F. C. PUTNAM 
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INTERMOUNT FARM SAUSAGE LAKE CUSHMAN, WASH. 
couple of weeks time, and I have put in 10 or 15 hundred ft. of 
drain so that now I have a pretty nice field. You see this is all 
alluvial land and only a few feet above the Lake, and drainage is 
vexy essential. I hope to put in a silo this summer and a power 
saw to cut my fuel. As we use about 200 cords, or rather ricks, 
yearly, it is necessary to get it done as cheaply as. possible. A 
rick, by the rajr, is the same as a cord, except that the wood is 
cut to the length taken by the stove, not the full 4 ft. Unti14 
you have lived on a frontier fain you h&ve no idea how much there 
is to do. 
ho you expect to come west this summer to see the Fair? 
I have an idea there will be a great rush of people from the East, 
as there will be no travel in Europe for some years to come. Those 
poor wretches over there have my unbounded sympathy. The loss of 
life, property, hunger and misery of all kinds are beyond our com¬ 
prehension. The longer it goes on, the greater seems the danger 
that we may be drawn into it, everything Seems to point towards 
it, and each side hoping that we may have to go on their side. 
Things are becoming very complex, and we can no longer live to our- 
selves alone. Prices here in,,foodstuffs have gone up since I wrote 
you last, and on the other hand labor is cheaper than for many 
years. Beef and pork, wh.olse.le, are cheaper than for a long time 
too, eggs do. and yet the commonest wheat for feed costs 21/2 
cts. per lb., end thousands of chickens are being thrown on the 
market because people cannot pay fcr the feed. I am handling five 
incubators, holding about 1100 eg 0 s, and it is quite a chore to 
take care of them alj,turn the eggs twice a day, and a little later 
