful 

 specimens their little gardens produce. These 

 gardens furnish them as much gratification as 

 their life-business. Business men, as they feel 

 able to withdraw from the severe activities of 

 commerce, are looking forward to a happy old 

 age in the rural districts. Many fine farms are 

 already being developed by these men of wealth. 

 The movement is developing among this class 

 to a surprising extent and also among the brain 

 workers of the commercial centres, and you have 

 only to visit the railroad stations or the ferry 

 houses, morning and evening, to get an ade- 

 quate idea of the number of business men who 

 come daily from their country homes to their 

 work in the city. As these people buy farms, 

 land will become more expensive, and for this 

 reason alone, now is the time for the man of 

 small means to go into farming. 



