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THE  MAILBAG 
A  Traveled  Cat 
In  spite  of  the  continuous  crusade 
against  cats,  we  receive  dozens  of  letters 
from  people  who  praise  this  bewhiskered 
animal.  Most  farmers  will  tell  you  that 
the  cat  is  about  the  most  useful  domestic 
animal  on  the  farm.  The  cat  shown  here 
lives  on  Long  Island,  and  his  superior 
qualities  are  related  by  his  owner,  as  fel¬ 
lows  : 
Tommy  is  10  years  old,  and  in  those 
10  years  has  never  stolen  anything  to 
eat,  waits  until  he  gets  fed,  has  never 
killed  a  chicken  ;  in  fact,  is  afraid  of  the 
tiny  chicks.  I  taught  him  that.  In 
1914  I  took  him  with  me  to  California 
and  brought  him  back.  m.  d. 
Egg-eating  Hens 
On  page  180  E.  M.  S.  inquires  regard¬ 
ing  nests  to  keep  hens  from  eating  their 
eggs.  I  have  found  the  following  home¬ 
made  contrivance  successful  in  prevent¬ 
ing  hens  that  have  acquired  this  bad 
habit  from  continuing  to  do  so.  Place 
a  box  with  some  litter  on  the  bottom  of 
it  inside  the  nest.  Over  this  box  stretch 
loosely  a  piece  of  denim  or  other  old  cloth 
with  a  hole  in  the  center  large  enough  for 
an  egg 'to  slip  through.  As  soon  as  the 
egg  is  laid,  it  will  roll  towards  the  cen¬ 
ter,  since  that  is  lower,  and  drop  through 
into  the  soft  bed  of  litter  below.  If  you 
know  the  hen  that  is  eating  eggs,  you  can 
cure  her  by  confining  her  for  several  days 
and  feeding  her  exclusively  on  eggs.  After 
this  heroic  treatment  she  will  lose  her 
craving  for  eggs.  I  have  found  both  these 
methods  successful.  r.  willett. 
Bergen  Co.,  N.  J. 
Winter  Notes 
An  old-fashioned  Winter  so  far,  and  it 
is  certainly  great  for  grains  and  grasses. 
This  section  is  mostly  grapes,  Concord, 
Niagara,  Delaware  and  large  per  cent 
Catawba,  and  we  certainly  can  grow  the 
quality  here,  but  what  we  receive  for 
them  and  what  the  consumer  pays  is 
about  50-60  per  cent  difference.  ‘  The 
prices  is  this  section  run  from  $25  for 
frosted  Catawba  to  $90  for  No.  1  Con¬ 
cords;  pony  basket,  10  to  20c,  according 
to  quality.  Not  much  going  on  at  this 
time  of  year  but  grape-trimming.  Wheat 
is  worth  $1.25:  hay.  pressed,  around  $12  ; 
beans,  marrow.  $7.50 ;  kidney,  about 
same.  Eggs  and  butter,  40e ;  pork,  light, 
dressed,  13c ;  heavy,  10c.  This  little  place 
consists  of  depot,  two  stores,  coal  yard 
(no  coaj  now),  church,  school-house" and 
about  150  people  strung  around  west  side 
of  Seneca  Lake,  and  a  beautiful  spot  in 
Summer.  HEX 
Yates  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Our  roads  are  filled  with  snow,  makin; 
it  hard  for  mail.  The  county  has  appro 
priated  $2,o00  to  keep  the  highways  clean 
which  will  be  a  drop  in  the  bucket  ii 
keeping  them  open.  Some  want  the  sleigh 
widened,  the  width  of  autos,  so  that  w< 
could  auto  and  sleigh-ride  on  the  sairn 
road,  which,  I  think,  would  be  an  impos 
sibility.  It  would  be  ground  to  pieces 
and  soon  thaw  out  and  be  mud.  It  wouh 
be  a  put-over  on  the  farmer,  not  only  th< 
expense,  but  the  hard  work  to  get  black 
smithing  done,  to  say  nothing  of  wood 
work  that  this  would  call  for.  The  auto- 
had  a  good,  long  season  of  it,  and  I  thin! 
