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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01

tie in view. If we plod along
from day to day with no fixed pur-
pose leading US, we never know
what the result is going to be
except that history will repeat it
self and no great measure of sue
cess will be attained.
This doesn't necessarily mean
that the farmer can not follow
diversified farming. 1t simply
means that he should have some
thing definite in view and work
along that line until success has
had time to crown his efforts.
The farmer who wishes to make
a speciality of dairying
should have something more
definite in mind than mere
ly having a lot of cows around
him. He should keep only dairy
COWS, those cows which convert
their feed into milk. He must have
those cows which are characterized
by the same general conformation,
i. e.: spare quarters, and big, deep
middles. There are other char
acteristics of the good COW but
these two are the most tangible
ones. Many men have failed to
make dairying pay because they
have tried to run the business
with no definite aim in view. That
is the reason they failed.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01

petitive factor.
Despite the fact that 51.5 per
cent of our land area products
the great variety of products,
enormous lands within the class
are selling at from rs to 35 per
cent below the prices procured in
This portion of Michigan must
consist of the best agricultural land
or it could not have attained its
present high comparative rating in
crop production.
A variety of conditions enter in
to the 4S.5 per cent of Michigan
land now included in farms.
This area consists Q) of large areas
of good agricultural land with
held from the market because of
the timber standing on them, (2),
of large area of cut over tim
Der land. While it is not true that
all lands of these two classes are
of the very best still they include
enormous areas of good promise
agriculturally. (3) Light sand
loan and almost pure sand area
of this class. The sands not un-
derlaid by a clay subsoil some
what near the surface will not
likely be used agriculturally but
this condition pertains to part of
this one group only. (4) UNFRAMED
areas. In the state the amount
of land in this class comprises 4,
100000 acres or about one-eighth
OF the total land area.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01

The possibilities of increasing
the agricultural values of Mich
igan are about as great as the
west. So far as drainage has pro-
crossed on account of individual
cooperative effort the results
have been very satisfactory as the
conformation and composition of
these lands makes them very VAL
liable for crop production when
the excess of water is removed.
The conditions which have de-
yeloped in Michigan make it some
what more difficult to stimulate
agricultural development than in
a purely agricultural state be-
cause of our great diversity Of
industries and production in ag-
riculture. Our citizens are not all
interested in the same things but
in many things, thus state wide
campaigns for agricultural better
ment do not attract as in the case
oil a state where every square
yard is capable OF supporting a
hill of corn.
During the past few years a
world wide movement has devel-
oped tending to stimulate agri-
cultural production. 1t is theme
which has found a place in the
messages and addresses of the
country's presidents and of the
states governors as well. 1t has
been subject to discussion by the
greatest railroad magnates, fin
anciers and statesmen. The Unit
ed States government has supple
mented state aid for agriculture
with generous appropriation and
private organizations controlling
much wealth have given material
and assistance. The agricultural
Journals are no longer alont III
thcir efforts, Tor agriculture has
become a favored subject with the
country town weekly newspaper,
the city daily, the metropolitan
press and the most notable weekly
and monthly periodicals of the
country.
In view of the great stimulus
favoring the Improvement and eX-
tension of agriculture, coupled
with the fact that people have
long been accustomed to look TO
the West which is now approach
ing it's limitations, it seems de-
sira bic for US to study the great
possibilities of the home state OF
Michigan and make them known
to the rest of the world.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01

The American high school is
form of secondary education that
tends to meet the demand for
broader education for the pupil OF
Ii to 20 years of age. In the past
il has been all too true that the
tendency of this high school edu-
cation has been toward a classical
line without the introduction OF
any of the more practical sides OF
educational training. By practical
is meant the manual arts or Vo-
cational training.
The high school period OF boys
life finds him at his adolescence
or formative period. 1t is at TINS
time that he is uneasy, and is DIS
covering new things. Thus at TINS
period In his life will he take to
the vocational work with readiness
and with the result that some lie
work may be mapped out for him
along the line either of pro-
fessional or industrial career.
The high school of the future
must aim to give the work OF the
common branches and add to ii
elective work in manual training,
domestic science and art, agricul-
ture and other vocational work.
Agriculture is one of the great
est industries of this country, II
not the greatest, and for the flu
ture prosperity of this industry is
needed the brightest young men
that are available and the eleva-
ton of this work to plane higher
than that of drudgery. Like all in
dustrial subjects, the aim must be
to give fundamentals, to develop
the right attitude to the business
and sufficient training in the work
so that when leaving school the
practical work will be both pleas
and and remunerative.
Secondary agriculture consists of
that part of agricultural science
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01
Can Now Tell Amount Of Work Aver
age Farm Hand Should Accomplish

