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Thousand* of snUetaV mn say the first dose at FfUEEl BREATH helped tlftm; dreaded asthpurtxyinM were q«leUy re-1 red, the easy, pleasant FRKE ITH way. If you suffer agoniatnc asthmatic spasms--go to yoor drug- 'list and set FREE BREATH today! THOMAS P. BOLGER The Volo Sewing Circle met at the home of Mrs. Joseph Wagner Tuesday afternoon. They will meet next at the home of Mrs. A. Wegner. Mr. and Mrs. King of Long Lake spent Monday evening here with Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. George. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Passfield, Mr. and jMrs. Joseph Passfield and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller attended the card party and dance at Round Lake Monday evening, for the benefit of the St. Joseph church. Miss Hilda OeiFling of Waukegan spent Thanksgiving here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John OefFling. Mrs. Louise Jones spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Kitag at Long Lake. Mr. and Mrs. - Robert Paddock and son of Waukegan spent Thanksgiving day here with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Paddock. Mr. and Mrs. Qeorge Dowell and family motored to Elgin Tuesday. Robert Fisher of Waukegan spent a few days here with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher. Mr. -and Mrs. Martin Obenauf and family of Lake Corners spent Thanksgiving here with Mr. and Mrs. P. j Wagner. I Mrs. Jacob Wagner and Mrs. EL i Rossdeotcher were Friday luncheon ' guests at the home of Mrs. Frank Mo- | berg in Chicago. ' . Miss- Billy Waldmann of Chicago ' spent a few days here with her (grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. William ' Waldmann. I Mrs. William Wirt* and Mrs. Bruno Grimellie were McHenry callers Frijday- | Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Passfield and isons, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Passfield and I family, Mr. and Mrs. George Dowell and family were Thanksgiving Day ! guests at the home of Mr. and, Mrs. Frank Dowell in Elgin. i Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher and family and Mrs. Sarah Fisher were. Thanksgiving Day guests at the home visit them occasionally, and was danged happy. They didn t have a heap of money laid by, but they HAVE known Abner Harlow for years. He is one of those rare ( individuals who, at eighty, looks i ahead rather than behind. He lives in the futpre rather than the past. Though occasionally he does reminisce, and at sucuh times he often has a story tfto tell that is worth repeating. "We'll call this chap I'm going to tfeU you about 'Asa Darwin'," he began, "Just for convenience's sake, y'understand. Well, Asa, he never married. Romances, yes. *But nary a wife. Never felt the need of one. "Living alone, he growed into middle age and then ipto old age and pretty soon he come to realize the folly of not taking hisself a wife. Lodesome, he was. At sixty he got to be a querulous old coot, rheumatic and suffering from all kinds of pains and aches inside of him. He didn't figure-he had much longer to live, and the doctor agreed that this was so. * "Kind of pitiful in a way. Nearest of kin was a first cousin living down in Ridgefield, 30 miles away. .Cousin's name was Rufe Barclay, and he was three years younger'n Asa. Well, when Rufe heard about Asa's condition he come up to visit him one day, quiued the doc and then suggested that Asa come down to Ridgefield and live with him and "his wife. "Well, strangely, enough, Asa he thought the idea a good one. He was sick and lonesome, but financially independent, and he didn't have much longer to live. Sells his farm, he does, packs up his personal belongings and hikes off down to Rufe's. Now Rufe and his wife was mighty nice folks. They had two children to come and of Miss Edna Fisher in Waukegan. Marion Wirtz entertained a number of little guests at her home Saturday in honor, of her seventh. birthday anniversary* - Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stoffell and daughter, Marie, spent Thanksgiving in Chicago with relatives. Misses..Bernice Powers and LaVerne Stone of Wauconda called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank St. George on Sunday. Miss Vinnie Bacon wit* a Waukegan caller Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wright and daughter, Genevieve attended the in was satisfied, and when Asa come to live with 'em they treated him fine. "Then suddenly he took sick and was ordered to bed by the doc. He lay hoverin' between life and death for a month, feeling miserable and wishing he could die. But he didn't. He just lay there and become a burden on Rufe's wife. She waited on him hand and foot. Asa got to thinking what a danged useless life he'd led, never having any children, and being so ill-tempered, and he begun wondering why he was ever stallation of officers of the O. E. S.,1 born anyhow. at Wauconda Friday evening. " ! "The fact is, he fell to brooding. Mr. and Mrs. S. Krause of ChicagoHe figured if he could oitfy die he'd GEORGE BT.AKTK SERVICE On U. Si. 12 -- West McHenry, 111. spent Thanksgiving here with Mr. and Mrs. William Waldmann. Mr and Mrs. T. Siesser of Grayslake spent Fri<|ay evening here with Mr. and Mrs. L. Littlefield. