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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER 114 (30) Pclly&nnt Grows Up . r - B 1 (Continued from page 20, this issue) I THE POULTRY 1 j;v. ;.. . I ... . , , , . ' r , j, ; si 4 1 1 -t ,1 1 1 f :Mi;(H'': ml if1 IBM m . m mm .i'bt ill' 1 1 1 IS n 1 1: . ;-r Its mi. Mr . life; i .il;';! I'' t l l-I Ml'!! lilt OFFICES. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. MEMPHIS. TENN. RALEIGH. N. C DALLAS, TEXAS. New York Office, 381 Fourth Avenue: Chicago Office, Advertising Building. ' nifVTTnriTiOW REGARDINO ADVERTISING OR SUBSCRIPTIONS WAY BE ADDRS6n TTHFROmcI BOTE RED A 88 EOON D-C L A S 3 MATTER AT THB POSTQFF1CK AT BW luSQUAXL AUU TOMTM ACT OP CONGRESS OP MARCH I. 1CT. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ' One year, fit tlx months. 80 cenUt three monthg, 25 ' cents.' Lob term sSSwrlptlojia, If paid wholly In advance: two years, $1.50; threo ym. ttTflTfl Tvears. S3T Clabs of 80 or more, without agent's m L?9"oflc ft . tr; Cim The ate to which your subscription i paid Is given on the Uttlo red or yellow tUp on page I. ' . OUR TWO BEST SUBSCRIPTION OFFERS Om old s ibserlber and one new subscriber. If sent J&" vet The Pregressive Farmer one year for $1.80. A club of three yearly subscriptions. If sent together, all for 82. Each Advertiser's Reliability Guaranteed WB "WILIj Dositiveir make good the loss . sustained by any subscriber as Ta , resit of JranSSSt misrepresentations made in The Progressive Parmer on the cart of any advertiser who proves to be a deliberate swindler. This does pot mean that we will try to adjust trifling disputes between re liable business houses and their patrons, but in any case of actually fraudu lent dealings, we will make good to the subscriber as we have just located. The conditions of this guarantee are. that the claim for loss shall be reported to us within one month after the advertisement appears in our Paper and after tfie transaction complained of: that our liability shall coyemiiy the purchase price of the article in question, nor aggregate oyer IMQO on any one advertiser, and that the subscriber must say when writing each advertiser. "I am writing you as an advertiser In The Progressive Parmer, which guar antees the reliability of all advertising It carries." Readers In the Carolina, Virginia. Georgia and Florida shonld always? address) their letters to , THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, Raleigh N. about eveythin,. One just cant stay erumpy, wun lans rmiymii WITH - the .. coming of February 1T should also come increase ity in the poultry yard. The healthy vigorous hens and pullets, the rJ: if you're only one ot a troiiey car full of folks that don't know her." "Hm-m; very likely" murmured Mrs. Carew, turning away., . October proved to tnat year, a- ducin iine- and then, the livelv ri, T narticular v warm, delightful month, . J 4u"i-!:', e n;e y cluck and as the golden .days, came and wentr it was soon very evident that to keep up with Pollyanna's eager little feet was a task which would consume altogether too much ot somebody's time and patience f and, while Mrs. Carew had the one. she had not the other, neither had she the willingness to allow Mary to kind worth keeping, should be singing their morning sons' as thev nrJL for their-day's task' hf the "egg-pro. ducing line, and then, the livelv rwt" will tell of the last lay of the min strel"-Keep eyes and ears bothoPen ; and, with a. little patience in watchin? it is not difficult to tell the workeri from the drones. - The main point: is this: .unless you wish to feed a lot of drones sh vim . n;fn cn tnnrli rtf hpr tfflP uuai uci a wui pay io get lmme-A. (whatever her patience might be) tely acquainted with each individual in dancing attendance to Pollyanna's hen, and the time so spent, if used whims and fancies. ' - .;. fright, will go far in telling which of To keep the child "indoors all the flock to 'cull out and, no matter through those glorious October after- how; handsome looking a bird, male ot course, out oi tne noons was. ot course. question. Thus it came about that, before long, Pollyanna found herself once more in the "lovely big yard"' the Boston Public Garden ana alone. Apparently she was, free as before, but in reality she was surrounded by: a iiigh stone wall of regulations. She must not talk to strange men or .women ; sne must nor. piay wun stranee children : and under no cir cumstances mut she step foot outside the Garden except to come home. ssawawaaiBaasw DEAM'S MEAT SMOKER AKES the place o! the Smoke House,, no;, fire, no. danger or female, may be, let performance be the proof ot their value in the flock. . ' : ":- ; when a high-bred flock is kept breeders it is better not to trust just to observation. In fact, with valuable birds, it is often important to be able to identify every egg as the product Qf the particular hen that laid it or, reversing the -statement, to identify every- hen's product. The trapnest and the leg band then play a leading imparls the fine smoky flavor, protects meat from skippers and mould. Sold for 18 years, guaranteed satisfactory or money back. Put up in quart bottles and sells for 75c. Ask your dealer for Deam's Meat Smoker; if he should not have it, write us. : BLUFFTON CHEMICAL COMPANY,- BLUFFTON, INDIANA FW'-y?1? takn ' part. We suspect that some breeders ner w ine Miaxueu ana icn iicf, miuc very sure that she knew the way home-i-that she knew just where Commmonwealth Avenue came down to Arlington Street across from the Garden. And always she must go home yhen the clock in the church tower said it was half-past four. Pollyanna went often to' the Gar den after this. Occasionally she went with some of the girls from school More often she went alone. In spite of the somewhat irksome, restrictions she enjoyed herself very much. She could watch the people even if she who have tried to use them hardly un derstand the use of either. What 19 a leg band? How