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By MALCOLM BROWN
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,Jlin Washington, tlio porter, went
.to thpdoor of his car. Upon the jltxt-
Sotni, of the ue.vl air another porter
.sMtl, (matching u fuw InlinlutlotiH
iroip ii cigarette.
"llofydy, Joe," ati'Id Jiiin- "Your cur
yrctly 'fqin
Jo'Orow In h clotul uitil Hung the
stunSp frwny. "Rloatly. wonum,'' he
said.'" "How's ydtfruV"
"Tolerable," .Urn answered. "May,
Joe, ''there's n girl la Section a boon
crying over tlnro I como on, tit Spring
field. I icckoti sho loft her-fcllow lt
hlnd. Well, I reckon business will be
butter next month, when- lite regular
rowd Klarts north."
VOn'ly the porter bad observed the
liftfiu Section 2, for she wih itt the
wlTjTtlidl&ir. Hilda Mercer opened
Iter suitcase and n p:id with n little
pencil ultiichcd, mid begun to write.
"I Khould not hiivc left you If you
md been frank with uie, Will," she
" wrote. "What I cannot forgive Is"
BUO Stopped and stared out Into the
driving "Hilti. "It was because I al
ways belloved In you," sho continued.
."Kut tho letter was tear-spotted, und
alio tore It Into strips anil watched
them flutter out Into tho Htorm. She
would not write that letter. She Imd
written one, mid Will would find It
when ho returned to New York the
.following morning at eight o'clock.
Two men were seated In tho umok
tag 'car. Ono was about five and
thirty years of uge; he might have
been an accountant or bank cashier,
for lie bad (lie alert air of one, who
tain the deadly Htruggle of comtnor
(tftlllfe. tJIic other lolled heavily In
'Wa ;oat, scanning the first man with
furtive, persistence. Suddenly be
.'caned forwurd, a curious xtnlln upon
Jils mouth.
"Aren't you the (laying teller of the
Merchants' and Brokers' over in
JJrooklyn?" he Inquired. "My numo'a
3'hll Ornvcs. I used to have an ac
count with you."
The other seemed stunned by the
recognition. "I lined to he there,"
in iHiHwercd, his voice quavering
allgbtly. Then he made bin way back
to Section 3, opposite tho girl.
Hilda started and looked round ut
Aim. Their eyes met, and the teller
tohc up und stood before her.
"Don't ybu remember mo, Mm.
VTercorV" he asked, smiling forlornly.
Her eycH lit up. "It's you, Alfred
Burton I"
Burton sat down beside Iter.
"Hilda, there's something wrong be
tween Will Mercer and you," Bald
Burton. "You're running awny.
Xou'rc running away to think, Jinit as
jou used to do. You musn't think,
but uct. I want you to turn right
round at Hrnttlebnro and go back to
Um Tncro Isn't a liner man living
than Will Mercer.
NI know thorns Isn't I" she answered
Impetuously, and then slip- haw how
hideously wrong she hud been. It was
uotftIflr6vliv'lioni slio was running
nSvH'y;;"bnt'1!'Inimvn discontent; und
8tu Vuifcarryliig U In her heart.
"It's; too Into now," she answered
dismally, und looked out Into the ruin
ugultt.
' IJL was impossible to reliiru before
Will got home. There was no train
from Brattlchoro till morning.
aim was crying hysterically. Bur
ton let her hand full and stared at
tluV cushions of (he scat opposite He
bud urged her to go hack, but what
obout himself? He, too, must be back
by Monday morning or become a fugl
tfrre. Fate seemed to huvo lain. In"
wait for him,
flit swung' round In his sent sud
denly. "Hilda," ho sold, "I'm running
away too. I have six thousand dol
lars In my pocket that doesn't belong
to me."
A Jar shook them lu their seats, a
whistle shrilled, und the train ground
Its way to a standstill.
They heard tbe cries, "Tho down
train wrecked I She's catching flrol
Saved ourselves by sir Inches I" Bur
ton . was outside, one of tho crowd
that, surged about a Hue of halted
cuts, two of which lay on their sides
emjd (lie wreckage. The passengers
la tbe two cars accmed to have es
caped by a miracle.
t Hours seemed to pass. Tho passen
gers on botli trains waited.
