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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
Beets for Mich Cows.

A bulletin of the Ohio agrieul-
tural experiment station gives the re-
suits OF experiment in feeding sugar
beets to mich COWS, made during
the past winter, with a summary of
two similar experiments, one made
by the station in 1889 and one by the
farm department. In the last named
experiment eight cows were kept un-
der the test for eleven weeks; in 1889
twelve cows for eight weeks, and in
1890, twelve cows for nine weeks, the
COWS in each case being weighed daily,
as we'll as their feed and milk. In each
of three experiments the cows ate
more hay and more total dry matter
when feeding on beets than on other
foods and in each case more milk vas
given from the beets than from the
other foods, but it is not yet demon
strated that the increase OF milk was
produced economically.
For twelve years records have been
kept on the farm now occupied by the
station, which shows that the aver
age yield of beets over this period has
been nearly sixteen tons per acre,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
The EaYly Girl,

Principal North of the graded
school at Plantsville, CT, recently
offered % couple of handsome trout
poles to be given as prizes to the two
pupils who should catch the first and
second trout after Easter. He had
his eye on. two bright curly headed
boys as the probable winners of the
prizes, and inwardly hoped for their
success. But the poles were not for
them. On the morning after Easter
two pretty girls of 20 rose from their
beds at'the first streak of dawn, don.
ned tall rubber boots, borrowed their
brothers trouting gear, dug a box oil
horrid angleworms, and Were whipping
a neighboring strealn before
the bright boys were out of their
cribs.
They were back in time for break.
fast, and an hourlater displayed their
catch, a dozen handsome trout, to
the astonished principal. Mr.. North,
however, was equal 60 the occasion.
In the presence of the assembled
school he complimented histwo smart
gil pupils on their ambition, alacrity,
and cleverness, and presented the
| trout rods to them. Then the school
eheered. The old maxim about early
rising has since undergone a revision
in Connecticut. 1t now reads thus
] 1.-THE early girl catches the trout
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
Two

A writer in May Gleanings describes
two home-madefe feeders as follows:
The first is a quart basin OF cheap
tamped ware with a 14-inch hole cutin
the bottom, into which a tube lis
soldered. The top OF the tube comes
to within x inch OF being even with
the top OF the basin. Now open the
hole in your honey board, or remove
packing and cut a small hole in the
quilt, over which place the basin 80
that the bees can come up through
The tube. Make a tube OF coarse pa
per and push it into the tin tube to
aid the bees in climbing up. Fill the
basin with syrup asfar as the top of
the tube, place. n float of cloth or
anything to keep the bees from
drowning. Now cover the basin W
with paper and make it as warm as
you please with packing. The bees
will come up and take that feed in
cool weather, and no openings have
been made to allow the m~uch-needed
heat of the hive to escape. -
The other feeder is made in this
way: Take q Mason quart jar. Break
the porcelain lining out OF the cover;
punch a dozen or more small holes in
the cover with IN awl. Now get a
piece of pine board, %x4inches square;
with an extension bit bore a hole
through it large enough to receive z
inch of the top of the jar. When tine
cover is on, filfthe jar Williamsburg.
Screw the perforated cover on tightly,
place the block over the hole in the
honey-board or quilt; insert the jar
and insert in the block; replace pack
ing, etc. The bees will suck the con-
tents out of the jar in one or two,
days, though OF itself it will not run
out. | think this is an improved,
method of using the Mason jar as
feeder. OF course they are cheap, as
you spoil only the covers, and every
one has empty Mason jars not in use
at this season of the year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
A Description Of vIotorla's Throne.

A Description of victoria's Throne.
The English throne used in thecoro-
iation ceremonies of the kings and
queens of Great Britain, is simply an
DID oaken chair of curious pattern
and great antiquity. Ages OF use lit
Is known to have been used in its
present capacity for more than 700
years) has made the old frame as
lsrd and as tough as iron. The mag
&c powers attributed to the old relic
hes in the sent, which isa large, rough
SANDSTONE. Ages before it wac trim,
med in velvets and gold for the use of
The Stuarts and the Tudors, it served
as a seat for the early kings 'of Scot
land; tradition even asserts that it is
the identical stone upon which the
patriarch, Jacob, rested his head the
night he had his wonderful dream.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
CRA1FIsH.
A FREQUENT Cause OF Breaks In the
Big Missi ssipp Leyees.

