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SOUND ADVICE FROM FARMER
He Had Rescued Motorist and Balloon.
let Same oay-WouId Find Life
Easier at Home.

Mr.. Jephtha Wade, q well-known
Cleveland man, has winter home at
Thomasville, Ga. One Of his sons is
an amateur balloonist and occasionally
makes an ascent from Thomasville. II
the family fail to hear promptly from
him they set forth in a motor car and
search until they find him. the Youths
Companion states.
One day, when the roads were slip
perry with mud. the automobile skid.
ded and slid part way down q bank.
1t brought up without damage against
q large tree. Mr.. Wade could not get
1t back on the road and appealed for
help to a farmer plowing IN the field
below. The farmer hitched his team
to the front axle and soon pulled the
car out of trouble.
Mr.. Wade looked back and said:
"That tree saved US from bad acci.
dent: II It had not been there we
should have turned over and been bad.
ly hurt"
Eyes. suh." drawled the farmer
that cert'nly is . useful tree! This
mornin' q young Teller In q balloon got
stuck in It and had to hist him out. :
why, that was our son!" exclaimed
both Mr.. and Mrs. Wade. excitedly. Z
The farmer looked at them for q mo
ment with puzzled expression; ther
his face lighted up with smile. aat
he said:
II reckon you folks would find hfs
easier II you was to stay home more.
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LABOR UNIONS, ATTENTION!

Speaking Of the saloon as the enemy
Of organized labor, Major Dan Morgan
Smith (once an attorney for the liquor
interests) points out that when
union bartender is driven out Of his
Job by prohibition ut prevents that
bartender from selling liquor that will.
in the course of a year, drive over
thirty other union men out Of their
Jobs"
I'm this connection" continues Ma
for Smith, II would call the attention
of labor union to the fact that 1t Is .
cardinal rule of unionism that q union
workman shall not handle, buy or sell
nonunion goods. Who ever heard OF
a union bartender looking for union
label on q whisky bottle? Who ever
heard Of union bartender throwing
a case of beer into the alley because
It was made by nonunion labor? II
they did this they would have to throw
the most of 1t in the alley. A large
percentage of the breweries through
out the whole United States are not
unionized. The union bartender sells
nonunion whisky, sells nonunion beer,
he helps the downfaii Of union broth
er and refuses to protect the wives
and children of his fellow union men.
What kind of union man is he, any
how? The mere labelling a man .
union man doesn't make him one, and
he cannot be one in truth and In his
heart, II he handles nonunion goods;
II he ruins union men and brings sor.
row into union homes"
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row. Hence it behooves the farmers
boy to provide boxes the entrances
to which are about an inch in diameter.
mailing these under gables Vt barns
and outhouses or in orchard trees.
In this way the numbers Of this useful
bird can be increased. greatly to the
advantage of the farmer. Grasshop-
pers, beetles. caterpillars. bugs. and
spiders are the principal elements OF
it's food. Cutworms, weevils. ticks. and
plant lice are among the injurious
forms eatan. The nestlings of house
wrens consume great quantities Of in
sects.
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Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
(Rsgulus caIenduIa)

