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In addition to this we had to hustle to keep the township's quota of soldiers full and avoid a draft. The fund amounted to several thousand dollars in '62 and '63, my own contribution amounting, as accounts show, to almost $200. Quite a number served constantly on committees, riding many miles after night and on days too stormy to work. It will be seen that the "Hundred-Day" men were not idle in those trying times, altho not yet in service at the front. About the same conditions existed in villages and cities. Shops were running short-handed, men were working over-time, absent soldiers' families had to be looked after, and above all, the constant strain of thinking about loved ones at the front, a strain which altho not so fatal as lead, was yet one that those in active service did not ^ave to contend with.

In April 1864, General Grant was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the field, and promulgated at once his plan to be that of immediate and persistent fighting along the whole Confederate front. Heretofore the Union fighting had been mostly done without thoroly concerted action among commanders of the different divisions of the army, and the South, having the advantage of the shorter, inner circle, and being able to move on chords, while the Northern troops must move around on the circumference, could fight men at Richmond one day, in the Shenandoah valley soon after, and when things quieted for a spell in Virginia, shift them quietly and swiftly to the valleys of Tennessee. The Confederates also took advantage of their short line of defense to furlough large numbers of men who went home and helped put in crops and saved the government the cost of maintaining them during their absence.

General Grant decided that the only way to end the war was to keep the Confederates so busy that their soldiers had no time either to plant corn or take cross-country railroad rides. This, however, would require a large number of additional troops at once, and these were not easy to get. The North was entirely drained of the men who could go as well as not,, and also of a large number who were zealously patriotic and made great personal sacrifices to go. Within the last 18 months drafts for 500,000 men had been made and another draft was ordered for May 10. Many of the men in former drafts were not very efficient and those to be got in the coming one could not be made very useful before mid-summer, owing to rawness and sickness incident to breaking in.

In this emergency Gov. Brough of Ohio* called a meeting of the Governors of a number of states, at Columbus, and the tender was made by those having efficiently organized National Guardsmen, of 120,000 men to be mobilized in camp within ten days should the President close with the offer. Five states were in the deal and Ohio was to furnish one-third, or 40,000. The number finally shrank to about 98,000, Ohio furnishing more than 38,000. As I remember there were 42 regiments, Nos. 129 to 171 inclusive.

On the 5th of May these 42 regiments took trains for the nearest encampment and about ten days after were doing garrison duty from Vicksburg, Miss., to Havre de Grace, Md. Parts of several regiments saw some fighting in Tennessee and West Virginia, and those from New York and Pennsylvania saw considerable in Virginia. The defenses of Washington consisted of 52 forts mounting heavy artillery and connected with rifle pits entirely surrounding the city. From about the middle of May until the close of August these defenses were manned entirely by Ohio Hundred-Day men. The 1.64th Ohio, to which the writer belonged, reached Washington on the 17th of May and took positions the following day in forts lying opposite Georgetown, four miles up the Potomac from the Monument. While the regiment was in Camp Cleveland and en route to Washington, the battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House were being fought and when we arrived at our destination, near Washington, a long string of ambulances, each carrying two wounded soldiers, were plying between the steamboat landing at Alexandria, and the hospitals in Georgetown. The procession continued day and night and one on guard at the gate of Fort Corcoran could often hear groans and sometimes oaths from the canvass-curtained wagons. Eleven days later, on a sunshiny Sunday morning, the first 20 burials were made in Arlington Cemetery, which now contains about 16.000 graves. All summer the procession of dead-wagons was an every-forenoon feature, and we could always know when a bloody battle had been fought by the passing of the ambulance train.

We were about 80 miles (as the crow flies) from the battles of the Rappahannock. We remained at Georgetown until about August 22 and were mustered out at Camp Cleveland Aug. 27.

Altho put into the service on a few days' notice and without being consulted, there was but little "kicking." We' might have insisted on staying within the state, as did a company at Dayton, O. As there were no soldiers needed at that time in Ohio, this company was branded as rebel sympathizers and dishonorably discharged.

I have heard the Hundred-Day men disparaged as cowardly or unpatriotic, but such was not the case. No more is it true of most of those who did not serve at all. Some one must run the shops and farms and stores and those that did could not be in the army, and it often took more courage to decide that duty lay at home than to go. This was especially true of boys who saw their schoolmates don the blue and march away with the' caresses of girl friends on their lips and dreams of glory in their minds. Another article giving in detail some of the experiences of. the shor* 'erm soldiers will follow, and will show that they deserve to be remembered on Memorial Day.

By Alice May Douglass

Beneath earth's canopy of flowers They safely lie - these friends of ours. No more they mind harsh winter's snow, And naught of summer's heat tney know- -

Know they on this Memorial Day With tributes rare to them we stray, Our hearts so full of tenderness, That we so gladly would express To hearts that ne'er respond to ours Beneath earth's canopy of flowers?

they'll know The deep, dumb love we blindly show Unto them, now - our only way To reach them on this sacred day - Beneath ( earth's canopy of flowers, These friends of ours, these friends of

As Uncle, Hiram Seles It

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It was the evening of the 27th of May, and talk at the little general allround store had naturally turned toward the coming Memorial services. From this it had drifted to tales of war, and the old soldier had eloquently poured fourth stories of valor and courage, and of hardship. Tales told in his well-known gruff old way and generously interspersed with his favorite by-word, "By Jolly." Then in a gentler mood, he had related an incident concerning Betty Matthews,who had mothered or befriended most oi the crowd at some time in their lives, and whose recent death had been a village loss. He told of her heroic fight for bread for her little flock -f four while her husband was away in his country's service.

Back by the stove and a little apart from the others, Tom Wortendale, a long, lank fellow with a heavy head of curly, black hair, was vigorously and repeatedly blowing his nose.

To tell the truth, Tom's conscience was troubling him a little. He had usually been able to drown that troublesome small member of his mental anatomy in a well of indifference, but tonight, aroused by tales of preparation for" the coming Memorial Bay, it insisted on picturing to him a little mound on a far-away hill, where a little, tattered, storm-tossed flag was always swaying.

Above it, as he had seen her years before, bent the figure of a woman - his mother^-an old woman with white hair and faded, blue-gray eyes, from whose depths there shone a world of love and patience, whose face was seamed with lines of care and sorrow.

Slowly she knelt, and from the basket on her arm took her little offering of wild flowers and placed them on the grave of her long-lost husband. Slowly and laboriously she rose and limped painfully down the hill to the little log house. It was seven years since he had seen her thus, but he remembered it all as plainly as if it had been yesterday.

By and by he had gradually ceased to write and it was now two years since a letter had gone from him to the home-folks, but, hoarded away in a little tin box in his trunk, were the letters received from his mother. Four of them was all. It was hard for her to write. She couldn't spell very well and they were written in a cramped, irregular hand which it bothered even Tom to read, but they contained a world of tenderness.

"Tom," she had written in the last one - "I^wish you would get married and settle down." In her worried mother-heart even that, which would in a sense take him from her, was to be preferred to this wandering from place to place, and encountering temptation and sin at every turn. And he, vaguely understanding, had saucily agreed to himself - "Yep, mother, I'll get married as soon as I find a woman that suits."

Thus with the wander-lust growing strong upon him he had gone from place to place, staying here and there for a few weeks or months of work - ' wherever he could get the best wages - for from somewhere Tom had inherited a streak 'of thrift, and tho it's often truly said that "A rolling stone gathers no moss," his was the exception that proves the rule,, for down in Elsmere, safely deposited in a bank, was a snug little "roll" that Tom could call his own?

Tonight with the memories of old days stealing over him thru the haze of tobacco smoke which filled the little store, there came a real heartfelt longing to see again the dear old mother and the little log cabin 'neath the hills.

"Go home and see my lother. I ain't seen her in seven years," answered Tom, his face gleaming all over with hearty good-will now that the decision was made.

Two days later, Tom Wortendale, dressed in his Sunday clothes, swung himself lightly from the car steps at the little station of Hemlock. His mother's farm was still two miles away and as he walked rapidly along in the gathering twilight he was overtaken by a farmer.

"Have a lift?" queried a voice which Tom immediately recognized as an old neighbor's. "Well, bless my soul, if it ain't Tom Wortendale. Guess your mother will be glad enough to see you," grimly volunteered the man. "I'm sorry for 'em over there. Your ma, she took it to heart so when Ellen and the baby both died, and John - well John, poor fellow, the heart is just clean took out of him. What with the mortgage most due, and nothin' to pay it with - times has been pretty hard with them lately - sickness and funerals cost a lot - he don't know which way to turn. It looks pretty bad for them." And the old farmer sadly shook his head.

