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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-10
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BOYS. MAKING TOY AlRsHiPs
Some Of Filters Turned Out Wilrcany
Man Youngest inventor 10 $
But Eleven Years Old. "a

Several boys still In knickerbockers
who have made successful models Of
airships are now drawing plans for
full grown fiers. The youngest men,
Der of the Junior Aero club who has
attempted to construct man carrying
device is Ralph Barnaby, aged four
teen, who has been experimenting with
gliders and model aeroplanes for the
last two years. s.,
He has blue prints Of a monoplane
Of the Antoinette type which he ex-
poets to build during the vacation Pc
riod. At the close of school in June
he will go to Fremont, O., to work out
his ideas. His uncle, r. J. Christy, who
is financing the scheme, lives there,
and will provide him with facilities for
developing his ideas.
Barnaby has built over 30 models
besides several elders. His most
ambitious glider had a spread of 20
feet, but he was never permitted to do
much in the way of making glides, as
his parents kept close watch to pre-
vent him from taking chances.
He is following the general outline
of the Antoinette and is combining
with it what he considers the best fea-
lures of several other machines. The
machine will be "a feet over all ard
will measure the same length. His
greatest trouble is In finding proper
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-10

The annual production OF dairy prod
ucts in the United States returns an
income of $S00.000,00O. which is equal
to one-ninth of the entire value of all
farm products. OF this amount Iowa
OF one cent per pound, this money to
be spent for the employing of an ex-
pert to do everything in his power for
the assistance of the patrons and for
the upbuilding of dairying in that
community.
Now. experience tells us exactly
what will be the result The farmers
OF this organization will dispose of the
Improbable cows. They will keep the
good cows and during the next year,
although they do not produce so large
an amount of milk and butter fat, the
labor on the farm with the COWS will
be less, feed will be saved and the
net profits will be far greater. Then,
and not until then, does the farmer
become really interested in the busi-
ness OF milking cows. Then it is that
he sees the manner in which real
profit can be made from his herd. His
eyes have been opened to some really
wonderful facts. He has found that
where one COW was producing 100
pounds Of butter in a year and barely
paid for her keeping, another COW
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-10

Of fact, the great fertility which was
once to be found on these eastern
farms had been gradually worked out
of the ground. incorporated in the
crops that were raised and shipped
across the water to Europe. and al
though the process was slow it was
extensive, and the fertility was trans.
ferred from the eastern part of the
United States to the farms of Europe.
"Many Farmers Rob the Soil"
The western farmer is acquainted
with this fact and realizes that to con-
tinually grow corn and hay and other
farm crops and ship them away from
his farm in the raw state means to
transfer the fertility from his farm to
that owned by some other man; the
observing have seen this fact demon
strated.
In many cases where on one side of
the road lived grain farmer and his
neighbor across the road fed live
stock, gradually-and In some in
stances quite rapidly-it could be seen
that the stock farmer who was buying
grain from his neighboring grain farm
er was carrying across the road the
very best portion Of his neighbours
farm. AS years went by one farm in
this case became better by far and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-10
Spring Vlbrates Globe.

