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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-17

ters Cooperative association Is holding
80 l"n IN connection with regular con.
". W. 2. ana held forth on tho FIRST day.
ICY. ). w. Cole of Galveston * president
lhc OBJECT OF this organization te bring
Inout more friendly feeling and more
9eaIty cooperation among the pastors.
mere Is also plan on foot tn establish a
iuna Tor the support Of aged and decrepit
MINISTERS, The session was called to order
az J. o'clock Ivy President cole The iie
troductory sermon was PREACHED by ROY.
~ J BlackShear. dean ~ the theological
department OF Guadalupe college. Seguin
inc foreign mission convention proper will
convene tomorrow morning. Rcv. r. II.
Collier Of Houston is president The meet.
ing Is expected to be well attended The
pastors are coming on every train. Among
those present S.e Rev. "A NJ Williams ~
sherman superintendent " missions: Rev.
= II. Collier honSton Rev. s w II.
Nole, Galveston; Rev r. w, Whitfield.
Cucro: Rev. ! $. White Eagle Lake: REV.
J. :. Newsome, Brcnham: Rev. H. Lee.
!alvert' Rev. NJ. II Odum The even
he hour was spent In the discussion Of
pastoral support =.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL coNFERENcE.
Second Days Session OF the Methodist
Meeting at Austin.

Second Days Session OF the Methodist
Meeting at Austin.
Austin, Texas, April lG,The following
was today's program Of the annual confer
ence Of the Methodist church, South. The
attendance was large and everything was
Interesting.
600 Devotional halfhour Subject;
christian Work" Led by Rev. j. w.
Bergin.
$3.50 Second institute lesson: Modern
Sunday school Methods From the Bl"
Teachers Course Cunuinghams sunday
school IIlstory0, Prof Homlll ,..,.
tO.3o. Sunday school training work Cten
minute speeches.. tul. ItaiN 10 ~:
by Prof ). Primers 10 Training 20 attend
Church, by Rev. j, NJ, Adams. Cci Training
to Study AZ Home by Row j. r. Murray
Id Preparing for Church MrmhrrSmp' ny
rev. j. p Sears. Discussion-brief voun'
II .sG Address: "The SUNDAY school as
a Soul Winner" by Rev. G.. j. uNley
Zoo. Announcements; adjournment
2,2o. Devotional hnlfhour subject
personal Example and influence, leu ny
H a.op u Ronpd tob 1i"S subject rho b bic
Tcachcrs Study Circle Professor Hnnl Ian, /
3#7; Adarcss THE Modern p,r Sa
ais, @IIow to Teach, Professor Ham
ill.,
500. Issuing certificates OF honor; adj
journment.
7:3O. Sunday school testimony service.
Subject, How the sunday school Has
Helped Me" Brief heart talks from volun-
teeIs led by Rev Il. L. Shettles.
s1a. Institute question drawer Protcs-
sOr Hamill
st5 Address THE Sunday School
Teacher" Professor Hamil
900. Address "The sunday School ana
the Future Of Texas" hy Professor Nor
gan Galloway.
A:80. Offering for expenses; adjourn
ment
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Port Arthur, Texas, April 15.-The
schooner Starke, Olsen, master, consigned
to W, IL Gilliand Of this city, sailed sun
day fdr Campechc. Mexico She has Il
cargo Of 217,16s feet Of pitch pine timber,
The q. Z. Scly company report that the
steamer Sierra Is due here on the oath iu.
stant She will receive a cargo of cotton
and timber
Considerable building is going on In this
city and the town is growing rapidly.
Business Is good.
Bob Crcnsy sold ont toGny his entire
stock Of groceries To j T. liizel. j. r
FIizcn viii engage In the grocery business
Proctor street.
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THE BIG HILL DISTRICT.
Tn Third Well Is Now Down About Fou
Hundred feet

