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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
A tractor may be either a profitable
or an Improbable investment. Each
farm has its own peculiarities; and a
farmer must weigh the advantages and
disadvantages carefully before buying
a tractor. He should study the ex-
~periences of those who have used trac-
tors in farm work, paying particular
attention to those whose farms con-
form most nearly to his w in size
and system of cropping. This Is ad-
vice from specialists Of the United
States department Of agriculture.
On an average, n farm In 80 In the
United States now uses a tractor. 1t
has been estimated by manufacturers
that over 10000 tractors will be made
this year. 1t behooves every farmer
contemplating buying n to study his
farm problems from every angle.
Advantages in Using Tractor.
The advantage of a tractor lies not
so much in the reduction in the cost OF
doing a piece of work as in being able
to do 1t in less time. Thus the num-
Der of acres farmed can be increased
and the work done quickly. Often the
saving of time is the important factor
in making a profit on the crop grown.
A tractor can be kept on the job In
hot weather when horses are at a dis
advantage. 1t al do heavy work and
do 1t rapidly, thus covering the desired
acreage in the proper season. 1t v
man labor, thus enabling the farm to
be worked with less hired help. 1t
sometimes decreases the number Of
horses needed, thus saving both invest
ment in horses and the expense of their
feed.
The tractor owner can increase his
income somewhat by doing custom
work of his n%eighbors; but this is
often a doubtful practice. Outside
work must beedone at a time when 1t
will not interfere with the necessary
work on his OWL place or he will lose
more by neglect than he makes by the
custom work.
Disadvantages Mentioned by Owners.
The packing Of damp soil and the
difficulty of efficient operation are the
chief disadvantages mentioned by trac-
tor users. Where early spring work is
necessary, the packing Of the soil, espe-
cially a heavy soil, is a serious OBJ
lection.
The fact that a tractor demands a
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13

tipping the porter like a freshly baked
millionaire. Clay taxicabbed them to
Mr.. and Mrs. Bayard's apartment
house, a towering habitable chimney
on Fifty-ninth street, overlooking Cen
trail park and Columbus circle.
The convenience and ingenuity of
the apartment enchanted Daphne. 1t
seemed impossible that all this luxury,
this ozone of wealth, could be secured
in so small a space, on part of one
floor, the twelfth of a building. Every
thing came up In baskets by pulley
people, food, everything; 1t was like a
monastery In the mOuntains-with
some differences.
She was grateful beyond words to
the young man who embraced her and
stared over her shOulder-over her
left shoulder-at the tiny commerce
of the streets and the toy park. She
said to him:
"Oh. Clay, this is heaven! What do
you say to our having IN apartment
just like this? Let's!"
She felt in the arm about her a sud
den s~lackening. The chin on her Shout
der seemed to weigh heavier.
"Er-it-wOuld be nice" said Clay.
She turned out of his embrace and
looked at him.
He explained: "Do you know how
much Bayard pays for these seven
rooms and two baths?"
NO"
well, I've been looking about for
Il little nest for us, and | priced one
like this. They charge twenty-five
hundred dollars a year,"
She asked, shyly. "And that's more
than we can afford?" She had no idea
what salaries were paid to fairy
princes in this city of fabulous
wealths. She had merely a glamorous
impression that her lover was there
TO get what she wanted.
"Well. we could afford 1t, all right"
he laughed. meekly, "if we could eat
the view and wear the altitude. But
we've nev talked about money,
honey, have we? | suppose we ought
to. | don't want to give you any false
impressions. Shall we talk about 1t
now?"
mo! please!"
Daphne sat suddenly. She felt as a
stranger to tall buildings feels when
m express elevator starts downward.
She had rejoiced to think that she
was escaping from her fathers nag
ging dollarocracy to a region Of love
and light. She sOrrOwed IA moment,
then she gazed at her lover and saw
how anxious he was. Her love came
back to her. The express elevator IA
shooting upward now.
"What does ii matter where we live,
so long as we have each other?"
you're II little saint" he said as
he took her In a very secular embrace.
And then she began to laugh.
The whimsy struck her that she was
like a bird gaining its freedom from
n cage only to find itself In n trap.
II was n good joke on her. She en-
joyed the jokes fate played on her
sometimes-more or less.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13

