Show Thorns and Thistles I BY thy CARA CAUtA n REESE ESE Thorns n al also so o anti and thistles shall the earth bring forth so do 10 not be be In too big biG a hurry Investing all al your savings sayings say sav sv ings in a l little farm tarm Because somo acquaintance of or yours has imos ha a ten acre patch and hen lien house 0 these dull and anti is making a living dul times Is I no guarantee that lint you could coul raise an edible crop either in potatoes and pork or whole wheat whet and spring chicken and 10 be bp tt stranded on a 0 farm after you have havo nn in tho Ito city cHy all al your life Ifo would woul bo be the limit farm in times Buy nuy your prosperous when your friends might bo IJO willing willingto to aid you In case caBO tho time returns fen fell short of or a 0 respectable living Buy YO your l' l farm tarm with wih an attachment In tho time shape of oC a farmer of or the time old school ono who studies tho the weather and not too many books an and who has learned I through lifelong experience that no two years aro are ever alike alke and the I treatment of ot soil soU and stock must Inconsequence in inconsequence inconsequence consequence be bo different and varied No two years yeal'S are alike aliko on a tam farm no two crops correspond no two yields are aro tho the same but time and chance chanco affect them all al Thero are time the rains tho time frosts the dry spells the early springs the tho late springs the open winters an and tho time hard winters there arc ac the tho drought tho time mildew the time potato bu bugs the tho ills Is pertaining to poultry to pigs pig and cattle Dont Don't you yoube yoube be je In a n hurry You know about as a much about farming this instant as asan asan asan an Infant in arms Tho The first season might bo be nil all al you OU expected in handsome yield an and living and a n few cents of or profit and the next year and tho the year car after ater that and anti so Indefinitely might chronicle only failure allure You must be a a the dyed wool prognosticator of oC weather and crops a a telegraphic medium between the natural world and t the he plow the time reaping an and the threshing machines j tho Implements of or man Buy luy your little farm Calm for fun if Jf you please or to make the tho first start at ata ata ata a race raco of oC farmer boys boya and girls and leaving the time future generations to Lo garner garnor garnor gar gar- nor ner tho successes successes But do not Invest all ul of ot your hard earned hard hard-carnel savings and expect that you ou arc are now settled for Cor aye your living assured from Crom mother moLher earth Leastways If t you do lc keep p close chose to tho the city line lne a trolley troley ride distance from where the gol golden on grain sprouts for tor times of or emergency an aim hours hour's Journey from Crom tho the source of or food supply that never nover falls fais as aH the time crops of ot earth namely the tie or a place where you ma may sell soU after atter you havo tolled toiled toled and planted and anti reaped Thero lelo is nothing nothing like wholesome farm tarm life lra for the amateur when UK the th purse is full ful when there thre are aro no ito 10 hungry hun gry mouths to reed food no family to educate Thero Is la nothing moro laudable laudable laudable laud laud- able than back to tho the soil when time the yearnings have have- always been in that direction when the training is inborn an and when the mind Is free freeto freeto to indulge In a certain tranquility I But lut you have children to educate ducat you have no reserve fund for tho the da days of ot emergency the long IonS waits walt In between between be he- tween the time crops tho the unexpected sickness sickness sick sick- ness nes and you JOU and yours win will wither In tho the loneliness s of of a n life apart from trum tho throbbing life ute of ot tho time big city you havo unceremoniously qui quitted ted I Hard lard times Aye and amI the time hoarded fund is growing smaller But lut this Is not tho the time to pull pul up stakes lo to tomake make a 0 wild wid dash for tho time life of ot a farmer Carmer thinking solely of or the living living Ii liv ing InS It I is wise to keep with wih time tho crowd In times Ures of or stress Th The city schools to for l' l the children the tho patient patent corner grocery grocer tho the m multiplied opportunities for picking up small mal Jobs I the hospitals and helpful agencies Keep close chose to tho time crow crowd Anxious I Inquirer when the time skies are arc brighter pull lUll pul out and buy your our little farm Carm |