Tn Third Nell Is Now Down About Four
Hundred Feet
MaiaEordu Texas. April -. saturday
morning last the drillcrs at Rig lliu began
their third oil welt aud are now down
about iO0 feet The contractor states hat
he is certain that there Is on 40 the hi1,
and that no docs not expect to bo loug IN
getting H. Probably another sixty days
viii bring In q eroat Oh eusher and another
great OH Gcld.
In the frst well at the depth Of $40 feet
two Joints Of pipe with he drill were
twisted of In the rock ana tho well ruined
as an oil Wei. un 1t stil remains a hnc
gas proposition. The gas was used as fuel
IN boring well No . aud ls now being used
Win witch 10 bore we'll No .. EvIy
night the pass week the hil has been iglf
e6 up from the gas wen aud tho b. ght
light could hc distinctly seer more than
twelve miles away.
The second wen when down $40 feet was
ruined by gus explosion, and as a second
gas wei was mot nccued the piping was
taken on, Hud The derrick moved 30 feet
to well so. g. Probably as o natural gas
hcld this is second 10 none ON earth,
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coLoRED BAprlsTs,

Foreign Mission Convention Is in Session
at SmithVille.
smithville Texas. April IS. The regular
annual session OF the State foreign mis-
sion convention, auxiliary to the general
Baptist State convention of Texas. IS being
held here this week with the Live Oak Blp-
tlst church, of which Rev. A r. shackler
l. pastor. This congregation having had
It's building destroyed by IRE few weeks
ago. was rendered the building OF the
Mount Pilgrim congregation. The Minis
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shares Rt axe

shares at 8iSc; 100 shares at sss; 10000
shares at aye
Cascade. 1900 shares Mt 4Ssc.
Rex, 27OO shares at Zoe.
Anglo. 2OOO shares NJ 2iSc, 1000 shares Mt
Use. luNO shares ut ne; 1000 shares at
2leC; 10000 shares at 2LC.
beaumont Saratoga, % shares az Si2l.
Dividend, lU.CO0 shares at lac; 1000
shares at l2c i3,000 shares nj i2c; 10000
shares mt &c
German American. 20 shares az 1875, 20
shares at 1859, 80 shares at 12lac; ~
shares at re; 80 shares at re, 30 ehurcs
at l2c.
Gold Eagle. 5000 shares At ioc.
German American, 200 shares at ice; 20
shares az re; 80 shares at re; 20 shares
az re. 30 shares ~ l2iic.
yellow Pine. . shares at 500.
Anglo SEQ shares az 2hc; 500 shares ~
2lc 1000 shares NJ 2hc.
Big -Four, 500 shares no 100; 200 shares at
Zoe; 100 shares nj Toe.
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A CONTRACT FOR OIL
Which Is Being Presented 10 SINE
of The Beaumont Companies.
A SLIDING SCALE IS PROVIDED.
One New Well Has Been Brought ina
Lively Session Of the stock ex-
change With Big Sales.

