Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-14

ing troubles which are vexing you and holding you down. I'd like to have some of you talk back.
 Don't think that I'm tryinq to set myself up as a sort of amateur county adviser, or an oracle of any sort. But it s an old saying that two heads are better than one, even if one is only 3 cabbage head. It's still older say ing that in the multitude of counseI- lorS there is wisdom. If man pre- vail against him that is alone, two shall with him stand: and a threefold cord Is not easily broken
 Anyway. I'd like to know what I'm shooting at and where the game is perched. My bIunderbuss may not be very much of a gun. and may not he finished marksman, but we're all more likely to have, duck for dinner ie I aim in the direction of the flock rather than merely blaze away at the atmosphere.
 Let me hear from you, brethren, f there's anything you care enough about to write.
 Don't write letters to the editor. That isn't what I'm after. I'm not trying to get you to fill my column for ne. Write to me in the editors care, so he can forward the letters to me, and I can get an idea of what you're thinking about, and what you'd like to have discussed. PH agree not to pub fish anybody's name, nor anybody's 8 letter, except, maybe, such extracts US may be needed to make the discussi7 ? q clear.
 But give me an idea of your prob lems. Even if yours sure at the start off that can't help you any, 1t some times happens that the mere stating of a problem suggests unexpected pos- abilities of solution:
 It is just possible that, if can't help you. may be able to refer you to some one who can. I've known farmers who were too modest to write to their state experiment stations for information. because they didn't think their little troubles were worth while botherfng the professors with. Now, haven't a bit of that sort of modesty. If I get stuck and none of the -neighbors can help me out or tell me what to do. I shan't hesitate to write to the secre- tary of agriculture himself-or even to President Wilson, if think Woodrow haprens to have the information I need.
 Write me just as eandidIy and just as confidentially as you please
 Address ",The Farmer, Care Editor of The Bulletin" The editors a friend of mine as well as of yours, and heTl forward the letters to me. If the "EIl1uS lhe1n QOeSIlC DT1nS you a D1+ or help, think how much good they'll do me. in suggesting the sort of topics which really interest you and which you,d like to have talked over
 Winters coming on now, and you'll have lots of time in the long evenings to write as well as read.
 Let's see if, among us all, we can't thrash out something which will be of practical service in the fields next season.
 Don't think ! am fishing for com pIiments. I have a fair appetite for taffy, and can swallow as much as any man without making a wry face. But I'm not sure that much of it is good for my digestion. A teeny taste of lemon juice, even, might be of more real value!
 What I'm after Is little more mu- tuality in these Talks" a little more real. service all around and to all hands. I want to be helpful to all of you, if so be I can; and I don't hesi- tate Sn asking you to help me, likewise.
 THE FARMER.