Of box with Gome-shaped top deco.
rated to represent the arctic regions.
and hollow dome-shaped piece in the
bottom similarly decorated. Under thu
latter piece is a spring by means of
which the lower dome, which is meant
to represent the top Of the globe Is
moved up and down through the bot
tom of the box. A small figure, repre-.
senting polar explorer and bearing
an American flag aloft, Is placed in
the box, the opening of which is at
the top, the upper mound forming the
lid. The globe in the bottom is then
made to move up and down and the
figure is bounced about, the object
being to bounce it to the apex Of
the globe. Lead in the feet of the
manikin keep it always In an upright
position.
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each generation that tills the soil will
leave the farm to the next generation
in even better condition than they
themselves inherited it.
Dairy Cow Most Economical Producer.
This is not the only distinct ad-
vantage the dairy COW has, for she is
furthermore recognized as the most
economical producer Of food nutrients.
Extensive experiments carried on by
Messrs. Law and Gilberts show that
the COW giving daily ten quarts of
milk produces six times as much min
eral matter, six times as much nitro
genous material, and an amount of fat
equal to the steer that gains in live
weight Is pounds Of beef per week. A
good dairy COW. too, will accomplish
this end by the consumption of cheap
er foods than will the steer, for the
food of the dairy COW is made up
largely of roughage. which is a cheap
er kind of food. with a small amount
of concentrates. while the ration of
the steer is made up largely of con-
centrates. with comparatively small
amount of roughage.
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Percy W. Pierce In His Workshop.
engine. Good motors come high-as
high as $4,000 and more. He shows
caution that older inventors often do
not. He doesn't want to have his
uncle spend so much money and take
chances on the machine being a fail
ure.
If could only be sure my machine
would fly" he said, II wouldn't mind,
but it would be pity to waste so
much money If it didn't. l short time
ago might have borrowed an engine
to try out my framework, but engine
builders have quit offering such risks
and only make sales"
He received his first inspiration
from the Wrights. 1t was in reading
of the flights at Fort Myer that he con-
ceived the idea of building airships
himself
He uses his small bedroom as
workshop for his model building and
his principal tool is penknife.
Barnaby has rival in Percy Pierce,
aged Is, who has constructed the great
est number Of models of any boy in
New York. During the past year he
has built about so midget flyers and
several elders. He was one of the
first to see financial possibility in
model aeroplanes and has sold a num-
Der for window display and to boys
who haven't the ability to make their
own machines.
The youngest inventor of all is
Charles B. Whittlesey, Jr., who lives
in Hartford, Conn. Charles is only
eleven. He became interested in air.
ships two years ago and has already
constructed two miniature dirigible
balloons.
He read an article telling how to
build an airship and 1t interested him
so much that he began making
sketches and improving on the original
plan. He showed the plan to his "a
Their, who allowed him to build it and
have a motor installed.
His first dirigible was 81 feet in
length and two feet in diameter and
was fitted with a wooden car and a
OAAS0A W 6QVNAoA OAtLoEy.
Since then he has built larger model,
rs feet long and feet in diameter. The
car is II feet long and a wo-bladed
propeller 10 inches long Is used.
He proposes to carry the batteries
In box fitted with q reel at one end
and 100 feet Of wire on the reel will
carry the electricity from the batteries
to the motor and at the same time
will serve as a means of controlling
the balloon.
Cromwell Dixon, Jr., boy of Colum-
bus, O.. has constructed dirigible and
has gone aloft in 1t. He is said to
have carried the American flag higher
than it ever went before-2,000 feet.
Dixon has also invented a mile a min
ute motorcycle and practical tent for
dirigibles. He is sixteen.
Lawrence Lesh, aged sixteen. of New
York, holds the worlds record for
gliding. He is credited with q fight of
six miles over the st. Lawrence river.
About two years ago while ma
king a glide at Morris park he
fell from the glider and broke one of
his legs, which has made him a per-
manent cripple. He IL at work now
on the constructed of a flying ma
chine.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-10
Partnorshlp.

