Popular Scicnrr Monthly 



893 



when OIK' turns, witli rclit-l aiitl pleasure, 

 fn)ni the case of inaiuifaetiired eyes, shown 

 in the showroom of Mr. Putter's l)uilding. 

 to the case of glowini^, liciiiiJ, 

 or gem-like hand-p<iintetl 

 representations. The 

 experience does not 

 only enlighten on; 

 as to the wide range 

 of dilTerences in 

 the eyes of vari- 

 ous kindsof beasts, 

 in the marking, 

 rim, shape, size, 

 coloring and ex- 

 pression, and i)ar- 

 ticularly in the colors 

 of the pupils and their 

 curve-like, slit-like or round 

 shapes; it also shows what r 

 markable results can be 

 obtained in this unique 

 phase of fine art. 



And the perfecting of 

 this phase of art was 

 made possible by a 

 determination on the 

 part of Mr. Potter, 

 which stojipetl at no 

 expense, from several 

 dollars apiece for the 

 imported crystal 

 molds from England, 

 to financing long 

 trips, and engaging the best artist obtain 

 able — in this case, Mr. Finkelgreen. 



Warning Herdsmen of the Approach of 

 "Untempered" Storms 



THROUGHOUT the Northwest, 

 where sheep-raising is one of the prin- 

 cijial intlustries and where the weather is 

 not always tempered to the shorn lamb, 

 for the simple reason that shearing and 

 lambing are scheduled for the very early 

 spring, the loss to the herders from deaths, 

 due to exposure in sudden storms, some- 

 times totals fifty per cent of the Hocks. 



For this reason, during the Spring of 

 IQ16 the Weather Bureau installed a 

 special storm-warning ser\ice for Oregon, 

 \\'ashington and Idaho sheep ranges. The 

 service was operated through twenty-five 

 distributing centers. Special reports and 

 warnings were sent out, covering tempera- 

 ture, rain, snow, winds, clouds and a clear 

 sky. The messages were passed along by 

 telephone and reached stockmen by noon 

 or earlier of the date of issue. 



Are You Paying for Your Farm or Is It 

 Paying for Itself? 



THI'L progressive farmer 

 does not measure his 

 business In- the number 

 of acres which his prop- 

 erty embraces; for in 

 man\- instances it is 

 tile man who does 

 an intensive busi- 

 ness on a com- 

 paratively small 

 acreage who 

 makes the most 

 money out of farm- 

 ing. UsualK' the 

 farmer has altogether 

 too much money tied up 

 unproductive, or loafer, 

 land. 



On ever^- farm, of course, 

 there are certain areas 

 neressariK' devoted to 

 nonproductive purposes, 

 such as fence lines, 

 ditches, lanes and 

 uiilding lots. The 

 problem is to decide 

 just how great a per- 

 centage of the aggre- 

 gate land may be de- 

 voted to such uses 

 profitably, or at least 

 from the yielding ca- 

 For instance, untrim- 

 med hedges, fences, or zigzag rail or womi 

 fences require more than twice as much 

 land as wo\cn wire or barbed wire fences. 

 Similarly, a little planning may result in 

 the elimination of farm lanes by a simple 

 arrangement of fields; and a compact 

 groujiing of the farm buildings, with due 

 regard for hygiene and attractiveness, may 

 restore a considerable portion of the non- 

 productive acreage to the profitable class. 



Some areas are hopeless, but before being 

 pronounced cntirel\- unredaimable their 

 possibilities should be considered from 

 e\ery angle. Man\- untillable fields make 

 productive pasture lands, or they can be 

 used for the production of timber. On 

 the other hand it may be an ad\antage to 

 clear and till wooded acreage, first counting 

 the cost of the work and balancing it 

 against the sale price of the timber prod- 

 ucts, the increased value of the land and 

 the iidded expense of firewood after the 

 timber has been disposed of. 



The artist paints on the crystal molds the 

 exact coloring, shape, size and expression 

 of the eyes of the different animals. A 

 crystal covering completes the eyes which 

 are then labeled and filed in cases 



without detracting 

 pacity of the farm. 



