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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-27
FARM iAND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
CRICULTURISTS.
SomeUp-to-Date Hints About Cui-
tivation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures vIticuiturs and
Floriculture
What Variety OF Potatoes.

! some time ago farmer sold the
writer ten bushels Of potatoes which
were contracted for before the pota-
toes were dug. They proved to. be
very small, but yet not so small that
they could be refused. On investiga-
ton it was found that they were OF a
variety that is pretty well run out.
The farmer said that all of his neigh
bors that We're growing this variety
complained that for several years they
had not been able to get more than half
crops Now, while We do not believe
that potatoes run out Of necessity, yet
most of them are SO carelessly handled
that they do run out after a time. 1t
would therefore seem that every man
should watch his variety and see that
1t Is not growing less productive. For
instance, II one variety will produce
only 100 bushels, it is evident that the
grower could much better afford to
pay good price for new seed than to
grow the old seed even IL he got II
for nothing. The Michigan agricul-
tural college tries a great many va
rieties and finds it advisable to dis
card hundreds Of them, after testing
them for a number Of years. Their
rule is to discard all potatoes that will
not yield 100 bushels to the acre un-
der fair conditions.
Some Of these potatoes discarded
are presumably not old varieties, but
new ones that do not do well on that
particular soil. Some Of them might
be entirely suitable to other soils ana
conditions Readers Of the Farmers
Review will remember the controversy
that took place a few years ago in
these columns over the Freeman po-
tato. Some farmers reported magnin-
cent yields with it and others report
ed that 1t was with them complete
failure. The facts were that in some
localities the soil and conditions fav-
ored it while in others the soil and
conditions were against it. There Is
no general purpose potato any more
than there Is a general purpose COW
or hen or horse. There are some va
rieties that are adapted to light sandy
soils and others that do well on
clay soil. The farmer that tries to
grow a potato on the wrong soil must
expect financial loss. Care IN select
ing varieties pays. 1t Is a mistake to
be carried away by potato fad. as
much as it Is a mistake to be carried
away by any other kind OF fad.
What we call potato fad Is for COM
munity to get the idea that there Is
only one kind of potato they must
grow and hang to it through thick and
thin, even though their soil may be
very diversely formed and construct
ed. Also a man that has newly drain
ed his farm may find that the potato
he grew on undrained land may not
prove the best on land so constructed
that the moisture and air pass more
readily through it. Every farm must
to a certain extent be an experiment
station. A farmer must try a num-
Der of varieties before he can know
which one will do the best for him.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-27
Improying Seed.

The Journal sees no reason why
seeds cannot be improved by careful
selection and cultivation just as
horses and cattle can be improved by
judiciously selecting and mating the
parent animals and properly caring for
their offspring, says Texas Stock and
Farm Journal. The Kansas Expert
ment Station is continuing an expert
ment on the station farm for the i'm
provement of corn and have shown
that the yield can be very much in
creased by breeding and selecting the
seed. The men engaged in the test
hope, also, to improve the feeding
value of corn by making 1t more nitro
genous. They find that some grains
have more than the average percent
age of protein, and hope by the selec-
ton of these to produce a grain that
will have more than the average flesh
producing quality. OF course the or
binary farmer has not the trained skill
nor the equipment to successfully or
scientifically conduct experiments on
such lines, but 1t seems to have passed
beyond question that yield and quail
ity can be increased very much simply
by planting the very best seed and
giving the seed crop just the kind and
amount of cultivation that is re-
quired. Such methods might profit
ably be applied to other than corn
crops. They would give the same ad-
vantage In the garden as in the field.
As to some plants climate might have
such effect a. to cause degeneracy In
spite of the best efforts. making 1t ad-
yisable to buy each year seed that have
grown under all conditions favor
able to them. but the Journal thinks
there are few products OF either field
or Sarden of which this Ia true.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-27
Cause Of Winter killing.

