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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22
FARM AND GARDEN
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRiCULTURISrS.
Some Up-to.Date Hints About Cul.
tivation of the Sol, and Yields
Observation-Disclosures vi.lculturs and
Horticulture.


Forest Leaves In tho Garden.
In discussing the matter of isrtilizing
village garden with an old gardener.
he highly recommended autumn leaves.
In the autumn of 1897, when the streets
were full of fallen leaves, | made up
my mind to try them, says contribu-
tor to Rural New Yorker. After a
good rain l hired village cartman to
collect them for me, and dump them
in compact heap in a place in the
garden, where wagon could enter
without doing harm. He dumped eight
loads, charging me only 20 cents Il
load. Being gathered from the gut
tiers, where they lay in heaps, having
drifted thus in the rainstorm Of the
previous day, it was an easy job, and
he did it in a half day. In the spring
of 1898 they were not sufficiently de-
composed to be desirable, and l left
them undisturbed. Last spring single
handling made them as fine as could
be desired. In fact, this leaf mold was
worth to me three times its cost in
commercial fertilizer, for it supplied n
want which no commercial fertilizer
can supply-humus. l shall continue
the practice, adding annually little
potash (muriate) or wood ashes to the
pile, the latter of which get from an
open-grate wood fire, in spring end fall,
in our sitting room.
My old friend who so strongly rec
commended this had garden in which
he had been obliged to raise the soil
to a proper level, and really good sur
face soil was not to be had, SO he had
to use such as he could get, much OF
it being subsoil when he Gug the cellar
for the residence. He could furnish the
nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid
from the dealers in those things, but
the indispensable vegetable humus he
had to look for elsewhere, and he found
it. 1t taxes two winters thoroughly to
decompose the leaves, but they are
worth the time and trouble 1t takes. |
have begun arrangements for gathering
them this fall and when frost comes
| shall double the quantity gathered.
The present supply will be used in
making the garden next spring.
There is no place where leaves can
be thus collected so easily as in vii
lagos where shade trees are abundant,
and this qualification is growing year
by year, as We are becoming better edu-
Gated in their beauties, but Of course,
in many rural places other than vii
lagos they are to be had at slightly
increased expense.
R. N.-Y.-The leaves will also be
found useful to the amateur gardener,
rs they are to the florist, in his COM
post heap, to be used with potting soil.
The florist usually has what he terms
his rot-pile, where everything in the
way of dead plants, leaves, and vege-
table rubbish is mixed with scent soil
from pots or benches. The soil wealth
ers under the influence of sun and
frost, until, mixed vita this humus, it
is again available.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22

I want my salary.
Salaries will be paid Immediately
after the performance
Mine must be paid now or the per-
Torrance will not be finished
"ln awkward position he drew a
newspaper package from his overcoat
pocket. 1t seemed heavy, and 1 heard
the clink of coin.
Awful lot Of silver tonight he
said. as he handed me the parcel.
81 dropped it scornfully.
81 want greenbacks,' said firmly.
"'But l haven't
'Greenbacks or no performance
repeated calmly.
You should have seen his face!
you should have seen the property
boy comforting himself with delight be-
hind set house.
With the 'smothercd curse Of the
melodrama the manager picked up the
scattered coins and marched away. A
twenty dollar bill came back to me In
a few moments and the play ended In
orthodox fashion.
But what do you think Of that for
meanness?"
I'm speeches." said I. Encore
the oolong. please! l must steady my
nerves."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22
Skim Milk for Hogs.

