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the dead, let us at least respect ourselves and 

 make our lives and the lives of our loved ones more 

 pleasant, and clean up and beautify the country 

 graveyards and make them, not only a fitting place 

 for the sleeping dead, but places that delight the 

 eye. It will greatly assist in making farm life 

 worth while. It will give us the spirit of improve- 

 ment of home surroundings that will help to solve 

 the problem of keeping the girl and boy on the 

 farm. 



