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adorned and furnished as to give the greatest de- 

 lights of living. 



But above all do not forget the country church, 

 the bettered school and the right social diversions. 

 If all these things do not give the better living and 

 greater than any found in the city, then there is 

 something wrong with the country liver. The men 

 or women themselves are not right. The fleeting 

 pleasures of the world have so poisoned their 

 minds that "simple pleasures no longer please. " 

 "They are joined to idols " and we are forced to 

 let them alone, at least until by bitter experience 

 they have been made to see their folly. 



Some may ask the question, "If the farms are 

 all occupied with homes, where is there room for 

 more?" We have already shown in the chapter 

 on Back to the Land that there is yet much room 

 for home building, and there is still the greater 

 opportunity in our best farming districts for many 

 farms are already too large. Beduce the size of 

 our farms and do intensive farming of our lands 

 which will bring the greater profit. The farmer 

 with 160 or more acres can divide his farm into 

 eighty acre tracts, give his children the chance 

 to make a home upon it which, if farmed inten- 

 sively, will yield as great a profit as double the 

 acreage found by the old methods. This method 

 will make room for many of the children coming 

 on into adult life. 



It is conceded that the small farm yields more 

 to the acre than the large one. That the farming 

 of small tracts of land leads to intensive and bet- 

 ter farming and to increased fertility. That the 

 small farm occupied by industrious families is 



