Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-01-15
a FAIR
EXCHANGE:
by
Cedric Adams

ATTENTION GOLFERS: An en-
gineer, whose game is plagued by
bad slice, applies a spot of radio
activation to his golf balls and then
locates them with portable Geiger
counter. The retort homicidal:
BE careful" warned the husband.
''or you'll bring out the beast in
me- 80 what?" shot back the
wife. Who's afraid of mice?" :.
Exquisite Form braSSiere of New
York has a new StrapleSS braSsiere
formed on a wire. 1t has a built-in
adjustment to expand or contract
both the cup diameter and the depth
by as much as one inch. The bras
Siere operates through cylinders on
either side that permit the wire form
to be extended or shortened one inch
in seven stages of adjustment. Pretty
complicated old world in which we're
living, wouldn't you say? =. Have
you heard about the two Indians
who were driving home after very
hilarious evening? Said one buck
to his pal, Looks like we're getting
closer to the reservation. - ''HoW
do you know" asked his ehum.
Came the reply, Were hitting more
Indians
You know l got to thinking the other
day about this very special sort of
fellow called a SpeculatOr. l know
we've all wondered at times Just
what good he does for us in the mar
ERflnor
any grain; he doesn't produce any
flour or other grain products-he
Just buys and sells at current prices
and hopes to make a profit ON price
changes. Well, actually, he's quite a
necessary chap. The "Sparkplug"
OF our distribution system, you might
say. If this professional risk-taker
were not willing to assume the risk
OF price changes, all the rest of us
would have to do it--everyOne from
the farmer, the elevator operator,
right down to the final user of grain
| products. And with that added risk,
grain might move a lot slower. Be-
cause of wider margins to cover the
risks taken by elevator manager,
| professors, ETC., prices would be
lower to the producer and higher to
the consumer. The Spectator is a
very important element of any mar
ket. One of these days, I'll see if ]
can spend day with one of these
fellows, and I'll devote a column to
1t. That way, wen all get better ac.
quainted with the SpecuIator, and his
part in the market places.
TWO HOSPITALS HAVE made
this rather curious request. When
| you visit patients in any hospital
try to refrain from shaking hands
with the patient Hands and fin
gers can have disease germs on
them and can therefore spread dis
ease from one person to another. The
practice should be eliminated eSpe-
c!ally in children's hospitals. Out
SIDE hospitals. handshaking prob
ably plays an important part in the
transmission of disease under ordi-
nary circumstances, but inside, il
establishes danger. Another dan
ger of the handshake is that it per
nlts close proximity Of the visitor
and the patient which should also be
avoided during visits tn hospitals
The patient won't miss the gesture,
either.
Did you know that even the sweep.
lngs off the Grain Exchange floors
nave some use. In fact, they eventu
ally show up on some meat counter
That's right. Sweepings are sold by
the sackeul to feed to livestock ir
nearby feed lots. Live and learn
And on that happy note. I'll leave
you until we meet again in my mex
column.
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