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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-04
paa Kant meo
Gammanv.

@upernsr 8ooorop @tlion bar
uoiat Jig for Den politiite 5nre at
iisoe Den mpgtige Smmanp.S rga.
niiation for Sopeoet, ioet ban bar
uoierOiget en- ifriftIig Senuenbelie
til Den oemctratiife Statsfonpention.
iom | 2irsbags iammentraaote /
Spracuie, ON til @upernsrtanoioot
at opitiae zen progresiio Wano, ON
bpem man meo Sifferbeo PED, at
ban fan too paa egue Ben. - 81.
geleoes opiGrorer ban aonpentionen
til at oeotage ct progresiiut gaIg.
program, ioet ban gisr opmertiom
paa, at Oct life gaar on Tor SION.
peutiouen / Spracuie at bore min.
ore iri emo De, iom gap Srebiepar.
tiet Wr. Strnus og be regul9re He.
publifanere Nr. Seoaes."
Get ontages life, at rogen be.
itemtere WeningsuotoIelie oil irem.
fomme ira bam angooenoe bpem,
aonpentionen blHbe nominere.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-04
ulyffe omboro.

en- isrgelig lllpffe err ben lite
Oftober bRnot omboro paa 5orpe.
boiageren "@dlfe", ioet 2sitnani
.. 3. Morriion blep orGbt o. ottc
Wanb al g~eiGtningen iner eaer
minore itaoeoe. ltlpffen inotrai
inoenfor gerton's Heef paa apiten
al Rbobe Sslanb.
9lanbt oe alporligit 5iIifaoe.
TONNE bar Seitnant n. g. Wont.
aomerp, aonouer &. .. 9rapforb,
Observation-Disclosures s. W. Rumps.
$. g. @tlber og Q. Q. aellp, Sur.
bsoer s. Delaney % Olier Us. 6.
arous.
Ssitnm Worriion ubnepntes iii
Sisfabet / 1902 og til Officer |
1908. Sans Stem bar i Wisinlri.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-04

ito % 5ortib, 90 lsrit tage iat paa
De sprige a~auoiboters llogiiter eiter
gaIget, oa bet ingen poIitiif Sn.
teresie lGnger piIoe bape, og ingeu
l9ngere piloe brp iig ON oct. BRO.
telten loo til at foulue pisie af So.
acknowledgements paatpprfe, nlen
Somiteens Sormonb, Senator Glapp
ira Minneiota, De G~rogresiipes enc.
ite Hepr9ientant paa &omiteen, 10.
peoe at tage fig TroteIten "oo nos
tam" % paaie, at ogiau De sprige
aanoioaters Salguogiiter ifillbe bli
ieeoe efter / Ssmmene i betimeIig
SiS.
st onbet gione, iom ofbsrteS
ianme Dag, Dor s. q. Cannon, iom
bupoe r%epioeret Cornelius 9liiS'
Hegnifaber ira 9dmpugnen | 1904.
San bapoe intet ieet til noget gi.
Drag al 100000, iom Sobn g..
arbbolo bar poaitaaet blep poet
Hooiepelts- &agneic1o / 1904
al Stanoaro Oil Company.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-04
St. 5neutnss Sfiobne.

