The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-11-19
OPTIMISM is KEYNOTED
LETTER WITH THE PROPER
81 IRI. CIRCULATED
Increase Dairying Herds, oper-
ate Smaller Farms Is Advice
Of C. M. Hunt

There are no elements in the pres
ent condition to warrant any panicky
feeling on the part or the public: the
election Is over, and Judging by the
national vote, the results were quite
satisfactory to the majority of the
American people. In fact, big business
feels that the election will stabilize
conditions and the peace time indus
trial, manufacturing and building act
iyities will proceed at an unprecen-
denied pace.
AS an illustration Of this attitude.
the following bulletfn issued to over
one hundred implement and hardware
dealers in Mankato,s trade territory
by c NJ Hunt, manager of the local
branch of the International Haryes.
ter company will be Of interest.
Dealers and statesmen will no doubt
90 confronted by many arguments
that farmers are not going to buy
Freely during the coming year and
the thing for you to do IS to keen up
constant fight against this feeling
ana point to signs OF the time that
are Enthusiastically indicating a re-
turn to pre- war activities and stabil-
lty in all lines Of business.
White 1t is a fact that prices in
general Sre not as high as they were
year an da half of two years back,
continuance of those prices cannot be
expected. At that time the conditions
resulting from the war were such
snal a premium was being paid on
nearly every commodity
Recommends Dairyir, Less Wheat.
You will remember that prices on
faIm products began to raise along
IN 1915 before we had even entered
the war and had attained a high level
long before manufactured goods were
raised IN price, and 4 is only natural
that <a5SxaadfxRa afeh, raised flrss
should return to flle lowest ievsI sIFss;--s
Farmers are not going to discor-
unue farming, business men are not
gong to close up their shops The
move Tor farmers in our section of
Minnesota to make is to increase
thelr dalrying herds. and pay less at
tentlon to wheat. The dairying herds
ullng an absolutely certain income
eacn month, and as we see it there Is
aol mucn chance of dairy products
~ ~ asins III price to any apprec-
Smaller Farms, More Cows.
Each and every one of YOU should
make the most of every opportunity
70 talk increased and better dairy
nerds. This will naturally mean farms
Of from 80 to 100 acres, and if the
entire, territory were divided ND info
farms OF this size it would be a much
better and prosperous country.
The farmer who depends on wheat
from year to year will sooner or lat
sr find himself in a position where he
3 unable to obtain the price he would
IKE and desire. He will be extremely
nard up while the dairy farmer with
IN -
Street w Easy
Every one of us can do lot Of
good along this line; talk dairyfng
every opportunity you have: talk di.
Vision of the big farms into smaller
and more profitable dairy. farms. Be- !,
ginning with eastern Minnesota and
moving on east you will And less
complaint at the present time less
ne financial condition than in any |
,rher section of the United States
rms Is accounted for by the fact that
he dairy interests are receivinp |
more, attention from year to vear
hereby insuring and increasing nro.
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