68 FARM HOMES, IX-DOORS AND OUT-DOORS. 



" chromos " by those who can afford to buy real oil-paint- 

 ings and choice engravings, there are far prettier and 

 more pleasing pictures among them than among many 

 of the "old masters/' and any city acquaintance or re- 

 liable dealer can send to our country homes soft- toned 

 landscapes, and rich fruit and flower pieces, at a small 

 expense, that will pleasantly relieve bare walls, and often 

 give really beautiful effects. There are very good en- 

 gravings, too, that are not costly ; and there is no r< 

 why even a kitchen wall should be without a beautiful 

 face, a fair landscape, or a group of flowers glowing with 

 the color of life. 



Let the farmer provide a large pleasant kite-hen and 

 interest himself in its conveniences for work being ;is 

 enthusiastic in furnishing labor-saving machines for this 

 department of farming as for his outside fields and li-j 

 will find that he makes an investment that pays an 

 hundred fold. 



Let the farmer's wife make the kitchen a bright and 

 sweet-aired realm, and be proud to be its intelligent and 

 efficient queen. Let her beautify her work as much as 

 possible, and lift it above the dull, discouraging slough 

 of drudgery. With conveniences for work, and a cheer- 

 ful, comfortable place to work in, the women are few who 

 will not make their homes " the dearest spot on earth " 

 to all who dwell within them. 



THE DINING-ROOM. 



Although there are many country kitchens so shining 

 nnd orderly and clean-aired that it is a pleasure to break 

 bread in them, there arc many others which, owing to a 

 large family and a pressure of work, cannot always h,> 

 nice and orderly at meal times ; so it is well, if it can ho 

 afforded, to have a small cheerful room opening from the 

 kitchen, easily warmed in winter, and from which heat 