Bcaum cnt. Texas April l6 President
Sam Park OF the beaumont oil Exchange
and Beard OF Trade returned to Beaumont
this morning from trip TO Austin, where
he went to meet Governor Savers together
With other delegates of commercial bodies
throughout the State.
MIR Park states that he was really fat
tered at the attention he received. lie
had thought that Beaumont had settled
down to business to such an extent that
she would not be talked about SO much now
as WAS the case a year ago, but when ne
attiNVd In Austin he VAS immediately SUI.
founded and made to talk beaumont oil
nrst ard then Beaumont. He stated tur'
der that he was surprised at the number
of delegates there who had invested in
beaumont stocks, aud that IN most cases
they were With good stable companies.
I he whole state Is stlll greatly Interested
In beaumont, and with that fact In mind
he does not see how any radical lcElSia-
tion against oil can hope to succeed utter
HIS visit there yesterday. This has been
mentioned from time 10 time ON account
of the attitude of Governor Sayers ON oil
tlNation, but Mi. Park thinks that the fact
that the whole Of Texas Is SO vitality inter
ested n the oil fields here both directly
aud Indirectly viii retard ANA XIII any
movement of that kind IN the future,
The president seemed highly pleased With
his reception at Austin aud states that the
details viii br given the press from Aus.
tin as to thp invitation TO hp extended the
merchants Of Chicago and plan for their
re.5puon should i tney decide to ia'or leA"s
r, ,..- NJ, ~, -. =. ..,.,,.,
- N'''p''' ~
some pccui0I luel on contracts tual are
attracting no little attention. They recltc
| that tho contractor is IA furnish So much
al -. -, 49,. -.
u" u" 'u''" III one wv" ana 'h'ee years
/ and thar he prices are ~ range "a follows
Three CENTS per barrel for the first year
.rbn 6,,st ira,.'s prirc .ran u ', rc',Srl oSly
/ low TOO low by all odds FOR fine value of
/ the oil hut the increase in the price with
| each year Is what IS Interesting. II SNOW ,
,m"' ,Wr ~ wa, "H wa p,'., i ,'
n,i, '' and c,c,t n,,ny ", nf tb, nr,ir.ei.
ste i,ngbipS at rp, any, ofrrriur sti,f ~ Inv.
| catrhlrg some of tie rnmpnnics rho Guf.
/ fey company IN the meantime is refusing
/ ahs"lul'iN 10 iaEr H'Gl l'SN lnh" ~ ''ul =
[ ih ,",nid n,,rr1s. ir tbct. torogr tori y
would Indicate Tint they are going 10 store
/ All tho oil they can rake and srr8pc aud
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JENNINGS oil Company election.

Jennings La, April l6.-Tho jennings
OH company held lts annual meeting today
and elected W. C. Tyrcll OF Beaumont,
Texas. president: r. G. Mahaney. vice pros
ldcut and general manager, |. H. L. Will
ur.r This company Is the pioneer In the
Jennings tcld. bringing In he first we'll.
Thcv are now sinking a second well on it's
holdings and together With the Southern
ON company viii operate pipe line to this
tliy
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There's dollars in dots.
To Sink a Wen in eolisd County.

Bcrclalr Texas April l5.-Coloncl Buck
rettus. a wealthy runchman and an old
settler of this county, has closed n lease
with parties from the North who will begin
boring FOR oil on his land near this place
aI once. The surface indications for oil
are reported as most excellent ana II Is
confidently expected that an abundance OF
oil Mlll be fnnnd
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Sour Lake Texas, April lJ.--Messrs SIM
clair d Crosby are putting down second
well for the Atlantic and Pacific OIL COM
pgny They are down several hundred
feet with fair prospect OF another gusher
I'm the near future.
Timber is being placed on the ground for,
several new del1icks. Drilling will coma
meucc as soon as they are put up.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-17

Galveston. Texas, April e.-The sales at
the Galveston oil Exchange today we're as
follows;
prllers. 200 shares at 6l3c.
Grace 800 shares at 3isc
independence, 1000 shares at &c.
Manhattan, 100 shares at 4Sc.
Realty. 300 shares at i9kc.
Gcyrcr, 80 shares at 28c.
Manhattan, lO0 shares at 5oi5c; $50 shares
al SOC.
Texas star 200 shares at 25c.
Victor, 1000 shares at 2Mc.
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Knights Templars at FL Paso.

III Paso. Texas April i6-The animal
conclave Of the Knights TempIsrs Of m.
state of Texas opened IN this city tndov
The usual oncning ceremonies were gone
through with. Tomorrow tho visiifn1
knights VIII witness bull light In Juares
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-17

Did Not Adopt a Plan to Fight Pro-
hibition.
San Antonio. Texas. April l6.-The
League Of Liberty which has hecn in SOS
sion three days adjourned sine die at noon
today after electing officers and select q
FL Pnso Is the next place Of meeting. No
definite action was taken In regard ia
prohibition matters this being referred "a
the advisory board
The officers elected were: Grand pres
ideut c. A. Mangold Of Dallas grand vice
president, Gus Franks of san Antonio;
grand secretary. O. PaGct Of Dallas; grand
treasurer Harry VOTERS Of Dallas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-17