Length. about four and one.fourth
inches. Olive green above. soiled whit
ish below, concealed feathers on head
(crest) bright red.
Range: Breeds In southern Canada,
southern Alaska, and the higher noun.
tains Of the western United States;
winters in much Of the United States
and south to Guatemala.
Habits and economic status: In
habits and haunts this tiny sprite re-
sembles q chickadee. It is an active.
nervous little creature, fitting hither
and yon in search Of food, and in
spring stopping only long enough to
utter its beautiful song, surprisingly
loud for the size Of the musician.
Three.fourths Of its food consists of
wasps. bugs. and flies. Beetles are
the only other item Of importance (12
per cent?. The bugs eaten by the
kinglet are mostly small, but, happily.
they are the most harmful kinds. Tree.
hoppers. lsafhoppers. and Jumping
plant lice are pests and often do great
harm to trees and smaller plants.
while plant lice and scale insects are
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benefit to man. The food Is of the
same general nature as that of the
upland plover, but is more varied. The
killdeer feeds upon beetles. grasshop-
pers. caterpillars. ants. bugs. caddis
flies. dragonflies, centipedes. spiders,
ticks, oyster worms. earthworms.
snails. crabs and other crustacea.
Among the beetles consumed are such
pests as the alfalfa weevil, cotton-boll
weevil. clover.root weevil. clover-leaf
weevil. pine weevil, billbugs, white
grubs, wireworms, and leaf beetles.
The bird also devours cotton worms,
cotton cutworms, horseflies, mosQui.
toes, cattle ticks, and crawfish. One
stomach contained hundreds of larvae
of the saltmarsh mosquito. one Of the
most troublesome species. The kill.
deer preys extensively upon insects
that are annoying to man and injuri-
GUS to his stock and crops, and this
should be enough to remove it from
the list of game birds and insure Its
protection.
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with wholly %hitish underparts that
lacks Il light line over the eye.
Range: Breeds throughout the Unit
ed States Except the South Atlantic
and Gulf States) and southern Can
ada; winters In the southern United
States and Mexico.
Hubits and economic status: The
rich, bubbling song Of the familiar
little house wren is one Of the sweet
est associations connected with coun-
try xnd suburban life. Its tiny body,
lorg bill. sharp eyes, and strong feet
peculiarly adapt It for creeping into
all sorts Of hooks and crannies where
Iurk the insects It feeds on. A cavity
In . fence post, q hole In tree or q
bon will be welcomed alike by this
busybody as nesting site; but since
the advent of the quarrelsome Eng
lish sparrow such domiciles are at q
premium and the wren's eggs and
family are safe only in cavities having
entrances too small to admit the spar
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Temperance
PROHIBITION IN BOISE.
(Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)

PROHIBITION IN BOISE.
The city Of Boise, Idaho. is well sat
isfied with prohibition and is not wor-
rying about saloon substitutes. Three
wholesale liquor houses are all being
remodeled for other purposes. Three
or four former saloons are now soft
drink places. One saloon Is turned
into a music store, and two into bar
ber shops. One Of the former whole
sale liquor stores Is to be variety
store.
Adjutant Burnett says the transfor-
nation in the soldiers home since the
first of the year was wonderful. III
the state only went dry for the benefit
Of the soldiers home, 1t is worth
while"
Sheriff Pfost says: "Never have
there been so few prisoners at the
county jail as at the present time. The
former average was from s to 22.
Since the state went dry the number
has grown less and less until at the
present time there are but four coun.
ty prisoners and one held on a fed
eral charge"
The Boise (Idaho) Statesman says:
January was a record breaker for the
Carnegie library. Never in any previ-
GUS month have there been SO many
readers, the attendance almost
doubling that Of other months. This Is
thought to be due to the closing of the
saloons. An unusual number Of for
eigners are now noticed in the library
and it is possible foreign papers or
magazines viii be subscribed tor, IT
the attendance keeps up enough to
warrant 1t.
Men who have never before been
in the library now appear almost daily.
Sunday there was not seat to
spare in the municipal reading room,
which is open until midnight, and each
night up to about eleven o'clock 1t Is
filed with readers. More games are
wanted, particularly chess and check
ers, and more magazines. There are
many in the room, but most OF the
men have gone over them all, and
fresh supplies are necessary"
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"They Did Have the Very Best Time"
for overworking. 1t is as bad as not
working enough
"Of course. the moon was the very
sort to talk that way. Foe, can you
imagine that jolly old man whom you
see grinning at you so often ever real
ly working very hard?
"Just then the moon began sending
out his invitations for party.
He sent them in this way: He
whispered to the tall pines that he
wanted to have q party and to invite
all the little fairies. Also he added
that they must wear their very best
clothes. for when he gave party he
liked to see folks In their party clothes.
"The fairies lost no time about &C.
cepting this invitation. And you should
have seen how absolutely gorgeous
they looked when they were all ready.
The fairy queen was dressed in gilt.
tering gold. She wore gold crown
on her head and carried gold wand
with gold stars glittering from 1t.
"All the other fairies were dressed
in silvery costumes. For the man in
the moon is very fond Of silver. You
still sometimes notice that he puts on
a silver robe himself. and he is very
friendly with the silver clouds that
float in tho sky at night.
"They did have the very best time
and they all enjoyed the party so, 30
much. The man in the moon laughed
his head off-at least the fairies were
afraid he would-as he said he had
never before seen the pine trees be-
have 80 like silly little trees, instead
Of like big. dignifled trees they had al
ways prided themselves on being.
But the pine trees didn't care. for
they were having q beautiful time wav.
ing and singing. They sang for lots
of the lovely dances the fairies did.
As for the fairies. they had the best
time in the world.
They felt 1t was a very great honor
for them to be given a party by the
wonderful old man in the moon. who
had such splendid guests as the pine
trees!"
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FEARED TO Be MIsJuDGED
Man Who Wanted to Read Bible
Without ArousIno Suspicion ~
to His Motive.

