The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-01

grow prosperity. happiness aud health
To bring M the children with knowl.
- edge or the secret OF the soil TO make
them friends OF the hen the calf the
COW; TO Lot them learn for themselves where the
busy bee Tor the store OF honey he lays away;
TO teach them love for the lilac the rose the for.
Eetmcnot. TO give them opportunity to sup
from the warm bosom OF mother earth the spirit
OF kindness towards all things that grow and the
perfect health In their developing years that comes
laden on the winds that caress broad fields
To give you in the soil yourself 80 that YOU
will indulge In that earliest aud most fascinating
form OF physical endeayor. the watching OF your
own subsistence growing your own
To make you impervious 20 the changing for.
tunes OF city lie without cutting you off from
city contact
To provide for that day TO which We all look for
ward, peaceful twilight TO life itself with the set.
ting sun OF that incident call day casting its
mellow light the green embowered home that
has been made restfu by your own hands and
precious TO your children and their children n
house set in the midst OF rich yielding acres hal.
lowed by the memories OF succeeding genera.
tons
To leave II all. when you must with the peace
full content that comes with the knowledge that
YOU have let Nature take you by the hand and
lead YOU along the path of some account
II you are normal you have dreamed all that and
yearned FOR the fuhillment of the dream Perhaps
you have endeavored TO attain II and have set your
self on some isolated acres and turned unaccus-
toned hands To strange pursuits until your en-
thusiasm has waned through failures born OF lack
Of knowledge and the absence OF practical advice
20 how TO right your wrongs.
Let suppose the perfect plan. impractical OF
course. TO the man OF limited means and limited
acres. but pleasant. at least. to dream about
FIVE ACRES The IDEAL FAMILY FARM
Your only asset to start With Is. will say.
five acres OF good land to be paid for that
come within your means To make II self sustain
Ing n must be cleared You can clear Il yourself
but you cannot afford to do II, as there must be
money coming Ia TO support you. suppose the
company from which you buy II will advance you
Say. seventy-fivc dollars for each acre you clear
and let you eventually pay Il back by continuing
for a longer period the payments you have already
undertaken TO make. Or let the company itself
do the clearing and add the cost to the purchase
price.
lars you have available will suffice for
the modest place you want Very we'll. let the
company build your house. applying your few hun.
dred dollars towards the cost and carrying the
mainier for you to pay later You viii want your
grounds Immediately surrounding the house laid
planted that win do best in that particular soil
Wouldn't II be fine TO have a landscape architect
who would give you planting plan and all neces-
sary advice,
Coming 10 the commercial side OF H. you viii
want to know how 10 make the soil pay the most
An expert on chickens shows you that one hen per
year will pay two dollars net profit and that on
three and onehalf acres OF your little land you
raise 1900 chickens-s3.0 600 year profit In that
for you.
Fine, But you don't know anything about rails
Ing chickens and you haven't any houses for them.
help you provide the chicken houses and your
chickens and then place at your disposal an export
who will tell you from DAY 10 day II need be. just
what you should do to get the best results.