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wagner, and Mr. and Mrs. E. Rossdeutcher and ! family were Thursday evening dinner iguests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Martini in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Maloy of Johnsburg spent Friday evening here with Mr. and Mrs. William Waldmann Matt Rossdeutcher and Mrs. Cora Walmseley of Round Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lenzen, Mr. and Mrs. E. Rossdeutcher and family, Mrs. Louise Jones and Herman Rossdeutcher were dinner guests at the home of Mrs. Louise Rossdeutcher Thanksgiving day. Farm Bureau News MANAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT FACTOR IN FAMM FSO^fFS Drouths ami prices paid for farm products have a direct effect upon the earning power of McHenry county farms, but the farm operator still has control of the biggest influences accounting for differences in earnings on farms in the same community and having the same markets and virginal soil condition, according to Fan* Adviser John H. Brock. Pointing out that many McHenry county farmers have an opportunity of bettering their farm income, Brock based his conclusion on a farm management stu^y of fifty-seven central Illinois farms covering the ten years of 1925 to 1934, inclusive. The study was made by the department of agricultural economics; College of Agriculture, University of Illinois. Nineteen of these farms realized average annual incomes of $2,890 a farm a year. Nineteen other farms, having approximately the same natural conditions and average size, earned average net incomes of only $1,166 a farm a year. A medium group of nineteen farms earned $1,995 a farm a year. The study revealed-that the differ ence in earning power was caused largely by the difference in the way the farm was organized with reference to such matters as choice of crops, amount and kind of livestock and to the care of the soil over a period of years. Records kept on farms in all areas of Illinois show familar differences in earnings, Brock said. AID CHILDREN'S HOME The annual drive for the benefit of the Children's home at Woodstock, is on this week with Frank Green as chairman, and any donations will be appreciated. Farmers are urged to join with city folks in contributing to the needs of the children for the winter and in helping the less fortunate we will become" happier ourselves. If you have no way of delivering your offering notify Frank Green or the Children's Home, Woodstock, and a truck will be sent to your home Saturday, Dec. 5. This is a worthy caasa in okr own community, Let's help. flatadsalsr Wans Ads bring results be mighty happy. It would, he thought, give him a deal of pleasure to know that the money he left could be used right well by Rufe and his wife. It made him unhappy because he couldn't die. "Another month passed and Asa got "no worse or no better, but he felt terrible because it occurred to him he might hang on for ten years and be nothing but a burden, and what if he had to have an operation and all his money vanished and Rufe had to support him? The outlook was pretty awful. "One day when he was feeling his worst Asa called the doc in and asked how long he thought he'd live. The doc looked serious and finally says, 'Asa, I'm gonna tell you the truth. If you're here a year from now, I'll be surprised ' "Well, say, that was such a relief to Asa he actually began to feel happy. 'Only a year!' he thinks. 'Well, by dang, I might as well make the best of it.' And from that day on he begun to get better. Within a week he was sitting up and three days later dressed and walking around. By dang, you never saw a feller recover so quick. Amazing. 'Only a year!' he'd say. 'Well, by jinks, that's fine, because I want to die and the money I leave will help out you folks.' "A year passed and Asa forgot all about dying. He'd bought hisself a plot of land nearby and was cultivating it and had become acquainted around, and really enjoying hisself. Another year come around and one day Rufe.^-Asa's cousin, caught hisself a cold. "It fettled into pneumonia, and, by dang, Rufe up and died. Well, that left things in a pretty mess. Here was Rose. Rufe's wife, left alone with Asa and no means of supporting herself. "Well, Asa he got to thinking it over and after a month or so he asks Rose to marry him, just for convenience's sake.. Well, Rose she thought it over, and said yes. she would, figuring, of course, that Asa didn't have much longer to live anyhow. "Well, by dang, they was married and went on living as before and were mighty happy together. Asa, he begun to realize what he'd missed all his life, which thus increased the spirit to live in him, about a hundred per cent. The children, they liked him right well and he liked them and Rose soon forgot her grievance ahd, well--so there you are!" I smiled. "But I suppose," I said, "that Asa did finally die?" "Why, shucks," said Abner,"'ain't you figured out what I'm drivin' at yet? Didn't I just say we'd call that jasper Asa Darwin for convenience's sake?" 1 I stared at him in amazement. "Good heavens!" I exclaimed, "your wife's name is Rose, isn't it?" And be grinned meaningly. Targes Farmers to Store Machinery Equipment Should Be Under Cover to Prevent Damage ' in Winter Time. By Prof. E- R. Gro»«. Agricultural Engineer, Rutgers University.