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The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1896-06-13

La Crosse, Wis. June 0-rhe morning
session Of tile Norwegian Lutheran synod
discussed the question Of permanent loca-
tion of the theological seminary. The offer
from Albert Lea academy corporation was
rejected by large majority. The scnti-
ment seemed to be In favor OF locating the
In or near some large city. In the after
noon the Luther college corporation met and
elected the following board Of trustees:
Prof. l.. Larsen, DEBORAH. Ia, president;
Prof. Chr. A. Naeseth, Dccorull, Ia. sccre-
tary; q. o. Rustad, DEBORAH, Ia, treasurer.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1896-06-13
Rcl,ef work In Armenia.

New York. June Z. = The National
American Relief committee to-day re-
ceived by cable encouraging reports
of the progress of the relief work in
Armenia. Miss Clara Barton wired
that she had sent 500 900 into the in
4erior of Armenia to purchase tools,
seed and work cattle. and that agri-
o,,lt,aral nroSnni.tS ro hriplter
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1896-06-13

Stephen, Mimi. Special, June 3.-Another
heavy rain Saturday and Friday night
again deluged seeding. Wheat seeding has
ended and not over % per cent Of last
years acreage has been seeded. Compare
lively no oats. barley or flax has as yet
been sown. Diversified farming will be
entered into by the farmers to a greater
extent than ever. as it is being demonstrat-
ed very forcibly that wheat farming alone
will not pay. More stock will be raised.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1896-06-13

New Paynesvilc Minn Special, June Q.
An abundance of rain has fallen in this
section and crops are In the finest condi-
ton. Farmers are wishing for week Of
sunshine, as the rainfall OF abe last few
days has thoroughly soaked the ground.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1896-06-13
ALL BUNCoMBE.
Secretary Cox Says There IL
Color Discrimination.

Secretary Cox Says There IL Ne
Color Determination.
st Louis. June 9---James Cox, ,secre-
tary Of the Business Mems League, de-
MED emphatically that the negroes
were being Disseminated against.
He said that Committeeman Hill Of
Mississippi had no right to complain
If he could not find accommodate A
letter had beenwritten TO MIN more
than a month ago, telling hin-" hat un-
less early application was made, all the
rooms at the hotels would be taken.
In these letterls,the Business Mems
League offered to engage rooms for
Hilulu and the Mississippi delegation.
He did not replpy to this.
Furthermore, ,coontinued Mr. Cox.
Mr. Hill has not been to see US since
he came to the cityp.If hewill come
here,we will find him good rooms and.
All this talk about the color line is
We made the promise to take
care of the colored delegates and will
do it.If they refuse to come and let us
know they desire lodgings, then the
fault is not ours
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1896-06-13

Spring Valley. Mimi, Special, June o.
Crops have never looked better than now
The frequent showers, which, with us, have
not been excessive and the uniformly warm
weather mas given the growing grain such
start that the chinch bug. which about
two weeks ago threatened destruction to
the barley fields, has apparently given up
the Job as hopeless and no fears are now
entertained from the ravages Of that pest.
Much damage TO old timothy fields located iu
low londs has resulted from the cut worm.
In some instances whole tracts Of from Is
to 100 acres have been as completely de-
stSOyed as though by fire. Such lands have
been plowed up and sown to max or millet.
The later sown timothy lands are uninjured
and the production will be immense.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-27
FieId culture of Tomntoer.

When tomatoes are grown on a large
scale, the plan of narrow and wide rows
alternating has many advantages. After
preparing the soil. lay off rows alternting
thus: Between first and second rows a
distance Of four feet, between the second
and third rows a distance of two feet
the object being TO keep as many Of the
tomatoes as possible off the ground When
the plants are ready to fail over from the
increasing weight of fruit, train the
branches toward the narrow middle rows
so as to brace each other up. At the first
picking OF the ripe fruit even, If not done
earlier, the pickers can lay each plant over
to the narrow middle rows, and In such a
way that the vines can be. made to support
each other sufficiently well to keep 80 per
cent. Of the tomatoes clear off the ground.
The narrow middles should be cultivated
the last time and left perfectly clean. just
before the vines are falling over The
wide rows ought to be cultivated at least
twice after cultivation of narrow middles
has ceased and they have been filled with
the vines. If an occasional stake is driven
down in the narrow middles, and a wire
or strong cord Is run along as tightly as
possible from stake to stake the length of
the rows It will help greatly to support the
vines. The plants are set from two to three
feet apart in rows.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-27
Early Onions.

