1913. 
253 
The Farmer and the 1 hief. 
T HE following facts are given us by 
a prominent and intelligent farmer 
who lives close to a large city. This 
man has several farms or pieces of 
ground, one in particular being some dis¬ 
tance from his home. This field was 
planted in peaches, and the past year 
there promised to be a good crop. One 
day a neighbor called our friend up on 
the ’phone and told him that his orchard 
was full of town people who were steal¬ 
ing his peaches. If he expected to save 
any of them, he would better g^t busy 
at once. 
Our friend started across the country, 
and as he came out of the cornfield into 
his orchard he saw a man taking peaches 
off the tree, and putting them in a basket 
to take away. Our friend gave chase, 
but the other man was a better runner 
and got away although the farmer had 
a good chance to identify him. A boy, 
however, more greedy than the man, 
tried to get away with the basket of 
peaches, and the farmer was able to 
eatch him and hang on to him. This 
boy was collared and taken to the farm¬ 
er’s home, where they tried to make him 
tell who the thief was. He refused to 
give any information, but finally they 
found that the thief was the boy’s 
father. 
In time he was served with a warrant 
and properly arrested, and a day was 
set for trial. When the trial came, the 
court room was crowded with peddlers 
and town men who had come to see the 
thief through his trouble, but only one 
farmer, in addition to the man who had 
lost the peaches, ever came into the 
court, although all had been notified, 
and most of them lived within two miles 
of the place. 
The farmer went on the stand and 
absolutely identified the thief as the man 
who took peaches from his tree. It 
seemed like a clear case. The boy, how¬ 
ever, testified that his father had not 
taken any fruit at all; that he was a 
lover of fruit and just went into the 
orchard to see how ripe the fruit was, 
and how it was getting along, and man 
after man among the town people and 
peddlers went on the stand and swore 
to the same thing. The result was that 
the justice discharged the man, although 
without question that gang of thieves 
had taken $50 worth of peaches out of 
the orchard. 
Not long after, a friend of this farmer 
met the justice on the road and asked 
him why he ever gave such a decision in 
the face of the testimony. 
‘ Why,” he said, “that man had the 
biggest crowd of voters; that farmer 
was alone. His friends and neighbors 
didn’t have the nerve to come and sup¬ 
port him. Every friend that the other 
man had turned out. and backed him 
up, and I knew that when it came to 
election, those fellows would all vote 
as they testified, while those farmers 
wouldn’t either testify or vote.” 
The result was he had to take care of 
the man with the biggest crowd. 
Here was an actual case: it occurred 
in an intelligent community among farm¬ 
ers who are well-to-do, and also pride 
themselves upon their independence. We 
wonder if the situation is the same in 
other neighborhoods. There is no wonder, 
however, or question about the outcome 
of any business or co-operative enter¬ 
prise in a community where farmers will 
not stand or fall together. The very first 
principles of successful co-operation were 
broken down in that court room, when 
the farmers would not come into court, 
make a fight and support their neigh¬ 
bor. 
Rolling Newly-seeded Oats. 
I > ic proper to roll oats after seeding 
or not? w. c. A. 
Somerville, N. J. 
It depends on the soil and the season. 
The object of rolling is to compact the 
-oil about the seeds, crush the clods and 
help hold moisture at the surface. On 
light, dry soil the rolling pays well. On 
sticky, clay soil inclined to be wet, roll¬ 
ing would be one of the worst things 
you could do, as it would form a hard 
crust on the surface. One of the best 
i'/bs we ever saw was done by packing 
:he soil down hard with the roller and 
ii‘ti scratching the surface lightly with 
harrow. Nr> regular rule can be given 
bout rolling. It requires great judg- 
THli KUKAh NBW-YORKSB 
-and hundreds of 
drop f&rgings 
that cut down 
the upkeep cost 
It’s just another example of the scien¬ 
tific study that Studebaker gives a car, 
Studebaker engineers decided to make 
this FOUR cost less to run than any 
other car of its size on the market. 
So one of the things they did in re-designing it was 
to use more and more drop forgings — 247 of them in 
this one car. To be sure, drop forgings cost us more 
than malleable castings. But the BIG thing—the thing 
that Studebaker sought and was willing to pay for—is 
the fact that the extra drop forgings give the car extra 
safety and longer life and rigidity that makes it EAS¬ 
IER riding—and at the same time, cut down its weight 
and its upkeep cost. 
Of course, that policy of going to any manufacturing 
expense to make the car BETTER is only what you 
might expect in a car that Studebaker built. For you 
KNOW, as your fathers before you KNEW, the sterling 
integrity and high ideals that name of Studebaker 
stands for. 
But you’ll appreciate even more what that name of 
Studebaker stands for on a car when you 3ee this 
FOUR at your local Studebaker dealer’s—and see how 
convenience and SERVICE-giving quality have been 
built into every detail. 
It’s the ideal car for use on the country roads that 
Studebaker knows so well—EASY-riding and EASY 
to drive—handsome as any car you ever saw—and with 
POWER, lots of it, more than enough for any roads or 
any hills you'll ever face. And backed by a National 
Service organization so COMPLETE that wherever you 
drive, you are “never more than a town away from 
Studebaker Service.” 
Why not see this FOUR to-day — this 
FOUR that Studebaker built to stand the 
test of country roads? See it and drive it 
yourself — and judge how much you CAN 
get for $985 
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Electric Lights 
Electric Starter 
Electric Lighting and Start 
ing—FULL Floating Rear 
Axle — Timken Bearings — 
Safety Tread Rear Tires — 
One-man Type Top 
Studebaker ROADSTER, • $985 
Studebaker FOUR, • - 985 
Studebaker LIGHT SIX. - 1385 
Studebaker SIX, 7-paueUfer, 1450 
F O B, Detroit 
FOUR 
'985 
Write for 
“The Story of Studebaker ” 
Address Dept F2, STUDEBAKER — DETROIT 
