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Show Anecdote That Recalls ' FtuVm Life of the Past President S. H. Thompson of the American Farm Bureau federation eald on Ms return from Europe, where with 30 farmers be bad been studying European agriculture: "European farmers know nothing about motor plows or electrical milkers. milk-ers. They are living now pretty much like the farmer's wife of a generation ago. "A generation ago a preacher held up a farmer and said: "'How's your wife today? 'About the same, reverend. Certainly Cer-tainly no better.' "'Dear me I Too bad. What seems to be the matter with herf "'Well, reverend, I can hardly tell ye, but If she don't get better pretty quick me and the boys'll be all knocked out doing ber work.'" Detroit Free Press. |