Button hadt not spoken to Hlldu
Mercer, Ho did not oven notice tlio
arrival of tho wrecking train till
somebody touched lib) shoulder. Then
ae .looked up to sco Jim standing
over. him.
"We'ro going on In live minutes,
boss," said tho darkey.
Burton got up unsteadily. "I'm not
going on," ho muttered.
"It's all right, boss," replied the
porter. "The lino's clear and tho
down-train's gotting ready to start.
She'll reach New York by midnight.
We'll both have to make up time."
"New Xoricl" cried Burton, and
wuddenly the' miracle was inado clear
to felraVy Burton snatched up her suit
ewe. " '
fUlldtvl" ho cried, "wo'ro going
buck going home. That train's go
log to make New York by midnight.
Hurry 1 Wo'vo hot got our chance
to muko amends."
Burton helped her aboard the down
train. Thoy sat down together, no
turned to Hilda.
f Wo'ro going to mako tho moat ot
life now," ho whispered. "And I'm
iolng to call oa, you and Will some
'lay."
She leaned back happily; and, then
It wilbo realized that his love, had
aotproved ia'vuln, oVcn-though U had
failed.
FObD VALUE OF NUTS LARGE
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According to Writer In English Magazine,-There
Can Be No "Better
Article of Diet.
Nut crackers are not considered n
necessary equipment of tho ordinary
household dining tabic. Tho dloturj
valuo of nuts not being fully recog
nized, this Implement Is rarely- re-'
quired nowadays.
Yet there Is no belter form of diet
than nuts, declares a writer In London
Answers. The family fable which con-,
signs them to the catalogue-of tlio'ln
dlgcstlbles Is "an uticonscloniiblo time
u-dylng." A child's taste, however, Is
often the best criterion of u food's val
ue, and all chlldieii love nuts, even as,
do monkeys. '
We should rousumu nuts nil the
year round, entlng, say. n certain
quantity dally, chewing them methodi
cally. If children hnd us fioe access to the
nut crop as have monkeys there would
be fewer digestive weaklings. This ap
plies to grownups as wt'll.f ,
If nuts disagree, even with tho most
delicate, It is because they are pnr
tnken of at tho wrong time. When,
consumed between meals they nre al
most certain to disagree, as they will
alao If entcn after n heavy meal of
other food or Insufllclently mnstlcated. '
The proper time to eat nuts Is Just
at the beginning of meals. Then they
fill the mouth with n copious (low of
snllvn which will assist In emulsifying'
the fats stored in this Important food.
In cold weather they are, Invaluable,,
assisting greatly l,i mnlntalnlng Iho1
bodily heat. Nothing, therefore, can
compare with them as a morning diet
for children and n small sauccrful will
not bo too large a supply.
WEDDING STOOD FOR PLEDGE
In Ancient Times It Was Not a Mar
riage, as That Term Is Under
stood Today.
"Wedding" Is now synonymous with
"marrying," but this Is n compara
tively late development. Originally tho
two wordd stood for distinct things.
"Marrying" meant marrying as tlio
term is now used, but "wedding"
meant a mere pledging which held
for a year, after which tho couple
would agree to contlnuo tHij trial mar
riage longer or separate and Und other
partners.
Under tbe Danish Influence in
England "wedding" becamo so com
mon that un archbishop felt com
pelled to condemn It. Other church
men were not so strict. Tho custom,
observes Alice Arnyton Greenwood In
tho opening volume of her "History of
the People of England, "was rlfo In
tho north, whero even n bishop al
lowed his daughter to wed In this
munner;" This daughter had hree
husbands, to each of whom sho brought
us dowry six states which her father
had bestowed upon her, but wblcl hnd
really belonged to his catfiedrnt
church uad not to him. Eventually
these estntes went to her son and be
camo hereditary., filings had a way of
becoming hereditary In thoso days;
there Ws even .hcrodltnry parish
clergy. .
Signal for Bucket Brigade.