--WNU Service. Thrifty farmers have long recognized the value of storing their farm machinery after its season of use is over in a shelter that protects it from damaging effects of the weather. Do not try to crowd machinery into a small space in the barn. Farmers who have tried to do this usually become discouraged over the extra labor of .taking down the machines and outside storage is the result. A simple structure of ample size which will keep out the sun, wind, rain and snow is all that is needed to hou£d the farm machinery. Framing that is well braced and a good foundation are Essential. Rogfing and siding may be corrugated galvanized iron. Doors must swing or slide freely arid be tight enough to exclude birds and animals. If high anjfl dry, an earth floor treated with oil is. not objectionable. The cost of upkeep for a piece of machinery is also greatly reduced when such tasks as cleaning, listing needed replacement parts on a tag tied to the machine, and repainting or varnishing to save the finish and prevent rust are done at the time of storing or in the winter. • RENGWOOD Vetch Aid to Orchards; Nee.ds to Be Inoculated Winter vetch is one.of the state's best cover crops for orchards under bearing age, says W. Rl Martin, Jr., of the Missouri College of Agricufr ture. It is not satisfactory in older orchards tjecause the shade of the trees prevents any large production of a cover crop. The most satisfactory seeding date is soon after' the late rains begin. Normjftly, the seedbed should We prepared well ahead of seeding time. Best results are obtained if the seedbed is firm and free of weeds. The vetch being a legume needs to be thoroughly inoculated before seeding. The use of soil in which winter vetch has been successfully grown is a satisfactory way of supplying this inoculation. When this is not possible, pure cultures of the proper bacteria can be obtained. The crop will reach its maximum growth in early May. At that time its greatest value as a green mahure drop can be secured by disking or plowing it under. By such a practice it is not unusual to secure a yield of organic matter equivalent to 15 or 20 tons of barnyard manure per acre. This will be in addition to the nitfdgen added to the soil by the legume. Facts on Milk Flavors Although there are many factors which may affect the flavor of milk by the time it reaches the doorstep of the consumer, there are only two principal causes of off-fiavors in milk at the time it is drawn from the udder. Perhaps the most common of these flavors is due to the feed eaten by the cow. Chief among the offenders in this group are weeds such as wild onions, ragweed, and bitter weed. Certain green forage and root crops such as rye and green alfalfa cause pronounced offflavors hi milk unless the grazing periods are properly spaced. Other green feeds affecting milk flavor are. cowpeas, beef tops, rape, cabbage, turnips and kale, states an authorityat the University of Kentucky. ' Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCannon and son, Loren, attended the golden wedjding anniversary of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Marble at Greenwood on Thanksgiving Day. Other visitors from here were Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jepson and daughters, and Mrs. Wm. McCannon. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Peters spent Thanksgiving Day with the former's parents at Belvidere. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Walkington and son, Paul, spent Thanksgiving Day with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rice near McHenry^ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frey and family of Deerfveld, Mr. and Mrs. W. Montanye of Woodstock, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Jackson and family of Solon Mills and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Olsen and family 'spent Thanksgiving Day in the S. H. Beatty home. Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard and daughter were visitors at Elgin Friday afternoon. Miss Shirley Butler spent from Wednesday until Sunday in the home of her uncle, Julian Butler, at Forest Park. --Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Simpson of Arlington Heights spent the weekend with the latter's father, Wm. Beth. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jepson, Rockjford, Miss Olive Jepson of Elizabeth iMiss Mildred Jepson of Evanston and | Mr. and Mrs. Roland McCannon and family of Algonquin spent Thanksgiving with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jepson. , Mrs. Woodford and daughter, Iva, of Park Ridge and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. 'McCannon spent Saturday at Elkhorn. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clay and fam- :ily or Rockford spent Sunday in the |Edd Peet home. Miss Edna Peet rej turned to Rockford with them after 1 spending the past few aa"s nere. