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trje ¥w NC M _ 100 ACRES SET /. l ue state or wisconisin --~._ KW > Presents Its. Annual w Question Now Js: "What In ~the World Does Zion Do With All These Grapes." William Connor is also meeting with successwith both grapes and Zon. I!l., Aug. 11--Intensive farm-- ing in and around thg eity of Zion has been very profitable this year. An lnmation made by the Zion corres ent reveals the fact that many are making the cultivation of grapes, currants. cherries, apples, strawberries, raspberries and other fruits a source of considerable profit. H. A.--Crabtree has a vineyard on West 33rd street that is a great suc-- cess. He has 3600 grape vines on his six acres, and last year his vine yardg brought bhim in $1,830. Mrs. Crabtree is also a small--fruit enthu-- siast. She personally made a trip to ¥Yakima Valley, Washington for certain kinds of, berries, and they are yeilding heavy this year. She has a variety of plums that are as large as small--sized peaches. in grapes; Forest Peters has eight mcres; John Winterbottom five and Paul La Rose has aine acres unde: his supervision. Mr. La Rose is tak-- ing care of 600Q0, vines, all of which were planted this year.. These men have a combined vineyard of 27 acres on 32%rq street. It is estimated that there has been, 100 acres set out in grapes here this spring. N. A. Robinson, 931 Salem bivd., is a very successful farmer. He has been successful with apples, cherries, peats, plums --and grapes. Last year he realized $300 from his 150 vines. Some of the young men in Zion have planted vineyards within the city I'mits. Emil Schaefer has five acres ~N. A. Robinson is an authority on genera! farming ard he says that the gene:al crop in Z:on and in Bento:r OUT IN GRAPES IN ZION THIS YR. Army ; War Song Concerts, Re-- o -umww | All Wisconsin School Children_will be o Adasited Eree ut Guests af Stam. _1 | MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURS-- DAY, FRIDAY--First Race at 1 P. M lzIEAY AND SATURDAY at : A The World's Fastest Dirt Track ¢ Drivers and Cars. Atikfion Timeus in ALL THE THRILLERS, -- LECION DAY THE FARM ON PARADE $130,000.00 in Prizes for lug. 27,28,29, 30, 31; Sept. 1 IX DAYS; sIX NickTs 61X NIGH T 5: --ACRE EXPOSITION oFr TRACTORS AND FARM MACHINERY . PECIAL RATES LL ~--RA IL W A Y S ¥s GREAT STAGE SHOW 'w and 2% STAR CIRCUS YAUDEVILALK ACTs HARNESS RACING! "INDIA"" MONDAY, AUGUST 2. AUTO RACING! . ""PAVILION ---- MOND aA v. AY, WEDNESDAY, THURS: and' FRIDAY NIGHTS at s s; YEAR'S ROUND--UP af is OTHER BANDS 's Greatest Dairy Show HORSE SHOW! THE 1924 MODELS IN ARE T _ or i EmOREInXtions CE N T § DAY O R N 11-- 6 H--T SPACE FOR 2,0% ILE SHOW STATE -- FAIR |, The many friends of Milton .Mum-- !ford will be pleased to hear that he is improving fast and expects to be bro't {to his honme here the latter par. * this | Miss Anna Drom and her aunt, of Chicago, left Monday of last week for A.trip through the west..They expect to be gone about two weeks. Miss Margaret: Drom expects ton teach at Bmfiolph HL, this fall "Mr. and rs. George Bacon and daughter, Georgia, have returned :n their home from a trip to the northern states. a Irah and Virginia Radtke of Keno-- sha visited their parents here over Sunday. l Mrs. Julius Better entertained 'her daughter and granddaughter and three children from Washington Heights and the --yalso visited Mrs. Frank Dibble jand Mrs. Tom Sullivan the past week. --.Jerome Burnette was calied to call-- ed to Waukegan last week py the deat hof his brother, George Burnett. Charles Maynard of Milwaukee vis-- ited the past week at the home of Mrs. Mrs. D. T. MceGilN and Miss Magovin of Chicago, a sister of Mrs. Hasty, spent the past week at their cottage at Bluff Lake. a The vacition church school which was held «a Antioch fo> the past i¥o week, closed Friday night ond a very fine exhibi; of the work waus shown. The Junior class work is being sent to a class in --China, while the Primary children sent, theirs to Lake Bluff. 