1 8 FARM DEVELOPMENT 



more concrete and practical, we become awakened to 

 the interesting and uplifting features of country life. 

 As we learn how to organize and manage the farm home, 

 how to develop the youthful members of the family into 

 useful men and women, as we become masters in carry- 

 ing out the everyday practical work of the farm and the 

 farm home, we realize the advantages of life in the coun- 

 try. The conditions of the country are so changing that 

 competition is drawing closer about farm production, 

 and exact work must be done to earn comfortable re- 

 wards. On the other hand, the rural delivery of mails, 

 rural telephones, better roads, bicycles, carriages, rural 

 electric railways, books and papers of superior quality 

 and at reduced prices, are coming within the reach of all. 

 Labor-saving devices on the farm and in the house, im- 

 proved breeds of plants and animals, cheaper clothing, 

 lessened cost of transportation, and other advantages, 

 which have come with modern times, also make farm 

 life still more desirable and the farm home a better place 

 for the development of character in the boys and girls 

 who are fortunate in passing their earlier years with 

 sturdy and truthful nature rather than amid' the often 

 adverse conditions obtaining in the crowded city. 

 Farmers who are really equipped to take advantage of 

 all modern facilities will reap a larger reward financially 

 than at any former time. 



