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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25
MerinO sheen.

Merinos are the only breed that can
be u in large focks or will bear
crowding. and right here is where the
mutton breeds will strike a snag,
writes Jacob Funck in the Homestead.
They will not thrive if kept in large
fiocks. Again, you can keep more of
the fine woods on the same feed; it re-
quires no more grain or grass TO make
a pound of meat or a pound of wool
on one sheep than on the other; the
fine woods are much more docile than
the mutton breeds and much easier
cared for, and in times of short pas
lures they will live and thrive where
the latter will starve. We have heard
this cry of mutton sheep before.
About the close of the war the same
cry of mutton sheep and combing
wool was heard all over this broad
land, and everybody had the Cotswold
craze, but later fine woods came to the
front as they will surely do again.
We are liable to run into the extremes
in these matters, and then We must
call a halt and take account of stock,
and for this reason we want to say to
our fine woolbreeders, go slow. We
have seen many cross their fine woods
with mutton breeds to their sorrow.
For the man who only keeps a few
sheep along with other stock mutton
sheep are all right, and they do well;
but for the man with large flocks 1T is
quite different, as some will learn by
sad experience before the craze is
over.
II won't do for everybody to run in
the same channel. Our manufacture
ers need the different kinds of wool
and must have them, and if we do not
produce them they will be imported,
cost what they may. A few general
principles should be kept in mind. IL
is as great folly to keep them for wool
alone: wool and muttons must go to-
cether in order to be more profitable.
Our markets will only consume about
so much mutton, and when that de-
mand is supplied and there is a sur.
plus, down goes the price in spite OF
our boasts of the good qualities OF
mutton, and right here is one great
drawback against oar producing all
the wool consumed in this country.
Our markets will not absorb so much
mutton. We have not yet learned TO
eat it, and while the long woods may
perhaps produce a superior mutton,
The fine woods when well fattened are
no drug in the market, and if fully
ripe viii bring about the same price
per pound. Another point that is
often overlooked is the fact that hne
wool sheep, il kept in small focSs'
with plenty of room, will not be mucn
behind the long WOODS IN weigho Oh
carcasses as many would have us pc
lieve, while the long woods, or mutton
sheep, if kept in large focks, soon be-
come diseased and will not thrive.
Therefore, we repeat the advice-go
slow in making any radical changes.
With new beginners, who only wan. a
few to run with other stock, 1t is qul'e
different.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25
Improved Potato CuItnro

The potato crep is the most imnor-
tant farm product on small places that
we have, and more intensive farm;nm
is devoted to their culture than 70 y
other n thing. Corn occunies tbs
nrst place, with wheat and grain next.
but both of these crops demand LARGE
acreages to succeed well. Therefore,
potatoes on small farms stand pre,
eminent, especially if the fields are
close to cities and markets, and the
land is well adapted to their culture.
The improved potato culture is in
tensive farming. 1t has been clearly
demonstrated that more and better no.
tatoes can be raised from EIGHT acres
Of land where intensive methods are
used than from ten acres of Indifferent
culture. A small quantity of suitable
Ian is all that n requires, but this
must be worked thoroughly. First the
soil must be suitable. A deep, rich.
black sandy loan soil is the best. and
here, if drainage is good, they can be
grown t perfection. Heavy clays pro-
duce coarse, watery potatoes; low,
rich, wet soil makes soggy potatoes,
and all heavy, unsuitable soils iniure
the products in some way. Potatoes
like a cool, moist soil, but not a water
soaked one.
The right mechanical conditions of
the soil must then be obtained through
careful blowing, narrowing and gen
farms will necessarily always be more
valuable than Western their deprecia-
ton must cease. if it has not already
done SO, and a fresh advance must set
in.
AT the same time the development
of other industries goes on so rapidly
that the demand for all farm products
must more nearly approach the supply.
We have always raised more grain and
other food than we could use, and have
exported the surplus. Rapidly as our
cities and factories have grown, our
farms have grown still more rapidly,
but presently this must change. The
great cattle ranges are being broken
up. A more careful and scientific style
of farming is taking the place OF the
wasteful methods of the past. We are
soon going to consume more nearly all
we raise, and the old prosperity is GO
ing to return to the Eastern farmer as
well as the Observation-Disclosures, NJ
Y EruLe
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25
Value of Grass as a Fertilizer.