Some thirty years ago I wrote an
article on "Orcharding In Wisconsin" I"
It was given as my opinion in that ar
ticle that the very extreme and long
continued cold of some Of our winters
was the principal cause Of injury. and
now after the lapse Of more than .
quarter Of century, carefully noting
the effect of the extremes We have
passed, am still of that opinion.
says A. G.. Tuttle In Wisconsin Hor-
ticulturist." Every cold winter when
we have had many days in succession
Of very extreme cold. and when on
some of these days the mercury did not
rise above twenty below zero at mid
day. have always found injury soon
to follow. In every case the extreme
cold winters have been those most de-
structive. II we place foliage plant
in the open air with the thermometer
at Sero, 1t Is soon killed and We Dc
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-27

Incubator chicks that are reared In
brooder never have gapes.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-27

Continued in next weeks issue.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-27

Glover in the Dairy Ration -One
chief reason for going into the dairy
business is to make q market on the
farm for our clover hay. With clover
we can compound dairy ration easily
with almost anything else. With il
you can feed corn or oats and you mead
not buy mill feeds. @. Soyerhill.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-27


to the state treasury. Section s of chapter
l04 10 careful to provide that when coun-
ty treasurer deposits his money in deposit
tory under the provisions Of this act that
he and his bondsmen shall be released from
liability for, the money % deposited; but
section Z Of chapter lO6, relating TO ststs
treasurers, is careful to provide that the
state treasurer and his bondsmen shall nos
be released from any liability on account OF
depo.iting money in repositories selected
by hin, 90 that the remarks OF the su-
preme court OF Colorado in reference to the
distinction the Legislature evidently In.
tended between the liability OF the county
treasurer and his bondsmen and the liaoi'
hty of the state treasurer and his bonds
men are peculiarly applicable to the condi.
ton OF affairs in this state. and that court
saws: That this omission was purposely
made 10 apparent from the circnmocution
to cover all other Offices and all otherpublic
funds"
The supreme court ofWisconsin in very
state vs.. McFettridge, "a Wis. 473, decii.
ed that the state treasurer was liable to
the state upon his official bond for inter-
est received by him on public money.
The case was argued with great ability
by men on both sides who are recognized
as being amongst the ablest lawyers in the
United States, and ! think their. briefs
try and in England upon the question up
10 that time: but in the constitution Of
Wisconsin do not find any provision cor
responding with Section IL OF Article III OF
the constitution of this state. II was earn.
estly contended in that state that the de-
post in the banks Of the funds was con-
trary TO law, and that the treasurer was
required to keep the specific funds which
ne received in payment OF taxes and public
dues in his office. and that he had no right
70 receive checks and drafts: cut the su.
preme court decided that he had the right
The oasis., 1899-10-07

Globe Belt: M E Hackney, upon whom suspicion rested as being im- plicated in recent house robberies here. was arrested at Fort Thomas last Saturday upon telegraphic in- structious from Globe. Sheriff Arm strong went to Fort Thomas and se- cured the prisoner, returning with him Saturday evening. When the prisoner was searched there was found on his his person three loose diamonds, ring, the property of Wm. Whentoff, a gold watch stolen some time ago from H L Dignowity, who roomed in the Kenyon residence, and is now in Denver, and another gold watch which belonged to MT Bethel, late an engineer nn the C. ". c. X N. rail- road. which young Hackney claims he came by honestly. The defendant had his hearing before Justice Whal- ley on Monday last and was b und over in the sum of $500 to await the acticn of the grand jury The charge on which he was held was robbing Geo. Lanpher Of $50 Simon Acosta, charged with complicity in the rob- berries, has not yeu had hearing.
The oasis., 1899-10-07

All subscribers to THE OASIS fail ing to receive their paper regularly are requested to notify the publica- tion office, so the error may De rec tified.
The oasis., 1899-10-07

FOR SALE AT BARGAIN-Two 50 ton copper furnaces complete. con sisting of one 30-H. P. boiler, two F. H. P. engines, one No. 4 Baker blow CTS, one No. Cameron pump, one 7xlO Blake crusher, one pair lO-ton Howe platform scales, one Ortlings' assay balance, one Becker's analytical balance pulp scales, assay material and fixtures. All of the above is com plete, of modern construction and in good condition. Also new SO.ton silver lead furnace. not set up. All located adjacent to railroad. In. quire CT
 GARDINER, WoRTHEN & Goss,
 Tucson. ArjZ
The oasis., 1899-10-07
Axl>oNA >H ~'-.
iUulled from Excnanges.