Whenever | hear, OF a break in the
levee down in my district. says a
correspondent OF a.St. Louis paper, I
know that pine chances TO one crass-
fish have cansedsit. The assertion
may sound Slightly exaggerated, but
it is fact. nevertheless, that the
devilish little craYfish work more
danger to- the: levees than does the
water. Ora big rise, when tho bed OF
the river is stretched from embank-
ment to embankment, the crawfish
burrowsi into the. leyees and live there
in the moist earth. They multiply
faster than mags6ts, and loosen up
the, earth worse than moles.
The levee may be completely sodded
with grass, and you see no external
evid6iice ofthe damage going on with.
in, but .when:the next big rise comes
you will see it. | have frequently
known the water to break through the
levee two or three feet from the top,
and.yQu can attribute to it nothing
but the destructive work of crawfish.
This was particularly true of the
break at Offut's in 1889, when a por-
ton, of the town Of Greenville was
submerged. The builder of the ievee
in the future. will have to take into
account tha fcrawfish as one OF his
most stubborn foes. &c
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
The Lavish Exnas. .

HH ~HEE.FaF ~
1t has got to be a serious question
what the Russian Jewish exiles are to
-A~~s - tH..
do. No country seems to want them.
Venezuela has just prohibited their
immigration, and the same difficulty
has been,found in Brazil, where. the
prejudice against them isso great, that
they have found life ntolerable. tits
reported that the car now wants
them scnt to Siberia. Germany re-
fuses to have them ever. pass through
her territory to q port of embarka-
ton, and probably halle million are
near the Russian border trying to get
out of that country Austria also re-
fused them passage. Thus far Eng
land and the United States have put
no embargo upon their coming.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
A Good Snake Story,

When the Georgia editor does tell a
snake story it is generally a good one.
A Georgia exchange is responsible for
the following: "Some years ago Judge
Sirmons was presented with a pet
snake. One day it swallowed an eight,
day clock, which could be heard to
tick and strike until it run down.
Shortly afterward the snake laid one
hundred eggs. On opening them he
found each to contain an open-faced
watch insgood running order. He
then fed itson large augers, and OBJ
tanned enough corkscrews to supply
the Baptist convention which soon
meets at Atlanta"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
A HORSE WITH A MEMORY.

The Old Hack Rene mbered His
Enemies as Well as His Friends.
Mr.. James .Earish, OF Winchester
street, sends me the following story as
told him by London cabmaH Many
years ago a friend of mine, a driver,
got the awfulest hiding, through his
horse having a good memory. IL
Nrame about in this way:
Zone nighs a fare hailed him on Pic
cadilly, and he drew up to the curb,
and he took him up, but when the
old gent got in the blessed brute
couldn't stir a peg, but stood like a
frozsn horse, its only movement be-
ing q trembling of the knees. This
naturally made WE'VE his name
was-savage, and finding the thong
was no good, he lost his temper and.
took the butt end OF his whip to it.
The gentleman he banged out OF the
cab when he said: "You inhuman.
scoundrel, what do you mean by
flogging a poor beast that way?, says
he and no sooner did the old crock in
the shafts hear'h hin than it turned its
head and. began 10 neigh anil whinny
just like talking. 1t knowed its old
master again, though it did not have
any eyes to see him, and the old ma
jor locked at the horse, and they
knowed one another.
81 forget how old he was-the major
/ mean-but he had I've off the box
before you could say knife, and went
at him with his bamboo stick till he
roared out MURDER and brought his
crowd around 'em. I've was going 20
play old Harry with the Major, but
his friends advised him different, so
he squared the matter by getting a
friend to take three teeth what tile
major knocked out to his house, say.
ing in a polite note that he wanted a
couple of pounds apiece for then1,,
and if the major would buy 'em the
old horse should be throws into the
bargain. That's how'they settled it"
Toronto Mail.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
a plssipated Dog.