Spis oct al 8enerali taben rbar.
beibeOe Sorllog til en- &eorganiia.
ton al armeen ifulbe bIi IopfeItet
at aongresien piloe Stsriteparten
al DC 40 ipreote Sorter og WilitGr.
potter, iom ru garniioneres al itsrre
eler minore afoelilger, ira Ell 8or.
p~oralstommanOo til en- Brigade eQer
TO, bli ilsifeoe, og ben belle Irme.
itprfe foncentreret / noele iaa cen.
traltbeliggenbe o. for Wibiliierings-
siemeo let tilgiGngelige 8arniions-
Iteoer.
glunot De n9rpGrenbe, iterre
@arniioner, JON | oct 3ilielbe itaar
| Sure for at bli ilsifeoe, er Sort
Snelling / Winneiota. Sa Sleii.
ningen al oenne noflaa betpoeIige
Wilitrrpoit piloe bli til en- life iaa
lioen Sfaoe for Spiaingbpernes
SorretningsmGno, bar bisie glen.
mem fine reipeftiue Hepr9ientanter
/ aongresien iegt at paapirfe iaa-
bel Songresien iom De milit9re au.
toriteter / Sapsr at Sort Sneaings
8ibeboloelie iom ct Of be epentnele
@arniionsiteoer, ON ben openn9unte
&oncentrerinasplan iflll0e aaa /
Soas.
ariasminiIter Stimion beiinoer
iig / bisie Gage, leoiaget al 8ene-
ralitabens 9bef, 8eneralmaior SEQ
marc @ooo, paa en- Snipeftionsreiie
til ale De peitlige 5orter, os beiegte
iibite ltge Sort Sneling. 9eisget
bar ielpfslselis peret imsbeieet meo
iterf Sp9nbins al De to Spers 6or-
retningsm9no iaapel iom al De
mango andre, iom nf mer ientimen-
tale @runbe err imob SIsifnirgen al
bette eamle, biitOriife Sort iom
@arniionsiteo.
gegse De to inipieerenoe 5errer
loo til at babe faaet ct meset gun.
itist Snotrpf al Sortet os bets mo-
turifisnne geligsenbeo, men boz
grebe fig peo at notale Jig nprmere
ON ielpe ScpeoiperssmaaIet noen
ioriaapibt iom at trsite mes, at mo-
gen Sornnbring for Sort Snellirgs
@cofommenoe life unoer nogen Sm-
itRnoigbeo piIoe bli foretaget | ben
narmeite 5remtio - fanife life |
en- Generation eaer to.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-04
Riee Qrpineer.

Sra 3ew Sort meSoeleS, at Sp.
gisret ODER goet efter oen | Wasts
afbsoe Siifferfonge Sobu IrbucfIe
bier, at ban efterlaoer fig en- 5or.
mile paa nriten $30,000,000.
Sans to Ssitre, Gbriitina Irbucfle
| 9rooflpu os Wrs. Catherine u.
Sanniion | Yittsburgb er bans etcite
Irpinser. De bill altiaa faa nGiteu
$4,000 900 bier og bill oermeo
TONNE op / Glasie meo amerifas ri.
deite 2pinoer.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-04
uopanorineen
til CANADA

Sra Sttapa, Ontario, teIesreieres
Den lite Sftober:
Sfslge Ell al Hegicringen offent'
liegiort geretnine por Snbpanbrin.
gen al Settlere fra De S~oreneOe
Stater / De fsrIte fem Waaneber al
inbepprenbe Ior ~betnoeIig Itsrre
eno / oct t~iliparenbe Eibsrum for.
rige aar. Sorsgelien auilaaes til
10 Srocent.
ri Oisie Snspon0rere fra De Sor.
eneOe Stater boiatte .73,209 iig / De
peitlige Yropinier, og at De life fom
fattige og tombGnote iremgnar al
ben officieae SpIpsning, at De brag.
te meb fig SlpttegoOS og rebe Benge
til ct iamlet geleb al $4,000
600
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-04
en- ioreeliS Siifetur.

Sra Toronto, Ontario, meIoes
BEN 30te September fsIsenoe isr.
selige og paa iamnle SiO merfelige
Silbraeelie: SEM Weolemmer al
en- og iamme SamiIie orufnebe
isaar / gigeon Rtoer, nemlig 8m.
NcGaiirep, bans Rooer, Suitru %
to @srn.
On 14.punos @ieboe (Muscal.
lunse), Tom @teGafirep bapoe iaaet
paa arogen, bar SfpIS / ulpffen.
Orr. RcGafirep par Srebag fommet
bio paa ct fort geiss til line 5or-
9lbre, pg brog igaar iammen meo
lin Wober, Suitru og TO gsrn | en-
aano no poa en- 6iifetur paa eluen
"a be no paa aitenen life penbt.
tiIbaae, blep ben Samle WcGoiirep
urolia og bonge ior, of en- lllpfte
bar tiliteot benz. San fit 6olf meS
iia iorat isge eiter benz, os ca. I
Mil neooper elpen ianot De aanoer
flpoenbe meS 9unnen iDeiret. Der
bIep itrar gaaet igang meo at iofne
efter 2isene, og ale bIeu ogiau sien'
iunone. Zen orufneoe 9teGafirep
bolot enonu ct fat Tag ! 6iifeitan'
gen, og paa arogen iab en- oGloig
@ieooe, ipm piifeoe @anoet til
Sfum, iSet ben ianmen meo Sisei
baleoes ilnno.
Get iormooes, al ben lette gaaf
fontreSe unber @cGafireps 6orise
paa at bale Den itore 6iit mo Ouer
8aaofauteu.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-04
"a BEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS epiinhe