| certain amount of knowledge on the
part of the operator "a scarcely be
considered a disadvantage. The train
ing can be easily obtained at small ex-
pense. But too many men attempt to
run tractors without learning anything
about them except the starting, stop
ping and shifting gears. The i'm
pOrtant thing Is the ability to detect
trouble the minute 1t begins to de-
velop, and know how to remedy 1t
promptly instead of allowing it to run
along until an expensive delay results.
1t pays to spend a few days gaining
! experience under a competent instruc-
tor. 1t is unwise to attempt to run a
tractor without such preparation. With
the increasing use Of tractors, as well
as automobiles and stationary engines.
farmers are rapidly becoming familiar
with the care and operation Of gas
engines. At the same time, tractors
are being improved and simpliied SO
! that difficulties in operation are grow
ing less each year.
The comparatively large investment.
| rapid depreciation and fuel and repair
bills have also been mentioned by
farmers as points against owning a
tractor. They point out. too, that a
tractor is not adaptable to all farm
work where horses are ordinarily used.
However, the tractor can do much
work that horses cannot dO-work
where belt power is needed.
Fit the Tractor to the Farm.
One of the most important points to
consider when buying a tractor is
the size of the farm. Experienced
tractor owners rarely recommend the
purchase of a tractor for use on a farm
with less than 12O or 100 acres under
| cultivation, and for such farms the
two-plOw outfit is usually preferred.
However, most of the farms on which
tractors are being used successfully are
somewhat larger than this, and a ma
jority OF the tractors pull three plows.
Four-plow machines are being used
satisfactorily on some farms where
there is n larger amount of work to be
done, and where the conditions are
such that one nan can operate an out
fit of this size.
Size. however, is not the only fac
tor to be considered. and the question
whether or not a tractor will prove
profitable is a problem In farm man.
agement which must be worked out for
the individual farm.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13
Repopuiation Problem.

The reichstag is concerned with
problems which threaten the German
birth rate. 1t is recommended to get
the workers away from the cities,
where they can have small detached
cottages in which light and country
air and nutritious food can be oh.
tanned. This course would tend to in
crease the number Of births. 1t has been
learned that about half Of the mutt.
lated soldiers are marrying women old
er than themselves, a custom which Is
pernicious for re~population. To check
infant mortality more children's elm
les will be established.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13

cure a permit TO come down to the
platform. He told the station master
that he had a crippled aunt to meet.
He did not tell Mrs. Kip that. He let
her believe that all doors opened to
him.
Daphne had not finished pointing
out her hand luggage to the redcap
when Clay's arms were about her. She
turned to draw her trusty "Siri" but
smothered II on her lips. He charged
her mother next, and kissed her well.
saying:
That's not for Bayard; that's for
me. How are you. mammal"
Mrs. Kip blushed and squealed as
she had ~squealed long g when her
first lover stole the first kiss.
After making arrangements about
the baggage with magni6cence and
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13
1fz,fRanf3ERsSAF4b

More feed and food crops for man
and animals.
Silos should be provided for both
winter and summer.
Do not plant any potatoes unless you
give them the best Of care.
Take pride in the farm and its en-
vironment IL you would enjoy farm
life.
The best way to start alfalfa is by
making a good seed bed. and that in
warm weather. too:
The farmer who boards a lot of
ground squirrels cannot hope to get
full value out of his labor and invest.
ment.
Make your plans to save what ID
grown on your farm this year. Some
one must hosi the surplus. Why not
hold it yourselff
One or more tomato diseases com-
monty known as rust a be largely
controlled by the timely us Of Dor
deaux mixture.
Before spending money for lime on
land suspected of being sour, IT ID well
to test the soil for its lime need, In
order to make the application equal
to the amount required.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13