His face was of the kind charac-
teristic of men who had gone up
against the world and won over all
obstacles and he wanted a Bible.
says the New York Sun.
Haven't you got one with back
Just like the ordinary book and with
out lettering on it," he asked.
The slim little brunette saleswomap
looked surprised and shook her head
decisively as she produced q volume
of the Scripture bound in the custom.
ary fashion with the usual inscrip-
tion.
Nothing at all like that" she said.
II doubt II you can find such Bible.
We never have any call for them
bound that way"
Then perhaps you can find me one
with a good stiff back, without the
lopovers at the edges, so can put q
cover on it?"
The saleswoman handed him Bible
so bound. She was too we'll trained
to ask questions, but she unconscious
ly betrayed an expression which plain
ly said: II hope you are not ashamed
to be seen with Bible"
The man was quick to perceive the
expression.
II know this is an unusual request
and an explanation might interest
you." he said. II want to read the
Bible. l want TO read 1t all. which
will require some time, az you know.
and as am very busy and most Of
my spare time is of the odds and ends
variety. I'll have to read 1t wherever
and whenever I have the opportunity.
And desire to read 1t without
causing comment. You see, I've never
been a churchgoer. and my business
associates and acquaintances have
not had reason to regard me as exact
ly q patron of religion. Should they
see me reading Bible At odd mo-
ments, on the train. say, or when mo-
toring about, I'm afraid they might be
seriously apprehensive or digusted. or
both. They'd probably remark some.
thing like this:
"'Look at that old reprobate. will
you-reading a Bible! Trying to play
pious, eh? And him not bit better
than any Of the rest Of US, either!'"
"Oh. see!" the little saleswoman
exclaimed, smiling understandingly.
"They might think. for instance, that
you're trying to put something over"
The man beamed on her apprecia.
lively.
I'm afraid they might raisjudge
my motives and think l might be try
ing to do something like that" he
said. $50 I'm going to put something
over on them by Disgusting my bible
I think that 1t will be the better way
for a while. I'll take this one, please
I'll have paper covers fitted on 1t and
then can peruse 1t in, peace. without
fear of precipitating panicky suspi
cion among my friends"
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WAS NOT A vIvIsEcTIoNIsT
Humane Father Tells suItor He 10 Not
Willing to Dispose Of Daughter
In Sections.

"Mr. Stonerfellow," said the young
man with the high collar and noisy
tie. "I-er-called to ask for the hand
Of your daughter in marriage, and
What" interrupted the stern par
ent. did understand you to say you
wanted the hand of my daughter for
matrimonial purposes?"
That is what l said. sir" replied
the love-lorn youngster.
WELL" continued the humane Ia
ther, Il don't care to dispose OF her
in sections-besides fail to see what
particular use her hand would be to
you anyway; but II you are willing to
take the entire girl. why, haven't
any objections"
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what Becomes # the ooato.

The reported. goat shortage In the
United States may be due to anything
from British interference with neutral
trade to the fact that. neighbors with
autos honk loudly before the houses
when returning home at midnight.
What becomes Of gotten goats is an
other of those questions like that con.
cerning the whereabouts Of lights that
70 out.-Springfleld Republican.
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the worst scourges Of the fruit grower
lin fact, the prevalence or the latter
has almost risen to the magnitude Of
q national peril. It is these small and
seemingly insignificant birds that most
successfully attack and hold in check
these insidious foes of horticulture.
The vegetable food consists Of seeds Of
poison Ivy, or poison oak. few weed
seeds. and few small fruits. mostly
elderberries.
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REMARKABLE ANOMALY.

