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v Saturday. November 3, 1917 (31) 1171 OUR YOUNG PEOPLE 1 RAISING inO POTATOES f OR FnOFIT WHEN potato conunenced to go up this spring and Vrerything else likewise, I deeded there would be a proflf in them. My father let : me have an &cre. of ground this spring. I put 10 loads of barnyard manure on . It and plowed it into fine shape. " I. thejjmade my rows and put 1,600 pounds of '16 per cent acid phosphate In them and mixed well with the soil. .' - Then I planted the potatoes, putting eight bushels on the acre. , The fertilizer cost me $17 per ton, or I8 60 for -the 1,000 pounds. The potatoes cost $3.40 a bushel or $2T.20 tor the eight bushels. ' When they had been planted a week I harrowed them and again when they came up, after that I plowed them ooce with a shovel cultivator, 'then I used a Gee-Whiz cultivator altogether till ready to lay by, which I did by going -once to the row with a douhle shovel. This I did to keep the rain fpc.ip rotting the potatoes. On the 15th of August, I commenced dig ging by plowing them out with a walking plow and picking them up as fast as they were dug as the sun would soon burn thi. 1 dug 100 bushels from the acre at a eost of $6.25 for hired help. I sold them out of tly Trip to llcrebad tnd Beaufort 1AM a country y atad live on . 400-cr farm, about 2S0 acres being cleared. I win tell you about my trip to liorehead Cljy. An uncle and foiur cousins and I went In a ear. "We 4eft.on Sunday morning and reached Newport about sunset. We stayed there all night. Newport Is 12 miles from Morehead City. W.e went on to Morehead City Monday morning. We hired a boatman to take us over to the life-saving station and Beaufort. We spent the rest of the time fishing. We caught a box of fish and sent them home. They were mostly trout and croakers. I en joyed the trip fine. If you ever go to Morehead, don't fail" to " go to Fort Macon. It Is a beautiful place. J OHN M. MEWBORN . ( Age 11). Snow Hill, N. C. BIoi7 Out Thcsa Stumpo It o Lasy, Uuick. Chcao A"V. "V V'i mT w w m k 7?rsidv Farm Powder is the easiest- otiiekesr unA r-fAanpr t . ' - - r - ;iwinj; iuiiipt lepcatBa Tests nave proved. The Minnesota Experiment Station found explosives "blew stumps entirely out and broke them into pieces easily handled' Clear your stump land with Made especially for farm use and sold by dealers near you. Convenient -costs little no experience needed no money tied up in expensive , tools. It will help you make idle acres pay a profit Making a Scrap Book WE GOT a tailor's sample book from a lo- l-cal merchant to make a scrap book.' In all the papers We find something worth keeping and now since we are at war, there are many things' that will make history for future generations. Wilson's .message to ..Congress, his reply to the Pope's peace plans, the. fixing- of food prices and many other important Issues of the present will be interesting reading by and by. we ave tne cuppings until there, are THE NEEDLE'S EYE The nee-dle'B eye that does sup-ply the thread that runs so true, The nee-dle's eye that does sup-ply the thread that runs sotrue, ,) . . . 5 J 1 J.)' J J'l j J.l mm Man Man a lass have I let. pass a beau have I let go be - cause I want - ed you. be - cause they could not sew. - y - Y j ii' '' Ti ' "i 1 r' "I ' fei 4 A V 11 t- I i I i Iff It I I i e i jT'i 4ft 'U nil"" t ) Atlas Farm Fbvdez Use CrirJ Farm Poder Use it to blast beds for tree planting and watch the trees outgrow those planted with a spade. Use it for subsoiling or for digging ditches. It is the cheapest,fastest, hardest work ing farm hand you can get Send Coupon (or Farm Book FREE Our Illustrated book "Better Farming "will be helpful to ever? land owner. It shows how to improve soil, raise bigger crops, blast stumps and boulders, and do all kinds of work with Atlas Farm Powder. Mail (he coupon nw. ATLAS POWDER COMPANY SSS! WUminglon, Del. Sales Offices: Birmingham, Boston, Houehton, Jepiin, Kansas City, Knoxville, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St Louis Be - cause .' I want ed you. Be.- cause I want - ed you. Be - cause they, could not sew, Be - cause they could not sew. I I IM I I l IT ) IP Man'y a - lass have I let pass - be - cause I want-ed ypu. Man-y a . heau have I let go be,- cause they . could not sew. How to Play the. Game. The players .choose partners and form a circle. Several couples are chosen, If the numbers permit, to represent the needle's eye. Of these, one person stands, within the circle and the other without. They clasp hands and form an arch, through which the circle must pass. At the singing of the first verse the boys stand without 'the circle and choose another partner from the passing line. The one chosen stands within the span, or "needle's eye," until the verse is finished,' the girl who was within the circle returns to the line, and the one chosen stands on the outside of the circle, clasping hands with the boy who is now on the inside of the circle. At the singing of the second verse the girl chooses a partner, the positions are reversed, and the first boy returns to the circle. From Govern ment Bulletin for Use in Indian Schools. the field at $1.20 a bushel or' $120 for the crop. With all expenses at $41.95, I made a profit of $79.05 off of one acre and I got them dug in time to sow crimson and red clover. This Is up, two inches high now. . HARVEY BENSON. Winchester, Tenn., Rt.