they  should  go  on  a  vacation,  and  let  ole 
Dobbin  take  a  turn  at  it.  If  this  is  evei 
carried  into  effect  in  cleaning  the  road4 
for  autos,  it  will  be  hard  to  tell  where 
to  stop,  as  one  taxpayer  is  as  much  en 
titled  to  it  as  the  erne  on  the  main  traveled 
road.  Butter,  40c ;  eggs,  36c ;  potatoes, 
50c;  red  kidney  beans,  per  100  lbs.  .8 7' 
red  marrow  beans.  $7  ;  yellow-eyes,  $6.50- 
hay,  Timothy,  $10  to  $15;  clover,  the 
same;  wheat.  $1.35;  barlev.  65c;  buck¬ 
wheat.  100  lbs..  $1.50.  "  E  T  B 
Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Mary  :  “What  makes  the  leaves  turn 
red  in  the  Fall?”  Maude:  “I  guess  they 
blush  to  think  how  green  thev  are  all 
Summer.” — Kansas  City  Star.  " 
How  lead  helps  you  see 
THE  use  of  lead  in  lens¬ 
making  has  made  the  plan¬ 
ets  in  the  universe  objects  as 
familiar  to  astronomers  as  are 
the  chickens  in  a  barn-yard  to 
a  farmer’s  wife. 
The  microscope  lens,  con¬ 
taining  lead,  has  enabled  sci¬ 
ence  to  count  and  classify  bac¬ 
teria  so  small  that  millions  can 
live  in  a  drop  of  milk. 
There  is  lead  in  the  telescopic 
lens  of  the  sextant  with  which 
the  navigating  officer  deter¬ 
mines  his  latitude  and  longitude 
and  plots  the  course  of  his  ship. 
Lead  gives  to  glass  the  qual¬ 
ity  necessary  for  properly  bend¬ 
ing  the  rays  of  light,  so  that  the 
magnifying  power  of  the  glass 
lens  is  enormously  increased. 
Thus  with  the  help  of  lead 
the  courses  of  stars  and  comets 
are  revealed.  The  length  of 
days  and  seasons,  even  the 
weather,  can  be  known  in  ad¬ 
vance.  With  the  help  of  mag¬ 
nifying  lenses  man  has  devel¬ 
oped  the  serums  that  protect 
humanity  against  diphtheria, 
typhoid,  and  other  diseases. 
Lead  in  other  lenses 
The  same  lead  is  used  in 
making  the  moving  picture  lens 
through  which  you  see  the 
countries  and  peoples  of  the 
world.  It  is  in  the  glass  lenses 
of  ordinary  cameras,  and  also 
in  those  of  spectacles,  eye¬ 
glasses  and  reading  glasses. 
Paint  needs  lead 
The  most  widely  known  use 
of  lead  and  its  products  is,  how¬ 
ever,  in  making  paint.  It  is 
white-lead  that  gives  to  good 
paint  its  ability  to  last  long  and 
adequately  protect  the  surface. 
The  quality  of  any  paint  de¬ 
pends  largely  upon  the  amount 
of  white-lead  it  contains. 
Property  needs  paint 
Until  recently  many  people 
did  not  realize  as  fully  as  they 
should  that  by  keeping  the 
natural  destroyers  away  from 
their  property  they  prolonged 
its  life.  Today,  however,  they 
are  acknowledging  the  wisdom 
of  the  phrase,  “Save  the  sur¬ 
face  and  you  save  all.”  And 
they  are  saving  the  surface  by 
painting  with  white-lead  paint. 
What  the  Dutch  Boy  means 
National  Lead  Company 
makes  white- 
lead  and  sells  it,  ftv  ^ 
mixed  with  pure  W 
linseed  oil,  un-  v?*#' 
der  the  name  ^0U\\ 
and  trademark  mmSSbl 
of  Dutch  Boy 
White- Lead . 
The  figure  of 
the  Dutch  Boy 
you  see  here  is 
reproduced  on  every  keg  of 
white-lead  and  is  a  guarantee 
of  exceptional  purity. 
Dutch  Boy  products  also  in¬ 
clude  red-lead,  linseed  oil,  flat¬ 
ting  oil,  babbitt  metals,  and 
solder. 
Among  hundreds  of  other 
products  manufactured  by  the 
National  Lead  Company  are 
battery  litharge,  battery  red- 
lead,  pressure  die  castings, 
cinch  expansion  bolts,  sheet 
lead,  and  Hoyt  Hardlead  prod¬ 
ucts  for  buildings. 
More  about  lead 
If  you  use  lead,  or  think  you  might 
use  it  in  any  form,  write  to  us  for 
specific  information ;  or,  if  you  have  a 
general  academic  interest  in  this  fas¬ 
cinating  subject  and  desire  to  pursue 
it  further,  we  will  send  on  request  a 
list  of  books  which  describe  this  meta  1 
and  its  service  to  the  civilized  world. 
NATIONAL  LEAD  COMPANY 
New  York  Boston  Cincinnati  San  Francisco 
Cleveland  Buffalo  Chicago  St.  Louis 
JOHN  T.  LEWIS  &  BROS.  CO.,  Philadelphia 
NATIONAL  LEAD  &  OIL  CO.,  Pittsburgh 