A London banker-not temperance
man-is quoted by the Review Of Re-
views as saying: 1.-THE drink question
has been just about the worst handled
Of any Of the domestic problems which
have confronted England since the out.
break of the war. The savings, direct
and indirect, from the putting through
of Lloyd Georges total prohibition
scheme last spring would have gone
mighty long way towards paying the
cost of the war. We have the remark.
able anomaly Of a people sacrificing
rivers Of blood for their country, and
yet unwilling to give up the use of q
beverage which not only wastes money
but lowers their industrial and mill
tary efficiency as well. :. It Will
probably take another year or so OF
war to bring the country to its
senses"
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KiIIdeer
(oxyechus voeiferus)

Length. ten inches. Distinguished
by it's piercing alL oft-repeated cry
kildee.
Range: Breeds throughout the Unit.
ed States and most of Canada; win
ters from central United States to
South America.
Habits and economic status: The
killdeer is one of the best known OF
the shorebird family. 1t often visits
the farmyard and commonly nests in
pastures or cornfelds. It 10 rather
suspicious, however, and on being ap'
preached takes flight with loud cries
1t is noisy and restless, but fortunate
ly most of its activities result In
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BOOSTING PROHIBITION.

The South Dakota State Boosters
and Builders in convention assembled
announced themselves in favor Of pro-
hibition as one Of the best ways to
promote the prosperity of the state.
The convention represented the State
Corn Growers association, State AS
sociation Of Commercial Clubs, State
Press association, State Live Stock
association and prominent real estate
dealers.
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Not at All Surprising.

"Slnce the Twobble girls returned
from a finishing school they find the
society of Mr.. Twobble rather irk-
some"
He's not polished enough for them.
eh?
That's about the situation. It seems
that while he was learning the coal
business from A to z he failed to &C
quire a superficial knowledge Of
French and q taste for grand opera"
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Rather Poor Showing.

II understand Mr.. Dubwaite has an
nounced for another Office"
He seems determined to keep rum
ming until he gets one"
YES, but Mrs. Dubwaite says she II
out of patience"
why so?"
"She says q man who has been run
ming for office as long and as hard a.
Mr.. Dubwsite has ought to have some
thing more to show for 1t than pile
of unpaid printing bills"
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lifted up." II 80.
It should be at
once set aside, for
the evangelist in.
terprets the words
for US: "This he
9 aid, signifying
W b at death he
should die" :
In three other
places in Johns
gospel this ex.
preston lifted
up" is used. In the
third chapter, the
fourteenth verse.
where we read:
"As Moses lifted
up the serpent in
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Times for Forgetting

Times for Forgetting.
"But have you reflected on the po-
litical effect of your attitude?"
my friend" replied Senator Sor-
ghum, there are times when q man
must forget politics in order to remain
in political life"
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Persistent Advertising Pays.

One great, fashy advertisement may
attract attention and also lang some
orders, but 1t is the steady, persistent
advertiser whose results are eminentiy
satisfactory. 1t does not do to adver.
tise spasmodically. Your results Will
be far better, II you use small space
continually than to plunge" and then
s.op.-Western Monthly.
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Barometer Of Business.

Barometer Of Business.
"Who is that pompous.looking man
strutting back and forth In the lobby
with cigar stuck in his mouth?"
That's one of our leading gasoline
merchants. Judging from the tilt of
his cigar. the price of gasoline has
probably been raised again."
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His Drawback,

His Drawback.
Have you a job for the friend Of
mine I was speaking of"
mo; he's too fat"
whats that got to do with IT."
IN my business fat man has but
q slim chance"
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Mocking Bird
minus poIysIottos)

Length. ten inches. Most easily dis.
tinguished from the similarly colored
loggerhead shrike by the absence of a
conspicuous black stripe through the
eye.
Range: Resident from southern
Mexico north to California. Wyoming.
Iowa, Ohio and Maryland: casual far
ther north.
Habits and economic status: Be-
cause Of its Incompatible medleys and
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rRIEp ro aE MODERATE,

Every drunkard who ever filled .
drunkard's grave died through trying
to be q successful moderate drinker.
And every liquorseller lives by preach.
ing moderation and begetting its op
posite.-National Advocate.
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poet,. Amlotlon.

The teacher of the Juvenile class had
told her pupils that the poet Milton
was blind. The next day she asked IL
any Of them could recall Millions At
ffiction.
Eyes. ma'am. I can." replied small
boy. "He was q poet"
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There is no good in arguing with
the inevitable. The only argument
available with an east wind IL to put
ON your great r. Lowell.
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Ability.

"Pa." said little Joe. II bet can do
something you can't"
'Well. what is TT" demanded his pa.
Grow" replied tha youngstsr trium.
phantly.
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LEADERS, ARE AssrAINERs.

