14 LESSONS IN AGRICULTURE 



The climate is temperate, ranging from zero to 90 

 degrees above zero. The climatic conditions do not in- 

 terfere with stock raising, and the general healthful- 

 ness of the place is assured. The local markets, the 

 school and church facilities, the character of the neigh- 

 bors, are all excellent factors in helping us to decide 

 upon this farm. 



We shall be very busy all the year, but we shall find 

 great pleasure in our work. The planning, the build- 

 ing, the sowing and reaping, and the beautifying of 

 our home will furnish us interesting work for many 

 years; in fact, the work will never be finished, and 

 therein is the joy of it all. 



The month's work. September is the month for 

 school to begin, and the interests of the farm will enter 

 largely into the activities and lessons of the school. 

 Busy days are ahead of us. Very little planting is to 

 be done at this season, aside from wheat sowing, but 

 we are in the midst of harvest, when we reap the 

 rewards of the year's labor, and begin to plan for the 

 coming winter. The great work of this month is the 

 sowing of the wheat, and we shall learn of this great 

 crop during the month. The second crop of clover is to 

 be cut for seed. Perhaps the wheat from the July 

 harvest has been stacked and is to be thrashed. During 

 this month we shall find many weeds on the farm going 

 to seed, and these should be cut down. The hungry 

 insects will continue their ravages and demand our 

 attention 



