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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07

VII Sahu
At the last convention of the H.
nois Clay Workers Association ]. w.
B~illingsley read a paper, a part of
which, as reported in. the Drainage
Journal, was as follows:
We may claim that a well-drained
SOIL will conserve the moisture in the
air by causing it to condense and adj
here to the fine particles of soil in the
passage of the air down to the drain.
Besides, there are other benefits which
might be named to advantage, but
with practical men the question will
be, will it pay as a money investment?
That is, will the money expended in
thorough drainage add so much to the
betterment of the soil that the increas-
ed yield of the crops grown bring in
the market so much more money than
the money invested in the drainage OF
the land will pay a satisfactory inter-
est one year with another, other things
being equal. For instance, if A has
forty acres of land from which he has
had an average yield of thirty bushels
of corn for the past ten years-some
years more and some years less--lf he
underdrains the and thoroughly, will
the increased yield of his crops for the
next ten years, with good ~husband-like
care, bring enough more in cash to
pay a satisfactory interest on the in
vestment? This Is the question which
we undertake to answer. 1t is not
enough to say yes" The practical
business man wants the figures show
inr fhn 4@r4 nDl tIa a+yr N cnlU-
ing the question suppose that we take
AS forty acres of land, which has been
in cultivation for the past twenty
years. 1t will be admitted that the
virgin richness of the soil has been to
some extent exhausted. The soil is
now of average quality, the humus has
been washed out until it is easily COM
pacted, and breaks up cloddy after a
day or two of drying weather; it often
requires repeated narrowing and roll
Ing to make it fine and ready for
planting or sowing the seed. During
the season of ~cultivating the corn crop
II the weather is rainy the soil is sell
dom in condition to run the cultiva-
tors. If the season turns off dry then
the cultivation will be difficult, because
of the hardness and cloddy nature OF
the land, and il the dry weather is
long continued the crop will be greatly
damaged. Exactly this condition has
prevailed for the past few years. Some
seasons the yield has been cut fully
fifty per cent, and then when the sea-
son was favorable the crop yield was
much above the average.
When "a" completed the tile drain
age of forty acres, the COS figured up
as follows:
Drain tile, 26,400 pieces, cost. $500
Digging the drains and laying
the Tile 400
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Illustrated pamphlets, giving expert
ence of farmers who have become
wealthy in growing wheat. reports of
delegates, ETC., and full information as
TO reduced railway rates, can be had
on application to Department Interior,
Ottawa, Canada, or c.. j. Broughton,
1928 Monadnock building, Chicago,
Agent for Canadian Government,
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Many portions of Ohio have the road
sides and other sodden or "out Of
filth" lands occupied by the white
sweet clover plant (Melilotus alba L..
Since it has been regarded as a nox-
ious weed the former Ohio statute plac-
ed it in the same list of prescribed
plants with Canada thistle, common
thistle, oxeye daisy, wild parsnip, wild
carrot, teasle, burdock and cookie burs.
Under the operation of this statute pri-
vate lands might be entered upon to
destroy the melilotus growing for any
purpose, as for bee pastures. The de-
.struction of bee pastures in this man
ner actually occurred near Delaware.
Rightly then it may be asked. How
h we rank sweet clover? To an
sWer this we must consider where
sweet clover grows and what is it's
character. Sweet clover grows spon-
taneously along tramped roadsides,
even to the wheel ruts in abandoned
roadways, and in tramped or sodden
land anywhere. When found in mead
oW lands it appears o to occur ex-
cept when the ground has been tramp
ed by stock when wet. 1t grows by
preference in old brick yards. 1t may
be grown in fields by proper tillage.
The character of sweet clover may be
now determined. Viewing it in no 9TH
er light we thus see that sweet clo-
yer grows luxuriantly in places where
few or no other plants flourish. But it
belongs to the great class of legumi-
nous plants, which are capable, by the
aid OF other organisms, of fixing at
mospheric nitrogen and storing 1t in
the plant tissues. 1t belongs with the
clovers and it may thus be used to
improve the land upon which it grows,
and this appears to be its mission.
1t occupies lands that have become I'M
fitted for good growth of other forage
plants. It's rank then is as a useful
plant, capable of increasing fertility
of land.
How shall sweet clover be treated?
The character determined, the treat
ment to be accorded this clover plant
Is really settled. The plant is the
farmers friend, to be utilized and not
to be outlawed. Tie plant grows and
spreads rapidly. So do red clover,
white clover, timothy, blue grass and
other forage plants, but sweet clover
grows where they do not; 1t indicates
lack Of condition for the others.
Viewed in this way it is to be treated
as preparing untitled lands for other
crops. 1t may be mown a short time
before coming into bloom and cured
for hay. Stock will thrive upon it If
confined to it until accustomed to 1t.
The roadsides, if taken when free from
dust, may be made almost as profit
able as any other area in clover by
cutting the sweet clover and curing for
hay. If this is regularly attended to
while stock is kept from other lands
that it invades, sweet clover will be
found doing always the good work for
which it is adapted.
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Rel,rious E.cit.ment Crazed Him

