342 LESSONS IX AGRICULTURE 



LESSON C 



THE FAEM HOME 



Home industries. Our lessons in agriculture would 

 not do justice to rural life if we did not refer to the 

 country home and its works and influence. The devel- 

 opment -of the material and industrial side of the home 

 life has not kept pace with the progress of men's work 

 on the outside. Many of the industries of the early 

 homes have been wisely taken from them and given over 

 to the factories and shops. Two industries yet remain 

 cooking and cleaning. These are not much further ad- 

 vanced in their development than they were a thou- 

 sand years ago. The time may come it is to be hoped 

 that it will, when women of the home will be relieved 

 from most of the drudgery of cleaning and cooking, 

 and these industries be turned over to specialists who 

 will do them better and cheaper than they are now done, 

 and that the home may become a place of rest and 

 culture for the lives within. It will be long years be- 

 fore such ideals can be realized in the country, yet much 

 can be done in the country home to lighten the labors 

 of the mother, and enlighten the members of the house- 

 hold. 



Some conditions making for the betterment of the 

 farm home: 



1. Beautiful natural surroundings, as brought out 

 in a former lesson. 



2. Absolute cleanliness from cellar to garret. 



3. The absence of all carpets, lace curtains, and 



