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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
Spring Flowing.

In all the Northern states the sue
aided more. than is often thought by
the pulveriZation which the soil gets
by alternate freezing and thawing in
winter. This effect Is most noticeable
on soil that is open and exposed to
repeated freezing and thawing. When
there is a very heavy sod the soil is
slow to freeze in the early winter,
and equally slow to thaw when warn
weather comes.
This is especially true of land where
water stands on or near the surface,
thus forming ice and preventing the
air from penetrating the soil. On such
land winter freezing does no good.
There may be some expansion Of soil
while the ground Is frozen, but when
ever the ice thaws the sell and water
II together again. If plowed, such
land turns up sodden and cold. 1t
takes time for the mellowing infiu-
ences of air, warmth and sunlight to
fit il for a seed bed.
This explanation Of what freezing
does to the soil Is very suggestive as
to how spring blowing ought to be
done. It ought never To be deep. All
the finer particles Of soil. those which
have been most thoroughly pulyerized,
are close to the surface, usually with
In four or five inches. Below this the
soil has not been 80 often saturated
with water, and has run together
again. Wherever the subsoil Is soggy
and turns up wet when plowed, that
fact shows that II Is unfit for a seed
bed, and the shrewd plowman VIII
raise his plow and turn his furrow
above II.
This Is not always an easy matter.
The tendency of the plow In early
spring Is to go deep into the moist SOIL
that has been looseped by frost and
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
Yet with almost every cror

water. Yet with almost every cror
planted in spring shallow blowing Is
better than deep, especially on un.
drained land. The roots of crops can
penetrate to the subsoil better after
they have a good start on the surface
than they cal start In IL when il has
been brought up cold and damp to be
made into q sec bed.
If the land is rich and has natural
or artificial under drainage deep plow-
ing for some crops may be allowed.
But ever here IL the surface is naked
ii is better to plow such land twice,
turning under in the first blowing
what finely pulverlzed soil the freez-
ing of winter had prepared, and in the
second blowing bringing this mp and
mixing it through the entire depth of
the furrow. This second blowing
ought nearly always to be done with
gardens. If manure has been spread
oyer the surface, the second blowing
il needed to mix it through the soil.
| This repeated stirring of the soil early
In spring opens it to the warmer sur
face air and encourages the forma-
ton of the nitrates, the most stimu-
hating manures for all plant growth.
The piowing of sod ground IN spring
! ought always to be shallow. Even a
clover sod does not need to be plowed
deeply. The roots of crops will fol
low the %decaying clover roots into the
subsoil. 1t does not need TO be turned
up. II the sod be grass, and especially
of June grass, it's blowing ought al
ways to be done in the fall, and then
not very deeply. Only by turning up
the roots of June grass late in the fall
| for the frost to mellow the soil around
them they can be killed sufficiently 10
make a good seed bed.
We have known even a field hlled
with quack roots to be prepared so as
TO grow corn by turning the soil rath-
err deeply in the fall, SO as to bring
most of the quack roots near the T
face, where the winter freezing n
thawing will kill many of them.
Hardy as the quack root Is while deep
in the ground, it cannot stand freeZ-
ing and thawing several times In he
winter when brought TO the surface.
The quack roots in spring Will be
dried and will gather in heaps when
dragged and raked over.
Not all of them will be destroyed by
this process, but enough will be put
out Of the way so that a good corn
crop can be grown the following sum-
mer. No possible spring blowing can
fit a quack or June grass sod for prof
liable cropping the same year.
Where the land has been naked dur
ing the winter following a corn or
potato crop 1t is sometimes fitted for
spring grain without any blowing,
simply narrowing the surface soil two,
three or four inches deep.-American
C~ultiyator. -
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
one on Rudyard KipIing.

A capital story is being told of Mr..
Rudyard Kipling, and little Miss Doro-
thy Drew, Mr.. Gladstone's grand
daughter. During the novelist's stay
in Wiltshire this summer he met lit
tie porothy at a country house, and
being very fond Of children took her
about the grounds and told her stories.
After a time Mrs. Drew fearing that
Mr.. Kipling must have had enough
of the child's society, called her, and
said: Now, Dorothy, l hope you have
been a good child and have not been
wearying Mr.. Kipling." 80, not a bit.
mother" replied the little celebrity.
but you have no idea how Mr.. Kip
ling has been wearying mc."-Tit-
Bits.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
Spring Medicine