% Den repoIutionpre GpiioSc -
en- MaaSe at fire iis ErGiioentem.
bebet paa, noen at nogetiombeIlt
Brincip bar inooIoeret - foiteoe ct
Snlino Soloatcr, mango apinoer OF
Bern % andre ireoelise Ienneitcr
Sipet.
Sioen 8orsgeIieu al ben be;pr.
renoe amerifanife Sroppeitprfe bar
6orboIoene | ~betpoelia 8rab fotbe.
oret ZIG, og Der nrres &aab ON, at
0reoen og Srberter mart oil funne
aienoprettes.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-04
S~or:ifafelien al ct Siclo,

Sra getbIebeuL 90, beretteS Sen
2Soe September: De riae geboere
al Eocono giergoiitriftet bar aiilut.
tet aontraft ON 9ortifaiieIien al ct
6ielb, iom ligger / 8eien Tor lloiig.
ten fra 9ucf Sins Golf Club.
Seiloet er LOO 600 beit, ipp St.
tenoeoele al Ell MiI largt og en- baIp
Nil breot. 9prtifaifdien oil foIte
$4,000.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-04

bans iorifieaige Cure % uopegeoe
for bam De gpgninger, 9roer eler
andre g%pgperfer, ion ifrloe ipr9n'
geS / 2uiten. Senere prGientereoe
ban BAN for SSSarnes 9. Wcgtamara,
iom bIep bans "Bartner" / 9pna.
mitforretningen. 9isie uofsrte Iaa
/ Spqesifab mango "Sobs" paa for.
fieaige aanter al 9anbet, oeriblnot
Here / Rerbeoen al Boston og Seem
Sort.
S 5ebrrar mobtog ban fra Socfin
telegrafiif Srore ON at fomme til
indianapolis, bpor ban, Socfir og
S. s. Mc9tamora iamraaoeoes ON
ZEN M S%pfinoelie",. Der beitoo :
anpenoelien al ct alminoeligt 8pf.
ferubr til at beitemme oct nsiag.
tiee Sibspunft for en- @rploiion.
Seb Sielp al benne "Spftnbelie"
funoe en- Spnamitbpmbe iGttes iaa.
lebes, at oct gap Dem Sib til at
bore mango Dill fra Steoet naar
grplaiionen fanbt Steo og i~aalebes
i9ttes iitanb til at bebiie lit gllibi,
b. b. |. fit Srappr fra anlteoet pao
Den Sio ,grploiionen bupoe funbet
Steo.
Wcgtanigal tilitoo ogiaa, at
Sprpngitoffe bar bortgiemt / for
ifieaige 9ele al Sanbetu bporfra DC
Saanofufferter fprtes paa GaSia-
%gertogene til De gper pg Steber,
bpor en- sob" ifulbe ipr9nges /
2ltften.
glanbt De melt fremitaaenbe
blanot De tiltnIte er Sronf 90. Hpan
Brpitoent / international Isiocia.
tion OF @ribge ano Structnural
Sron @orfers"; Serbert g. Socfin,
iungerenoe SefretGr og 9asierer,
og Sobn Z. Butler, fsrite Giceprp.
iioent | iamme Screening, Den be.
fieilote norifamerifanife Irbeiber.
ferer Olaf q. Epeitmo / Gan Sran.
cisco og 9aniel S. gropbp / groof-
Inn, q.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-04

