least some one living in the country 
or in a small town. There are. in all. 
in this one issue. 614 advertisements. 
152 being entered by women and 462 
by men. and almost every conceivable 
thing which Could be found useful or 
ornamental on a farm either offered 
for sale or called for. Handmade linen 
handkerchiefs at 40 cents each are of¬ 
fered by one woman. Another woman 
offers 25 lbs. of pure white goose 
feathers at $1 a lb. One woman wants 
to buy a pet monkey. In fact, every¬ 
thing that we can readily think of will 
be found named in this advertising. 
One man advertises for six or eight 
corn buskers, lie offers good corn. 4 
cents a bushel and hoard. 
Among the exchanges called for are 
some curious points. One man wants 
to exchange guinea liens for a collie 
pup. Another offers a steel guitar for 
a trained bird dog. One man desires 
to make his sword into a plowshare by 
offering his repeating rifle for a good bi¬ 
cycle. Another mau offers a half-liound 
pup. which he says is beginning to tree, 
for a Poland-C'hiua sow or a Jersey 
calf, and we should think that was a 
good trade. Another man offers a 
square piano for Brown Leghorn or 
lied hens. Then comes one who may 
be a “back-to-the-lander” or an “easy- 
cliair farmer," who offers a typewriter 
for grass seed. Instead of making two 
words grow where one grew before, 
this man will turn his attention to 
blades of grass. All sorts of things 
are offered, and we understand that 
most of these advertisers receive many 
calls for their goods. 
Among other things, these people 
have evolved a new name for goat 
meat, which seems to he becoming pop¬ 
ular in the Central West, it is known 
as “ehevon," and represents to goats 
what beef represents to cattle and pork 
to swine. The whole purpose of this 
form of advertising seems to us excel¬ 
lent. It not only leads to direct busi¬ 
ness between country people, hut it 
must he the means of broadening out 
the lives of. many of these folks, giv¬ 
ing them something new to think about 
and introducing them to new friends. 
He Needs More Capital 
I am a high school boy of 16 years, 
and am 5 ft. 8 in. tall.’ I have been 
working for two years on a nearby mar¬ 
ket gardener’s farm, and I have managed 
to save .8200. With this money as my 
eapiral I would like to hire a tract of 
about an acre or so and either raise 
squash or potatoes or buy young chirks 
of about a day old and raise them until 
Fall and then sell them. Which do you 
think would he best and most profitable? 
I have no tools, and would have to hire 
men and horses to do plowing. The 
average price ia this section is 81.25 an 
hour for team and man. 
If potatoes are the West, which kinds 
are best for what kinds of soils? IIow 
much seed to the acre for potatoes, and 
should I buy certified seed, or would 
squash be better? If chickens, which 
kind would he best, and what should I 
feed to raise them for market? How 
many could I raise? Or do you think it 
would be best to keep working on the 
farm instead? The land which I have 
in view is run-down. It is near a pop ) 
where many swimmers go. and I would 
expect to have some stolen. u. l. 
W E dislike to discourage an enter¬ 
prise of tit is sort, but the 
chances are that this 
young man would 
J make a mistake if he undertook such 
a plan as lie has in miml with only 
$200. With that limited capital, unless 
he can have access to more he would 
be swamped within a few months, long 
before be could grow a crop to develop 
a trade. Let liim go to some of the 
market gardeners or poultry men in 
Worcester County, Mass., and get their 
figures. These will show that the plan 
he outlines would be practically ini- 
it. Is shows possible. 
mi* 'the li'i ** It *'■ better plan, it seems to us, would 
uiduals, and he to continue working right where 
. .. , you are. Watch your chance, and ob- 
■ blitter, and 
cow sold at tain a small piece of land. Start 
ise man who planting it to fruit, and develop a 
e* white color ,, , , ,, . 
burning, the small flock of poultry, at the same 
?ver can tell time keeping your job. so as to have 
some little income while your own 
place is developing. By doing this in a small way 
to begin with you will finally he able to become your 
own boss without trying to struggle under a moun¬ 
tain of expense and bills which must he paid, if at 
all. out of the land. Of course much of this will 
depend on locality, some places being more favorable 
than others. There are good opportunities in New 
England near one of the large and growing cities 
for a combination of poultry, fruit and vegetables. 
When a young man sees $200 entered on a bank 
book it looks large if at the time he has a job with 
a little money coming in constantly. Then $200 
looks like a mountain. When buildings, taxes, fer¬ 
tilizer. hired help, stock, living expenses and half e. 
dozen other things are gnawing at the $200, it looks 
This piiAure was taken on Sunny fields Farm. Burlington. Connect! 
the little girl of six years beside the white cow. They are both resti 
' ar\c\izirA Jure, and there is no question about the friendship which exists hetw 
tctCK.ya.ru is a fine tiling to have children become fully acquainted with the faint 
a friend in n ibis little girl evidently knows her friend all tile way through. 
Years ago we were fold that a white cow would always give whi 
suited me with that there would be no color in her milk. In fact, we once saw a whi 
ed them under !l V0l - V l°\v price because of this supposed quality. The buyer was a 
. knew that the cow contained some Jersey blood. He took a chance „n i 
later in early when it was at a low figure, and he had his inning when, at the first 
(if seeing five cream trom the white cow gave butter the color of pure gold. You 
Tlu' prediction * l ‘ om fhe color of a cow what there is inside of her. 
raiser could not successfully My greatest problem at this writing is to know 
ry-house on a town lot. to whom to sell two of the four at my own price, so 
f (lie two gobblers took cold, many are the requests. While showing the "ehil- 
■eful nursing went to turkey dron" to some friends last evening 1 heard of two 
ill had the one gobbler and farmers, one of whom hatched 5S and raised one: 
driller is shown on the first the other had off, raised four. turkey woman. 
same food as the 24 White Pennsylvania. 