Or, in other words, Hoods s~arsaparilla,
is a universal need. II good health is to
be expected during the coming season the
blood must be purified now. All the
germs of disease must be destroyed and
the bodily health built up. Hoods sar-
saparilla is the only true blood purifier
prominently in the public eye to-day.
Therefore Hoods S~arsaparilla is the best
medicine to take in the spring. 1t will
help wonderfully in cases Of weakness,
nervousness and all diseases caused by i'm
pure blood. Remember
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11

The cultivation of corn depends TO
a considerable extent on the kind OF
soil and its preparation as well as on
the season. When the ground gets
warm in early spring and is not wet
nor too dry, plow to the depth OF eight
or ten inches, II the soil Is that deep,
but not deeper than the soil, especially
in clay land. If the land Is rich, well
drained and has rot been trampied
IL will now break up loose and mel
low, so one narrowing or dragging
will be sufficient to put the ground
In the proper condition for planting
which should BE- done Immediately,
before the u or beating rains make
the ground hard. Mark the field of
both ways, three and a half feet apart.
Plant 8 grains of corn in each cross.
BY planting while the ground is fresh
broken, waist and loose, the corn will
come up in four or five days and grow
rapidly and get an even start with the
weeds, which must be kept down.
AS O as the corr gets high enough
to he seen in the row. cultivation must
commence. Plow with a small shovel
pillow or c%ultivator deep and as close
TO the corn as possible both ways,
which will loosen the ground all
around each hill. The ground must be
kept loose and mellow, so the air and
water can penetrate to the roots. In
a dry season the moisture can come
up from below, and in II VT season
the excess Of water a sink below
and not drown thu corn. The third
and fourth cultivation the same as
the first and second, except not so
close to the corn.
The ground should be stirred thor
oughly between the rows. The fifth
and last blowing is to be done with
a large pillow so as to hill up the corn
slightly. If the land Is inclined to he
wet, or II II is a very wet season, the
last blowing can be done with a small
turning pillow to great advantage, hill
ing up the corn well 81 the water viii
drain from the hill. Shallow cultiva-
ton will keep the weeds down and
will do very well II the soil is deep,
loose and mellow, and continue So
Correspondence Of the Indiana
Farmer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11

"My little girl has always hal q poor
appetite. l have given her Hoods sarsapa-
rilla, and since / have given 1t to her she han
had a good appetite aud she looks well. I
have been a great sufferer with headache and
rheumatism. i have taken Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. l am now well and have gained In
strength. Ny husband was very sick aud ali
run down. ] decided to give him Hoods
sarsaparilla and he began to gain, and now
he has got so he works every day" Mrs.
ANNIE DUNLAP, 1855 z. 4th St., s. Boston,
Mass. Get only Hoods, because
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
Hoods ~Sarsaparina
Is the Only
True loo Purifier
Bread and Butter Tree.

The French territory on the Gaboon
river is celebrated for (among other
things) It's bread and butter trees"
They belong to the Ihvingia species
and grow abundantly in that district.
The butter, an Oleaginous substance
extracted from the tree, is called cay
cay by the natives. 1t Is palatable
and nOurishing-cOnsiderably superior
to much of the pure butter" con-
sumed in this country.
The bread is made from the seeds,
which, contain fatty matter TO the eX-
tent of from rs 70 so per cent, OF
weight, and of this about Is per cent,
is albumen. Bread made from these
seeds is consequently very nutritious.
The tree is held in high esteem, and
there is some talk of making an at
tempt to acclimatize it in Europe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11

One thousand acres improved Farm Land on San
Juan Island, San Juan county, Washington, THIS
laud is about 2G miles FROM Friday HarbOr, the
county seat of san Juan county. Nearly oil i'm
proved and under fence. Six hundred acres of IL In
one body. Two small fresh water lakes on IL. with
plenty OF good fresh water. Will make one Of the
finest Dairy, Fruit and Hop ranches in Western
Washington. win sell In quantities 10 suit the
purchasers. Price $40 TO $40 per acre; part cash
and balance on time; interest 8 per cent per
annum. Joseph Sweeney, Friday Harbor, Wash
mgtOn.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
His Uttimntum.

"And you reject my ofrer?' he said
to her, intensely. You refuse to be
the one woman in all the world to
meT'
I'm afraid So" she confessed, rath-
er kindly, for she meant well.
Then l have but one thing TO a
to yOH, madam" he said reaching for
his hat.
Il am ri you have my permits
sion to say that. What Is itT"
He drew himself up to his fun
height.
There are others" he replied haugh-
tily, and passed out Of the game.-De-
troit Free Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
Beware OF Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sens. of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from repu-
table physicians, as the damage they will
do is ten fold TO the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co,
Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is
taken internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. II is taken internally and
made In Toledo, Ohio, by +. J. Cheney &
Co. Testimonials free.
t9Sy- Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle
Halls Family Pills, 25c. .
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
odor. Of the Poultry House.