used? Usually a leg band is a narrow strip of flexible metal, upon which certain .numbers, or numbers and letters are stamped, and that are put on one of a fowl's legs and "fastened in such a -way that the number is always visible. Records are kept, showingthe num ber of the band on -every bird on which it is desired to "keep tab." The could not talk. to them; and she could record usually gives age of bird, data Wanamaher-Oeveland Big Boll Cotton Seed Carefully selected from fine Cotton. Absolutely Pure. These seed have been handled carefully, and are not mixed. This is the cojton seed to plant to beat the boll weevil. Orders filled promptly while they last. Price $1.50 per bushel, cash with order, f.o.b. Griffin, Ga. DOUGLAS BOYD Postoffice Box 3S6 GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. Reference: Merchants' & Planters' Bank. talk to the squirrels and pigeons and sparrows that so eagerly came for the-nuts-and-grain -which she-soon" learned to. carry to them every time she went, ' I Pollyanna often looked for her old friends of that first day the man who was so glad he had his eyes and legs and arms, and the pretty young lady who would not go with the hand-, some man; but she never saw them. She did frequently see the boy in the wheel chair, and she wished she could talk to him. The boy fed the birds and squirrels, too, and they were so tame that the doves would perch on his s head and shoulders, and the squirrels would burrow in his pockets as to mating, special markings, etc. hmni- is usually allowed-taretam that banjTas long as it th kept for breeding. Colored celluloid bands are ' useless unless they bear numbers, and no bird needs, or ever should have but one band, "An exception Is, that pul lets and cockerels are sometimes banded before acquiring full 'size,-and then the band, may need to be chang ed when it becomes too small. Then what i a trap-nest? Without attempting details a trappiest is one enclosed on all aides, though the material may be in part woven wire, LET THE CHILDREN CARRY YOUR MESSAGE Sit downtand send us a letter letting us know how many copies of our "Reference Special" of Febru ary 17th you will want. When you see it, you are sure to want some extra copies for your neighbors who ought to have it but who might not be sub scribers. The, kiddies can mail 'the letter on the way to school. If you put it off, you'll be too late, for only advance orders will be filled. THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER. for nuts. But Pollyanna, watching for ventilation. The entrance is by a from a distance, always noticed one door at front, swinciner from hinges j strange circumstance: in spite.of the at top. The door, of light boards, us r boy's Very, evident delight m serving uallhas a V-shaped cut at bottom, of size sufficient to allow the hen to part ly entevbut of close enough fit that her shoulders push against the side.5 and as the hen goes in; lifts the door lightly. The door, when set for the hen, his banquet, his supply of food al ways ran short almost at once; and. though he invariably looked fully as disappointed as did the squirrel aftr a nutless burrowing, yet he J- j il. " 4. never remeuiea me mailer Dy Dring ing more food the next da v which is held at an ancle of about 45 degrees and supported by a, catch, on me &iuv, which, as soon as the-hen tries to push her way inV is released, ai when the hen passes, in, the door swings shut and. the: hen must be re leased by an attendant who opens the door'when the hen has laid. seemed most sfiort-sighted to Polly anna. ( . - When the boy-was not playing with the birds and squirrels he was read ingalways reading. In his chair were . usually two or three worn books, and sometimes a magazine or two. He was nearly always to be tnunri in nnc snfrial n aro nnt Trtil anna used to wonder how he got The usa of tho trapnet must be there. Then, one unforgettable day, continuous for at least one to three she found out. It was a school holi- months, and in the-case of promising M mm A mm. mt I A mm M m -m a A. A V 4 ' - ,4 4uu snc iwu tome xo xne uaraen h rH K vr. Trappms BoU WeevU In Your Cotton?' GET A COPY OF OUR BOOK Tlac Boll Weevil Problem IT WILL HELP YOU BEAT THIS PEST ORDER YOURS TODAY! Supply Limited. PRICES CMb. iSc. Paer. 50c. With The Prf retire Fanacr, tne year. doth. $1.40 Paper. 1.1S in the forenoon; and it was soon af ter she reached the place that she saw him. being wheeled along one of the paths by a snub-nosed, sandy haired boy. She gave a keen glance into the sandy-liaired boy's face, then MM -J l, ! ...lit. ' 1 .. for a few days is of nq use. Often a heavy layer will drop, out for two r three days or even a week and then resume. Some hens will lay continu ously at ceitain'seasons, then stop en- T" f "T? rT9 forget the big saving on three and five-year subscriptions JjFmJi.y JL to The Progressive Farmer: - i One )fW, 82 Issues, S1.00 Three years. 186 Issues, $2 00 Two fears, 104 issues, 1.50 .m Five tears, 260 Issues; 3,00 Ten tears, 820 issues, 98.00 test than Jc per. copy.. - Send in your renewal. Get up a club and get a reward. ran toward him with a glad little cry. tirely. No record cane of value thai ; "Oh, you you 1 I know you even does not cover all such' erratic wonc if . I don't know your name. You and give a season's rcjults.Breeding- fnnnH mot. T 'i- 1 ... . .. r . iioCLT m wwMv, wun k yuu rcmemDcrr .wiay means tranoincr ior j r 11. -ww m m . m - - w ja, im so giad to see you! I've so wanted to say thank your' "Gee. if it ain't the swell littl lnt kid of the Avenool" grinned the boy. "Well, what do you know about thatl Lost again?" of It plci could talk thy would thank you for a nice warm bed right now. . means traopincr for a then you know where you are. TAW Vm. ihioh when corais most use. It is a heat producer.. Car should be exercised in selecting sound, free from; uioldiness and ffee from "green heart.". , .' : '-: : F. J.
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