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every month of the year, he would be better off and his 

 family would be happier. 



For instance, an acre of ground under greenhouses 

 devoted to flowers would yield better returns than fifty 

 acres of wheat or corn, besides affording a delightful 

 occupation for the family. An acre of strawberries will 

 ordinarily return larger profits than ten acres of grain. 

 The market for truck and fruit grows better yearly. The 

 little things give variety and spice to life on the farm — 

 and they pay better from every point of view. 



Many boys and girls might be saved from the follies 

 and misfortunes of city life if their parents would put 

 some thought into new plans for arousing their interest 

 in home affairs. Give them plots of ground for their 

 own use, and encourage them in making experiments with 

 vegetables and fruits. A delightful way is for the young 

 folks to form a partnership if they are old enough to do 

 useful work about the farm. The girls should have 

 charge of poultry and flowers, while the boys manage 

 vegetables and fruit. 



Young people who live in a city, and would like to try 

 country life, have an excellent opportunity to gain a valu- 

 able experience and earn money during vacation by tilling 

 the soil. No plan could be better than this for the many 

 who are working their way through school. The produc- 

 tion of vegetables and flowers is immensely profitable, as 

 there is a constant cash demand in every town, big and 

 little. 



The pleasure of such an experiment, if rightly con- 

 ducted, would be hard to exaggerate. It is nearly always 

 possible to obtain a small tract of land convenient to a car 

 line. One point to be considered is that there is little time 

 to waste in walking. The rent would be $10 to $20 for 

 two acres. 



Boys or girls who already live on a farm, and who have 

 an ambition to test their ability in some fancy line of pro- 