During this recital Tom had been too amazed to speak. It had not occurred to him that such sorrow could come to the loved ones in his absence. "Mother" - he choked at thought of her, and turned his thoughts toward John.Well, he knew about that mortgage. He was angry when John insisted upon mortgaging the place to fix it up a little before his marriage. It had always been clear of debt and he wanted to keep it so.

But now his big, generous heart could hold no ill-feeling for the sorely bereaved brother, and a new and glad resolve was rapidly taking shape in his busy brain. The farmer was a little puzzled at his silence, but laid it to surprise and pain at the unexpected news, especially when, at the corner, Tom scarcely waited to thank him for his ride, but sprang from the buggy, grasping his suit-case in one hand and a large oblong box in the other, and started down the road at a pace which threatened to cover that last half mile in short order. It doubtful if anything could have held him now. He was going home to mother - his dear old mother - and she needed him, yes, really needed him. This was a new sensation for Tom. It was probably the first time in all the thirty years of his existence that he had ever been" really needed, and he was hurrying now with all the strength of his manhood to answer that call. All that was good and true within him rose in response to the need of the home folks. But as he came to the gate he slackened his pace. It was dusk and thru the cracks he could see the glimmer of his brother's lantern at the barn. He went softly towards the kitchen door which stood ajar. Then paused at the sound of voices within.

"Yes." a soft voice was saying, "but grandma, you mustn't let your faith fail you now. All these years God has kept you and I can't help feeling that somehow it will all come right this time, too."

"Oh. I'm not meaning to complain." came in the rich old German accent he loved so well, "but I can't just see how He'll do it this time. Just fifty-eight years ago tomorrow I was married and now," with tears in her voice, "ther's no one to help me keep my wedding day hut John. If I only knew that Tom wss alive. If only he - " - . But Tom could wait no longer and knocked loudly. He would have walked right in

"Mother, mother, don't you know me?" came from the boy. She snatched back the hook, flung open the screen, and fairly dragged him into the house. She hung upon his neck and cried - and laughed - and looked - and cried again, all the time exclaiming in her dear old German brogue - It's my boy! It's my hoy! It's my boy Tom, I say!"

"Mother I've come to stay, and I can pay off the mortgage and we will all live here together, and mother I've brought some flowers for - for father's grave. They're in this box. Carnations, three dozens of them. I just couldn't help but buy them - and I've come home to help keep your wedding day."

When, a little later, John came in from the barn and paused astonished, in the doorway, all the greeting and joyous explanations had to be gone over again, and two sad hearts were joyed that night as they had not dared to hope.

By Leander S. Kkyseh

There is much pleasure in striking up acquaintance with the birds on the farm. Indeed, it is "great fun," using the word "fun" in the best sense of the term. Even to know the common names of the birds about ycu is not a little satisfaction.- To illustrate, you never feel that you are acquainted with a person until he or some mutual friend has told you his name; then you feel that acquaintanceship has fairly begun, and you are ready to cultivate his friendship. The same is true in getting on speaking terms, so to put it, with your neighbors in feathers.

While workin; in the field you hear the sweet, somewhat piercing whistle of a bird coming across to you like a melodious arrow. Soon, perhaps, you see the musician himself dart up into the air from the grass on quickly vibrating wings, his white lateral tail feathers showing and his golden bosom gleaming in the sun. What a satisfaction it is to be able to say to yourself: "It's a meadow lark! Isn't he a beauty?" Or suppose you hear a clear, cheery whistle in an oak or an elm, and presently see a bird clad in black and gold lilting amid the branches and foliage, it surely will add to the joy of your life to be able to say: "Ah! there's a Baltimore oriole, the first of the spring in this neighborhood."

On another day, while you are walking thru the old orchard, your eyes dance with delight at sight of a bird which is a picture indeed^deep red plumes with glossy black wings. Oh. how rich his colors are! Instead of looking dumbly at the beautiful creature and wondering what in the world he might be, you felicitate yourself by saying: "Ah, ha! it's the scarlet tanager, as sure as I live! And his yellowish-brown mate is by his side. Each is lovely in its way. They have come back from their winter's sojourn in the South, and will stay with us all summer." Perhaps you are plowing in the field next to the woods on a bright day in the latter part of April. Suddenly a loud, cheerful song, with a kind of childlike intonation, falls on your ear. and you say "Ho!" to your team, and listen for a few moments. Why. you know that bird. In your mind you exclaim: "How glad I am that the Rosebreasted grosbeaks have come back again for the summer! They are such cheerful bodies, and their songs are so heartening - good to chase away the blues. Ah! there is the singer," you add, peering tip into the foliage of a tree near the timber's border. "See his coat of mottled white and black

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' Or maybe it is a winter's day, say I the middle of February, cold and "-biting, but bright with sunshine. You I are stalking along the creek thru I the narrow fringe of timber. All fat once you are greeted with a ' blithe trill that seems to bid you ; welcome to the lowland. There is ' genuine delight in your soliloquy then f as you say: "The ever-present song 1 sparrow, singing whenever the weath- ' er gives him a chance, spring, summer, autumn, winter! He is the most companionable bird of the farm. Indeed, farm life would lose much of its charm if it, were not for his varied lays and cordial manners." In this way, you will observe, a [ knowledge of the birds will add spice

Many young men would not want to leave the farm if they could get startii ed in the cultivation of a real and intelligent love of nature, whose attractive forms are so numerous. Why

' should any man sigh for the dingy shop or the dusty, congested street, when he can enjoy the pure air, the undimmeJ sunshine, the unsoiled verdure and foliage, the tuneful birds, and the lovely flowers of the country? Some of these days, as appreciation of nature grows in the human heart, there is going to be an exodus from the city to the country, and I prophesy it will be a fortunate clay in the annals of our land.

I want to mention another good reason for making acquaintance with the birds. A few species are harmful.such as the English sparrows and several kinds of hawks. Perhaps the farmer or his son may feel that these injurious species ought to be thinned out Fomewhat in order to protect the grain, fruit and barnyard fowls from their ravages. But he ought to know at sight the precise birds that do harm, and be able to distinguish them from the many useful species. Without such knowledge he may slaughter some of the best friends of the farmer, the gardener, the orchardist and the poulterer. I very much fear that there are sportsmen - and perhaps farmers, too - who can not tell the English sparrows from our many useful and tuneful native American sparrows, all of which do much good and no harm. What a pity it would be to kill a song or white-throated or vesper sparrow by mistake! That would be silencing a musical voice in the fields and woods and killing a bird that destroys many noxious insects and injurious weedseeds. Under the auspices of the United States government some scientific men have examined the stomachs of many of our American sparrows, and have found that all these birds are most useful species - the real benefactors of man.

No one ought to kill a single bird without knowing positively just .what rpecies it is, and knowing, too, whether it is a useful or injurious kind. At certain brief seasons of the year it is legal to kill game birds, such as grouse and quail; but I suspect that there are gunners who mistake the meadow lark for the bobwhite or quail. And so the poor larks, which are no game birds at all, must suffer the consequences. In al! the land there are no more useful birds than the America'' : w larks. Like all the other 'nseci -c. birds, they are pr^ected by the laws of the state. Therefore it is unlawful to kill them at any time, and one of the principles of our government is that "ignorance of the law excuses no man." In Ohio the fine for killing a useful bird or robbing its nest is not lees than $25 nor more than $200, with a chance to go to jail if the fine is not [--id. Rather expensive sport if one should be arrested.

You are perhaps asking how you shall go about cultivating acquaintance with the birds. The method is simple and inexpensive. First, you will need a bird manual or handbook, just as you need a "key" for the study of botany or a book on astronomy if you desire to study the stars. A bird manual helps you to name all the birds without a gun. Within the last two years just the kind of a book to meet the needs of the beginner has been published - at a price, too, that any farmer or farmer's boy can afford to pay. Its title is "Bird Guide," and it has been written and illustrated by Chester A. Reed, who is both an artist and an ornithologist. One page of the little book is devoted to each species, which is pictured jo it- iral colors, its common and scienii. >,mes are given, and its habits and sdOgraphical range described. The v ork is issued in two dainty volumes, small enough to be carried in one's coat pocket on rambles afield. In cloth binding the volumes cost $1; in leather binding, $1.50. With this convenient work in hand you will be able to identify any species of bird east of the Rocky Mountains and from the southern part of the United States to the remote Arctic regions. Your orders should be sent to The Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, O.

