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October  21,  1910. 
Concrete  in  Winter  Months 
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sm  all  work, etc.— by  working  indoors. 
Concrete  cellar  flouts  and  walls. 
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N ante  and  Address ; . 
PROSPERITY  IN  CANADA  -SOCiO, (ton, 000  in 
new  wealth  willed  In  1915.  Knonuous  crops  and 
low  taxation  make  fanners  rich.  Wheat  aver¬ 
age,  30.10  bushels  per  acre  in  Alberta,  28.75 
bushels  per  acre  in  Saskatchewan,  28.50  bushels 
per  acre  in  Manitoba.  Taxes  average  $24  and 
will  not  exeeed  $35  per  quarter  section,  iu- 
eludes  all  taxes;  no  taxes  on  improvements. 
Free  schools  and  full  religious  liberty;  good 
climate.  Get  your  farm  home  from  the  Cana¬ 
dian  Pacific  Railway;  20  years  to  pay.  Good 
land  from  $11  to  $30  per  acre;  irrigated  lauds 
from  $35,  ami  the  government.  guarauteeB  your 
land  stud  water  titles  Bn hmed,  after  first  pay¬ 
ment,  extended  over  nineteen  years,  with  In¬ 
terest  at  0%;  privileges  of  paying  in  full  any 
time.  Before  final  payment,  becomes  due  your 
farm  should  have  paid  for  itself.  We  will  lend 
you  up  to  $2,000  in  improvements  in  certain  ills 
tricts,  with  no  security  other  than  The  laud 
itself.  Particulars  on  request.  Ready  made 
farms  for  tmle.  Special  easy  terms.  Loan  for 
livestock.  In  defined  districts,  after  one  year's 
occupation,  under  certain  conditions  we  advance 
cattle,  sheep  and  hogs  to  farmers  up  to  a  value 
of  $1,000.  We  want  you;  we  can  afford  to  help 
you.  We  own  the  land';  we  want  the  land  cul¬ 
tivated.  Our  interest  are  mutual.  HUy  direct 
and  get  vour  farm  home  from  the  CANADIAN 
PACIFIC  RAILWAY.  Send  fi,r  free  hook,  J.  S. 
Dermis.  Assistant  to  the  President.  Canadian 
Pacific  Railway,  303  Ninth  A ve,.  West,  t  nlgary, 
Alberta,  Canada. 
NEW  YORK  STATE  FARMS  “ffi’ofKSl 
Tell  us  what  kind  of  farm  yon  want  and 
liow  much  cash  you  can  pay  down,  ami  we 
will  pi-opnre  purposely  for  you  a  list  of  just 
such  places  in  many  parts  of  the  State. 
THE  FARM  BROKERS'  ASSOCIATION.  Inc..  ONEIDA.  NEW  YORK 
Other  vfficctt  throughout  the  State* 
For  Sale-Fruit  Farms  Hudson  River  Valley 
Write  PLATT  &  TKATOK,  Kt-ii  Hook,  X.  Y. 
Great  River  Farm  Bargain 
200  Acres;  50  Head  Holstein  Stock 
fPillS  farm  is  located  on  the  macadam  road,  five 
milas  from  Court  Hoiimi,  P.inguaieton,  N  Y., 
whom  thoro  are  ilia  next  of  niAt'kotv  and  one  of  the 
finest  ffn-tiiB  In  Broome  County.  100  acrea  of  this 
land  is  tillable  olid  very  pinuiiitiew.  If  you  see  the 
crops  that  were  raised  thin  year  yon  Will  agree  with 
me.  Flue  set  of  buildings;  largo  basement  barn, 
painted  rod;  12-room  house,  painted  and  in  fiuneoii- 
ilitimi;  hog  house,  lien  house  and  all  out-buildings 
in  good  condition.  Water  comes  from  a  povoi-luil- 
inetli'lvnn  wall  with  gasoline  engine  topnnin  name 
to  nuililiiigsj  large  ni  o  nearly  full  of  corn.  There  is 
uhotitevery  ranhing  tool  you  can  mention  to  mu  t lie 
place  will);  burns  aro  full  of  hay  nnd  about 2ll  tons 
in  star. I;;  hail  12  hogs  mid  td;jH,  about  Sill  liens.  The 
Ktoelt  on  tli is  place  is  all  high  grade  Holstein  and 
one  thoroughbred  Ifolsioin  bull.  This  is  one  of  the 
best,  equipped  farm*  we  have  hud  in  sometime.  The 
present  owner  paid  for  tide  farm  in  a  short  lime 
and  on  account  of  poor  health  is  forced  to  soil  and 
will  include  everything  for  $l.j,OU(t,  on  reasonable 
twins,  balance  mortgage.  Come  and  see  us;  wo 
have  over  301)  farms  to  select  from, 
El  RAM  MlNTZ,  216Pbelp*  Building,  Binghamton,  N  .Y. 