Visitors In Philadelphia are Often
puzzled ns to tho significance of the
small metal plaques that appear on
the fronts of many old houses, observes
tho New York Evening Post. They
ponder over the Insignia, wondering
whether theso curiosities nre the coats
of arms of the' original builders or tho
marks of some old craft. But tho
plaquo that bears a tree does not rep
resent the family tree of some old
Quaker line, nor docs the one which
sports an object that looks like n
churn with a hose attachment signify
that the old red brick structure was
once a dairy. They are the marks or
old Insurance companies. They date
back to the days when each Insurance
company hnd Its own bucket brigade
for the protection of Its policy holders.
When the house caught fire tt must
1)0 saved, If saved It was, by the com
pany which hud branded tbe structure
as being under Its protection.
First Jews In Virginia.
Jews first settled In the South in
Itlchmontl, Vti., more than 1!U) years
ago. In 1701 the first synagogue was
established there. In the same year
the members purchased a plot of land
as n burial ground to be used for the
Jewish residents of Richmond, and
.lews were burled there until ISltl.
For a long time the congregation
prospered. But In 3810 a change oc
curred In the- fortunes of the syna
gogue. It was In that e,ir that a
largo Inllnx- of Gorman Jews came to
America. They worshiped according
to tho Oerman ritual. A number of
Its members left the original syna
gogue to establish another congrega
tion. The then uew congregation,
Beth Ahttbn, Is still In existence. Tho
name of tho original congregation was
Beh Slcitome.
Lantern for New Year.
La the now year sweeps round the
wtfrld from the ono hundred am.
eightieth meridian of longitude, It gets
a bright it' silent welcome from the
littjo village of Weldon, near Ketter
ing, In Northamptonshire. There on
tho tower of the parish church stands
a lantern 15 feet high. Erected about
200 years ago, tho lantern was lighten
on winter nights to guide travolers
through the dark t'urest of Hocking
hum, The railway and Improved roads
have abolished the forest dangers, and
now the lantern is lighted only onco u
year, on Now Year's ive, to welcome In
tbo Now Year.
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VALhNTINE TRAIL
By RUBY DOUGLAS g
m m M bms. aaMBBk. .. fl
:um9momw.mott;o2
(iy, ItfZJ. ity .miUuio Nhwumpc- yynulc.us.
"Oh, I'm so tired of lace paper
hearts and Cupids mude of chocolate,
und boxes of .violets that have 'been
taken out of tho Ice-box 1 1 almost
wish there were no such day us Vul
entlne's day."
The girl who made tho remark had
bobbed hair and a ono-ploco fi7,ck.
"What would you suggest, Jiinu?"
asked her chum. "What Is ' there
left?"
Juno did not reply ut once. "That's
Just it; I don't know what I want.
All I know i that I don't want n laco
paper heart I"
"Perhaps u real human heart, served
up on a platter as In undent bar
baric days, would please you more,
dear?"
"N no. I think I Just want to Und
some one orlglnul enough to give mo
something different," Jane explained.
The chum made audible signs' of
surprise. "Oh, Jane, you are funny,
you, trying to get out of tho conven
tional calf path I"
Neither of tho girls know that, as
they sat talking thus over their little
tabourettc und tea table before the btg
log fire In the country club houso' u
man hnd been sitting close by con
stantly reading u sporting paper.
"I think I'll be a bport myself," he
concluded quickly. "I like that girl's
voice. I like her look. I think I'd
like her philosophy."
Thereupon he set out to find out
who she wns, where she lived. Ilo
then set bis brains to work to origi
nate un Ideu for a valentine.
His mind had created n thought.
"It depends on the snowfall, but
I'm Just sport enough to think Hint
Cupid though not of chocolnte will
implore the gods to see that I have a
snowy setting for Februnry 141"
Jane Hull lived in the community
adjoining tho country club ut which
sho was having a tea the afternoon
thnt Tom Hayes overheard her petu
lant remnrk about St. Valentine and
ids customs.
"The big idea," Tom decided, "Is to
let the girl guess who Is her Valen
tine. On the night ot Februnry 111 a
wonderful carpet of white snow cov
ered tlio ground.