Skim milk should always be used
when it is available, says writer in
Blooded Stock. 1t is not only good
flesh producer in itself, but it also
makes the ordinary grain feeds more
digestible and so adds greatly to their
value. While skim milk alone is rarely
profitable, from twenty to forty pounds
being required to make a pound OF
meat, when mixed with grain in the
proportion of three pounds or less Of
milk to each pound of grain its value
is greatly increased. In q test reported
by G. P. Goodrich one bushel Of corn
produced ten pounds of pork and one
hundred pounds of skim milk produced
five pounds of pork, when fed separate
ly. When fed together, however, the
mixture produced eighteen pounds Of
meat, an increase of three pounds due
to the mixing In this case one hun
dred pounds of skim milk took the
place of AS pounds Of corn. II the
corn was worth twenty-five cents a
bushel the milk was worth 1876 cents
per one hundred pounds; if the corn
was worth forty cents, the milk was
worth 3l.4 cents. Extended tests In
the feeding of skim milk have been
made at the Utah station and are
these: The hogs fed On the milk
and grain ration made much more
rapid gains than either those fed ON
milk alone or on grain alone. The
time required to make one hundred
pounds of gain was seventy-nine days
for the hogs fed on milk and grain,
one hundred and sixteen days for those
fed on grain alone, and one hundred
and forty seven days when the feed
was milk alone.
"The milk and grain lots required
2.5S pounds of digestible matter, the
milk fed lots, 2.S5 pounds, and the
grain fed lots, 3.19 pounds to make one
pound of gain in live weight" In this
case one hundred pounds of skim milk
took the place OF 1872 pounds OF grain
in the mixture. Work at other sta
tons has given very similar results
and has demonstrated that when not
more than four pounds of skim milk Is
used with each pound of grain the milk
is worth from fifteen to thirty cents per
hundred pounds. The younger and
smaller the hogs the higher is the
value of milk. For full grown and
aged animals it is Of less value. 1t
may be taken as a safe rule that 1t is
profitable to pay at least fifteen cents
Der one hundred hounds of all the skim
milk needed to make four times the
weight OF the grain fed, and where 1t
is impossible to secure enough for all
the hogs the available supply should
be given to those pigs nearest the
weaving age and to sows sucking pigs.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22

appear, put sent a message that he'd
see us in the town.
I'VE a. paid our fares-I had forty
cents left-and reached the place
pretty we'll disguised.
cat the hotel they viewed us sus-
piciously, as we had no trunks, and
there we learned that the matinee had
been abandoned, no seats having been
sold
I'VE had a rehearsal instead, and 1t
was six o'clock before l staggered into
the hotel, only to learn that we
couldn't have any supper unless we
paid for it Individually.
Il sent word 20 our manager that
I had no money and shouldn't play
without my supper.
This brought Linn to my door in a
hurry He knocked, and entered with
a surprised air.
"'Why, my dear he said, there's
some mistake.
81 think there is,' I replied, spirit
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22

A pretty little Thespian said to me
The other day:
II must look out for turkey job
Tor Christmas"
why, what do you mean?" 1
queried.
What. haven't you heard Of 'tur-
key actors'?"
y know plenty of actors who are
geese, and a few actresses who are
ducks" was the reply.
"Oh, dear, no! Turkey actors are
those who only get an engagement for
Thanksgiving or Christmas OF New
Years"
And how long can they live on
that?"
well, it's better than nothing. l
engaged for twenty dollars and ex-
penses last Christmas to play Aida
Bloodgood in The Streets of New
York Oh, what an experiences!
Come IN here quolh l, land ossr a
trimming bumper of chocolate or a
Wild wassail of tea. tell me all"
And as we lurcied together she told
me this
"rhey sent for me from a dramatic
agency, said the money was sure and
almost any dresses would do. Aida Is
the daughter of banker in the play
but they said that in the town where
we were to perform on Christmas night
they wouldn't know the difference.
However, I fixed up three changes
without spending cent.
1--WE were all to meet the manager
at the ferry in Jersey City. He didn't
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22
TURKEY ACTRESS"
Observation-Disclosures

