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- THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
SALT is like -
HAIL or SNOW
1,1 BIT- rT, "CMI
f.
Salt ! either of hard hail-like
crystals or hard solid flakes,
that are slow dissolving and
uneven in their flavoring qual
itiesor it is of fine soft,
porous flakes that dissolve
quickly, penetrate evenly, and
flavor uniformly.
Colonial Special Farmers Salt
melts instantly like. snow be
cause it is the only salt of soft,
porous flaky texture. It is pure
salt, all salt, with all of the
moisture removed. That is why
it does not cake or lump as or
dinary salts do.
Best for cooking, baking, but
ter making, meat curing, table
use and afi farm uses.
Put up in 70
lb. bags of
linenized ma
terial which
makes excel
lent toweling.
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sr. v
p v fey I
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Colonial
Salt
Each tin vapeck
of Colonial Special
Farmers Salt is like
a fiat, soft, porout
flake of snow. Of
course it dissolves
quickly and com
pletely,
COL0ML
SPECIAL
FARMERS
Ordinary
Salt
The cube-like
hard crystals or hard
flakes of other salts,
make dissolving un
even, causing poor
results. Insist on
Colonial Special
"aimers Salt.
ALT
THE COLONIAL SALT COMPANY, AKRON, OHIO
Chicago, 111. Buffalo, N. Y. Boston, Mass. Atlanta, Ga.
FOR STOCK SALT USE COLONIAL BLOCK SALT
; i A rntP .;M ' v
II I J J weight in gold. '
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f Thi
Its author, Hugh
G. Van Pelt, a prominent dairy
VW& emr former professor of
.UVw dairying, is a practical dairy
man nd one of the best judges
of dairy cattle in the country.
It is so plain and simple that
any one can use it as a guide
in selecting good cows, and
building up a herd for large
and profitable production.
We will gladly send you
this book free of charge if you
will fill out the blank below
and send us the names of
Tello how
to piclc
out
Good
Covs
to
Get
it
five people who will need
cream separators or milking
machines within a year's time.
Any one who is wasting
cream by using an old, worn
out or "balky" separator or
by hand skimming, needs a
De Laval Separator. Any one
who is milking ten or more
cows by hand needs a De Laval
Milker '
If you cannot give five
names, we will send you this
book. on receipt of 20 cents.
The D Laval Separator Co.. 165 Broadway, New York City.
Please send me Van Pelts Cow Demonstration Book, tor wnich I am
sending you the names of 'five people who need De Laval Cream Separators
or Milkers. (Include your own name if you need a separator or milker.) 45
Name; P.O.! R.F.D State .
NOTE After each name, In last column, mark S 11 person needs a separator, M for milker. SM for both.
' NAME P.O. R.P.D. Sute Nolk
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"a , Homemaldng '
WHEN times are hard and our minds
fliffhtv let's consider:
- - - 9l I
I. What I Have Done in Two Year?.
Besides teaching classes in vocational
agriculture in a group of schools and
rnltivatiner six acres in crops, I have
found time for the following:
lv-Painted outside of dwelling.
2. Built cook-room,, including stove flue.
3! Built a model fowl house for 50 birds.
4! Cemented -floor to smokehouse.
5. Built new road to public highway.
6. Built automobile shed.
T U.J. 1 now era rAfn
. Planted trees and shrubs and started
lawn. .
9. Started small orchard.
10. Terraced hill-sides.
11. Cleaned up pasture.
12. Made dinine table, hall Irack, window
seats, bird houses, etc.
l.r Half-soled shoes for family, making chil-
dren's shoes last two winters. ,
14. Made toys for children at Chnstma3.
15. Built shelves for kitchen and book
shelves for sitting-room.
16. Kept a car in running oraer.
IlWriat Wife Has Done. Besides
rnnlcincr. housekeeoine and caring for
three small children, she has found time
for these:
1. Sewed for family.
2. Washed and ironed.
3. Tared for small flock of chickens, in
cluding incubator. '
4. Helped with garden.
5. Cared for flower beds.
6. Canned fruits and vegetables.
7. Painted inside of dwelling.
8. Made suits for children from our dis
carded suits.
9. Made dolls and toys for children.
10. Taught the children a little.
And over it all we have remained
"citizens of the world."
This year we are fixing up a park,
pond, and playground.
M. L. H.AKVjrLri'.
Lancaster County, S. C.
Editorial Comment. Here is a letter
or is it two letters in one that is an
inspiration to anyone with a home. We
miss so many of the comforts and neces
sities that go with a real home only be
cause we do not want them bad enough
to buy them with our time or effort. My
idea of a home is one that is never
finished one that keeps you busy all the
time workma with it, improving ana ae-
veloping here and there for comfort and
beauty, and where every act is an act oj
love -love given with love receivea.
Have Tobacco Seed Cleaned Be
fore Planting
IT WILL soon be time to sow tobacco
plant beds. Farmers should use
nothing but recleaned tobacco seed at
any time. The nourishment of the
young seedling while it is becoming es
tablished and developing the root sys
tem necessary for its future growth de
pends upon the amount of plant food
stored in the seed. It has been clearly
demonstrated by experiments with
light and heavy seeds that larger
yields and more uniform crops of bet
ter quality were obtained from large
plump seed, than from small light seed.