l%you ever hear of a dog that
drink beer and go on sprees?
I've got one" said Representa-
onnell OF Madison County, as he
1shsd. his cob pipe from his
10 bag, "',es,. sub; it's n wafer
y, about two years old, and he's
sipated little rat. There are
ten saloons in Fredericktown,
by dog has the run OF them. He
E.dk up to the barkeeper and
ent his paw, and everybody
what be means by that.
gant beer?9 says the barkeeper.
1w-woM says the dog. who
Upon squats on his hind legs and
for the tipple.
Se barkeeper draws him a glass
ber, puts it between the dogs
and in. a few minutes the dog
sppea drop OF the beer.
Hl do rthat several times arday
bree days, when he swears on,
feu-eaRnot get him into a saloon
kEeek.
5st before / left home a spring
p was drivep-up-to nj house and
Eyotng fellows carried in my dog
III drunk.
[ere, mum, the boys to his
|ess, here's yer dog. He's on
he- spree.'
.d it wasa fact. He hadvisited
aany snlepns and the foam had
TO his Head. He Was a purity
log next day and was content TO
In at home. I'll have TO send
yvsft 10 Dwight ii he keeps on in
downward road to ruin. st.
> Rspublie.-
.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
Some Facts,

Corn planted in, rows three feet
apart in the row, one d to the stalk,
and 100 ears to the bushel, will give
100 bushels to the acre.
Starch factories should be built in,
all potato growing districts. Farmers
might do we'll to build and run them
on the @ cooperative plan. 81.
Keep your bees out as late .ins the
faii as possible, butsdo not be in a
harry to put them out in the spring,
ias there is nothing for them to
gather.
1t is said to. be a fact, and we be-
lieve the statement a be proved,
that the American people pay more
for eggs than they do for -four. Let
the keepers of the American hen do
their full duty, and she will need no
other.
: A great flax and hemp industry is
growing in Minnesota. Over 400 1000
acres were devoted to flax last year.
At Huronlake in southern Minneso-
TIA, $60,O 0O have been invested in a
hemp and tow mill, the owner Of which
grew so aclss of hemplast year to be
worked up in the mill.
E. 1t pays to give every SOW full pos
session Of a yroomy comparatively or
of a pen when she farrows,-a and she
should be placed in it two weeks be-
fore the event, that she may become
accustomed to her surroundings. 9th
erwise at narrowing times she will be
nervous-the thing to be avoided.
Ii a young tree is growing very fast
it will be best to head back half its
yearly growth, for trees that grow SO
rapidly r apt to get bark7bound
and split open; they blossom, but
rarely bare fruit, as the blossoms fall
off. To make such cutting back most
effective it should be done when the
trees are in full leaf.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
BE CONTENT

Life is short, my iriendl
Strive TO make il cheerful
Bright days dark will seem
II our eyes are fearful.
Do not waste your time
Brooding over troubles
That may prove OF last
Naught but empty bubbleS
Ifclouds obscure the sky,
Do not cease yours singing;
Better, far, to strive
To keep the joy notes ringing.
Dear, a clouded sky
Is no cause for sorrow:
The sun will brighter seem
When il shines tomorrow.
Every threat'ning cloud
Has its silver lining,
Behind the darkest one
The sun is ever shining.
Then, the clouds, though dark,
Bring refreshing showers,
g.. We're it not for rain
Earth were bare OF flowers.
From this thought, my friend,
3 May you comfort borrow.
Barren were II lives
Were il not for sorrow.
From the Housekceper
s -~" EHet A. --E--L-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
It Keep. Them Gnessing.

LoSDoN, Spccial-Anothcr effort to get
The government to fix the exact date of the.
l~is@2lu;ion of parliament was bliied in the
house t~oeifreLt-by Mr.. Balfour's court
sous but resolute c~sflalation that bl,si-
ness, even ii it was expedited IN the
house of'lords as i'm the house OF conmbns,
would not permit OF dissolution be ore
June % or 80. Ascending to a report cur
rent in The ministerial circles, Lord Sails
bury will not place q new programme be-
fore the country. but will rely chiefly upon
The denunciatign o home rule.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Be Cured.

by local applications. as they rannot reaeh the
diseased portion ofthe ear. TitIt is only one
way TO cure Deafness, and that - by c~onstitu-
t.onal. remedies. DeaSness Is Ncunsei by an in-
famed condition OF the mucous lining Of the
Eustaahian Tnhe. WheH this tnbe gcts iniiamed
You have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing.
and when 1t is entirely closed lHnfness Is the re
suit, aud unless the nhanma alton Uahbe taken otft
and this tube restored to its normal condition
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine eases out
OF ten are caused ny catarrh which ispnothing
but an infiRmedfondition of the Mucous surfaees.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
OF Deafness tce6sed by ettarrhl that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars,
free. E - 81
FL CHENEY & Co. Toledo. O..
Go Sold by Druggists. Toe. IS rta
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
Light In the Poultry House.

