Show VA C A N school officials though they were i as s to the proper course rr acted tor for the best beat wl an they dismissed school for days to permit students to help with the harvesting they hail had tho law on their side it they had cared to serve notice on the comi any lany which la Is employing pea pickers not to use students and had they dauen taben that course most students would undoubtedly have come I 1 alo into school some difficulty might have been experienced in case of parents using their children but those would havo have been negligible neg but their were other considerations farmers needed help to harvest a crop which with proper encouragement may develop i a worthwhile industry here and students had bad an opportunity to make some money which in many tases cates Is sorely needed school can be made up during the winter without any great expense expellee or sacrifice another year it if lea growing la Is to be continued the school program can be adjusted adlus tea somewhat to 0 meet conditions start ing date can bo be delayed a couple of 0 weeks one of which can be made up through a ono one week holiday at christmas and the other by contin lulng longer in the spring when there la Is less demand tor for help of the indents out of school the incident emphasizes a trend in our agricultural practices which 0 believe la ia for the better instead ot of depending almost exclusively on an livestock and particularly sheep tor for our cur income and growing just enough alfalfa and grain to support them wo we are endeavoring to tind find a rash cash crop which will prove profit ible and furnish employment I 1 iahlo Poti potatoes toes seemed promising tor for a while and may be good some sea j lons inns at least we demonstrated that wo can produce them now we are experimenting with peas which last lear proved fairly profitable and imay atnay develop into a good industry corn growing promises much for or I 1 the valley alo and will undoubtedly be practiced on an indrea increasing ong cale supplementing our other I 1 feeds to an extent which will make more livestock feeding and increased dalr dairying ying we have needed diversification 0 mr george is experimenting with some new crops in his hi garden this summer slimmer ho he Is grow ing some sudan grass some my eoy leans l eans and some baftir corn |