It would be also advisable for the bird student to provide himself with a good field glass. Ordinarily a good glass would cost ten or twelve dollars, but the Ohio Farmer office, handles an excellent field glass which sells for $5, sent to any address postpaid. It magnifies about three diameters, and has a large field of vision, making it easy to focus on a bird and keep it in view. While I use a glass that has a little stronger magnifying power, yet, if I needed a glass for bird study, this is the one I would get. It has the advantage of lightness and compactness, so that it can readily be carried in a pocket.

It does not occur to me that learning to know the birds would take much time from farm work. Of course, if you wanted to make a specialty of it, and become an authority on birds, you might be led to neglect other work; but that is not the way most reople in the country would go about picking up acquaintance with the feathered folk. Rather, they would note them as they go about their work on the farm, or as they stroll thru the fields and woods, or drive along the roads, and probably spend some of their evenings and Sunday afternoons reading up in their bird books, and making sure of the identity of the species they had seen. I am quite sure it would add to the pleasure bf rural life to be able to name the birds, know something about their habits and use, and appreciate their blithe melodies.

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To make a similar device where the parts from head of bed are not available, take an ordinary strip of board of desired length, and nail to the wall in the corner of the room to receive the clothing hooks; make a shelf above this with a wide board, and»attachlthe curtain. A box or two, the same width as shelf, set underneath on the"floor, will make handy places for holding shoes and the like.

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Grace And Herbert Hottel With Their Colt

This is a picture of Charley, our i nil. He is only one year old, and we can go out in the field, catch him by the fore-top, lead him to the fence, climb on and ride him around the field. Can any others of our Boys and Girls do that with a yearling colt? I am 9 years old and my little brother, Herbert, who is holding him, is only 4 years old. We had a goat which we could drive all over the place. Her wool was about 7 inches long before papa sheared her. We hauled pumpkins and hay with her, and sometimes took her to a neighbor's visiting. She would romp and play with us children just like a dog would, but she had one bad fault - when she could find the yard gate open, she would slip in and eat Grandma's flowers and trees, so we had to sell her. - Grace Hottel, Jefferson Co., O.

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This latter point is essential, for some varieties that are perfection for home use are too soft to market well, and there are other points, too, that distinguish the good market berry from the one for home use, which, if known in rdvance, will prevent disappointment.

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Here is your chance, boys, to get a complete tool sot free. Write to us that you will work for the set and wo will send Dree sample copies of the Ohio Farmer, club lists, etc.. and also tell you how to go about getting your club.

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Don't wait until some boy in your neighborhood starts ahead of you. but write to us at once, and you can easily get the tool set free, as almost every' farmer will help you by giving you his order for the Ohio Farmer when you tell them what you are working for. Don't delay but write to us at once. Address inches apart in rows which will allow [ of horse cultivation and room to walk i between the rows to pick the berries 1 next year. Pick off all blossom stems j» that appear, for the plants must not [ be allowed to exhaust themselves by 't trying to grow fruit the first year. ! When the plants are well rooted,they will begin to throw out runners. These should be pinched off as soon as they show, else the strength of the plant I will go towards forming new crowns, and they will increase and multiply till each plant will spread out so large as to make a solid row of green across the patch.

The plants must be cultivated frequently till July at least; then, if the patch is small, a mulch of straw or any other available material may be put .between the rows to keep down weeds and conserve moisture.

There is only one thing more to do and that is to mulch the plants as soon as the ground is frozen in the fall so as to keep them from being affected by the alternate freezing and thawing. This mulch must be removed next spring when the frost is leaving the ground.

Prizes Tor Everybody

Our family prize offer for March 21 Knot solutions was so popular that we make a similar but more generous one this week. In our March 21 contest only those who sent correct answers and the onevear subscription were awarded prizes; This time those who fail to get all their answers correct but send a one-year subscription can have their choice of a fountain pen or rolled-gold stick pin for their trouble. All those who send correct answers to all three of the Knots below, accompanied by 75 cents for a one-year subscription, will have one choice from the prizes pictured. This one-year subscription may be an extension of a present subscriber's time - your own or anybody else's, f makes no difference which - or it may ue a new subscription.

Now, boys and girls, set your nimble wits to work on these Knots; get your fathers and mothers, or anybody you wish, to help you, for this will make the hunt for the answers more interesting. and the grown-ups will be glad to help you win a prize. Besides if they send the answers and a 75-cent one-year subscription themselves, they will get.a prize also. We want all the family and all your neighbors to get interested in our Knots. Now look over the prizes pictured herewith, and see which one you want, then go at the Knots.

Ring. - Girls, here is a pretty ring for you. The three sparklittle stones in the center imitation diamonds, and the two large stones (doublets) may be your choice of opals, garnets, emeralds or turquoises. If you select this ring, be sure to mark your finger measure at the top of the paper on which you send your answers. You can do this by cutting a little "strip of paper just long enough to go around your finger, then marking: the length of this carefully at the top of your letter to us.

Cuff Buttons. - These buttons are a very neat, pretty design, gold shell, and set with three little pearls. Just the thing for your cuffs, boys.

Commercial Calculator. - This is such a handy book for the farmer, for it contains a table of figures for every calculation that he is likely to need in his work, such as number of pounds in bushels, number of bushels of different grains, etc., in different shaped receptacles, capacity of corn cribs, cisterns, etc.. lumber and land measurements, short cuts in computations, besides a whole lot of useful information, all indexed so that it is quickly accessible. This book is only 3x6 inches, just right for your pocket.

Butter Knife and Sugar Spoon. - Quadruple silver plate, French gray finish, beautiful wild rose design to match the teaspoons offered in our March 21 contest. Remember That each application for one of these prizes must contain the correct answers to all three of these Knots below, and in addition a one-year subscription to. the Ohio Farmer as mentioned above; that if your answers should not be correct, and you send a subscription, you may have a stick pin or a fountain pen; that you must address your answers to Knot Dept., Ohio Farmer, and get them here by June 20. Answers will be published in July 1 issue.

Knot Ii

The six answers to this knot are twosyllable words; the last syllable of each being the same, one of its meanings be- "time." Only the first syllable of the six words are different. Now find these words in this .rhyme:

Knot Iii

Knot I. - With the letters in the names of the 13 separate objects can be spelled any one of the following states: Arkansas, Delaware. Florida. Georgia, Idaho. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana. Maine, Minnesota, Missouri. Montana. Nebraska, North Dakota. South Dakota, Ohio, Oklahbma. Oregon, Tennessee, Utah or Washington. The objects are: Girl, girl, basket, hat, doll, kitten, M, L, E, E, ground, grass, flower.

Knot II. - The standard time of a place 7 degrees east of the 90th meridian is 28 minutes slower than the solar time, because the standard time of that place (as also of all others in that section) is the 90th-meridian solar time. Hence, since each degree of longitude equals 4 minutes, the solar time at 7 degrees east of the 90th meridian would be 4x7=28 minutes faster than 90th-meridian or standard time.

The winner of the prize for this contest is E. D. Meckley. Lexington. O.. because he sent the most neatly written and accurately stated answers. He gave Georgia as his answer to Kn(»t I.

Diary Of A Bad Girl

Aug. 22. - Mama went away yesterday to visit for awhile and told me to mind Aunt Em while she was gone. Billy says we'd ought to pay for that gobler. I fell out of an apple tree yesterday and Aunt Em made me go to bed without any supper. She says it isn't ladylike to climb trees. I wonder if Aunt Em ever was a little girl?

Aug. 23. - Billy and I rubbed soap on the doorstep today and Aunt Em slipped on it and sat right down. She ast me tonight if I did it and I says yes'm, and she says did Wilyum help and I says I wont tell. Then she called me a sassy little girl and said I couldn't play with Billy any more. I wisht mama was home.

Aug. 24. - I was awful lonesome today. Aunt Em made me stay in the house all day. Mrs. Decon Heth was over this afternoon and ast Aunt Em if she'd seen their old gobler. I counted my money tonight. There was just 12 cents. I wonder if 12 cents will pay for a gobler. - Caddy V. Gregory.

If our White Lead were not pure and durable, we could not afford to tell you how you could show up adulterants which are frequently used in paint materials.

