The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-27
Canadian Farmer Writes
to Archer Agriculturisi


to Archer Agricultural
The following letter was WRITTEN 10
M. n. Almberg of Archer oy andrew
Aune, and Mr.. Almberg considered
the letter so full of interest TO the
farmers of Northeastern Montana
that he requested the Producers News
to reprint the letter, which Is as tol-
lows:
Drawer II, Morrin, Alta,
April 6, 1928.
NJ. n. Almberg.
PlentywOod, Montana.
Dear Cousin!
Have just received your letter and
as the better half is threatening both
separation and divorce if l do not
forthwith set myself down and ans
wer, have to overcome my aversion
towards letter writing and hunt up the
! old typewriter.
We thought a while ago that spring
was here, but alas, it was mistake.
The man upstairs had something else
in mind The seeding will be late l
believe.
Last year was a rather bad year for
the farmer: rain the whole growing
season and consequently hail, snow
and poor grades. The yield was sat
isfactOry where the hail was not too
bad. | got 3d. per cent on all my
crop, still had an average of 80 bush
els to the acre. 1t was the municipal
of course. The farmers here seem to
have learned their lesson from the
lean years-very little new imple-
ments and cars. There is only one
combine in the district-on Bill Ores
place at Morrin, and he had to buy
one. His grain was so badly hailed
and knocked down by rain that he was
going to burn the whole thing, but
then the agent from the combine COM
pany offered to cut his field with the
combine and take his payment from
the wheat. The combine did good
work and Bill had his flax combined
shudder when | think where the
farmer would-be if it was not for the
wheat pool. Most all the die-hards in
this vicinity have now joined the poo
even Dick Waters; the only one left is
old Hodgson. | will give my expert
ence. After threshing, | took a load
IN to the Home elevator, for the pool:
No. 3 straight, 2 more loads the same
after that tough, and then the ele.
vators were full. At last l got a biz
from the pool elevator, but the oper.
ator said No. 6 tough. | put in 1900
bushels and the return give me
straight. What in the name of Odir
and Thor are you thinking of dow
there having a voluntary pool. Can
nothing succeed in the states excep
big biz? Are not the farmers kind O
ashamed of themselves; instead o.
trying to help themselves they are ev
er and anon running to their enemies
government begging for a handout. O,
VIII they never learn. You have al
election this fall. There is dollar,
against pennies that you will be beau
Il1ully taken In again. If the two old
parties should so far forget them
selves to nominate pretty decent can
dldates, it is only necessary to hav,
secret start meeting of big biz. ant
spring dark horse-witness Hard
ing's election.
We do things different in this conn
try. As you know, Alberta has farm
er governmental fact as well as i
name. had to go to Edmonton f;rs
of last month on business connects,
Win our school and while there tool
Che o""ortunlty to listen to the as
Sembly. Really l was almost sorr,
Tor the few members of the COnser
Vatlve and liberal parties. There wa
the whole one side of the assembI,
chamber filled with pipe-smoking far
mers. On the other side Labor first
o; then the two old parties a baker,
eozen together. Old man Hodlev. min
lster OF agriculture, was putting +br,
ms estimates. Every items nm one .
the other of the old parties got nm an,
talked against it. Sometimes tbe,
Were calling for a division. Av q,
from the farmers and few NAYS fror
the other side, and to make # NOR
dlItlcult there was the god-forsaICel
labor members always siding with III
government =. ZEN and leering at the law
yers OF the two old parties. Labo
certainly has smart members in tn
assembly. The bill for the fixing o
Che mental detectives was up and
was KIND of funny to listen to the nj
party members. Oh, thew were :
AFRAID that the interest of Jullingern
should not be protected. HodleT 90
KIND OF impatient at last and read FL
rot act to the old party members
then a division was called for am
the opponents were showed unde,
80 now Alberta has law that menta
qefe3ctiyes shall not propagate tbei
KIND. Really 1 must get Julius t
make a picture of how it will wor
When police, doctors, etc. are buntinp
II was the U. F. w. A. who starte,
tnls, but just think what the GOOI
people are saying. Depriving tullet
!oIkS OF their God-given right of max
ing klurers-these no good farmers
l was sorry that the premier. M,
Dfownly was not present that dav
Inc day before he delivered a sneecI
OF two hours duration, making hi
opponents look kind of silly with tbei
peCty opposition to everything nro
posed. Even the morning Alberta,
mad to admit that it was a real speech
The editorial in the Albertan the da-
AFTER had this heading, "a Stroni
Premier.