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BREEDERS' CARDS Two Cent! a Word Each Insertion. * special »af toy tH» Tear. pure WHITE BOCK cockerels for sale from best breeding strains Prices reasonable; correspondence solicited, to. A Aeschliman, R. F. D. No. 3, Colfax, Wash^ . —— CATALOGUE PBEE of the best Brown, White and Buff Leghorns. Black Mi norcas B P. Rocks and Buff Cochin Bantams Fred A. Johnson, 518 S. 35th St., Tacoma, Wash. WHITE HOLLANDS for sale. —Have a few White Holland toms to dispose of at reasonable prices. White Prince, the sire of our flock, weighs 30 lbs. Eggs for sale in season. J. F. Chapin, R. F. D. No. 1, Clinton, Wash. up the stomach of the hen. When chickens have their wings dragging, and their feathers point the wrong way they are not well, generally suf FINE RANCH LANDS CHEAP smfflM\ /%K&*ffiB RFIrrNTrHAM J We are selling tracts of 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320 or 640 acres of Western Wash- ""/'^Sl \^d^^ nAn ' ingtn land located in Snohomish county, between the Great Northern railway ' WW/vHP^V. and Port Susan on Puget Sound, and situated'on the Stillaguamish river 12 tS Il^4lV AN miles from Everett, 40 miles from Seattle and a like distance from Bellingham. ': I V There are altogether 7,400 acres in one body, which was secured at a low figure. C^ We are able to subdivide it and sell tracts for from :^ipfipi||W-\y i - $12.50 to $15.00 Per Acre I M(p^^^^^ y;^^ On Easy Terms •' |m!|jSl \| 111 I/^V^ Purchasers receive with their deeds and abstracts an absolute guaranty . Wf7il\yOl HP CPt^ \> from the Thomas Cedar Mill Co. that they will be paid in cash liberally for cut ll\^N\^*iT|f 50 r*. „ >' (■ tine- and hauline of shingle bolts on the land they buy. The going rate for this lIILA ILrM rn7^ mVER/iO/t wofk Tssl 50 to $2 00 per cord, according to distance from the mill. There are W/J/m WMt^^mJlP /£ a large number of forties which have between 300 and 500 cords of cedar fgZ^JJjjl jl^^^ls^as^M enough to pay for the land. W^oA^^^^^l This Proposition Practically Amounts to P^^in^^^fe^ ■ FREE LAND l^S^^W M >jW3& A - This body of 7,400 acres was carefully selected by ourselves and is in the |ii^V^§i^ WWtte^l^rß^ region known to contain the best agricultural soil on the coast—adapted for all &&dsTjyoxnM^ 11^%^^, HI kinds of vegetables, dairying, poultry raising, the growing of small grams, fruit moJ^ro^^hM^^!^^^^) T ' * culture, etc. Western Washington is the farmer's paradise. It has no droughts ■mmlfS^^^^^^M^^k \ 1 no destructive storms, and no extremes of temperature. The soil is virgin and • %{(imm\m[( 111 ■«J» ) WARYS- rich; crops are sure and big, the markets unlimited and the best prices for all W\M IL^^^^mZ J£r^/LLE Wndß of produce are to be had. The climate promotes longevity of life and the t» w £ B^^li^^^» *"* sr<™inscities demand chickens' eggs-and butter> and win take all you c iar^^^WfeK^S Excellent Transportation Facilities e^m . -1 Please take note of the proximity to the greatest water highways, which af e*>3M^l i™ W^mrft' \ ( % fords you the lowest possible freight rate on the things you buy _ and on the pro- G\ «ffi^iy% W^W//M/^ \ ) / ■ duce you raise. Steamboats for all Sound points are conveniently scheduled and $j> MW^ RTV mlf/f^ I [ ( there are two railways within easy access. You get all the advantages—and M /f^f K/^To^^JmMs£l>MO/im \\ can buy the land at a price and on terms that lack comparison. If"i^KM ™sis Your Opportunity Sli^ A Ml \ffi\mmlissL P^' V ■ Never again will you have such an opportunity. The price is very low now, If M lh <Jft\H\vß^K ::::: f 1 i but within three years it will be trebled. To those who are ambitious to get a ill i\ lM'^^l:;;:- ?<\kAmF( home of their own there has never been offered such an opportunity as this lßn\ WA Wxf^^^^'-JrV^Y^l You pay down a small sum and set to work for yourself, building a home that '^wJrki^Jffim \/ / will support you royally from the time the first crop is harvested CfiAßLESToi^^f / vJ Send to us for pamphlets and fuller particulars; or arrange to meet us on McGRAW <8b KITTINGER. It 259 Colman Building, Seattle ferring with diarrhoea. The reason, he says, is that they are fed too much grain, generally grain alone. The rem edy that he has found never to fail is to mix boiled potatoes and cracked wheat together and they will come out all right. Farmers' Institute Season Opens. The State College of Washington has arranged for two sessions of farmers institutes to be held previous to the meeting of the state dairymen at Bel lingham. One of them will be held at Spanaway on December 18th and the other at Custer on December 19th and 20th. Mr. F. Walden, horticultural editor of The Ranch, will address them, if he is able to attend, and Ira P. Whitney, dairy instructor at the State College, and Prof. E. E. Elliott, agriculturist, will be there to speak. It is Prof. Elliott's opinion that these will be the only meetings of this kind THE RANCH. 4^HORE EGGS-LESS FEED^ MM H^Phrey IST' Cutter m$M bwWM doubling yonr oppr yield. IVa the only open hoy'P« £or>£ fB&fR HI H^HMB to rut m<iror i>"nVjn tinio, with loss labor and in better phapo W^/^^^vMß ■ 1 ■i'tK^Hf 1 tan any other bono cutter, or your mMiey back, ndnmuo Vi^^A V Wiw p_pp Triil lfyo"wnntlt- Bon(1 t°Uay for bandßomo V'JB^Wy CHAS. H. LILLY CO., Seattle, Wash. Portland. Or*. >^B*«pHMr VBilv The nUMI'IIHF.Y RAPID CLOVKU CUTTKR cuts ni.irp t .rapldlyi **^B§r moreoaßiiy and Uner than any other. Ask about II that will be held on the west side of the mountains this fall, under the au spices of the State College. The Farmers' Institute association of Skagit county has decided to hold a series of meetings at different school houses throughout the county, wth a view to awakening interest in the work and aims of the farmers' .in stitutes. One year ago this association held similar meetings throughout the county and they proved very success ful. The first meeting to be held this winter will occur at Avon, in the ex treme western part of the county, on Friday evening, December Bth. A good program has been prepared, which in cludes the subjects of organization, dairying, agriculture in the county schools and balanced rations^ 11