Cleanliness Is the best mode OF
getting rid of the odor, but even with
the greatest care In that respect, odors
will often prevail. The best remedy
Is to burn q spoonful Of sulphur in the
poultry house once a week, first clos.
ing 1t. The $ of a tablespoonful OF
carbolic acid In a gallon OF water,
freely sprinkled I'm the poultry house
once a week, will be found very eff
fective In dlsipfecting II.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11

Minister, making parochial call, in
terviews u youngest, seated on his
knee.
well, my little man, do you 60 to
Sunday schoOlT'
mo, sir; but l say my prayers"
"Ah, indeed? That's good. Whom
do you pray tor"
81 don't remember the gentleman's
name, but he lives hind the moon"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
Little Needed for Him.

Wife-NOw l do hope, dear, you will
get a new tie for Easter. l want you
to be In keeping with me.
Husband-Why, what are you going
TO getf
Wife-A new hat, cloak and dress,
Of course.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
An Opportunity.

Manager-Wiat's the row up there?
Super-Mle. Tippytoe has kicked
her foot through the ceiling and the
ma on the floor above won't let 60
till she pays damages for trespas..
Manager-Great ad! Tell him to hang
on, and then ring up the reporters.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
A Calamity.

Chicagoan-I heard that you had a
great blowout up at your house last
night.
Wabasher-Yes. A pretty girl got
telling a dusky story, and the young
rector blew out two ribs to suppress
his laughter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
Ask Aid,

II you are troubled with malaria, constipation,
blnousness, kidney trouble or dyspepsia, OF
hostelLer's Stomach bitLers, and II Will tie
specially Forthcoming. Nervousness, loss OF
appetite and sieep, and q loss OF wlgor, are Also
reuleuIeu by tn.s restorative. FnySIciuns or
emLueuCe inuorse At, u valuable conurmaLlon o.
tue verdict OF the people And the press. lake
IL reguIlrly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
M~isjudgfng from Brief Experfenc,

Mfs1uuEtng from brheI experience.
G. d. Martell, Wis, writes Orange
Judd Farmer that he and a neighbor
started last spring, with pure Brown
Leghorn and Plyn outh Rock hens. G.
ID. kept the fowls pure, while his
neighbours were allowed to mix. Both
lots were given wheat and butcher
scraps, and I'm addition the p~ure-bred
fowls received all the burnt and finely
chopped green bone they would eat.
From the same number of pullets dur
ing the autumn and early winter about
one egg per day was produced by the
flock Of thoroughbreds While the other
lot produced ever n dozen daily. A
mongrel he owned, after hatchil-,
chickens In July, began to lay In An.
gust, while still taking are of her
brood. She produced me egg every
day until the end Of November, when
she stopped. From the above, G. ID.
concludes that pure-bred fowls will
not pay, and will try mongrels next
season. He Is certainly partially
wrong. 1t has been demonstrated over
and owe, again that keeping god
blooiled stock pays now While scrubs
or mongrels cfit,nnt be depended uron.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
ArtIessIy ArtfuI.

Lady tartist)-Have you noticed the
new art In the show billsI
Philistine-Yes; but If that is art, /
I'M n fool
I.ady--It is art.-Life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
He Cot III.

Cholly-Anything new by way OF
cocktails?
Participates. An april Fool Cock
tall is very popular just now.
Cholly-Give me one. Drinks it,
Well. l don't see anything very stu
pendous about that.
~Barkeep-No? Look at your check!
(Cholly swoons and leaves his watch
as security.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
A Painful Discovery.

What's the matter, Mollie? Is there
anything wIong?"
"Yeth; my new dollhouse"
Isn't broken, i hoper'
mo; but there amt any plumbin' 10
II to freeze up an bust"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
Time Sor nChnnge.

She-May l suggest an occasional
change in your style of dancing?
He-Certainly; what change do you
desire?
She-YOu might step on my right
foot now and then; my left has about
all it can ~stand.-Truth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11

~Spencer-If 1t does not rain, when
you come up to my house tonight,
bring my umbrella with you.
Ferguson-Why, if it does not rain?
Spencer-YOu won't have to take it
away with you again.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11

Kitty-Shall you go to any afternoon
teas today?
May-No; i have my afternoon tease
here every day now.
Kitty-What do you mean?
May-The Colonel will call with his
usual proposal of marriage.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11

We have not been without Piso's Cure for Com
sumption for 20 y~ears-LiZzie Eerrel, Camp ST.
Har FsburR, Pa, May 4, "a.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
saw the Costumes.