'The teachers deserve much credit for the splendi1 vork that was done Miss was in week. ~~Miss My: t}e Peters. mr refurned home Saturday, after--speonding a few days the past week with relatives in Chi-- cago. . $ Mrs. G. W. Jensen and daughter vis-- ited relatives at Williams Bay, Wis. Gus Hilebrand and family, brother of Wm. HiHlebrand, arrived here last week frotm Berlin, Germany. Miss Addie Schaefer has moved her millinery stock into the rooms of Mrs. N. S. Burnette. t Mr1.. Margaret Davis entertained relativas from Kenosba Sunday. The firera »n are planning on holding their {sciva!l on Thursday,.August 31. There wiil be many features during the afteri0oon and the events will take place «n Miin street ,beginning at 1 w'cloc'k. At four o'clock the people will go to the Antioch bas> bail park x5 Gre a 228 © wil. b> played betweea An'ioc~ a ud Lake V'*.'s business men A crinl t="~ will be c at Rosing's farts~. Mrs. Charles Griffin was a Wauke gan visitor last week * Miss Ona Kruckman and Mrs. nar-- old Wells and son of Area visited last Friday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kincade. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haynes and Miss Josephine Eger of Libertyville sment Tuesday evening at the Fred Kincade home north of town. A "lae st.awberry crop was not very .eav~ this year, but the apple, peat, lum ang cherry crops are very good. here is also a heayy crop of cur-- an's and gooseberries. '"There seems to be a good potato vcop this year, and the people here "is been eating early potatoes for two weeks, There is a noticeable ibsenr~e of potate bugs this --year, Tomatoes are in fine condition. The orn is a splendid crop so far and *e rye is already being harvésted, .eve teing an excellent crop. Wheat nq oats, where the land was--well cultivated, is very good. Hay, exctept ilfalia, is light Timothy is very izht' but alfalfa is very good. A. G. ligres has 40 acres of alfa'fa. The r--ape crop is very good." Miss Vida Palmer visited relatives in Chicago the past week. . & Mr. and Mrs. James Stearns enter-- tained relatives from Milwaukee on Wednesday. Miss Longodardo of Chicago, spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kincade. 2y '"a" mere omtrwyponmn'wypmirwypppa Much damage wu. done Saturday profession of t1 i to an' c afternoon at the six o'clock storm, and than mere/"m a'n""m .',,-":r dajly also by the one at one o'clock Sunday drudge i morning. Siflos were blown over, trees . "U8°"%: off, besides ie damage done to the! -- WHMY STuDY AGRICULTURE © xn;w'n ' _ TéAchers are ceeting this objection ing corn. Many fields of corn will E hele have to be cut up by hand, as the corn f/ parents who are sending ue is lying flat on the, ground. It was th» : Boys to hlfh achool for the first Tard worst wind storm we have had in sev-- bl:k f,t:". "T'hmmb h::hu:, :::" ols eral years. / 'wo 'or us on & 4 Mrs. Sarah Pullen and Mrs. C | wheat for 83 cents, but it cost us a Cook 1 f dollar. Why should dur boy co ne back eft last Thursday for a It't the fuarm? We Want im to get with Mrs. Pullen's nfecd, Mrs, Wattie l,"' ': l"" L "*® Lawson, in Minnesota. nto business. M +. and ¥~s. Herm n Fox and fami-- ly enteria~e. comp«*. fron: Chicago i~*e paat veex £ Ts \Urs Elien Ames reurned home on Tu~--daiy.»~«+sBing it -- n «un extended visit with } «1 brother it Peunsylvania. The Ladies' Guild held their bazaar in the Wcordmen hail o Wedn ::« of 'ast weck, which' was a graxl suc-- cess, both socially and financially. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Isaacs enter: tained relatives from Maywood over Sunday. *~* Miss Addie Schafer is apghding a few days this week in Chig , pus-- chasing fall millinery. U Mrs. John Weich of m'nyvnh ¥ie ited over Sunday with loch friends. WO e says Edna M. Baxter of Evanston Antioch the latter part of last A N T 1 O C H very good this year Undér actual conditions the ratio-- is ?pmbuply',pt one i nten: * y With these facts before us our field of --work, ought to be clearly defin>d and we should not be satisfied until 'every calf born has not only ane pure bred parents, but a pure bred parent of --real merit."--W. W. Yapp, Dairy | Dept., U. of L. _ > ? GET SOLD ON YOUR JOB . How many 'armers are building up a profession for their boys?