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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14
What's the Matter With So. Oak.

Reports of crop conditions in Iowa and
Kansas read like romances-yet there is
do ubtless much truth in them. These
two great states adjoining Nebraska have
produced enough this year to feed the
n alton, their granaries are bursting and
the fruit, vegetable and hay crops are
e normous. Nebraska isnot far behind
her neighbors-only in proportion to pop
ulation. Give Nebraska as many prod
ucer as there are in Iowa and Kansas,
the crop yield would be quite as album
dant.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14
August Flower
E. A. Miller. Prin

IT Is a surprising fact,' says Prof
Honton, that in my travelsin all parts
o the world, for the last 10 years, |
met more people having used
Green's August Flower than any other
reinedy, Tor dyspepsia, deranged liver
aud stomach aud for constipation. |
find Tor tourists aud statesmen, or for
persons filing Office positions where
headaches aad general bad feelings from
irregular habits exhist, that Green's
August Flower - a grand rem.dy. 1t
does not iniure the system by frequent
use, and Is excellent for sour slomlacl,s
aud Indigestion Sample bottle ire. ~
+. Ross X Co. Sold by dealers ia all
civilized countries. 4
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14

Quite an audience turned ont -
the ball game yesterday hatm0 s*
Boston Boomers and q local - a ts
the ball park. 1t was mora nlae 1t
which drew them out than anv curiosity
tion OF witnessing a real good .apscts
ball, so there was little dissano;saned
The girls travel in a special 'nea.
carry an arrangement OF canvas aaa
which nicely ~encloses the gr.aaa 'sas
fact, their outfit embrases basas y
plate, foul flags, everything essan,; a1aat
q ball field. Some OF them ean .
ball, Others cannot. but they ua, pay
game from a picked nine comnoa,, 'e
hasbeens, comers and uever.wa Y
ball game it was bum, but it asos aa
lots OF amusement to the spectators
see them beat the boys. Their N.Y.
strength lay in two men on ths t haa
and the pitcher and first base. On @a y
diamond they behaved very nieplv =. !,
they fulfill in every way tha ela;a
get out in their advertisements P,a1'
innings We're played resulting Bloom'.
umpire and crowd 16. An otbe,a !
Time not taken.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14
Webster High School.

Term begins September 18th. 1909.
Prepares for entrance to all Colleges IN
So. Oak,
Pupils received without examination
who have completed the Sth grade as
prescribed by the State course OF study.
All pupils desiring to enter the High
School are requested To he in attend
ance at the opening Of the serm .-rui-
tion for pupils outside the Dist. 50 per
month.
r. A Miller prin
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14

The City Council met IN the FIREMAN
Hall at it's regnlar meeting MONDAY
evening Sept. 4th 1899.
Motion made the City Council adjourn
rim Tuesd ay evening Sept. 9Th 1899 for
business OF the Council.
C. Malmberg, Auditor.
Webster, s. d., Sept. 9th. '99.
The City Council meet in Fireman Hall
as adjourned meeting Tuesday evening
Sent. 9Th 1899. Motion made that the
City Council adjourn tin Wednesday
evening Sept. 9th, 1899, to complete
further business OF the Council.
C. Malmberg City Auditor.
Webster, s. d. Sept. 7th, 1899.
The City Council meet in the Fireman
He'll at an adjourned meeting Wednes-
day e vening Sept. 7th, 1899.
Calling the roll found the following
members present.
E. W. Small, Mayor; III. Olson, Pres
ident: Alderman, b, 0. Wickre, John
Winter, c. Hewkinson, Paul Gruby,
VIM. Magnus.
Minutes OF the previous meeting wa
read and approved.
The foil owing bills were then present
ed and on motion allowed:
- n r.on e. ~ bordu,ara QCd SE
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14

