EDITORIAL AND GENERAL 



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appear to be specially fond of the sound 

 of a mouth organ. 



Rabbits may be attracted by a whistle. 

 A hunter of my acquaintance, if he has 

 no dog when he sees a rabbit, will whis- 

 tle and the rabbit will stop and stand 

 erect on its hind feet. 



When quite young I read and sang to 

 the geese. A spring of water came from 

 under a spreading maple tree and a seat 

 made there of rocks was my favorite 

 place for reading, particularly on Sun- 

 day afternoons, while the geese swam in 

 the water and quacked. When I read 

 aloud or sung they would stop, stay still 

 and listen. When I stopped they would 

 cry, "Quack ! quack !" to express their 

 pleasure or to applaud, maybe both. 



Iowa. He writes that he does not know 

 who took the picture, as it came to his 

 office while the "Farmer" was under 

 the management of a former editor, 

 As a rural scene it is a novelty, and as 

 such we publish it. 



How the Hogs Obtain Milk. 



Most farmers have a saying that 

 hogs will milk cows, but by many peo- 

 ple this is regarded as a story on a par 

 with that of snakes that crawl into the 

 spring house and drink the milk. But 

 here is conclusive photographic proof 

 that hogs do really milk cows, and that 



"No Hunting Aloud." 



Hunters who have taken a post- 

 graduate course in the school of ap- 

 plied silence are welcome on the Job 

 Zile farm at Clinton, near Caldwell. 

 X. J., but those with silencers on their 

 firearms will be preferred of all men. 

 Here is the invitation to the noiseless 

 and speechless variety; it was posted 

 yesterday by the owner of the farm : 



HUNTERS, BEWARE! 



No hunting aloud on this farm. 

 By order of the owner. 



JOB ZILE. 



A neighbor saw Job tacking up the 

 sign and told him the word "aloud" 

 should be spelled "allowed." 



"No, that's all right jest as 'tis," said 



DIRECT FROM NATURE THE BEST METHOD! 

 How to avoid "skimmed" milk and preservative chemicals. 



the performers seem to enjoy it. Job. "What I want to stop is this darn 



Furthermore the cows appear to have banging of guns all over the place 



become accustomed to this kind of when the hunting season is on. Let 'em 



milker. This photograph was sent to hunt all they're a mind to, but if they 



us by Alson Secor, Associate Editor of go to making any noise about it, I'll 



"Successful Farming," Des Moines, have 'em 'rested." — New York World. 



