Show KEEPING BOYS AND GIRLS ON THE FARM in alip t design and construe tion of the farmhouse the question conof of utility alone alond not be bd the determining factor the first should be the making of a home the amount of dhoot be invested in the building of the home should not be dete determined mined by its relation in size to the balance of the plant nor by the amount that is nee essary merely to provide a shelter but the amount to be incest cd should be that hat which the owner may treasonably afford without fin axially crippling himself too Severely the average elvy city dweller in buying a house for faia A home does not proceed sole ly on the basis of what he can ex peet to secure in case it is ever desirable to place the house on the market he is not likely to consider the purchase of a home as a financial investment but as a social one which will enable him to secure for his family the comforts and conveniences that he could not secure in a rented house and to have for his family a genuine home a genuine home life if he is able when the time arrives to dispose of his property to financial advantage well and good if not he considers and properly so that he be has made a good investment from the alie social side there is no panacea that will cure the yearning for city life evidenced by the country boys and girls of today but there are certain conditions which if established will add materially to the attractiveness of life in the country and should therefore prevent them from flocking to the cities merely to avoid life on the farm it is not to be expected that every person reared on a farm will desire to follow farming as a life work noris nor is it necessarily desirable that they should do so many of the boys will feel a calling to one or another of the professions and it is probable that if allowed to follow their bent they will be far more successful and contented than if over persuaded to stay with the farm the problem is not to force the boy or girl to remain on the farm but to assist them in every way in making an intelligent choice their choice can not possibly be intelligent unless they are familiar with farm life under its best conditions dit ions |