ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE FARM 



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1908, that more than three fourths of all insane patients 

 in the state hospitals come from the city ; and the Na- 

 tional Census Report for 1910 gives the following table of 

 average yearly death rates for each thousand of population 

 of the age period indicated : 



The wholesome nature of country life and of the 

 farmer's work shows also in the figures that deal with 

 moral health. Seven criminals are produced in the city 



HARD WORK. 

 Which is more tiresome, shoveling fuel or pitching hay? 



to one in the country. All reports upon suicide and upon 

 divorce are alike favorable to the rural districts. And the 

 census shows that less than one fourth the paupers come 

 from country occupations. 



16. The Growing Attractiveness of the Farm. These con- 

 ditions, just discussed, concerning the farmer's character 