 WIS called to Hedges yesterday to at tend man who had been shot. It appears that several Mexicans were raising rumpus around the domiclle of peaceful citizen, and on being ordered away refused to go. Ihe peaceful citizen took pot shot at the gang with 3s.calibre pistol, striking one of them in the thigh. The doctor started the wounded man on the road to recovery
 Graham Bulletin: J. K. Cosper and wife and John Hagan of Duncan, were in Solomonvlle this week, hav- ing brought down some wheat and onions to sell in this market and at Stafford MT. Cosper brought some onions to this office which were enor- nous in size. He says that 1000 to 30, 1000 pounds of onions can be raised on an acre in the vicinity of Duncan. The crop in that section is reported to be very good.
 Graham Guardian: On Sunday night the l7th inst, Maggie Guerra, Mex ican girl, was shot near the river at Clifton, the ball penetrating the back under the right shoulder blade and coming out little below the collar bone. At first recovery was thought impossible but under treatment by Drs Davidson and Burch she is said to be getting along well. Jesus Cis- neros was arrested and upon an ex- animation he was held to wait the ac. tion of the grand jury.
 Graham Bulletin: Geo Gilson, d miner and freighter well known in this valley, was killed the early part of last week while going from Fort Grant to the Clark mining district. He and his wife were travelling in a spring wagon and when going down d steep hill the brake gave way and the breastyoke broke, letting the wagon run onto the team. Mir. Gibson fell from the wagon and one of the wheels ran over his breast, causing his death two hours later. Mrs Gibson was also thrown from the wagon, but was not seriously hurt.
 Tempe News; This morning a Swede by the name of Berlin, who has been here for about year, was hunt. ing near the north end of the uridge. He shot a rabbit and was engaged in reloading the gun when the weapon accidentally went off and the charge lodged in muscles of the left arm, just above the elbow After the accident he came across the bridge aud got as far as the NJ. & P. depot where he wa: overcome by the loss of blood and pain Dr. Scroggs was sent for and dressed the wound. Berlin has supported himself since coming to Tempe ol making rustic chairs and benches. H' was sent to the county hospital thii afternoon
 Globe Belt: The latest reported change in railroad circles is that w E.. Lanigan, the agent at Globe siDc' the G. V, G. & N road entered tn, town, is to sever his connection witt the road to take effect Oct. l, ant that Tiffin D. Hyle, formerly the com pany's agent atsGeronimo, is to tax the place MT. Lanigan has mad many friends among the business me- of Globe who have had dealings wit the railroad company, and a stron edortis being made through petitlo numerously signed to MT. Garland t nave him retained as agent here. Nh
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02
BOOKLET ON OsTEoPATHY.

DR.. W. W. Brock, who has recently opened
an office and operating rooms for the Osteopa
THO system of treatment IN Montpelier VI
has published a handsome Booklet on D tie
opathy, in which he explains the theories
of that method of treating disease and lis
progress to recognition rs a science, so that
osteopaths are being admitted to practice on
The same terms rs the physicians of other
schools, The essential theory of ostcopathy
Is that the body contains within itself ali that
Is needed to control the body. There is little
difference between osteopaths and physicians
or other schools until the method of treat.
ment Is reached. The older schools of Dhy II.
clans rely ON drugs. The osteopath holds
that drugs are uncertain in their action, thai
every time a drug Is administered it is an ex.
pertinent, so he relies on his control OF the
natural forces of the body to effect a cure.
All this Is explained at length in the booklet
II Is finely printed, illustrated with some ex.
cellent views of the interior of the office and
operating rooms and scenery about Montpe.
lier, giving all the information of the method
OF treatment and the advantages of the city
that Is needed by any one in advance of a
May 5, 1899.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02