1t appears 70 be definitely settled
that Presidept Mckinley will visit
Minneapolis early IN October. Capt.
lIsaser of Aberdeen in an interview
with the President extended an in
vilation TO visit So. Dakotaaud is on
his road home TO arrange for a more
formal invitation toeeti er with an
iierinary Of a trip which will not
take more than two days at the most
from Minneapolis. As at present
mapped out the route will include
Milbank, Webster. Crotch, Aber
deem, .Rvdleld. Woonsock-t, Nit.
%ulirll, Yank,cn, Elk Point. 1t is &c
be Hoped that Arrangements can be
completed for the people would ap,
~prsciate the honor Of a visit from the
chief executive Of the ration.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14

OF the police Justice for thu
August was presented and 'ad
accepted. Mssasa
A Petition aligned By YIN /,
and % residents and tax nova.. 'ssna'
City OF Webster praying 10 49, "
street across the railroad cract sA
street anda street made on a. zad
side OF the rail road to iuterr.a ''a '
lower end OF second street in ~ ~
Of Webster were ON motiou 49, lq
The CITY Council made II. -
levy to tine amount Of sa90a
folio wing year.
Motion made and carried ~.
street commissioners be inst,r.s 'A
notify property holders on ea,, = y
Block 3 Prior's addition to hn;,s s'sa
walk within 10 days Of notice. ~
Motion made to adjourn.
c. Malmberv IL,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14
Aberdeen News.

Even Coxey is experiencing prosperity
He has Joined the "plutes' and is deriv-
ing a big income from fortunate invest
ments in zinc mines In Missouri. 1t il
not related, however, that he Is paying
his men any more than other employers
or granting them shorter hours of labor
Human nature in this respect seems to
be of pretty even texture, regardless OF
professions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14

Lieut.. Col. Slower as the possible
fusion candidate for Governor is the
latest political rnmor set adoat and
a supremely ridiculous il is.
Lee Slower isn't that kind Of man
and further he has had all the rx-
perience with fnsionists lie probably
wants to undergo.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14
Kidney or Bladder Troubles

III you suffer from kidney, bladder or ~.
airy troubles, or from too frequent or scam,
urine, DIR. Fenner's Kidney and Baek,,s.
Cure is what you want. Bed-yett,n,
children is speedily cured by one botf1. !
this powerful remedy. Testimonies :.
disregarded,snany people doubling tbs ba,'
esty or sincerity of them. We therefore ayo,
giving any here, but furnish them in ci,enl,.
Set one of your dealer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14

We have used C~hamberIaips coma
remedy in u home for many years M
bear cheerful testimony to its value a.
medicine which should be in ever
family. In coughs and colds we hms
found it TO be etficiacious and in cron
and whooping cough in children n
deem it indispensable,-H. P. Rirs.
Az Fairfax ave, 5. Louis Mo. For Nh
by +. Ross.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14
Iroauois Chief.

II is noticeable that even the pop papers
r efused to publish and endorse the inter-
view OF Boss Petfigrew, in which ne
stated that we should pull down the
American flag and apologize to the world
for the Philippine war. Anything that
Is too rank for the antiadministration
press Is too rank for anybody and 1t is
evident that Pettigrew has over reached
himself.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14

Day County will bear the unevi-
able record of being one of the few
counties which failed to contribute
its share towards bringing back the
brave boys Of the First.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14

Dreyfus was convicted as anticip-
ated by those who followed the
proceedings Of the court
martial, but the conviction will for
ever remain a blot on the name Of
France, even il he is pardoned $
some expect he will be
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14

This appears to be the year of the
Street Fair judging from the COL
ums of our exchanges. This form
Of enterprise is not only popular but
profitable.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14

Il is possible when Maj, Warne
and Senator Pettigrew meet, the
meeting will be q Frosty one.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14
JOHN w. r Editor .
Thu rsday, September IA, 1899.

Cornelius Vanderbilt, the New York
millionaire, is dead.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14

CURRENT TOPICS. =
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Should get the Best.

Should get the Best.
Huronite.
The farmer who buys cattle to range
. honld buy only FIRST class cattle. a
O grade Of stock Is like a poor crop OF
whesf-hard ON the farmer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-14

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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-17
Apparatus for Ripening Cream.