A doctor in Canada gives an inter.
esting instance of a partnership be-
tween two animals-a coyote, or prai-
RE volt. and a common badger. It IL
common. he says. for these two crea.
lures to 60 out hunting together. and
he has often seen them in his dis.
trict hunting for the small ground
squirrels that live in burrows below
the soil. Their snug little homes have
always two entrances, and while the
coyote watches one Of these. the
badger digs down from the other, 80
that. whichever way the Door squir-
rel tries to escape. he 10 certain 70
make q meal for one of his foes.
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instant his companion came within q
few inches of laying his hand on the
wriggling form of another reptile. one
Of the very largest rattlesnakes over
seen In this section. He killed the
serpent. The men were afraid to pro-
coed farther and called to their fel.
low workmen.
When the rock had been heaved
away from the main strata It dis
closed succession of assures and
these seemed to be alive with snakes,
rattlers. blacksnakes and copperheads,
some Of them dropping out of the
crevices and wriggling down toward
the men and others crawling back
into the shelter of the rocks. There
was sfckening stencil evident as the
men neared the snake den. Some of
the serpents were stiff and inactive,
due to the fact that they were cold.
This was particularly true of the
blacksnakes and half dozen of these
we're easily dispatched. But the rat
tiers were beyond the inertia of hi
bernation and were as mad as so
many hornets.
The men attacked the reptiles right
and left. They discovered, too. that
the blast itself had slaughtered some
OF the colony, for pieces of snakes
were found spattered over the rocks
and stones. An hour after the battle
with the snakes had ceased Schur.
man went to big box near the quar-.
~ fire to get his dinner kettle, which
he had wrapped in his coat and set 1t
on the ground not far from the fire.
When he stopped to pick up the kettle
he felt sharp sting in his hand at
the base Of his little finger, as though
he had jagged himself with a sharp
splinter. But glance showed him
that a big rattlesnake had taken ref
uge under his coat and had bitten him
when he disturbed It Fortunately
Schurman knew how to treat the bite
and lost no time in applying remedies
Ho quit work. but has recovered.
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What the Dairy Cow Has Been Doing

capable of raising larger crops from
year to year, while the other farm be-
came poorer. and in the course of time
was useful for very little except to
raise weeds. For this reason the west
ern farmer is an extensive feeder of
live stock, concentrating the product
which he sends to market and retains
upon his farm a greater portion of
the fertilizing ingredients. All classes
OF farm animals are useful for this
purpose, but the dairy cow is. without
doubt, the greatest retainer and build
er of soil fertility. This is proven by
the fact that a ton of butter, which
Is now valued at more than $500, re-
moves from the farm less than so
cents worth Of fertilizing ingredients
1t is true that by the proper system
OF rotating crops, together with the
feeding of grains and grasses raised
on the farm to the dairy COW, selling
her product in the form of butter and
returning the by-products to the land,
the Iowa farm can be made to produce
more largely from year to year, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-10
HARD ON CHILDREN.
When Teacher Has Coffee Habit.

BEST is best, and best will ever
I've" When person feels this way
about Postum they are glad to give
testimony for the benefit of others.
A school teacher down in Miss.
says: II had been coffee drinker since
my childhood. and the last few years
It had injured me seriously.
Zone cup Of coffee taken at break
fast would cause me to become 30
nervous that I could scarcely go
through with the days duties, and
this nervousness was often accom-
panied by deep depression Of spirits
and heart palpitation.
Il am teacher by profession, and
when under the influence of coffee
had to- struggle against crossness
when in the school room.
when talking this over with my
physician, he suggested that try
Postum. 20 I purchased package and
made It carefully according to direc-
tons: found it excellent of flavor, and
nourishing.
In q short time I noticed very graft
tying effects. Ny nervousness disap-
peared. I was not irritated by my pu-
pills, life seemed full of sunshine, and
my heart troubled me no longer.
II attribute my, change in health and
spirits to Postum alone"
Read the little book. The Road to
Wellyille, in pkgs. There's aReason."
Ever read the above IetteRS A new
one 0DDeUs from tine to tinA0. They
are geaoanes tree, and 1all q hum10
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-10
Her LAUGH Broke.

She was little fairy of seven, with
eyes like diamonds and hair like spun
gold, and she was romping with a half
dozen playmates. Touching fine
looking youngster on the shoulder,
she challenged him with, "You can't
catch me-" on they started, she twist
Ing and lodging with the dexterity of
a half-back on a football team, and he
following her every movement in close
pursuit. The excitement of the chase
made her scream with laughter. The
little fugitive finally brought up
against fence, breathless and pant
ing, and her pursuer, throwing his
arms about her, shouted: There, I've
caught you!" "Oh, yes," gasped the
little fairy, but it was cause my
laugh broke and couldn't run any
more"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-10

