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The Washington herald., 1907-01-13
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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The public-spirited lady met the little
boy on the street. Something about his
appearance halted her. She stared at
him in her near-sighted way.
The lady-Littie boy, haven't you any
home?
The little boy-oh, yes'm; I've got a
home.
And loving parents?"
"Yes'm."
I'm afraid you do not know what love
really is. Do your parents look after
your moral welfare?"
Yes m
s Are they bringing you up to be a good
and helpful citizen?'
''Yes'm."
will you ask your mother to come and
hear me talk on When does a mothers :
duty to her child begin?' next Saturday
afternoon at 3 O'Clock, at Lyceum Han?"
(Explosively): What's the matter with
you, ma? Don't you know me? I'm your
little b0y,''
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A Puzzle Dinner,

See if, from the descriptions given be-
low, you can name the various dishes
that were served at a course dinner the
other day:
Soup course-D To teer and kind of
dove. C2) The name Of the piper's son. -
letter, and part Of the foot.
Fish course-(D Only. % To roll, toss,
or tumble
Entree-To cover, served with a phil
losopher. on sentiment
Roasts-D A country. % An essayist.
90 A tailor's implement.
Vesetables-D A receptacle, a vowel,
and a part Of the foot. (9 The plural of
a certain letter Of the alphabet go Sew
eraI watchmen's courses. % A coupe, a
letter, and a generation.
Dessert-D To regret, part of an arrow,
and mass Of unassorted type. 90
Swimming, and what Australia is.
Nuts-D A trunk made of wood. CD
Terra firma. 90 Served with bread.
FrUlts-O The fuit that exclaims and
says travel" (2) The fruit that in
slang phrase tells tales. 90 United In cou-
pies, Cd An anathema, an article, and a
conjunction.
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with the contempt it deserves. Don't be
kept In for such n cause as that. Phil.
Let's see. May, you and Phil arc going to
Col MaylaRd's to tea. and there's to be
bit of dance afterward, isn't there?"
Yes. papa, dear"
Then 1 shall drop in late to see how
things are going on, and bring you home.
Take care OF her, Phil, boy" he added. as
he looked proudly at his bright, frank
looking son,
The door closed. and. after watching
May trip by the window. holding her
brothers hand. the captain took up a
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PUZZLES AND PROBLEMS TO SOLVE.
JANUARY 6 ANSWERS.

The monks deceived their blind abbot
by arranging their number in the cells
as follows.
The first nighs the twenty remaining
monks occupied cells ]. 5. s. and S. four in
each, and :, (, O. and Z, one in each. This
made nine in = row.
The second night the twenty-four
monks and their four friends, twenty
eight in all. occupied cells /. 3, 6. and s.
two in each. ard the remaining cells,
five in each. This made nine in a row.
The third night, the twenty-four monks,
with their eight visitors. thirty-two in
ALL arranged for one only to occupy cells
I, g. 6, and S. respectively, but seven in
each Of the others. This made nine in o
row
The fourth night when there were only
eighteen monks TO represent all twenty
four. they placed themselves as follows:
Five in cells l and s. respectively, and
ioUr in cells ard s. respectively, leaving
all the other cells empty. This made nine
/ iT row.
The fifth night, when there were thir-
ty-six in all, these placed themselves nine
in cells ., 4. :, and Z. respectively. leav-
.Ig the other cells empty. This made
nine in a row
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CouIdn,t RIou II Ont

From the New York Tribune
D. If. Morris. the president Of the Auto
mobile Club of America, has on his Long
Island estate fine chicken farm. At a
dinner in New York Mr. Morris. in re-
sponse to some compliments on the suc-
cess of his farm and on his knowledge of
chickens, said, with a laugh.
And Yet 1 was rs ignorant OF chickens
a few years ago as-as a farmer on his
first visit TO New York was ignorant of
city ways.
Everything was fine this farmer
said when he got hack home from New
York. Everything was fine EXCEPT the
light They kept the light burning in nv
room all night long-a thing I amt used
tO-and ! couldn't sleep on account OF IL
Well, Hi, why didn't you blow it
outg said his wife
Blow it out? How could T.? said the
farmer. THE blame thing was inside a
bottle.
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a TRICK VOLCANO.

