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the consolidation and betterment of the rural schools; they 

 mean the economic use of the farmer's time ; they mean the 

 manifold advantages hitherto enjoyed only by the residents 

 of cities and towns ; they mean social possibilities and the 

 gratification of legitimate social desires; they mean freedom 

 of movement and the daily delivery of mail; they mean self- 

 respect and satisfaction with his mode of life ; they mean the 

 homestead, to which the married children will return with 

 pleasure and which the young folks will not hasten to desert. 

 Back to the farm! 



