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-1 - 1 1 , . , V Biwwm'-" - -- i ; v.: E 0GRESS,V? FARMER FURROW EtGES A FREAK HAM The Old Dependable Farm Power -The Farquhar line of Steam Tractors is - admirably adapted for general farm serv ice. -These engines furnish powereither . i on the draw-bar or belt, anddon't require ' an elpert engineer to operate Farquhar ; Locomotive and Cornish Portable Rigs' " are also great farm favorites because of v their, easy steaming qualities and general -jconvenience in handling, . , ,. ; - Maximum power from the fuel consumed and long life are two characteristics that ' ' have come down with Farquhar Engines ' through our sixty years of manufacturing progress. Write us about your require-" ments and we'll send a catalog showing you how to meet them. A. 0. FARQUHAR CO., Limited r y Box 419, York, Penna. Y;:;Y''YY- - Also Gas Tractors and Portables, Saw I-, Mills, Threshars, Potato Diggers, Grain Drills, Cultivators, Hydraulic Presses. Some' Possible Reasons Why This H,am All ft Went to Fat", and How to ' Prevent W Repetition - . td a big."eagle-claw" thatrwill take a 3-inch nut. . - ' " ; : The back of the box is also set wit;h : nails, hooks and pins,, and - ttiere :we have places, square, saws, odd pieces of chain rings, - blacksmithmg ham- TURING Christmas: week I boiled a mers and small pulleys. : On two llarge ha that I had saye tally for the holiday ; season.'; It was y small tin Vn& wooden boxes i: 'contain-' an unusually large, splendid looking ing all sizes of wood scr.ews, small one, and after it was boiled and baked , bolts, washers, iron afid copper rivets, awhile and fallowed to cool, ! began small drills and bits, horse-shoe. nails, to dice ;it . for : dinned one .clay. T!0kmy. a box of borax, for welding., A kit of utter surprise : I sliced-on "arid' on shoeing tools, blacksmith; tools; cold through fatahd nothing .but fat; In chisels,; nail.: hammefsf puncKesf and this x fat the . part ' that should have manv'bther hatidv tools 'occupy: one I been lean looked pink, but was pure of the. shelves". . T ! V" r . fat. Out of curiosity I kept on; and The portable Jorge,; an vil and maT when one-third . .. through the ham 1 chine -Vise are in use almost every there began to bY a rim of lean, and day, doing " some small' repair Job, in the middle the lean grew wider, mending chains, putting in a new han- I Mil Kin; J "Pi I but with streaks of fat through it j then on again fat to the end. Huge platters of fat, but hardly enough lean ; to serve a meal. -I called in a number of farmers and: housekeepers, but none of them had ever seen anything like it. v ; If any - reader of The Progressive Farmer can give a reason for this, we will appreciate, it, as we do not want die, setting a horse or mule shoe or putting a pole or reach in a wagon Last summer when busy! harvesting grain the driver broke the pole of the binder; in an hour we had put in' a new pole made of .white oak, and saved half a day's time when a few hours mean a-great deal. AH hand tools not in use must be returned to the shop and put in their ;iaiaiTO;a; big demand ' the best grades of Cotton. - Get the uesi swu irejn . pureDrecT Cotton ' Planters since it is' just as easy and twice as profitable.to feed a "pure bred Cotton Plant as it is to feed alogrjide forget that Nitrate doubles the yield of Cottonseed as well as Lint. .. If you grow a longer staple you will get: a longer price for y0Ur " Cotton and you vvill have money, and-if you grow moreXereals and Livestock: you will; have a better : chance to make money all around. . y ' ' Send post card for free literature WILLIAM S. MYERS, Director . 25 Madison Avenue, New York to repeat this experience. ; ' proper places. Axes, wedges, sledge, My husband and ; his brother had shovels, posthole digger, crow bars. vied with each other-in the fattening mattocks, picksf forks, scythe's, chains, of two special, hogs The .brother's fopes, and belts-each has its place died from fat, weighing almost. 500 Hn the shop, and wheriwe want a tool pounds; Ours did riot die, -but was al- we look there for it, seldom having most too fat to walk, , and weighed to look farther for a tool not' in use. over 400 pounds. Could surplus of faf. - ALTON M." WORDEN. CENTS A ROD for a 20-inch high fence; 18Xc. arodfor 47-ln. BtyleBFarm, Poultry and Lawn tMl i - ll 1 Fences. .- Low prices Barbed Wire. HJ J -I J J FACTORY TO USER DIRECT. ,i , V I ' I h'l 't y.0.1 ? ?ay FREE TRIAL. " J ,J ml fXfj Write tor free catalog now.t ,k1' INTERLOCKING FENCE CO JSS '53 MORTON, ILLS. 7c Want You to Sec Our Gate in Operation I v Betore Buyinfl ::C We are so positive you will decide . h that you cannot get along without the PERFECTION AUTOMATIC GATE ; v that we are willing to ship you one s FREIGHT PREPAID for a thirty-day -FREE TRIAL. WRITE TODAY-SEND NO MONEY Ci All we ask is that you erect the gate Y according to our instructions and If at i the end of thirty days you decide you do ' not want it. return it to your freight Y depot and notify us we will pay the ' ; freightback to our factory.' v 1 If our gates were not an mat we claim for them, you can easily understand we could not afford to make this liberal offer, as well as