The Bay of the Band 
for sixty cents is a cure, though not for poverty 
when one has only thirty hens; but it is a cure for 
winter. The virtue, however, is not in the sixty cents. 
There is no cure for winter in mere money. The 
virtue is in the eggs, or, perhaps, it is really found 
in keeping the hens. 
Keeping the hens, and the two pigs, the horse, 
the cow, the four boys, and the farm, for the year 
around, is a sure cure for winter, and for a great 
many other ills. In addition to the farm, one must 
have some kind of a salary, and a real love for na- 
ture ; but given the boys and the farm, the love will 
come, for it lies dormant in human nature, as certain 
seeds seem to lie dormant in the soil ; and as for the 
salary, one must have a salary — farm or flat. 
The prescription, then, should read :— 
B 
A small farm — of an acre or more, 
A small income — of a thousand or more, 
A small family — of four boys or more, 
A real love of nature. 
Sig. Morning and evening chores. The dose to be 
taken daily, as long as winter lasts. 
This will cure. It is an old-fashioned household 
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