In Iowa there are produced annually
almost 100000 bushels of corn. The
Iowa farmer realizes that If each
year this entire crop, together with
the other farm crops that are raised,
were to be shipped out of the state
entirely in their natural form there
would be removed such large
amount of fertility annually that In
the course Of very few years farm
lands would be so depleted that 1t
would be almost impossible to raise
crops sufficiently large to pay for the
expense of raising them. and this Is
true Of all states in the central west.
Prof1ting by the experience of the
farmers Of the eastern part of the
United States, the western farmer has
learned that although his farms are
now rich and fertile and capable of
producing extremely large crops, still
there is possibility of removing all
of the available fertility. The great
problem confronting all farmers Of to-
day is how to feed the large and rapid
ly growing population. 1t is necessary
not only to continue producing as
large an amount of food upon the
farms of the west, but in the future
much more must be raised per acre
of ground farmed than has ever been
raised before If people are to have as
much to eat and wear as they have
had in the past. This is due to the
fact that the population of the United
States is rapidly growing and new
farms of great yielding value are be-
coming very scarce. This point is ex-
emplif1ed by the fact that last year
fore, and with the exception of a very
few years in history, prices rule high
er than ever before.
Intensified FARMING.
All this points to one general fact,
namely, that the farms of the west
must be worked more intensely. and
perhaps instead of one or twp crops
being raised, more attention must be
given to diversified farming. 1t Is
very necessary that the great fertility
now preSent in the soil must be re-
tanned at least, and If there is a pos
sible way of increasing the fertility
of our farms. attention must be given
to this point Rotation Of crops Is use
full in holding fertility. but it is ex-
tremely doubtful whether this method
alone will suffice to keep the farms in
a protit-producing condition; for the
fact is very evident that whenever
bushel Of corn, wheat. oats or potatoes
or ton of hay is taken away from
the farm, all the fertility which is con-
tanned in them goes along and is thus
transferred from the farm on which
the crop was raised to some other
farm or wasted.
There was time when farms in the
New England states were fertile and
productive and their owners boasted
of the fact that the soil was rich and
deep and could never be exhausted.
From year to year large crops were
raised, large portion of which was
sent across the water to Europe, and
gradually the farms of Europe became
better and more productive, but this
was at the expense Of the farms in the
New England states, for, as a matter
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OF each cow once a month. Ely sc
doing, when the years tex; has been
completed each cow will I.gve an Off.
cfal record of the exac: amount OF
milk and butter that she HIS produced
during the year and thers will be no
guesswork about it.
Hon. J. J. Richardson OF Davenport,
Iowa, than whom there is 10 more in.
tluential man connected with the
American Jersey Cattle club of New
York city, at once set about to induce
the Cattle club to duplicate Mr..
Marshs prizes for Jersey cattle that
might enter the contest and win.
w. B. Barney Of Hampton, Iowa, pres.
ident of the Iowa Dairymen's associa.
ton and likewise influential with the
Holstein-Friesian association of Amer.
lea, induced his association to duplt
cate the prizes to the extent of $500
for Holstein COWS that might be win,
ners Of a portion of Mr.. Marsh'f
money, and then it was that everyone
seemed anxious to put up prizes TO,
the good Of this cause and seven O,
eight pure bred dairy bull calves were
offered as prizes to competitors own
ing common grade cows. Dairy sepa
rators, milking machines and prizes
Of all kinds were offered, until flnall,
the prize list amounted to between
four and five thousand dollars. and
then it was that the farmers of Iowa
began entering their COWS until at the
time when the date for entry closed
there were found to be competing in
surprising are the facts that have
been revealed from month to month. A
large number Of the cows have been
producing from 40 to 100 pounds OF
butter per month and. on the other
hand, large number of them have
been producing from 10 to Is pounds
of butter month; or, in other words,
some of the cows in the test are the
equal in milk and butter production
and, in the end, in the production OF
profits to their owners. Of eight OF
ten of the COWS on the other end
This yearly contest will be finished
by the first Of August, 1910. and the
yearly production of 100 cows can
then be figured up. At that time it is
planned to duplicate the test and al.
ready much prize money has been Of
fered for the cows that will enter for
another such race.
Now, the value of such a contest is
not in the prize which the owner Of q
cow may win. because this really is a
small portion of the real good, but Il
Is surprising as we'll as very gratifying
to find how intense the interest of the
owner Of the COW becomes when she
begins her race in a public contest
He at once wishes to learn the very
best ways of feeding and caring for
her and there is an impulse which
leads him on to increasing his edu.
cation along lines that will better the
conditions in the dairy for all time
to come. This growth of interest
brings questions from farmers, dairy.
men and breeders all over the state
regarding the building up and caring
for the dairy herd. Many are antici.
pating going into the dairy business
and others who have been in the da,rv
business are anticipating maxine
their business one of less drudeerv
shorter hours Of confinement and q
business OF profit with less Of the
heavy work and care than in moat
any other line Of farming.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-06-10
Ability to See Everything.

