The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-10-13

A New Hampshire correspondent OF
the Rural New Yorker tells of his
experience with travelling tree agent
who represented that he was connect
ed with reliable and vell-known
nrm. He introduced himself, says the
writer, as Mr.. ", representing the
- nurseries. They are among the
largest In the country. and have
known of them for years. / told him
\ I needed some. plants and trees, but
under no circumstances would / or
der before New Years or spring plant
ing. but II he had plenty of time. I
would look over his catalogue, make
out my order complete, except my
signature, let him indorse the or
der, and I would send 1t In when
ready, so he could get his commits
sion on the sale. He showed mo
through. 1 found what / wanted,
prices were reasonable, and the or
der was made out; then he said to
me: III you will sign and give mo
the order now, will add gratis so and
so. and this and that" pretty near
as much in amount as the order. I
declined, and he refused to leave the
order here. During the conversation I
found out that he claimed to be trav-
| cling for firm of same name, but
different initials of the well-known,
reputable firm. and his house was To-
Gated in a different city, or claimed
to be located there. / firmly be-
lieve he was travelling for himself,
gets job lots of trees and plants for .
song, and will never show his face
more than one or two seasons in
same section. Here Is another
wrinkle for catching the unwary
farmer
AS we hear about dry farming, and
irrigation farming, and new Plant
life that is specially adapted to grow
where nothing else will. one begins
to wonder If. after all, there is any
kind Of soil that is not adapted to
some kind Of crop. To-day there are
millions Of acres of land producing
paying crops which few years ago
were barren wastes. 1t would take
many big volume to tell the story
for farming in the last decade. All
this brings practical suggestion to
every farmer, and that there may be
no condition so unpromising but that
1t may be overcome by study AMI ex-
perimentation. Talk about the arid
wastes Of the west, why, in the ag-
gregate there is enough so-caled
the most favored agricultural sec
lions to build a state, we were
going to say. Nearly every farmer
has some patch of ground which he
considers good for nothing, and upon
which he spends no time or thought
or effort. But the lesson which the
scientist is teaching the farmer is
that almost any patch of ground is
good for something. Join the ranks
Of the investigating, progressive farm
er, study the conditions of that waste
bit Of land, experiment to find what
can best be done with 1t. Let no rod
OF your acreage go unimproved. Make
every inch of The farm pay.
An order issued by the fourth as
sistant postmaster general provides
that boxes on rural free delivery
routes shall be numbered consecutive
ly for public convenience and to facil-
itate more accurate handling Of mail
by the rural carriers. This will be
equivalent to numbering the farm
houses along the highways. Under
this system mail matter will be adj
dressed to mo. -, Route -,
Caseyville." Numbers assigned to
boxes on each route will begin with
No. 1, which will pertain to the first
regulation box reached by the carrier
after leaving the starting point Of his
route, travelling in accordance with
official description; box after box
thereafter to be counted and have tie
proper number In regular sequence in
order OF service, from No. / to and
including all those boxes entitled to
service on the route. Each number
thus arrived at will be recorded in
the carriers roster book opposite the
name OIL the owner Oh the DOx SO QeS-
ignated and also opposite the name of
every person entitled to receive mail
in the same box.
The cricket as a frost Indicator Is
the latest discovery of scientists. It
Is asserted that the shrill fiddling Of
these evening choristers falls into a
rhythmic beat, II noted, and forms an
accurate index Of the temperature. In
the northern latitude Of the country
the crickets chirp about so times a
minute when the temperature Is at so
degrees. They add four chirps min.
ute or abstract that many for every
| degree above or below that point. In
ATTITUDES where the number of chirps
to the minute Is found to vary, the
same ratio Of increase or decrease is
said to be inevitable and may be
banked upon.
Here is new use for the old boss.
| as suggested by the following story