best date for seeding, cultivating
and developing his crop.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01
Michigan a Good State In
Which to Live Comfortably
Not More of the Luxues
State the Unon-SchooI System Ranks
Amoug Best-Has Race Problem.
By PROF. r. S. SHAW, NJ. A. c.

Michigan is good state in
which to live comfortably. There
NAV be newer countries in which
money might be made more rapid
jv for a time, but when it comes
TO the matter of comfortable hv-
ing the wide range of, natural re-
sources. industries and possiblli-
t;es for greatly varied production
make il possible for the farmer in
Michigan to provide as many, II
not more of the comforts and lux
uries of life than in any state IN
in the Union.
BY way of farmers organizations
established for both business and
social purposes, no other state Is
so we'll equipped. The school sys-
tenn of Michigan ranks among the
best in the country and the same
thing is true of both religious ana
social opportunities. Michigan has
no race problem for of her zoo,
900 farm owners, 1870 are ma
tive white, 1924 foreign born
white. 300 are indians and $40 ne
groes. The second group COM
prising generations recently eX-
tracted from emigrants from
from Northern Europe has
given us good types of citi-
zens who generally speaking are
religious, honest and industrious.
The position of Michigan is un-
ique agriculturally because of the
great variety of soils and unusual
Surroundings through close prox-
unity to large bodies of water and
somewhat wide range of climatic
conditions due to geographical To-
cation.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01
Have a Fixed Purpose

We can't succeed at anything
unless we have something defin-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01

deserts there would be whole
lot more trouble in this old world
than there is now.
A man has just about as good
neighbors as he is a good neigh
Dor and if he has trouble with all
of them then he knows what kind
of a neighbor he is. If he can
have business transactions with
the business men in the town with
out trouble then he knows the sort
of man he is to do business with.
Human nature is about the same
everywhere. A great proportion
of the meanness of a neighbor-
hood is never found among any
certain class.
Life in a community is quite as
We choose to become a part of it.
We can have a whole lot of trou-
bic or we can be good citizens.
1t is up to us.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01
WHAT SHE DID

She had made him present OF
a pair of green, red and blue car
pet slippers for his first birthday
since their marriage, and he was
in ecstasies over them.
"What!n exclaimed Harry. "You
don't mean to say that this is all
your work? Great Scott! What a
genius of a wife I've married y
aOf course qualified the young
wife, Il bought the uppers, and
Mary sewed them together, and !
got a man to sole them; but Iput
on the bows and did them up in
the box-and, do you know, Harry,
I think you ought TO be very
proud to have such a practical lit
tie wife,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01

Washington-"What's a normal
days work on the farm?' is
question that, in many phases, has
bothered the life out of the in
dustrious agriculturist, and in lots
of ways interfered with the ar
rangement of his plans for the
more successful operation OF his
farm.
With the laudable idea of help
ing the farmer to plan his various
operations Systematically and in
advance, the United States bur-
eau of plant industry, through its
office of farm management, has
for some time been collecting data
as to the acreage that constitutes
a normal days work in pIowing,
narrowing, drilling, seeding,
spreading manure, spraying, har-
vesting, hauling, etc., with differ
ent types of land and different
kinds of farm implements and ma
chinery.
To arrive at averages, the spec
ialists of the department collect
ed information as to the amount of
work actually done under vary
ing conditions by farmers through
out the United States.
These figures were then aver
aged and finally, to make allow
ance for varying conditions
throughout the country and to ar
rive at what might be called an
adjusted performance for all sec
tons, the specialists developed a
series of figures which represents
neither a maximum nor a mini
mum, but the amount of work that
any farmer might normally expect
to accomplish.
These figures, which are pub
lished in bulletin No. 81 of Sep
TENDER %, 1913, will prove of
practical value TO the forehanded
farmer who wishes to lay out his
work so that his fields will be In
condition for each operation at the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01
Making the Dairy Business Pay

