

BRITTANY : HARD WORK, BUT HAPPY ]?AC]iS 



The fisherwomen and oyster-gatherers of Brittany are a hardy race of women com- 

 parable to our own women of the mountain districts, who are able to bear their children, 

 look after their household duties, feed the pigs and chickens, milk the cows, and occasionally 

 lend a hand in the field in the busy seasons. 



that pride that the only statue of Louis 

 XIV that escaped destruction in the Revo- 

 lution which established the present Re- 

 public was that in Lyons. Made by 

 Lyonnaise Lemot, local pride in its beau- 

 ty, as wrought by a fellow-citizen, saved 

 it for posterity. 



the; frknch farmer 



\^''ith pardonable pride the United 

 States dwells on its valuable work in the 



interests of the farmer, in the form of 

 48 State experimental stations, with the 

 scientific bureaus of the Department of 

 Agriculture ready to give needed advice. 

 France has for years acted on the basis 

 presented by one of its writers, that "the 

 amelioration of the lot of huiuanity has, 

 as a condition of primary importance, the 

 productivity of man." Crowned by its 

 five national universities of agriculture, 

 the French svstem fosters practically its 



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