THE FARMER'S WAY.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 January 1914, Page 3

THE FARMER'S WAY.

1 Sir,—Two writers attempt to reply to my letter, and Mr : A. Retter, offers his testimony as to the abundance of what he con- . siders to be my favourite food. I have never been able to sample this' particular vegetable, as my ' skin is not as "dense as Mr Better's intelligence, and the handling of' '£ ? thistles is painful. "Mortgaged !■'■ Farm" claims—what I d'id not v deny—the intelligence to think for himself; Bui I certainly deny that he has the intelligence to think aright. Witness his letter and his own, admission that he is living from hand to mouth. He should not be on a farm; that requires intellect of a high order. He should be Avorking on the wharf. Mr R. S. Young's is the 'only letter worth taking notice of, | -'', - though it is plain that he has I '■'" been browsing in the Red lederI ation carrot patch. The reason [ some " cookies'" work the hours I stated by Mr Young is not to be ' / attributed to anything he- alleges, I but to the fact that blights and various pests and diseases destroy in few months the work of years, - and then the farmer -being natu- .'•■■.' rallv* honest—works two yea;* iu one'to pull up and pay b's way. I The point I made thai the wage |." worker is a wage worker because, he has not the brains to live oiher-w-se is taifcfully av«uled It i •'■■■, they are the active brained liidiJk • viduals Mr Young wjuig have , people believe, why uo not t&ey make thmselves heard and felt" Being brainy folk they should " know what organisation and united action means. But when they are not abusing the best and : i fairest Government this country \ has ever had they are quarrelling ?'■■■ amongst themselves. Mr Editor, I must apologise for taking up so much space, as the first two I'■ writers are hopeless and Mr it. ■■' ■ S Young has sufficient natural aptitude to find his way into the reform party, so I will not occupy further space to lead him aright ? as there is always the Dominion I notice he knows something of it K \ aWy-I "* etc -' A - GIiICOLA .