To demonstrate our confidence in every pound of White Lead marked with the "Dutch Boy Painter" trade-mark, we will send free to anyone who asks it, a blowpipe with instructions how to prove, without fail, the purity or impurity of any White Ixad he may wish to test. To know this test is to know how to prevent throwing money away. Agk ^ Equipment jfg 3 j

My name - for short - is Automatic " Mac." I simply ache to run things." Gm wore strength than I know what to do with ! If you want to know the secret of my won4»: ful powers. I'll take off my coat and " show you." Look at my steel muscles ! I'm built for business. You'll not find an ounce of superfluous metal anywhere about me. No " tumbling rods," or "ratchets," or "gears," or "cams," or "eccentrics," or "alternating wheels." All these "jim-cracks" found on other gasoline engines mean lost motion, wasted power, excess fuel consumption. I take my gasoline in moderation - a little goes a long way with me. It costs only 1 cent per hour per horsepower for the services o£

I never wnste a choree of fuel. My vnlves are ran by the "exhaust" itself, or what other engines W&ste; All the- live power from my fly-wheels goes into actual work 1 I'm powerful enough to run a threshing machine, steady enough to run a home electric light plant. I can do anythlngany other gasoline eiigipp can do and a (Treat deal more! Don't you want a free catalogue that tells all about me? Write for Free Catalog 11 E8" and the Story of Automatic '* Mac.'*

In Each Town

NO MONEY REQUIKED until you receive and approve of your bicycle. We ship to anyone, anywhere in the U. S. without a cent deposit in advance. Prepay freight, and allow TEN 1>AYS' FREE TRIAL during which time you may ride the bicycle and put it to any test you wish. If you are then not perfectly satisfied or do not wish to keep the bicycle you may ship it back to us at our expense and you will not be out otut cent. CAOTARV DRIPITC We furnish the highest grade bicycles it is possible to make at one rflU 6 UR 1 riilUCw small profit above actual factory cost. You save $10 to $25 middlemen's profits by buying direct of us and have the manufacturer's guarantee behind your bicycle. DO NOT BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone at any price until you receive our catalogues and

Vnil IAIBI I DC ACTAIIICUCn when you receive our beautiful catalogue and study 1UU ffflLL DC Ad I UlUanCU our superb models at the awii^/«//y /«w / - can make for 1908. We sell the highest gTade bicycles for less money than any other factory. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost. BICYCLE DEALERS* you can sell our bicycles under your own name plate at double our prices. Orders filled the day received. SECOND HANI) BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, hut 'usually have a numl>er on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out promptly at prices ranging from M to $8 or <10. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free. TIDCC OflACTCD DDAIfCC single wheels* imported roller chains and pedals, I llfCCf WUflO 9 Crf"DnAl\Ca9 parts, repairs and e luipment of all kinds at half the usual retaii - . DO NOT "WAIT, but write today and we will send you free by return mail our large catalogue, beautifully illustrated and containing a great fund of interesting matter and useful information; also a ivondcrfui proposition on the first sample bicycle going to your town. It only costs a postal to get everything. Write it now.

"It's an ill wind that blows nobody good." and while the present trade conditions are to be regretted, they give the man with a little ready money, some remarkable bargains. To make a long story short, the manufactures need the money.

For $10.78 we will send you this 18 size men's open face watch, with hand engraved gold filled case, guaranteed to. wear and look like solid gold for 20 years; fitted with genuine Elgin or Waltham 17 Jewel movement. A guaranteed timekeeper, and a first-class, handsome, and serviceable watch in every way.

If you do not care for as high grade a movement as above we can furnish the same cases fitted with genuine Elgin or \wi.uiai.i movements of 15 jewel or 7 jewel grades as follows:

We have a fair stock of these special bargains, but we don't know how many more we can get. nor how long the special price will last, so reserve the right to withdraw the offers at any time, without notice. You can't make a mistake in buying one of these, and in 6 months it will be worth more than you pay for it now. If you haven't all the money now. send, us $2 and we will hold any watch you desire for 60 days, and you can send us the balance at any time, and get the watch at these present bargain prices.

Insist On Seeing

It is a heavy sin 1 gle strand of coiled hard spring steel ' giving great strength, perfect service, and long life. We guarantee every spool to satisfy the farmer who buys it.

Well watered, plenty of timber for fuel and buildings. Splendid markets at Duluth and Superior - high prices, constant demand, and ready sale for all farm products. Price, $7 to $10 an acre, easy terms. Write and secure full particulars and descriptive tuutter.

Fruit

Fortunes in walnuts and all fruits. No irrigation. Finest Spitzcnliere apples, Royal Ann cherries grown on earth; world winners among shorthorn catt on earth; world winners among shorthorn catt le, cotswold Hheep. Milk condensers, creameries pruaranteehi^li prices for dairy products. Horses iunl hoys especially profitable. Grains ami grasses abundant. Where your clover seed comes from. Bend 2c stamp for rlchlv-IIIiistrated booklet, telling of opportunities.

Two farms in Berlin and Milan Twps., Erie Co.. O., on Nickle Plate Ry., % mile from station, near Interurban Lines; no better soil in Ohio; heavily stocked for 25 years. Have seventy head of registered Aberdeen Angus' cattle to sell, including twenty young bulls, sired by Gay Blackbird and his sons. Address L. A. Hine, 60 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III.

Tern Canada Lands 1

We own 155.000 acres LAST MOUNTAIN VALLEY, Saskatchewan, prairie whcatlanils. We want BUYERS. Will contract with estahlished, energetic AGENTS. Liberal Commission. Send 10c. for handsome, illustrated booklet and maps.

Heroes Of The War

"Old soldiers are humbugs," said Allen O. Myers, politician and farmer, in an address last winter before the Logan County farmer's institute. "They make heroes of themselves, and build monuments to themselves; when, in fact, the real heroes of the war were the wives and mothers. If I was a millionaire I would tear down every he monument in the land and erect some to the mothers."

The old soldiers will "consider the source from which this comes." No doubt the wives, mothers and sweethearts were also heroic, but it comes with bad grace for Mr. Myers to sneer at the veterans of the war.

At The Capital

The census bureau has issued a report showing that the total amount of cotton in the United States ginned from the growth of 1907 to Jan. 16 was 1.0,337,607 bales, as compared with 12,- 176,199 bales for the same period last year, and 9,989,634 bales for the same time in 1906. The total number of active ginneries was 27,370. In this bulletin round bales are counted as half bales.

"I S EQUAL to any in the United States. I.eyel 1 prairie land, within 50 miles of Houston, tho Chicago of the South, can bo bonght now at $15.00 to $25.00 per acre. One-third cash. It's too cheap, ill LAND P. I.0CKW00D. 480 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

Wo have Instruction! to sell this tlist-elass Improved 140- n. Snnllac Co. Mich, farm for *»> per a. Address STATU SAVINGS HANK. Marlette, Mich.

Farm For. Sale

Secretary F. D. Coburn of the Kansas Department of Agriculture shows in his annual report that the year's wheat, corn and other agricultural and live stock products amounted to $280 per capita of population; that in 10 years population has increased 20 percent and the value of the products, 90 percent; and incidentally that macaroni wheat, which the U. S. government is trying to introduce into that "semiarid" belt yielded 50 percent less per acre and brought 11.6 cents less per bushel.

Speaking of the methods adopted by some of the unions thrnout the country in righting their wrongs. Senator Dolliver of Iowa, says it reminds him of an Irishman, who. upon hearing for the first time the braying of a donkey, remarked, after waiting for the last discordant note to die away, Faith. you are no doubt in great pain, but I had more sympathy for you before you complained."

Last year 1 ,333.1 r>6 aliens arrived in this country - the largest yearly immigration ever recorded. The preceding year it was 1.21S.684. and in 1905. it was 1.055.038. The number of immigrants in December was 6t>.574. against S5.466 in DecembeT, 1906. and 61.116 In December 1905. The total emigration from Europe was 18.000 less last month than in December a year ago.

Ruberoid Roofing

that was applied to various kinds of buildings from 10 to 15 years ago is still in perfect condition. No leaks, no repairs. Where can you equal this record ?

Ruberoid contains no tar, rubber, paper or other substances that need a protecting mineral coat. It protects itself from all influences of heat, cold or dampness. It is acid-proof, fire-resisting, and will not melt, crack or rust. Anybody can lay it.

Write to-day for free samples. THE STANDARD PAINT CO., 100 William St., New York. Chicago, St. I.ouis, Kansa3 City, Boston, Philadelphia,. New Orleans.

