AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
For the Farm, Garden, and Household. 
'■AGRICULTURE IS THE MOST HEALTHFUL, MOST USEFUL, AND MOST NOBLE EMPLOYMENT OF M A N . "—Washington'. 
NEW YORK, OCTOBER, 1881 
Volume XL.— No. 10, 
New Series —No. 41’ 
THE DEPARTURE OF THE SUMMER BOARDERS FROM THE COUNTRY. —Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
Within a few years “summer boarding” 
has become very popular. Those people who 
do not care for the crowds and habits of 
watering-place hotels, find some quiet farm 
house in a healthful locality where they and 
their children can have a total change of air 
and scene, and a mode of life that shows its 
value in well developed limbs, browned skins, 
and a general renewal of vigor in both old 
and young. Summer boarding rightly man¬ 
aged by both parties, host and guest, may be 
of great benefit to both. On the other hand 
it may be a source of mutual discomfort. If 
the farmer is one of those who feeds his board¬ 
ers on salt meat, and sends his spring chick¬ 
ens to market, and who will not spare milk 
and cream for fear of the butter account at 
the store, he should not take summer boarders. 
On the other hand, if city people are of a kind 
who cannot adapt themselves to new ways of 
living; if they find fault with everything 
that is different from what they had at home; 
city people of this sort should not be “ sum¬ 
mer boarders ” on any farm, but should go to 
some hotel. Where both parties, the hosts 
and the guests, are of the right kind, then 
“summer boarding” may produce the hap¬ 
piest results. When all things work to¬ 
gether for the good of all, there are mutual 
friendships which grow up and become as 
lasting as they are sincere. The city people, 
at least tbe young ones, look upon the coun¬ 
try place as their other home, and long for 
the time when they can leave the city for 
a sojourn at their country place. 
No one ever staid a summer, week, or 
Copyright, 1881, by Orange Jui»d Company. 
Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as Second Class Matter. 
