Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

Cwritten Specially for The Bulletin.)
 There used to be saying: Every man to his trade"
 The idea was that man trained and experienced in his chosen work would be apt to know more about it and do II better than one not so trained and experienced.
 A carpenter would be apt to do a carpenters job better than coal miner: a paper hanger his job better than druggist; a farmer his better than blacksmith.
 Alas! that time seems to be past now.
 At least, it is 50 far as we farmers are concerned. Almost anybody with q tongue in working condition or a stenographer and typewriter in his office. seems to feel himself capable Of giving us points about anything in our special line
 The other day a publication. whose character and qualifications may be fairly deduced from it's name, SThe Implement and Tractor Trade Jour nal" expatiated on the need of more wool It specially noted the alleged fact,-I don't know whether it is true or not,-that the wool from twenty sheep was required to make the clothing and other equipment for a single soldier Also that Australia, South America and South Africa had not increased their wool production. Also, that transportation from those countries was out of the, question, even if they had.
 Wherefore and accordingly we farmers of the U. $, had simply got to produce more wool. c. E. p.
 Next, this organ of the implement and tractor makers, went on to rub it ins stin further by telling us how easy and simple it was to do just this thing. l quote:
 Six farms out of every seven in the United States have no sheep. Sheep can be produced profitably on almost every farm"
 By proper management they can be produced on the average farm without sntailing a reduction of other live stock, and without interfering with any other agricultural plans"
 Etc, etc.
 Right in connection with that I'm reminded of what Q prominent New York city woman told a gather ing of other women in that farming center, the other day. The speaker is a very rich and a very patriotic lady and has D cen giving freely of her time and her wealth to help rehabiJi- tate the German devastated deserts which once were fair farms in France and Belgium. She told the other ladies some Of her experiences. The Eelgians, she said, wanted rabbits as soon as they went back on their farms ''Dut l drew the line at pigs" They civ .1z- 1 fra I~,~rr V we went ID into Normandy to buy them and there I learned somethins surprising. Not having been brought up on farm. was. amazed to find that French cows had to be milked twice a day."
 Eh? What dye think of that?
 Bless you, don't know why those Belgian farmers wanted rabbits. Probably because they were used tC raising them and knew they could get returns quicker than from any other form of stock.-The Belgian hare has a reputation, the world over But no: this admittedly wellmeanine lady, who knows SC little about the simplest phases of farming as to have been amazed because French icovv were milked twice 8 day, wouldn't lei them have the start they wanted, bu1 drew the line at pigs" which sht doubtless thought were just as gooC for them and suited her ideas better And so presume a number of in dustrious Belgians, accustomed tt breeding and fatteuing hares for tn, market. are now struggling with pig. geries which they doE't understand because an intending benefactor who's, utter ignorance of farm conditions fl self-admitted. thought she knew wha was good for them better than they did. themselves.