The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-01-25

people are apt to think necessary.
How to Disappoint q Baiky Horse.
A Leominister farmer recently broke
his horse of a s'balky" freak in a very
quiet and las he claims, not a cruel man
ner. His horse is in excellent flesh,
and shows no signs of neglect on the
part Of his master. He drove him at
tached to a rack wagon, to the wood
lot for a small load OF wood. The animal
would not pull a pound. He did not beat
him with a club, but tied him to a tree
and "let him stand" He went tothe lot
at su, set and asked him to draw. but he
would not s~traighten a tug. II inside
up my mind" said the farmer, "when
that horse went to the barn he would
| take that load of wdDd. The night was
not cold. I went to the barn, got blan-
kets and covered the horse warm.
and he stood till morning. Then he re-
fused to draw. At noon l went down
and he was probably hungry and lone
some. He drew that load of wood the
and got another load before I fed
him. / then rewarded him with a good
dinner, which he eagerly devourad.
l have drawn several loads since. Once
he refused to draw, bnt as soon as he
saw me start for the house he started
after me with the load. A horse be-
comes lonesome and disconnected when
left alone. as much so as q person; and I
claim this method, if rightly used, is far
less cruel and is better for both man
aud horse than to beat the animal with
a club."-EFithburg Sentinel.
Clearing Up OurTlmber Lands.
In view of the urgent need of extend
edtimber planting in the prairie states,
for climatic effect and economic usas
the doubtful policy of clearing up and
~cultivating u natural timber belts
should haue the careful consideration
of our people.
A DIT OF s..tual experience may prove
more Convincing than whole pages of
Argument. About ten years ago / se-
cured forty acres of denuded timber
land in Benton county for the small
sum of five dollars per acre. As portions
of he surface showed sprouts of oak,
ash, elm and other valuable species of
timber s~pringihg up | determined to
hold the plat for a few years and let ma
ture take her own course in retimber-
ing it.
] AS"As 1Sasr HVtlu a. jouI1icy Ol Is uukus
Der of miles to note the S re and the
height of the timber covering the whole
lot. Thousands of the oak saplings are
from eight to ten inches IN diameter
and from thirty-iye to forty feet in
height. The timber on the land to-day
will sell for at least SIS per rcre, leaving
the surface as it was ten years ago.
While worth far more than this sum
to the owner, who can utilize the thin
nings FOR practical farm uses, permitting
the timber In the near future to attain
saw log size. its present selling value
makes fair income ($l 80 per acre each
Year. forthis class Of lands have little
| value for cultivation.
Thousands OF settlers have had .expe-
rience of this kind, yet the practice of
the majority of the owners OF the timber
lands has been to cut of the timber and
sell the land at q low price to thoNe who
are not able to purchase the higher
priced prairie land.
We should rave law excmpting from
taxation denuded timber lands permit
ted to grow up again. Ifthus exempted
for say ten years the attention. of our
people would be called to this lmpor-
tanS subject.-Des Moines Register. ..