Any fool can go into business
and invest lot of money in the
enterprise. Getting the money
out again in the shape of profits
is the real test of the business
man. Any farmer who can raise
the money can buy a lot of thor
oughbred cows, but making them
return even interest on his invest
ment is the test Of his knowledge
and ability as a dairymen. Nine
times out of ten he will fail. The
way to make money out of the
dairy business is to build up
your herd and your own exper-
fence from small beginning of
the right kind.
The paramount question In any
business is, does it pay? No BUSH
ness can be anything more than
an experiment if it does not yield
a profit to those who intelligent
ly engage in it. To become well
established and recognized it must
show results.
Farming is hard work. Milking
cows is not all pleasure. Does it
really pay to milk cows? Not al
ways. Does it pay TO milk COW
that produces $50 pounds of but
ter worth $4,000? 1t costs fully
that much to feed a COW year.
Does it pay to milk a COW that
produces 800 pounds of butter
worth $4,000? 1t costs about $4,000
to keen this COW a year.
Dairying pays and it doesn't pay.
Where is the trouble when it does
not pay? Is it the fault of thebusi-
ness or must the blame be placed
elsewhere?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01

AS stimulus TO agriculture the
market situation is a very favor
able one, the state being located
between and within access of the
largest markets of both east and
west. The home market itself is
no insignificant factor. The peo-
pie of one industry alone, namely
agriculture, have an opportunity
great industries. In 1909 the manu-
featuring industry OF Michigan a.
One gave employment to 271,071
persons.
Transportation facilities have
developed sufficiently to become
a great stimulus to agricultural
development. In 1909 Michigan
had 9,O59 miles of railroad, stand
ing sixth among all other states
in total amount of trackage.
Statistics relative to the extent
and value of the various phases Of
as ranking high among other
states in agriculture, manufacture
ing, mining, numbering and marine
interests. They also show large
values and unsurpassed variety in
agricultural production. The state
is shown TO have a total area of
36,7S7 200 acres with but SIS per
cent included in farms and only
$40 per cent of the total area
listed as improved land. Attention
is also directed to the fact that
like all timbered countries the de-
velopment of Michigan agriculture
has been slow and that later the "a
bundant and cheap production in
the west has formed a keen COM
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01

In the picture of a battle, which
hangs in the living room of her
home, little Ethel thinks all of the
figures are those of her relatives,
says the Youngstown Telegram.
"Who is that on the horse?" ask
ed a playmate.
"That is my big BROTHER
"Who is that with the sword?"
THAT'S Uncle john
"And who is that on the ground?"
THAT'S Uncle Ben.'
"And where is your father"
"Oh, papa the little girl re-
piled proudly, she's over there
making all the smoke"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01

great grower
marketing his
with
sUbjeCf
conditions
argued of the
tanning hoped
apple E. Harvey
Is X in Is FROST
packing
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01
Getting All That We are. Emit
tied to

We are often inclined to feel
that luck is against US; that we
are deserving of more than the
hand of fate seems willing to ex-
tend US. We believe that as a gen.
eral proposition the most of us
get all that is coming to us. There
is so much meanness in the best of
us that if we were to get real
trouble in the proportion TO our
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-01
BENZIE COUNTY

BENZlE COUNTY
Saunders-Mapes. ........................B eulah
EMMETT COUNTY
dOGEBIC COUNTY
Northern Land Agency ............... lronwoOd
IONA COUNTY
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY
Psrdee Business Exchange ....... Traverse City
KENT COUNTY
The crow Agency ............... Grand Rapids
Geo. " h race * Co............... Grand Rapids
G.. l.. Plumton. ...,,...............G Grand Rapids
1ANISTEE COUNTY
j. +. Merritt ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Manistee
HUSkEGON COUNTY
OcEANA COUNTY
j. d. : Hanson & Son......................H Hart
ALLEdAN COUNTY
Pears Real Estate Co.............,...Sa ugatuck
OTTAWA COUNTY
4. Il. scott holland
Isaac houW u 60. ................ Holland
y. 4. Jorgensen ...-........... .tfand maven
Weersing's Real Estate Agency ........ Holland
MONTCALM
ttchum ~ Morse. Edmore
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10

