70 Agriculture and Its Needs 



quite as doubtless she belonged to a class 

 who have as much to learn about the most 

 desirable and economical food supplies, and 

 the question of nutrition, and the manner of 

 preparation, and the time for use, and the 

 manner of serving, as I have to learn about 

 a million things. And that is far from all 

 there is of it. It reaches to the making, the 

 sanitation, and the decoration of the home, 

 to the furnishings and conveniences of the 

 home, to the deep subject of home econo- 

 nomics and household management, and to 

 all that most effectually brings the vital 

 support of the home to the support of the 

 work upon the farm. It may make the 

 life of the family something that ambitious 

 boys and girls will cling to, even something 

 which, being added to the rational and cor- 

 dial welcome of their fathers and mothers, 

 they will be proud to invite their friends to. 

 In a word, in considering the educational 

 needs of New York agriculture, the educa- 



