Show LIFE IS A GAMBLE wo we heard beard a farmer declare tho the other day that he was going to quit growing so much wheat because it was too much of a gamble well I 1 there are mighty few things in the line of human endeavor that are entirely free from chance the orange grower in california or florida fertilizes the soil boll sprays the trees intensely cuti cultivates vates the grove and bets there thera will be no freeze and often loses the livestock live stock man who puts high priced teed feed into cattle and hogs bets that the price will not drop before his stuff Is ready for the market and sometimes it drops the merchant piles his shelves hilgh with goods taking chances that lie he can sell them promptly at a profit and discount his bills sometimes he does it often he does pot and so it goes the wheat grower gambles along w with ith the rest but is taking no more chances than the others one thing is sure unless one is willing to take some chances there Is not much show to make anything at fill all it Is all right to be conservative but it la 18 also possible boget to get too much of a good thing mack cretcher in newton journal |