How early can put ont onion sets with
a view 10 having an early crop next spring
and Cd how early can 1 sow the seeds TO
make plants to set out this fan? Z. NJ. c.
In your section (Southern Georgia.. from
the middle of October to middle Of No
vember is about the best period for put
ting our sets. If you put them in earlier
than the 18th Of October there is danger
of the plant throwing up seed stalks in
stead of building. As this ruins them, of
course it is to be guarded against We
have had SO many failures in the past
ten years from this cause we have ceased
almost entirely using sets. And where
we do use them at all the setting out is
deferred until the first of November I'm
less the sets are first-class-that is, small
and of a good variety-some are likely to
shoot to seed even then along in March.
In some markets there is considerable sale
for green onions punched, and if one can
50 grow them as to avoid this trouble of
blooming prematurely there is profit TO be
had from growing a part of the crop in
this way. but as remarked our experience
has put us against this method.
For commercial onions, 10 be marketed
from April to July, the seeds are much
more reliable, and after one has grown
them even one time successfully he IS
very sure to adopt the plan.
varieties as the New Queen, ROcca and
Prizetalzer used. These should be sown
early in September, in seed beds where
they can be shaded and watered. Plants
should be ready to set out in October,
and on through November. They can be
set out in December with success usually.
The seeds may also be sown right where
the crop is to grow anytime in November,
but the earlier the sowing the better. We
grew an excellent crop this season with
the Bermuda variety treating the crop
just as we would turnips. The onions were
small (but abundant to offset size), and
we found them very good keepers though
it is claimed they are not usually good
keepers.
This kind and the New Queen are quite
sure to give satisfaction for an early
crop especially. The Rocca kinds are
much larger and later in building down.
If one can get fresh seeds it is so easy
to make a crop from them it is hardly eX-
cusable resorting to the very uncertain
sets. They are about as easy to grow as
so many turnips. We have set out small
onion plants, not larger round than a
match; in fact. not so large, an not two
in a hundred fail to grow, but they must
be set out right. Not too deep and the
soil pressed firmly to the little roots. If
set on slightly raised beds all that is nee
essary is to get the roots under the sur
face-anyhow, not more than quarter of
an inch of the stem should be inserted
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-27

can easily. make a fine winter pasture
Tor the calves and hogs. ana the Is~e-s~
stock can get some benefit from II H.,
II allowed 70 pasture lightly in drv
weather. 80
Under no circumstances let stock run
on good pasture when the soI IL NET
Il does not take long TO kill out . FIRST
class pasture If such a practice is fol
lowed. II Is shameful TO what an extent
il is followed.
Inere are a good many weeks yet for
the saving OF hay. II will not bs-a bsd
thing II you save every Wisp YOU can
Have you planted a second croo NJ
Irish potatoes2 II rot, now is a goo5
time to plant If you can procure the seed
Get some seed potatoes of the Look
out Mountain or Triumph"
Our second crop planted July 9Th. are
coming up nicely, hardly a missing hin
The seed used were Of the second crOp
of last year, and not those raised from
the first crop OF this year. These pota-
toes kept from November TO July and
not sprouting until the 5th of the latter
month.
How many readers of this are taking
that proper interest in growing a second
crop of potatoes. The practice should be
come more general
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-27
A Wet soil.

A wet soil is one that contains more wa
ter than a merely moist or humid soil. APP
pearance viii practically determine the
amount of water any soil contains. A soil
surcharged with water is readily discerni-
bic from one VOID of water. SO also will
the intervening degrees be known by OBJ
servation and experience. Increasing
shades of darkness accompany the changes
from dry to saturated. A dry soil has a
dry appearance and a wet soil has a wet
appearance.
The soils conduct under physical force
is also a guide. The pressure of the foot
scarcely disturbs the surface particles Of
a dry soil. The same pressure slightly dis
places vertically downward the surface
particles of a merely moist soil. With a
wet soil there is a displa laterally
of both surface and sub particles. There
is a spewing up about the foot and the
foot itself mires. Usually a wet soil Is
tenacious and always heavy.
The effect Of blowing soil wet IS decided
ly injurious. Early rains Will diminish the
injury. Without these the soil will become
hard, lifeless and void of moisture. Good
soils habitually broken and TILED will lose
their vitality and become unproductive.
Soils broken merely moist and afterwards
thoroughly titled even gain in moisture.
and crops thereon thrive during continued
drouths If soils be broken and titled wet
and drouth follow, crops thereon perishes
for want OF rnoistpre TO set free fertility.
Besides the; sell Will sutter, a permanent
physical Injury.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-27

