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have Styles K and L Steam Tractors and 
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All Farquhar Boilers are now built 
A. S. M. E. Standard Code. Engines are 
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The different Farquhar outfits are 
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other Farquhar Tools; Saw Mills, Threshers, 
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quick reply and a ’‘square deal,” See guarantee editorial page. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOME.STIC.—The Mouse of Itepresen- 
tatives of Tennessee J:m. 10. passed the 
hill allowing women to vote in city and 
i’rcsideutial elections. 
Tlohert E. T.ee’s memory was bonorefl 
Jan. 10 throughout the South. The one 
hundred and tenth anniversary of his 
birth was observed as a holiday ii. all 
Southern States and memorial exercises 
were held in many cities and towns. The 
Secretary of War, Mr. Baker, was the 
princi])ai speaker at the celebration at 
Washington and Lee University at Lex¬ 
ington. Va. 
Senator roindoxter introduced one 
resolution at \\ ashington Jan. 10 pro- 
l>osiiig to change the Fourteenth Amend¬ 
ment to the Constitution so that any 
State which does not permit^ woinen to 
vote shall liave its representation in Lon- 
gi'oss reduced, and another to incluo.e the 
word “sex” in the Fifteenth Amendment 
forbidding restraints on sulTrage 
Four men were killed outright .and one 
fatall.v injured Jan. -1. when a Michigan 
('entral easthouiid train struck an 
mobile seven miles east of .Tackson, Mich. 
On account of a blinding snowstorm the 
driver of the car did not see the approach¬ 
ing train. . -.t v 1 
The loading industry 111 Aew lork, 
measured by the value of the maiuitac- 
tured product, is the making of women s 
clothing, according to a table prepared liy 
the Federal Census Bureau and recently 
received hv the State Industrial Commis¬ 
sion It shows that this industry led all 
others bv nearly .SlKhOOO.lKX). the value of 
its product in BH-l having been 
Samuel Barkin. iiresident of the Essex 
Waist f’onipany. was found guilty Jan. -w 
of manslaughter in the second degree by 
a inry before Justice Kai»per in Brooklyn, 
X. Y. Barkin was the lii-st to be tried of 
the four persons indicted in connection 
with the Diamond Candy Factor.v hre on 
Xovombor (5, 1015. in which ei^it girls 
and four men lost their lives. The pen¬ 
alty is a minimum of seven and one-halt 
years and a maximum of fifteen years. 
The specific charge against Ihirkin was 
that he caused an emergency trap-door 
leading from the fourth to the third fioor 
of the building to he kept bolted. _ 
So-called bine sky laws of Ohio, Michi¬ 
gan and South Dakota, regulating the sale 
of securities and designed to bar get-rich- 
(inick schemes, were upheld as constitii- 
tional by the Supreme Court Jan, in 
far-reaching decisions alTectiug similar 
laws in twenty-six other States. JR«Bve 
McKenna handed down the opinion of the 
court to which Justice McReynolds alone 
dissented. The opinion admits that such 
statutes uuiy cui'b and burden legitimate 
business, but holds that the interests of 
legitimate business are not paramount vO 
the police power of States to jirotect their 
citizens from fraud. Federal court in- 
innetions snspendiiig enforcement of the 
laws are dissolved. The laws do net at¬ 
tempt to prohibit unwise investments, but 
give State authorities, through security 
commissions or biuiking superintendents, 
authority to forbid sale within State bor¬ 
ders of securities which officials believe 
would result in fraud upon investors. The 
Michigan and South Dakota statutes were 
pattcrn(>d upon the “model” blue sky bill 
drafted by the National Association of At- 
torueys-General. which is the model for 
the laws of several other States. 
Limited woman sufl’rage will become 
effective in North Dakota July 1 next. 
Jan. 23 Gov. Frazier signed the bill giving 
women the right to vote 011 all but con¬ 
stitutional offices. North Dakota Is the 
thirteenth State to give rights of fran¬ 
chise to women. 
