The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-11-22
CONTRACTS Coming Slowly F.!
FARMERS STILL REFUSE TO YIELD KEY TO
SITUATION
Many Do Not Seem To Realize
Cost of Delay.
A STRONG PULL A QUICK PULL, AND A PULL ALL
TOGETHER OR ALL is LOST

| o"oooiioinS 10 the required acreage,
and knowing that the sterling qualities
OF the average Shiawassee county
farmer are not to be excelled by those
OF any other community of farmers in
this or any other state, THE TIMES has
every confidence in what the farmers
are going to do about it. Only it begs
them to be prompt, to think and act
more quickly than ever this time and
not to rest until they have set their
neighbors to thinking and acting.
Think OF what the industry has done
and is doing in other countless
If they realize what the location of
such factory within few miles of
| their farms means to them they cannot
help realizing that they might better
even mortgage their farms and give as
much money outright for the establish.
ment of the factory here as the first
crop of five or ten acres will cost to
raise. They would even then be money
ahead before three years had passed.
The statement will bear repeating for
emphasis. Any farmer who is de-
pendent upon the crops which he raises
on his farm or any farmer who wants
his farm to make money for him could
better afford to give outright as a
bonus for the establishment of the
factory in this county as much money
az the entire cost of the acreage which
he Is asked to contract for for the com.
ing season. He would even then be
better oil at the end of three years than
he would to lose the factory, even ii be
had to mortgage his farm 20 give the
bonus and had to pay interest on the
money which he gave
Everywhere comes the same story.
Everywhere there is satisfaction. There
has not been single section where tho
crop has proved "a failure because of
the greatest bugaboo Of all and what is
undoubtedly the nearest approach to
serious difficulty, the lack OF help in the
wedding In that respect as in every
other ii has seemed ns though all that
Was necessary was the determination TO
go ahead, the faith in ones sell and the
belief that what the most ordinary sort
OF farmers, as well as the best of farm.
ers, in other places could make sue.
cess OF, they surely would make some
thing out OF even the first year-when
the matter was fairly attacked in this
way it has seemed as though failure has
Immediately been impossible. 1t has
been the starting that has been the
hardest of all. Help has been necessa-
ry, but when help has been necessary,
from every section of the State where
the beets have been grown the same re.
port comes. that the question takes care
OF itself-the help comes. 1t seems al.
most an astonishing thing but one
which is vouched for on every side that
the help for the wedding and thinning
comes with the most astonishing
promptness almost from mo one knows
where" At all events in the thirteen
different localities in this State where
there have been beet sugar factories in
successful operation during the season
now drawing to q close, the crop has
been handled and with the merest frac.
tion of the difficulty, 80 far as getting
help was concerned, that had been an.
ticipated.
Do not delay. Get SOME contracts
and get them signed. It means the pay
ment OF the mortgages which cucumber
some of the farms of Shiawassee yet
1t means money In the bank for farmers
who have nevsr yet had that experience.
Ii means more comfortable clothes for
some farmers and many poor people
who have had to deny themselves be-
fore. 1t means the possession OF the
ability to educate the children better,
to send them to the schools and. IL they
show the ability and the desire, to col
lege. 1t means chance to enjoy life in
athousand little ways where the lack Of
money had before denied the privilege.
Money to be sure Is not all in the world,
nor the only means Of happiness. but
there are SO many things that it will do
that add to ones happiness.
Aud then 1t will improve the farms.
Especially is this true II the farmers
study the matter of the rotation Of their
crops and most Of all II they plan their
farm campaign so that they take hand
IN the feeding and fattening Of stock
with the refuse from the heets them