Rather perilous though it may look,
there IS really no danger in your testing
the following very entertaining trick ex-
pertinent;
Tell your friends you propose to pre-
sent them with an indoor volcano, which
will go into lively eruption, TOO.
OF course, you must have made al your
preparations previously, SO that your aU-
dience may be kept in the dark as to
the means you employ to produce the
promised result.
Take quantity Of clay and plenty OF
small pebbles and mix them well together.
Then take 80 grams Of flower OF brim-
stone, and leo grams of iron filings, and,
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book, returned to his seat, and was soon
deeply immersed in reading
Half an hour later the door was opened
quickly by Phil, who stood STILL while
his sister. with her hood thrown back
and her hair flying. rushed into her
fathers arms, sobbing passionately.
why. darling" cried the astOnished
captain, drawing the troubled face 10 his
breast; why, Phil. good gracious. sir.
what is the meaning OF this? Surely,
you haven't dared
"I couldn't help it. father" cried the
boy, passiOnately.
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boy I-ahem-ahcm-ahem, coughed the
captain. NO. no, no, don't mean that
You can't go fighting pack of dirty, idle
lazy rufians. Phil"
Cant I. father9" said Phil. clinching
his fists II think l could"
"Eh? Oh, yes. of course you could.
But you cant. as a gentlcman's son-an
officers son. You are going to be a sol
der some day"
Yes, but soldiers fight
Only when ordered to. my boy, and
IN some good cause. I can't have you
coming home all battered and bruised.
You wouldn't like to see Phil with a pair
Of black eyes and his nose bleeding, would
you. May?"
'Oh. no, papa" cried the girl; then she
added. thoughtfully: But 1 would like
to see him beat those boys"
NO, no; there must be no fighting for
Phil, except in a good cause" said the
captain. 1T is 'braver to treat 1t all
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with the admixture Of some hot water
make a paste Of these ingredients.
Place the paste on dish and then con-
ceal this dish under a mound made OF
your clay and pebble composition.
When you have shaped this mound into
something Ike the appearance of a mole
hill. punch a hole down through the top
TO the dish beneath, and your miniature
volcano is ready for action.
In the course OF twenty or twenty-five
minutes 1t Will begin 10 erupt, a column
OF smoke belching forth through the hole.
TO the wonder OF your audience.
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NumericnI Puzzle.

The following puzzle seems very pu,
zling. But If you examine 1t closely, yo
viii see the answer very plainly:
Twice ten are six of US,
Six are but three Of us,
Nine are but four Of US,
What can we possibly be?
Would you know more of us7
I'll tell you more of US;
Twelve are but six of US,
Five are but four, Do you see?
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SOME TOM HTRICKS.
BALANCING A COFFEE CUP.

For this trick all you need are the FOL
lowing simple articles: A dinner fork
and an ordinary-sized cork.
Fix the cork firmly in the handle Of
the cup, then stick the fork into the
cork so that two prongs shall be on each
side OF the cup handle.
At the same time see that the handle OF
the fork slopes sufficiently TO come under
the bottom OF the cup.
This brings the heaviest weight direct
~ underneath, and makes 1t easy for you
10 hold the cup on the point Of a knife
blade, If you carefully find where the ex-
act point Of balance is, and also hold
your hand steady.
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Hidden Proverbs,
COnund drums.

/. Because they are tired.
., The goat turned 10 butter Quit herr.
ard the woman into a scarlet runner.
;. For divers reasons.
4. F. G. "a pig without an i-eye).
8. The crane
6. He has head, and comes to q
point
:. Because he is a Jew-iH OeweD.
S. Because they never saw it.
3. A pack Of cards.
To- A candle.
il. Because he makes both ends meet.
p \ pillow
L. That which is not eaten.
II The last
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Rnrrinr ReetIes

In many parts of the world there
are insects called 'burying beetles" be-
cause they viii bury small animals for
their young ones to feed on. II one of
these insects happens to find. say. a dead
mouse, he will call his friends with a pc
culiar ehirD, and they viii all set 10 work
10 dig u big hole under the body and
cover it with earth till it is buried.
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Having placed the candle in the glass.
light it.
Now one would suppose. Of course, that
the wick only would burn. and that only
for a few moments.
But in spite OF the surrounding water
the candle viii burn down to the very
end. Come to think about il. IL IS quite
possible, you see, for although the can
die seems 10 bring the wick nearer TO
the water II really becomes lighter and
rises as it burns. thus keeping the wick
continually above water.
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You couldn't help it. How dare you.
sir2 Look at your face in the glass
eyes half-closed, cheek scratched, lip cut
and bleeding, your uniform ragged and
muddled. and one sleeve ripped up
Il couldn't help Il, fatheri'
You've been fighting one OF those
young bIackguards,'
Please father. there were two. and
think there were three part Of the time. -
Yes. papa. dear. one flew at Phil be-
hind" sobbed May
But didn't 1 tell you 10 take care Of
your sister,
Yes. father. and I Gid try not TO
fight faIte-ed the boy, after glancing at
his face In the glass.
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How Spiders Travel.

