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Show I IThe . The War and Farming FarmingThe . The stock market reached forthe for forthe forthe the sky both in pricws prices and volumeof volume volumeof , of &ales ales sales & aale * In one day following tollowlna the theI thedeclara thedeclarations th thdeclarations declara declarations tiona of the existence of o1 a a"tate a'fate afate I .tate tate "tate ' . " of war by Britain and France FrancelIt FranceIt FranceIt It rnlKht might as easily easUy hav have thruIit thrust thrustits thrustits . lIt iu its head in the mud as it did In in1114 1914 If Britlan Britian Britaan had not stepped inand In Inand inand 11914 and frozen sales les Farm Fann commodit commodlt- commodlt commodity commodities commodltIlea commodityIlea - Ilea ies hav have also shot upward like re released re- re released released - - leased balloons balloon4 . ' being limited onlyby only onlyby \by by \ Iby onlyIby th the * celllnes ce1llnga ceilings officially placeden placed placedcn placedon cn on dally daUy daily rises How will wUl this affectfannInK affect affectfarming affectfarming farming ? Secretary Seeretary Wallace has hassaid hassaid haasaid said figuratively to kep keep * your yourshirt youiahtrt shirt hIrt on There are larte large existing existingsurpluses existingsurpluses existlnisurpluses surpluses to be disposed of World Worldcrops Worldcrops Worldcrops crops are harvested for this yearThe year yearThe yearThe The war may end before sprintThere spring springThere springThere There Is Ls no sane economic Conomic t = reasoiifor reasor reams . , for wheat prices tolni going up to 3Cper 30 30per 30per per cent In four days It is pureKamblinc pure pureIgambling puregambling gambling If It you eambled gambled by buy-Ine buy Ine buy- buy buying buying - Igambling ing a farm farpu farp1 during the last war waryou waryou waryou you probably know tha that t there are arelosers arlosers * losers as well as winners In the thegame thegame theB-ame theB ame Ilosers areIlosers game - A safe procedure mifht might be beto beto beto to let the tumblers gamblers do the gambl- gambl gambling ( ambl-inc ambl inc - - ! 109 ing and the farmers do the fam fam- tarn- tarn tarnlog famine - ling famling ine log The farmer who habituallyendeavors habituallyendeavors habitually endeavors to produce economic economic- economically economiclelly economicoily - lelly ally oily and who CQulps equips himself to get getalong alone 'along along ' with a minimum of hiredlabor hired hiredlabor labor If necessary will wUl be In aposition aposition a aposition 11abor position to reap full benefit benertt from fromincreased fromIncreased IlncreWied . increased prices and be best prep prepared prepared ared to take the shock of a de- de decrCQse decrease de decrease - I crease crCQse It If 11 It comes - - |