Judge Weeks has in his possession a
copy of History of Salisbury" by John
NJ. Weeks, an uncle of Judge Weeks.
The book is dated 1850 and was publish
ed in Middlebury by A. II. Copeland.
The following interesting statement APP
pears therein, anent the mape.sugar in.
dustry in Salisbury:
Moreover, the forest worm, the diamond.
backed caterpillar (Which first made its ap.
pearance in town about the year 1925, de.
stroved so many of these trees, that many
sugar works We're completely ruined; so that
very little sugar was made for many years
afterwards. The second growth OF the maple
tree Indicates, ut present 1850 Il return OF
sugar makiI z, at least to some extent
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02

When you are sick you go TO a good doctor
When you want your picture taken you go TO
Jackson When you want to go fishing go to
DR.. Bisbee ana he will fit you out with Just
what you need and nothing else, for he is a
practical fisherman.
FIVE FARMS FOR SALE-One in New Haven
at ZIG and one Mt $50, one in Addison at s22
one in Cornwall at S36, one in Middlebury at
$40 and one at $50. Also village property OF
various kinds. Small places at Weybridge
Monument. U. d. TwICHELL & Son. soft
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02

aisle and the boys in the other, in per-
feet precision, singing. After the cor
onation followed the benediction.
There are soloists and solosts, but for
real effective horn-blowng the reader is
referred to Henry Hammond and the re-
markable application to which he has
put horn. One would not look to these
pesky forest worms for an appreciation of
music, yet Mr.. Hammond goes under a
tree, toOts the horn, and presto whole
swarms of the worms come gliding down
their ever-ready ropes, TO be gathered in
by waving stick to and fro. Whether
the effect is produced by the fine quality
of the music or by temporary paralysis
occasioned by a false note IN the har-
mony, does not appear.
The concert on Tuesday evening,
given at the opera house by the glee and
mandolin clubs of the state university,
brought out one of the largest audiences
of the season. While every number on
the program pleased the audience, the
mandolin playing was especially well
received and was encored time and again.
The entertainment was under the
auspices of Union Lodge f. & A. NJ,
and they are much gratifled at the sue
cess OF their efforts to entertain. 1t NAV
not generally be known that Miss Maude
Stevens of this village drilled the glee
club during the past winter, and its ex-
cellence is largely due to her.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02
LOCAL NOTICES,

(Notices under this head ten cents per line
1rst inscrtion five cents per line succeeding
insertions. Count seven words to line.)
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02
Home Missionary Meeting.

DO not forget the Home Missionary
tea, Tuesday, June G, in the lecture
room of the Congregational church.
There will be a short business meeting
at o'clock, after which will be given an
account of the years work done. All
ladies interested in Home Missions are
invited TO attend and remain to the tea.
which will be served from 6 to o'clock.
Gentlemen are invited to the tea. Please
bring your annual Home Missionary
Offering. Com.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02

EDITOR REGISTER Il desire to call
the attention of the voters to a pressing
need of the village, so that the matter
may be intellgently discussed and wise
ly acted on at the proper time. This is,
the need of fire alarm system for the
village. Nearly all towns of the size of
Middlebury, and some much smaller,
have put in systems. Our neighbors,
Bristol and Brandon, have recently put
them in. | recently inspected the
Brandon system and was much pleased
with it, The Idea is to place an alarm
bell in the residence of each man in the
department, with boxes from which to
ring in the alarm at convenient places
about the village. In case of the death
or removal of fireman the bell could be
taken out Of his residence and transferred
to another at a very slight cost. The
principal cost would be the main wires.
one on each side, and that would not be
great enough to deter us from adopting
this very desirable improvement. A
serious fire may some day be averted if
we adopt the system. As it is now.
when we have fire there Is often
NOh0iuCi" DlC ucIdy III StlllDS uOWD 10
work on account of the inadequate
alarm and the uncertainty as to the To-
cation of the fire, the alarm bell In the
town hall tower being almost worthless.
The Firemau's Standard reports a recent
case at Warren, Mass, in which there
was serious loss from fire on account
of an inadequate alarm, the firemen not
getting to work until 30 minutes after
they would have done with a proper
alarm system. Now, we have as fine a
volunteer fire department as any town
of the size | know of: but to do the
efficient work the boys are capable of
they should have the best tools and the
best appliances, and | regard good,
modern alarm system as one of the most
important of these.
FRANK X. STONE. Chief.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02