AS a result of the intense religious
revival that has been in progress for
SOM time al Marion Center, Pa, Mr..
Thompson Hays, a farmer, aged SO
years, has become violently insane.
He believes that he has committed the
unpardozable sin.
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Agricultural Outlook Good. - The
Farmers Review conside~3 the outlook
for crops the coming season as good.
There was generally enough moisture
late in the fall to put the ground in
condition for the winter and early
spring. With exception of the fall sown
wheat all prospects appear now of the
best. The fruit trees did not o~verbear
last year, but had enough moisture in
the early part of the summer to make
it possible for them to form new buds
and prepare for this years crops. The
cattle are generally healthy, and being
in small supply, will not increase in
sufficient numbers to bear the market.
This is true of all kinds of stock.
Therefore with the better financial out
look, with the increasing population.
with the decreased stocks of nearly all
kinds, and with crop conditions good,
1t does look as if the farmer would be
given a breathing spell and some
chance to recoup the losses of the past
few years.
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Yours sincerely,
(Signed) ALBERT MAI
FRED GOTTOWSKT.

L~udington, Mich, Nov. 1, 1897.
M. v. Mclnnes, Esq, Colonization
Agent, Detroit, Mich. Dear Strive
have just returned from the West. and
were exceedingly well pleased with the
country. We are going back to take
up our homesteads in early spring. We
received $35 per month and board
working for farmers. and the board
was the best we ever had-the beef and
mutton especially were excellent. The
nne flavor is owing to the fine grasses
which the cattle and sheep feed upon.
The people are very hospitable, and
treat their hired help with much kind
ness.
The grain is much heavier than
here; wheat being 81 lbs. to the bushel;
oats As lbs, and barley often IS lbs.
Any man with a good team and
money enough to buy provisions and
seed for six months can become rich
there In five years. Many people who
arrived there five years ago with
little, or nothing, are well off now.
One man / met held his wheat from
last year and was offered SIG, 900 for
this years crop and what he had held
over from last year, and is holding at
81 per bushel. We are going back in
the spring to work for this same farm
er until seeding, after which we will
homestead between seeding and har-
vest. We think we will settle on the
Manitoba & Northwestern r. R.
You can refer any one to us for this
part of the country, while we are here,
and we will cheerfully answer any
questions which anyone may wish to
ask. Yours truly,
(Signed) CHAS. HAWLEY.
JOSEPH DOLA.
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$500
Total cost
Cost nor acra 900