Every subscriber who psys his subscrin.
non Is entitled 20 guess on the number
of dots free OF charge. The dots and prine
ener wiz appear tomorrow. Watch Ter X.
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Sales at Galveston.

ersl days before the real strength of the
well can be known
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Married Life
o ~ .rae psthos and sublime
ap.,, %1he outy bliss

nle mar has survived tho fail"
"a btiss q goal Of rirht.p,indod noonIo a.
nd Sssse Nomanly orgnns ANA f,1,i ~. az ~.
bbat lie j5S,S!Ylr diseased. Atihis Important
teaals ps.-satelons uso Of Ct, II. P.-CIerstlois
y n vsyss ase1' VIII do much 10 ronder her
-siAo has a,sn, 70 me new functions and du-
,ssi Ia ~ 80 80 was irregular and found no
Nsa,etO ~ , = a ,ous rcnedlos uscd Two bot
-eliogd .eoarpd rae ontirely, Mrs. q. A.
.sir,, -, -. eosuGio, Fla
~ s5sisa lek fcs rear with ,.,,,l. oo,,.t,.
A,i M a mo no good I,,eis',3 ~ ~
..'.,les n n iAt could not recover Flint
- qoils an - hhTo entirely onrei me. i
sstse. j VIZ honsowork and hayont a main
ss.t0, y > W every suffering woman could
etilnents y Y VS. an idoAi remedy for To-
G,F '4Fs' Daisy Shaw. Lula, Miss.
ss,scgllf, ,Se'esrstles Female Panaoea, cures
is.siialy nosisSl 700 profule nai painful
Nnk s.lsprs, dispiae,raS,. 40 9ys5inn irrita-
ssaitr, bar,snnd oil unnatural disoharaes,
s-erzitvt enhSsa and all i'm nod ifnonts 10
-. prsans =, az associate ailments OF the
s...aal lie ira,ni sonen. At all etares OF mem
It's Glasses ~ a.ualng womanhood uatil at
sosstil bet s. e fst s1eei y v9manly funo
s,l - rsPul ~ use Strengthens al Womaniy
sei1actibs. ana renders natural ali spx
ss.rfe ~ ~ lssold at drug ptures forgi0o
s e,,onts a.. W L, aud You viii find these
= aa1lnolr, Us' Tor u Is reliable aad will
y. VI set psrfsstiy rirht and we'll In
s.fL Gear. vris 10 the ladies Heath ciab,
'Hsi ltsiss 4. ~, chsttaaosga. Tean., Ter free
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Il you can't count en-, guess 'cnl-tne
dots.
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LEAGUE OF LIBERTY.

y you can't count EN-. guess 'em-tno
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-17

Mr. W n, Robinson, president of tho
Guarantee OIL and Refining company left
tonight for his home In Santa Barbara
Cal
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-17

Contractor !. Il Diffey has p new well
on block 81 oC the Horg Swaync tract.
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Manhattan 70 sh0res uI+oIc-
Independence, 1000 shares Of SIC, 1000
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
CHESTERFIELD. N. n.

Rev NJ. Whitney of Boston is ex-
pected to preach in the church here next
Sunday.
Mrs Blanche Warwick of Putney is
spending Christmas week with her moth
err, Mrs. Ira d. Farr.
There was a good company out 10 tne
last assembly Friday night and a fine
time was enjoyed by ALL
The annual parish meeting will be held
at the church on Monday evening. Jan.
s. for the election of officers for 1903.
The next assembly will be held on We'd
nesday evening. Dec. 31st. a chicken
pie supper will be served in the lower
hall.
The recent thaw has damaged the ice
bridge at the crossing to the railroad sta
lions so that teams cannot use 1t, but
the mail is still conveyed to and from the
Dummerston station by footmen.
The Young Peoples Christian Union
will hold Christmas exercises at the hall
on Thursday evening, Dec %. y lunch
will be served in the lower hall from
to 8 o'clock, to be followed by a short
literary entertainment before the trees
are unloaded by Santa Claus and his as
sistants. a cordial invitation is extended
to everyone to be present. \ good time
is anticipated.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
VERNON.