Did YOU ever stop to think to esti-
mate the great value OF grass! cah ID
be done in dollars and cents! lake
America with her millions OF acres oi
rich meadows, broad prairieS, I9r'iie
eral pulverizing of the soil: The
nred field should be plowed down elght
or nine inches. This work shoulu oe
done very early in the spring OF IN
mid-winter. When the ground can pe
worked well, harrow and plow again;
which will help to mix the SOIL anu
manure thoroughly. When the pota,
toes are in the ground scatter 2oo
pounds of nitrate OF soda over
fields, which will make the plants
grow rapidly. TINS is not a waste Oh
manure nor of fertilizers, Tor the Po.aa
toes require heavy fertillzinS' anu
after the CROP is gathered IL leaves .no
soil in good condition for some o'nef
The seed potatoes should be kept
brougb the winter in dry, cool places
where they cannot sprout. Inc pes.
crons are obtained from seed potatoes
where the ewes are kept dormant uh.il
nIauted- Cut the seed potatoes TO one
or two ewes. and cover them four OF
five inches deep. The dwarf potatoes
will bear close planting. but the RANK
tinds would die under such treatment.
The early kinds should be planted IN
dr;Ils three to three and a q Zee.
apart, and eighteen inches apart in in the the
raws The early kinds should be put
in the ground early in APRIL i u M Pos-
sible, and the late in the middle OF may
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

which Ieacn OF the gram croo
Whien otherwise would remain /. oIop,,
oonuition OF the soil. Tba oa iost
pants take nitrogen from Tho olover
phere, and manufacture their own nos
stance, which, on the eomnos: suo
the 0 roots and leaves nneaph Oh
an abundance of ammoni, p'oouces
= gaowlng OF clover is equivalent !,
Wan guano!" Win feru-
Besides this, they shade the sol, ga
amPro'e IL greatly for the foIIow;na
crop. The clovers seem to abonna ~
al parts OF the world-from cold Ci
pcIia 10 the far South. They arc mn,
win IN every country in Enrone amS
IN every state in the Union W.
they flourish best on n I;mo-snile
,hey seem to grow anywhere on Ill
barren wastes, sand and graveIlv saS'
MS wen as moist, wet localities $780,
varieties are adapted to the Nor,h ons
west "hlle others to the Soutb and
warm sections. This is natnro's :;
grass and clover growth-natnroI Ill
OF Iertlllzing the soil. Means mar =,
dlherent-and of these the most 10
mon is the distribution of barnroms
,aahars over WORKOUT soils. Now
here comes into play again the yalne
OF ne grass in the shape of hay. What
hero OF castle, or horses, or sheep can
be wintered without hayp Indeed
without grass culture the cattle int
rest could not exist. And without the
manure derived from the barpyards
modern farming could not exist
Therefore, the larger your cut of grass
n forage matter the larger viii he
your herds, the richer will your Lands
pee iertiIlzed and the more profit
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25


aNamc! Name Who was it? Liar!
Sneak! Traitor! Fire him out! He's
an enemy to home industry! Kill him!"
"What do you mean, sir?" gasped
the Chairman, absent'miIGedly pocket
ing the coin. "Do you stand there be-
fore this convention and assert that
Gen. Smith gave you this money to vote
for him?" :,
sNo, don't" answered the purist
from Esmeralda, glaring back undaunt-
ed at the sea of furious faces.
"Did any one known to you to be
Gen. Smiths agent or friend give 1T to
you?"
: "Well that's neither here nor there,
and | don't allow it's none of your bust
ness, nohow, I've give you the money,
hain't 1? That's square, amt it?"
"But why do you come here with TINS
money and make such n statement 10
this convention?"
aBecause I'm an honest sir!" ex-
Stained the upright old pioneer, his
ewes blazing and his face illumined by
aglow of high enthusiasm that awed
the turbulent mob into silence. lean
do better on the other side! They've
bid five hundred"
Cheer upon cheer went up and shook
the hall. Men crowded round the old
man. wrung his hand and slapped him
on the back. :.
aTbank God said the Chairman, in
a voice cholxed with emotion, true
manhood still permeates the grand old
party in the battleborn State. And vet
thew call this a rotten borough!"-San
Francisco Examiner.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25
Pencil of the Artist.