During the year a goose lays from
twenty to forty eggs 4 duck is more
prolific and will produce about 40 eggs
or the average number laid by a land fowl
Of fair breeding. A turkey hen lays
IS to so eggs a year. The shell Of the
ordinary hens egg contains nifty grains
Of salt of lime A sitting" of eggs is %.
but owing to the hazard Of transporta-
ton and a desire TO satisfy buyers. the
more enterprising dealers in eggs for
Matching purposes frequently add two or
three to that number If eggs were sold
by weight there would not be much diff
ference between the value of the product
of Light Brahmas. White Lcghorns. Hou-
dams and Black Minorcas. The weight
of such eggs is about pa ounces. When
eggs are kept for Matching until sufli-
cient number are secured. they should be
stored in a place where the temperature
does not exceed fifty degrees, and be
turned over every second day to prevent
sagging. In a general way, the cost Of
producing eggs is estimated at about six
cents a dozen in the west. This is con-
siderably under the cost In the east. where
grain Is more expensive. The chemical
constituents of the average egg are. on the
basis of 100 Ohe white being 60. the yelk
80 and the shell 10. i'm the white, 81 per
cent water. l2l2 per cent, albumen-Which
Is found in nearly pure state I'm the egg
and the balance small parts Of mineral.
Etc; in the yelk. % per cent. water. As oil
and fat, and one each of albumenoids,
minerals and coloring matter. The aver
age hatch of fertile eggs in an incubator
is about 80 per cent. Under hens the rate
should be about IS per cent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-27
How to Preserve MoIsture.

To preserve the soil, we must stir It as
deep as possible and thoroughly pulver-
ize II, so as the land cools off at night
It will absorb the moisture that is In the
atmosphere and store it away to refresh
the plant during the next day. Most
farmers consider the object of cultivation
attained when the crop is freed from
weeds and grass, but a crust formed on Il
cultivated field so as to exclude light ana
air Is more injurious to a crop than a
moderate growth of weeds or grass. IL
is just as essential to stir the soil at the
proper time If there are no weeds and
grass as Ii is If there was. 1t is by stirring
or cultiaVting the soil that we feed the
plant, and we have to feed the plant reg
ularly If it thrives; but we first have to
store away supply of plant food in the
soil before we can feed the plant We
can do this by deep and thoroughly pull
Verizing the soil before we plant the croDs
and then afterwards we make it availa-
bic by cultivation, and by shallow cui-
tivabon we keep the moisture that is in
the soil from being evaporated by the sun.
and admit the moisture that Is in the az
mosphere into the soil. that is, II we keep
the top of the ground well stirred We
must understand that a plant drinks ana
does not eat, and the idea Is to prepare
for a bountiful supply of moisture, also
to retain it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-27

tsr not TOO late yet to increase the win
r., Upply OF long forage for stock Tf
ma - threatened shortness Won can
. So II by sowing foder corn. the srea slt
6a -'.0-oy for farmers who have not ann
u4nt meadows. ''o1 aOuh-
tIrr 9',ler Is it too early to begin sowing
vo.. lS' Sow freely of Rutabagas 60,
horse Tue. Ii hogs and poultry. Most
ssr,' VIII eat turnips and few mounds
basi,, VIII tend to keep them in GOOD
i, ''i Does the Swede turnip rot badIS,
ns. 'our soil as it does with usq Tf 80
ste.5 Ne Yellow Aberdeen turnin in ~
1t is the best rough leaf +,,r,,,r,
Oct OCT For use before severe weather
We Inc, me COW horn is a good kind.
suggee +ouIu IKE TO have you adont o,,r
turnjn, On u. OF sowing Crimson Clover an5
You O. 'osether some time in August
cast ~ SOW IN narrow rows or broad
Il not bo4latt latter way if the soil is ricb
altern, oGeIler SOW in Is or Is inche driiIs
trv !. ing the clover and tnrnjne us
Tnr~,Gj. nee, II only in a small waY
maks itps and cotton seed boiled foga4to,
cows al almost unrivalled food for NM
Wheat IN ~ II is certainly cheap. a iitfIe
perfsc. oran added to it makes IL abo,,t
so1s l-ds a milk producer. OF co1,rse
bright 9 Fs forage must be provided CIaa y
hay ouuef corn is as good as the best
snail arrangements now for SOWING n
graip-oatI' u not a large one, in mixed
lit,la0 I Is rye and barley Add to this
can uro(i,IIpson clover and watch if Won
ne SEEDS reasonably. You
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-27

