Weekly journal-miner., 1919-11-12
(BY SHARLoT M. HALLl

this department was to help bring a real understanding between country and town, and while many of my hopes and plans have been delayed by happenings which temporarily "balled up" the routine, yet l have the pleasure of finding the under standing growing all the while.
 Just now it has been the quail shooting season that has helped ard it does not matter much how a thing gets done so it is really done. City men think of life on a ranch as mostly quail and rabbit hunting with a little fruit picking and feeding the chickens in between-and ranch men think all the merchant, or even the editor, has to do is to go to picture shows and smoke good cigars-at lest that is about as near as each us u5lly gets to the real life of the other -more's the pity!
 This summer a great many more of our town friends have come to the ranch than usual-some of them came with the ranch fever" on them and after a week helping in the hay field went back to town cured forever. Some of them drop in and swap ideas that leave us all with a peter under standing Of the fact that life isn't all play either on a ranch or ill town. How on earth do you keep tab on all the new seeds and get an idea of which is worth try-out?' And it would take a lifetime to get onto all the tricks of raising a crop in this ever-changing climate. The merchant who said that after looking over all the new things we had been trying out had keen realization of the fact that everybody on the ranch had been hustling lively all summer long.
 Well, how do you know all the things that people will buy, and how to keep up a stock in these days when factories and transportation are all behind with orders?" That keeps somebody jumping, too. And the rancher had a better idea of why he had to pay as much for sugar now as in early placer mining days after he had been told just how much sugar was available to last the entire world till the new crop came on.
 "Aw! You farmers are just salting money away-look what we have to pay for everything we eat" That itea changes a lot when the city man gets a look-in on the money that it takes-and the everlasting work-to grow crop of anything to eat and get it on the market. And the coun- try man who learns what rents and taxes and labor and up-keep figure to a merchant gets rid of his idea that the dealer puts every cent paid for pair of overalls down in his pocket as clear profit.
 Knowing each other makes them better friends and more just and un- derstanding in business relations. l hope the time will come when at every important meeting of the board of trade there will be some farmers and ranchers, not just looking on but taking part in every discussion, both giving and taking information which will further that inter-relation of town and country interests which is necessary for the best development of both.
 A good many farmers clubs are springing up in parts of Yavapai; there ought to be one in every farm ing neighborhood and there should be the closest and friendliest relations between these and the organizations of business men in town.
 The school house is the logical meeting place for clubs in the coun- try and such farm clubs are the logi- cal starting point for some good work in agriculture in the country schools. l think that probably not all of our country people know how ready, and even eager, our depart ments of agriculture, both national and state, are 10 further such club work. An excellent library can be gotten merely for the asking, and covering every phase of farm and country life, and a letter to our own agricultural college at Tucson will bring suggestions and directions for starting such club.
 A few years ago I was interested in such club work and our own state experts not only offered to visit the club at their own expense and talk to the members, but some men of the department of agriculture at Wash ington offered to stop over on trips West and look over the situation. How much we may expect from our senators was evidenced by loads of valuable books, maps, bulletins ana papers sent by Senator Henry r. Ashurst, and quantities of Valuable new seeds were sent for triali
 Our business men right at home in Prescott have shown the friendliest interest in such clubs and when there were special exhibits at the fair from groups of boy farmers they came for ward with liberal prizes. Some of our Prescott professional men offer cd to come out and give talks on