THE FARMSTEAD BEAUTIFUL 



suggests weariness. Even young girls 

 reared on farms too often lack that buoyancy 

 and freedom which belong to youth. The 

 farmer himself, also, to a greater extent, his 

 sons, have variety of occupation, bringing 

 them in touch with men and questions; but 

 apart from occasional shopping in town 

 farmers' wives and daughters have at best 

 little enough to spice or enrich their toils. 

 It is said that the majority of the women in 

 the asylums are farmers' wives; if so, it is 

 undoubtedly owing to the dreary sameness 

 of their experience, rare breaks or pauses in 

 work that can never end, the treadmill, the 

 plodding, the ever abiding shadow. Hus- 

 band and father, can you do less for these 

 loved ones than doing your best according 

 to your means to make the Farmstead 

 Beautiful? 



