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THIS is a very readable compendium of suggestions in regard to providing a beautiful, economical, and healthy rural home. Although written for American farmers, it contains much that is of interest to all who are concerned with a country life, and few will peruse the book without gleaning some useful hints. There are special chapters on house-furnishing, decoration, and sanitation by Prof. Mary Roberts Smith, who writes pleasantly on the lighter sides of a farmer's life. A strong case is made out for the educational opportunities of the farm, which are shown to be ample enough to satisfy the most exacting advocate of Nature Study.
The Farmstead.
By Prof. J. P. Roberts Director of the College of Agriculture, Cornell University. Pp. vi + 350. (New York: The Macmillan Company. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1900.)
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S., W. The Farmstead . Nature 62, 53 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/062053c0
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