THE Geiger-Jones Company's plan of selecting securities and safeguarding the investors' interests should be known to all who are seeking permanent investment, free from all speculation, yet paying a larger income than bonds or money on deposit in the banks. Geiger-Jones securities yield 6l/2 to 7% net tax-free income.

Canton, Ohio

Alone, you can build as much fence with the "O-M" - as speedily and as '^B {well - as you can with a helper and any other stretcher. The "O-M" pull?- the wire taut and holds it so for any length of time, while the operator goes back to staple the wire. The only efficient "one-man" stretcher in the market. Works both ways. Simple and tremendously strong, light *>U.*-'and easily handled - a boy can operate it- Saves time, labor, expense and repairs. Price $3.00 with order, transportation prepaid. It's money in your pocket to buy the "O-M" Wire Stretcher. Write for Free illustrated booklet "O-M" WIRE STRETCHER AGENCY. Department "O," Parnassus, Penna.

In every county In the State Belling our Farm Gates, made in different sizes. No trouble In selling them, as they are without question the best I ron Gates lnanufactu red for the money. One of our agents sold 24gates to one man.

Scud at once for our Gate Catalog and fcpetlal Proposition to Agents. Our liberal commission will luterest you. INTERNATIONAL FENCE CO. Box 631. Columbus. Ohio every county for a new wi:e fence of the Knocked -down, coiled wire, and heavy stay kind. If you want to handle the one that has the best lock ever designed we want you with us. When writing state what experience you have had and what territory vou will want.

Price Oeuvered

48-in. stock lence per rod only Best Mfh carr»on coiled steM Hiring \»lr-. Catalog of fences, tool* and supplies FkEBUT direct at »holeaJr. Write tndiv. MASON TEHCE CO. Bold . LMblrc C.

E S Ctjl.Bkktsox. 1Konton, Ohio

Do vou prow CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. OA TP, POTATOES, or any other FARM PEEDS ? We want to contract lor some of your crops this year and will pay good prices for delivery after harvest

Write us at once what vou are erowinp and we will tell you what we can use and price we will nav as soon as harvested. Special inducements to a lew reliable farmers.

(Concluded from page 8.) -fection is not interfered with. The way to prevent this, is the elimination of tuberculous cattle. Out readers who desire more detailed information on this subject can get it by applying to the Bureau of Animal Industry, "Washington, D. C, asking for bulletins relating to tuberculosis in hoes, and also by applying to the Iowa Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa, for bulletin 92.

Virginia

The West Virginia State Board of Agriculture has established what is called a Department of Field Work, and Charles Mclntire, the well-known Ohio institute lecturer, has been engaged to take charge of it. The work of the new department will be to promote agriculture in every way possible - movable agricultural schools, agricultural trains, farmers' institutes, assisting the school teachers of

Ohio Democratic Convention

The Democratic convention which met here Tuesday and Wednesday of last week was not only the largest in point of sitting delegates but was one of the most remarkable in many respects in the history of the party in this state. Slates were smashed. candidates nominated whose names had not been mentioned for office previously, the proceedings were acrimonious as the German Reichstag at times and harmonious as a Sunday school convention at others. The business sessions, which began with the committee meetings at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, did not close until after 8 o'clock Wednesday night, and, astonishing as it may seem, practically all of the delegates remained in the convention hall until the finish. This ticket was nominated: For United States Senator.James E. Campbell of Butler Co.; Governor, Judson Harmon of Hamilton; Lieutenant Governor, David L. Rockwell of Portage; Secretary of State, J. H. Newman of Miami; Supreme Judge. Geo. B. Okey of Franklin; Hugh T. Mathers of Shelby; Auditor of State, W. W. Durbin of Hardin; Treasurer of State, D. S. Creamer of Belmonf, Attorney General, T. S. Hogan of Jackson; Supreme Court Clerk, O. C. Larason of Licking; Dairy and Food Commissioner, David Eley of Ashland; Board of Public Works, John A. States of Allen; Bernard Doran of Perry; State School Commissioner. John A. Mc Dowell of Holmes; Delegatesat-Large. Tom L. Johnson of Cuyahoga; W. S. Thomas of Clark; E. W. Hanly of Montgomery; M. R. Denver of Clinton; Alternates-at-large. H. T. Sutton of Muskingum; I. R. Sherwood of Lucas; G. M. Saltzgaber of Van Wert; John E. Monnot of Stark; for Presidential electors, John J. Lentz of Franklin; S. A. Hoskins of Auglaize.

The Legislature

Nearly $12,000,000 was appropriated by the Legislature during the session which closed last Saturday, when the members came back from the recess and witnessed the formal signing of enrolled bills that meanwhile, under the new law, had been printed. The general, deficiency, partial, liabilitv and legislative expense appropriation bills carried $11,726,605.02, besides which there were separate bills making appropriations for special purposes, such as the relief of Collinwood after the school building fire, the employment of secret service men to aid in stopping the depredations of the "night riders" in the tobacco regions along the Ohio River, etc., that swell the total nearly $275,000 more.

As the net result of four months' work the General Assembly enacted 284 laws. Of this number 96 were Senate measures and 188 originated in the House. Altogether 1.020 bills were introduced, 333 in the Senate and 687 in the House. This leaves 736 measures that either died in committees, were defeated on the floor or were lost at the end of the calendar when the session closed. Many of them never were intended for passage, but were introduced simply to please constituents. Each house adopted 24 joint resolutions. It Is estimated, counting salaries, mileage, clerk hire and all other expenses, that the cost to the state while the Legislature was in session was $14 a minute.

The Fertilizer Scandal

The Smith Agricultural Chemical Company of Columbus, has entered suit, in the Franklin County courts, against the State Board of Agriculture to collect $6.- 335 paid to that body as license fees. As the recent decision of Judge Bigger of this county was to the effect that the old board was a corporation without legal standing in the state, this suit is brought against the members of the board as individuals. Charging that the State Board has been sending its agents "broadcast." seizing fertilizer samples and bringing them to Columbus for analysis, and then fending out reports of such analyses, thus violating Judge Bigger's injunction, the Smith company obtained a rule in contempt against the board. There was a hearing on this rule last Friday. but no de- , cision was reached because the court desires to send to various parts of the state for depositions concerning instances of alleged violation of the injunction.

Attorney General Ellis brought suit in the name of the state, in the supreme court last Friday, against the Smith Agricultural Chemical Company to oust it from doing business in this state and for the appointment of a receiver. It is charged that the company has violated the Valentine anti-trust law by misbranding its goods and thus practicing frauds on its customers and the public generally, from January 1. 1907. to the present time. It is also charged that it has operated fictitious companies, thru which it might obtain orders from persons dissatisfied with the parent company. The names of these fictitious companies are given as: The Abott & Nealy Rendering Company, the Buckeye Fertilizer Company, the Great Western Fertilizer Company and the Ohio Farmers' Fertilizer Company. - Hal D. Landon, Columbus, O., May 11, 1908.

the state in preparing to teach agriculture in the public schools. and issuing circulars on corn and alfalfa growing, soils, commercial fertilizers, live stock, etc.

The West Virginia Board of Agriculture is fortunate in being able to start this new department off with such a man as Chas. Mclntire at its head. He is one of the best speakers on the Ohio institute force and has the fare power to convince and enthuse his hearers, which is necessary to make a success of a new thing. He will spend his entire time in West Virginia for a year. Altho he will be away from his Ohio farm he will continue to manage it. He has secured a first-class foreman and will continue to develop his herd of milking Shorthorns. He expects eventually to have his farm stocked with the best of Shorthorn blood. He already has a start in that direction.

The Ohio Farmer feels quite a little pride in Mr. Mclntire's advancement. He has contributed quite largely to our columns for several years and is now writing for this paper exclusively.

Increased Freight Rates. - As was forecasted in this column several weeks ago the railroads in the section east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio River have decided upon a general advance in freight rates which will swell their gross revenues by an estimated total of $100,- 000.000 annually. The general shipping public and the Interstate Commerce Commission will probably fight the advance, thru the courts. The general increase will amount to 10 percent of the present rates. The territory covered by the advance is the key to the rate situation in this country, as in it originates two-thirds of the country's tonnage. The attempt to make the increase will be a supreme test. It will be the public - the general public - against the dominating power of the railroads. The shipping public will immediately shoulder the extra cost upon the consuming public in higher prices for commodities.

