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England, we believe we can discern the dawn of a brighter 

 day. We have many reasons for the fullest faith and confi- 

 dence in the future of our farm homes, and believe that their 

 prospects are growing brighter and brighter with each re- 

 turning year. So, with no regrets for the choice of our life 

 work, we cheerfully give the encouraging word to the young 

 and say, Go forth without fear or hesitation, possess the 

 lands once occupied by the fathers, where practical ideas, 

 worked out l)y willing hands, guided and assisted by modern 

 improvements and modern develo}"«iients, may yield abun- 

 dant harvests, while the most practical result of all may be 

 an independent, happy life spent in a quiet rural home. 



