THE INSUFFICIENCIES IN COUNTRY LIFE 



A FEW months ago I attended a meet- 

 ing in one of the best parts of the 

 corn-belt, that was called for the purpose of 

 discussing the condition of country life 

 in that region. The first testimony of 

 those who spoke was uniformly to the ef- 

 fect that farm life in that part of the world 

 was all that could be desired. All farmers 

 who had given any worthy attention to 

 their business were prosperous, farms were 

 paid for, the men had the best of turnouts 

 and some of them had automobiles, and 

 many of them not only had money in the 

 bank but were bank directors or concerned 

 in other important business enterprises. 

 The farmers were not complaining, and 

 town people considered farm land to be a 

 good investment. In fact, the farmers 

 were so prosperous that they were able to 

 move to town at fifty years of age. 

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