LEADERS ARE ABsrAINERs.
There are forty labor members IN
the British parliament. Nearly every
one of them, says Charles stelxle,
is Q total abstainer and most Of them
are vice presidents Of the Temperance
Fellowship. q society Of the trade
unionists Of England.
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UNDERWORLD D Is ALONE.

ONOeHWOHIOu 10 AIONe.
There is only one world in favor OF
alcohol" says Mary Harris Armor.
"and that's the underworld. The busi-
ness worlds against It, the sporting
worlds against 1t, the religious worlds
against 1t.
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Al the Dance.

Miss Heavyweight Ito man she has
collided with and floored) -You--yoU
-oh, l don't know what to call you'll
Victim granddaughter me an am
bulance.
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ocEAM aoNE nnY

OCEAN GONE DRY.
''The ocean will have to 60 dry be-
fore you get national prohibition"
said q skeptic. 1T has," replied the
white-ribboner, referring to Secretary
Daniels prohibition order.
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Must BE Old.

"How old would you say he Isl"
About seventy"
Don't be ridiculous. He can't be
day over thirty-flve."
HE certainly is. No woman could
tame a man as well as he is tanned un-
less she had at least so years to do
It ins"
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RecoIlection, Of chlIdhood.

Reeoilections Of Childhood.
"Why did you get up and give that
lady your seat?
well. ma'am, ever since was
boy 1t scares me to see q woman with
a strap in her hand."-Burr.
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There seems to be league for
everything except the suppression Of
the open.faced sneeze.
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The Magnetic Power
of the Uplifted Christ
BY REV. w. W. KETCHUM
Director Of the Practical Course.
Moody Bible Institute Of Chicago

TExT-And II l be lifted up will draw
all men unto me.-John 1882.
There should be no question as to
what Christ meant by the expression
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Uglymug-My wife was awfuiiy
nearsighted when she married ma
Kutter-She must have heen.
New style.

$50 your sons In college. ehf Burn
ing the midnight oil. I s'pose?"
"Well-er-yes: but I've an idea
er-that it's gasoline" Patricks
Monthly Calendar.
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House Wren
(Troaiodytes aedon)

Length. four and three-fourths
inches. The only one Of our wrens
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ovsranxlous.

rs Bliggins an optimist!"
HE says he 10. But he works 70
hard trying to cheer up that you'd
think he must be terribly scared about
something"
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Record Crop Of Oats.
Canada last year raised 48S, 100000
bushels of oats on 11.365.0o0 acres Of
land.
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Colorado has the highest automobile
road.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-02-08

Futurity for foals of 1915. AS is nat
ural, Kentucky leads with 274 while
New York is second with 1O9. Ohio
takes third place with 81, Illinois
fourth with "a, and Massachusetts fifth
with As. In 1914, sos weanlings were
kept in the Futurity as against 763 in
the Futurity just closed. The progeny
OF more than $50 sires is represented
in the list with Peter the Great leading
with So. ]. Malcolm Forbes is second
with forty six and Manrico third with
thirty-fve Walnut Hall Farm of Done
rail, KY, has the largest number of en-
tries, the total being seventy-one
Patchen Wilkes Farm of Lexington,
KY, is second with forty-one
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-02-08
PEANUT OIL INDUSTRY
ATTRACTING ATTENTION

ATHENS, Ga, Feb. S.-A large
amount of interest in utilizing peanuts
for the production of oil is revealed 1t
the College of Agriculture here. Far
mers, oil mill men and representatives
bf the industrial departments of rail-
roads have been visiting the College of
Agriculture during recent days for
the purpose of obtaining information
about the growing of pean IS and their
use for oil and cattle feed. The indica-
tons are that peanuts are to be grown
extensively in south Georgia for their
oil content, and that cotton oil mills
are to obtain necessary machinery for
expressing peanut oil.
The College of Agriculture has pro-
vided definite information as to varie-
ties, methods of cultivation, harvest
ing, curing; the value of the peanut
cake and the peanut hay as feed for
cattle. But there is a demand for
more information about the probable
profit on the manufacturing side To
obtain definite information on this sub
ject and some details as to methods of
handling the nuts previous to sending
them to the oil mills, Prof. John r.
Fain, head of the department of agron-
omy, of the College of Agriculture, has
gone to centers of peanut oil growing
and peanut oil manufacture to gather
data. This will probably be reported
i'll circular which will also deal with
growing peanuts.