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Rural Life Gaining in Attractiveness 

 Of course there have been discourage- 

 ments. It takes brawn, and brains, and 

 confidence, and contentment, to till our 

 New York farms. So does real success in 

 all places and in all work. The weaklings 

 have to fall down, wherever they are. The 

 cities have attracted many vigorous and 

 ambitious young men and women from the 

 country. Often that has been well. One 

 is entitled to do what he may love to do, 

 if he loves to do anything. One is to be 

 commended for casting his lot where he 

 will, if he has head enough to think it out 

 for himself. Such men carve out success, 

 and many are heard of in the cities. The 

 failures are never celebrated and the vol- 

 ume of them is never known. The farming 

 sections have, of course, suffered because 

 of the drift to the cities. There has not 

 been much return drift. The reasons for 