Sfslge en- telegraftif 9eretning
fra indianapolis bar Hegierireen
beb Sorbsrets 8egpnbeIie frofalbt
anflage moo s. %. &pan, Yeoria,
Su., anbrep S. &apanaugh,
Springfield, 81, % Gatricf $.
&pall, Gbicago al Wiangel paa til
itrGffelige gepiier.
Get isrite @ione, iom ofbsrtes
par Nc0tanigal, Der eientog fine
peb observation-disclosures Sorbsr
aiorte Ifilsrinaer.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-10-04
Sorojfirlu antpoet. SRA Mc

SsroifiGlp antpSet. Sra &obiIe,
alabama. ~ielesraieres ben 29oe Sep
tember. at Oct ieismonosrafife Sn-
Itrument peo Sprius Sill college
antpSer. at ct SoroitiGlU bar finoet
Steo etiteSs itsoeuior en- MaSn,s al
5000 Miu.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-06-21
High School Picnic.

Quite number OF high school girls
were going to hold their annual pic
mic Wednesday but owing to- the rainy
weather they turned it into barn
party &C MT. William H Geiman's4
They began to arrive at seven o'clock
for a full day of fun.
Dinner was served at twelve o'clock
which consisted of ham, sandwiches,
pressed chicken, deviled eggs, potato
chips, chicken, Clipped beef sand
witches, crackers, pickles, many kinds
of cakes, candies, nuts, watermelon,
ice cream, lemonade and hot choco-
late. They also served supper in the
barn.
The day was spent In all kinds Of
games. Miss Compton,, who is a
graduate from the Henry Clay Col
lege Of expression, recited in a most
interesting way for over an hour.
Those present were: Anna Stoner,
Nellie Roger, Louise Matthews, Edna
Geiman, Emma Kemper, Lavenia and
Ethel Roop, Grace Gunther, Ruby
Yeiser, Mabel Albert, Marjorie Wing
ling, Margaret Wilson, Esther Lem
mon, Grace King, Velma Fleming, OF
Union Bridge, Margaret Watkins, OF
Montgomery county; Louise Engle
and Francis Compton, Baltimore.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-06-21

All roads will lead to Baltimore
next week
The water main at the railroad
which burst under the railroad cross
ing on Main street some time ago, is
being repaired.
The 1O4th commencement of Mount
St. Mary's College, EmmitSburg, was
held on Wednesday, and marked the
closing of one of the most prosperous
years OF the institution.
| Elder Wilbur Slower, who has spent
Is years in mission work in India,
will preach LON missions in the Mead
ow Branch church next Sunday morn
ing at 1870 o'clock and at 7.45 p. 10.
in this city.
MIR. James ID. Mitchell, photograph
er, made panoramic view OF the Tide
water Portland Cement plant at Union
Bridge, this week. The picture il on
exhibition in the show window OF
John I'D. Bowers store.
For the past ten days the exhibit
car OF the Maryland Association for
the Prevention and relief Of Tubercu-
losis has been at the MT. Clare shops
in Baltimore, where it is being restor-
Cd to- Its original freshness by Q gen
erous application OF soap and water
and fresh paint. During the two
months which have elapsed since the
car left Baltimore, it has stopped at
about thirty towns between Balt1-
more and Mt Airy and between Wash
ington and Washington Junction, and
In the neighborhood Of thirteen thou
sand people have visited it, The car
will be ready to start out on Its trav-
els again on Thursday, June goth.
The sane and safe Fourth Of July
celebration In this city will be held on
the base ball field adjoining the Park
where the grand stand and the III
obstructed view will be OF great ad-
vantage. ALL of the children Of the
city are requested to participate in
the parade which will be headed by
the band, leave the High School at
$50 D, m. Children will carry flags
The united choirs of the city under
the direction OF DR.. Bonnotte, will
meet at the lecture room of the Re
formed Church on Monday at s p. m
i'm order to rehearse for the 4th Of
July celebration, and on Thursday
evening will meet with the band at
the armory.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

st. Johns Church-Sundays-Low Mass mt 7.15
and High Mass &C 10 b. m- During theweek-Masg
at q. m.
Joseph G. Mallon. Pastor.
M. II. Church. Union Mills, Rev. j. WV. Long,
Pastor.-Sunday School at 100 D. m. C. E. Meet
ing -. m Preaching Services at ESQ and 7-3O ID.
m-. every two weeks, beginning Sunday, February
18th.
Sunday School mt &c. Johns (Leister's) church
Sunday morning at o. m. Y. r. s. g. =. 7.3O
q m.
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BUSINESS LOCALS.