%o1I'ty 10 see Everythjn0.
A well-known surgeon, says the In.
ternattonal Journal of Surgery, occa-
stonally takes an applicant for 4 po-
s1tion on the house staff of the hospital
with which hs is connected. and dds
him look out Of window and de-
scribe what he sees. Some men prac-
tically see nothing at all: others notice
but few things. not always the most
important, while the balance appear to
observe everything. 1t Is from among
the latter that the successful candi-
date Is commonly chosen. 1t is to
the men who see everything that every
art and science is indebted for what
ever progress they have made; and the
surgeons method Of gauging the prob
able value Of a young mans service
has nothing in it that is trivial and
unimportant.
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"ShoW Me Another"

Soon after twins had arrived at the
home of prominent dry goods mer-
chant recently the proud father led
his son Richard, aged four, into the
room to see the little strangers. The
father first pulled down the covers
and showed one of the babies to his
son. He then walked to the other
side Of the bed and exhibited the
other twin. Richard gazed at the two
for a moment with noncommittal
look on his face, and then demanded:
"Show me another. papa"
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HIS NAME A MON0SYLLABLE
Not UnpronounceabIe, as Easy to Say
as Mud, or Anything, But Gives
Owner Much Trouble,

Il wonder" unused the man who
was smoking cigar, II wonder how
there happen to be so many Smiths.
Joneses. and Browns in the world"
The man with the pipe replied: II
saw in the paper this morning that
Arracho Mechnowitski. a Russian
Pole, has applied for permission to
have his name changed to the more
Englishf1ed Aaron Smith. That Is one
reason for the vast number of Smiths,
and might also account FIR the
Joneses and Browns. Men with un-
pronounceable names have them
changed for business as we'll as SEN
sible reasons"
well" said the man with the CT
gar, my name is not unpronounce.
albeit Is as easy to say as mud, or
slush, or anything-but it gives me q
great deal Of trouble. It's monosyl-
liable, too"
That's queer" was the natural re-
mark. What is it,"
"Guess.''
20, couldn't OF the eighty odd
millions of people in the United
States there are undoubtedly no more
than an average of eighty to name,
or. to reverse the phrase, no fewer
than 100000 surnames."
Guess" suggested the other again.
But the man with the pipe shook
his head. II couldn't find mans
name haphazard, especially when, as
you say is your case. the name causes
trouble for you"
$50 much trouble that I might think
seriously of doing what Arracho
What's-His- Name is doing, and get it
changed"
1T must be rotten. What Is it,"
And then for the third time he was
told Guess"
mot in million years."
Every day of my lfe." said the
objectioner.
What is?"
my name.'
"But what is IT,"
Guess"
And it was.
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Queer Customs Of Maorls.

queer Customs Of M1orI0.
The Maori natives of New Zealand
have many quaint and queer customa
One Of these, somewhat akin to the
British habit Of kissing or shaking
hands, is called the "Hougi." and con
sists of rubbing noses, much as q pair
Of ahectionate horses might do. This
greeting is always observed at the
meeting Of friends. They have the
faculty Of calling up affecting mem
cries at will: till tears flow freely
Falling on each others necks, thei,
heads covered with their garments
they wall, sob and chant over tn.
many phases Of their life since thu
last meeting. 49,