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rounding it, all parties ought to be better served than now, 

 and the social condition of both cities and country ought 

 to be improved. We have over-built our cities at the 

 expense of the hamlets and the towns. I look for a great 

 development of the village and small community in the 

 next generation; but this involves a re-study of freight 

 rates." l 



THE FARM AS A HOME FOR PERSONS OTHERWISE 

 EMPLOYED 



30. The farm as a home. There are relatively few 

 city persons who become farmers in the sense of making 

 their living from a farm, but all over the country there are 

 thousands of persons who live on farms while continuing 

 their town or city business. Around every town and 

 village, and for many miles out from the large cities, there 

 are persons who have some other business than farming, 

 but who live on farms. The custom is most prevalent in 

 the East, not only because of the larger population and 

 more railroads, but because farms are so cheap. There 

 are great numbers of persons who have demonstrated 

 that this is a desirable and economical way to live. 



In Tompkins County, New York, the United States 

 Census includes as farms about 500 small places that are 

 occupied by persons who have some business other than 

 farming. Many large farms are occupied in the same way. 

 This county is not near any large city. It is 250 miles 

 from New York. Ithaca, in the center of the county, has 

 a population of about 15,000. There are a few small 

 villages. A study of the larger places in six townships was 



1 L. H. Bailey, The Country-Life Movement, p. 26 ; see also his con- 

 trasts between the country-life and back-to-the-land movements. 



