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Play and recreation for the open country (1914)

Curtis, Henry Stoddard, 1870- · Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company · leaf 193

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PLAY AND RECREATION I/O The farmer who does not understand and appreciate the forces and laws by which he is surrounded does not grow at his work. His development stops as soon as it begins. His work is a parasite upon his spirit as long as he continues it. The farmers who are going to town are… … A BAIT-CASTING CONTEST time. Rented farms do not yield, in most sections of the country, a revenue of more than three or four per cent on their value. The proceeds of a ten-thousand-dollar farm are not sufficient to support a family in a town or city, or even half support them, according to…

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