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Show FARMERS KNOW ADVERSITY BUT ALWAYS SMILE There is probably no class ot business or industry ,that can stand so much adversity as that of thu farmer and still come up smiling. The farmer can wait through a year of poor crops or no crops and exhibit ex-hibit a patience that would pin many a manufacturer or tradesman to the wall of exasperation if not ot finance. There are reasons for this. In the first place, the farmer's industry ts. basic solidly basic. Tlnf country must have him and his products. lit, knows that the rains will come, it not this year, next. He lives on until the Kreat sea of wheat or corn or beets or fruit beckons him to tlu. harvest. Iiecause his business is basic, the farmer himself is "basic." Sturdy is a better word. He nevci quits, seldom fives up: it would be disastrous to all of us if he loses the quality of stiokinj; to the job. We are all interested to the extent thai the prosperity of the farmer reflects re-flects into every nook and corner of economic life. |