THE FARMER'S FORUM
The Farmer's Forum A Pig Proposition SOMETHING in the way of an experiment is being- tried in connection with agriculture in the Gays Mills, Wisconsin, graded school. Two pigs which averaged 110...
...Under the new plan the water was piped into the house—no walking required...
...The result was three world's records for milk and butter...
...Now Coca-Cola, as yon know, is really an agricultural product—a product of the soil...
...C. Palmer, North Dakota Agricultural College...
...Come right with me, sir...
...When Pontiac Lass first began to yield milk it Was plain that she was an extraordinary animal...
...My boy," he asked, "can you show me where M. Schmidowitz lives...
...What The War Is Doing For The Farmer The European war is not an unmixed evil...
...But while so engaged she must confine her activities to her own side of the Rio Grande...
...We also made arrangements with our creamery man to furnish us a can of buttermilk each day...
...Then, as the news of our 'school house pigs' spread, one generous hearted farmer offered us a small field of corn if we would husk it, so one Saturday a force of about fifteen of us turned out and snapped the corn and hauled it to the basement of the school building wb,ere it was husked and hung up to dry, "When the pigs are marketed each pupil is to be given back the amount he invested and an equal share of the profits...
...Under the new arrangement this was reduced to eight and three-fourths miles...
...Their lives are heavily insured and at the first sign of illness a veterinarian hastens to attend them...
...We shall not attempt to go into the ethical side of the question at all, nor shall we discuss "war brides", munition plants or other similar phases of the situation...
...The boys, under the supervision of their teacher, assumed the responsibility of the care and feeding of them...
...Not so much in quantity seemingly when you consider—a single glass of this, delicious beverage, but enormous when the entire Coca-Cola output is considered...
...Nor does our mechanism of justice always succeed in the punishment of the murderer...
...His father was a farmer of the old school who thought that cows were cows, and only after a bitter struggle was persuaded to sell his herd...
...This means that while the wheat raiser is getting more for his product, he ia also paying some other agriculturist more for his product...
...We all know that the war has put the price of wheat way up...
...Now inasmuch as the rural population alone of America consumes millions of bottles aud glasses of Coca-Cola every year, you and tha other agriculturists of this country will not only be able to continue to please your palate* and get delicious refreshment with this beverage at no increased cost, but you will b» sending back to the farm bigger profits and more money at no greater expense to yourself...
...But wait a minute—there are other things to consider in this matter of growing rich off of the war...
...Well, at any rate it would scaroely be 'heroic' for a Great Power, such as the United States, to hurl its arms against a neighbor of such inferior strength...
...Very well—this means that the whole country: city, town and rural population as well are paying more for their flour—therefore the wheat raiser should theoretically he getting: rich-pn a product which it costs him no more to raise than formerly and for which he gets more money...
...One of the two had a calf that was christened Pontiac Lass...
...For example, here is a peculiar situation in regard to a beverage which is so universally liked that it has become almost a staple...
...For the price of thirty cows young Jones purchased two young heifers of excellent lineage and fed: and groomed them with his own hands until they reached maturity...
...Looks as if we had stacked up against hard luck," remarked the visitor, peering into the room...
...Cane sugar—the very purest and finest—constitutes a large part of Coca-Cola syrup...
...Bringing in the wood under the old plan required walking twenty-two miles...
...Up four flights he went, the visitor breathlessly following, and finally paused at an open door...
...If the experiment proves a success financially, he may then place his, money in the savings department of the bank, or perhaps invest it in some other school or home project work...
...The total saving for the year through re-arranging the farmstead was two hundred seventeen and one-third miles...
...The name of that beverage is Coca-Cola...
...We shall look at the war purely from the standpoint of prices for raw products, either produced here in this country or imported from foreign countries...
...The price at the soda fountain and in the bot*i« has n.ot risen, one iota...
...Two pigs which averaged 110 pounds each were bought and sold to the seventh and eighth grade boys on equal shares...
