Show pLAYING THE GENTLE FARMER In a recent issue the Saturday Even Een Evening ing lug Post a publication of great cir circulation circulation printed a n tale of the mar ma marvelous marvelous elous qualities of what it called Alaska wheat According to this chron chronicle chronIcle icle icie the first seed of ot this wheat was wa discovered In Alaska and its discoverer did not know kno its wonderful wealth un until until until til he had hac experimented with it He found round among other things that it t would yield over OO bushels to the acre which Is going some for Cor any an wheat since the best be t of the common varieties does loes not often average as I high as fifty bushels to the tue acre Now Xo comes the department of oC agri agriculture agriculture culture with a bulletin declaring the Alaska wheat tale a myth mth and calling attention to the tile tact fact that much the same game was Avas worked long ago when some faker pretended to have found seed wheat in an Egyptian Eg s tomb which seed feel yielded marvelously The point of the tale of oC course Is that the alleged alle ed discoverer of oC these wonder wonderful ful ul grains sells seed as a special favor favorat at about fifty times Its real value and the tile buyer bUJer has haR no recourse when he lie 11 finds he has been Any farmer who thinks he has a chance to work miracles with a new grain advertised with such stich variety varlet of detail and wealth of adornment would do well to consult Uncle Sams depart department department ment of agriculture before he pays 2 a pound for seed Investigation only costs 2 cents cent for Cor or postage and may save sae savea a years ears effort and md a lot of oC money mon |