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3 a - PAINT, LIGHTS AND WATERWORKS SPECIAL MK, AMDSSUirHBSUivFABUS.'BA . . . - :-' .. A Farm and Home Weekly for The Garolinas. Virginia, Georgia, and Florida. FOUNDED 18 86, AT VoL XXXI. No. 39. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1916. RA-v 3 GH, N. C. rvi i ear; oc. a iopy LET'S MAKE OUR FARMS ... - ' REAL KMES YES, Jones is a good farmer, one df the bfest around here, in fact," one of his neighbors told lis, "but you know,' everything he makes he puts right iiack Last year he painted his house and built a new barn, this year he put in waterworks, and next year he says it's going to be an electric light plant. - He may be a fine farmer, air right, but I don't see how he's, ever going to get any thing ahead the way he's doing." . v ; It was on the tip of our tongue to give Jones neighbor a piece of our mind in regard to the real meaning of 'getting ahead." We felt like telling him that Jones, in his efforts to make of his farm a pleasant, comfortable, happy home equipped with the modern conveniences that every home should have, had, in our opinion, a very sound conception of the proper goal at which his efforts should aim.. i. We firmly believe in hard work and saving every cent possible, for industry and economy are the sure stepping stones to success; but at the same time let's .never forget that making and saving money for money's sake is a mighty poor sort of business. Money is useful only as it goes to make, our lives and the lives of those about us happier and better; only as it goes to make of the farm a place where the highest type of manhood - and-, womanhood may: be developed. This fall, in most sections of the South, high prices for farm products are going to mean more surplus cash than for a number of years, and the farmer must determine the wisest use to which his surplus cash shall be put. We here offer three suggestions: 1. Paint the farm buildings - Purely as a matter of economy in i saving our buildings from rotting, paint is a splendid investment. As the Ohio Experiment Station points out, our annual losses from the decay and deterioration of unpainted farm buildings is actually greater than the loss from fire. And not only ; is the use of paint true econo my, but the landscape dotted with painted farm buildings im presses resi dents and visitors alike as a neigh borhood that is proud of itself and its I - ' i .. y ... tf s Aft. v . w k M 'J1 If ! t" 1 t i illfifiiiwl!ilam achieve-' ments. , 2. Put in water' works. As a means of easing the burdens of the farm wo rn a n an d making farm life more at tractive , a system of waterworks is simply, a w o n d e r -worker. Elsewhere in this.issue dif ferent types, ( from the sim- plest to the more elabor-; ate and ex pensive, are discussed in detail. Study these plans, decide on the city folkshave no prior rights on f his. farm women like type that best this method as well as anyone else suits you, and then put it in. 3. Install a lighting system. After the house has been painted and a good Waterworks system put in, the next step in home improve ment sh6uld consist in putting a good lighting system. Electricity and acetylene gas are both excellent, and in their convenience and the real satisfaction afforded very soon repay the cost of installation. We must come, Brother Farmer, to know that the town has no right to a monopoly of the conveniences and4 improvements that make of a place a home, instead of merely a house. Our boys and girls have gone to the towns because they have thought they would find better things there, life more worth the living. Isn't it time that we were showing them, and all the world as well, that a farm home with modern equipment is the best of all places to live? Paint, waterworks and lights in every farm home will do this as no other agencies can. How about them on your farm? JT1 ii mi 'J iipliliiBiiiili li fcfr . ... "M." 3p"Wfc f ..... v . . . . . .. i f 0- - v ' I h;k THE OLD WAV; OTHER' PICTURE SHOWS VTHE NEW DON'T FAIL TO READ- Paw A Success Talk by Oscar W. Underwood . ; . . Progress iri Tick Eradication Work . . Insect Enemies and Friends: Facts About Their Habits . J, Lighting Plants for the Farm Home Painting the Home . - Cheap Waterworks f orthe Farm 3 3 4 5 5 7 . DON'T FAIL TO READ- Page "Little Gardens0 . . . . . 9 Pick Rapidly But Gin Slowly and Sell SJowly 12 Plant a 3eed Patch of Abruzz! Rye 1 2 Are You Boss of Your WholeSelf? 13 Offer Prizes in Your Local School 13 A Lesson in Nursing the Sick 14 Rules for Seed Selection . . 17 Meeting of South Carolina Plant Breeders' Association ; 18 r (; r
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