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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



on the farm, but it is of great value to the country 

 at large. From the rural districts comes the citizen- 

 ship of our country, and if we are to keep the ideals 

 of our nation inviolate, we must keep our country 

 youth content on the farm. In any place life must 

 be made attractive to make it worth living, and to 

 save young people from gaining the false standards 

 of value and false ambitions which the city offers, 

 life at home, in the country community in which 

 each farmer and his family live must be made at- 

 tractive and possible through some form of home 

 and community recreation. 



Prosperity ! It is spelled for the 

 Harvest Worth United States this year in these fig- 

 Billions ures: Wheat, 1,000,000,000 bushels; 

 Opens Big corn, 3,000,000,000 bushels; oats, 

 Opportunity 1,500,000,000 bushels. Total for the 

 three grains 5,500,000.000 bushels. 

 In round numbers, those figures are the govern- 

 ment estimates. 



Such figures are almost too great for compre- 

 hension. What does this mean in dollars and cents? 

 Figuring wheat at a dollar a bushel (it's more than 

 that now), corn at seventy cents, and oats at forty 

 cents a bushel, the result : 



Wheat $1,000,000,000 



Corn , 2,100,000,000 



Oats 600,000,000 



Total three grains $3,700,000,000 



Crops of that stupendous total are now being 

 harvested. That huge total is being put in circula- 

 tion in this country. It goes not into the pockets 

 of a few very rich men ; it goes into the pockets of 

 the farmers of every state from there to reach 

 every channel of trade. 



It needs no prophetic soul to foretell early and 

 certain prosperity. The billions from the harvest 

 furnish guaranty. 



There has been no overcapitalization, no over- 

 production, recently, in this country. On the con- 

 trary, for two or three years there has been an 

 extraordinary period of retrenchment and severe 

 economy. Stocks are low whether in big business 

 or in the tens of thousands of little stores. The great 

 railroads and the small factories need rehabilitation. 

 All business is waiting for the word to start the 

 greatest buying movement in this country's history. 

 The billions from the bushels will start the wheels. 



Even though we are facing an international 

 crisis, there can be no question but that we are on 

 the verge of prosperity far greater than ever before 

 experienced, even in this nation of great plenty. The 

 far-seeing business men already are shaping for the 



booming times. Quietly they have been buying 

 goods, laying in new stocks, all the while talking 

 hard times so that no one would boost the prices 

 on them. 



The time to buy is when every one wants to 

 sell ; the time to sell is when everyone wants to buy. 



There never was a better time to buy than now. 



The country is just coming out of the cloud, into 

 the financial golden sunlight. The wise men know 

 it. Every one should wake up to the real condition. 



The big money will be made by those who begin 

 their buying now, before the prices soar; by those 

 who have new, fresh goods to tempt some of the 

 farmers' unprecedented wealth. 



There are none so blind as those who will 

 not see. 



Opportunity knocks ! 



Do it today! It will be a harder job tomorrow. 



It's nice to talk about war, but are you ready 

 to enlist? 



Old-fashioned annuals and perennials are more 

 in use this year than ever. 



Let's not knock a chip off anybody's shoulder 

 unless we are prepared to fight. 



Take better care of the farm machinery this 

 winter. You cannot make money any easier. 



It will soon be time to take up geraniums and 

 annuals to be grown in the house for winter flowers. 



A good strain of hollyhock makes an excellent 

 plant for a late summer screen at the rear of the 

 house. 



The seas must be free, even though it hurts 

 England's pride a bit. The Kaiser has bowed to the 

 I". S. King George is next. 



Great Britain's bargain with J. P. Morgan may 

 hold down grain prices but the record crop will not 

 go to waste. Perhaps it may mean cheaper bread. 



The lazy man generally wears a hang-dog look, 

 because down in his heart he is ashamed of himself 

 and knows that he deserves the contempt of his 

 fellows. 



