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farming, if his business is properly con- 

 ducted. All members of the family are 

 workers. The home is so much a part of 

 the farm that one is not sold without the 

 other. If the boys and girls are given a 

 share-interest in a good farm (and allowed 

 to keep it), they usually like the business 

 and stay on the farm. The same principle 

 might be applied to the community. 



Inasmuch as the city, speaking broadly, 

 has not yet solved the problem of perma- -}- ~[~ 

 nently providing a growing population, the 

 farm home assumes a most important rela- 

 tion to civilization. It is charged with the 

 duty not only of maintaining the open coun- 

 try but of contributing population to the 

 city. The farm home also carries an 

 obligation to maintain the quality of the 

 population. It is a preservator of morals, 

 and it is well, therefore, that the farming 

 people is conservative. I hope that the 

 country folk realize these responsibilities. 



The farmer's fatalism 



Experience in working together has its 

 psychological results. The real country- 

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