A correspondent of the National
Stockman sends the following contri-
button to that journal in regard to the
ripening Of cream:
There is one point that should be
emphasized that is the importance Of
ripening and just how to ripen the
cream. To keep the cream in the liv-
ing room, or in the kitchen. around the
fire, as many butter makers do, is one
of the surest ways of spelling the but
ter, and where but few cows are milk
ed keeping room warmed up to he
proper temperature especially for ri
pening the cream is attended with too
much expense. A few years ago we
stumbled into way that is practical,
economical, and gives the best results.
We bought what is known as bread
raiser. and after using it for that pur-
pose for awhile we found that it was
Just the thing to warm up the cream.
Any one handy with tools can make
one, and the cost Is but trifle. Ours
is a wooden box 81 inches high, 81
inches wide, and IS inches deep. with
sheet iron bottom or division Is
inches from the floor. In the under
part there should be small door for
putting II the lamp. required to give
the heat The sheet iron division
should fit close so as to keep all gas
from the lamp entering the upper
APARTMENT A few small holes under
the sheet iron will let out the gas from
lamp. In the upper apartment a
Slated movable bottom should be
placed two or three inches above the
sheet iron on which to set the cream
bucket or bread tray. A lid covers
the box and keeps out dust, etc. With /
a thermometer inside the lamp can be
regulated to give any temperature de- |
sired. A box of this kind can be made |
larger or smaller to suit individual /
wants.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-17
Preventing Disease.

In an address to the Poultry Class
lege, DR.. Woods said:
Supposing We have observed care In
breeding and rearing our fowls-how
shall we prevent disease?
Unsanitary surroundings, dampness,
crowding, impure water. improper food,
factors in breeding disease. 1t does
not matter whether it is a germ dis
ease or not. Subjected to such condi-
lions, even the strong sound constitu-
ton breaks down, and with it vanishes
immunity.
Poultry houses should be built on
land that is dry and well drained. Per-
sonally am in favor of the open front
scratching shed house, since it permits
open air exercise all the year round,
with necessary shelter from wind and
storm. Next to the scratching shed
house comes the large well lighted pen,
with plenty of room for exercise. I do
not favor yentilators. believing that the
best of them are prone to create drafts
and sleeping fowls subjected to
drafts will soon become victims Of
colds. Build the houses tight and warm.
There is little danger of getting them
too snug. Have the windows made to
open. and give the houses a thor
ough airing daily by opening the doors
and windows while the fowls are exer-
cising. This will secure all the venti-
lation needed. If. after adopting this
plan, the house seems to need ventilat-
ing, you can make sure that you have
overestimated its capacity. and that
what you want in the house is not ven-
tilators, but fewer fowls.
Sunlight is important to health; your
house must be so placed that through
the day sunlight may penetrate to all
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-17
Latent Fertility In the Soil.

There is no more important question
before the farmers of the country to-
day than that of maintaining and keep
ing up the fertility Of the soil, says
Mirror and Farmer. The success of
all farming operations depends upon
1t. Whether the farmers speciality is
live stock, dairying or grain growing,
he cannot make a success CT any one
unless he gives special attention TO
maintaining the fertility of his land
and making it as productive as posi-
BILE.
In the December number Of The In
dustrialist, Mr.. R. w. Clothier dis
cusses the latent fertility of the soil.
He states that farms do run OUT from
long continued usage and improper
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-17

