164 WE FARM FOR A HOBBY 



be of each citizen's having enough to eat. To de- 

 scend again to the particular, it is hard to say 

 what the effect of farm living has been on the 

 health of my own family because I can not say 

 what it might have been if we had lived in town. 

 We seem to be pretty healthy, perhaps healthier 

 than the average for our economic level. Our re- 

 sistance to the common ills of the flesh appears to 

 be strong. We have energy to do rather more than 

 average for our respective ages. Our doctor bills, 

 year in, year out, are trifling. But whether this 

 is the result more of the life we lead than of in- 

 heritance, who shall say? 



If there is one impression I should be dis- 

 tressed to convey, it is that life on a home-use farm 

 is all work and no play. Far, far from it. There 

 is something going on all the time. And while all 

 the synthetic distractions of the town are equally 

 available to the country dweller, yet there is that 

 in the life makes your own home-made amuse- 

 ments preferable to those ready put up at the 

 store. With plenty of house room, food, and if 

 you like home-made drink, one can entertain 

 without much regard to cost. We often have one 

 to a dozen house or dinner guests six days out of 

 seven. On one occasion we provided for fifteen un- 

 expected visitors at a Sunday night supper. 



For those who like to sing in chorus, or dance 

 to the radio, or play the noisier sorts of parlor 