NEW  FARMS  READY  TO  CULTIVATE— 
and  to  llvo  on.  Now  bouse  nnd  burn,  well,  fencing, 
etc. |  one  fresh  high  grade  cow,  two  blooded  pigs, 
dozen  chickens.  Clop  plan  and  help  of  our  turm 
experts  will  guide  you.  Uy  your  success  and  ship¬ 
ments  our  profits  will  be  measured.  Flue  climate, 
long  growing  season;  l.lg  yields  grains,  grasses, 
clovers,  fruits,  vegetables;  splendid  live  stock  sec¬ 
tion.  25  acres, $2. 1U);  50  acres. #7,750;  100  acres,  $I.!U); 
part  of  each  farm  just  cleared,  improved  ns  above. 
Kasy  terms.  Write  today  lor  full  particulars.  R.  1. 
Hunner.  General  development  Ancnt,  Seaboard  Air  Line 
Railway  Company,  7B5  Royster  Buildm#.  Norfolk,  Va. 
tlerse;  Farms 
Dairy,  Potato, Chicken.  List  Free. 
£0.  UIRROUGIIS,  143  F  State, Trenton  D.J. 
WAGONS— BUGGIES— HARNESS 
FOR  EVERY  FARM  USE  SINCE  1852 
SEE  THE  STUDEBAKER  DEALER 
The  only  separator  with  just  one  piece  in  the 
bowl — no  discs — easy  to  clean.  Furthermore 
the  Sharpies  saves  up  to  $100  yearly  over 
every  other  separator,  because  it  skims  clean 
at  any  speed.  Saves  cream  that  other  separators  lose 
at  low  speed  (19  out  of  20  operators  turn  too  slow). 
Over  a  million  Sharpies  users. 
Tbe  Sharpies  Separator  Co.  -  West  Chester,  Pa. 
Branches :  Chicago  San  Francisco  Portland  Toronto 
S-tl 
Farm  Life  on  the  Eastern  Shore 
A  Great  Man — a  Farmer 
His  Great  Property — His  Family 
Tlie  “Eastern  Shore”  of  Maryland  lias 
always  been  to  rue  “down  the  Country,” 
and  about  every  other  year  during  my 
life  I  have  been  taken  or  have  gone 
“down  country”  to  visit  among  my  “kin." 
I  have  noticed  each  year  improvement 
along  every  line  of  endeavor  of  the  farm¬ 
ers  among  whom  I  visit.  It  used  to  be 
that  my  week's  stay  meant  a  wearisome 
journeying  from  place  to  place;  now  it 
is  one  easy  automobile  ride  after  an¬ 
other  along  good  roads;  for  a  peep  into 
almost  any  carriage-house  discloses  an 
automobile. 
Among  these  farmers,  I  found  this 
Summer  a  great  man.  He  would  be  as¬ 
tonished  if  ho  were  told  that  he  was 
great.  Tie  is  probably  45  years  of  age. 
lie  began  life  as  a  hired  man,  when 
them  for  their  work.  The  boy  was  doubt¬ 
ful,  but  there  seemed  to  be  no  other  way 
of  saving  his  $30.  The  result  was  that 
he  netted  $30  and  learned  a  valuable 
lesson. 
The  father  showed  me  the  young  stock 
with  great  pride.  He  whistled  for  the 
colts  in  the  back  pasture.  One  of  the 
three  responded.  “But  we  must  go  to 
look  at  him."  he  said,  "so  that  he  will 
imt  bo  disappointed.”  As  fair  with  his 
animals  as  he  was  with  his  children. 
The  improvements  on  the  place  have 
come  one  by  one,  after  successful  sea¬ 
sons.  One  year,  a  new  barn  was  badly 
needed,  but  there  was  still  a  small  mort¬ 
gage  against  the  place.  The  father  ex¬ 
plained  to  the  children  that  the  mort¬ 
gage  was  not  large  enough  to  be  a  dis¬ 
grace,  and  that  a  new  barn  was  badly 
needed ;  but  that  they  had  all  helped  to 
Woman’s  Work  In  the  Fruit  Orchard 
wages  were  small.  I  will  not  follow  his 
progress,  only  to  say  that  without  much 
education  and  with  no  gift  of  money,  he 
has  acquired  a  large  farm  and  a  nice 
home,  with  conveniences  and  attractive 
surroundings,  dealing  meanwhile  so  hon¬ 
estly  with  his  fellow  men  that  he  has 
the  good  will  of  the  community.  A  stone 
road  has  been  built  in  front  of  his  farm, 
perhaps  doubling  its  value.  But  this 
material  progress  does  not,  to  my  mind, 
single  him  out.  It  is  the  fact  that  his 
family,  consisting  of  a  wife,  four  sons, 
and  two  daughters,  who  have  worked 
hard  to  help  make  his  success,  are  hap¬ 
py,  contented  and  interested.  You  hear 
no  talk  of  leaving  the  farm.  They  are 
equally  at  home  dressed  in  old  hats  and 
denim,  working  in  the  tomato  or  pota¬ 
to  patches,  or  dressed  in  white  suits  and 
shoes,  reading  or  running  an  automobile. 