When a spider wants 20 go long way
he chooses a warm, sunny morning, and
then climbs on 20 the tip Of a leaf of a
bush or tree. He then spins a thin
thread Of silk, which is carried I'D bv
the warm air. When he has spun enough
TO bear his weight, ne lets go the leaf and
rises up into the air at the end OF his
own line. and is carried along BY the
wind. When he wants to come down he
simply swallows the thread. As good as
balloon, isn't it, and ever SO much
cheaper?
The Washington herald., 1907-01-13
Apple Puzzle.

A man had three daughters OF three
ages, TO whom he gave certain apples to
sell. To the eldest he gave fifty apples: :
TO the second. thirty apples. and to the
youngest, ten apples. They all sold their
apples at the same rate and brought
home the same amount Of money as the
result OF their sales
AT what rate did they sell them7
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Geographical Puzzle.

Can you tell what geographical terms
belong in the blanks IN this story?
a city in Australia and her friend "a
city in Montana went shopping; "a city
in Australia wore an "a county In Ire
land) and (city in Northern California;
pin; "a city in Montana wore a (plateau
in Asia cloth suit and (hills in Dakota
hat They brought some mountains in
Vermont dress goods. a Criver in Afissls-
sippD ring. a Oriver in Florida) picture.
and some (an island of Scotland for a
dress "a city in Sweden). Then they
went home
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YOuhave three picture charades to guess
the answers 10 to-day. boys and girls.
The first represents an adjective con
sisting OF two syllables.
The second represents something very
nice, consisting Of two syllabies.
The third represents a flower, a word Of
two syllables.
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Fixed Either Way.

From the Chicago Journal
What was done at the meeting" the
reporter asked the president of the Ice
Dealers Association.
Z I'VE decided If this is a hard winter.
TO raise the price Of ice on account OF
the difficulty of cutting it."
And IL it's a mild winter?'
ITO raise on account Of the difficulty OF
finding e."
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Don't Overstock the Fish Globe.

II you want your goldfish TO be healthy
be sure not to try to keep too many in
the globe. There should not be more than
two fulI-growH or four haIf-grown fish
TO each gallon of water
In the case Of nearly all other kinds Of
FISH kept in aquaria, even this would be
far too many
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Whnt Rothered Him.

You look awfully worried, Capt.
Brain
''Yaas-Tm fearfully worried, don't
y'knowl'
do tell US what it is?''
well. that's what's so fearfully wor-
rying don't y know. 1 can't think
what 1t is I'm so worried aboutr'-
Sketchy Bits.
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4 CANDLE TRICK.

For this trick you want a piece OF can
die and nail to weight it at the lower
end. This nail should be OF just sufficient
weight to keep the top end Of the can
die level with the surface Of the water
in a glass, without wetting the wick.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-13
Tommy Cat.

Said Tommy Cat, Upon my word.
Young Bunny really looks absurd
With that great big umbrella there
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Hello, it's raining quite a storm.
I wish I'd put on something warm,
I think I'd better go and share
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-02-14
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

Don't dig the autumn leaves into
your garden now; make compost
heap.
Prune trees for fruit in spring as
soon as leaves are about full grown;
for wood growth in winter when dor
mant and wood is not frozen.
Do not delay in mulching the straw
berry beds, if not already done. Coarse
March hay is best, but use straw or
coarse litter rather than nothing.
Mice and rabbits sometimes burrow
into the snow and gnaw the bark of
the fruit trees. Go around the orchard
and stamp the snow in around the
trees.
Pear cider, or perry, is made in ex-
actly the same way as apple cider.
But perry is much less palatable than
apple cider, and has never become
popular in America.
In laying down raspberries for win
ter. remove little soil from one side
C the plants, loosening the roots on
the other. Then lay down the plants
h the direction from which the soil
was removed, and cover the heads
lightly with earth.
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SAUk CENTRE,