Adjournment. - The date of adjournment is now as much a question as ever. The President is very desirous that action shall be taken enacting anti-injunction legislation, amending the Sherman antitrust law, enacting the Vreeland currency bill, a government liability bill favoring its employes, and a few other measures.

Army Bill. - This bill was passed by the House May 8. by a vote of 132 to 92. It carries an appropriation of $95,3S2.246.The pay of officers and men is increased all along the line. It is thought that this bill and the Dick militia bill will do more to strengthen the army than has been done for many years.

Currency Bill. - The Republican conference committee, appointed to draft and report an emergency measure met May 9 and practically drafted a measure to be presented to a caucus of Republican members.

The Atlantic battleship fleet was reunited at Santa Cruz. May 4. when the second squadron arrived after the stormiest trip of the cruise. With Rear Admiral Evans again in command the fleet start, ed for San Francisco May 5. and joined the Pacific squadron there on May 6. During the naval ceremony on May 8. 44 ships passed in review before Secretary of the Navy Metcalf. Admiral Evans left San Francisco for Washington May 9. where he will await orders until the date of his retirement, Aug. 18.

A ferry boat conveying Russian peasants from church across the River Dneiper, near St. Petersburg. Russia, May 3, capsized, drowning 120 persons.

The raids of tile "night riders" in the white hurley tobacco district of southern Ohio, have resulted in military patrols being established in the troubled territory. Troop A of Cleveland, and Troop B of Columbus, mounted militiamen, have been detailed for duty and were stationed in Brown and Adams counties last week. . The profit made by the French government on the sale ot cigars, cigarettes, tobacco and snuff in 1907 was about $100,- 000.000.

A woman at Laporte, Ind., has proved to be the most terrible murderess of the times. She seems to have made a business of enticing men and women to her home thru matrimonial agencies and then murdering them for their money. So far fifteen dead bodies have been found about her home which was burned a few days age. Whether or not the woman stitll lives is a question.

A notable conference was held at Washington this week W'len the governors of all states of the Union met to discuss ways and means to conserve the natural resources of the country. The gathering was the direct outcome of the work of the Inland Waterways Commission. Forest preservation and reforestation received particular attention.

The U. S. Crop Reporting Board "gives the following for May 1: Total area of winter wheat, 29,751.000 acres, which Is 1,619.000 acres more than were harvested last year. Average condition of growing winter wheat and rye in principal states, is as follows:

66.6 percent has been done, compared with 71.5 percent last year; 54.7 percent of spring seeding is done, compared with 47 percent a year ago.

Ohio Crop Report

The official report of the Ohio Department of Agriculture on the acreage and condition of crops and losses to live stock. May 1, 1908, represents the estimated area and condition of the crops named, computed from the returns from the official correspondents of the Department:

Wheat prospects have steadily advanced during the past month, the present prospect being estimated at 92 percent compared with an average, a gain of 7 percent since the issuance of the April report. Last year at this time the prospect was estimated at 74 percent. The estimated damage to the plant by insect pests is so slight that no note of it is made in the report. From present prospects the average yield per acre will faff exceed that of last year, but owing to the short acreage seeded the total production will hardly equal the last harvest.

The area seeded to c ats in 1907 as reported by the township assessors was 1.- 456.515 acres, comparison with last year's .area of 1,355,456 acres. Weather conditions during the past month have been unfavorable to seeding, and this, in a measure, accounts for the shortage in the oats area. No doubt many fields intended for oats will be p'anted to corn.

Berry prospects are most flattering, being estimated at 107 percent compared with an average. Live stock* generally in fine condition, with no serious losses reported during the winter.

Mt. Sterling. O.. March 6. 1908. If the Ohio Farmer had not always been one of our best pulling papers, we would not have continued to use it as we have. - Carter Wire Fence Machine Co.

Cortland. N. Y.. March 9. 190S. Please discontinue our adv.. as our advertising has brought us all the trade we can handle this year. - Forrest Seed Co. Mt. Pleasant, O.. March 13. 1908. Please change my Jersey cattle adv. as I am flooded with inquiries. Received over 25 last week. Have sold all my heifers, but have a few calves left. - W. J. Hussey.

Jacobsburg. O.. March 26. 1908. Please stop my poultry adv. now running in your valuable paper. You have me hopelessly swamped with orders. - W. R. Carle.

Stop my poultry adv. and start the egg adv. as I am refusing orders now. and they keep coming for six and seven birds at a time. - Mrs. S. W. Burlingame.

Blue, Red or Tan woven line Bars or White Madras - Tan and White Striped Madras, plain Natural Linen (real Linen), Russian Blouse Suits - White P. K. Shield, Scarf and all the finishing details of Russian Blouse Suits - also Blue and WThite striped Galatea with large sailor or Eton collar - ages 2£ to 6--$2.50.

Only best fabrics used for our Boys' Wash Suits - -fabrics that will stand the service any wideawake boy will subject them to, that will launder and hold their color---made with exactness of detail and finish that give them precedence over usual Boys' Wash Suits.

Boys' plain Blue Chambray regulation Sailor Blouse Suits - collar and cuffs finished with three rows White braid- White P. K. Shield - embroidered stars on collar and emblem on sleeve - sailor cord and whistle - ages 6 to 10 - $3.50.

Separator

Guaranteed to skim closer than any separator in the world. Sold direct from the factory. We are the oldest exclusive manufacturers of hand separators In America. You save all agents', dealers' and even, mail order house profits. We have the most liberal 30 DAYS' TRIAL, freight fwepald offer. Write for t today. Our new low down waist high separator Is the finest highest quality machine on the m^^ - market: no other St- separator compares with It In close skimming, ease of cleaning, easy running, simplicity, strength or qual- .. lty. Our own (the manu-

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Auction

- young bulls, cows and heifers of the most approved type and breeding, and a few registered Angus steers. . By the Highland County Breeders' Association on the farm of H. M. Brown, Hillsbom. Ohio, June 3. 1908. Luncheon served promptly at 11:30. Sale to begin on the stroke of 12. Send for catalog to

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One tiling more than any other, the hopes of thousands of poultry raisers - lice. A louse-infested hen is a tax - a drain on resources - a bit of property that represents loss. There's nothing in them but trouble and worriment - don't keep one. It isn't necessary to be rid of hens because of lice however. Simply dust hens, roosts, nests aud hidden cracks with

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It destroys them completely. Instant Louse Killer was formulated by Dr. Hess (M.D., D.V.S.), and kills lice on horses, cattle, ticks on sliecp, cucumber, squash, cabbage worms aud melon pests, as well as rose slugs. It is also a reliable disinfectant and deodorizer. See that the word "Instant" appears on the can. SOLO ON A WRITTEN GUARANTEE

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WHETHER you think of buying a mower now or might buy one ten years from now, we want to tell you how good a mower we've got for you. The Dain Vertical Lift Mower Is the smoothest working, lightest running, easiest pulling machine on the market. You can thoroughly understand it at once and see its vast advantages of build. The high drive wheels, for instance, insure lightest possible draft and enormously increased traction. The cutting apparatus, carried on the wheels, by means of an adjustable coil spring, uses every bit of power, reduces useless friction and lessens pull for the team.

The long pitman Rives a smooth, strong, unerring stroke. The gearing is all on the left wheel where U offsets the weight of the cutting-l>ar, altogether doing away witli side draft. Many other desirable, exclusive features help make the easiest to run, surest In results, most perfert In construction, most durable, altogether most satisfactory and so simple a boy can handle it easily.

Built with utmost care, entirely 'of selected materials, withstands hardest wear and tear and sticks ritfht to business all the time. The name "DAIN" on a Mower or any other hay tool Is your guarantee of highest excellence. It is backed up by the perfected result of a quarter century's successful experience. Ask your dealer about this Datn Vertical Lift Mowor, or write us for Interesting descriptive booklet.

Double cases all over; best copper tank: narscry; selfrcgntatlng . Post 1iH) chick hot-water Brooder, ft. 36. Both ordered together, gi 1.00. Satisfaction guaranteed. No maohliH'snt nny prlcenre better. Wrltefor Our book today or Bond price now aud navo waiting.

Pullets Vs. Old Hens

We should hatch out all the chicks that we need for laying hens not later than the first of May and by giving them proper care and plenty of feed we can get them matured and laying eggs by the first of November and with good houses and the necessary care we can keep them laying up till the following October or until they commence to moult.