Tom, feeling like u cut-throat or second-story
operator, stole noiselessly
through the virgin snow to the Hulls'
garden.
He hnd u garden trowel, n package
of large red hearts cut from pnper,
some red lluld thnt looked like paint.
Underneath the window of June he
dug out n heart-shaped hole and
placed within it n great red paper heart.
Then lie walked on through the gar
den, dropping drops of red In the
snow and every few feet adding an
other he;.rt. The trail wended 6'ff
down into the woods In tlio rear of"
the Hull home and disappeared into
space.
"If vhe's anything of n sport she'll
follow this trail, and It leads straight
to iu henrt," he said triumphantly.
"I'll make her notice mo, anyway,"
lie iliongiu, by wuy of excusing him
self. When .lane put up her shades .(o
look out at the weather on the morn
ing of St. Valentino's day she rubbed
her eyes n see if they told her tho
truth.
Her heart thumped wildly us she
dressed and went out of doors without
waking the family. Sho had put on
her rubbers and sport clothes, so she
followed the trail of hearts to tho
woods. At the end she found a note
hung to the limb of a tree.
"If you want to Unit your Valentine
piny golf In the know this afternoon.
The red golf ball I have placed be
neath the last heart In the trail. I'll
be waiting for you ut the seventh hole,
and when I see the red ball driven
from (he sixth I shall know that you
are on your way."
Jane did not know at first what to
do. Her conversation with her chum,
draco, ut the country club, came to
her mind with the natural association
of Ideas. At llrst she nccused Grnce
of the Idea, and then she knew that
Grace would never have had either
the energy or the originality to think
nf It.
"I shall go, nnywny," she decided.
After lunch sho surprised the family
by announcing thnt she was going to
the club for n game of golf.
"You're nutty, sis," said her brother.
And olt sho went to tho golf course,
tho red bnll hidden In her pocket. Sho
kept her golf clubs In her locker.
Her cheeks were the color of the
bnll sho was playing with when sho
renched the sixth hole and told her
enddy to go on ahead of her. '
As she approached tlio seventh hole
ncross the wonderful white fairway
that led to It sho snw u man In golf
clothes awaiting her. Her excitement
almost choked her, her daring 8omo
what stunned her.
"I'm afraid I'm not as pretty ns a
lace heart," the man began, extending
his hand und himself n little embar
rassed as he looked into the benutlful
eyes of June.
June would buve blushed If she had
not already gathered sufllclent color
to be becoming. "You heard my silly
conversation?"
ne nodded. "Yes und I know your
nnmo and mine la Hayes Tom Hayes.
Please let me be your vnlentlne, Miss
Jane.
Jane liked him; she know she liked
him. "All right; you shall begin liy
being my vnlentlne and"
"Leuvo tlto end to me," hp said. "Th
game's the thing new."
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HAS ACCOMPLISHED
From u paper read oy Clins. Ste
ward at a vc-ojto.- couiuy meaur
oil l'cbniury 2ist:
ihe wwuv oi jjioperty liotcd for
iMauv:oii in Wuiibter county ju $u,obj,
.oU.Jd divided Us luiiows: ltu.at
valuation iaoj and yo.oiiU $i,:oi,
iVo.Uu, c:ty viLuuUou Sfj5ui.ub.0o, cjr-poi-ation
viiiuuiion isoiutfuO.ofJ. nw
lOuil amount of tucs cuue.ud on tins
vuiua.t,on tor all puivous ,as J?Ui,
YoO.UU. Of tl.c amount $fbU,0i.uo
was collected io; couiuy r.nd htake
tunas and JuO,!J'l3.bD was lor school
purpoto.;. In o.hcr wo. da pruciavi l
halt of 1110 tutm taxeb co.ieci.tU in Mn
county wuj uor ici.bbi puipou s. 'Ah
ib a vital 'point in any conardeia.io.i
of tax economy.
iiio total amount of money usol
for Farm liuivau purpos.es wiuch in
cludes tuberculosis o.auication voi
office expenses, and salary of County
Agent was $yy 00.01) or in otlur woi-cu
the farm bureau received for It's
maintalnunce 80 cents out. df over
$100.00 in taxes collected. Or to put
ic another wuy the expenses maintain
ing tnc Farm Bureau office is 7.1i
mills per, acre. Compared with out
heaviest item of expense the sdiool
lund which takes 18.00 out of every
$100.00 paid in taxes. Now the ques
tion umej, what docs tho farmer re
ceive for this 80 cents out of every
$100.00 which he pays in taxes.