The ladies' circle will meet in their
rooms next Wednesday and dinner will
be served at noon.
Mr. and Mrs. j. Il. Hubbard went Sat
urday to Camden, n. j., for a visit with
their daughter, Mrs. e. l.. Wood, and
family.
Henry G. Lee, who came from Flint,
Mich. to attend the funeral of his step
mother Mrs Edith Lee. will return there
for the winter.
Christmas entertainments, with trees,
etc, will be given at the Nestry of the
Union church for the Sunday school
Wednesday evening and at the school
house in the pond district and at South
Vernon.
Among the Christmas visitors already
here to spend the vacation are Miss Inez
Akley from the Westfield Normal school
and Miss Clara Reed from the Boston
school of domestic science and Ernest
Reed from Boston. Miss Ruth French
of Springfield, Mass, is at her aunt's,
Mrs. G.. II. Hubbard's, and Ernest G.
Hubbard of Meriden Conn, is expected
home to spend Jan. l.
The following officers were elected by
Vernon Grange Saturday evening; Mas
ter, +. f.. Johnson: overseer. G. X. Steb-
bins; lecturer. Mrs. e. o. Lee; steward
John L. Brooks; assistant steward
Ralph II. Fairman; chaplain, NJ. I. Reed
treasurer, Mrs. Mary A. Davis; secre-
tary, e. o. Lee; gatekeeper, G. B. Gary
Pomona. Mrs. f. f. Johnson; Flora, Mrs
NJ. I. Reed; Ceres, Mrs. f. II. Akley
lady assistant steward. Mrs Hattie ]
Streeter; executive committee, NJ. J.
Reed. f. II. Akley, G. *. Stebbins
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
THEY SAW The SMOKE.
But They Declined to Act Upon the
WINNING.

Once Vesuvius destroyed two Italian
cities in a few hours. The people saw the
smoke from the volcano but failed to
escape in time.
Where there is smoke there is fire and
where there are symptoms of one of the
most dangerous of diseases. A feeling of
languor, n sense of weakness and WEAKNESS,
drowsiness, giddiness and mental discom-
fort. A Lad taste in the mouth--the old
"coppery" taste. An offensive breath,
heads che, neuralgia, heartburn, feeling
CT dullness and weight in the stomach,
nausea, dry and feverish skin, constipation,
rising of Il nasty gas into the throat, tongue
furred like the moss on tree, irritability,
disgust with food.
Have you any of these symptoms?
Either now or sometimes? eyes" you say,
"but don't think they are dangerous"
They are signs of danger. They show that
the eruption is coming.
Now what lies at the bottom of all these
symptoms? Indigestion, dyspepsia, and an
overworked liver. There is but one help,
one remedy. Slow up, and for the mis-
chief already done, tone up the digestive
organs and liver with the new medicine,
Cllcurl Solvent, discovered by DIR. David
Kennedy, Kennedy Row, Kingston, n. Y.
All druggists, S1.O0 bottle.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
DUNN ERSToN.
An Infants Cap with an Interesting
History.