...Finally he asked a group of dairy experts to look her over...
...By the new arrangement the year's trips in feeding the hogs was reduced one hundred two and one-half miles and in caring for the chickens three miles saved...
...Mexico...
...The boy entered an adjacent doorway and started to climb the difficult stair...
...This cuts down somewhat on the profits the war is bringing to the farmer...
...nor yet is it an unmixed blessing for this country...
...By the new ar-langement it was reduced to eleven and three-fourth miles...
...We shall confine our consideration, too, to those products which have their origin on the farm either in the raw state or finished and manufactured into edible or wearable articles...
...Got What He Asked For One day a man who was interested in social work went into the tenement district and, wishing to see a certain man, but having only a general idea as to where he lived, approached a small boy...
...Schmidowitz doesn't appear to be here...
...It is particularly striking when we remember that the total initial capital for the venture was not more than $1,400...
...Mexico must solve, for the most part, her own political problems...
...It must be remembered that it was only a case of walking these miles but it was unusually with something to carry.—W...
...Frank Jones now has 140 animals valued at considerably more than $250,000, but Pontiac Lass still holds the championship...
...Good citizens of our own country must bear in mind that we have not yet attained to perfection in all things...
...that while 'avenging the murders of Mexico' we must temper our arduousness by the knowledge that we ourselves are far from having eliminated murder...
...Farmer Boy Makes Fortune by Staying at Home IN the American Magazine is the interesting story of Frank M. Jones of Oneida County, New York, a farmer boy, who has become very wealthy through developing his hobby that fancy stock pays better than ordinary cattle...
...No, sir," was the rejoinder...
...Then it would seem that the best way to keep ahead of the game is for the farmer to pay the farmer who raises his necessities the increased prices that titer war has brought about and when buying his luxuries or those things that are not ban...
...The trips made to the machine shed during the year amounted tp fifty-seven and one-third miles...
...Many valuable lessons may be derived from an experiment of this kind, among which are,—the value of thrift and economy, the working out of a balanced ration, and the keeping of an expense account...
...Scarcely "Heroic" FROM a reader in Texas comes this interesting comment on Brandeis and the "Mexican Situation:" "Brandeis has accentuated the line of cleavage between the plutocratic and the democratic influences which are ever at work in this country for governmental ascendency...
...necessities of lita to pick and t-hooae from amongst them those that have not gone up in price in spite of the war...
...Yes, sir...
...Table scraps, garden products, etc., which would otherwise be wasted, are brought from the homes of pupils and fed to the pigs...
...Mr...
...It will' often pay to move some of the buildings in order to secure a more convenient arrangement...
...So it is with the pure fruit juices that, combined, produce the inimitable flavor of Coca-Cola...
...Cotton and wool and meats and farm machinery and sugar have gone up too...
...His con-confirmation is a notable victory for the people, versus privilege...
...This is the floor, sir...
...Let us take wheat, for example...
...Tet this product of nature—of the farm— increased in cost though it has been to tha makers, has not been raised one penny in price to dealer—or to you...
...Schmidowitz lives in there...
...His experience is a practical demonstration of the most up-to-date dairying methods and the profits to be won from fancy stock raising...
...i Saving Miles of Steps THE location of the buildings on a farm has a great deal to do with the time it takes to do the work...
...His cows are bovine aristocrats...
...And of course when we consider raw products we must carry the subject further on into the matter of th& prices we get and the prices we must pay for finished products...
...This was done on one farm with the following results: Under the old plan it required walking fifty-three miles a year just carrying in water...
...That was him" sittin' down on the front doorstep when we come in...
...It was also figured up and found that at living wages — the time used up in walking these two hundred seventeen and one-third miles was worth $36.74...
...As you hnow, sugar has goue way up—so every glasa of Coca-Cola you drink makes some farmer'* heart gladder...
Vol. 8 • June 1916 • No. 6
