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Yesterday  we  got  out  the  old  buggy, 
and  loading  the  two  little  folks  in  set  off 
up  into  the  country  to  see  how  the  heifers 
were  getting  along.  They  have  been  on 
pasture  for  nine  months  now,  and  we  were 
so  fortunate  as  to  find  a  place  where  no 
other  stock  is  kept,  but  having  hay  in 
the  mow  and  a  good  barn,  the  owner  of 
the  place  offered  to  keep  the  heifers  all 
Winter  for  the  same  price  as  Summer 
pasture.  Such  an  offer  cannot  be  found 
these  days,  as  a  rule.  But  even  at  that 
the  heifers  have  cost  us  to  date  $17.50  in 
pasture,  and  they  will  not  be  fresh  till 
next  July,  and  yet  the  dealers  want  to 
buy  fresh  heifers  for  $30,  or  even  less. 
They  say  there  are  cows  in  abundance  at 
the  stockyards  in  the  neighboring  city 
that  can  be  bought  for  $35  to  $50.  but  the 
local  dairymen  are  not  risking  them  be¬ 
cause  they  are  all  so  thin.  We  sold  a 
four-year-old  cow  with  heifer  calf  recently 
for  $75,  and  we’re  told  there  are  few  cows 
to  be  found  that  are  in  really  good  con¬ 
dition.  Alfalfa  hay  is  selling  in  the  mow 
at  $20,  and  dairy  feed  delivered  comes  to 
about  $52  a  ton.  The  farmers  have  just 
let  their  stock  rough  it  rather  than  pay 
the  prices,  knowing  they  would  never  even 
up  if  they  sank  too  much  in  feed  now. 
Milk  sells  for  12  cents  a  quart,  and  cream 
to  retail  customers  at  25  cents  a  pint. 
There  is  very  little  butter  being  made,  for 
it  brings  but  45  cents  at  best,  and  the 
market  for  milk  and  cream  is  so  handy. 
This  has  been  a  bad  Winter  for  grass, 
with  very  little  snow,  the  warm  clays 
followed  closely  by  hard  freezing  weather 
and  rain.  But  we  saw  several  wheat 
patches  that  look  very  good.  The  air  was 
full  of  smoke  from  the  burning  off  of  to¬ 
bacco  beds  on  the  hillsides.  In  a  number 
of  places  sod  was  being  turned  and  corn¬ 
fields  disked.  The  temperature  was  70 
at  noon,  and  the  man  who  makes  his  fruit 
trees  his  hobby  said  we  would  not  have 
any  peaches  this  year.  The  buds  are  too 
far  out.  Today  I  am  thinking  he  is  about 
right,  for  the  snow  flies  every  few  min¬ 
utes  and  the  mercury  is  standing  at  20. 
Hard  on  fruit  and  grass  and  all  kinds  of 
stock. 
The  old  farmer  on  the  back  road  says 
we  are  in  for  unsettled  times  on  the 
farms.  He  proceeded  to  tell  of  the  prices 
paid  for  farms  about  here  20  or  30  years 
ago,  and  the  prices  being  paid  today. 
Where  they  sold  for  hundreds  then  they 
sell  for  thousands  now ;  $10,000  for  a  30- 
acre  place  14  miles  from  the  city  and  on 
a  .State  pike  is  the  most  recent  sale,  and 
lias  caused  much  comment.  The  farmers 
say  the  owner  never,  never  can  make  it 
pay.  Men  of  experience  are  leaving  their 
farms  unoccupied  to  go  to  work  in  the 
city.  Young  men  are  going  into  partner¬ 
ship  and  stocking  farms  from  the  public 
sales  till  the  clerks  are  demanding  cask 
or  something  just  as  good,  and  the  older 
ones  are  saying :  “Another  sale  some  time 
in  the  next  year  or  so.”  One  man  who 
paid  83c  for  indifferent  corn  to  feed  his 
200  hogs  acknowledged  to  others  that  he 
is  “hog  poor  and  crazy.”  But  he  can 
afford  to  indulge,  for  he  has  a  comfort¬ 
able  income,  and  his  farm  is  on  the  side, 
so  far  as  his  living  goes. 
Back  “up-country”  the  farmers  are  sit¬ 
ting  tight  and  making  ends  meet  by 
scheming  and  careful  planning.  Here  near 
to  the  city  places  are  changing  hands  so 
fast  it  is  impossible  to  keep  track  of 
them.  Town  people  coming  out  buy  a 
small  place  and  proceed  to  show  the  farm¬ 
ers  how.  Tired  and  discouraged,  farmers 
buy  a  small  place  near  town  and  go  to 
hauling  or  trucking  to  get  a  little  ready 
cash.  Soon  the  farmer  finds  his  venture 
does  not  pay,  and  the  town  man  finds  the 
farmers  have  something  to  show  him,  and 
they  both  sell  out  and  move  on.  And  so 
it  is  going.  Just  where  and  how  it  will 
end  remains  to  be  seen.  “omo.” 
Contract  with  Minors 
A,  B,  C,  brothers,  are  left  a  farm.  B 
and  C  are  minors.  A  desires  to  buy  out 
B’s  and  C’s  interests.  B  and  C  wish  to 
sell  their  shares.  A  lawyer  advises  A 
to  pay  B  and  C  four  per  cent  on  their  in¬ 
vestment  until  they  become  21 ;  then  A 
is  to  pay  B  and  C  the. principal.  A  con¬ 
tract  is  to  he  drawn  up  and  signed  by 
A,  B,  and  C,  giving  the  values  of  each 
share  and  stating  the  terms  of  payments 
and  interest.  Would  receipts  given  by  B 
and  C  to  A  for  payments  of  interest  be¬ 
fore  they  become  21  years  of  age  be  good 
according  to  law?  Are  any  papers  legal 
signed  by  minors?  Would  it  be  safer  for 
A  to  pay  B  and  C  their  four  per  cent 
interest  when  they  reach  legal  age? 
New  York.  a.  c.  c. 
The  difficulty  in  dealing  with  infants  is 
that  they  may  at  any  time  before  arriving 
at  the  age  of  majority  disaffirm  their  con¬ 
tract  We  believe  you  would  be  pro¬ 
tected  in  what  you  had  paid  the  infants 
by  way  of  interest,  but  they  at  any  time 
have  a  right  to  withdraw  from  the  con¬ 
tract.  A’s  attorney  is  trying  to  save  A. 
B  and  C  money  by  his  advice,  for  ho 
might  have  brought  an  action  to  partition 
the  property  or  have  petitioned  the  court 
for  the  sale  of  the  infants’  share  of.  the 
real  property.  A  would  be  taking  the 
slight  chance  of  having  B  and  C  disaffirm, 
but  probably  if  the  property  is  not  very 
valuable  it  is  the  best  way  out  of  it. 
N.  T. 
“How  awfully  greedy  you  are !”  said 
one  little  girl  to  another.  “You  took  the 
biggest  apple  from  the  basket  just  as  I 
was  going  to  take  it  myself.” — Credit 
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