Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-03-03


bone. till there stood up a great army
of men. Let us hope that that army
may be so very great that the frs
and cedars may be swept from the
hillsides and the valley made to BIOS
som as the rose. Then shall peace
flow as a river. The little sheep and
the lion shall lie down together at
the end Of the haystack; then shall
the cow and the big potato Walk hand
in hand with the farm expert, land
no man shall modest, or make them
afraid"
just . Dream.
Alas, this is but dream. The fir
and the cedar are yet on the hillside;
the dry bones are still in the valley;
our farm expert is gone, and we are
like Rachel weeping for her children
and will not be comforted because
they are not"
All of this trouble has been
brought about by a bungling set of
county commissioners, and now we
are told that Thurston county must
jolt backward to the dark ages and
barbarism. Yea, verify, her lands
shall be desolate and her people
chattering monkeys. But it is hard
to crush all hope in the human
breast; we still have the cow and the
potato question before us, and it is
very great question, to my mind,
as to good results to the farmer.
We are told that the banker will
loan money to farmer at reasonable
interest to purchase cows, provided
said cows are properly insured. Then,
we suppose, all the farmer would
have to do would be to buy hay at
SIS to $25 per ton, mill feed at a
fabulous price, then feed and milk
those cows and take the product to
the creamery. Then, with the price
of the cream, few eggs, and little
garden truck, he could pay the in
terest, taxes and keep up the insur-
ance on those cows. And then, Mr..
Farmer, the question arises, like that
of the woman who married seven
brothers-"Whose wife shall she be
at the PIN other
words, whose cow shall she be at the
final reckoning? We take no issue
with the banker. II he loans his
money he should have his interest;
and he has a perfect right to the re-
turn of the principal.
Not q Farming Country.
But now, Mr.. Farmer, do you say
that you will produce your own feed?
Why have you not been doing this in
the past? Why! Has anyone told
you that this is a farming country?
II so, you have been misinformed.
Mr.. Mason, in his recent article, asks
the question, are not wheat, rye. oats
and hay legitimate crops? ! answer
yes. And the government seems to
consider the fir and cedar legitimate
crops. And they have nine points,
In the matter OF possession.
No one can clear these lands with
a wave of the hand and presto but
the chamber of commerce. 1t costs
the ordinary mortal from one to two
hundred dollars per acre to clear
these lands, and it is life work for
the ordinary man to clear enough
land for little orchard, truck patch
and hay enough for three or four
head Of stock. / am speaking of the
ordinary farmer and not of the cap
italist. The man witE plenty OF
money doesn't want the farm. So ]
would say, go slow. Raise your own
stock and your feed, II you can.
And now just word in regard tc
what Mr.. Mason has to say about SELL
ing chickens. He states that he sold
his broilers at Is cents per pound.
Well, had he bought the day-old
chicks they would have cost him
from 10 to Is cents each. II he in
cubated them they would have cost
nearly that price. II his eggs were not
extra fertile. Now then, with chick
feed at 8 to 4 cents per pound and
wheat 1910 per sack, how much did
he make on those chickens?
raise chickens every year and have
some little knowledge of marketing.
but have no crouch with the mer-
chant. sell butter, strictly fresh
eggs. chickens and vegetables. direct
to the consumer. I endeavor to give
them the best and expect the best
market price. No doubt the mer-