| eddy. If l don't have any supper I
| don't go on
why. thatll be all right, my dear.
| We'll go out together, and you shall
have supper with me-
And he laid his arm affectionately
on my shoulder.
II gave him a good push, and he fell
up against thu door. Oh. how angry he
was!
What are you doing?' he shouted.
'Rehearsing you in the character
of gentleman said I, and you won't
suit.
"He vent out and banged the door.
but very nice supper came up to me
later Still I remembered the glsam
of hate in his eyes and was on my
guard.
1--WE had very good house that
stood looking out of the peephole in
tho curtain. the property boy brushed
against me.
Beg pardon he said, hurriedly.
but Two been workin' so hard an
nothin' to eat so that I'm as weak as
rat. I've had no supper.
You shouldn't go without your
supper l said.
81 amt got the price
90 gave him half of my forty cents.
EGO out and get cup of coffee and
sandwich
He took the money with a grateful
look anu disappeared.
1.-The play went on. So did he, for
that matter, for he played two parts,
poor little soul
Eat the end of the third act he
Knocked at my dressing room door.
Say, you're Miss Hallett, amt
yer?'
Yes
"'Well, got somethin' want to say
to yer on the quiet
Il finished dressing and came out.
Yen certainly was good to me- he
ssid with grin, an now it's turn
about
What do you nean?'
I mean-just sent me up to the hotel to
get five dollars changed into pennies
an nickels an ten cent pieces
We'll, what has that to do with
me?'
Plenty! He's a-makin' up salaries
out front in the office, an he's a.
langhin' with another Teller. He's 60
ing to pay you your salary in pennies
an nickels an dimes
81 don't believe it.
Well, you can. l heard him tell
the other Teller, an they think it's
great Joke. He's down on you for some
reason or other. Don't gimme away
And so he disappeared again.
$50 this was the managers con-
temptible revenge.
Twenty dollars in nickels and pen
MES!
II called the stage manager.
Don't ring up the curtain, Mr..
Clarke said, for shan't go on until
l get my salary
But, my dear what l said,' was my
reioinder, as | went back to my dress
ms room.
II thought of Patti refusing to put
on her slippers until poor old Mapleson
hal, produced $4,000-how she got two
thousand, simply put on one slipper
and waited.
Heavens. Suppose they had paid
her in nickels and pennies!
The manager came dashing back.
What's this. Miss Hallett?'
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22

The scientific name Of this plant is
Vicia villosa. A government report
says of it: This annual leguminous
plant IS a native of Asia. 1t has been
cultivated for about fifty years in some
parts of Europe, especially Southern
Russia, Germany and France, and was
introduced into this country for the
first time about 1S47 under the name
Of Siberian vetch Excellent reports
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22

sown in drills in the latter part Of
August, the crop should be cultivated
several times. 1t will furnish some
forage in autumn, and where the win
ter is not too severe will start to
grow again in the spring, thus produ-
cling forage in late autumn and early
spring, at the two periods when it is
most needed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22

If 1 were only Santa Claus,
And Santa Claus was me,
I'd show to him just what a good
Old Santa I'd be.
I'd always bring the kind Of toys
And story books for him;
I'd find his stocking ev'ry year,
And fill it to the brim.
This year I'd bring book or so
On how we conquered Spain,
Or how boy pursued his foe
Across the Klondyke plain.
And boxing gloves-and, say, l guess
A pistol would be fine
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22

To Klondyke with. And then-oh, yes,
A wheel for ninety-nine.
I'd bring leather suit and hat
The kind that cowboys wear.
OF bowie knives and things like that
He'd have lot to spare.
I'd fill his stocking then with all
The candy it would hold,
And where the packages were small
I'd fill in round with gold.
And when they saw how good I was,
How happy folks would be
If were only Santa Claus
And Santa Claus was me.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22
Those Christmas &C. O. D'u.-

Those CHRISTMAS Z. u. Ou."
He was an active parcel boy.
From house to house he'd range,
And whatsoe'er your bill might be
He always "had the change"
But cruel, coarse and changeless boys
His efforts did deride,
Until, from utter loneliness,
The little fellow died
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22
Irrigation Lands Alkalized.

Maurice Watel, writing from Paris,
France, to Bradstreet's. says:
read in your journal that the west
ern irrigated lands become alkalized
by over-irrigation. Really all lands
become alkalized by irrigation wher-
ever rain is scarce. In Egypt the same
thing occurs as in the western United
States, and people are obliged, from
time to time, to wash the soil. Dur
ing those years the fields to be washed
are not cultivated, and they are wa
tered very heavily. The water used
for washing is carried away toward
the Nile by drainage mean the wa
ter which has penetrated the vege-
table layer and exhausted the alkali
in the same. In one word, in eoun-
try of deserts the system Of irrigation
always has as counterpart system
of drainage.
This system of drainage has the fol-
lowing object:
First-To permit the washing OF the
soil when it is necessary. (Remedy).
Second--To carry away the water OF
irrigation, which, after it penetrates
the vegetable layer, can take from the
subsoil the salts contained therein and
bring them to the surface by capillar-
ity. preventive measure.)
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22