Jcaf anu 10 IeCuiu TO ner owner a
clear profit of II cents in those 365
days. If the dairyman had 474 COWS
of this kind he could make from them
just one dollar day! With that he
could keep soul and body together.
But do not mistake this COW for a
rare specimen of an almost extinct
family. On the contrary, she is very
common and popular on all our prai-
ries. She is COW of consequence
and not to be sneezed at and dismissed
from mind. She is, in fact, a leader:
she leads that dairyman land great
many others) where she will, while she
grazes contentedly. She also has a
following of one-fourth the million
cows in Illinois-250, 900 of them have
learned bold assurance in using the
dairyman's feed and barn and time
and capital for cent and a half a
week per head. This COW is right now
doing a great stroke of business in
Illinois dairying. The only stroke
that can ever get ahead of her is the
stroke of the butchers mallet on her
head.
1t may be said to the credit of this
COW that she is not a vicious animal
The dairyman has nothing to fear
from her horns or her feet. She is a
well-behaved creature. familiar -
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every FARMER, anu usually there is
nothing suspicious about her manner.
But when it comes to remorseless
stealing of the bread from the mouths
of the dairyman's family her tribe
may well be classed with the great
business sharks. She has kept the
dairymen of this state out of fully
$5,0O0,000 the past year without the
slightest shame or nervousness And
yet the dairyman follows this cow as
though he had never known freedom
from such an encumbrance.
The dairyman who says that dairy
ing don't pay is ten to one boarding
several cows of that kind in his herd.
The dairyman is not exactly easy in
his mind. That chain is heavy and
tight, but he has carried it so long he
thinks that burdens belong with dairy
ing, or he lays the blame to i'll luck
or poor price for milk; or perchance
he says he cannot afford to keep good
cows, forgetting that he could less
afford to keep poor or worthless ones.
But see, the hands of science and
the most successful dairy experience
have provided him key to the situa-
tion. AS soon as ever he sees ito,
that he might see!-he will make use
of the scales and Babcock test and
find what every COW on the place is
doing for him-or against him. Armed
with that knowledge, faithfully fur
nished by the dairy and agricultural
press, he will never follow that pious
old fraud of a spendthrift cow again.
The cow for this dairyman is the
other one shown. She has learned the
knack of turning feed into milk and
butter fat. She represents the aver
age production of the best fourth Of
the dairy cows of Illinois 600 pounds
of butter fat per year, and this dairy
man should get better acquainted with
her. She is a better COW than he
thought. In fact, he has not thought
enough about this cow or known how
many such are in his herd. He cannot
know without using the key-weigh-
ing and testing the milk of each COW
for the year. He would have a vastly
easier time of II II he were tied to
this cow, and to this cow alone. And
as sure as he uses the scales and test
and comes to know each cows pro-
duction. he, like all other dairymen
who have tried it, will gradually
change his herd to this kind Of high
producers. And that will inevitably
lead to more profit in his business
to better education for his family, to
Q more comfortable home. and to the
conveniences and privileges that go
with real prosperity.
The faults and failings of the worth
less COW have cancelled or concealed
the profits OF the good cow, just as
human idlers are tax upon their fell
lows. The good cow has to do the
work for both. Not knowing the pro-
duction Of either, the dairyman has
overestimated the good one. One COW
OF the good. kind. producing 300
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ne didn't know wnar ne was doing,
nor what the cow was doing-or rath-
er what she wasn't doing. In fact,
there's been altogether too little look
ing and doing in this mans business
The dairyman has blindly followed
without figuring; he has worked hard
with his hands but little with his lead
pencil, and the dollars have come his
way very reluctantly. And as for the
COW the only thing she has done right
well is-the dairyman; she is doing"
him beautifully. If the dairyman ever
gets hold of that big key there'll be
something doing" in that dairy! He
will soon hand over his end of the
chain to the butcher
The cow is not worried She is not
disposed to look on the dark side of
life as long as she can go where she
pleases and get living without earn
ing it. Thus far she has found no
trouble in pulling her owner along
without his asking any questions, and
she now feels sure that her milk rec
ord will never be inquired into She
doesn't know about the key within his
reach.
That chain has never CALLED her
shoulder, but she has plenty of gall
for all that. She has been satisfied to
make 1873 pounds of butter fat in a
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pounds or butter raI per year, is acta
ally worth to the dairyman more thar
40 cows of the other kind. When the
dairyman knows the good COWS in his
herd-knows how good they are-he
will be just as anxious to tie to them
as they are willing and faithful to
serve him.
When will the dairyman start the
rebellion (and the tes), throw off his
fetters, and fill his barn with the kind
Of COWS that are glad to earn him
good money and make possible a bet.
ter way of living for his whole fam.
lily?
WILBER J. FRASER,
Chief in Dairy Husbandry.
University of Iliino.s.
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Kills the trees. A California woman
tackled the problem scientifically and
designed a scheme for nourishing and
Strengthening the growth of the trees.
especially during cold weather, and
an illustration of which is shown here
with.
A copper wire is driven into the CEN
ter of the tree trunk nearly its entire
length, the free end protruding above.
About a foot below the upper end of
the copper wire is cagelike structure
composed of alternating copper and
iron wires These wires are secured
to the center copper wire and one of
each is continued through the tree
trunk to the ground. Around the wire
is a cup made of zinc. The supposi-
tion Is that the upper end Of the cen,
ter copper wire, together with th6
other wires. being COMPOSED Of diffaN
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WHY DAIRYING
~ Sf0 DON'T PAY

