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The ANCIENT LAW 
By ELLEN GLASGOW 
Author of ‘‘ The Deliverance,’’ ‘‘ The Wheel of Life,’’ etc. 
“*The Ancient Law’ is a distinct advance in the work of an author 
who ranks with the best of our women novelists.’ —N. Y. Times. 
“Miss Ellen Glasgow’s books are always distinguished by the 
bestowal of unstinted labour on her writing, and “The Ancient Law’ 
is no exception to the rule.’—Ghe London Spectator. 
$1.50 
JACK SPURLOCK—Prodigal 
By GEORGE HORACE LORIMER 
Mr. Lorimer’s best book: 
full of wit, humor, 
epigram and sound horse sense. 
“If you are in the dumps and want to get clear 
of them, take up this story.” —‘Brooklyn Citizen. 
“Tt is very distinctly funny.” 
Illustrated by F. R. Gruger. 
The SPANISH JADE 
—New York Times. 
$1.50 
By MAURICE HEWLETT 
Author of ‘‘ The Forest Lovers,’’ ‘‘ Richard Yea-and-Nay,”’ etc. 
“No reader is likely to go far with ‘The Spanish Jade’ without 
being reminded of Carmen . . 
. . let it be remembered that so eminent 
a critic as Frederic Harrison has pronounced Mr. Hewlett’s novels 
better than those of Sir Walter Scott.” — Springfield Sunday 
Republican. 
Illustrated and decorated in color by W. Hyde. 
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ADVENTURES IN CONTENTMENT 
By DAVID GRAYSON 
“Here is a book so delightful in its literary style, 
so simple, so sound in its philosophy, so full of genuine 
content and with such a sunny outlook upon life, 
that one almost hesitates to write about it, lest its 
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Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty. 
$1.20 net, postage 12 cents 
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Jerseys, the Ideal Family Cows 
ieee best general purpose cow for a 
family is unquestionably a Jersey 
because, while she does not give as much 
milk as a Holstein or Ayreshire, the milk is 
much richer. The average cow will give 
considerably more milk than the average 
family can dispose of. For most families 
two or three quarts a day is sufficient for 
their needs and a cow, if properly fed, should 
give from ten to twenty quarts; therefore the 
surplus of milk that is obtained from the 
heavy milk yielding breeds is wasted, unless 
it is churned or fed to pigs or chickens. 
Jerseys and Guernseys are the two breeds 
that are notable for the high percentage of 
butter-fat in their milk. A famous Guernsey 
cow in Illinois produced a thousand pounds 
of butter in a year, but this is exceptional. 
There is a time-honored controversy 
between the breeders of the heavy milk 
yielding breeds and the breeds that produce 
the richest milk, which often causes hard 
feeling. A Jersey breeder and a Holstein 
breeder were discussing the relative merits of 
their favorite breeds one day, and the Jersey 
breeder said, ‘I can take a silver dollarand 
drop it in a pail of milk taken from a Holstein 
and see the dollar in the bottom of the pail.” 
“Well,” replied the Holstein enthusiast, “I 
could n’t try that experiment with a Jersey 
because I could not get enough milk from 
her to cover the dollar.” 
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probably be prohibitive to a man of small 
means but high grades can sometimes 
be bought as low as sixty dollars and a cow 
of indifferent breeding will bring fifty dol- 
lars. The high grade is worth the difference. 
New Jersey. C. O. Morris. 
Secret of Good Muskmelons 
O you think melon culture is essentially 
a lottery and even the experts fail in cold, 
wet seasons? That’s because you don’t 
know the simple secret of melon culture. 
Cold, wet weather is bound to ruin melons. 
Even in dry weather, a few nights at ripening 
time that are considerably cooler than those 
preceding, will entirely destroy the aroma 
and flavor of the finest varieties. The only 
thing you can do about it is to ripen them 
indoors, keeping them in a warm room during | 
cool weather and a cool place in hot weather. 
Too much work? - Very well, then, you can’t 
have good melons in hot weather. I am 
willing to pay the price, because we can’t 
control the weather and we can’t make a 
tropical plant enjoy cold, wet weather. 
Of course, the easiest and cheapest way to 
produce melons by the carload is to grow them 
on warm, sandy soil, but mark you! The 
finer orange- and salmon-fleshed varieties 
such as Emerald Gem, Miller’s Cream and 
Paul Rose, when grown on warm, sandy soil, 
crack badly and their flesh is too soft! More- 
over, on warm, sandy soil, the vines are much 
more subject to leaf-blight and sunscald, 
while those grown in cooler locations are 
more robust, because a cool and rather heavy 
soil holds moisture better during dry spells. 
New York. M. GS. 
