Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1908 — Farm Gumption. [ARTICLE]

Farm Gumption.

Have you saved a little money this year? Invest some of it in the old farm; do something to make the place better. You could have no better bank than your own farm. Every dollar thus invesetl will come back with tenfold interest If a farmer wishes to find out the amount of corn he has on the ear, multiply the length of crib in feet, and divide by two and one-fourth. The easy way to divide by two and one-south is to multiply by four and divide by nine. A neighbor who is visiting in the city since corn-husking is over, writes home about taking chances on a six-cylinder motor car, and last summer he objected to his wife buying a gasoline stove because he was afraid to have the peeky thing around It is very annoying to te’ephone subscribers to find during the very busy hours in the evening, when they want to use the phone, that some couple are sparking over the wire, or somebody else is holding a long conversation. Some people use the telephone almost any time for almost anything.—December Farm Journal.