I  think  a  few  remarks  which  I  gathered 
will  show  liow  this  happy  farm  family 
have  worked  out  their  salvation. 
The  father  showed  me  the  girls’  potato 
patch.  “Did  they  set  out  the  plants V” 
I  asked.  “No,  we  set  them  out  with  a 
planter,  but  the  girls  help  with  the  hoe 
work;  and  take  the  potatoes  tip.  They 
will  take  in  $75  or  $1<h>  from  these.’’ 
I  was  told  by  a  friend  that  oUCe  it 
year  the  father  would  say:  “Now  chil¬ 
dren.  we  will  go  into  the  tomatoes  this 
morning,  and  do  your  best,  for  the  crop 
is  yours  today.”  Do  you  wonder  that 
they  worked  willingly  l'or  him  on  the 
other  days? 
Each  of  the  boys  has  bis  horse  and  his 
crop-  They  are  given  crops  when  quite 
young  a  ml  given  the  time  to  attend  to 
them.  (I  saw  one  father  who  complained 
that  bis  boy  would  not  tend  a  crop  when 
it  was  given  to  him,  and  the  boy  de¬ 
fended  himself  by  saying  that  he  was 
given  no  time  to  Work  in  the  patch  ex¬ 
cept  "nights  and  mornings,"  which  in 
this  particular  case,  meant  overwork.) 
One  of  these  boys  was  given  a  tomato 
crop  when  he  was  quite  young.  He  neg¬ 
lected  the  crop  and  the  weeds  got  ahead 
of  him.  He  proposed  to  his  father  that 
he  should  give  the  crop  back  to  bis  fath¬ 
er,  and  the  father  was  to  pay  tbe  fertiliz¬ 
er  bill  of  $-30.  Tbe  father  refused;  but 
he  told  tin*  boy  that  he  and  the  other 
children  would  go  into  the  patch  and  help 
him  to  get  it  clean,  so  that  be  could  han¬ 
dle  it  alone.  He  must,  however,  pay 
earn  the  money,  and  that  they  should  all 
have  a  voice  in  its  use.  They  voted  by 
ballot,  even  the  three-year-old  entering 
into  (he  game.  The  result  was  a  surprise 
to  the  father,  for  every  vote  read  to  pay 
off  tbe  mortgage. 
This  family  is  not  by  any  means  tbe 
only  one  that  I  have  noticed  in  prosperity 
and  I  have  been  quite  interested  in  find¬ 
ing  the  helpful  factors.  So  many  have 
accomplished  so  much  without  education 
or  financial  aid  that  we  cannot  count 
these  as  great  factors.  Intelligent,  bard 
work  must  Count,  of  course.  But  how 
about  inspiration?  That  they  must  have, 
and  where  do  they  get  it?  It  seems  to 
me  that  two  agents  have  spelled  a  great 
difference  between  tbe  old  times  and  the 
new  times  in  this  particular  section  of 
which  I  am  writing.  The  first  is  good 
roads.  I  was  told  that  on  one  stretch 
of  25  miles  of  stone  road  connecting  two 
towns  there  were,  in  the  course  of  one 
year  after  the  road’s  completion,  21  new 
houses  erected  and  eleven  started.  Then 
I  asked  several  men  where  they  derived 
most  inspiration — from  bulletins,  lec¬ 
tures,  talks,  or  from  farm  papers,  and, 
without  discrediting  the  other  sources, 
they  gave  most  credit  to  those  farm  pa¬ 
pers  where  they  could  find  out  how  other 
farmers  had  tried  and  failed,  or  suc¬ 
ceeded.  L.  s. 
“Seeing  Things”  in  Washington 
The  National  Grange  will  hold  its  an¬ 
nual  meeting  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  in 
November.  Neveral  of  in\*  neighbors  and 
myself  (as  well  as  hundreds  of  your  sub¬ 
scribers)  are  planning  to  go.  Will  you 
tell  us  what  to  see  and  how  to  see  the 
interesting  places  in  Washington  while 
there?  c.  w.  J. 
New  York. 
If  one  has  only  a  day  fur  the  city  one 
of  the  touring  cars  which  are  plentiful 
will  give  one  a  general  view  of  the 
streets,  buildings,  parks,  with  short  stops 
at  the  most  important  places  of  interest 
A  guide  with  the  car  megaphones  the 
main  points  of  interest.  The  W  h.te 
House  is  open  to  visitors  week  days  from 
10  a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.  All  visitors  desiring 
to  see  the  famous  “Red  Room”  and 
“Green  Room”  must  secure  cards,  which 
may  be  obtained  from  Members  of  Con¬ 
gress.  A  letter  to  a  Congressman  will 
bring  the  card  immediately  these  days. 
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