and get a big box of oranges and a
big box of candy and have them here
for us this afternoon, and we'll open
the door Or, if you'll promise on
your word of honor, we'll let you in
For answer he pounded on the
door and thundered:
Boys, / order you to open this
door! Will you obey me?'
""Freat!' was our ultimatum.
Followed several minutes of silence
and suspense, then he called to us:
Well, boys, l suppose the be
sieger instead of the besieged will
have to surrender. You may open the
door. l will treat
THE door was opened slowly, eau
tiously, for we were doubtful, almost
distrustful, but he was milling.
1t is all right, boys he assured
us. have promised We might as
well close now till after the New
Years holiday. While I am going for
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10
Red as a Cure,

In England, says the London Globe,
apothecaries for many years were firm
believers in the efficacy of the color
red as a combatant of disease. Pa
tients, especially those suffering from
rheumatism. were frequently wrapped
in red blankets and dressed in red
clothes. LET your nightcap be of
scarlet" recommended Andrew Bor-
den in his discourse on sleep, land
petycote of scarlet Also" while a
physician in the sixteenth century ad-
vised that the face be washed once a
week and then wiped with red cloth.
Upon this latter item Of the prescrip-
ton great stress was laid-no doubt
the color Of the cloth was intended to
act as an antidote against the chill Of
such frequent additions.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10

down. The colonel leaned farther
back in the enveloping leather and
Volley of expanding rings poured
from beneath the carefully trimmed
white mustache.
That" he said, with a wave of his
hand toward the throngs, ''set me to
thinking OF how in my country school
days we big, bad boys sometimes
locked the teacher out to make him
give US Christmas treat At the
precise moment you soaked me on the
shoulder | was thinking of the time
we locked out our teacher. We noti-
lied him week beforehand that we
expected him to give us a nice, sub
stant1al treat when school let OUT
as we said, on Christmas eve. He had
been a good-natured fellow and had
succeeded in keeping on good terms
with us scamps in spite of us, so as
we wanted, for the reason, to let him
off as easily as possible we specified
only box of oranges and a box of
candy.
I'll think about it. he said, laugh
ing, and we supposed it was as good
as agreed to.
so when on the morning of Christ
mas Eve day Mr.. Teacher arrived
without anything that possibly could
contain a treat, we were hurt-doubly
hurt to think that supposed friend
would treat US so. We silently waited
till the noon hour, and when lunch
cons had been hurriedly gulped, two
of us were detailed to get him away
from the school house on some pre-
text or other. They succeeded, but
he didn't stay long, as it was a cold
day and there was snow. When he
found the door locked he ratified the
knob and called: .~.s.~
"'Open the door, please! It is l. 7Tr
CO
Sorry one of the boys replied
through the keyhole, but you'll have
to give us a Christmas treat before
we let you in
Come, boys. come he said stern
ly. 1T is too cold for joking. Let
me in at once!'
We're not joking; we yelled back
We want treat. Go to the store
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10
PRUNING BY RAIN.
One of Natures Many Methods of
Thinning Her Forests.


Nature has many ways Of thinning
and pruning and trimming her forests
lightning strokes. heavy SHOWS and
storm winds to Shatter and blow down
whole trees here and there or break off
branches as required. The results of
these methods have observed in diff
ferent forests. but only once have
seen pruning by rain.
The rain frOze on the trees as it fell
and grew SO thick and heavy that
many of them lost a third or more of
their branches. The view of the
woods after the storm had passed and
the sun shone forth was something
never to be forgotten. Every twig
and branch and rugged trunk was en-
cased in pure crystal ice, and each oak
and hickory and willow became fairy
crystal palace. Such dazzling bril-
lance, such effects Of white light and
irised light. glowing and flashing, |
had never seen. nor have | since.
This sudden change of the leaiess
woods to glowing silver was, like the
great aurora, spoken of for years and
is one Of the most beautiful of the
many pictures that enrich my life.
And besides the great shows there
were thousands of others, even in the
coolest eather, manifesting the ut
most fineness and tenderness of beau
ty and affording noble compensated for
hardship and pain.-Atlantic Monthly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10
A Bargain.