With old hens-that moult late in the fall it is nearly impossible with the best of care to get them to lay many eggs before the first of March and in October they are ready to moult again, which gives them only about seven months of continuous laying. If the old hens should lay as well during the summer months as the pullets it will be seen that the pullets have about five months more time during the year. to lay eggs than the old hens have and at the time of year when eggs are selling at the highest price, which will make a big difference in the profit in a flock of two or three hundred laying hens.

On the other hand the chicks hatched from old hen eggs are larger and stronger than chicks from pullets' eggs, for the reason that the old hens have had one year longer to harden up and mature, and all weak and sickly hens have been culled out and disposed of. Another advantage their eggs have over pullets' eggs is that they have had their long winter rest and their vitality has not been lowered by the exhaustive process of egg production during the winter months. If several farmers that are near neighbors would keep the same breed of hens and make arrangements with one of their number to keep a sufficient flock of old hens to furnish the eggs to the rest of them it would be an advantage to all parties in the deal. The farmer that kept all pullets would get enough more eggs during the year so that he could afford to pay at least ten cents per dozen above the market price for eggs to set from the man that kept the old hens for breeding purposes and still be money ahead. Estimating that it cost one dollar per annum to feed each hen we can approximate what it would cost to winter one hundred old hens and ten roosters. In this way the man that wintered the old hens and roosters would get repaid for the loss that he sustained during the winter months when he was feeding his hens and getting no eggs. - J. H. Goodwin, Henry Co., 0.

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Caring For The Goslings

See that the goslings have plenty of grass, good water to drink and sharp sand for grit. If they have access to running water, and happen to get an overdose of tadpoles give them salt and water. Two rounding teaspoonfuls of salt for a quart of water is about right. The best plan, however, is to keep young goslings away from the ponds. Sometimes goslings will eat too many insects, such as potato bugs, rose bugs or grasshoppers. Rose bugs and potato bugs are both very poisonous. Sweet milk, given as soon as the goslings begin to droop, is an antidote.

A very small animal such as a. rat or weasel can kill young geese or ducks that one would think too large for them to molest. See that the houses are rat and weasel-proof. To effect this it is not necessary to have them air-tight. Poultry netting is cheap and will last for several years. We use the one-inch mesh for this purpose.

Never keep geese and clucks together. They require different food. A, gosling will thrive on grass, but a duckling will not. On the other hand, if a gosling is fed the same amount of grain food that a Pekin gosling requires, he will get over-fat. If there is plenty of grass, goslings should not be fed more than twice a day after they get a start. Never feed whole grain. - Anna Galigher, Muskingum Co.. O.

Good Advice. - The special article on "Artificial Incubation" in Feb. 15 and 22 Farmer is the most common-sense of anything I have ever read on the subject. I have been following the dlj rections and have just had an 84 perl cent hatch. - Mrs. A. R Revnolds, Seville, O.

"After an attack of rheumatism, running sores broke out on my husband's legs, from below the knees to the ankles. There are no words to tell all the discomfort and great suffering he had to endure night and day. He used every kind of remedy and three physicians treated him, one after the other, without any good results whatever. One day I ordered some Cuticura Soap, Cuticura, Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent. He. began to use them and in three weeks all the sores were dried up. The burning fire stopped, and the pains became bearable. After three months he was quite well. I can prove this testimonial at any time. Mrs. V. V. Albert, Upper Frenchville, Me., July 21, 1907."

- McCLAVE'S B i g Bronze Turkey'* eggs, $4 for 15: r« for 30. Big Pekin Ducks, t" per 100. Hvy.- laying W. Wyands., fTper 100. Best in U.S. First prize winner* at Chicago, Cleveland and Wheeling. Write CHAS R. McC'LAVE, hew London, Ol

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'rPHE BREED THAT LAYS IS Til F. BKri;i " -» Til AT PAYS.'" Pure-Bred Single Comb VVMlf l.' ghoms. Best layers. Eggs for Hatching and Stock for sale. Write us before placing y..ir order elsewhere. White Leghorn Poultry Vai l* Co., R. 2. Waterville. New York.

Orders accepted for one hah; or more. Terms cash with order or C. O. D. Prompt shipment and satisfaction guaranteed. Ask us for price on car lots. COOPER CORDAGE CO., Minneapolis Minn.

Fresh Eggs

Buy fresh eggs now at 12c a dozen, put them up in Wright Kffg Preservative and sell thpm next winter at 40c a dozen. They will be juntas fresh then as when put up. Write for full particulars today. We will prove just what we say. Agents wanted.

Help came at last. There in absolutely no need to fear gapes any longer. A never-failing cure ha* been found. Write for my free booklet. J. S. KLOCK, Urban. Pennsylvania.

kills Prairie Dogs, Woodchucks, Gophers and Grain Insects. "The wheels of the gods grind slow but exceedingly small." So the weevil, but you can

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Rouen, Wh.&Col'd Mnscovey In.Runnet&GrKy Call Ducks. Largest breeder in Ohio. Cup winners at big Chicago and Cleveland Shows. 500 for sale. Prices reasonable. Start now - Money makers. Also H. P. Rocks, Wyandotte*. Leghorns, R. I. Reds. ( ircular free. CHAS. R. McCI.AVE, M W LONDON OHIO

Barred and White Plymouth Rocks, White and Bnff Wynudottes White and Brown Leghorns, and S. C. Rhode Island Reds. $1.00 per 1R. Newly hatched chicks 15c each. Orders now booked. VAN WIE POULTRY SUPPLY HOUSE, Schenectady, K. Y.

OTJFF OKHINttTOX and \\. c. li . [. Red sees, - > $1 per 15; $5 per lOO.My birds are lnrge vigorous, prolific layers. After laying all winter 115 hens laid 2480 eggs during March. Stock for sale. E. M. KLINE, R. 4, Gallatin. Tennessee.

Solid Buff' Reefer Bros., R. 1. Ax Lin K. Ohio

Red, A Narr Tnrkeys | TJAllREP ROCKS Exclusively - A Yrs ' experience breeding and mating Strong farm-grown stock Prefth. fertile egr*. 15, $t 00; fi.oO per 100 MBS. J H HOTSEL. Bryan. Ohio.

1> C. Rhode Island Red* - The greatest ntlllry It* fowl. Egg*. fl. fl.SO and K. Day-old chirk*. lie each. Catalog free. K. P. Mire*. Liberty Center, o.

"^"o more Gapes - My recipedcdlreetlon* to ron.SOc A * The i utconie of repeated experiment*. 10c will last one season. Mr*. A. T Cowan, Star Route. Millei*burg,0.

(Conducted by W. C. Fair, V. S.) Ivice through this department is free iur subscribers. Each communication ,ld state history and symptoms of the in full; also name and address of er. Initials only will be published. In ;e cases, where we believe that immee treatment will be necessary, reply be made by return mail, free. HORSES.

she does not appear sick. S. J. D., sburg. Pa. - Put a tablespoonf ul of salt i quart of tepid water and wash out :rils twice a day. Also mix equal parts dered sulfate iron, ground gentian, ind ginger and powdered rosin and iabetis.- - Mare urinates too often when ked or driven hard. Urine is dark coli and sometimes tinged with blood. /. M-, Huron, O. - Give 2 dr. syrup ioiron at a dose in feed, twice a day. )loring Hair. - Colt has white star on

Lymphangitis Hereditary? - Mare had jhangitis two years ago, leaving slight rgement of one hind leg. I bred her colt was weak and unable to stand, died at the 5th day. Before he died front leg began to swell and became and painful. Was this colt affected i taint of mare's lymphangitis?Would e wise to breed her again? G. L. K., t Hickory. Pa. - It is barely possible the disease would be transmitted to colt, but it never shows in such young lals. I believe the colt came weak or from food infection. You need not tate to breed a mare that suffers from phatic trouble in one leg only . -uise. - Mare has swelling on loin, ied by falling on pavement. J. P., ;ksville, O. - Apply equal parts tincarnica, extract witch hazel and water welling, 3 times a day. Also give teamful powdered nitrate potash at a in feed, night and morning, eak Kidneys. - Mare due to foal June rinates 7 or 8 times a day, passing a small quantity at a time. F. B. W., ington, O. - Give 1 dr. fluid extract vu and % dr. iodide potassium at a ! in feed, night and morning, for 10 5; then once a day for 10 days. )lt Scours. - Colt. 12 days old, scours istently. Hi? mother is fed on oats, )thy hay and some grass. J. E. M., tson Center. O. - Give 20 drops tincture im at a dose in a little of its mothmilk. 3 or 4 times a day. Wash mare's er with water and soap and then n off soap with alcohol. The ailment is lably result of food infection or mothudder being filthy.

