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Show TBE AUTO AND GOOD ROADS At tho State Fair this Fall, next to llvo stock departments. It seemed to me more Interest was shown in automobiles auto-mobiles than In anything clso. I was surprised at the large number of manufacturers man-ufacturers who nro making machines particularly adapted to the needs of tho farm. Nearly one hundred different dif-ferent makes of cars were on exhibition. exhibi-tion. They ranged in price from $400 up to $1,000 nnd most of them ap-pared ap-pared to bo simple In construction and practical for every day use. The lower-priced machines arc built with hard rubber tires which obviated the trouble lrom punctures and tho ground clearanco is high enough to allow tho vohlele, to pass over any ordinary unevenness of tho country roads. Many women accompanied their hti.vbands while Inspecting the automobiles auto-mobiles and their questions showed that they wero already pretty well acquainted with tho vital points In the construction of tho machines. Ono dealer told mo that his sales up to tho oloso of tho fourth day of tho fair had been threo times as many as thoso of last year and five limes as many as for tho year 1909 He stated that the demand was not generally for tho low-priced low-priced machines but for a car that cost from $600 to $1,000 a serviceable service-able vehicle that would serve as a runabout for every day use and nc- commodate a family of four or flvo persons on occasions. I talked to many farmers at thcRo exhibits about the practicability of autos over tho ordinary country roads and most of them wero Impressed with tho necessity of improving tho highways, many of them saying that tho "good roads" movomont in their respective locality had received a remarkable re-markable Impetus since tho advent of the automobile. From my observation observa-tion I :im convinced that tho auto will be one of tho most powerful factors fac-tors In good road Improvement that has over been brought forward and with the moro general uso of these machines we may expect to see moro rapid Improvements In our common highways. B. E. L. A common goat will eat only one-eighth one-eighth as much as a cow, but will give jnoro than that proportion in milk, ltullor mado from goats' milk will not kcop and must bo eaten fresh from tho churn. In many parts of tho East goats aro being raised in larger numbers than ever beforo to supply milk and butter for tho very poor. It Is tho custom In Wyoming for owners of land, who rent their fields In the winter to sheepmen, to stipulate stipu-late In the agreomont that tho sheep aro not to bo bedded in ono place more than two or three nights, so as to spread the manure. This Is an excellent practice. |