As a basis of comparison lot U3 con
sider the influence which our Farm
Bureau lias exerted in crop and live
stock production in the county as
compared with adjoining counties that
have no Farm Bureau. Tho first
item that claims our attention Is im
proved seed crops. Let us take wheat
for consideration. As a result of re
peated recommendations and en
couragement of the county agent we
had in tho county last year 8,000
acres of Kanrcd wheat which wo Ctnd
exceeded the average yield of the or
dinary wheat grown from 4 to 9
bushels per acre but grant a general
average of 3 bushels jicr acre, which
gives us a total of 21,000 bushels of
wheat more in the county than '.vc
would have had if we had all poivn
the common variety. We find that
in the adjoining county there was
about 2000 acres of Kanrcd wheat
grown according to the report of the
Agronomy Dcpt. of the State Uni
versity based on tho report of their
field inspectors. At 3 bushels per
acre increased yield this means that
thoy were COOO bushels better off by
havin'raiijed the improved varicfy.
GqOO bushels deducted from 21,000
bushels' still leaves 18,000 bushels of
wheat to credit to the influence of the
county agent or $18,000.00 at tho pres
ent price of wheat. It is worthy of
comment hWevcr, that the principle
part of tho 2000 acres of Kanrea
wheat sown in the adjoining counties
where they ha'd no county agent wns
found on farms adjoining tho borders
of the twbi.coHntfes thus showing th"
overlapping- influence of the county
agent.
Now let us consider tho work of
tlio county agent in the control of
hog cholera. During the year of l2t
the county agent vaccinated 7018 hogs'
using 3-15,O00cc of serum. This sci
um costs our farmers 1 cent per cc
administered. A well known breed
er of hogs in a county having no coun
ty agent to do this work reported to
us that it costs them 2 cents per cc
administered to have- their hogs vac
cinated. This would mean a saving
of lVi cents per cc on 345800cc or
?5187.00 saved to the farmers' of this
county by the county agent.
During tho past year the county
agent vaccinated 1831 calves for
blackleg control at a cost of 20 cents
per head to tho fanner. A farmer in
a neighboring county having no coun
ty ngent paid a vcternarian GO cents
per head or $549.00 saved to the
farmers by tho county agent in
blackleg control.
The Webster county Farm Buraau
is responsible for the tuberculosis
work done in Webster county the
past year.
Webster county was ono of the
first threo counties was one of the
work. In order to receive area work
tlio county had to provide office and
transportation for tho inspector in
charge of the work. The farm bureau
used membership funds to do this.
Tho farm bureau office was moved
and equipped to moot tho require
ments. Dr. Lclby was put in chargo
of tho work in Webster county and
started to work in May.
During the nine months Dr. Lclby
has berth working, over 400 farmers
havo had their cattle tested. 4021
head have been tested and 139 re
actors taken out, 'Alio financial valuo
of this work cannot bo estimated in
dollars and cents. Wo used to pay
03 to $j po. head to gat our cattle
tested and if wo had a re-actor wo
stood tho loss. Figuring these at
$1.00 pev head it would mean $4021.00
and tho indemnity on the 139 -c-uctoru
amounted to over $0000. Tn
consorvativo figures this work has
meant ovor 10,000 in dollars and
cwts, Bay nothing of the valuo in
getting rid of' tho dreadful disease.
