The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-09-15

Gently lnauRurate0 1Or DeJLer prices
for the stockraisers. Many of our
readers who know conditions condemn
the meat packers for holding the
farmers down to such prices for beef
that cattle raising has been made an
Improbable venture. The meat pack
ers, of course, have protested, and of
fered all sorts of explanations, but so
far they have failed to justify them
selves. We would like to sift this
thing down, and we would like to have
the farmers help us. If any of our
readers have been treated unfairly by
the meat packers or have friends who
have, let them write us letter telling
us about it. 1t will help us in putting
up a strong fight. We want all the
testimony on this subject which the
farmers can send us.
We have lots of inquiry from our
subscribers concerning the Market
Number and when it will be issued.
The date has been set for October.
We have had to postpone the issuance
of this number because we have seen
many chances to improve it, and we
decided at the first, that when the
number was issued it would be the
finest thing that ever came from
press in America AS the Market
Number was first conceived, it has
had few equals in the history of jour-
nalism, but as it will be with the nu
merous improvements we have made,
it will be by far the handsomest and
most interesting edition that ever
came from a press. 1t takes time to
publish a large edition of this sort,
and we decided that it would be bet
ter to take our time to it than to do
it in any half-hearted manner. We have
closed all forms now for this number
and the presses have been working
on it for month, but even with the
splendid equipment of The Ranch
printing department, this number is
SO large and such tremendous num-
Der will be published, that it requires
at least three months of steady press
work to complete the undertaking.
Those readers of The Ranch who have
paid their subscriptions year in ad-
vance and who are consequently to
receive a copy free, will undoubtedly
feel that their patience has been duly
rewarded when they see the issue, for
it will certainly be a splendid prOduc-
ton. Orders for it are coming in so
fast that we have had to change our
instructions to the pressman number
of times and increase the number to
be printed many thousand oyer and
above the first estimates.
If you know of anything which is of
particular advantage to you in your
work; if you have learned anything
during your farming experience that
you think would be of benefit to 9th
ers, send it in to The Ranch. Help
your neighbor by becoming contrib
utor to the paper and telling them of
the things which are help to you.
Sometimes you discover a new way
to fertilize Write about it. Send it
to The Ranch. Or perhaps you learn
that certain plants should not be fer
tilted too much, or should not be wa
tered during the hottest part of the
day, or that your chickens will lay
more eggs if fed with certain kind of
grain mixed in with their regular food.
Or maybe you find new way to get
rid of fruit pests, to build barnyard
fence, to fatten your pigs, or to heal
your horses foot. Thousands of other
farmers do not have the advantage of
this information, and they would ap-
preciate learning it. And they may
know something which would be of ad-
vantage to you, too. Let The Ranch
become a medium of exchange for
ideas and information among it's read
ers. Let every reader feel that he is
on the staff of contributors. If you
have anything that is good, sit down
and write about it. The Ranch will be
glad to publish it. We want to have
our readers edit the paper. A thous-
and minds are better than two or
three, and if you all will help, you will
be astonished to find out what we can
do by pulling together. Consider your