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farming on the mental map of the coun¬ 
try.” We must produce the people who 
will tell our story fairly iu books, plays, 
moving pictures, by every means by 
which good things are promoted and ad¬ 
vertised. Here is great work for our agri¬ 
cultural colleges and the finest possible 
opportunity for men and women with 
brains and skill. We must do it our¬ 
selves and with our own people, and we 
can do it if we will put our minds to it. 
The fact is that this big work ot putting 
farming where it ought to be—at the 
head of all professions is not entirely a 
business proposition, though that is* its 
fundamental strength. We have got to 
go at it with something of the spirit of 
the old crusaders—as if we were not only 
doing something for our own pocket- 
books, but for the future of this country. 
We_ never can. make any permanent gain 
by injustice or taking away what rightly 
belongs to others. I think that policy 
has been Avorked to injure us, but if we 
want to prove to the world that we really 
are superior we have got to climb up 
above tricks and petty advantage and be 
really big in our dealings with other 
classes. 
I think we are to have help from a 
class of wealthy men who were raised 
on farms. These men were farm boys. 
They have made money in the cities, but 
they have come to see the injustice of 
present conditions, and they also see 
what all this means if the present swing 
of money and men to the city continues. 
I think many of these rich men will 
finally decide to go back to the old town 
and start little factories or finance old 
ones, and thus bring business closer to 
the country. That is one of the finest 
things they can ever do with their money. 
These things and more like them are com¬ 
ing. It will take some time to readjust 
business. We cannot do it all at once, 
but the swing will finally start back to 
the farm, and we shall he able to pull it 
back where it belongs. h. w. c 
New Jersey Agricultural Convention 
The week of January 11 will be a lively 
one in Trenton, N. J. The sixth annual 
meeting of the New Jersey Agricultural 
Convention will gather at that time. This 
covers 14 distinct farm organizations. 
Formerly New Jersey held a meeting of 
the Board of Agriculture. That has grown 
until now the State meetings of all these 
societies are grouped together, with the 
result that we have one of the best agri¬ 
cultural conventions held in the country. 
Every Jerseyman who is interested in 
agriculture may well go to Trenton for 
one day at least to attend the conference. 
Not only would the Jerseyman or Jersey- 
woman learn something worth while 
about agriculture, but they would help 
make this convention successful, for it is 
necessary to have a big crowd in order to 
impress people with the needs or the mer¬ 
its of farming. Now, as never before, our 
Legislature is influenced by the size of a 
gathering. If the farmers of New Jersey 
would fill Trenton up to the limit during 
this convention they would do far more 
than they could in any other way to influ¬ 
ence the Legislature. In addition to that, 
it is now more necessary than before for 
people to get together and talk over their 
troubles and devise means for the working 
out of them. Such a convention gives a 
chance to do this, so that from every 
point of view, we feel like urging Jersey- 
men to attend this meeting. No matter 
whether you are raising hens, or bees, or 
Alfalfa, or simply raising children, you 
will find something of interest and value 
to you in one of the many programs 
worked out at this meeting. 
Killing a Large Tree 
Will you tell me how I can kill a large 
tree? Could I use something on the 
roots? M. M. 
New York. 
Trees receive plant food from the soil 
by the process known as osmosis. Osmo¬ 
sis means the passing of a weaker solu¬ 
tion through a membrane into a stronger 
solution. In the ordinary soil the sap 
in the roots is stronger than the soil 
solution; thus the soil solution enters the 
root and the plant secures the necessary 
food. Now if this operation could be 
changed so that the soil solution were 
the stronger, the sap would pass from the 
roots and the root would collapse, and the 
plant would die. This sometimes hap¬ 
pens when one applies manure water to 
lettuce plants, the soil solution becoming 
so strong with the overdose that the sap 
is drawn from the roots and the plant 
dies. This also happens when an over¬ 
dose of nitrate of soda is applied as a 
fertilizer and it is a common occurence 
in the alkali regions of the West. The 
same could be accomplished with a tree 
by applying to the soil under the tree any 
solution stronger than the sap, such as 
sulphuric acid or a strong salt solution. 
The only objection is that the vegetation 
under the tree would be killed by the op¬ 
eration. Poisons such as the arsenates 
and copper solutions could also be used. 
T. H. T. 
As Mr. Smith was looking through the 
paper he was astounded to find an an¬ 
nouncement of his own death. He went 
to the telephone and called up his friend 
Brown. “Have you seen the announce¬ 
ment of my death in this morning’s pa¬ 
per.” he asked. “Yes,” his friend replied; 
“where are you speaking from?”—Every¬ 
body’s. 
P the big things and the little things that make for tractor efficiency, you can count 
on the Waterloo Boy. When the owner of a Waterloo Boy starts out in the morn¬ 
ing he knows his tractor will do his work the way he wants it done, finishing the 
day as strong as when it started. And he knows his tractor will keep on doing 
the same thing, day after day, week after week, always responsive in meeting the 
requirements of economical work. 
This confidence in Waterloo Boy ability has 
been brought about by real field performance. 
For instance: 
A farmer living near St. Thomas, N. Dakota, 
owns four Waterloo Boys. His name is 
Ray Huffman. Last fall his Waterloo Boys 
plowed 1,520 acres in forty-two days—nine 
acres per day for each tractor. And he was 
plowing seven inches deep. That meant 
dependable service, the kind that counts most. 
Mr. Huffman’s four Waterloo Boys burned 
2,470 gallons of kerosene in plowing his 1,520 
acres, or an average of only 1.6 gallons per 
acre—a remarkable showing, but not unusual 
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economical power that appeals to farmers 
who want their work done well at small cost. 
Ask your John Deere dealer to drive out a Waterloo Boy. Watch how it handle* your own drawbar and belt 
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