Alarge window admits more heat
and light during the day, but it ra-
dates the heat rapidly at night. One
of the most essential requirements in
a poultry-house is light, as the hens
will abandon a darkened house during
the daytime, no matter how warm it
is. Instead ofusing very large vim
dows, there should be small windows
on at least two sides, or in front and
at the ends, so as to render the house
light and cheerful in every part.
Another advantage of using a number
OF small windows IS that they are
cheaper than large ones, and the cost
is increased but little. They also ad-
nit the sunlight from all quarters
during the whole of the day, and aid
in o rapidly drying the floor,
should it be damp.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
"This man.is no fool my lord-h,
Growth Of Hair AFTER Death.

The growth of the hair and beard
after DEATH have been too often prov
EN- to be doubted, but the most re-
marka6fe case on record is probably
that OF a man named Haskell, who in
the year. 1868, died in Northfeld,
Mimi. During his life he had worn
only heavy black mustache, but a
few years ago, when his friends remov-
ed his body to another cemetery, the
coffin broke open and the face and
head were found to be covered with a
growth OF bushy black hair over two
feet in length. Such cases as this seem
to encourage the idea that the hair
has a lifefofits own apart from the
Observation-Disclosures
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
liz His Coffee.

1t is pleasant TO see innocence
established: by legal means, even
when the lawyer in the ase arrives at
q result involuntarily. "Now, sir,
| hope we shall have no difficulty in
getting you to speak up" said the
barristerin q loud, commanding voice.
Thus begins a!story related in an ex-
change3a:
81 hope not SIR" shouted the wit
ness at the top of his lungs.
How dare you speak to me in
that way?" cried the lawyer.
= Because I can't speak no louder,
sir" said the hostler. "
Have you been drinking"
Eyes, sir"
81 should inter so from your con
duct What haveyou been drinking"
Coffee" hoarsely Moderated the
knight -ofthe stable.
Something stronger than coffee, sir.
Don.tleok at me like that; look at
the jury, ,sirl Did you have something
in yotr coffee. sirH"
~ Yes, sir"
What was it?"
Sugar"
"This maa.is no fool my lord-he is
worse" stofmed the council. ..
Nov, SIR! turning to the witness,
'looK ut me. What beside sugar did
you takeinyour coffee this morning.
The .hostler collected his forces,
drew a deep, breath, and in o voice
that would have been heard half 81
mile away, beloved out
f"Aspoonl Aspoon, an nothin' elsel"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23

CAN YOU FIND THE WORD? There is a 3
inch display advertisement in this paper,
this week, which has no two words alike
except one word. The same is true of each
new one appearing each week. from The
DIR. Hartcr Medicine Co. This house
places a Crescent" on everything they
make and publish. Look for it, send them
the name of the word and they will return
You BOOK, BEAUTIFUL ~LITHoaRApHs or SAM
PLES FREE.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23

AMOS B. CARTER, of Elan, Pa, the
father of twenty-one children, cele-
brated his SOth birthday recently. He
was married but once, and his wife
died two years ago Upon her tomb
stone is this poetic Inscription, placetl.
there by Mr.. Carriers directions
''Some have children and some haps
none; here lies the mother OF twenty
one AIR. Carter is-a-very-ia theriy
old man.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23

OF the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup o fFigs, has a per-
manently beneficial effect on the human
system, while the cheap veg etable extracts
and mineral solutions, usually sold as
medicines, are permanently ininrious. De-
ing well-informed, you will use the true
remedy only. Manufactured by the Cali
iornia Fig Syrup Co.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
AMOS of 100 negroes in, George

AMoB of 100 negroes in, Georgia,
caught a black hend, pounded him to
a jelly, and then put him in a tub of
hot salt water, causing his death. 1t
was brutal and inhuman, but when it
comes into the list of Southern out
RACES upon negros, it may be well to
remember that the perpetrators were
not white men. fH
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
Thar amipent sIngger Pct. I

THAT eminent slugger, Pete Jackson,
was on hand at the Derby, and the
English sports lionized him to their
hearts content. All that he needs
now to make him a truly great man
ist meet II. r. III. the Prince oil
Wales. $50
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
WOMAN.