Illustrations may be divided into
two groups: First, those which depict
and customs and the life OF
men and beasts; second, those in which
mems thoughts and creations already
given to the world in another form, as
In literature and traditions, are taken
and used as subjects by the artist:
While it may be true that a good deal
Of the current illustration is inferior,
it serves a useful purpose in the prop
agation of a love of art among people
who would not without it see any
whatever worthy of the name. WOOD
cuts and photographers from h de-
sions of competent artists, in the Illus
trated papers and magazines, are far
better food for the people IN homes
distant from the art centers than the
cheap chromos and cheaper steel en-
cravings that used to be about all
there was in such houses in the way
of pictures of any description.
In our own country at least, aaos
Scribner's, it is indisputable that more
has been done through the medium OF
illustrated literature to make the
masses of the people realize that there
is such a thing as art, and that II Is
worth caring about, than in any other
way.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25
1T Is A CANARD.
Origin efthe Expressive Word Founded on
"A Hoax.

u VI tio WIN uIleSu VII
a Hoax.
You often declare that some 31oat-
ing piece of intelligence is a 'canard"
without hardly knowing why such a
word should be applied to an
unfounded story. The word itself is
the French for duck" and was first
used in its present sense in the latter
part of the Eighteenth century, hav-
ing its origin in a gigantic hoax.
About that time French, German and
English papers were straining every
nerve to see which could publish the
most sensational items. The writers
ransacked the earth, ''the sky above
the earth, and the caveTns beneath
the surface" for material OF which to
found extraordinary stories. At last,
CorneliSon, one of the Paris compet-
itors, stated that an interesting
experiment had just been carried out
in that city which proved the extra
ordinary voracity of ducks (canardS).
Twenty of these fowls had been
placed together one morning, and at
an appointed hour of the number
was killed, cut into small bits, feath-
erS and all, and fed to the other nine
teen. Fifteen minutes later No. 10
was hashed and served to the remain
ing eighteen in the same manner.
The experiment was commenced at I
o'clock in the morning, the expert
mentors regularly "hashing" a duck
every fifteen minutes, and at a quar-
ter to II (noon) there was but n
duck remaining in the pen, and he,
of course, was placed in the position
of having eaten his nineteen compan-
ions. The story, pleasantly narrated,
obtained a success which the writer
had not even anticipated. Before the
end of the year it had run the rounds
of all the prominent journals Of
Europe, and had even been trans
lated into India, Chinese, japanese
and other Oriental languages. When
it had been all but forgotten the
American papers took it up and gave
it many am~plifications, including the
certificate of the autopsy of the last
surviving duck, which was declared
to have been swollen out of all pro-
portions, and to have his esopha-
gus badly injured. For many years
afterwards the story of the 800
canards" was a common laughing
stock, and the word itself has ever
since retained its novel significance.
Thos. e. Watson of Georgia, who
has created the rumpus in Congress,
is tall, lean and lantern-jawed, some
thing ola wit and one of The reaGiest
takers on the floor of the House. He
ic 9f vaarc old q lawvap nv nrafaccinp
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25
AN HONEST NEVADA DELEGATE.
He Refused with Scoru the Paltry Bribe
That was rendered Him.

Tat Was rendered Him.
In Nevada several years ago, an
Esmeralda delegate-a TIL, long-bcard-
ed venerable man, wearing s~pectacles
and IN air of responsibility such as is
seldom aconired in the s~agcbrush-
walked up to the desk of the Chairman
of the Republican State Convention and
created a tremendous sensation. The
fight for the Gubernatorial nomination
was hot and close, and as both the
aspirants were wealthy, Doodle was in
the air, and elsewhere.
"Sir, " said the Esmeralda delegate,
with stern solemnity, slapping fifteen
$40 pieces down on the table, Il want
you to take charge of this yer coin.
That ere money was give to me last
night to cast my vote for Gin'ral Smith
for Gov'nor!"
Half the convention involuntarily
thrust its hand in it's pocket and then
all of it rose as one man and yelled like
beast of prey about to be bereft of beef
that had Just been tossed into the cages
by their keepers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25
The Value of Farms.