20 sprout- which they did in about three
MetAs, ana the .ist 90 July planted them.
also nA.t bushel of freshly dug uotatoa,
NAV hae sprouts on them an inch lonr
"Een taken from the ground. and finally
D-shei more of the Michigan early rose.
MhlcR mad been put up over our kitchen
20 ury when the resi- were dug. These lat
ttf We're cut and Immediately planted.
on the same day and ia the same manner
as lne rest. IN ca Weli-preparcd piece Of low
anu OF the five bushels seasoned under
me tIees, not one hill In nifty ever came
up or the freshly dug about one i'm a hum
u.eu' ana from the house-dried seed there
was not a missing hin so far as could
see and ten DAYS after planting the most
OF them Were up.
These were worked out once with a cul-
uNator having been covered level. and
ABOUT the SIN 1Othest potatoes 1 have
ltlStd ln years. Though a rather light
gleiu' which may De accounted for by the
lhusually dry season, I was surprised TO
hud thaL there was not "a potato tn the
iot smaller than "a goOd-sized walnut
ha0 peeu told that there would be "a good
many small potatoes. which if drilled in
rows IN the spring. like onions would
grow into large potatoes for early use
used about 3 lbs. OF fertilizer TO the
nushel OF seed. dropped in the row. and
the potatoes We're almost entirely free
from scah. though the skin slipped on
them when dug. The above experiment
has convinced me of two things. First
that two crops Of potatoes can prOfitahly
be raised in one year i'm Piedmont. Va.
second, that TO do this the first crop must
be thoroughly ripe when dug. and then all
lowed 10 season for two or three weeks
IN dry place before planting.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-27
Shallow Culture for Corn and PO-
fntoas


The question of deep or shallow plough
ing in the cultivation of summer crops is
worthy of careful study, says Farm News
1t was customary several years ago for
farmers to plough their corn during the
summer. so that when they were ready to
LAY it by" it was left with a considera-
BILE hill of the earth around the hill of
corn; indeed, the name "hill' had it's ORR
gin in this method of culture. 1t Is now
customary to keep the field as level as pos
sible and allow the corn to grow in fiat
rows. Experience is now teaching that
in the summer culture it is only necessary
to destroy the weeds from the surface
as early as possible, that they may not
interfere with the corn in IT'S growth, and
to keep the soil of the surface well pull
Verized so that air and moisture can have
access to the roots of the growing plant
Deep blowing has been found to be in
furious to the roots of the corn, which
are sent out when the knots begin to form.
II the ground has been well prepared be-
fore planting the stock should be left
without disturbance during its growth and
manurng. What Is called firing by the
last blowing Is caused by either too deep
or too close culture, sometimes both. Light
culture on the surface will generally be
found the best for corn under all cir
cumstances.
The same may be said of Irish pota-
toes. Killing with large hills was once
thought to be the only way in which
potatoes could yield an abundant CROP
1t Is now known that il a depth of four
or five inches has been well pulverized
before planting that potatoes NAV be
cultivated withuot much ridging or
killing. And it is absolutely necessary
that the plant be left undisturbed when
the tubers are forming. Flowing or
hoeing at this time is always an injury
1t becomes important therefore 70 have
the ground perfectly clean from weeds
before the potatoe vines are in bloom
Early culture and as shallow as possible
to destroy weeds, will be found to serve
the potatoes best.
More care, If possible, must be taken
with the sweet potatoes. These are
generally grown in hills or eleN ated rows
and do not require as much moisture dur
ing the summer as do either of the crops
already mentioned.
The potatoes in this case are but thick
ened roots, and must not be disturbed in
any way during their formation. They
sometimes lie near the surface, and any
deep culture will disturb them. The vines
are apt to grow too rank and if allowed to
lie on the ground will form stolons with
punches of small roots which will rob the
larger roots that belong to the main
stock The vines should, therefore, be
lifted carefully and wrapped in a loose
heap over the main plant If the vine
growth becomes too vigorous ii may be
necessary to nip the terminal half-buds
but be careful of the leaves on the vines
for the leaves are the laboratory where
the starch and sugar are manufactured
for the matured sweet potato.
Very light top culture is all that is
necessary after they are planted. Pre-
pare your soil well before planting, keep
the weeds from starting, and the soil pull
for good crop will be the best possible
Elk.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-27
A Clever OId 'GobbIer.

