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Show J SOMETHING FOR STOCKMEN. Mr. Joseph Barker, the well known enterprising farmer and stockman in I" the communication printed below makes a most magnificent proposition lo anyone willing to do some hustling for the farmer's friend and servant, i the "Dcscrct Farmer." He will pay you handsomely. Read what he says: Editor Dcscrct Farmer, 'l)car Sir: In looking over -the-coW minis of your valuable paper I no(tc th'c-account .of your trip cast, and. what you say regarding conditions there and also in the west. It' seems too "bad that you have such a hard time to educate our people, and after working here all your life have to come back and' say we ought to have some of those people come out -west an'd buy our farms, so they can educate us (rfbyUicir example. Yes that is just . what they will do if wc don't wake-up, wake-up, and then by the time they get u3 taught we, with our sons, will be working for them. I have noticed your repeated efforts to the farmers and fruit growers to send in their subscriptions, and the valuable offers for new subscribers. I for one will assist you to double the subscription list during the next year if. you feel like accepting my help. I will make the following offer: 1st, to the person sending in the larg. est number of paid-up suvscribcr.5 to the Dcscrct Farmer from Jan. i, ioog to Jan. i, 1910, I will give one (1) registered Jersey bull calf, value $100. 2nd, one Berkshire or DUroc Jersey (registered) Boar Pig, value $25.00. 3rd, one Berkshire or Duroc Jersey (registered) Boar Pig, value $25,00. 4th, 100 eggs from a choice pen of Single Comb Brown Leghorn Chickens, Chick-ens, value $10.00. Or in other words I will give One Jersey Bull Calf, $100.00, and Two Boar Pigs, one a Birkshirc and the other a Duroc Jersey, value for the two $50.00. I want the party getting the second prize to have his choice whether he takes the Birkshirc or the Duroc Jersey pig, and the third prize takes the pig left, and for a fourth prize I will give 100 selected Leghorn eggs from a choice pen, the value of which would be for the special selection selec-tion for hatching purposes, $io.oo; total, $160.00. itfiMMirfi-rtfiMuMtfiMiMtMrtii'tfhfliMi |