Y. Dolr, IN the N. /. Irt0ure,
thin The last eight months / have
e extensively through the states of
fork, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
gzn. Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kan
q Nenraska. In conversation with
leos OF farmers and business men in
sse Of these states have learned that
raact Is nearly unanimous that land
ssn Increasing in value steadily for
sSo years past"
. general assertion of Mr.. Horn
eked up by specific statements
VARIOUS states showing that the
nee In price runs from S. to SIS
sele. and that it is apparently
~ throughout the whole country.
f1aEr, however, admits that no
nae ty travelling through a coun-
Gan see and reach enough people
n an opinion on so important a
{ mat will be accepted as con-
are inclined to think not only
hf. horr is correct in his obser-
'as' but that this country is on the
: an era OF agricultural prosperity
= mas never before been known,
- us belief we know that we
Me concurrence of many we'll
.a'ea men. The reason for the
1ssfoh OF farm values heretofore
- ,he opening up of vast tracts
vest to cultivation. Where
,ouia De raised just as successful
Iana that cost s1.25 per acre, or
ppuld De had under the home
Jaw Tor nothing, as it could on
~ cost 800 per acre, it was not
: mat anybody should be will
"a! .he latter price, and it had
s'ne down. And the mighty
,vp'nent OF our railroad system
soagh the West SO close TO the
shat It has become able TO COM
I'm me East in almost all other
saurai products as well as corn.
se 81 The distress among farm
NV oeen SO much the decline
- received for their products,
prices have been quite as well
'aeu as those of other articles.
;.,;ss zen mainly because of the de-
MN a IN the selling value of the
ss;a And now the cause of this
II, is rapidly passing away,
soon cease to exist. The
IT, ceupled land is nearly taken
-ae mighty rush of settlers when
~ .essersation is opened is proof
81 us n already exceeds the
q homestead act, which
I savtedly a most valuable thing
.ss mas completed its useful
should be repealed-will be,
I'M rai course of events, before
sds Land values at the West
uce; as Mr.. Horr saws they
are advancing. and as Eastern
and valleys covered with
s'sen verdure - called grass.
i; worth TO america? With
i'eh growth, this continual
element of the soil, what
ue'' tree or vegetable would
s;,son might flourish a few
~ aou' II, bnt then the nourish-
uhe Sell would soon be ex-
and nothing would replenish
a ! PC come TO grass aud clover
fes.;uuation of all agriculture.
eullzing line this is especially
r;sser. In fact. the struggle
er;cn.. without them would be
s s.ss % contemplate. They fur
wealth of forage for soiling,
- ,e' Tor hay. while as a land
a. ncy have no equal. We
On the subject:
~ sao are practically acquainted
- subject must have seen that
H. op OF wheat are produced
preceded by crops of clover.
70 the conclusion that the
IS preparation, the very best
crop of clover. A vast
a. mineral manure is brought
4.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25
+ THE FARaER.
nr,vcr Must Know fl,
Exce.-Thc Future
value of Farms
,serino sheep From q
-. Thcm-yaiue OF Grass
Fertiiizing Agent.
c.od Conditions Produce
p.sults In Raising Pota-
s,odips Our Farms East SC.
po,ats on Driving.

