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warmed-over Christmas turkey, better than it 

 was at first." 



"Bud," the little philosopher of the family, 

 says, "I hain't had nothin' this month 'cept my 

 board got lots of old clothes, must wear 'em 

 out, 'cause they hain't no good for school clothes. 

 Good enough when I pick strawberries or potato 

 bugs." But Bud has not told all his story. 

 Listen carefully as he whispers in his mother's 

 ear: "I am saving my strawberry money to 

 buy a hat for father on his birthday. Hasn't 

 had a new one for two years, and his old one 

 is just shocking; if he weren't my father, I'd 

 be ashamed of him." 



The good wife of the farm is sometimes the 

 last one to be remembered. She must look for- 

 ward to the final footings of all accounts at the 

 end of the year. She must be provident, self- 

 sacrificing; manage to keep her house clean and 

 tidy and herself neatly dressed when away from 

 home. She may not bear the heaviest physical 

 burdens, but she must of necessity bear the 

 greatest responsibility. She should be fully 

 acquainted with all outgoes and incomes, all 

 plans for future operations, all prospects of in- 

 creasing or diminishing incomes. She must take 

 forethought for the time when the children should 

 go to the academy or the college. She must 

 forestall the additional demands wliiclj wiU be 