About this time of year. as we look
over the exchanges, we frequently see
reports of large hogs killed by various
parties each trying to outboast the one
who made the previous report, says
Farm and Home. And every time we
see such report we feel like saying,
"the bigger the hog the bigger fool the
one who fattened it" There is but one
excuse for having such extraordinary
weight in hogs. When one has an old
hog, kept for breeding purposes until it
is ten or dozen years old, If fattened
it will be a large one very naturally,
but we think the owner of such an ami
NAL would save more money to kill
and bury it than TO try to get 1t fat.
We do not believe that in New Eng
land any man can take a hog that
weighs $50 pounds, and buy the food
for it, and get pork enough to pay for
the food. 1t will cost less to feed two
hogs until they will dress 200 pounds
each than to make one weigh $50
pounds, and less to bring three to
weigh 175 pounds each than one wnlcn
will weigh $50 pounds. Such heavy
hogs cannot be sold at as good price
as the lighter ones, and the pork is not
as good for home use. We do not be-
lieve in killing lean hogs, nor in keep
ing them on poor food or short allow
ance to get more lean meat, as it is not
necessary. The latest hog we ever
raised and killed weighed less than $50
pounds when dressed, and, we think,
as lean a one was an old breeder that
dressed 72O pounds. The first was pork
for our own eating and good enough
for anybody. The big one was sold to
a sausage manufacturer for what he
would pay, and delivered at his back
door after dark Possibly people could
eat the meat after it had been ground
up.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22

Green stuff is almost essential +, ths
health of the fowls.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22

The size of a flock must be regulated
by the accommodations. If man had
his entire time to devote to the care
of his poultry and was skilled in the
care of them it is possible that flock
of almost any size might be handled
with advantage.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22

A New Idea.--Do you or any of your
readers know that sCme plants grown
in close proximity to some varieties OF
fruits will impart their flavor to the
fruit? asks contributor to Rural New
Yorker. | had melon vine run in a
small patch of peppermint, and the
melons had decided peppermint
flavor. My neighbor had a gourd vine
which ran on a peach tree, and the
peaches had disagreeable, gourd-like
taste. have noticed while gathering
wild blackberries, that those which
grew close to the French mulberry "a
species of Callcarpa.-Eds.) had a pc
culiar fragrance which was quite an
Improvement over the others. l took the
hint. have planted this shrub among
my patch of blackberries, and produced
berries which are far superior to any
blackberry ! have ever tasted.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-22

The time is coming when every farm
will be an experiment station. We
will then not have to depend on the
data gathered in a few situations in
each state, but will have thousands OF
scientific experiments upon which to
base conclusions. The work of max
ing the farms experiment stations is
going on with ever increasing rapidity.
The number of students in our agri-
cultural colleges is increasing from
year to year and the future must see
very much larger proportion going
back to the farms than in the past.
The application of science to our farms
means the saving of our farms, for 1t
will stop the exhaustion of the soils
and will turn the tide in the other d.
rection. The farms will be smaller,
and the farm population larger. We
have seen for many years great
movement of the rural populations to-
wards the cities The re-establishment
of the fertility of our farms and in
creased opportunities on them will at
least stop the tide that has been NOV
ing towards our cities. This will be
done in very natural manner. The
profits of farming will be increased.
and thus more men will be glad to oc-
cupy farms and will be able to make
a living on smaller areas.
England Buying Racehorses.-
Pinkey Potter, racehorse whose I'M
certainty made him more famous than
his speed did, has been sold by his
owner, ]. H. Smith, better known as
Texas" Smith, to the English gov
eminent, and is now on his way to
South Africa, where he will be used
in the war against the Beers. j. ID.
Bryan, one of Great Britain's agents.
bought Pinkey Potter and dozen or
more horses at Harlem. All of them
had outlived their usefulness as purse
winners, but should be valuable to
cavalrymen. MIR. Bryan went from
Harlem to st. Louis, where he ex-
poets to find at least twenty-five race
horses that will be of service in the
war. Some of the horses were sold for
as low as SIS. 1t is said Pinlkey Potter
brought s200.-Ex.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
Brave Men Fall.