make out lists and tally up Pfleet ia.
afternoon went by. and they had ac-
complished little except IN itemized
despair.
Its awful, that's what 1t is; It's
simply awful" Mrs. Kip walled. TT
costs a fortune to get nothing at all"
81 CUES I'll go home and be an old
maid" said Daphne. Dads money
wouldn't buy me enough to get mar
ried in S~andusky."
But when Clay arrived to take them
out to dinner he brought romance with
him. He had had a good day at the
office. There had beer Il furry OF hope
in Wall street, and everybody said
| that the business world had reached
the rock bottom of depression and
started up again.
He celebrated the new era with a
twelye-dollar dinner at the Plaza and
another theater, and after that he
made Mrs. Kip accompany them to a
roof garden, where Daphne and he
danced with other laity in the inter
walls between professional dances on
the floor and vaudeville turns on the
stage.
The next day there was another
foray on the shops and the dressmak-
ers, with a battling result. The list OF
necessaries with their minimum prices
began to grow so long and ominous
that they decided to give up keeping a
list. They would buy what just had
to be got, as cheaply as they could
and if they Overran their a%ppropria'
ton papa would simply have to help
them out.
The wedding date had yet to be
fixed and the invitations ordered, with
their royal phraseology in the latest
formula.
They placed the day late enough for
Bayard and his wife TO get bacf from
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13
CHAPTER ~.

The two old kips sat brooding over
their mystery. The fruit of their al
most forgotten romance. the little,
squalling, helpless baby that had come
10 them and strangely evolved into n
great, grown man, was now In the tolls
of romance in his turn. lie had found.
in a far city, somebody there that
he loved better than his family or his
friends or his freedom.
Daphne was delighted Mt first. Then
she realized that the news of his mar
riage would throw her own plans into
dlsarray. She sighed:
Il suppose I'd better postpone my
wedding till we get Bayard off our
hands"
That's a fine idea :" her father ex-
claimed. 1t was always a joy to him
to defer an expense. Mrs. Kip flung
him q glare az Daphne rolled her
eyes in distress. out he redeemed him.
self with an Unexpectedly graceful
turn. at lets US keep Daphne with
us a little longer"
Ddplle NTDlt lnls lev utClSlDn 10
Clay. He sent back a letter that fairly
howled with protest.
When Daphne told her parents of
Clay's anguish they made light of it.
II was a long. long while since they
had been young. They had learned
that marriages contain surprises that
may sometimes be postponed without
misfortune.
Bayard did not write again for sew
eral days. This time he wrote to
Daphne:
Deal Sis-Yours of no date (as usuaD
received and beautiful contents noted. I
can hardly believe that my little sis is an
~nouncing Intention to join the procession
and get married. too. You're more SEN
sible than | used to think This Is SUBJ
ject to revision when 1 know who the
lucky man il. " no Is he? Some Cleve-
land Appolo Tor hovever you spell ip. I
suppose
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13
| GREAT RESULTS FROM CLUBS
Opinion Of Or. Thomas =. Hunt. Dean
and Director Of the California
Agricultural College.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The United States department Of
agriculture. the state agricultural
colleges. and other agencies for the
promotion Of better farming are spend
ing considerable money In club work
among boys.
Does 1t pay? Here is the opinion Of
DR.. Thomas F. Hunt, dean and direc-
tor of the college Of agriculture, Uni
yersity of California.
"The college of agriculture did not,
in my opinion. get as effective results
from any other equal sum Of money
which it expended as 1t did from the
amount of money spent on boys clubs.
'These clubs have been running long
enough for us to have some knowledge
of their influence on the future lives
of the boys concerned. / think. I am
well within the mark when I say that
for the amount of money expended we
get the greatest human results"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13
RAT IS %INvETERATE
ENEMY OF CHICKENS
Rodents Destroy Feed, Eggs and
All Kinds of Fowls.
Farmer In Virginia Reports Twenty.
Six Turkeys Killed by Pests In
One Niaht-Losses in Other
Parts Of Country.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.) -
Every poultryman should be on
guard continually against rats. Thev
destroy feed. eggs, and fowls, and are
inveterate enemies to all kinds OF
poultry, from chicks, squads, duck
lings. and young turkeys just out of
the shell to tough old birds awaiting
the Ratchet at the close of a long and
noisy career. Although most of their
d~epredations are confined to eggs and
young birds. when driven by hunger
rats kill full-grown fowls at rOost.
biting them through the head or neck.
Complaints about rats have come to
the biological survey, United States
department of agriculture, from many
quarters. For example. a farmer In
Virginia reported 20 turkeys killed by
these pests in a night. Another, In
Kansas, lost between 200 and 300
chickens and many eggs by rats dur
ing the course of one summer His
neighbors had similar experiences
From New Jersey has come a report
Of rats killing young ducks. An
Ohioan has complained that the AMI
mails burrow beneath his coops and
take chicks from under the hen. In
certain neighborhoods of Massachu-
sets half of a seasons hatch OF
chickens and ducKllngs have been
killed by rats.
Rats multiply rapidly when left I'M
disturbed where there is plenty to eat.
One pair may increase to more than
1900 in a single year.
Farmers Bulletin No. 500. House
Rats and Nice" describes various
methods by which the depredations
of these pests may be prevented.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13
Breaking the News Gently.