.Now in these foui items above we
find that we can credit th Farm Bur
eau of Vcm.er count,,? through tho
work of tho county ant With an ad
dition una saving tf :.icncy of $U7,
7G0.00 or to put it unothe. v. ay for
ovc.y dolln.- that .the farm bureau
hue cost tlio farmers m vhis county
there has b on returned in these ,fo.ir
'items above $10.00 cadi vf.luo of r
vico rendccd. In addition to tno
items a.rcndy enumerated there is a
vasii amount, of service rendered tho
valuo of which would run into thou
sands of dollars if it could bo proper
ly estima'ed Let i.io c.itl your atten
tion to this clnse cf so .-vice. Jn addi
tion to tho introduction of Kanrcd
wheat into the county through tJ.c
riviurigcmnnt of th co.inly agent
thoro'hns been introduced improved
variotbs of oats such, un, Burt and
Nebraska 21 which have shown a de
cided increase in yields averaging
about 10 bush Is per acre more tlun
the conn on variety. One farmer lnu
already sold nil he could nparo ;it
fjO cents per bushel which is a sub
stantial advance over tho market
p:ice. Orders from outside the coun
ty are b"ing placed for theso improv
ed varieties, which adds to tho cash
value of tho service- of the county
agent. The extended ufo of such for--
ago crops as sweet clov r and sudan
grass is another example of tho pct'V
ity of the county agent because vc
find much larger acreage of thohc
crops on 'Vcb.'tcr county farms than
in adjoining counties that do not ha
the advantage of the sorvico of a
Farm Bureau or County Agent.
The county agent during tho nast
four years has performed a valuable
service demonstrating and instructing
faimcrs in 'the treatment of small
grains for the control of smut which
means added wealth in both the price
and yield received for these crops.
Another example of eliminated
waste due to the work of the County
Agent is the control of the pestiferous
prairie dogs. Four years ago this
pest was present on 195 farms in the
county which meant a great loss of
pasturage needed for farm stock. At
the yro.vnt time this loss is confined
tn about 20 farms and is only a mut
ter of a year or two when tho prairie
dog will be actually driven out of the
county.
Another example of county agent
activuy is the Poultry culling denvin
trations conducted in different parts
of the county instructing tho farmers
so that thoy may cull out the unprofi
table birds in their flocks and thus
eliminating a source of waste in the
care and feed of poultry that make
ne 'return for the expense of thair
ma'intaihuncc. '
An important lino of work that nas
Hccn carried on by tha county farm
bureau through the county agent is
the introduction of improved breeds
of livestock on our farms. -Five years
ago Webster county was practically
unknown as a producer of pure-bred
live stock. Today we load all coun
ties of the state in tho number of
pure bred sires on our farms. This
was accomplished by the organization
of our Webster County Improved
Livestock Breeders' Association, . tho
Hereford Breeders' Assodation, the
Holstcin Breeders' Association, the
Shorthorn Breeders' association, the
Holstein Breeders' association, the Po
land China Breeders' Association and
the Duroc JJersey Breeders' Associa
tion. Each of thevj organizations arc
doing a valuable work in the intro
duction of their favorite breed on the
farms through the medium of public
sales, encouragement and support of
the live stock shows and demonstra
tions. Tho county agent has been
directly responsible for the shipment
of four carloads of pure bred heifers
into the county which were distribut
ed among the farmers and breeders
as 'foundation stock for the improve
ment of our herds. It would bo al
most impossible to estimate the add
ed wealth to the farms of this coun
ty as a result of the activities enum
erated because this interest in fho
better things of farm life will con
tinue to increase as the years go by.
We now como to a consideration of
what is to my mind tho most valuable
service that is being rendered to the
farming interests of the community
by the Farm Bureau and County
Agent. Wc havo discussed that in
fluence as applied to our livestock and
crops. Transcending all other agri
cultural interest is the welfare and in
fluence exerted over our boys and
girls. No momentary value can be
placed on this influcnco for develop
ing better satisfied farm boys anu
girls. Through the influence tho
farm boys and girls nre lifted to a
higher plan of usefulness in the world
Thoy arc brought to rcalizo that farm
life offers great opportunities to tno
boys or girl3 who would not only
bonpfit themselves but raise the stan
dard of citizenship in tho nation we
all lovo best. Wo havo heard a great
deal of criticism of tho boys and girls
club work in tho county, but I can
not help but feel that tills criticism
is duo principally to a lack of in
formation and misconception of club
work. During the past four yean?