Capt. Isaac Miller who settled in Dunn
merston in 177O, had a family of twelve
children. william, the youngest, after
wards Major VIM. Miller, was born in
Worcester Mass. oct. 2, 1861, and mar
ried Hannah Worden Nov. 10, 1872. They
resided on the parental homestead
which William Miller bought of his faith
err Capt. Isaac, April 80 1885, and had
a family of eleven children. Charles,
the third child, was born July %, 1856
married Lucy Bruce of Newfane about
1907, and had family of six children,
the eldest of whom was Hannah born
Sept. .. 1863. In 1916 Charles Miller and
his family resided with his parents on
the ancestral farm known for many
years as the Abial Walker place on the
Putney road near the Adm Dutton farm.
1t was
In the time of the sorrowful famine
year
When crops were scanty and bread
was dear"
that Mrs. Charles Miller parted with an
infants cap to pay for peck of corn
which she bought of Ira Haven, or some
member of Abel Ravens family. The
| only field of corn that ripened in Dunn
merstOn during the year 1916 was on the
well-known Haven farm about one
mile north of the home of Charles Mil
lcP. Ihe remarkable hing about the
infants cap is that it was kept in the
Haven family for several generations.
as an heirloom i'm REMEMBRANCE of
Aunt Lucy Miller II is still in good
| condition and is i'm the possession of a
| family I'm Dummerstou.
Charles Miller died April ,. 1920. aged
80 years His widow, Aunt Lucy" died
/ Aug. l6, 1875, aged 50 years Their daugh-
| ter Hannah married Asa Pratt, jr., Feb.
| II. 1927. and they were the parents of
/ Howard Pratt of Brattehoro. who was
! the father of Charles Howard Pratt.
! treasurer of the Vermont Savings bank.
| Hannah Miller. great granddaughter
| Of Capt Isaac Miller and grandmother of
! Charles II. Pratt. was the first infant to
| wear the little cap that was made in the
| year 1879 Asa Pratt. j., was born in
! Dummcrston and was the son of Asa
! Pratt who lived in 1907 on the farm in
| the southeast corner of the town. now
/ owned by Eli Clark. Asa Pratt is said
| to have been brother Of Rarna Pratt.
| the father of the late RoXana Sargent
| of Brattleboro and married Miss Har-
ris, daughter of Abner Harris. jr..
and Jerusha Ross his first wife. She
was a sister of Sally Harris who married
| Arad Stockwel of West Bratteboro and
| lived to be 102 years old Another sis
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
SOUTH VERNON.

f. II. Newton, wife and son are among
the Christmas visitors.
Mrs. Melissa Dickinson is keeping
house for the present for w. A. Newton.
Wilbur Streeter and his daughter and
son-in-law, from Greenfield, have moved
into the Titus house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey are moving up TO
]. II. Frosts to spend the winter. Mrs.
Nettie Haskell visited them few days
recently.
The scholars in district No gave
an entertainment in their school room
Tuesday evening and trimmed a Christ
mas tree.
Mr.. Wilson, who was a prominent to-
bacco buyer here a rev years ago, was
in town last week to examine crops
No sales are reported
John Braley visited his wife and moth
er here over Sunday and they went to
their home in Putney Monday to spend
Christmas. r. Braley came down Tues
day for a load of goods.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
Forestry for Farmers,

A recent bulletin from the government
bureau of forestry at Washington says
The farmers of this country own about
500.O0000O acres of woodland, ten times
the acreage of all the Federal forest re-
serves. Most of it consists of small
woodiots from which the owners derive
their timber supplies for farm purposes.
1t was to help the farmer in caring for
his timberland that the bureau of for
estry several years ago undertook to fur
nish him. without cost with the services
of its foresters. The offer proved popu-
lar, and applications for assistance have
far exceeded the ability of the bureau,
with its limited number of trained for
estcrs. to answer them. During the sea-
son just passed the bureau has accom-
plished more than ever before in put
ting small woodlots under forest man
agement ana in teaching the farmer how
properly to treat his timber. Two ex-
ports have been employed in the North
and South who have examined and have
put under management several thousand
acres of woodland.
a great deal of wood is consumed every
year on the farm for fuel, posts. poles,
and other uses Ordinarily. the farmer
cuts what he needs without thought as
to whether he is lessening the power of
his forest constantly to yield its supplies.
The result is that the forest becomes
poorer every year and less able to fur
nish the wood its owner needs. The skill
the farmer exercises i'm the management
of his crops is not the kind that enables
him tn manage properly his timber He
needs the services of a forester.
Usually, only one visit to the farm by
the bureaus expert is necessary, and
this service Is given without cost to the
owner: When. as occasionally happens,
a second visit is needed the owner is re-
quired to pay the travelling and living
expenses of the expert while employed
at the work