The Ohio farmer . s with theproducing, the crop and stock raisingbranch. Illinois. Indiana. Kansas. Mich-igan, Minnesota, New York and Wis-consin are sending out to their insti-tutes, at state expense, lecturers on do-mestic topics. For several years manyof the Ohio local institute associationshave been trying to meet the wants oftheir farm housekeepers with abstractpapers by local ability, by securingnear-by speakers whose charges andexpenses were within the $ al-lowed by the state for local expenses,by subscription, or by admission feesat independent sessions, which had tobe held after
The Ohio farmer . s with theproducing, the crop and stock raisingbranch. Illinois. Indiana. Kansas. Mich-igan, Minnesota, New York and Wis-consin are sending out to their insti-tutes, at state expense, lecturers on do-mestic topics. For several years manyof the Ohio local institute associationshave been trying to meet the wants oftheir farm housekeepers with abstractpapers by local ability, by securingnear-by speakers whose charges andexpenses were within the $ al-lowed by the state for local expenses,by subscription, or by admission feesat independent sessions, which had tobe held after the institute proper be-ccuse the law forbids admission charg-es at state-aided institutes. It is ab-surd and unfair to oblige the instituteassociations to provide for this sort ofinstruction out of the pittance left ofthe $ after necessary local expens-es are covered: to permit the domesticbranch of the industry of agriculture(Continued on page 17.) Our Magazine Section LITERATUREPOETRYHISTORY andINFORMATION. The FARM BOY and GIRLSCIENTIFIC andMECHANICAL CLEVELAND, OHIO, JANUARY 18, 1908. The VanTilarcom Estate. Hy Helen Whitney Clark A fine old place, ladies, tho a littleout of a repair—a 1-i-t-t-l-e out—of—re-pair! said the agent, extenuatingly. Y—es, admitted Mrs. De Forest,doubtfully surveying .the roomy oldcountry house, with its neglected,weed-grown lawn and garden. It is,as you say, a little out of repair. A little! scouted Ermentrude, theeldest Miss De Forest. Why, its aperfect owls nest! The shutters of thebay window are half off their hinges,and the hall paper is fairly mottledwith the dampness! And the plaster in the parlor iscracked in a dozen places, chimed inthe second sister, Lollita. But its a delightful old retreat, ifit is a little out of repair, amendedBab, the youngest Miss De Forest, withall the enthusiasm of her eighteenyears. Bab, with her usual impetuosity,hadalready made her way all over thehouse, from cellar to garret, while hersisters an
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