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Doherty and son spent Thanksgiving Day with the letters' mother at McHenry. Mrs. Edgar Thomas and daughter, Hiley Jean, of McHenry spent Thursday afternoon in the Wm. McCannon home. The Home Bureau held a party in the C. J. Jepson home Friday evening. Prizes in five hundred were awarded to Lester Carr and. Clinton Martin; in hearts to Earl Klintworth and Raymond Harrison; inrcrftkinole to Mrs. Charles Peet and Mrs. C. J. Jepson. i Community services were held at the M, E. church* Sunday evening. 'The program was put on by the Ep- ! worth League. Rev. Morrill of Crystal Lake was the speaker. ! Rev. and Mrs. Collins spent Thanksgiving Day in the home of their son, Paul and family, at Niles Center. Rev. and Mrs. Collins spent Friday .in the home of their son, W. A. Col- : lins at Beloit They were accompanied home by their grandsons, Larry and David Collins. Mr. and Mrs. William Wurtzinger and daughter of Woodstock, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith and son, Arnold, of Harvard, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Smith and family and A. W. Smith ?pent Thanksgiving Day in the S. W. Smith , home. Mrs. Joe Schaefer and little son returned home from Dr. Brand's hospital Saturday evening. Mrs. Jennie Bacon spent Thanksgiving day in the home of her son, at Antioch. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Carlson and family are moving to McHenry. Thanksgiving Day guests jn the E. E. Whiting home were Mrs. H. C. Hughes of McHenry; Helen, Jean and Marjorie Whiting of Woodstock; Norma Waiting of Grayslake; Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cristy and Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Cristy and family. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Haldemann and son of Spring Grove called in the afternoon. Miss JUae Wiedrich and Mrs. Bernard spent Monday and Tuesday in Chicago. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cristy and Mr., and Mrs. Kenneth Cristy attended the funeral of their sister, Mrs. Ward Fallgatter, at Waupaca, Wis., Saturday. Mrs. Fallgatter, form* Cristy passed away Thursday after a two •ly, Miss Ma* at her hone < weeks illness, T death being due to a blood clot on tin brain. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Franten at* soils soent Thursdav afternoon in thi • Arthur Bishop and' homes at Carpentersville. • * « ^ Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bruce aiii •••': family were Woodstock visitors Sat* urday afternoon. c Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hawley and family spent Thanksgiving Day in tlM* D. C. Bacon home at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pearson spent . Thanksgiving Day with the latter* mother at McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Beck of Chic*- i go. Emily Hunter of McHenry ai^ Mr. and Mrs. Lester Carr and sons * spent Thanksgiving Day in tie Cha*,'^ Carr home. * <<•.% Flowers for Christmas Hothing expresses the beautiful Christmas spirit better than flowers. If you want to please, " Say It With Flowers." y For this season we offer for your selection Pom Poms, Chrysanthemums, Roses and Poinsettas. ARTIFICIAL wreaths and blanxsts FOR GRAVES Remember to grace the festive board on Christmas Day with a beautiful center of flowers. Place your order now. Free Delivery. J /"V McHenry Floral Co. M. W. Crouch, Prop. West McHenry Grinding Kafir Grinding is a profitable practice in preparing some feeds for consumption by hogs, but it apparently is not economical in the case of kafir, offered in self-feeders. C. P. Thompson, animal husbandry specialist at the Oklahoma agricultural experiment station, found it took 440 pounds of ground kafir to pro*, duce 100 pounds of gain as compared with 438 pounds of whole kafir. Moreover, there was practM cally no difference in the daily pains of pigs self fed on whole kafir rnd those self fed on ground kafiff Traveling State Fair 4 The Ohio state fair was first held at Cincinnati in 1850 and annually aftCT that at other centers in the state. But in 1874 the hitherto itinerant fair settled down in Columbus who* it rtiee hu ten hM. Ike Seven Seas When Kipling wrote about the Seven Seas he was probably thinking of the Arafura sea, Banda sea, Celebes sea, Floras Ma, Java sea, Sulu sea, rad Timor sea. Agricultural Hints Sweden's Royal Academy of Agriculture is 125 years old. • + • Ths hog cholera germ spreads with extreme rapidity from farm to farm. * * * California's 1936 lamb crop--2,- 339,000 head--is 6 per cent over that of 1935. • • • • More than 1*200 horsea--almost equalling the number of trucks for the purpose -- pull vegetable an|f. fruit wagons in New York city, i « • • •The United States lamb crop thif year is 9 per cent larger than last year.- Bruising is the moil important single defect found in potatoes on the market. • • • « Farmers in Massachusetts grow increased quantities of their forage needs on their own farms. * • • • Although this year's corn crop in Argentina is below expectations, it is the third largest crop on record. Malthu?, F.DgMah Economist Malthus, English economist, was born in 1786 and died in 1834. 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