“Bone dry” prohibition for both Alaska 
and Hawaii virtually was decided upon 
J:in. 23 by the House Territories Commit¬ 
tee. The reintroduced Wickorsham bill to 
I'rohihit manufacture, sale, gift, posses¬ 
sion or transportation of liquor in Alaska 
was ordered favorably reported to the 
House. The Hawaiian bill was tlnni 
taken up and the main features^ of the 
Alaskan hill were written into it after 
the committee had eliminated i»rovisions 
that would make prohibition dependent 
upon petitions of the Hawaiian people. 
The State Armory at Glean, N. Y., was 
destroyed b.v fire Jan. 23: loss .$125,000. 
Jan. 23 it was announced that the I’ei'- 
shing punitive expedition had been or¬ 
dered to leave Alexico. It is asserted that 
the abortive expedition against Villa has 
cost the United States upwards of .$200,- 
000.000. Villa, with a force of S,0<X). is 
understood to be operating in the terri¬ 
tory south and we.st of Chihuahua. He 
is more powerful than he has been in 
years. It is .s.iid th-'^" tlu' question of lift¬ 
ing the embargo of the exportation of 
arms into ^Mexico is being consid('red, hut 
no decision has been reached be<-ause of 
the comi)lexity of the iiro-blem. The Ad¬ 
ministration fears that A’illu might get 
hold of the ai'ins. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—A hill intro¬ 
duced into the House of Representatives 
by Congressman Byrnes, of South Caro¬ 
lina, prohibits interstate shipment of 
seeds or bulbs adulterated or misbranded 
and also the sale of such stock. The bill 
provides for a fine of $200 for a first 
offense and for each suhseiiueut olfense, 
njion conviction, a fine not exceeding $300, 
with imprisonment for not exceeding one 
year, or both. For the purpose of the 
February R, 1917. 
law, seed and bulbs are to he deemed to 
be misbranded: First, when one kind or 
dirtingnishahle varieij shall be offered 
for sale under the name of another : sec¬ 
ond, if in package form and the contents 
are stated in terms of weight or measure, 
they are not plainly and correctly stated; 
third, if the article be falsely labeled or 
branded as to the State. Territory, local¬ 
ity. or country in which it is raised or 
produced. 
The Connecticut Vegetable Growers’ 
Association and the Connecticut Pomolog- 
ical Society will hold their joint aiiuual 
convention in Foot Guard Hall. Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., February 0-7-8. 
A special train of forty-five cars, loaded 
with potatoes started east from Greeley, 
Col.. Jan. 19. It is made up of extra 
choice tubers loaded from points in that 
district. Guards are required to attend 
stoves placed in every car to prevent 
freezing as well as to prevent loss by 
theft. 
The killing of bobcats for their pelts is 
becoming something of an industry in the 
Bull Mountains, Montana, where the cat's 
are said to be nmisually numerous^ this 
year. The i>elt.s are worth from $2.50 to 
.$4 each, and shipments are regularly 
made to Fasten) fur houses. 
A special course in the feeding and 
management of dairy cattle will he offered 
by the Extension Deiiartmont of (Mhimbia 
T'uiversity, New York City. The class is 
open to anyone and does not i-equire ex¬ 
aminations for entrance. There will he 
two sections: Gne on Tuesday and 
Thursday from 1 to 2 p. m.. and the other 
IVednesday evening from 7.40 to 9.20 
p. m. The periods will he taken up with 
practical lectures and discussions. Be¬ 
side a thorough study of feeding, mixing 
and balancing rations, the course will in¬ 
clude breeding, calf-raising, the care of 
sires, housing of cows and calves, feed¬ 
ing cows for advanced registry, methods 
of marketing milk, fitting dairy cattle for 
showing, ami details of dairy cattle man¬ 
agement. The course starts February 7th 
and lasts 15 weeks. 