In our opinion this Higginsville SOL
der deserves the medal for delicately
breaking bad news Of two sorts to
mother. His letter In the J~effersonian
says: "How is every n at homer /
am fine and dandy. Say, mother, you
ought to have seen my new bed last
night. 1t was one of the incest white
iron beds, with springs. mattress,
sheets. blankets and a soft pillow. 1t
was in a hospital where l am now.
The front is the only place 1 see any
fun now. l haven't been paid for six
months. and so you see I am neal
broke."-Kansas City TimeA
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13
cTo BE CONTINUED

sible for the rapid erection Of the bar
racks. Being engaged extensively In
government work, he was able 10
throw in a large force of men. trans
ferred from other government work
that was finished.
The site of the first barracks was
surveyed and staked and posts were
set in concrete in n day.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13

Clay and Daphne have a dis
ttressine experience when the
formers attempt to keep up the
pace that he had set gets him
into an embarrassing situation.
Daphne's eyes are opened to
some things to which she had
oiven little thought. The next
installment tells how these
thinqs came about.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13
FertiIixe Fruit Trees,

II we expect fruit trees to bear
each year 1t is our duty to fertlize
them properly SO that they may form
fruit buds.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13
Dry Fruit for Winter,

Dry all the fruit you can. You will
find a ready market Cor it next win
ter.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13
DAPHNE DISCOVERS THAT HER MONEY WILL NOT GO FAR
IN BUYING A TROUSSEAU IN NEW YORK.

synopss-Clay Wimhurn, IA young New Yorker IN a visit to
Cleveland. meets pretty Dapn Kip, whose brother is in the sal
office with Clay in Wall street. After a wlirlwind courtshlp they be-
come engaged.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13

Field beans are valuable as a cash
crop and as a short-lived legume In
crop rotations.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-06-13

Silence followed the document. And
there are few documents that mean
ing the news that of the children
has gone into the world and found a
mate and given up the ancient loyalty
for the new.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-02-06
RUBBER
men

"He died at least ten years before
ne would have done had he showed
sense and not run by his danger sig
nal" A leading specialist was dis
,ussinG one Of his cases.
yes, | know he exercised some in
he last year or two, but even that
was more bluff than real relaxation.
lie ate too much, he worked too hard,
md he smoked and drank more than
vas good for him.
ooh, no! He was not drunkard
2or a sport. Quite the reverse, I
hculd say. He worked to the poin
f exhaustion. Tobacco during the
day and a drink at the end of it kept
him from feeling as tired as he was
\ cocktail at dinner and a highball
two afterward made a social en-
ragement or a charity board meeting,
during the evening, just endurabIe
"Day after day, and night after
hight, this kept up. The pressure
vas too strong, 50, one day an artery
n his brain cracked open and the
Insurance company paid the claim, be-
ore it should have been due
''The man had practically no elasti-
ity left-either in his bodily strength
or in his arteries Hard work did no
sill him. Neither did his moderate
dissipation. It was the high tension
instantly maintained.
A rubber band, never stretched,
lardens and rots early. So. does one
stretched constantly to just short of
he breaking point. Human beings,
S somebody else has pointed out are
good deal like rubber bands" ;,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-02-06
Many ARE
IGNORANT
OPPORTUNITY
Duty of Patriotic Citizens TO Assis
Government To Get in Touch
with Discharged, Dis
abled Men