It is practically impossible, in select
ing plants at the bed, to discard all of
the week seedlings produced from
small, light seed; therefore, this selec
tion must be done by cleaning the seed
before it is sowed. Furthermore, the
average germination percentage of un
cleaned seed is only about half that of
recleaned seed; so with cleaned seed a
smaller bulk of seed is handled at the
time of sowing and, as a rule, a uni
form stand is more easily obtained.
The North Carolina Department of
Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C, has facili
ties for cleaning tobacco seed, and also
for making germination tests. Seeds
are being recleaned for farmers this
year free of charge in small lots. Farm
ers are expected to enelose return post
age. In lots of two pounds or more, a
small charge is made.
Your county agent will be glad to as
sist you in having your tobacco seed
recleaned. Get in touch with him to
day. O. F. McCRARY.
Virginia Farm Bureau Active
THE Virginia Farm Bureau Feder
ation is starting a state-wide mem-.
pership campaign, the Virginia organ
ization has grown from nothing to 21
counties since uecemper, ivaj, ana, is
rfow going back tCv those ,same: counties
and, ; fttengtening1 tltem- Ivith increased
membership t.bef ore ;S.egatidjng: .; tOother
Search Your Attic
Foii Fortunes in Old
Confederate Envelopes
Among the old letters of many
Southern families are hundreds of
very rare stamps and envelopes
"Many have been found and sold for
small fortunes. Single envelopes
have been sold for as high as $700.00
Many have brought upwards of $50
each. It sounds "fishy," but it's
true. They are valuable because
they are rare. They are rare, not
because there are only a few, for
there are many of them, but simply
because most of them are forgotten
being stored away, in old trunks
and closets. .
The most valuable stamps and en
velopes are found among those
mailed throughout the South from
April to November, 1861. Not all of
these are especially rare, but many
are of great" rarity and among the
latter are those which were issued
by Postmasters in about fifty towns
and villages. In April, 1861, just af
ter the war was declared and before
the Confederacy had time to make
their regular issues of stamps, many
local offices were allowed to make
Provisional issues. Some of. these
were gummed stamps, made similar
to any stamp except that they were
not perforated, but had to be sepa
rated with shears instead of torn
apart. Others instead of stam s
were franked envelopes, the
"stamps" being printed on the en
velopes, but nearly all of them bear
ing the name of the town and also
that of the Postmaster.
These local issues were discontinued in
November, 1861, at which time all offices
were supplied with the National issue of
stamps bearing the portraits of Davis and
Jefferson. Later others were issued bear
ing portraits of Washington, Jackson and
Calhoun. None of these 1861-1865 National
issues are rare, although some of them
command a fair price. The rare ones are
the local issues used from April to No
vember, 1861.
Make a thorough search through your
attic for these old war letters. Fortunes
in rare stamps have been found in old
safes which no one ever dreamed con
tained anything of value. Many an old
trunk or chest contains letters that may
bring the finder a profitable reward. Send
these to Mr. Harold Brooks, Marshall,
Michigan, and he will immediately write
vou. statins? whether they are of value
and, if so, will offer you full value for
them. He is a private collector oi rare
stamps and envelopes and will pay more
for those he, is seeking than a aeaier.
The ArlvertisinfiT Manacrer of The Pro
gressive Farmer has known Mr. Brooks
fnr vnanv vpars nnrl VOU ma V olace full
est confidence in his integrity. He will
advise vou franklvoffering what he re
gards the envelopes as worth to him and
in case the enevolpes are not satisfactory
they will be returned to the sender.
A sr mnnv stamos are similar in ap
nearance Mr. Brooks cannot quote values
from written descriptions, but must see
the,; envelopes. Furthermore, tne coimi
tinn nf n etamn nr pnvelooe has an im
portant bearing on its value. Confederate
If envelopes ae sent in a bunch they
should be very caretully wrapped n uy
cKU 'Koforor. oorriKnot-rl r nrotect them
from becoming wrinkled or creased. Do
not cut the stamps from the envelopes,
conrl Vi inmn1 ti envelopes. AlSO
take care not to tear the stamps or put
pins through them. Such damage Tell
reduces the value of any stamp. you
have reason to believe your envelopes
contain any of great value send Jnem oy
T?iori stprpH Mail.
This notice will not be printed again so
make a thorough search now before tne
address is lost or forgotten. Tell your
friends or ask' permission to look over
their old war letters. Many eldery people
have kept hundreds of such letters.
crook s address is as tonows.
HAROLD C. BROOKS,
' Box 21, Marshall, Michigan
Ton can safely depend on tint teed catalos to P"d(e 7?n
in yonr bnyinf . Th standard of varieties of l"e;
field and flower seed are described. Eery P""
tains good values. It is tne best catalog we ever sneo.
Iv'rite for Copy
Send as your name and addrett early so we can sujj
yon a copy of thi. 1922 catalog. This wdl b'eJ
to read the catalog carefnDy, decide on .Wto
to buy and get your order to n i plenty ot time.
Write today. r..-kr
David bardie Seed Company
1718 Bryan.St. Dallas, l9x9