FARMERS' VACATIONS 



take advantage of convention or exposition 

 rates to visit the home of his ancestors, view 

 spots of natural or historical interest and 

 study the modes of living used by an older 

 civilization. 



The results of these trips will, as a rule, 

 show the next summer in increased income 

 from the farm. Better still, they will show 

 in the happier faces of mother and children 

 and in the new enjoyment which all will 

 take in life. That, after all, is the main 

 thing. We are on earth to live. To find 

 true and noble pleasures in life is more im- 

 portant than to find vast profits of the finan- 

 cial sort. But remember that joy is a duty 

 which awaits no man's leisure. It must be 

 taken early, often, and more or less regu- 

 larly, or it will never be had at all. 



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