New Jersey Farmers’ Institutes 
Thursday. February 1. South Seavillc, 
(’ape May County; Tuesxlay, February 0, 
Harmersville. Salem County; Weilnesday, 
February 7, Bellemead, Somer.set County ; 
Thursday, Februar.v 8, Tvambertville, 
Hunterdon County: Friday, February 9, 
Biairstown. Warren County; Saturday, 
F(4)rnary 19. Woodcliff Lake, Bergen 
('onnty; Tuesday, February 1.3. Elmer. 
Salem (’ounty: Weduesda.v, February 14, 
Franklinville. Gloucester County: Thnvs- 
diiy, February 1.5, Moorestown, Btirliiig- 
ton (’ounty ; Fi-iday. February 19, Berlin, 
Camden (’ounty; Tuesday. February 20. 
Coid Spring, Cajw' May (’omity; Wednes- 
da.v, February 2L Trenton, Mercer ('onn- 
ty; Thursday, February 22, Medford. 
Burlington (’ounty; Friday, Fehniary 23, 
Spring Valley, Bergen County; 'ruesday, 
February 27. Califon, Hunterdon (’ounty. 
In addition to the above. Jewish farm¬ 
ers’ meetings will he held at Hightstowii. 
Mercer County, on .Monday, February 29; 
at I’errineville, Monmouth County, on 
Tuesday. February 27, and at New Brnns- 
wiek, Middle.sex (’onut.v on Wednesday, 
Febinary 28. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Dulnth Poultry Show. Duluth. .Minn., 
Feb. 1-9. 
Wisconsin ('ountry Life (’onference. 
College of Agriculture. Madison. Feb. 
5-10. 
.Annual meeting, Wisconsin Live Stock 
Brooders’ Association, College of Agri¬ 
culture, Madison. Feb. 5-10. 
Connecticut Vegetable Growers’ .\sso- 
ciation and Connecticut Pomological So¬ 
ciety, joint annual convention. Foot Guard 
Ilall, Hartford, Conn., Feb. 9-.S. 
State Cow Testers’ Association nicet- 
ing, (’ollege of Agriculture. University of 
Wisconsin, Madison, Feb. 9-10. 
AVisconsin Swine Congress, Demonstra¬ 
tion and Sales, College of Agriculture, 
Aladison, Feb. 5-10. 
New York State (Jrauge. Gneouta, N. 
Y.. Feb. 9-9. 
Farmers’ M’eek. ('ornell lluiversity, 
Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 12-17. 
New Y’ork State Vegetable Growers’ 
Association, Ithaca, N. Y,, Feb. 13-15. 
American Jersey Cattle Club, New 
A’ork City, May 2. 
Holstein-Friosian Association of Amer¬ 
ica. Worcester, Mass.. .Tune 9. 
American Association of Nurserymen, 
forty-.second annual meeting, Philadol- 
phia, I'a., June 27-29. 
As to fruit and garden crops there is 
not enough raised in this section to sup¬ 
ply home market. Apples, home-grown, 
sold in the Fall for 9()c per hu.. now $1. 
Potatoes at digging time $1, now $1.50. 
(’attle selling from $G to $8 jier ewt.; 
earlier in hall choice sold at $9.’ Hogs 
$9 live, net 12e. Sheei), good breeding 
■‘coarse’’ ewes, $8 to $9 a head. Fat 
sheep 914 to 7c per lb. Farmers get $1G 
to $18 a ton for baled hay delivered. 
Straw, oat or wheat, $5 and $0 ton. 
Corn in field $1 bu. (Jats, delivered. 70c; 
wheat, but very little to sell, about 
$1.25. J. s. K. ■ 
Mt. Alorris, Pa. 
Doctor (examining recruit 1 : “And do 
.vou always stutter like rhatV’ Recruit: 
“N-n-no, sir. < inly w-w-w-when I 
t-t-talk.”—Punch. 
