Saturday, August 25. 1315
O UR YD UiT.G.-?EQFLE
Address Letter to "The Young People's Department", The Progressive Farmer
Short Notes froa (La Boys end Girls
Ola Thompson, Canby, N. C, writes :
"I joined, the canning club this year.
r.I planted my. tenth acre in beans and
T tomatoes. : My. begins : are the Ken
tucky AVondet Stringless. My toma
toes are the Red Stone."! They "are
now ready for poling. I have, 182 bean
hills. I 'am keeping a jecorCof all
. expense. . Hntend to can most, I raise
on my plot and see how I come out."
. -
When this county held "Field . Day
7 we had athletic and scholarship, con
tests. I won first prize "on spelling,
also seconiprize in the girls' 100-yard
. dash.i There were contestants from
I AM not expecting 10 wju amc, ail the scnools ot the county, l-took
but I will write a letter just to try. music eight months. I like to - read,
Mv father takes Tire Progressive and am fond of history.. Tcan cook,
Farmer. 1 enjoy ronyamui : i"c ' sew; make tatting and embroider.
THE BOYS THAT RUN
THE Fuiuiu w
VOU can write It down as gospel. - . v
Y Wittf the flags of peace unfurled, ,
The boys' that run the f urrow - - .
Are the boys that rule the world! - ,
Tt is written on the hilltops, . . ' -.
in the fields-where blossoms Wend; , :
PrnsDerity Is ending . - , ,
Where furrow has an end.
The waving banners ot the fields " . -O'er
the broad land unfurled . ,
The bovs thajt run the furrow .
Are the boys that rule the world!
Are tne Atlftnta constitution. ' ,
Going to Be a Progressive Farmer -
AM not expecting to win a. prize.
Paee. I think. The
Progressive Farmer is the very best
paper for farmers in the South.
When I grow up I am going-to be a.
farmer and follow The Progressive
Farmer's 'advice. ' r - 1 j ,
I am going to join the pig und corn
clubs next year. -
I have a good many bootyr and like
Florence - Greene, Union, S. C, Rt,
No."'3.-- ... ' :
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: From Nettie E." Hale, Freeman, Va. :
"Most people think 13 ! is an unlucky
number, but I don't, fori will.be 13
years old" on the 13th of June. I can
cook some, but I never made a stew
like "cousin"; Maria -Hale. ; (No doubt
to read very muck I will be thirteen she is my cousin, for some of our peo
years old next month, and am in the pie went to Mississippi a long time
-seventh grade. It is three nites to -ago-r-I suspect it was about President
school, but I like togo.-v - Monroe's" time.) I, madelightbread
I enjoy all outdoor sportsImost of ."for supper night before, last (not on
all hunting, fishing, swimming, foot- the cabinet) and everyone "said it was
ball and baseball.
. We get many good ideas : from
your paper. Thanking you for pro
ducing such a good paper, I remain,
ROGER , MACKIE.
Raymond Miss.
AN EASY PROMLEM
Teacher If a farmer , sold 500 bushels of
wheat for $1.17 a bushel, what would he get?
Boy An automobile.Ihiladelphia. Bul
letin. '
' ' ' '
.On June 10 the canning - club girls
of Anderson County invited the corn
club .boys to a: picnic on the campus
- of Clinton High School. In the morn-;
-. ing eachxlub had a" little program by
its members. Next came' some speak-
- ers on the work of the clubs, and then
the.nice dinner which the club girls
had prepared.nnie Dail, Rt. No. 1,
Leinarts Tenn. - . " . . . ,1
Prize Letters6ii"How the Science Articles
Have Helped Meh ; ;
A "WIDE-AWAKE GIRL" TESTI- and teaches me that something is be-
FIES
(Special $1 Prize Letter)'
"D EADING your -Wide-Awake
AV Girls" articles is doing me mdre
good than I can tell in 300 words.. It
teaches me how to do great things
with small labor and. limited" implex
ments; how to make a home "pleas
ing accomplished by wide-awake girls.
.and boys.1 ' v . -
- MINNIE BETH FREEMAN:
- Steens Miss., Route 3.
HOW "FARM FACTS" HAVE
HELPED ME
(Special $1 prize Letter)
ant and inviting , to a tired laboring- TF EVERY Progressive Farmer b6y
(19) i::j
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h coming!
, K j ii &
(J I'll C - M. W' 1 1 . 1 ft ;
i . ideal! H
IDEAL IkUer are easier to run than a stove and the heat can be regulated to suit the
, ; - weather mild for chilly days or warmer to defeat the blizzard
"C'-r':i- S " '. -.k ' ' , ,v 'v :;-. : -. :, - ' : ::'J
Make upyour nund to have this greatest of farm com
forts and equipment right away. ; Don't put it off another.
day before finding out all : about it and making arrange
ments for putting it in your 'house. J Not necessary to.
haveiurining water or a basement. The IDEAL Boiler
can be placed in aide room.or in a "lean-to;" even a well
boarded up summer kitchen will answer the purpose.
I But above all things, haue
DEAL; Sfelrrl
w , BOILER tant thanautomobilSoTfa
, . . - machinery.