Cost per acre, $40.
In this estimate $50 pieces or forty
rods Of tile are required to the acre,
the drains being &c feet apart, the tile
costing $40 per acre. 1t is also esti-
mated that $40 will pay for the digging
and laying of the tile and complete the
work. We are aware of the fact that
in some localities the construction of
the drains will cost more money and
in other localities less. We think the
sum named fairly represents the aver
age cost of laying drain tile in this
state (~Illinois) and in many localities
in other states.
The work of draining the forty acres
being completed "a" has an invest
ment of 500 per acre, or $500 in the for
ty acre field. After completing the
work "a" cannot reasonably expect to
grow as large a crop the first year af-
ter draining the land as will be real
lied the third or succeeding years. A
year or two is required to make the
soil open and porous between the
drains, especially midway between the
drains. So we take a period of ten
years and take an average crop as the
basis of calculation.
Ii the crop grown is corn we may
reasonably expect a yield of forty
bushels per acre, or an increased Weld
of rs per cent. The land will require
rs per cent less labor to break and pre-
pare it for planting. If the blowing is
done in good season the soil will turn
over SO thoroughly pulverized that a
single narrowing is all that will be re-
quired to make the seed bed as good
as can well be desired Gf the soil has
not been tramped with stock. In some
instances we have known the soil so
fine and mellow when broke that the
planter followed close to the breaking.
and the better condition of the soil
facilitates the work of c%ultivating the
corn. The work of cultivation may
go on in a few hours after a heavy
rainfall, when the land is well under
drained. We might claim a credit of
81 per acre in the less labor required
to plant and cultivate the crop, but
will not include this very satisfactory
credit. We will estimate an average
increased yield of ten bushels per acre,
which, at 20 cents per bushel, makes
the sum of 50, which would be 10 per
cent interest on the money invested in
drainage.
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VISITED WESTERN CANADA.
report of Delegates Sent from Michigan
to Alameda District.

The fol-
lowing let
tiers have
be e n q E.
| e C t g d
q
num-
b e r o I
sent
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Winnipeg Man Cont m o q

winnipeg, Man., Sept. 10, 1897.
MT. M. V. McInnes, Chief Colonial
ION Agent, Detroit, Mich. Dear SIR
we are pleased to state to you that we
nave found the country in the vicinity
OF Alameda fully up to what you and
Mr. Keller had represented it to be. It
Is, IN fact, an ideal location for mixed
farming. The soil is the best we ever
saw and as the farmers were all busy
at tnresh1ng, we had an excellent
cnance TO see it's productive quality.
Which cannot be surpassed anywhere.
Inc cattle could not be in better con-
cltlon. We saw two year old steers
equal to three year old raised In most
places, and these, as are all others
ABOUT Alameda, were fed on native hay
IN winter and herded in summer. AS
we a previous to this visited the
northwestern States in behalf of a
large number of farmers, to locate
suitable land for mixed farming. we
are now In a position to say that the
Alameda district of Western Canada
pass them all. The country ia
equal to that about Thuringen in Ger
many. We were rather sceptic before
starting, and our intention was to set
tie in spring, if we were suited. hut
we have now decided to move at once:
that Is, as early this fall as we pos
slbly can. We left Mr.. Riedel at
Alameda, and take back his report. and
we Will take his family and effects with
us when we go.
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MOTHER HUBBARD" AND pop"
WHITE.

criminal history of nearly every great
city.
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Teasing the Misunderstanding Of
young animals on the farm should
never be tolerated. 1t may be very
funny to see the young things make
use of their tender horns, and stamp
ing of feet, etc., but as they grow
older and learn to know their strength,
they often become vicious, and then
some day in a fit of bad temper they
are liable to injure some member of
the family, or strangers which may
happen to lie passing by are very like
ly to be attacked by vicious animals.
Give all animals on the farm kind but
firm treatment. Animals should be
made to both respect and love their
attendants, but this cannot be accom-
plished If they are allowed to be
teased.-Farm Journal.
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VETERAN CRIMINALS.
MOTHER HUBBARD'S" LONG
CAREER OF CRIME.
Pop" White the Most Venerable @Oon~
Man and Thief In the United States
He Is Also Between Eighty and 1xlnety
Years Old.

OTHER Hubbard"
is the Oldest wom-
a n r m inal in
the United States
and Pop White
claims the distinc-
ton of being h
patriarch of the
masculine b t.
fingered fraternity.
Mother Hubbard
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Water in Cow Foods.-Milk contains
an average of SO per cent of water. 1t
follows, therefore. that the dairy COW
requires an abundant supply of liquid
food. The required quantity may bs
obtained partly from ordinary foods,
the water contents Of which may vary
from 5 to over 80 per cent of their
total weight. This contained water,
however, is not normally sufficient to
meet the requirements of the economy
Of the animal, and it has been expert
mentally proved that the form in
which the dairy COW receives her nee
essary amount of liquid food is not
without indifference.-Ex.
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Frozen Feet Caused Their Arrest.