There are number of houses along
the line of the sewer that are not con-
nected with 1t. The trustees wish to
suggest the necessity of such cases being
attended to at once and having proper
connections made. The sewer system in
Middlebury has been instituted at the
cost of large outlay to the village, and
that its benefits may be fully enjoyed,
all along the line must connect. If all
on street connect except one house,
that house is menace to the lives and
property of all the neighbors, and the
locality is not deriving the benefits from
the system that should he derived. The
hot weather is coming on and all
nuisances of the kind must be done
away with.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02
Social Ulatters.

THE WEATHER IN MlDDLEBURY.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, MAY 81
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02

The June term of county court will
convene next Tuesday at the court house
in this village. Chief Judge Russell f.
Taft will preside; Hon. Warren Peck
and Hon. a. II. Hubbard being the
assistant Judges. The June docket COM
prlses III cases. The sea of matrimonv
furnishes a rather large number of
wrecks, there being 20 divorce cases
booked. However, only eight are down
for hearing this term. Nine cases will
be heard by Jury, and % by the court.
The chancery docket holds an unlucky
thirteen cases. Following are the petit
jurors drawn for the term: Addison.
Charles j. Torrey; Bridport, j. G. Sun
derland; Bristol, Frank Greenough.
Julius Hill; Cornwall, Clyde W. Hurl-
burt; Ferrisburg, S. 5. White. f. A.
Barney Goshen, II. V. Reade; Gran.
vile, Leslie L. Dickerman; Hancock.
George r. Church; Leicester, Frank Z.
Gambell; Lincoln, Loren f. Jackman.
Henry Steadman; Middlcbury, Walter
W. Martin, Allen r. Foote; Monkton,
William w. Wyinan; New Haven.
Charles ). Dana, Lewis A. Baker
Orwell, j. K. Branch, Warren l.. Rob
erts; Panton, Joseph Rogers; Ripton.
James f. Hodges; Salisbury, Frank c.
Atwood; Shoreham, Charles T.. Cook.
William Wisell; Starksboro. George T..
O'Bryan, Daniel Sargent; Vergennes. f..
q. Norton, George +. Stone; Waltham.
F. o. Allen; Weybridge, Albert w. Stur-
teyant; Whiting, Royal +. Stevens.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02
The MODERN BEAUTY.

Thrlves on good food and sunshine,
with plenty of exercise in the open air.
Her form glows with health and her face
blooms with Its beauty. If her system
needs the cleansing action of laxative
remedy, she uses the gentle and pleasant
Syrup of Figs, made by the California
Fig Syrup Co., only.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02
IRAvELERe' GUIDE.

Trains pass Middlebury station at the hours
given below
GOING NORTH EXPRESS, 3 2l q. M; local
express, 40 a. M; mail, 3 10 p. M; express,
5 ~; mixed, IL :l3 p. IN.
GOING soUTH-Mail, 9;45 a. M; express,
;0l p. m; passenger, 5S p M; passenger,
.5l p. M; express, IL :02 p. m.
MAILS CLosE-North PAS and I 80 p. M;
south, 9l0 a. m. and I 80 p. M; stage, 8
y. m.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02

THE WEATHER AT BREAD LOAF.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, MAY 81.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02
Canada Needs Prohibitory Law.
Press DESPATCH

train on the st. Guillaume-Farnham
branch of the Canadian Pacific railway
was stalled this afternoon by a horde of
caterpillars crossing the tracks. Where
they crossed the caterpillars are said to
have laid six inches deep.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02
FRANK X. STONE. Chief.

A free delivery service will be estab-
lished at Bellows Falls on Oct. with
three regular letter carriers and one SUBJ
stltute carrier. There will be - street
letter boxes and one package box.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-06-02
The season grows apace and
Summer is upon us.

In Derbys the ar. & d.
Special" "Guyer" and Crank
lin." There are others but not
in it with these.