Show Who's got 40 acres In the early days of the United States the man with 40 or 50 acres a mule and anda a roof over his head was thought to be doing pretty well But for a long time in affluent America such an individual has been a worry to the politicians who have made it a cause celebre to lift him out of his abject poverty whether he wanted to be lifted or not Cecil Waggoner writing a column in inthe inthe inthe the Claude Texas NEWS entitled Uncle Claude in Armstrong County points ponts out that The most fortunate man today is the backward soul who owns 40 acres in Arkansas has two mules a milk cow a few hogs chickens and a garden and his wife is a whiz at canning He will be the only one around who will know where his next meal is coming from when we finally reach the bright new world that modern man has created for himself That world as Mr Waggoner describes it is one of worthless money empty gas tanks and short supplies of groceries Sounds familiar doesn't it |