When the war was over, Newspaperman Clarence Dirks did what most other city people just talk about doing. He settled down on a little farm to .raise cows, chickens and fruit.
He was as green at it as a stock character in a rural comedy; killing a chicken was a new and horrible experience, and at first, he ate a comb of honey a day, until he found he could sell them for 55ยข. The pittance Dirks got from his 76 acres on Camano Island in Puget Sound would have sent most men back to the city, but he eked out his...
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