CHAPTER IX. 



A FURTHER STUDY OF THE FARM. 



[By L. a. Clinton, Assistant Agriculturist Cornell Uuiveisity.] 



The Farm as a Home.* 



ANY person who contemplates purchasing a farm, upon 

 which to establish himself, and secure a living, should 

 make a most careful study before deciding upon the 

 farm to be purchased. There are many features whicli should 

 be considered besides the one of securing a competence, "foL* 

 it is not all of life to live." First, there should be considered 

 the adaptability of the farm for a home. Unless it possesses 

 in itself and by environment those qualities which go toward 

 making a pleasant and healthful location for a home, then 

 the study should not proceed further, but some other farm 

 should be selected. '' 



In selecting the site for a home there should be considered 

 healthfulness of location, character of the people in the sur- 

 rounding district, nearness to churches and schools, quality of 

 the land in the neighboring farms, nearness to the market 

 town, and quality of roads leading to and from the farm. 



Healthfulness of location should receive first attention, for 

 if the land is so located that the conditions are unsanitary as 

 regards drainage, water supply, etc., and these conditions can 

 not be remedied, then no matter how favorable the other 

 conditions may be, the farm should not be selected for a home. 



The character of the surrounding people, whose intelli- 

 gence and honesty will very largely give the reputation to the 

 community, will materially add to or detract from the value 



* For a more complete discussion of this subject the reader is referred to 

 book entitled "Rural Affairs," .now in preparation, by Prof. I. P. Roberts. 



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