The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-03

and even won some cups. one %
them ni the Chicago Worlds fair.
Well. between ms cows and a sort
- coal business Ia started down
IN Cunioocook ! managed 90 scrape
together n few hundred dollars and
bulli . honse and got married
'Thc ueHi winter the best farm
hand In the town came 70 work
for me, don't know what gave
me the notion. but we had about
two hundred old apple trees along
the fence rows-a cider mill once
stood on this site: anyhow. told
my new man 10 trim those trees
'Eie hated trees. lie just waded
In and trimmed the devil out %
them. Exactly what they needed
Gne Job Then I told him 20 take
the dump cart and feriIlIEe them.
Thai made him 50 mad he tried 20
smother them at the roots ! guess.
Anyway. those old neglected trees
went ahead and yielded. the mex,
year. $3.50 worth Of aples.
"Seven hundred and fifty dollars.
II was Ike striking gold start
cd planting. Mcintosh and Bald.
wins. mostly. have 200 trees
now"
Before | left asked him 10 write
me a letter. adding anything that
he might wish. Il wish" be wrote.
that more people would accept the
conditions Of agriculture as we find
them today. II offers advantages
not TO be found In any other indus.
try. The duties are. on the whole.
less exnctlng and II you follow mod
ern methods you make a fair re
turn.
"Sueh goods aud reputation as I
have have gained In working
clothes. and am proud Of L. sit
ting here az my desk In a comfort
able house on a farm near enough
to the village TO enjoy the benefit
of social lie and activities. feel
that I could have made no better
choice than 20 stay here and farm.
"My land Is clear OF debt. II is
returning an Income sufficient for
all necessary requirements. With
a love OF outdoor life. a farmer may
lead a good life. and may read and
ponder on all theories. all doctrines.
without the haste. the trials. the
prejudlces that surround and mold
the commercial and industrial life
OF America today"
Third. perhaps. OF the siereo-
types by which the farmer is rep
resented 10 hls fellow citizens In
this republic. the United States De
partment OF Agriculture lately un-
dertook a cure The extension dIvi-
sion sent out Ackerman. its best
photographer. TO bring In pictures
OF the most Representative" Amer
lean farmers and their homes.
One OF the men so photographed
was Eugene Elkins, Route /, Wake
field. Kan. and this Is his reply
TO a questionable that the depart
ment. seeking further information.
sent out:
/. How long have you lived In
Clay county, How much land do
you farm! "Was born here October
%. 1865. Have owned this farm
since 1908 and lived on II since
1914 II contains 40 acres. Have
other farm and pasture land. Never
paid more than S115 an acre and
never sold more than a foot OF
land In my life"
2. When did you start farming
for yourselfi Where? Il started In
1892, the year of the panic. when l
was twenty-four. On a farm near
here, which stlll own"
3. What are your outstanding. up
to-date farm practices? Il just do
a good thorough job OF mixed farm
Ing. and try to do things at the
right time"
4. What outstanding farm and
community improvements? II would
rather that my Improvements. both
Indoors and out. speak for them
selves