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our ethical and cultural standards that 
are at stake^ 
It has been my good fortune at vari¬ 
ous times to come to know, in a rather 
intiniate way, some members of the 
Society pf Friends, and I admire them 
and their philosophy more than I can 
well tell. I remember how, at Mineola, I 
once met a gentle-voiced, cultured 
Friend who spoke of his history and 
told me of his problems. Quietly, un¬ 
emotionally, as one who states a sim¬ 
ple truth, he said: “For two hundred 
years and more my people have lived 
on this farm, and on it we have found 
happiness and satisfaction and content 
-—but the end comes. The ever-spread¬ 
ing city has practically surrounded and 
submerged me. On every side is a civ¬ 
ilization and standards and culture that 
has no understanding of or sympathy 
with me or mine. The real estate men 
are impatiently clamoring for my land, 
and they call me ‘fool’ because I still 
hold these open fields. The great es¬ 
tates covet my acreage. I could sell to¬ 
morrow for a thousand dollars for every 
acre—perhaps more. ‘I have kept the 
faith,’ but my boy will never till these 
fields as his fathers did, and the end 
comes quickly. I do not know what I 
ought to do.” 
I answered him: “Sir, I salute you. 
You are the last of a line of kings.” 
Thus through all the turmoil of our 
modern civilization, the Mills of the 
Gods grind — sometimes good — some¬ 
times ill. 
(jener^ Motors'Bmiks 
Better Transportation of Farm Products 
THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT 
OF GRIMM ALFALFA 
A. L. BIBBINS 
For years farmers of Carver County, 
Minnesota, had attempted to grow 
alfalfa, but were unable to make it 
last through the winter. Wendlyn 
Grimm, an old German farmer of that 
county, observed a few plants that sur¬ 
vived the normal winter conditions. 
Mr. Grimm selected seed from these 
plants and started the propagation of 
the variety that bears his name and 
which has brought millions of dollars 
to farmers in North America. 
It required 10 years to produce the 
first eight bushels of seed. His neigh¬ 
bors were trying out the variety in 
small amounts and found that it was 
especially hardy and could be depended 
upon to produce good crops of hay. 
Farmers in the region of Fargo, North 
Dakota, where previously it has been 
impossible to grow alfalfa successfully, 
were soon receiving the same results 
as experienced by the Carver County 
men. Soon it spread into South Dakota 
and the hill lands of Idaho. It is now 
grown for seed in Kansas, Nebraska 
and Colorado. 
It has taken a great many years to 
prove the value of Grimm alfalfa. 
Farmers of the northwest are well con¬ 
vinced on this point and a great many 
leading men of Wisconsin, Michigan 
and New York, have proved the super¬ 
iority of Grimm over common. Un¬ 
fortunately many have failed from the 
use of so-called Grimm. These failures 
have discouraged the growing of Grimm 
as well as the growing of alfalfa in 
some sections, but to-day farmers are 
finding that when they get the real 
Grimm that the battle is more than 
half won. This means a gx’eat deal to 
our agriculture. In Michigan the 
acreage has increased from 78,000 to 
over 500,000 in the last four years 
largely due to the use of reliable Grimm 
seed. 
_ This year there is more than usual 
interest in alfalfa in New York, re¬ 
citing in considerable demand for 
Grimm. A temptation on the part of 
some western farmers as well as some 
C^dsmen to misrepresent their alfalfa 
has placed upon the market a great 
deal more seed in the name of Grimm 
than is actually produced. That has 
been the experience of western farmers 
and seedsmen for a long time. Such a 
condition is deplorable, but must be 
laet by the eastern farmers insisting 
upon the fullest facts and knowledge 
C(mcerning the seed that he is using. 
Through the process of field inspection 
^d obtaining the seed at the produc¬ 
tion points, it is possible to purchase 
Grimm seed that comes from the origi- 
ual seed and is free from all mixtures 
and adulterations of common. That is 
the kind of seed that is making alfalfa 
growing more desirable, especially in 
those territories where the stands are 
subject to hard winter and spring 
conditions. , 
No matter where a GMG truck 
is used on the farm, it will 
provide the finest kind of eco¬ 
nomical truck transportation. 
For GMC trucks are built as real 
motor trucks should be—from 
truck units only—no passenger 
car parts used. 
Electric lights with generator 
and battery, starting equipment 
on model K16 and provision for 
starting motor on larger models, 
complete instrument case at the 
hand of the driver, large steering 
wheel, hand and foot throttle 
control, long gear shift, and 
brake levers—all make driving 
safe and comfortable by day or 
by night. 
The features of GMC construc¬ 
tion, such as removable cylinder 
walls, removable valve lifter 
assemblies, GMC pressure lubri¬ 
cation, positive instantaneous 
governor, interchangeable brake 
rods and many others provide 
new economies of operation and 
upkeep. 
In addition, in all GMC trucks of 
two tons and greater capacity, 
the now famous GMC Two- 
Range Transmission provides a 
new and revolutionary combin¬ 
ation of speed ahd pulling powder, 
not provided in other trucks. 
Whether you select the speedy, 
powerful “Jim Dandy” one-ton 
GMC or a larger model, you will 
find it affords a better and newer 
kind of haulage. 
Ask for booklet “Motor Trucks 
On The Farm.” 
General'^Motors Truck Company — Pontiac, Michigan 
Division of General Motors Corporation 
GMC Truck Chassis list at the Factory as Follows: 1-Ton, $1295; 
2-Ton, $2375; SVz-Ton, $3600; 5-Ton, $3950. Tax to be added. 
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