Fine Cabbage, Tomato and Celery
Plants In season. Westminster Nursery,
Westminster, Md.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-06-21

THE PICK OF THE PICK-LIGHT
GREY ASH COAL. Our shipper has
al1 modern breakers and washers,
all of them located very close tOgeth-
CT. This inSures an even quality and
preparation of Coal all the time. Or
der at once from Smith az Reifsnider.
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Emory Grove camp grounds opened
yesterday for the summer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM,
for Many Events o
Senior Week mt the University.


The faculty committee in charge Of the
arrangement Of the commencement pro-
gram Monday made public the results
of their labor. Tie orator at the COM
exercises OH Wednesday, June
2s, is not yet announced. The Cotillion
club dance Friday evening. June q. be-
gins the ceremonies and the senior boat
ride Wednesday evening, June cs. brings
them to close. The program Is as fol-
lows:
FRIDAY, JUNE q.
Evening--Cotilion club dance.
SATURDAY, JUNE o.
Evening-Kingsley prize speaking in the
College Street Church.
SUNDAY. JUNE %.
400 D. m.-Academlc procession and bac-
calaureate sermon on theCol-
le9e Green or. n unfavorable
weather. in the First Church.
MONDAY. JUNE a.
1000 a. m.-Department reunions.
zoo p. m.-Class day exercises on the Col
lege Green.
400 p. m.--Fraternity teas.
400 p. m.-Alumnae club reception at
Grassmount.
1880 p. INJECTING of the trustees at
College Street Church
parlOrs
500 p. m.-Senior promenade at Bill
llngs Library
TUESDAY. JUNE 25.
900 a. m.-Trustees meet at Billings
Library
900 a m.-Phi Beta Kappa annual
meeting In senior lecture
room.
1000 a. m.-Annual meeting of asso-
ciate alumni and nomina-
ton Of trustee by alumni.
in college chapel.
1900 m.-Luncheon of alumni and
guests. followed by ad-
dresses. in the gymnas-
ium.
ESQ p. m.-Athletic association meets
In the college chapel.
800 p. m.-Ba seball game With the
alumni.
400 p. m.-Presdent's reception.
900 p. m.-Medical alumni banquet
at Medical College.
800 p. m.-Fraternity reunions
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 26.
500 a. m.--Meeting of the trustees In
Billings Library.
1880 a. m.--Procession to The Strong
theatre.
100 a. m.-Commencement exercises
comforting of degrees
address.
90 p. m.-Commencement exercises
the Van Ness house.
90 p. m.--Senior boatride.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06
APPLE ROMANCE GONE
Modern Methods Have Supplant.
ed the Old. Time Harvest.
Memories of the Days when Orchards
Were Picturesque, but Not So
'cientihc and Profitable
As Now.

A pilgrimage was made through the
Champlain valley In Vermont last year
curing the apple harvest, because of
The interest aroused by an outdoor meet
Ing of the Vermont Horticultural So
ciety. held In a 100-acre orchard on the
lake shore. writes a burlington woman
In the Boston Sunday Globe. It was a
June day in August, and several hundred
people. including business. professional
and newspaper men. as we'll as farmers
same In automobiles and carriages with
their families. and after speech making
enjoyed basket picnic on the farmers
lawn under the big elms the Green
Mountain range on the east and Lake
Chanplaln and the Adirondacks on the
west. making it an ideal situation.
After demonstrations Of power spray
ing. blowing out of stumns and making
sholes for tree planting with dynamite,
everybody roamcd through the great
orchard, which slopes to the shore. and
marveled at the loads of apples on the
trees. one old farmer said to another
MS they went after their teams: wal.
I'm gon' home and do Jest the very
best can
INC writer recalled memories OF an
old orchard. lust across the line fence,
In the Winoosk valley. where child
sent on an errand picked up a few
"honey sweets" sweeter than any honey
ever stored by a bee. And there were
sne Granny Dears,' possibly "Grena-
hers originally, but Granny Webster
once owned the farm and her memory
was enlbalmed in the spicy apples.
There was another apple of which no
child ever took the second bite for II
was Sour enough to make a pig
squeal' SD they were called "Squeal-
ere
In the home orchard first In the sea-
son came the fiat apples with a
sprightly acid flavor and much flat
tened at the poles" and in great de-
man1 for the first apple pies OF the
season. There were many other kinds
but o. the Pound Sweets They were
packed away in oats or bran. until
they We're of a beautiful golden color
and then they were ready for eating.
The tree stood outside the orchard by
the rail-fence -bordered lane. leading from
the barn to the milking bars with
the great butternut trees on each side
The stone wall was Just the place tc
crack nuts, and was haunted by SOUR.
-els, as we'll by boys. The penny
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06
SQUIRE CAPTAIN OF TRACK
season just Finished the Most Bril-
liant In History.