Mr.. H. B. Niles. of Pennington,
Mimi, who relates his experience in
this method of feeding in the North
western Farmer as follows:
1 wish to add my testimony for the
above named crop for summer feed for
the dairy or other stock. That this
crop is not generally known to be val
liable as 1t is, 1 think we End proof
as we look among the dairymen who
practice summer feeding and see how
little of it is grown. At Westwood
stock farm, after all other small grains
were sown one and three-fourths acres
of peas and oats were sown in the usu-
al manner, the peas being plowed I'M
der at the rate of one bushel per acre
sown with seeder broadcast and har-
rowed in; oats sown at the rate Of two
bushels per acre. The crop was not
put in early, as there was evidence Of
good pasture for some time, but pas
lures are getting so they deceive us
and just when we want them most they
fail, and it was so this season in this
locality. July l the peas were just be-
ginning to pod and the oats to head
out. On that day cut the first feed.
and I give you some figures just for
what they are worth and not as proof
positive of anything. We continued to
feed from this plat once day for TWEEN
ty days. all they would eat, to the fol-.
lowing stock: Fifty-four cows and
heifers, not all in milk; these were
fed the whole twenty days. The first
eight days twenty calves and three
aged bulls were fed about what they
would clean up at feed. AS the milk
from the herd is weighed at each milk
ing. | give you the figures for the last
seven days before feeding the peas and
oats. 5000 lbs. The first seven days
of July the milk weighed 1922 lbs. and
the next seven days 5,097 lbs. This
brought US up to July Is. when the
peas and oats began to show the effect.
of the continued dry, hot weather, but
July 81 we began feeding drilled corn
on which the ears we're well set but not
much corn on them. Fed all the cows
would eat up once day for seven days
when the milk record showed 4,4S9 lbs.
an average of 63S lbs. per day, against
an average for fourteen days on peas
and oats of 1877 lbs. and to help out
my hobby little more, will state that
on the 22d of July, the second day we
fed corn. one heifer's milk was added
to the mess. averaging Is lbs. per day.
After this date we began feeding twice
a day of the corn, and with the help OF
two more of those special purpose hcif-
ars, brought the mess up to 700 lbs.
per day. This is not all: 1t took less
rods of land to feed of the peas and
pats than OF the corn, which was n |
good growth.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-17

treatment. but adds that in the major
ity OF cases very small per cent Of
their natural fertility has been taken
away in the form of crops. BY far the
greater portion has been wasted by i'm
proper methods of cultivation. To
quote:
A very small per cent of the total
weight Of plants is furnished by the
minerals Of the soil; and of this small
per cent the following elements are
necessary to plant growth: Iron. sui
phur, nitrogen. phosphorus, potassium.
calcium, sodium, silicon, oxygen and
chlorin. OF these, all but potassium.
phosphorus and nitrogen are present in
the soil in such abundance as to be
practically inexhaustible. The amount
OF these three elements, then, contain
ed in soil will determine its fertility;
and since all Of them may be consid-
cred of equal importance to plant
growth, deficiency in any one Of them
makes the soil poor
Taking Kansas soil as an example
the writer goes on to show that it con-
acre to the depth of one foot. For an
ideal crop of wheat 1916 pounds Of
nitrogen per acre is required for both
grain and straw. According to this
an ideal crop Of wheat could be grown
yearly for 70 years before the supply
Of nitrogen would be exhausted. By
the same cropping the phosphoric acid
would last LIS years and the potash 200
years. But these represent the fertil-
ity in only the first foot Of soil. Many
Of the roots penetrate below this
depth. and, as the rain annually brings
down to the soil from six to ten pounds
per acre Of nitrogen, 1t would seem
that the fertility of the soil is prac-
tically inexhaustible. But the writer
recognizes the fact that soils do wear
out, and explains 1t as follows:
In the first place only a small por-
ton of this plant food Is ever available
to the plant at any one time. Nearly
all the nitrogen, for example, exists
in the form Of organic matter, which
cannot be used until it undergoes the
process OF notification, the process oy
which the nitrogen of organic matter.
is converted into nitric acid and nj
trates. Notification takes places by
means Of bacteria, which live in the
SOIL In order that these bacteria may
thrive and perform their work well.
they must have conditions of warmth
and moisture, must be supplied with |
oxygen, and the acid formed must be
removed or combined with some base.
Quite often a base easily acted upon
Is not present and too much free acid |
Then, too, in water
logged soils the temperature remains
too low and the air is excluded by |
the water. We must find some way |
TO supply these necessary conditions.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-17
parts az it. Sunshine and pure afr are
the greatest hl0od purifiera

