| Show THE HOME BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL Tl Th Tle farm home should be lie the most beautiful spot pot on 01 earth We e heir hear the complaint that Iha t women do not nol like the farm CArm arm and the children leave Ite It I a a at soon POOH ron ronn as n they maui CUll Why h When hel all al Is bleak and bare and Ild the hy uFa barn me tue bombarded bj b th Ih JI t antI and the front Crol yard vard Ird is I the hogs and calves to 10 o tell the th truth It is not nol attractive I It t Is l not enough to 10 feed feell the stomach The soul loul too zany may Il be he starved There Thorl I Is s an nn Inborn love lon of the beautiful In III Inus inus us all al The west In the early tul days was as glorious In II Its ls prairies ls its 8 native nalle parks parka PIM und and nd woodlands When Whenn h hIn hen lit In n the I 1 used ud to drive afro across s the prairie I thought It the most 11 t beautiful laud land In the world It I hag hu been beell een sadly spotted spoiled I led The forests have hale been jeen cut rut nutty away aWI and ond the great flower gardens have hn been turned Into Inlo wheat wheatfields fields and too many man of or time the homes are unprotected swept by b all al the storms and lashed by 11 the blizzards The farm farmers erA ers for the ir 1 st t part arc are now no well wel off ol oland and many man have money monel in the bank Some Home are arc buying more land and some come ore thank God are ar Improving what ha they th have hae When will wi people learn Ilam that SO o acres acre Irre put to Its I best lest with h a de lIe delightful home Is II worth more than Ihan A whole section 8 1 on with the slipshod farm farming Ing In too often ofen practiced Flowers have hal their mission lon u a aa well wel as wheat and osta oll and cattle CUe and hogs hog In the St 51 Paul Farmer Armer I have described how there should be a 1 constant procession of oC beauty belul to cheer the Iho home Near the thedoor door have hate hlo a 1 bed of ot tulips These The e ap op appear lp pear r n 01 as soon coon Eon as the ground Is thawed Ihl out There Is I a n large family of oC them some caine FOle early carl some Rome late some ome single some double They Ther are resplendent In their beauty beau I and are arc the harbingers harbinger of ot the radiant hosts which are to foI fol low lo Plant them by b the hundreds and not by Iy the dozen dozens You can ran get them for Cor two or three dollars a hundred and amid ald they the will 1 stay In the ground for tor years ears Plant phloxes between the rows cud and so 80 have hae almost continuous bloom ant on the same saie ground Next ext In the pro procession procession cession come rome the columbines These The t are ae very c hardy There are about fifty tf kinds and they give KIH a n marvelous blending of oC beauty When Shen they the are In bloom the bumble bees are arc on hand booth drinking In III the nectar and Ind appear fairly Intoxicated wIth h delight They The carry the pollen ro I el from one to another You plant the seeds and more are surprised pant tHI ant by b the new creations which greet you oU Take that bare br Ir spot of ground put In 06 0 mixed mind columbines and an you ou wIlt will wi have hate a I menagerie of oC beauty ul And now 01 cornea the queen of tf all I the flower Hardy lar as an arm oak oak the most moat gorgeous radiant and resplendent beautiful of nC ill ii II When you OU see Fe them them you ou can en but tait fall fal In love loe with Ih them I moan lotion mOn the Those These are not the rank III things our mothers used u to 10 raise hut but time the tit great brilliant fragrant e ones of oC today lodo Fifty one C years Mrs ago time were 25 5 kInds kind now 10 there here are about 2000 named sorts forts and more are ar being added every J year r Though It I takes a long Ion time yet ot one comm can Rn raise raUe new nel varie ane ties from seed leM each one slightly dif dlf I wish lph ish you ou could rou see our fields In June when OOOO put pUI them Ihm selves seln on exhibition In Iii II distinct varieties Most of oC them art are In a fer Cor tile le valley and the Ih road d Is above 1 then them They The bloom blom J ec o gloriously that they the are I like Ik a sea IMI It of O glory dory in miniature On OM ar I can generally get Att varieties of oC I very er cry flute flue Ile quality for SO 10 the 1100 SOO and I I with lh care they the double every eHr year ar or Farm Jarm S Harrison In Held and ami Ao |