- 2. - . , enough to paste four pages, then make a flour paste, rub on the underside of the clip ping and paste it down "smoothly In the book. We have "clippings from Youth's Companion,, daify papers, magazines and farm papers in the scrap book, together with some pretty pictures and scenes. NINA RUST. Pelican, La. . . (I ATLAS POWDER CO. Wilmington, Del. Send me your 74-page book "Better Farming." I am interested in the use of explosives for the purpose before which I mark X. PFS Stomp Blasting Boulder Blasting Subsoil Blasting Tree Planting Ditch Digging J Road Building Name. Address, I Jf Oil (111 FnffRS ifiktkfghest quality. Apollo Roofing is UJ mi Li jj lJ wj best for Farm Building construction of all classes. U U40 These Boofimr and Sidlns Prodaota are snonlled in nil utandanl patterns from owe Apollo-Kkystokk Copper Steel Galvanised py:viil Tlie8e sheets-also give eneqoaled service for Tanks, Silos, Oul- 'ttKtZ''ifi verw, ona mi wzposea sneet metal wotk. apollo rroauocs are URSSi.W 8014 by weight by leading dealers. Accept no substitute. Owners g5&&MimSS&ffiB Of farm buildings should have oar "Better fiulldinm" booklet. AMERICAN SHEET AND TIN PLATE COMPANY, General Offices. Fricfc Building, Pittsburgh, Pa, owas As I $9 ,90 MY EXPERIENCE IN A DEBAT ING SOCIETY (Girls' $1 Prize) Letter) ; DURING the paat term our fici ur teaoher and the pupils organized a liter ary society. We met each Friday afternoon. Some of the pupils would debate while oth ers read or recited. Our teacher asked me to compete in an extemporaneous debate which was to be Kiven at our county commencement. The "-ate was open to any boy or girl in the l0"nty, Including high chool and college I'U'.'ils. 1 thought-over it for several JFefk P1 decided to try my luck. . 'hen the day set arrived and I entered l' rom n which I was to receive my flucstion (given me ten minutes before my "r'i to speak), what did I see but seven "Kit SChool linva on I ..W o-lrll Comment: The Editor has heard of a n.ew use for scrap books. Girls are collect ing cartoons, short articles and Jokes, and when they are filledf the books will be sent to brothers in the army camps'. Suppose you try this plan, too. U2l 'ST It . . ,MAr SAW 310,000.00 Backs this Hertzleri7ook PortablsWsad This is the cheapest saw made. Only .90 saw frame to which a ripping table can be added. Guaranteed 1 year, money re fundedjfld all charges paid if set satisfaetny. Write for catalog. Hertzler t Zook Co., Box 5, lelleville, Pa. Our Two Best Subscription Offers $1.50 for one renewal and one new subscription for one year each If sent In together; or $2.00 for a club of three yearly sub scriptions all sent in together a saving of 33 cents on each subscription. Address, THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER owever, I kent mv mu un. and tried ot to get excited, and to my surprise, when l' Judges re-entered the room they an ounced that number five, which was my- was the winner ot the $5 in gold. So 1U yu eee, although X am a girl. I can 1 UH a Tiuestlon even if it was polUics. f. HELEN CRESS (Age 16). Uncord. N. a. Rt. 4. , Wouldn't It ' rlt1v tt.ln VA1f nlrhbara rour 1 The This Boy Likes Canada I AM eleven years old,, go to school at McLemoresvilie, Tennessee, and am in the sixth grade. I like to go to school. We are renters and live on a fifty-acre farm. I have been In Canada and lived there about two years. The crops raised In Canada are wheat, oats, barley and flax.t There was no timber where I 'lived, but lots of stones. There are a few wild animals such as wolves, badgers, gophers and coyotes In the Province of. Saskatchewan, where I lived. The horses there are large. There are very few mules there. Irish potatoea. is another food crop that is raised there? 'Most of the houses have fiat roofs, and the climate is very cold in the winter time reaching about 60 below zero. If I were going to a place to have good times and. make money I would go to Can ada. MORELL WALPOLB. Trezevant, Tenn., Rt. 2. nu yon .it. . . . , . .. "-nugornooa ir more or them reaa rOfTPasialu tw -A m. . . . hoin -"" rarmerr iz you minK so, et them to subscribe thia fall. Nothing will yield you richer rewards of gladness, and a greater wealth of Joy, than faithfully to cultivate and auspiciously to develop the happier, warmer, sunnier side of your nature, that you may be a blessing to yourself, and more than this, a blessing to all around ou. Schuyler. Colfax. Nomination Form FOR THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER PURE-BRED CALF, PIG AND POULTRY CLUB i Encloted find $. for........ years subscription for Naaae ! Safcscrlfeer. Post Office. .State Route. Credit the foregoing subscription and enter the following in The Progressive Farmer's Calf, Pig and Poultry Club; . Nauae ! Clak Worker Post Office. .State Route. rrofrcasiT Farmer adrertUer are guaranteed to be at represented. t i hi ' I 1 5 i 8 ill 1 n t 'CI 1.
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