guarantee the gates for. five years. BEND TODAY for descriptive litera ture, illustrations, sizes, prices, etc Perfection Automatic Cafe Co., Dox R, Strasburg, Va. -': Iadaitrions CanTasslig Agents WaateA have caused the hams to go to fat? The freak ham was from this hog. v'. MRS. JOHN A. EPPERSON. Allgood, Term. Tullahoma, Term. RURAL CREDIT TRICKSTERS 7 GetaCanner and can your fruits and Tesetables. Thousands used by farmers, fruit grow ers, gorernment agents and canning clubs. Special prices for early orders. Free catalog. FARM CAN NINQ MACHINE CO., Meridian, Mississippi Editorial Comment: If the follow ing explanation is not the true one we would be glad to hear from anyj of our readers. - It is a well known fact by judges of hams that neither a very small Farmers Warned to Be Cautious in Dealing With Them THE Department has recently re ceived letters from a - number of farmers who have subscribed for nor ; a very large na a - biioum eluding SO-called cooperative-COm-selected if theest quality is desired. , panies which appear to have no real The excess of fat in this case was cooperative features probably due to methods used in In some of thse 'letters the corn feeding or fattening the hog, although plahit is made that the agents selling possib y tfiis individual ham was a the stock make misrepresentations as ireas in mat. nogs iauenea in a tft wnpn inanc mv hnhhinpH Kv T.A-4. :t YTJU,, , r: . rr r, . ivuycu ui licniau -NITROGEN - BACTERIA For Inoculating Cowpeas, Beans, Clovers, etc. Acre $1.00: 6 acres $4.00 postpaid Guaranteed fresh. LOCKIIART LABORATORIES, j :e ' . ' .- " Atlanta, Ga. MONEY IN SQUABS. Squabs from our carneau weigh a pound at four weeks old. Largest squabs, easy to raise, bis profits,' best pigeon known, Write for particu ars. RITESSIDE SQUAB YARDS. Conrtland, Vi. Better than Zenda!- Tou enjoyed ' Zenda" story, read the sequel- "The Prisoner of You will wish to similar way would not ofteTi prodjicj a subscribers and that the companies ham with such a large. excess of fat. ' An old hog, made very large and fat, is likely to produce an excessively fat ham, and if the hog is fed on fat producing feeds like corn and kept in a small lot or pen where itcan get but little exercise, the tendency to an excess of fat is increased. Some later disclaim .responsibility for the statements made by the agents. In a number of instances farmers seem to have gained the idea from the agent that they -would be able to secure loans within a relatively" short time, and express disappointment on real- ? iL.i a1 ' . f' izing inai iney musi wan ior an in- breeds of hogs also produce hams car-' definite period for the pr6mised loan rymg inure ,i uiu. uuiw ;cu. andfeo on making payments just the ine iara type oi nog, sucn as me ro- same on th 5t0ck which th haye 1 a i f 1 m m A m m am m t n mm a -. v . laim-mua, vviicu xuauc vcijr migc agrCed to take. - ana i is iiKciy 10 proauce nams Where f armer, conf ronted with In which you will follow the he roes of the Prisoner of Zenda to the end of their eventful lives. They are even more thrilling. This splendid book, beautifully bound and Illustrated, will be sent to any of our friends as a ''Pre mium Reward" for a club of $1 In Jubilee subscriptions. You can get up such a small club In one afternoon and the re ward will pay you a hundred times over. - . ' m You want this great story now. So act quick, and It will be yours. The Progressive Farmer These Products came from strong, stout healthy plants, enabled to benefit fully from soil. air. rain and sunshine, IV..- .-' - ...... and produccto the limit, because . W "Pyrox" Which kills insect, stops fungous troubles, and stimulates foliage on all kinds of crops. All ready to , mix with water and iprav. Enough to make 30 to 40 gals. $1. Large catalogue of information free. BOWKER INSECTICIDE CO. BOSTON. MAS3. BALTIMORE, MD. much too fat for the best quality. The bacon type, producing a leaner car cass, generally produces a ham carry ing less fat. We suggest that our inquirer should look for a ham of good quality from a a proposition of this character, they should first read the prospectus and the contract very carefully anl make sure that they know exactly what these mean especially the. contract. If the contract is so worded that its i . . :u: onn oca j. . -v(v uuk v t u: ' "I -meaning is not clear after a careful good condition but not over fat, and rcading this in itself should be rea- grown uu icguiuc ydsiurcs aim a lair allowance of dry grain, or at least on a well balanced ration with plenty of exercise to maintain normal mus cular (lean meat) development." son' enough for extra caution. The agent's explanation of the contract is not a part of the contract, nor is his promise that the company will do things not specified in the contract , by any means sure to be recognized Conveniences for the Farm Workshon by the company. , OxTu : u 4 Farmers ought, first, to' find out of the great xonveniences in what provision has becn made for the our shop is a tool cabinet for protection of the interests of sub small tools and small repairs for im- 8Criber8t cither through responsible P Amtl r it u i a c t . 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