A young society woman met count
and fell in love with him. Her father
was opposed to a match Of this kind
and declared the foreign nobleman was
simply after his money.
"a Count" said the young woman one
evening, you can't imagine how my
love for you distresses my parents.
My father told me he would give $10.-
600 if l would never see you again."
: "Ah, darling" said the count, lees
your fazaire in bees Offices now, you
sink?"-ChicagO Record Herald.
Next to acquiring good friends the
best acquisition is that of good books
Cotton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10
*: G 1,Es':.3.X1k: A x: syg:eAllE22ll
A MEMORABLE treat

he colonel sat
comfortably in his
chair and gazed
dreamily through a
hazy cloud of Hav-
ana at the Christ
mas crowd.
"Ha-ha! colonel.
At last I've found
you looking sad!"
And a friend who
had come up from
behind and slapped
him affectionately
on the shoulder
pulled a big chair
o1o- -1sI 80
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10

bobsled, drawn by big, iron-gray
horse, gay with sleigh-bells, glided up
before the schoolhouse door. Mr..
Teacher, looking as pleasant as any Of
us, jumped out and said:
Here you are! am going to leave
you to yourselves to enjoy your treat,
he explained, as he hastily fastened
the window shutters and shut up the
stove. He then locked the door and
put the key in his pocket. By that
time the boys had unloaded the boxes,
and Mr.. C. at once resumed his
seat on the sled.
Merry Christmas to all!' he
shouted.
The same to you!' we chorused.
I'VE Immediately assailed the
boxes. The lid came off the box
marked oranges first, and one was
grabbed and the tissue wrapping re-
moved. Then there was a wild yell
Potatoes! Nothing but old potatoes!
We glanced sheepishly at the big
girls who were holding their breath.
IL 9 GASIuO! u ULSdu We COOh CnS TOP
off the box labeled candy. Oh, utterly
shattered hopes! The box was full of
nice white candles!"
The ample shoulders and girth of
the coloneIs friend shook freely.
"Um," he said. He was some
teacher"
You bet" agreed the colonel. IF
we boys had had money enough l
think we'd have come pretty near to
buying him a gold watch. Detroit
Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10

the treat | want
you all to get
your books ready
so l can lock the
school house. I
hope to be back
with your treat
within an hour
Then he start
ed in a brisk
walk toward a lit
tie country town
about three miles
away.
"IE was a few
minutes after two
o'clock when a
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-29

Ross Deitz, and Robert Long
went to Balsam Sunday.
Harry Buchanan spent Sunday
with his parents in Sylvia.
Burke Coward of Webster was a
visitor in Sylvia Sunday.
Royal Ivester is in town.
Will soon have in cur ware
house a car load of Wheat Fer
tilizer, just from the factory.
B. H. CATHEY & co.
Henry Parker of Willets was in
town this week and paid us very
pleasant call.
Rev. J. T. Carson of Willets was
in the city Wednesday.
J. H. Henry of Addie was in
town on business this week.
R. R. Snyder a progressive mer-
chant of Addie was in the city on
business.
Prof. Frank Brown of CulloWhee
spent Sunday with his sister Mrs.
Sadie Long. -
Mrs. D. D. Hooper and Mrs. j. w
.Keener are visiting in Asheville.
DR.. A. A. Nichols moved his fam
lily from Cullowht e Tuesday md
will occupy his new residence just
completed on Main Street.
More Dry Goods received this
week, at Bryson and McDade's.
Jones Brothers Shows will be here
September 4th. and give their
vaudeville performance under can
vas at the fair grounds.
Miss Vera Self of Webster was
shopping in Sylvia Tuesday.
J. L. Lovedahl of Caney Fork was
in the city Tuesday. T.. T.2Ta3~7
brought a load OF Irish Potatoes
that we're some potatoes ~ CT
them weighed 81 pounds.