CHAPTER X 



MANUAL TRAINING IN THE COUNTRY 

 HOME 



WE are holding always to the idea that, in 

 the country, home does not mean the house 

 only, but the whole property, and homeful 

 it should all be together. This chapter will talk of 

 such accessories as are essential to completeness of 

 life, and to enjoyment as well as labor shops, 

 barns, laboratories, arboreal retreats, electric plants 

 for lighting and irrigating, and whatever else seems 

 essential to making a home in the country comfort- 

 able and convenient. There really is no reason for 

 drawing an unfavorable comparison between city 

 life and country life as they may be at present en- 

 joyed, for we now have in the country nearly every 

 privilege that fifty years ago belonged to the town. 

 To all this we are able to add a good list of special 

 privileges that cannot be acquired by the city resi- 

 dent. 



In the order of importance I would place first of 

 all a shop, and the purchase of shop tools should be 

 as prompt as those for use in the soil. It should 

 serve as a schoolhouse and a shop in one, for manual 

 culture is really educative for the brain as well as the 



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