Victims to stomach, liver and kid
ney troubles as well as women, and
all feel the results in loss of appetite,
poisons in the blood, baekache, ner-
vousness, headache and tired, list
lees, rundown feeling. But there's
no need to feel like that. Listen to
j. W. Gardner, Idaville, Ind. He
says: Electric bitters are just the
thing for q man when he is all run
down, and don't care whether he
lives or dies. 1t did more to give me
new strength and good appetite than
anything could take. can now
eat anything and haye.:a new lease
on life." Only so cents, at Fitzger-
AIDS Drug Store. Every bottleguar-
anteed. 24t5
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
Sold by C. l.. Willett, Rec Heights.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Of the Board of county commiSS
ino,ers, Hand county South Dakota

AIIr.LFR.S. b., May q, 1899.
Poard met in special session pnrs'
ant to Ahsftmrs call. all members PRE- s.
en-.
Board then took up the petition pr
scented by Warren Rirs f"r the sale Of
ihtox eating liquor at retail in the town
OF Mill r, South Dakota, said petition
was on motion granted.
Board then adjourned TO enc y. M,
then met all members present.
On motion bond OF Warren Hurst for
sale OF liquor at retail in the town OF
Miller, South Dakota, approved and Ii
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

Buffalo, N. Y.-Gents From my
personal knowledge, gained in OBJ
serving the effect OF your Shloh's
Cure in cases of advanced Consump-
ton, | am prepared to say it is the
most remarkable Remedy that has
ever been brought to my attention.
1t has certainly saved many from
Consumption. Sold by n. Johnson
& Go. 16y1
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
May Alto
Notice for Publication.

May 4t6
Notice for Publication.
Land Office ut Huron: so: Dak. NAY
following named settler has Aied notice OF
his Intention to make final proof IN supper.
Of his claim and that said final proc. ROO.
will he made before the JuIge Oh III III
County Court for Hand Co, >. DaK., at MS
Office In Miller South Dakota on Friday
June ,, 1899, viz:
JOSEPH KINDLE,
under his n. f., No. 1854 for the North East
quarter OF section 81. in township 10 \. OF
range 50. west OF the 18th 2. N.
He, names the follow ing witnesses .S
proya HIS continuous residence upon AND
cultivation OF said land Wig: Joseph
+. * olda, Frank r. kolda, Joseph kopecky
all OF Kolda Z. o. Hand Co. y: d. ana John
Campbell OF Miller, Z. o. Hand Co. ;. u.
C. A. BLAKE, Register.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
Notice for Publication.

Land Office at Huron. SO. OAK. Apr 18th.
1899. Notice In hereby given that the fol
lowing named settler has filed notice Of her
intention to make final proof In support OF
her claim. and that said proof viii be made
for Hand county .. Oak at his office in Miller
=. Oak. on Saturday June 3, 1899. viz:
CATHRE;E DRING, Widow OF THOMAS
DRING. deceased,
under II. L. No. 1888 for the s. L. "A OF
See. :. Twp 115. n. Range 81. west 9Th +
prove her continuous residence upon AID cul.
tivation OF said land. viz: Leander Anglip
X. NJ. Linn, Joseph 8. Mcdonald OF Hand,
S. ID. and Richard s. Wiilett, OF Miller. :. d.
G. A. BLAKE, Register.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
Wolf Bounty Law.

An Act TO Encourage the Destruction of
Coyotes, Wolves and Mountain Lions
Within the State of South Dakota; to
Provide Bounty for the Killing of
the Same; to Prevent Fraud in Obtain
ing Such Bounty and to Repeal Acts
and Parts of Acts ia Conflict There
with to Provide Penalty for the Viola
tion Thereof.
Be it Enacted, etc.
81. There shall be paid, as hereinaf-
ter provided, for the killing within the
boundaries of this State, of the animals
hereinafter mentioned, the following
bount'es, to-wit: For eadh coyote so
killed $1.00, for each wolf so killed 90. 90
and for each mountain hon so killed
$500.
s 2. Any person killing in this State, af-
ter the passage of this Act, one or more
Of the above named animals, and who
shall desire to claim the bounty there
for, shall, within sixty days from the
killing thereof, exhibit the scalp with
the ears entire and tail connected OF
such animal to the county treasurer of
that county in this State in which said
animal shall have been killed, and shall
at the same file with the treasurer his
affidavit in writing, taken before him as
such treasurer, which affidavit shall be
in the form following, to.wit:
I do solemnly swear that the skin. ,or
the scalp. with the ears entire and the
tail connected, by 49,. now exhibited
to the treasurer of the county of ......
State Of South
Dakota, w.. taken from :. .........
animal :. by ............ killed within
said county and State since the passage
Of the Act of the legislature Of the
State of South Dakota, approved the.
day Of ...............
...... 1880.
S IL. An emergency is hereby declared
to exist, and this Act shall take effect
from and after it's passage and approval.
Approved February S, 1899.