* There is --toso much talk around the family sup per table about the big money some-- , body's boy is makng in the town, and not enough about the wonderful --op-- portunities of the country. A business |man would not get very far if he hated his work--nelither will a farmer. He must love his work and show his boys there is something in it to love. Gve them a personal interest; , furnish them good literature o nagriculture and rural life; teach them the secrets of the woods and fi:lM#s. Raise the than mere "omfwypem{wypmfwypppa profession of farming to mean more than mere'*"moftey getting" or daily drudgery. ' |_ Generally speaking. w»e do not ap must trar prec'ate the value of a good sire. To _ A larg prove this we need but go to the 1920 Busch fa 'U'. 8. Census report for lllinois. Ac-- 4 century | cording to this report there is but one Dight an {pure bred sire to every 183 females. °"A! hour , This means that under the most favor-- mer .;; 'lg five. can be stred by a puré bIeO>"% ho iss [ "With financial conditions most pressing and with the dollar apped&ring. almost as big as a wagon wheel, we as [nrmen begin to appreciate the value of a few dairy cows on the farm. We 'realze. too, that cows are not just' cows. That there is a vast difference in the production of individuals, that those of good parentage whose ances-- tors give a good account of themseives at the pail, make the highest returns. 'The, Ames (Iowa) Agricultural Col: ~lege has given us a splendid--lesson in %lhmuing production ~by.. improving 'breeding. They have found that pure !bred sres when mated to scrub cows lhavi;gg a very low standard of produc-- tion, increased the production of their half breed daughters over that of their dams in many cases trom§ to 70 per cent. This iscrease was obtained re-- lnralen of the breeds considered. 8VCCESSFUL CULLING DEMANDS WELL FED FLOCKS "With the culling season here once more a lew words as to method may %-ml of place. . _ Well--fed. hens sh be laying reasonably well for another month _ If ordinary culling tests aApplied before Sept. 1 (for cen-- tral Il'nois) show that more than a third of the flock would be thrown out, the chances are that a féeding demon-- stration rather than a culling demon-- stration is needed. Remember that it is extremely difficulty to judge cor-- rectly the egg producing ability of a hen--selected from--a flock that is not. sufficiently well fed for the beter in-- dic'duals o continue--laying until on or after October 1. It is only in re-- sponse to good feeding that the easily distinguished differences between high and low producers are brought out. Consider all factors before culling _ 9. After all, the potential wealth of a hen. A hobby may be a fine thing. the country is in her toil. <'Those near-- but don't ride it to the culling demonD-- est ot it have first chance. --Knowl-- stration. An early moulter may be & edge is the best tool to use in digging. reasonably good hen if all other things sinvinpenprmnmrom rrmmrmmnnconniocammm are in her favor. She will show her r # # #% 4# & # # #% «& # & quality by a rapid molt, a tendency to shedallfectheu:toncontborhn' A PT A KISIC p=«--* a few at a time. Such hens are not ' common, to be sure, but they do occur. ":": H:rc; :':'S':'" * * .' * er hased a new g::e'toand they lhould_ be given. & milking machine. He no longer bas to Look for lice and mites, particularly h':: mm.ay'n:o;e::': o Auict; ho l'?' the mites. They are frequently T® pau; Frohnauer of Chicago Was & sponsible for a lowered egg yield. A visitor at the home of Mary Leikam mite infested flock is ilkely to be in last week. poor flesh and may molt Iate simply -- Alice Bunton spent the latter part of because the hens haven't the vitality last .week in Libertyville with ber necessary -- for-- feather growth--Wwhilesisier. _ tw« -- the mites are attacking them in large -- George Volz purchhsed a gasoline In our own herd the pure bred Hol-- ste--n sire Emblagaard Tritomia Home-- stead, when mated to pure bred cows already possesking high average pro-- duction, increased the yield of his daughters over that of their dams 8907.7 nounds milk and 160.65 pounds butter fat. se It's the old story. Here are some gquggestive "comebacks." Klaborate them for your use: of This increase due to the sire alone is about equal to the average produc-- tion of the dairy cows in. the United States. i _wuore ine 1. Somebody is going to farm these .';"':"':".': l mm infested lands 'n the next generation, and MJm alfaifa weevil, in one season fed best trained farmer will win out. to their young 500,000 of thase nests. 