John Lawson and Howard Hawley
were arrested at Detroit, Tuesday, for
the murder of Farmer John Brown,
of Wilmington, Mich. They had become
badly frozen riding on the bumpers of
freight cars and applied at the hospital
for relief.
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Poultry shows are of great value.
when properly conducted, but too often
they are got up merely for the free
advertising the breeders can get.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-05-07

Potter Palmer is going to build a home
that will cost 5 5000, 900.
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Board floors for the hennery are
best. :.
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Poultry feeding is a science o.
itself.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.

Some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
tivation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures, viticulture and
Horticulture.
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by delegates to report on Western
Canada to their friends in Michigan,
and as a result of which hundreds of
people expect to leave this spring for
the Free Grant Lands of Western
Canada.
Alameda, N. w. T., Aug. 81, 1897.
Dear Friends of Saginaw:-Those de-
string to secure a good and sure home
Will do we'll to take our advice. and
ami the land in the neighborhood
OF Alameda, as we know that every
one who sees this land will be agree
ably surprised. Before seeing this
land we were partly in doubt as to
moving here, but after looking it over
we at once decided to make our home
mere, and we beg those of our friends
VINO are DESTROYS of securing farms,
Q TO let this chance slip by, as the
SOIL Is OF the best and the water can
not be excelled. The finest wheat we
eVer saw Is also raised here,
We shall return home in haste.
stra1ghten out our affairs, and move
here at once.
Yours truly,
Volgned) WILLIAM GOTTOWSKI.
ALBERT MAI,
WILLIAM PJEDNr
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IN 8 OR 4 YEARS AN

independence is as
sured if you take
up your home in
Western Canada,
the land of plenty.
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CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
san FRANCISCO. csL
tcusvILtE- ~. Hrw yonE, NY

were made 90 keep this fact from The
army, 70 tu1n became known.
Tho supply OF qunftcrmaHtOr and
cpmmIfaafy stores durlng thu cam.
psign was abundant. and notwith.
standing the difficulties in landing and
the progress of the ratl0ns, the troops
OF The nr.ng line were az an times
supplied with H. coarHar comp1nonts.
namely, oat bread. meal. sugar and
coffcc There was no lack OF trans
pnrtatlon. for at no time W. 20 the
surrender could all the wagons / had
be- used
In reference {, the sick ami wound.
"a. I have 10 says that they received
every attention that Il was possible %
give them. Tho medical ofnctrs without
exception worked night and day 30 al
lryatc the suffering, which was nj
greater than Invariably accompanies a
campaign. A. would have been better
u we had had more ambulance. but az
many were taken as was necessary
judging from previous campaigns.
the discipline OF the command was
uperh ana wish 20 invite attention
il the fact that not an officer Wa
brought 10 trial by couri-marth, and
IH Ear aH I know, no enlisted man, Till
speaks volumes f0r an army ~ thl'
slEe and In a campaign Of such durn'
tiln.
In conclusion. I desire TO express o.
the members Of my stan my hlnki
Tor their efficient performance u all
the duties required Of them, and the
good Judgment and bravery displayed
on 40 occasions when demanded"
GUu. ShAftcr recommends Tor promo
ton and hrcveta the following officers.
Lieut. Col. y. G. McClrrlnud, Lieut.
Col Geo. McDgruy Lieut. CD. Milcy
Lieut.. Col. !. J, AHior Lltui. Col, H. y,
Pope. Mas. u. n. iknohia. Maj. q. w
GrlfahUck. Lieut.. col. Charles =
Humphrey. Lieut.. col. ]. y. Weston
Mai. n. ~. Starr Mai. Leon BouEleae
Maj. ~. J. Gallagher capt. q. N. Bricg
capt. n n. Plummar, capt. J. G. Get
more Jr., CAPT. ". ", McKittrlck.
iifalso mentions Dr. q. Goodfellow
ana Mr.. q. r. Hawkins of New York
Tor services performed. and expreaSe'
NE wnrmoHt thanks io division. hrlgad,
and r0gImentsl commanders without
exception. The reports % division com
mindcrH. which are attached. have al.
ready been FDuurffN.
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Chicago, Sept ig-Captaln Dreyfus.
President Faure anl eN-ircsident Cas-
lmlr-pcrler are some Of the persons
that Mlss Martha de- llochnid. who was
arrested early today In the Fair de-
partment store. where she had con-
ccaltd herself the nlght before Tor the
purpose of theft, claims 70 have known
personally In Paris.
Mime. R0chald, whose real name il
Faux, says her father Commander
Faux. formerly ~ The French army.
and now q wealthy silk manufacturer.
knew Capt Dreyfus, and knows he h
Innocent OF the crime charged against
him. She accuses Col. Henry. the Of
ficer who committed suicide about a
week ago, OF being me man who fur
nlshrd 90 the German government the
documents for which pfcyius has been
imprisoned.
''cal Henry IA the traitor for whose
crime Drayfus Is he.ng punished" said
Nine. Rnthald. IN an interview. 'Aiy
father who has known the captain Tor
many years as brother officer. n cer-
tain Of his Innocence, and az the risk
~ being imprisoned himself has made
his clnvlctlons known Ia Paris, My
father declares THAI while Dreyfua ala
undoubtedly give me German govern
mont documents relating 20 army mat
terH, there was none among them con-
tanning Information that would have
been Important ln case NJ hnstlltles be-
tween the two countr.ea My father IL
IN a position % know that Col. Henry
was the man dishon0rahly implicated
In the affair"
Nine. nOchaid Is o. pr,nnssesslng APP
pearance, ana speaks several languages
iiuenty.
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W. D. niNrM nrsIoNs.
Ts-Chairman OF tho national Democrats
Charged with Conspiracy.

