F. C. PUTNAM 
W. T. PUTNAM 
W. T. PUTNAM, JR. 
MAIL ORDERS TAKEN FOR 
DRESSED CHICKENS,DUCKS. 
GEESE, FRESH EGGS AND 
OTHER FARM PRODUCTS 
Intermount parm 
W. T. PUTNAM & SONS 
‘THE MAIL ORDER FARM” 
INTERMOUNT FARM BUTTER, 
CREAM, CHEESE, SAUSAGE 
AND FRESH PORK 
Hake Cusfjman, Wla&t). 
w ar work. 
The news fro; 1,hi, front is °lo", V- it I believe in the new 
orier things and the unified command, also the policy of attrition. 
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The Allien have been blundering along, each on his own hook long 
enough, and it in a sad reflection on the intellects of England, 
"ranee and Italy that it has taken then, three years to realise 
this, snd I am glad that hr. Wilson, if he is responsible for it, 
has compelled the change. Of course you and I know all about this 
nd the rest of the problems of the ~&r, and if we had only had 
charge things would have been different. It ir easy to criticise. 
And now lets talk about something else. You added a 
• ; ;ostscript about your picture. This never reached me. Maybe you for¬ 
got to enclose it. I have none of my own, but will send you those 
of my boys. F. 0.,the oldest,has charge of the poultry, he is 22 
and in Class 2. by namesake, who is kno~n only by his baby name of 
"Bee" is the dairyman, and also the general farmer, he h-s a milk¬ 
ing machine and handles his 20 to 25 cows twice a day —ithout the 
variation of 15 minutes. ; : e will be 21 this fall. Phillips, the 
youngest, is the swineherd, and cares for the washing of the milk 
ing machine and utensils. There never •"'as a lot of pigs on the place 
that got the care 'his do- he is also something of a scientist, and 
for a couple of years has collected for the university of Michigan 
olid has cent them one entirely new sain. nder .-aid a frog -which 
h--.d b < -en found but on<U -nd of -'hich tar.re ^ere but one or- specimens 
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in existence. The Cur tor of the university Museum wrote me some 
ti: ... ego that they had no collector "'ho had so keen powers of ob¬ 
servation, ..-aid a short time ago they male him a present from the 
