LESSON LIX 

 THE FARM HOME 



Home. A home should be more than a place of 

 shelter. It should be also a place of inspiration, joy, 

 and peace. The home is the foundation of civilization, 

 because it helps us more than any other agency to 

 secure vigorous and good character. 



Modern conveniences in the country. We are apt 

 to get wrong ideas of the so-called advantages of city 

 life. All the modern conveniences of city houses are 

 going into farmhouses, thus increasing the comfort 

 and healthfulness of these homes. The loneliness of 

 farm life has largely disappeared by reason of good 

 roads, electric railroads, rural mail delivery, and tele- 

 phones. The abundance of fresh air and ground space, 

 the freedom from the dust and noise of streets, the 

 inspiration of close contact with nature, and the op- 

 portunity for quiet study and reading are some of the 

 best features of home life on the farm. 



Window plants can add much to the beauty of the 

 home. Caring for these plants and watching their 

 growth will furnish many pleasant hours. Geraniums, 

 begonias, and heliotropes can be started easily from 

 cuttings. For foliage the English ivy and many of the 

 ferns are desirable house plants. The tulip, hyacinth, 



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