Tuesday afternoon the University
of Vermont track team elected H. II.
Squire captain OF the team for the fol-
lowing year. Squire has been a con-
sistent winner in the weight events
AMI as a popular athlete we'll deserves
the honor OF furthering the progress
Of track athletics at the university.
X II. owens. big point getter In the
dashes. was elected captain of the re-
lay team,
The past season in track has been
one of the most successful In the his
tory of the university. 1t was begun
most auspiciously when the cross
country team defeated Bowdoin at
Brunswick, ana Tufts at Burlington.
Then the relay team, consisting OF
Gutterson, williams, Aiken AMI Sal
mond, won the race against Maine in
the b. A. A. indoor meet last February.
Next years cross country team will
lose one man, and the relay. two. but
there Is plenty of material at hans "a
hll their places. and next falls enter
ing class will bring many candidates
Vermont split even In the two dual
meets. losing thu Colgate meet, and
winning the meet WITH Massachusetts
Agricultural College handily. The
defeat by Colgate was due largely ia
| the fact that Gutterson injured his
heel In the broad jump and was I'M
able to compete in the latter events,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

royal grew with the iobelia and other
"airbs" all over the rocky pasture.
Another apple was the Bitter Sweet.
growing by the milking bars rock"
a smooth ledge bearing grooves and
scratches of the ice age. East OF this
ledge. mountain brook rippled and
chartered down the hillside. turned and
ran through the "lttle medder," among
the sweet flag. past the house and
through the fields and meadows to the
river.
The great day in the orchard was
when men and boys climbed the trees
and shook the branches till the apples
came down in showers, and those that
chung tight were beaten Off with poles.
picked up in baskets. poured into
cart. taken to the house and poured into
a big bin in the cellar
We wondered why they did not keep
better. Many were dried however. and
the pairing bee" was the principal So
cial function of the season. Some APP
pies were put with the potatoes. into
the "'tater hole" in the side hill, which
was not opened until the frost was out
of the ground in the spring
Come with me to the Holmes orchard
and see how apples are gathered to-day.
A dozen or two OF men. each having
long ladder and basket, pick the
apples from the trees and pour them
gently on to the sorting table. where they
are sorted carefully and packed In bar
rels with a cushion of corrugated paper
top and bottom
Only two or three years ago apples
lay in piles under the trees in all the
orchards of that region. and the red
and yellow heaps were beautiful to see,
but the world moves and the farmer
must keep UP with the procession. SO
he is studying principles and methods.
and the agricultural department of the
university has more students every
year.
To he sure. the orchard lands Of long
ago were more picturesque than al pres
emit James Whitcomb Riley would not
wish to waller" In the "shadders" of
the present day orchard. because 1t is
narrowed every week, and sprayed often
and fortified with smelly things. Some
of the poetry has gone out of 1t, but
the crop is nightly improved. At Or
chard farm, near Burlington, the or
chard had a beautiful carpet OF buck
wheat. which was sown in August for
cover crop. to be plowed In next
spring. Apples measuring from 10 to Is
inches in circumference were seen there.
The largest was King. and Northern
Spy came next ut IL inches.