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American Agriculturist, March 17,1928 
Aspirin 
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Dickie, The Pet Raccoon 
A Story for the Children—More Pin Money Hints 
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ENJOY MODERN CONVENIENCES 
BATH.TOILET. KITCHEN fINK IN THE HOME 
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O F all the pets IVe ever had, none 
gave me more fun than my clever 
little raccoon “Dickie.” Dickie was 
perfectly tame, very smart and most 
affectionate. 
In their wild state, of course, rac¬ 
coons will fight and bite viciously, also 
scratch and dig with their hind feet, all 
four feet having long, sharp claws or 
nails. When full size, they weigh from 
twelve to fourteen pounds. They have 
two sets of fur, something like the an¬ 
gora cat, only heavier. The under or 
short fur is very thick and fine, and 
varies in color, some I have owned ^- 
ing dark brown, while others were quite 
light. The outside hair is long and 
grey, slightly brown-tipped. Their tails 
are round and fluffy and striped al¬ 
ternately brown and grey. When wild, 
they catch mice, birds and dig certain 
roots; climb for all kinds of nuts; steal 
the farmer’s corn if they are near a 
farm; are mischief-makers, for they 
will pull down a great deal more than 
they eat or carry away; are great for 
stealing poultry, which they invariably 
carry to their nest. They have sharp, 
quite pointed black noses, and black 
bead-like eyes. 
When tame, these eyes just shine 
with fun and mischief. They are ter¬ 
ribly curious, wanting to handle and 
examine everything they see. Their 
velvety front paws are like little black 
hands, thumb and all. If you get them 
young, they are the most affectionate 
and intelligent animals. They love 
those who love them, and learn to obey 
and are as clean as a well-trained cat 
or dog. They do not enjoy being washed 
off all over very much, but love to P|ay 
in water with their hands. I think 
CONSULT V«UN 
PLUMBER 
I have the thimble to-day. He would 
take everything out of your pockets 
and put them back, and even hairpins 
out of your hair, unless you said, 
“Don’t do that, Dickie.” 
Coons have to be watched constantly, 
for they are so curious and mischiev¬ 
ous, One day I hurried into another 
room, leaving a pail of skimmed milk 
on the floor, and also some ashes in the 
coal scuttle. When I came back, he 
was so still I stopped to see what he 
was “up to,” He would wet his little 
paws in the milk, then pat them in the 
ashes, and he had the pantry door plas¬ 
tered all over as high as he could reach. 
Raccoons are wonderful pets if one 
has time and patience to care for them. 
Ours never bit or hurt us. They and 
the kittens played together. They and 
the good dog were friendly, yet they 
did not seem to like to be left alone 
with him. They have a fear, a natural 
one, of dogs, I guess. 
I sold Dickie finally to a professor 
at Ithaca. About six months later I 
went to see him, and he just fell into 
my arms and couldn’t kiss me enough. 
I took along his little apron and bread 
and milk and a spoon and fed him. He 
had forgotten nothing. I hope the 
story of Dickie will give some who 
know nothing of coons an idea of what 
really intelligent little woods-people 
they are.—M bs. Ida A. Brown. 
COTTAGE CHEESE IS PROFITABLE 
Some “pin-money pointers” which 
farm women might appreciate were 
given me recently by Mrs. Lints, _ a 
neighbor who has done wonders with 
A SONG FOR WINTER 
NANCY BUCKLEY 
Oh! the little flakes are falling, falling white and fair. 
Like a host of butterflies, swift-darting through the air; 
And the little winds are calling, calling soft and low. 
As amid the friendly pines they wander to and fro. 
Oh! the little stars are singing, singing in the sky. 
Listening to the silver waves that beat a clear reply; 
And my little dreams are bringing, bringing back to me 
Days of joy and sweetness, happy days that used to be. 
FLECK BROS. CO.—Wholesale Dishibutors 
50 North 5th St,, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
Color Your Butter 
“Dandelion Butter Color’’ Give* That 
Golden June Shade and Cost* 
Really Nothing. Read! 
Before churning add one-half tea¬ 
spoonful to each gallon of cream and 
out of your churn comes butter of 
Golden June shade to bring you top 
prices, “Dandelion Butter Color” costs 
nothing because each ounce used adds 
ounce of weight to butter. Large bot¬ 
tles cost only 35 cents at drug or 
grocery stores. Purely vegetable, harm¬ 
less, meets all State and National food 
laws. Used for 50 years by all large 
creameries. Doesn’t color buttermilk. 
Absolutely tasteless. 
Well* Richardson Co., Burlington, Vt. 
s BULB FREE.Wonderfal kind, 
Lwill bloom in pot in house 
wiw Jor garden, also Color Book 
7S Named Gladioli for 4c postage. Marrows Colore. ^I! 
rrowing instructions. Colonial Gardens, Orlando, Florida 
GLADIOLUS! 
their fur is so thick that after a bath 
they feel cold before they are dry, but 
they love to have their face and hands 
washed and wiped. They walk and sit 
up like a bear. 
Some of Dickie’s Tricks 
Dickie would put his arms around 
my neck and hug and kiss me, and I had 
a little bibbed apron with armholes 
which I would hold up before him, and 
he would stand up and put his arms 
through the holes. Then I would take 
him up and feed him bread and milk 
with a spoon just as you do children. 
He had a low basin which I would fill 
with water, and he would sit there and 
wash marbles hour after hour. Once 
he washed his cookie, which he loved, 
and it went to mush, and he just 
whined. 