Chicago. Sept it-w. D. Bynum.
chairman Of the National Democratic
party. rendered hls r5signatlon to the
executive committee today. aud George
Foster Peabody % New York was
elected hls successor, The resignation
was a great surprise 10 the leaders Of
,ho gold Democratic party.
c. vey Holman. of Maine. declared at
the meeting that he proposed MIR, BY
mum be Investigated. Sir. Holman
claims Mr., nynum called the meeting
today with the intent TO force him 10
leave Maine. where the election was
held on Monday, the morning OF cleo
tlun day. and he charges the ex-chair-
man with conspiracy. A committee. OF
which Mr.. Peabody was made chair
man, was appointed 10 prepare an adj
dress TO the people.
A resolution which was adopted by
the meeting, stopping the salaries Of
an the officers. u said TO be the real
cause Of Mr.. iynum'a resignation.
Treasurer frenzel Of Indianapolis re-
ported that whom the campaign % 1896
ended there was $4,000 In the treasury
OF the Nallopal Democracy. Since that
time s. 800 his been expended. There
MAS ~. 800 which could be had when
necessary from unsolicited Hubacrip-
tons. Mr.. nynum had received $500
as salary, while 500 was credited 10
personal expenses. The treasurer re-
ported that 1900 had been sent 20
kentucky Tor the isqi campaign. ti,500
20 Iowa. $500 % Ohio during the cam
paiEu IN which Hanna was elected
United States senator ana 5000 90
Kansas. Finally he said that $50 had
been expended for stationery and
postage.
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NjHBI|Y|I]|
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To and from Chicago. ST. Louis.
Omaha. kansas City. and an eastern
points.
Direct line 90 the Trans Mississippi
Exposition. stopovera allowed at
Omaha on all tickets reading through
that city.
Two through trains each way daily.
Nestlhuled buffei smoking library
ears, Pullman sleeping ears. reclln-
Ing chair ears seats frecl. coaches
and dining ears. operated on the
Ia carte plan.
Tickets at offices 81 connecting lines.
l. A. BENTON, Ticket Agent. II. q.
W, ily, paOly Block.
II. y. NIesLEN. Travelling Pass. and
Freight Agent.
W, r. M'MliLAN. Gen. ACT,
2N :, W, Temple s., salt Lake city.
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