Americans don't take to the idea of
chains and slavery, but many an Illi-
nois dairyman has unconsciously drift
ed into the condition of the man in the
picture. He is not chained to a fellow
prisoner or to pest, but to COM
mon (altogether too common) brute
to worthless, willful cow
He doesn't know where he is going;
he simply follows the COW. That's
how he got tied I'D to this creature:
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Preserving Our Forests.

One of the most hopeful signs of the
times is the changing attitude of the
lumbermen toward the science of for
estry as fostered by the federal gov
ernment. They are beginning to see
that their industry Is doomed to an
early extinction unless the wastage Is
checked and the forest Is renewed for
future generations. And, more than
this, says Maxwell's Talisman, unless
the forests are preserved. vast tracts
Of fertile and prosperous America will
become desert in the next century.
This is lesson taught by such coun-
tries as Tunis, now a part of the Afri-
can desert, which in old times was q
smiling and popplous garden. An
Arab chronicler relates that 'in those
days one could walk from Tunis to
Tripoh in the shade" The Arab con-
our destroyed the forest, and the
desert swept over the face of the land.
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1ut ,ao,urs, set up an electric action
fed by atmospheric electricity. The
latter passes downwardly through the
copper wire and into the trunk of the
tree to the ground and up again
through the limbs. and foliage to the
atmosphere. AS the wood of the tree
is slow conductor of electricity the
fibers are warmed by the retardation
of the current, so that the tree is in
vigorated and strengthened and able
to withstand the rigors of unusually
cold weather.
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l Got 81 Eggs From Nine Hens
in Four Days.
ackduck, Mlnn.
received your Food some time
ago and will say it is o. X. l gave
it to my hens and they lay we'll.
From 9 hens got 81 eggs in the
first four days-they are not sick
now. 1 am feeding my hogs and
calves. There was one calf that
was dainty and would not eat until
fed it Gold Coin Cattle Fattener;
Low she eats fine. hair looks we'll.
1t can't be praised too high.
Yours ever,
Arthur Lebanon,
Box No, 5.
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Doubles the Milk Flow.
Gold Coin Stock Food Co, st.
Paul, MINI.
Gentlemen;-1 am feeding your
Foods regularity and can see it i'm
proves my stock. The ones l am
feeding the stock food to are Show
ing it. have fed the Cattle Food
to my milch cows and they have
almost doubled in their milk. I
am we'll pleased with your Foods.
The HOof Ointment is doing good
also. The horse never llmped after
the first week used it, and l can
see the hoOf grow since | started
using it.
Yours truly,
] NJ. Coyne, Graceville, MINI.
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Gold Coin Heave Powders.

The most scientific Heave Cure
and for all cases Of short wind,
chronic roaring coughs, etc.
Plummer, Mimi, Sept. 9, 1906.
Gentlemen:-I think your goods
are all right and a neighbOr of mine
bought two packages of Heaye Cure
and he told me that those two
packages honestly were worth s25
to him.
Respectfully yours,
Olaf Tande.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-02-14
Makes Hens Lay.

Makes Hens Lay.
Gold Coin Stock Food Co., St. Paul
GentS:-I was notified by MesSrs.
BabcOck & Bucklin that they had
your Stock Food on hand and l got
pail of your famous Egg-a-Day
Poultry Food. My hehs have never
before laid as many eggs as they
did IN the monts of October and
November. Will recommend it to
my neighbors. My stock is a mixed
lot of Blown LeghornS Buff Leg
horns and White LeghOrns, crossed
by the full-bIooded Buff Cochin
ROSTERS. l am just keeping them
for the amount of eggs they lay.
Frank E. Fisher, New Rockford,
n. d.