1
)22 of our iarmjioys and girls havo
received trc trips to state fairs and
exhibitions as s reward for their 'Alb
activities. I believed that it in safe
to asfurne that everyone of these
trips ww woitu .?."j0.00 to th - boys or
i'H-1? who i.r.evcd it without taking;
into consideration the educational val
uo of such a (rip. I wish right here to
correct a false impression that ha-i
b2on circulated by misinformed per
sona throughout the county Umt our
pure bred calf clubs have been a mo
mentary los.s to Uie boys and g-irls
In 1920 thorn .was n. Shorthorn C'Jf,
Club of 32 calves, 'iho first cost of
lltwe calves v. as $8310.00 the selling
price was $1-1,275.00. In the Here
ford Calf Qlub wore 31 calves which
txtjt $5,(505.00 and told for $7,805.00.
It is tm that many of those calves
were Iwught back by tho boy; and
girls or theic parents, but that does
not chango tho fact that Uiey could
have taken 'their profit in place of U10
calf if Uic-y had cared to do so. Let
mo dto a specif ic' instance. Two boys
in one family each took a calf. The
calves cost $280 and $190. At the
sab; iu the fall the father of thee
boys had their calves bid In, tho one
fr $3C0 tlio other for $250 'because
hi was unwilling to let them soil at
these prices. It is Fafe 'to ussumo
that if this iua.was bid'Ung conserva
tively the calves would havr- been J.old
to svomc other buyer at ?:J4" r.nd $245
respectively or a total of $120 moro
than the first cost of the calves. Now
is the county agent and club work to
bo condemmed b'causc the parents
was unwilling to take this advance
of 120 over first cost which certainly
did not represent any financial loss
and yet that is just what this man is
doing. This is just a sample of tho
ill advised criticism of farm bureau
and county agent work in many coun
ties. The value of the good influence
of our farm bureau and county agent
over the lives and training of our
boys and glrte can never bo estimated
in dollars and cents. It represents a
contribution to Uie future progress
and protpcrtsy of our beloved country
that can never bo measured by a mo
mentary value. Just a word tok those
who arc disposed to criticiro the
county agent and his work.' Do you
ever call on him for service? Why
not take your criticism direct to he
county agent's office and find out
the truth. You will always find him
courteous and anxious to serve the
'farmers of this county if they will
just give him a chance. Or do you
belong to that class of men who h,ink
that they know all there is to know.
Such a man does not represent the
highest type of citizenship. If you
are 1 not getting any benefit from the
Farm Bureau and county agent the
fault is yours because you will not
call him to your aid. Be fair, bo
honest with yourself and. the county
agent and farm , bureau. Call , on
them to help solve some of the' prob
lems of your home and farm and
thorn if you fail to receive nny benefit
your criticisms will be well taken.
A Silly Song
by A. Cuckoo Bird
Bill Bassott called up on tbe phono
and got Jim Dodge und mo. If you can
help this afternoon I'll kill 11 hog, said
he. So Jim and mo got in my boat and
went to help old BUI. Wc took n snort
of Dill's homo brew to keep nway tho
cblll. Th dnrn stuff tasted pretty
good, (Hill called it Turnip din), wo
looked at Bill's thermometer and pubs
cd it 'round agin. Then Mrs;, Basset
yelled at ns, "The water's hot,", said
she. And then wo took another drink
and got n slngie-treo to lift tbo carcass
of the bog, as soon ns he was dead, and
11111 went in and got his gun and fillod
It up with lead. "Como on", he yelled
to .Mm and me and beat It for the sty,
I'll show yon fellers how toshoot, I'll
plug him in tlio eya " From two o'clock
till bulf past four that hog we tried to
pick, then Old Bill said, "Lot's Rirc it
up and go down whero they're thick.'
Ho lod ustn the other lot, tbe shoutm'
there was tine, wo blazed away till al
most dark and never got a swine.
About this tlmo the gin gnvo out and
all tho aliHlls wore gone. I could havo
killed n boir If I bad hnd my1 glasses
0,0, Hut Old Hill Hnssot'H oyos arc
uood und so aro Dodge's, too. I think
their rotten murkmnnBhlp was caused
by Uosuet'a Brow. " ' - '
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