Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-27

at once. So the first day of having the | deacon moved across the big field. not | noticing that Mike wss not following. | Going back he said What is the matter | with you. Mixer 70, deacon I'm so faint I can't lift the scytfe." What 1 makes you feel faint?' T haven't had enough to eat since have been here. l always get faint when don't have enough to eat" The deacon ran across lots to the back of the house and swipfd ] g plate of hot biscuit and a custard pie that were cooling in the pantry window, | and he and Mike had a good lunch. When the deacon started moving again Mike moved right by him and got across the field before the surprised deacon was | half way there The deacon said: What i on earth ails you, Mike anyway" 'O, deacon. how them hot biscuits and GUS tard pie do now, don't they?'' After that Mike had all he wanted to eat and the I work progressed to the deacon's satis- faction
 Three things injure the farmer: First. he can have no control of the weather, | and rain often comes when 1t will do damage, or a drouth when rain is most needed. Second he has not controlled the
 profteering in farm products. Too high
 prices to the consumer results either in
 the farmer not being able to sell all he has produced that season, or he gets a very low price for it. Third, lack of CO.,
 operation, lack of understanding When the manufacturing was taken out of the home 1t meant that all the people were consumers of products that they
 could not control directly so their busi- ness was every other business too. We
 don't think enough A city friend who never hesitated to take several children and make long visits on the farm. be-
 cause, you know, it doesn't cost the farmer anything for food.'' said: T
 should think you farmers would feel so , Independent and be able to save much { money 1 have to pay high prices for them for nothing"
 2 She seemed never to have thought that
 the farmers Income came from selling t what he raised and that the value to the
 farmer was the price he could sell them f for, the same price that she paid if he
 sold direct to families, as many farmers \ do, and that for the surplus he received I very small price, the difference going
 to those who handled his crops
 [ She did not seem to notice how few 7 things B farmer raises, and for every
 thing else he pays the same high prices n l that others pay
 It is just as important that the cit5
 consumer should try to make fair anC
 honest dealing in farm products as fol I Lle ldEmer. We q0 not change our idea.
 of honesty and dishonesty fast enough t, keep up with the changing conditions O , living. a The test of the seriousness of a crim $ is how many does it injure and how, i P it health injury or only money loss
 The authorities spend too much time ol S petty, individual losses and ignors tn d big crimes that injure the many. Before the war 1t was always possfbl . to buy good cheap cuts of meat. Wh . has not this condition been re-establishe long before this? Who ever heard of tn . same price for cheap cuts as for the for 7 merly highest priced?
 II No matter how we spend our time i | the short dark days of winter, let us a z plan to get the benefit of the long sum mer days, doing our work as well and a
 quickly as we can in the cool of the earl g morning.
 The coming of the long daylight day ? when the sun calls US so early from ou
 comfortable beds, should be a time fc y new resolutions to do our work more ei hciently, to make the home happier tha ~ 1t has ever been, to spend as many houl le as possible out of doors, getting all tt ,e benefit we can from the fresh air an le sunshine. In the delightful cool breeze ,, III the early morning I can imagine I a y staying at some beautiful place in u le mountains or at the seashore No one lei too busy to manage it i; just change yol
 schedule of daily tasks and leisure tin 1e for the summer season.
 JEREMY.