Hayrick-Did you go to any OF them
low-neck dress balls In N York;
Treetop-Nope; but / took In a Turk
ish bath.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11

Hegeman's Camphor Ice with Glycerine
The original and only genuine. Cures Chapped Hand;
and Pace, Cold Sores, &C. c. q. Clark Co., n. Haven, CT
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11

"Hanson's Magic corn Ealve."
Warranted TO cure or money refunded. Ask your
ruggist for e. Price 10 cents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-11
II nsby f. Cutting Teeth
Wanted to Nail IL.

BE sure and use that old and well tried remedy, y
wrxsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-28
AN ALL-ROUND DOCTOR.
He Practices in the State of Washington
and Tackles Anything.

ana 1dCkleS AHyCilHSs
According to letter recently re
ceived by Dr. Van Waters from his
brother in Seattle, there is a quaint ano
original doctor located on one of the
islands in the sound. He advertises in
posters and placards printed in home
outfit. In one Of his announcements he
says:
Legs and arms sawed off while you
waite without pane.
"Childbirth and tumors a speciality.
mo odds asked in measles, hopping
coff. humps or diarrear.
"Bald-head, bunions, corns, warts, can
Ger and ingrowing tow-nales treated
scientifically.
''Coleck, cramps, costiveness and
worms nailed on sight.
"Wring-worms, pole evil, shingles
moles and cross-eye cured in one treat
ment or no pay.
Private diseases of man, woman OF
beast eradicated.
"P S. Terms: Cash invariably in adj
vance. No cure no pay.
IN. B. (Take Notis). No coroner never
yet sot on the remanes of my customers
and emmy one hiring me doan't hat to be
good laying up money to buy grave
stone Come won, come aWl.
The writer adds that this man does a
good business, although you would not
expect it, and his patients say he cures
disease, and does it thoroughly and
quickly. saltwater Gazette.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-28
HUGE SAWDUST PILE.
1t Stands Near the Center of Cheboygan,
Mich.

Mich.
Situated nearly in the center of Che
hoygan, Mich. just across the river from
the main street. is pile of sawdust which
is, without doubt, the largest pile of saw
dust in the world 1t is nearly 800 feet
long, about 600 in width, from 20 to go
feet in height and contains about 100000
600 cubic feet
There is enough sawdust in the pile
to stuff all the dolls in the world, make
all the three-ring crcuseS for many sea-
sons or pack all the ice north of the
Ohio river. If the sawdust could be
moved over to the lake shore, west of
Mackinaw City, and thrown upon the
ice. which is piled up 40 to so feet high
on the shore, there would be an icehouse
large enough to supply nearly the whole
state for q season.
The huge sawdust pile is the property of
the Macarthur Bros, the well-known lum-
Der men. They have water power and do
not use fuel. and several winters they
tried to get rid of the pile by big bon
fire. From so to 100 barrels of kerosene
were poured on the pile and then ignited.
The fire usually burned all winter and
filled the town with smoke. Finally the
city council passed an ordinance that no
more sawdust could be burned in the CITY.
except in regular refuse burners.
The sawdust is q nuisance i'll the dry
months of the summer, blowing across
the river and down the streets on windy
DAYS am, filling ones eyes if one dares to
omen them
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-28
AMUSING ERRORS.
Everybody is Not Yet Used to the Tele-
graph.


graph.
1t is still matter Of curious specula-
ton with many people how a telegram
wings it's way from one place to another.
The story of the Irishman who hung his
new boots on the telegraph wire and on
returning to the place next day found a
pair of old ones in their stead is but a
slight eXaggeration of occurrences known
to operators, says w. u. EccleS in POpu-
lar Science News.
It was a Kansas farmer that objected
to the setting of pole Or two Oh his
land in order to string Wire across it,
because he didn't want it printed in all
the newspapers every time he clicked
the youngsters" In vain the foreman of
the line tried to explain the groundless-
ness of his objection.
Il don't keer," the farmer said; GIVE
heern tell it kills corn"
There are some people who suppose
that their own chirography is transmit
ted. "Please excuse bad writing and
spelling" is a postscript not uncommonly
added in telegram. And not absolute
ly foolish addition. for an operator who
knows his business knows enough to fol
low copy"
1t was a too smart Texas operator that
involved the telegraph company in a suit
for heavy damages by altering sheep
rangers spelling.
man telegraphed his foreman, 'and be
sure to bring Shep.''
Great was the rangers establishment
two days later to meet his foreman at
the designated place with large flock of
sheep and lambs, which had been driven
overland nearly 100 miles. "Shep" was
the name of the rangers dog, but the
provement of the rangers spelling.
Hence the sheep.