struck on hock joint causing lame- > and swelling. It now has appearance horoughpin. E. L. F., Akron. O. - Apequal parts camphorated oil, alcohol part of hock joint. A blister took out iness and relieved the lameness, but ird bone-like swelling remains. E. H. Portland, Ind. - Bony enlargements of

?lint. - Mare has splint close to knee t. F. K., Danville. O. - Apply 1 part iodide mercury and 8 parts lard, once eek, or as often as it is necessary to ter parts gently.

lood Poison. - Colt apparently all right :n born, developed swelling and lame- 3 in one hock. Later the shoulder and stifle and fetlock swelled, ailment it from one part of body to another, ally the hock opened and discharged siderable blood and pus. He is down unable to get up and gradually growworse. W. M. H., Cozaddale, O. - 1 you applied oxide of zinc, earbolic tment or some other good antiseptic lealing medicine to navel opening, you ild have prevented this trouble. You uld also have washed his mother's udthoroly before allowing him to suck, sse are two very important things to i after. Your colt will die; however, i might give him 1 grain quinine and teaspoonful alcohol in 2 oz. of milk, 3 es a day.

abortion. - Mare has lost colt the past ) seasons after carrying them until y were fully matured. She was worked to foaling time and colts seemed ik and unable to stand. Had I better ed her again? V. C. S., Alexandria, O. >"ou intend using mare as you have dur- ' past 2 years I believe it poor judgment breed her again. Are you sure that your >od mare has not been troubled with rms and the bowel parasites are gets' the benefit of a large portion of her d?

iubacute Inflammation of Hock Joint. - It has puff on right hock joint. We have 3lied various liniments but bunch is 'oming soft. What are chances of re- 'ery? C. M. C, Freedom, O. - Your colt ;t suffered from a sprain or synovitis, e remedies were all right, but I beve the case incurable. By repeated apcations of cerate cantharides you may engthen the ligaments and reduce filing. Also give 1 dr. iodide potassium a dose, once a day-

Do you realize that the cause of three out of every four barns burning is the Lightning stroke? Are you aware that 75% of the loss sustained by insurance companies is caused by Lightning? and that the statistics of these insurance companies show that there are no losses where the Dodd <& Struthers Rods are used. 'Tis a fact, and it is because of this fact, that our Rods are endorse" by the best insurance companies and the highest authorities in the United States.

It in all well enough to talk about this, that and the other rod ljeing "just as good," but when you buy Rods don't be satisfied with this, don't take any agent's word lor it, make him show his papers. Ask him to see his endorsements, his fefeteBtam, and his authorities. lie will tell you he has them, but make him show them.

Just because our Rods are of known value, In-cause they have been tried and proved good, because we are endorsed and recommended, other fellows say "Our rod is ju-t afl good and we are endorsed by insurance, companies," etc., etc. That kind of talk fouls Borne folks, but you don't want to be fooled that way. When he begins to claim things, a.-k him to Bee JpP^ the proof, the real signed documents. If he is our agent he can show them, and if he can't, do - not buy of him until he can. Anybody can make claims, but the proof is the thing that counts, the actual evidence, not the hearsay. Our Rods are made of l'ure Lake Superior Soft Copper; our points are perfect; our couplers are as good as can be produced, and our entire system is so good that it received the highest award at St. Louis and Jamestown.

You can tell our Rod by the trade mark, D & S, burned on every spool, the D & S on every o mpler and on all the balls we are putting out this year. Look out for imitations, stear clear of "just as good," and insist on the Dodd oc Struthers - the father of them all.

Rvmember, every agent has an agent's certificate, every spool is branded with our trade mark, every agent is taught by us how to scientifically erect the Rods, and every job is guaranteed.

You don't want to lose your barn; you don't need to; it can be protected and made perfectly safe. We can do it for you or tell you where our agent is.

Our book by Prof. Dodd, "The Laws and Nature of Lightning and How to Control It," is so pood it has been copied by nearly every rod concern in the country and sent out as their own under slightly different names. We will send one of these books free if you want it. Just write and say you want to read Prof. Dodd's book about Lightning and you Mill get one by return mail free. Address for apron overalls are a comfort which every farmer will appreciate. They relieve the strain on the bib and make the overalls more comfortable to wear. The best double loop fasteners are found on certain styles of which. as every one knows, are the longest-wearing.easiest-fitting working clothes made. Do you wear them? They cost a little more, but that's because they're worth a great deal more. Same way with SWEET-ORR Corduroys, which outwear all others by three months.

Every garment bearing the name SWEETORR is absolutely guaranteed. Seams never rip, buttons can not come off. They must wear well or you get your money back.

If you can not buy SWEET-ORR unionmade overalls or SWEET-ORR corduroys in your town, write us at once and we will forward samples and prices so that you can order by mail. Address Department 970, 817 Broadway, New York.

Bull C A 1. V E S. Pleasant, Ohio

I" arge bullish JierkshireH - Service Boars. Li Sows bred to farrow May,. June. Jnly: Sprint pigs at a bargain. TUOS. £. EBERSOLE. Carrolltou O.

25 Shorthorn Bulls at farmers' prices. Also some herd headers JERSEY BUI - Imi>. and Canadian bred - will be sold cheap as « e have out- ' grown our stalile room and thev must be sold to make room i "calves. For catalogs and prices addr JOHM GARDEN, Rave

-Both sexes. Let me start you with young herd, registered. Special price on Boar and 3 Sows. Plenty bone find easy feeders. As represented or money refunded. H. L. STEWART, R. 6. TIFFIN, OHIO.

Sired bv Lord Crocus, he by Lord Mistletoe (81522), out of Imp. Sweet Crocus, both bred bv Wm. Duthie, OoUyuie, Scotland, Lord Mistletoe sired by the famous Lovat Champion (74948). Norton Kenney .Columbus Grove. Put. Co. O.

T^riT? ^1 A T T1 - ^ "very choice Shorthorns X \JSX OAiiiJA Pol Durhnm Hulls, by nearly full Sco. Bull, Gallant Victor (3611)129757 &The Pr.imo ter 6101 - 28S552. FRALEY B KOS., Hannibal, O.

SHORTHORNS, Poland-Chiuas, Barred Rocks of ] best strains. Pigs and eggs at very reasonable prices. 1>. J. Green & Gander. Cumberland, Ohio.

Jers6y Bull - 2 yrs.old, reg. St. Lambert. Well worth the price. Also fancy Berkshire boar, 1 year old. VINCENT C. THOMAS, R. 2, Newton Falls, Obi...

Olmsted, Ohio

HOL.STEINS for Sale-Best strains. Dnroc red hogs, prize win's. F'cv poultry; Collie dogs, Belgian Hares. J. R. Ross & Sons.R.S, Blanchester, O

Holsteins For Sale - Bull calves five in younger.with advance registry official back i tig. J. A. WARD, C. P. & E., Stop 44. Willoughby, Ohio.

l^or Sa'.e-3 Aberdeen-Angus hulls, ready for ser- I * vice: by Bln. li Illington 2nd Eric's Pride ami Rose of Advie. R. H. TERKILL, Ridgeway, Ohio.

T \VKOC-JKRSKYS - September gilts and main \f ready for breeding. March pig*. Pairs no kin. Reasonable. Albert ts. Ivan Strouse. ilcCoro -, U.

Solid-colored bull calf, eligible to reg. dropped Mar. 17 190* Sired by our Melia Anu bull. Village Farm King No. 75690. W. H. PRICE. WOODVII.LE. O.

By H. C. Hastings

"I was practically an invalid for six years, on account of female troubles. I underwent an operation by the doctor's advice, but in a few months I was worse than before. A friend advised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and it restored me to perfect health, such as I have not enjoyed in many years. Any woman suffering as I did with backache, bearing-down pains, should not fail to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound."

For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, uleera- 1 tion, fibroid tumors, backache, that j bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness, or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it?

Recently we remodeled a barn into quite an up-to-date house, with such small expense that people have called it "an interesting study in economical building." The barn was a fairly good one, 20x26 ft. Our aim was ' make it into a convenient house at the smallest expense possible, yet have nothing shoddy about it. First-class lumber well put together must be the rule. After considerable study we decided on a plan that we still think the best possible arrangement for the space. Then