When I sat down to sew, he sat up 
on the sofa and played with a string 
of buttons, or rattle box, or a thimble. 
That thimble was always a curiosity to 
him, some way. He would hold it with 
one hand against his stomach and look 
right up at the wall overhead, and feel 
inside the thimble. Then he would bite 
on it, until he bit tiny holes through it. 
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THE PERRY G. MASON CO., 84? Culvert li 5th St., Clnclnnatl,0. Founded 1897. 
hanmomjS^i&^^lue bird 
FULL SIZE DINNER SET 
NO MONEY NEEDED. WE PAY FREIGHT, 
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with every box, give as premiums to each purcM^ 
ser all of the following articles; a Pound of Bakini 
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Commission. — - ' ' 
her sale of cottage cheese. Her ac¬ 
count of it is as follows; 
“Are there opportunities for farm 
women to earn money? Why, yes, of 
course, there are, I’ve earned money 
off and on all my life, but the easiest 
that came was my cottage cheese 
money. 
“One winter we milked five Jerseys 
from which we made butter, delivering 
to our customers once a week. Preced¬ 
ing the delivery, I turned two days’ 
skimmed, or separated milk into 
cheese. This we delivered with the 
butter. Some would be ordered, and 
the remainder sold readily. People 
seem to be crazy for good cottage 
cheese. 
“This was about all clear gain, de¬ 
ducting a trifle for the bit of cream I 
used. The whey I fed to our pigs. I 
made the cheese into balls wrapped in 
oiled paper; the selling price figured 
at 20 cents a pound. Jhose winter 
months I earned $55.” 
This reminded me of a family at 
C— who are making a great success of 
cottage cheese. They go so far as to 
buy outside milk. They make pimento 
also, which is a great seller. This is 
_made by adding to ordinary cottage 
' cheese and canned pimento peppers. 
An 18-cent can will flavor quite an 
amount; this sells for one cent more 
a ball. On regular days these people 
send to the surrounding towns boys 
who peddle it from door to door. Fri¬ 
day night is cheese-supper night in 
this town. j .11, 
At some plants more skimmed milK 
is produced than is taken by the farm¬ 
ers, and it is dumped out. Why do not 
some ambitious women buy or beg that 
milk and turn it into profit? Surely, 
there are many ways of earning pin- 
money, but making cottage cheese is 
one of the best, because people really 
want it.— Elizabeth Hoag. 
Stove for a Dime 
A handy, sheet steel 
folding stove. Folds flat. 
Weighs 8 ounces. Great 
for cooking, heating water, 
warming baby’s milk, etc. 
Hundreds of uses. 
Send 10c 
Dept.FI, 9 East 37th Street, New 
York City, and this sample stove 
will be sent prepaid. 
STERNO 
Canned Heat 
The Daily Fuel of a 
Thousand Uses 
Killed 200 Rats 
At One Baiting 
Dog, Ferret and Traps Failed — Amazing 
Virus Quickly Killed Them All. 
Not a Poison 
“1 was over-run with rats," writes H. 0. 
Stenfert of Redford, Mich. ‘‘Seemed to be sev¬ 
eral hundred of them. Dog, Ferret and Traps 
failed. Was discouraged. Tried Imperial Virus 
and was rid of them all in a short time. Have 
found rat skeletons, large and small, all over 
the farm. 
‘‘The year previous Rats killed ‘200 out of 
300 baby chicks. Last year saved them all. 
Will send for 10 bottles for neighbors, and wo 
will clean up the whole neighborhood.” 
Rats, Mice. Go¬ 
phers, in fact all 
Rodents, greedily 
eat Imperial Vi¬ 
rus on bait. Sets 
,up burning fever. 
Pests die outside 
hunting air and 
water. Harmless to humans, poultry, pets, 
stock, etc. Economical to use. Indorsed by 
Farm Bureau Experts and large, nationally 
known institutions everywhere. 
You Can Get Yours Free 
SEND NO MONEY. Write today to Imperial Labora¬ 
tories, Dept. 1003, Kansas City, Mo., and they will mall 
you two regular $1.00 bottles of Imperial Virus (double 
strength). Pay postman only $1.00 and few cents postage 
on arrival. Use one yourself and sell the other to a 
neighbor, thus getting yours free. Headers risk no 
as Imperial Laboratories are fully responsible and will 
refund your $1.00 on request any time within 30 days._ 
SPECIAL ‘/2 PRICE OFHR 
We have juat imported a (juantity of these fine 
little French Opera and Field glasses at a vei^^y 
low price, and are selling them very little aDO'e 
cost. They are well made of black metal, leain- 
erette covered with leatherette carrying cas . 
Good clear lenses. Adjustable, and nicely nn- 
ished. They won’t last long at this price. bEWu 
TODAY. Well worth $2.00. Postpaid to any 
address $1.25: or TWO for $2.00. 
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Dlder Agents Wanted 
1% Select from 44 Styles, colors 
andsizM of Ranger Bicycles. Ride, exhibit 
and make money. Qelivered tree, expr«99 
prepaid, on Approval. 
12MbiitlistoBB7 
Write formarveloua pricesandterms. 
Lamps, horna. wheels, parts. 
I equipment, and repairs at half ^ 
usual price. Save $10 to$26 on your bicycle. 
Writ, 
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S7hen sick. Result of 86 years’ experi¬ 
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