Poor old Nick felt lonely after his four
companions went TO sitting, and moped
around disconsolately for a day or two,
when a bright Thought seemed to strike
him. He would sit himself and finding a
cool, secluded. spot under a tree, where
lay four or five good-sized white stones,
he sat down on them and waited patiently
for them to hatch. OF course his sue
cess would have been poor. If his mistress
had not seen him, and the next day OF
two. when he went off to get food, she
removed the stones and placed twenty
three eggs in their place.
Wont it be a surprise to Nick?' she
laughed.
You'll see he'll leave the nest and you
will have all your trouble for nothing,
said her husband.
I'm that case I shall place the eggs I'M
der hens' was the answer.
But Nick did not leave the nest. He
sat patiently for four weeks. and Matched
out twenty-one little turkeys, and II was
hard telling who was the prouder, papa
turkey or the mistress who had set the
eggs. His mistress tells me that it was a
sight worth seeing, old Nick lowering
over that brood of turkeys, and no mother
turkey could be more faithful than he.
At the least suspected danger he gave
his peculiar call and they took refuge I'M
der his ample breast and wings, and Mrs.
V tells me that he stayed by those tur-
keys until they were big enough to take
care of themselves, and that they were
all raised but two.
Now, 1 have heard that ROSTERS have
been known to sit and hatch and raise
a whole brood of chickens, and that COB
blers frequently mOthered little turkeys In
case of their mothers death, but / never
heard before of gobbler sitting for four
weeks and raising such brood of tur-
keys.-Mrs. A. Z. c. Maskell.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-27
Clean Culture Indispensable to Suc-
cessfuI Strawberry Growing.

There are few, If any plants to which
clean culture is as essential as it is to
the strawberry, says the Farmer and
Fruit Grower. Its peculiar nature. hab-
its and time Of ripening make this the
case. 1t grows, blooms and bears its
fruit down on the ground just where
weeds and grass can choke and smother
it, 1t bears and ripens its fruit just when
the warm weather of spring is coaxing
weeds into such rampant growth as to de-
prive the berry of sunlight, without which
il cannot mature and color.
Being about 80 per cent. water, the
strawberry of course needs an abundant
and constant supply of moisture and the
yield can easily be lessened one-half or
more by the presence of weeds, voracious
of moisture for their own needs
The fact that the wild strawberry at
tains some degree of excellence in a. wild
and uncultivated state has led some peo-
pie to question the necessity or even wis
dom of giving this fruit too much cuI-
ture. But observers of nature know that
the wild strawberry plant is productive
in proportion as it chances to grow in a
spot free from weeds and grass. When its
lot is cast amid grass and weeds 1t makes
only a slender spindling growth and bears
sorry and few berries, or apter, none at
all
crop which precedes the Strawberries
scrupulously clean culture, allowing no
grass or weed seed to infest the soil. I
have fields which have had such close
attention in this respect that they are al
most free from these pests Where one
does appear ii is killed before seed can
be produced.
Just as a young cuckoo in a sparrovy's
nest apprOpriates all the food Intended
for the lawful occupants of the nest and
soon gets strong enough to destroy the
Young sparrowS, so weeds will appro-
pirate the manure you intended for the
strawberry till they get strong enough
to overpower your crop.
The richer the soil the harder but all