A woman is a funny thing;
She starts with but a dime
And shops all day. Yet strange to say
She gets home every time.
Yon do not understand how this
Can be. Yet wait until
NEXT month from every place she's been
You get a whopping biH.
Then, as you gnash your teeth, you will
In agony exclaim;
"A, Woman is a funny thing.
But she gets there Just the same.p
ua--Tom Mason in Cloak Review
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
X Ceese

tSNi'k SSSSO
The picking should be done in a
close room, as every breath OF air will
scatter the feathers and down. The
bird having been taken up, a long
stocking should be drawn over its
head and down upon the neck to pre-
vent its severe biting. The wings
must either be held or secured in
some way, as they are power
full organs and capable OF
leaving black and blue marks
where they fall. Tho bird might be
secured to a table, as is recommended
in fastening chickens undergoing the
operation of c~oponizing. The small
feathers should be removed, and all
the large ones except four or five I'M
der each wing, which must be plucked
to keep the wing from dropping,
should be left. The down should be
removed only in very warm weather.
The number of times it is advisable to
pick geese willdepend upon climate,
some seasons being more favorable
than others. but will average about
three. When the quilt or tisv iv.-.-@
is ripe-that is, clear, not filed with
bloody matter-picking may be EN-
ployed, but at no othei.times. From
three pickings about one pound of
feathers will be obtained, and these
will BRING from fifty to sseventy-five
cents a pound,-not a, small item of
profit where geese ire kept in large
numbers. The .goslings! may 8 he
picked when about nine weeks old.
At the first picking all the feathers on
the back and shoulders, and the large
ones on the hips SHOULD be left. In
about six weeks they may be picked
O second time and more freely: Per
sonally We should prefer not to pick
them more than, n before arriving
ut a marketable age, and that once
when they were about three and a
half months oid.-Poultry Yard.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-23
WOMEN AS
hIefIy the Lack of Voice That
pdicape Their SticreSs

hiefIy the Lack of Voice That
hndicaps Their Success.
not everybody who has yet
up to the idea that the female
is an essential part ofthe so.
brio, and yet we have her sud
Nith US and taking the prizes
from the sex that hitherto en-.
b practical monopoly of the
zeal arts and graces. 1t is not
Nhile to question thepropriety
mans appearance on the plat
As a matter OF fact, she APP
there some time ago, but as a
hardly as an orator in the
sense. 1t has been several
aow since the sight OF a woman
ablic speaker created even arp
motion She has been presid-
or and addressing temperance
gs and cub gatherings; She has
q to public assemblies she has
political stump speeches; she
reached, sermons all without
be- excittment or serious oppo-
The fset IL, women have ar-
and the people who are slow
bst themselves to the situation
disadvantage. sast
viewer, woman will address her
citizens From the stage or the
| is better that she should do
btablyz Even the most ardent
Of advanced woman-those
have kept her in sight in her.
4 progress toward @emancipa-
are obliged to confess to a
BIT wish that she wouldn't when
lays to ~electrfy the multitude.
Nv be earnest and eloquent, she
DE witty. and wise, but, as n
She capuot speak. Her voice
<ay from her; she is alternately
md husky, she shrieks when
Suld be emphatic; she whispers
BY when she wedld persuade.
I've and. sympathetic members
incline to crawl under
enehss. She, has, in short, a
That was trained by sancesty
6rly ENVIRONMENTS to domestic
Ind has not grown to the ra-
hents uf a hall. Henceforth
lIi be iditfersnt. Colleges recognize
|fk and are prepared TO remedy
d anyt female students show
Zeal talent or are ambitious to
y spell-oinders, opportunity
" offered them. The woman Of
ami Of the near future,
inpublic onthestage may,
likes, be The Daniel. Webster,
Henry Ward Beeclier or the
Ey. n, ,pepew OF her sex.
Ter the young woman who so
b bore. the oratorieal pennon
be male contestants of other
lacollegeS recently wilichoose to
up her victory is not yet
J butifsae does willundoubted-
|renown, The public Will wish
I"coae give US taste OF her
y-1ndianapolis Journal.