2. The man who groWs forty bushels 'Naw we will relate one incideant on the A balanced judgment on the flock and on the individual hen is what is needed. A safe rule in culling, where we are concerned maifily wth getting rid of the . poor hens is always to give the hen the benefit of the doubt."--L. E. Card, U. of 1. THE PURE BRED SIRE--AND HiS , INFLUENCE . Lake County Farm Bureau News wheat per acra makes money even (Crestmore Farm where the spatrows I A large poplar tree on the N. F. Busch farm, and a landmark for half a century, was blown down Saturday night and obstructed traffic for sev-- eral hours Sunday morning, when the owner and some help got it off the road. The loss of that tree is greatly The severest electrical storm for many years swept over this section Inst Friday night, and the rainfall was the heaviest at any time that can be temembered. 1t was a cloudburst, you might say. At Punkin Center it wash-- ed clean a space of several hundred feot, taking out shocks of oats and ¢v-- erything in its path, also washing out bags of potatoes which the owner vick-- *#d up out of his oat fleld the next day, fvtoc'o the witer had carried them. 'flm damage was done to oats in the flelds. Alice Bunton is spending this week lt| the Max Miller home in Liberty-- ville. * , Mr. and Mrs. Fred Busch and Mr, and Mrs, Matt Wickersheim' motored to Waukegan Sunday and spent the day at the home of EdA Wickersheim. Mro .Emil Wickersheim entertained éompany from Grayslake last week. MHerbert Gland and A. Basso, of the Bufafio Creek farm, were callers at Crestmore farm Sunday evening. The Buffalo Cregk farm suered *A great loss o grain, being carried away in the creek during the heavy rains of ¥Friday and Saturday nights. Mra. Matt Wickersheim is visiting in Wheeling. ~ N. F. Busch was somewhat incon-- venienced with tooth-- trouble. Next time it will be tire trouble, Nick. from the southwest to the northeast, which seemed 'to rise ere it got this far, thereby savifig us here. It was--a funnel shaped eloud with a tail of fire, such as are geen in countries where the cyclones "are of© frequent occur-- rence. at 83 cehts. It's the 14 bushel farmer that is hurt. . l uie C 0 BP C* n S h . C qo oc Wek eR 'io"'bo §een for many miles ; account of its great height. A number of our residents who ven-- tured out of doors during the térrific wind Saturday night saw a large cloud c_;t a cyclonic des¢ription passing over 8. More than $200,000 income re-- sulted from the home projects last! year. List your boys in school who advertise their experience, > -- tors. More "c.ty cousins" fail to make a living than farmers. ° 6. In farming, as in all other occu-- pations, the "man who knows'" gots A party here in town recéived a pos-- tal the other day which was mailed on the-- train, saying '"Keep your chickens at home." We don't know what kind Claud -- McQueen of Chicago spent Sunday at N.: F. Busch's. " Mrs. Caroline Busch was a caller at the Crestmore Saturday night. . The wind and rain storms of Friday and Saturday nights did thousands of dollars datnage throughout the county, more than half of the corn being a loss; also the oats that were out in the field were spoiled to a great ex-- tent. Farmers say they don't know how to cut the corn, as it is so badly tangled and twisted: on the ground that no machine will cut it and horses must trample on corn at every step. _ 9. After all, the potential wealth of the country is in her toil. <'Those near-- est ot it have first chance. --Knowl-- edge is the best tool to use'in digging. The people of this vieinity greatly erjoyed --the--sermon b{nm Rev. Mr. Flilerbraker, Jr.. of Arlington Heigh*s, at the Evangelical Lutheran church last: Sunday. _ We wish to have bpim with us ofter,; or better still, continu-- ously, as h eis a very nice speaker and has a promising future. He will