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Show MY MIM.AHI) Ot Tt KAilM. (Kesd at the Hinckley Hauquet.) , Moms people Ilk th rlty. Its sxcltement i and Its Joys, Tha bustle on Its crowded ways, Ih street cars with their nolle; , Ita mansions trt Imposing and Its stores 1 are mighty swell, . : Its theatres and picture shows ara all right for a spell. Hut just shout a week for ma dispels , tha city's charm, I'm alsd to set liack home upon "y Mil- I Isrd county arm. A smoky cloud hangs over the elty day , and night. Hut down In Millard county the 'skis I ara alwaya bright. The stars above seem nearer, tha air Is ', pure and sweet, ( Tha shady lanes of Millard beat your : high-walled city street. I L'p there It la too chilly, or else It Is too warm We've got tha finest climate on my Millard Mil-lard county farm. . I'd rather hear the reaper In my field of . golden wheat Than hear the street cars rumble or the automobile bleat, . The perfume that la wafted from my 1 field of lucern green, la sweeter to my notion than the smell of gasoline. ( The city has Its pleasurea, but these . pleasures sometimes harm, 1 (live me the saner pleasures (if my Mil- lard county farm. . I'd rather run a mower In my field of , waiting hay Than pound an old type-writer In an . office all the day. ' , And I'll bet I'm not aa tired when the ' harvest days are o'er As the well-dressed city fellow clerking in a busy store. 1 The work la sometimes heavy, but It , strengthens brain and arm, And is adding to tha value of my Mil- lard county farm My llolstelna and my Iterkshlres are the choicest of their kind. My horses all are thoroughbreds, aa as good aa you will find. My orchard an-mv garden are fre. from worm arid weed, And I get a bonch of money from my alfalfa seed. My bank account Is growing no won- t der there's a charm. The city cannot give me, on my Millard s county farm, I sent my boys to Ixigan where they 1 learned the fsrmer's trade. It was the best Investment that their itaildy ever made. They atudled Irrigation and of seeds and breeds and lands, And they mix s little knowledge with the Isbor of their hands. Their knowledge saves them labor, so they always find a charm w With profit and contentment on our Millard county farm. My girls have been to college and while r thev studied books. h They also graduated aa good bousekeep- era and cooks. We've got a good piano, books and mag- axlnes to read. There's lots to Interest them and con- I) tented Uvea they lead. . Hometlmea thev make a visit Just to 0 taste the city's charm. Hut they come home quite contented to our Millard county farm. e When harvest das are over and we've .V done the autumn work, And I've got a bit of money for my seed and hay and pork. p We go to California for perhaps s month or more. I I) Knjoy the (Invert and sunshine, the sights on sea and shore. Then home we come o"lte satisfied and rl find there Is a charm Even In the winter on our Millard cl county farm. ci In the spring when fields are greenest. ei ami the bloom Is on the trees, And the orchsrd and the garden are n alive with blrd and b,-e; t When the chickens and the turkeys raise their cheerful barnvard song, h And the cow rome home full uddered and the atock la sleek and strong. When the waters pour their moleture o'er the acres rich arid warm I find a Joy In living on my Millard county farm. You tollers In the crowded towns who work from day to dsv With Jobs st best uncertain and each year smaller pay: Tou do not own your dwelling plare or Si even own yourself, t,( And when you grow less useful you II foe laid upon the shelf. b. Does the prospect of the future never nil you with alarm? t( Pull out before you r pushed out get pj a Millard county farm. NORMAN B DRKrWKR. " |