Middletown transcript., 1917-02-10
aress. etc. to keep abreast Of the times.


class country newspaper, promptly and
faithfully chronicling all the local news,
and seeking in every way to promote
the best interests of its readers, and of
our town and the country around. But
now, with these additional four pages
of carefully selected matter in the
various departments above named, it is
still more valuable and useful. Our
readers who fail to examine each week.
these added pages miss much both of
interest and of profit. Toprove this we
will quote from several recent issues.
The Transcript of January 9Th devotes
one page to resume of the world news
for the past year; The Great War; The
United States, Mexico; Industry and
| Economics; Politics at Home and Abroad;
| Diasters on the Sea, and Laws Passed
by Congress-these fill pages.
Another page gives the international
| S S. Lesson; two columns on orchards,
how to chose and plant peach trees, il
lustrated; column on Road Dragging,
ETC.. a Dairy column with valuable facts
about Holsteins, diseases Of Kline, etc.
Page gives the cream of the current
news of our country. Page 4 is devoted
to the Fashions and other items, and to
an interesting Continued Story
Our issue of January 18th, fills one
page with current news at home and in
Europe: another with Fashions, Story
and S. S. Lessons, &C. Page 3 is filled
with useful "Dairy News" Harvest
ing an Storing the Corn Crop" 'Road
| Building" etc. Page contains an in
, I.teresting illustrated article on making
: Wild Bird Houses; picture with full
description of an "Ideal Chicken House
] For Farm Flocks" and several articles
on raising chickens. feeding them de
veloping layers, ETC.; column on "Th'
Home Town. etc.
2 Our January Goth issue gives all thes'
features of General News, "Publ
, Roads," DAIRY Crops" "Home Tow
e Helps" planting Flowers and Trees,
d "Fire Protection" etc.; The Fashion
: and The. Story, Poultry, The Dairy
g Good Roads, S. S. Lesson, etc.
Our issue of the goth discusses wit
pictures, Bird House Building,
Winter Work on Roads with the Kin
Drdg," "Chicken Diseases and Food,
etc "How to Use an Incubator, y "ES
ercise for Chickens" 'The Dairy,
:, much valuable matter, "Sheep Poison
ing with Lupine," &C.; ''The Story.
sThe Fashions" "The Monroe Dot
trine," "Sunday's Boston Campaign,
"Town Helps" "Peace," "Admir'
- Dewey's Funeral" and rs. S. Lesso
Helps,' etc. Finally, here are tw
., items worth big money for the farme
"Canada's Riches, = fabulous yields
wheat and oats. Thus, one 50-acre fe
!, returned 2,O52 bushels of wheat; 81
acres gave 42I bushels of wheat to tt
-, acre, and one yield of 70 bushels is r
20 ported. Why should not our Delawal
farmers do so much? Again. here is
he little half-inch item whose hint,
-, needed, would be worth a lifetime
,t subscription to The Transcript f
- some farmers whose valuable machine
oil we have seen rusting month aft
g month in the field:
10 ga farm machinery manufacturer
: made the following statement: IF
is the farmer cared for his machinery
-, as he should, we would have to man
'"' ufacture but one machine when we
d are now putting out two
gn Last weeks Transcript, besides
ru the other things had highly valuat
ter illustrated article on 'The Ideal Missol
as Poultry House"
ir The great value Of all these articl
ess lies in the fact that they are by expel
ny in each department, not mere 'pap
lat and scissors" stuff of every sort. Ma
for of the farm and dairy articles, ETC., a
IAN by leading Agricultural College a
other practical experts. and thus any
eft of these issues contains invaluable
to formation for some reader.
son In conclusion, we urge our subscribe
rit, to read these four pages-our '"Tri
sh script No. g." Would it be out Of pls
of for us to ask our readers to recomme
i'm, their friends to take so excellent
the journal?
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