parts at it. Sunshine and pure afr arc
the greatest blood purifiers.
A very dusty house is not desirable.
Fowls can stand more dust than we
can. but constant breathing of dust
laden atmosphere invites catarrhal
troubles. Dust has its place in the
poultry house, and that place is in the
dust bath, which should be located in
some sunny corner of the house or
shed. The dust bath is necessity,
since it is the natural method OF clean
sing skin and feathers, and keeping
down vermin.
Crowding on the roosts mast be
avoided If freedom from colds is to be
had. for crowding is almost certain to
result in sweating, and subsequent
chill. 1t is best avoided by allowing
no more fowls to pen than it will af-
ford comfortable roosting room II
they have warm. roomy quarters, and
are we'll cared for, they will not crowd
enough to do them harm.
Dampness should never be tolerated;
fowls cannot thrive in damp quarters
Dampness that may result from house
sweating can be overcome by airing
the house well each day. The length
of time for the airing is to be deter
mined by the condition of the weather
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-17
Detection of Lice.

Lice may exist on fowls. and chicks
without being discovered, and that is a
difficulty in the way of those who are
endeavoring to convince the inexperi-
enced of such fact, says Mirror and
Farmer. In brood of chickens two
or three may perhaps be weaker than
the others, and these will be almost
sure to have ten times the number Of
vermin on them than the strong and
healthy ones, and the only way to ac-
count for 1t is that the weak chickens
do not seem to have the strength and
energy to dust themselves; hence it is
matter of impossibility for them to
thrive when they have vermin upon
them, which not only suck the blood
but derive great deal of nutriment
out Of the shooting quilts. which is. OF
course. very weakening to the chickens.
More chickens are killed through the
ravages of vermin than from all the
diseases put together. The birds are
so weakened by these pests that they
are very susceptible to many ailments,
and where chickens have been practi-
cally killed by lice, in almost every
case the gall-duct of the liver is very
full, and in some instances overlows
and occasionally bursts. When chick
ems have many vermin upon them their
feathers usually look a little rough,
eyes pale all round and sunken, and
there is a line underneath the eye
which gives the bird a peculiar appear
ance, as if the beak was too long for
the head (crow head, and then the
wings too long for the body. Even
when the youngsters appear strong and
occasionally and examine them very
closely, and if there are the least signs
they should be we'll busted with in
sect powder SO as to destroy what few
there are. Those which have a large
number of vermin upon them should
be well busted with insect powder
twice, the second from five to seven
days after the first dressing, also, at
the same time. applying a few drops
of sweet oil on the heads When dust
ing the chicken place a large sheet Of
paper on a table and lay the bird on |
its back, then part the feathers and |
shake the powder well in, so that the |
whole of the skin is covered with it; |
turn the bird over and rub the prepara-
ton we'll into the ends of the flights |
the quilts. After they have been |
well busted the powder should be |
knocked OF the surface OF the feath-
ers with the hand on the paper so that
none is wasted.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-27
MOST INCONGRUOus.

A visit to the 0 s. l., freight hous,
any day in the week is an object les
son that cannot fail to make u very
lasting impression on the most SUI
perllcial observer, and one that is moi
altogether agreeable to such as have
the real interest of the country at
heart. The following memorandum
of freight received Friday morning
last is only suggestive of all other
mornings. This is the showing:
Cantalopes aud water melons, lemons
and oranges from California, such
imports AS these of course only indi-
cate enterprise on the part of our
merchants and are products impos-
sible or in advance of tue season
hire But then comes garden truck
of all kinds-onions by the sack,
potatoes ditto, hams and bacon and
other hog products from South Oma-
ha, dried beef and other packing
house products, butter and cheese,
piles Of crates filled with berries
from our neighboring town, Payette,
salmon from Portland, and car loads