General impressions of the country merchant . d stores off the usual roads of travel, getting a first-handview of conditions as they actually exist. Our representatives also visited the Farm Bureau County Agents. In Cortland theyhad the pleasure of seeing the report of an investigation which the Farm Bureau for Cort-land County had just made in 40 homes, extracts from which are below. Observe that inevery home but one a sewing machine was found, the same being true of washing ma-chines and clothes wringers. Not Even the Worst of Roads Delayed Us Pianos Phonographs Band and Orchestra Instrument
General impressions of the country merchant . d stores off the usual roads of travel, getting a first-handview of conditions as they actually exist. Our representatives also visited the Farm Bureau County Agents. In Cortland theyhad the pleasure of seeing the report of an investigation which the Farm Bureau for Cort-land County had just made in 40 homes, extracts from which are below. Observe that inevery home but one a sewing machine was found, the same being true of washing ma-chines and clothes wringers. Not Even the Worst of Roads Delayed Us Pianos Phonographs Band and Orchestra Instruments-Organs Vacuum Cleaners Carpet Sweepers Sewing Machines Telephones Steam Heat Acetylene Lights Pressure Water Systems Power Water Systems (engine) Washing Machines Clothes Wringers Oil Stoves Gasoline Stoves Bread Mixers Food Choppers Earth Closets Use of lime as disinfectant No, in the 40 homesvisited II914152332 39 25 3I II 3 38 36 I 24382824 Per cent of thewhole 27>422>4 35 57>480 9iy2 62 >4 7/2 27>4 7/2 9590302/260 957060. A More or Less Common Scene in theFlood District By advertising in American Agriculturist you reach 125,000just such farm homes as these 26
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