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stalled in the farm home with which the house wife 

 can accomplish twice as much work in half the 

 time, and twice as easily as she could herself do 

 even with the help of a servant. 



With such an outfit the farm wife can keep her 

 household in perfect order, and have much time 

 to use as her fancy dictates, and household work 

 upon the farm becomes no more irksome than it 

 is in the city or village. 



With the great number of labor saving devices 

 and perfected machinery now available for every 

 farm, and at such prices that every farmer can 

 afford to own them, the farmer and his family 

 have more spare time than ever before known to 

 the farm, so they can spend the extra time in the 

 adornment of their home surroundings. The 

 beautifully kept lawn, with its cement walks, well 

 arranged and cared for shrubbery and flower 

 beds, is just as possible for the farmyard as the 

 city home. The country garden and orchard, well 

 kept, filled with every vegetable and fruit possible 

 to grow in the locality where situated, can not only 

 be made a source of profit, but an everlasting de- 

 light to the senses of sight and taste. 



In fine, the possibilities for home building upon 

 the farm are just as great, and at prices within 

 the reach of every man engaged in the business, 

 as you will find in any city or town. There is no 

 longer any excuse to go to town to possess con- 

 veniences or escape labor, which have so fre- 

 quently been urged in the past for farm desertion. 

 And just as sure as the men engaged in the busi- 

 ness of farming begin to put these possibilities 

 into realities upon the farm, see that the educa- 



