A LITTLE LAND (ft 



AND A LIVING 



called " the noblest occupation of man," will be 

 illustrated in this country as never before. The 

 young man and woman will find it profitable as 

 well as pleasurable to stick to the farms, or to 

 leave the crowded cities for the country, where 

 one with small capital may more easily secure 

 credit and a competency, and can have better op- 

 portunities for the right kind of " life " than that 

 which is concomitant with limited means in the 

 city. The superiority of country life for rais- 

 ing families will be recognized by all, and the 

 happiness of being " near to Nature's heart " 

 will be truer and better than the pleasure which 

 the city affords. 



FOREIGNERS LIVE MORE CHEAPLY. 



In urging this " back to the land " proposition, 

 I have purposely omitted any discussion of the 

 foreign element and the influx of immigrants. 

 It is noticeable that, in spite of the congested 

 conditions of the foreign districts of our cities, 

 and the almost pauperous conditions in which 

 they seem to live, there is not that extreme dis- 

 tress and destitution which prevails in the other 

 poorer districts of the cities. This is probably 