Washington, D. C.-There are four
teen branch offices of the Fedora
Board for Vocational Education in as
many cities of the country, and each
}ffice is making endeavors to locate
very war disabled man within its
2rritory, All Wisconsin soldiers
should address as follows: Wisconsin
office 1900 The Westminster, 10 S
Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill.
4 great many of the men who hav
suffered impairments and disabilities
were discharged from the army with
out being informed OF their rights, anC
without being informed Of the fac
hat free re-education and supper
while in training, with placement il
positions afterwards, was theirs 70
she mere acceptance.
1t is the duty of every patriot
citizen who knows of any war dis
abled man, whether disabled by
wounds or disc Sc, to furnish his name
and address to the nearest branch
5he Federal Board, in order that the
Board may get in touch with him and
put him in line for very valuable op
3ortunities the Government now of
fers him. A postal card or letter ad
dressed to the Federal Board for Vo-
cational Education, Washington, D. c
will bring full particulars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-02-06
WDNAN'S PART
IN FIRE
PREVENTION

In 1917 Wisconsin burned 1415
buildings used exclusively for resi-
3ence purposes and 40 residences
over or connected with business places
The fire loss on the first class of
buildings was $1,348,055.
Most Of the 36 deaths by fire that
year occurred in homes.
More than two-thirds of these fires
were due to carelessness.
Defective and unclean chimneys
rusted and disjoined stove pipes
cracked stoves, wood boxes or clothes
90 near stoves, stoves too near walls
poor, moss-grown, shingle roofs, ker-
osene used in starting or Quickening
fires, handling gasoline carelessly,
leaving the current on electric press
ing irons and cooking devices, chill
dren playing with matches, unattend-
ed bonfres, dumping ashes on or "a
gainst wood and spontaneous combus-
ion Of oily rags were the main causes
Of these fires. All sren CARELESS
TESS and all were Preventable
IF the mothers in our state would
fully realize these ever-present dang
ers to life and property, they would
insist on the correction of such fire
hazards, and become active fire pre-
7entionists.
Most fires are small at the begin
ming and a woman with a cool head
can easily extinguish them with a
wet broom, pail of water, wet
blanket, some sand or a good fire ex-
tinguisher. Some of these are usu-
ally within reach.
In the home, in the parent and
eaachers' meetings, in the women's
2lUbs and in social intercourse with
other women, the mothers should
earnestly and seriously discuss the
subject of preventable fires in homes
md schools.
When that is done, a miracle of re-
form will be wrought, for what wo-
man wills, she finds a way to do.
Protect your homes and your chill
dren.
Industrial Commission.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-02-06

No. 4 500 Passenger Train Hits Wag-
on On Pine Grove Crossing
From Marshfeld Times

From Marshfeld Times
George Siegman, an employee of the
Marshfeld Brewing Co., was insanity
killed Tuesday morning at about $50
when train Nc. i Of the 500 railroad
crashed into the wagon which he
occupied, on the crossing at Pine
Grove. George Siegman and Frank
Leitner started out early Tuesday
morning with two wagonloads of beer
from the Marshfield Brewing Co., en-
route to AuburndaIe and Sherry. Mr.
+ a;tnar was about ten rods in the lead
i5h his team and managed to get
ever the crossing and did not hear
3ny noise Of the approaching train. 1t
was rather 2 cold morning and both
were bundled up pretty well which
probably accounts for their not hear
ing the approaching engine. After be-
ing over the track a considerable dis
tance Leitner heard a noise and turned
7rou1d to investigate. The passen-
oar train stopped as soon as possible
--5 tie engineer and Mr.. Leitner went
70 the scene to investigate and found
that Siegman had been thrown out
f the wagon into the middle of the
road about rod from the place where
lie was struck. Death must have
been Instant as no signs Of life were
eft when they reached the scene. The
passenger train, which was about five
hours late, proceeded on its journey
notifying a switching crew which was
sent down to get the remains.
Deceased is a man of about forty.
four years Of age and leaves a wife
and four children. He was employed
at inside work at the brewery but
occasionally made trips of this kind
An inquest was held in Judge R.
z. Andrews Office Tuesday morning
at ten o'clock, but was adjourned I'M
I'll today at ten o'clock.