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Show THE ADVANCE OF '. THE FARMER As plcturtd In tho comic supple-. supple-. ments, the farmor Is a frowsy sort of animal. Ills clothes look llko a . tramp's, ho ls usually minus a neck tie, and If his whiskers grow, they . look llko Carranza's. Tho real farmer, as ho comes down town these lino spring mornings, ls a different personage If his errand calls for contact with tho beasts of ' the Held or good red earth, ho may not look Just lit for a dancing party. par-ty. Hut usually you cannot toll htm I much from any other kind of busl- I ncss man. An Iowa man was remarking tho other day that In his neighborhood ', tho average farm Is worth closo to $30,000, and Is Increasing In valuo 10 per cent annually. A number of ' other states aro Just as prosperous ns Iowa. Our friend remarked how many farmers now liavo houses lighted light-ed by electricity or gas, furuaco heat, hrusscls carpets, lace curtains, pianos nnd vlctrolns. They have one or two J automobiles, take ono or three dally nowspnpers nnd ns many weeklies, support churches liberally, and Bond their children lo collcgo and technical techni-cal school. Of courso In the newer states many of tho farmers nro whore tho Iowa man's father was 30 years ago. Dut this fact Is much better realized than It was. j What folly then, for the newspa- ' pers to continue the preposterous habit of ridiculing the farmer's nl- .hged rusticity. It could well be Ignored, did It not lead somo silly young pcoplo to quit tho farms for tho empty allurements of .the White Way. Also It deters worklngnien I from going Into the country nnd It makes it harder to get farm help, thus raising tho cost of living for everyone Dut tho city man who pities the country pcoplo for their primitive condition may have to borrow bor-row money or them to help him buy ihe necessaries of life |