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In order to make any given tract of 

 open country appear at its best the in- 

 dividual farms must look their javuitiest. 

 Quite the most attractive thing in any 

 section is to see well-kept farms, with neat 

 and comfortable buildings. Improvement 

 of this sort is hard to accomplish, but 

 substantial progress can be made by efforts 

 of the right sort. The thing can be recom- 

 mended and talked up. Local pride can 

 be aroused. If such an organization as 

 the grange takes hold of this thing in a 

 naturally progressive neighborhood 

 wonders can be accomplished. Some 

 country churches could make a great hit 

 by laying aside their study of foreign 

 missions for a season and preaching farm 

 betterment. The foreign missions would 

 gain by it in the end. 



The Massachusetts State Board of 

 Agriculture offers prizes for the best-kept 

 farms in the state. Certain railroads offer 

 prizes for the best-looking farms along their 

 lines. District and local agricultural 

 societies may well copy this pattern, and 

 set themselves in all ways to arouse local 

 emulation in such matters. 



Rural improvement is altogether a 



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