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on Wheatlet. Mr. Rooster and Bob White were 

 looking after him, and Farmer Good was furnishing 

 food and protection for us all. I wonder who looks 

 after Farmer Good," he mused. 



"It must be He who brings the sunshine and the 

 rain, and puts all the good things here for our use, 

 who gave us all life, and a disposition and ability 

 to work for the welfare and comfort of each other," 

 thoughtfully replied Mr. Rooster. 



Just at this time Farmer Good and some strange 

 men came into the field and after thoroughly in- 

 specting the grain Farmer Good said: 



"Yes, this is a certified field of pure-bred Marquis 

 Spring Wheat, and I can deliver it threshed and 

 recleaned to you by next January at Amiens in time 

 for spring seeding." 



After quite a lengthy conversation, the discussion 

 came to a successful conclusion and as the men went 

 off, Mr. Rooster, who had remained hidden under 

 the clover plants a short distance away, came over 

 to the shock toward Wheatlet and remarked, "Do 

 you realize what it all means? That strange man 

 is the French Agricultural Attache in this country, 

 representing the French farmers. He has purchased 

 aU the wheat in this field, to be used in seeding the 

 battle fields of France. You are to be shipped to 