-..;ors are essential for the
rnow. and which not 10 per
~ drivers Of the present day
First, how to harness the
.,5 how to hitch him to the
.s;rd how to sit to look well
~ came iimeride comfortably;
how % held the lines. OF
masters of the situation,
tro.ting horse and how to
I'm The Russians come nearer
! those of any other country,
~ to educate and train the
20 they would have to take a
as England had TO do with
roughbred.
%.-5sss must be kept clean,
I'M Greatly remove the danger
= snd particularly the saddle,
prOpcrly cared for and the
,he horse well washed with
4 water when it is removed,
lie no danger of soreness
The bride is the hardest part
.sas 70 fit nicely, and when that
[nplished one great and often
yake is very often made of
q the throatlatch too tight. 1t
the windpipe, and as the horse
dong be drops bis nose a little,
handing the throat. breathing
st every stride, and finally
3 completely. staggers and falls.
the strap loose enough for you
faur hand between it and the
xitiaut touching either. There
no danger of the bride coming
The draft is always backward on
inc check and lines, and the
browband prevent it from COM
= the head. II you desire TO
IA tie the animal to a post and
pcl;ned to rub his bride of. it is
rsuble to draw up the buck a
two, letting il out again when
3. TIE breast collar, also, should
drawn up too high, as that will
affect the breathing. Let it
10 Just to the lower point of the
ma hsye the hip straps of a
that vii bring the b~reeching
|on . line with it. The thill
th0Gld also be on about the same
kitching to the wagon another
1 mistake is often made with the
kipy. How many times YOU will
River tryiag to get a little speed
| his horse that is obliged TO 90
be and hobbling along, simply
L be is tied up so tight that he
b spread himself. When stand
a the traces are Strengthened,
be about room enough for
b boy to crawl through between
brse and breeching strap. He will
zny YOU farther and faster, aad
With less effort. there being moth
J fret him.
liking your seat in the wagon do
. to lie down. like a lady in a
"a, but sit erect, allowing the
|of your back to rest against the
Ia. and bend a trifle forwaii.
The feet out against the rest and
! crawl under the seat, causing
ness to come in contact with the
Wrap the lap robe neatly about
I'D see that no part of it is hang
nt Of the wagon. When the lines
pit have the hands out TO carry
bow about three inches from the
not up under your chin, where
puld not shorten your hold in
y. neither have them extended
rs length, as. should your horse
little hoid, You can not pull as
Or as long. Rugged in this man.
lsss the Philadelphia Record, your
Is comfortable, you are ready
y emergency and comfortable
besides making a good APP
nee, which should be taken into
derstion, in this as well as in other
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

A wire trust down east gives it out
that its officers are all church mem
bers and it would probably like an
advertisement On the first page of the
Bible, next to reading matter. If
you must be robbed by a trust, patron
ize the one which can rob you and
recite the ten commandments at the
same time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

toes ou,d De understood that late pota-
so Gs are always more prolific in anv
IN anu thai if there is II difference
m.ne ground the preference shonld bo
gtSen TO the early varieties. They
WIZ need the richest ground nossihIc
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

She-"I notice that some Texas mar
says kissing is one of the natural
Sciences 1Ie-@Sort of an applied
science, eh?" Then he proceeded 70
apply it.-DctroH Free Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

Thos. E. Watson of Georgia, who
has created the rumpus in Congress,
is tall, lean and lantern-jawed, some
thing ola wit and one of The readiest
takers on the floor of the House. He
is SO years old, a lawyer by profession.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-20
wamic Items.
wAMIc, Dec. 20, 1891

WAMIC, Dec. ~, 1891.
Editor ofthe Chronicle:
DIR. Vanderpoel was in our midst Jan.
Sth calling on and prescribing for the
sick, which are not few at present.
Lydia Pattison and George Palmateer
are improving slowly.
Miss Edna Driver is recovering from
the stroke of paralysis which she re-
ceived some time ago.
At Sam Douglass house seven may
be seen, lying with the measles. Sam
Will tell you that they are quite enter
tanning but not one of the most pleasant
thinks he has had his share of sickness
for while. His oldest son Walter,
while attending school at Mammoth,
was taken quite i'll with typhoid fever
not more than year ago, and this fall
his son Buford was taken with typhoid
fever and now the rest of them have the
measles. He says that if he survives
these and Mckinley is nominated for
president he will vote for him or die in
the attempt of going to the polls on Mr..
''Dudes" balloon line.
Asa Stogsdill has sold his interest in
the Wamic store to F. s. Gordon who
will move it to Tygh where he intends
to carry good stock of dry goods, groc-
cries, etc. F. Gordon will deal with
/ the farmers and will handle such of thei1
produce as is profitable and will also
keep a good supply of cord wood anc
shingles on hand, all are invited to cal
and examine his goods.
There has been several deer killed II
our settlement recently. Joe and And,
Kirsner and Frank Woodcock being th,
lucky ones. Uncle Toby received an in
! vitation of Frank, to assist him in de
vouring the ham of venison which h,
will be most likely to accept, as slic,
of venison cooked by one who know
just how to give it the richness of flavo
which makes it the most excellent of al
meat, doesn't go SO bad these days.
The snow has disappeared and j
seems so much like spring that we ar
: liable to take the spring fever, but neve
, the less farmers are jubilant over tn
prospect of good crop the coming yea
as the winter grain never looked bette
at the time of year. UNCLE TOBY.