CHAPTER XXIX 

 THE FARM HOME 



Living conditions. The farm is not merely a place on 

 which to make a living. It is, at the same time, a place 

 where the farmer and his family live their home. Aside 

 from the personal family life that fixes the character of the 

 home, there are several material essentials, such as con- 

 veniences and comforts, that affect the lives of the family, 

 particularly of the women. The farmer's home should possess 

 many of the advantages enjoyed in a city or town home. It 

 should be convenient, comfortable, sanitary, and attractive. 

 Farmers are sometimes tempted to move to a city or town to 

 get these things when they may be secured right on the farm. 

 It has been estimated that an expenditure of the price of a 

 city lot would make a farm home equal in attractiveness to 

 a home in the city. In fact this has been done on many 

 farms. 



Conveniences. In the last chapter, attention was called 

 to the value of time. This applies quite as well to the farmer's 

 wife as it does to him or to the help he hires. Home con- 

 veniences have to do with various kinds of equipment that 

 save steps and time and make the burden of housekeeping 

 easier. This includes arrangement of rooms in the house, 

 running water, bathroom and toilet, and especially a kitchen 

 with labor-saving devices. 



A rearrangement of the rooms of a house may not always 



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