be with us again next Sunday, when he will preach in English Hear him and make him welcome. i 4. Other business has not been "all profit." Jt is not at all ceéertain that "your boy" could even make a living in the already crowded business ton-- 5. Mr. Farmer, you want your boy to be a leader--there is plenty of room for leadership on the farm. 7. There are compensations in rural life other than money profits, Mrs. E. Bunton and Al, Jr., were business callers at Libertyville Satur-- day afternoon. Miss Alite and Pwo of ber girl friends returned with them. Cella®Kranig and Florence Johnson of Libertyville--spent Saturday night and Sunday at the Crestmore Farm, re-- turning to Libertyville 'Mohday. 8. Who 'do yow want to turn your farm to--your boy or a--city stranger? _ Alice Bunton spent the latter part of last .week in Libertyville with ber sisier. & femerice . George Volz purchased a gasoline engine to pump ter and run the washing wh:m.ght'l the berries, George; take life easier. of chickens was meant, but the party found who the anonymous sender was and consequently is not worried over the matter. Some folks here reCeived a great scare during the terrific wind storm. for refuge, a large tree fell over on the house, causing them go think the cwelling had uvos in. * . THURSDAY. AUGUST 16, 1923. The English sparrow is some good cleaned a patch of cabbage of all the worms, and kept it clean all that gum-- mer and fall -- A large patch of cab-- bage had+become infested with the destructive cabbage worms© and the owner became aware something must be done, but ere she got time to --go.to. town to get refreshments for the hor-- &unu-. she discovered a large mmh- of sparrows hovering over a patec of the cabbage and upon closer obser-- vation discovered they were picking off the worms and devourng them. In a few days all the worms were eaten. This year the cabbage is in good con-- dition and nothing was done to keep off the woring. We presume the spar-- rows are o nduty, although we hadu't time to--closely observe their acts. Emil Geest was a business caller in | Wheeling SBaturday night and he didn't get back till after the heavy nlnull.t He said the roads looked lHike a river nearly all the way home. { Aug Greve hauled a truck load of eoal to Deerfield. _ His assistant was Ray Busch. . 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1@ 0 A.¢ a a 9 + @ INDEPENDENT.The Big Weekliv @ 00 00 70 0 0 00 0 3 3 0 9 © Al Bunton, Jr., was a Libertyville caller Monday. . Clarence Busch and Rob Bunton were employed by E. Geest the latter part of--last week unloading black di-- amonds 'and tile. Ray Busch add family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Busch and Rob Bunton are stay-- ing at the N. F. Busch home. Emil Geest, Geo. Pfister, Wm. Frill-- man, and Chas. Schley were specta-- tors at the ball fame in Area Sunday. George Volz, Mrs. Ella Knopf, Mrs. Erben Rebhm'and Mrs. Frank Horcher motored to Arlington Hiights last Sat-- Mrs. Geqrge Pfister was a caller in Loug Grove rmpy. Chas. Utpadel and Aug Grewe were callers at Mrs. Caroline Busch's last Thursday. ; + . Mrs. Pfister had a fall down cellar, and met with slight inojuries. out of the hoapital. He and George, Jr., motored from the city out here to call on friends Friday. * Miss Kraml of Chicago was a visitor last week at the home of Peter S'evers and other homes in our vicinity. Max Miller and family were busi-- ness callers at Long Grove last Friday evening. . Mr. and M Andrew Marinni of Highland P&wefi- callers at the George Sturm home Monday. ° Mrs. Andrew Marinni--was a caller at the home of Mrs. Caroline Busch Monday. ; Mr. and Mrs. Lanfenberger were vis-- itors at George Sturm's Sunday. A. Bunton, Sr., was a business--caller at Prairie iVew Saturday. A bunch of base ball fans motored to Wheeling Sunday in search of a game, but falled, as there was none. © Ited "'Wednesday with Mrs. Caroline Busch. . George Weimer is again able to be LIBERTYVILLE PASSENCER STATION Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee R, R. Co. Trains from Libertyville connect at Lake Bluf with 4: 11 P. M. and 9:11 P:; M. 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