62 Outlook to Nature 



progress of the race will be represented by the 

 city. Not all the best character-building is to 

 be in the city or even in the suburbs of the 

 city. It is the city that breeds or attracts most 

 of the crime. The country has its own life ; 

 it will have a better and more hopeful life, 

 sweet, sane, moderate, and warm-hearted. 



There are " homes " maintained for sailors 

 and soldiers and actors, and others. Where is 

 the " home " designed for farmers ? Each 

 farmer builds his own : it is the first thing he 

 does. The farmer does not think of renting a 

 house to live in, unless he is a mere tenant. 

 Let Congress or any legislature propose to 

 establish a " home " for farmers, and it insults 

 every farmer in the land. The farm idea is the 

 home idea. The farmer is practically the only 

 person who makes his home, lives in it, and 

 passes it down to his children. Homes go 

 with land, not with franchises. 



The farmer holds his ground, sometimes 

 even too tenaciously. The struggle may be 

 hard and the odds against him, but day in and 

 day out, year in and year out, sun and rain, 



