Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-04

ally measured. Like the soldiers OF
France, these heroines Of the rear
take no praise individually; there are
so many, they say, who have done as
well.
Red tape, the paralyzing force that
even the reawakening of this epic Pc
! Rod has not yet vanquished, withheld
! from the farms the aid the govern
mont wished to supply, excepting in
rare cases, in the seeding Of the farm.
German prisoners Of war volun-
teers from the camps of informed eli
william Austrians and Germans, Anna
mites imported from mdo-China, Ka-
! hyles brought from tho mountains Of
Algeria, Sengalese from the West AZ
rican coast a few territorials on
leave, good many Partisan school
boys, and last, but not least. the
American self-binder, helped with the
harvest; but with the exception Of
the self-binder the help was available
only in scattered spots.
Servants Bind Wheat,
A majestic German porter Of a Ri
viera palace hotel, who in time Of
peace wore moro gold braid than any
general in the war, and one of the
head walters of the best known res
taurants i'm Paris, bound wheat side
by side on a farm in Beauce. Instead
of the gold braided uniforms the por-
ter with his fellow prisoners wore a
suit Of blue oyeralls with the letters
]. c. standing for Interned Civilian)
on their backs to identify them as
Teutons in case Of a disposition to es-
cape. They earned the equivalent Of
A. cents a day and were clothed,
lodged ana fed by the farmer. Their
fare was exactly the same as that of
the farmers hiring them and of the
soldiers guarding them. That they
were satisfied appears from the fact
that, out of several thousand only
three Of them tried to get away.
The several thousand German sol |
diers employed i'm the harvest gave |
no trouble at all TO the great ma |
jority Of them French farm life was a |
revelation and a satisfaction that |
found expression in frequent inquiries
as to whether there was any pros
pect that they might be allowed to es-
tablish themselves in France after
the war.
Not all Of these improvised farm
hands make good harvesters, though
they did the best they could.
Self-Binder Saves Harvest.
After all, it was the American self
binder that saved the harvest; with
out 1t much Of the brave effort of the
women Of France would have been
lost Every machine was utilized TO
It's utmost capacity, In communities
where there were none and where the
farmers could not afford TO buy one,
he commune procured a machine for
The common use of the farmers in
urn,
Traction plows aided only slightly
n the preparation of the soil 1t is
he recognized necessity of the future /,
)ut the outlay required is too much
or the small farmer Further organ
zation of syndicates for the purchase
# machines in common is necessary i
The elephants Of a well-known cir
us played the leading role in an ex-
pertinent at LaVilledieu-d u-Temple,
ear Castel- Sarrazn, which the peo-
he Of the region confidently expect
will revomtioniZe farming. Hitched
0 pillow, these animals replaced the
lorses and oxen that were requisi
toned by the army, and proved by the ]
egularity of their gait to be far supe- ,
ior to either the horse or OK; each {
nimal did the work of three yoke Of !
ken; whether they ate more than S
tx times as much the reports do not =,
ell. 1t is only the meridional mag t
nation Of the region however that t
the practical extension y
; France Of the working elephant. c