Keep dampness and chill (those half brothers of sickness) out of your house
.entirely. Uive your family and yourself genuine comfort, pleasant health-giving
warmth. IDEAL heating is the most successful and most profitable investment
"you can make yielding big returns in comfortable living, health and happiness
for the whole family. - -'kffl-
Hot water supply for home and stock
Our little Hot Water Supply Boilers are fine for the home that has running; water domestic hot '
. water always on tap for the use of the family or jCan be piped out to the water trough for tepid
drinking water for the stock in winter.
Fuel: IDEAL Boilers will burn most anythinghard or soft coal, lignite, screenings, wood,
and they produce the full heat to distribute to the AMERICAN Radiators placed to warm all
parts of the house. , . -
Ideal heating bfest for farm
houso l
Turn old Winter out and keep him out!
Money spent in IDEAL-AMERICAN heat
ing comes back in good living, health, happi
ness, savings in fuel and the big increased
value that your property gets by this, the
most important equipment of the farm home.
Bankers and real estate men will almost in
variably lend money for installing IDEAL
AMERICAN heating for they know that the
security is sound and never less in value.
Write today for "Ideal Heating" and
get this big Jbook of information free.
Investigate now before the winter rush
and while prices are to attractive! . ;
A No. 4-19-W IDEAL Bollet snd 270 It. of SS-ln.
AMERICAN Rtdiatoi t , coitlng the owner $200,
were used to beat this farm bouse. At this price the
foods can be bought ot any reputable, competent
lttei.-Thla did aot Include cost ol labor, pipe,
valves, freight, etc., which vary according to climatic
and othot coadlttoas. ,.
Sold by all dealers.
No exclusive agents.
WETRICAN JfADIATOR fOMPANV
Write to DeptP43
Chicago , s ;
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To Keep You Guessing
EAD these riddles aloud to the.'
family,"; withholding the' answers,
man, and how to make " the cheap has not profited by the 26 articles
wu appetizing, digestible and whole-- written for him it is his own fault.
Some. It teaches me how to he eco- "TKpsp articles have tatierhtmp hnw
"uiuicai and thoroughly sanitary. to do farm work better, and explain- and see how many can guessJthem:
cornea especially how; the health , ed the different kinds of bacteria; - What is the first thing a man sets ,
Jd happiness of-others depend ' upon ; lime, i farhi manures and f fertilizers. in ; his garden? His foot. ; ' -me,
for by preparing the.'righr kinds Article No;;:19 on ; "Harrows' and Why does a bachelor who ha's a
j. . .it uniuig mi ivua- 4. iit.u ujv, aiiu iw iu jh tiunii V,UUUIC11C1I. Udll'UUiiai aj jv.u vi uiut
diseases I can save suffering, .expense heir vUse' ;have helped "me
even we I acquired a gfeat dealally, as ! ain a corn elub boy. They
y. reacting how and what to' prepare. have - shown me, "the jiarrows and
w school lunches, so -as to develop' plows I need. : ' -minds
and bodies, . v ; . , r ; . ; " The articles 'on, corn were best J of
af aroused my anxiety not ; to i be 'allan4.: interested' mrTnc1 than any
a lag behind" in the world it ritner " of the others: Thev have shown me
want to ger married ? To get a bet
ter-half. , v . j c ... j-;;
.Why . does a sculptor die ; a : most
horrible death? -Because he makes
faces and busts- 7 . " v "rr
- Why do we generally dub a city
her or she? - Because about a city
can do great things, I can too ; there- howia' one-crop T system of farming -there is so much bustle and because
0re, it makes mem6re energetic. - -I j
Reading the article aVout cleaning tip. -: ; . . Why;are washerwomen. flirts ? Be-
Aunt Vircrinia's VWoU.h ..t, - The article.' on cotton otlfifht. to help cause ther wring men's bosoms. .
10w to wash dishes, clean lahin chinr- " every farmer-to-be that expects to Where; was
. - a
tne .-nrst Aaams ex-
In the Gar-
created.
Because
HEUCil & DnOGGOLB'G
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A. wonderful lmproyement to Friction Feed and
tjiifuacit. iJacs:mouonoiurriags3 times as last
as any other la the market. Friction Clutch Feed,
causing all the feed gearing-to stand still while back
lag; sjceat savins In power aad wear. Cata
logue and prices free. - Also Sprinc ilarrows.
Caltirators, Corn Planters, 8hellers, etc.
ifmtion thi vaper, ,
UHCU & DU03IGOLD, Mfra., York, Fm
fcOD tor
high fence i
rod for 74n.
Poultry and Lawn
prices Barbed Wire.
Wl
mak
owing future wh 'a 11 ";: - Many Southern farmers would be
sMch eaeerlv , I- " "i-" arm should have-a cover crop to .be
If the alphabet were all invited out
to supper, in what order would .they
come? They would all get there
down to S, and -the rest would come
after T. Capper's. ; :!V-;'.:V '1' .' r
very best ofJrWW lC7r:Z$Zl Comeon, boys, let's be progress ve
yand responsibility off her Sn6ufarm
and laving . A . as Thomas A.-Edison says. - -
me cure andfS;, - SHELTON, M. HUTCHISON ,
... .. coa,and;hus Charlotte, N. C, Rt. 1.;-(Age 13). ";
dut
ers
il gives
THE VITAL QUESTION
In 1915 "How many miles will It go an
hour?" w '
, In 1916 l!ow many miles will It go on
a gallon of gasoline T Exchange,
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v (1.60 pays for your own renewal one year
and The Progressive .Farmer one year for a
new subscriber.-
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