The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-07-24

sends us the fOllOW1ng interest,"
ing description OF the work they
do, which appeared in the Kan
sas City Star, written by an east
ern office man.
Thousands of soft muscled
students and office workers go
every year to the Kansas wheat
fields for the harvest. They US
uallv last from a half hour to
two days. Here are the eXper-
fences OF young man whose
training for the hardest manual
labor known consisted OF three
years night work in an office:
1t was a noble work, this
Sarnering of the nations bread.
We were all agreed on that be-
tore we were ten miles out OF
Kansas City on our way to con-
Quer and start on its way to the
bakeries of the world Kansas
greatest wheat crop.
Good money too" put in the
hollow chested stenographer
from Chicago. "Two-ffty a day
don't sound SO big, but when you
figure you're on the ranch all
the time, get your board and
can't spend anything it counts
up fast. I'm off for the summer
and I'm going to save enough in
the three or four weeks | work
in the harvest to stay the rest
Of thetime in Colorado"
Half dozen others had
planned the same thing and in
five minutes they had whipped
the wheat crop and were listen
ING, to the band play Dixie" in
South Park, Colorado Springs.
A Good Word Painter.
Farm food and cooking were
the things which appealed to
Reggie, who later proved to be a
Boston bank clerk. He was
about p years old and admitted
that he had been on farm in
the Catskills week in the sum-
mers and he had never tasted
such food in all his life.
Reggie was a good word paint
er and he soon had his air castle
so we'll stocked with fried chick
en- and cream gravy, fresh coun-
try vegetables and buttermilk,
that three of the six University
of Florida students and the two
office assistants of Kansas City
packing plant, left the band con-
cert and came over to get their
feet under the Boston mans
table.
We were travelling first class,
Pullman observation car and all.
Most of the time we spent in the
observation car where more of us
could get together. The enjoy
able and profitable vacation on
which we were starting had to be
fully discussed, and it was, from
all bright angles.
The First Stop.
Hutchinson was to be our first
stop. Some thought we should
60 on West where there were
more big fields of wheat.
"If we stop in Hutchinson
we'll never get away from there"
said one OF the Kansas City men.
Farmers will grab us as soon as
we get OFT the train"
But some in the party had
tickets only as far as Hutchinson
so We decided to stay together.
We were sufficient in numbers,
we argued, to harvest any mans
crop, so we would all get to-
gether and would not have to
to eat and associate with the
hoboes and other undesirables
whom we passed on every freight
train.
In Hutchinson we got our first
Jolt. There were no farmers
with hands outstretched to meet
rs. Instead there appeared to
be a town full of hands who
could not find jobs.
OF course, we knew we would
have no trouble. We were clean
and wore neckties and khaki
trousers so any farmer would be
glad to take us into his home.
The Tragedy of Silk Socks.
We lined up in a bunch along
the curb of the main street and
waited. Down the street came
| farmer driving a large motor