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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10
Growing Pop Corn.

The demand for pop corn increases
every year, yet the crop is never equal
to the market, says Joel Shoemaker In
Indiana Farmer. Farmers do not con-
slider the profits OF this special crop
or there would be more grown for sup
plying home demands. Pop corn re-
quires about the same soil as that de-
manded by the sweet and field vari-
cites. A sod or vegetable mould. con-
tanning more sand than clay and hav-
ing previous clean culture Is best
adapted to corn growing. II plowed in
the fall or winter and left to freeze
until the spring weeds begin to grow
before planting. the land will be in fine
condition. This crop wants plant food
like all others, but can get along with
little nitrogen. An average fertilizer
might contain about 8 per cent each
of phosphoric acid and potash and per-
haps 11a per cent to per cent nitro.
would be considered fair application
Another popular fertilizer for corn IL
mixture of about $50 pounds OF fine
ground bone and 100 pounds muriate
Of potash per acre broadcasted and well
mixed with the soil before planting
time.
Pop corn may be planted closer than
any other varieties. His plan Of plant
Ing Is to make the burrows three feet
apart and have the corn stand one
stalk in a hill, IA inches apart In the
rows, II the corn is planted very early
or late 1t will not suffer so much from
the worms as the medium planted
crops. Where irrigated, care must be
taken in keeping the water from the
stalks and not give the plants more
than two periods of irrigating during
the growing season. The poor ears can
be fed to poultry with profit and the
fodder is relished by the cows, sheep
and horses.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10
Give the Hog Comfort.

1t pays to make the hog as comfort
able as possible. Do not think be-
cause he has thick hide--because he
belongs to the order pachydermata--
that therefore he will endure all kinds
Of weather and all kinds Of treatment
as to his comfort and still return a
profit for his keeping. Some of us
have come to regard the hog as a col
lector OF all refuse and an endurer OF
all hardships. No matter how much
lye there is in the dishwater, it Is good
enough for the hog. One would think
that the hog had found a use for soap,
the way it is sometimes fed to him.
The dirty sty under the stable Is not
the place for respectable hog. There
Is no reason to be surprised IL hogs
treated as some treat them take dis
ease and die. Give the hog good feed
and a clean abiding place. He will
repay the cost with good interest
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

condensed from Farmers Review Steno-
graphic Report of Wisconsin Roundup
Institute.)
George J. Kellogg read a paper on
, top grating, in which he said in part:
l have probably so varieties now
growing top-worked on differen:
stock. Twenty of these varieties are
on Duchess stock. / find Tetofsky
worthless as a stock. Transcendent Is
good stock, but | find that winter
apples on this stock tend to early ma
turity of fruit. Many kinds are sue
cess on traIscendent crab, and have
great hopes Of seedlings grown from
this crab to give us roots that Will
letter stand our dry winters For sue
cessful top-grafting we must have
vigorous stocks, and for this reason
| have great faith in the Virginia and
other strong growing crabs; for they
get hold of the soil and get all there
Is in it. Virginia crab has particular
ly strong limbs, and is much the best
OF any have seen. Shields crab is the
best one | have tried in the nursery,
as one scion will form a top; but q
Virginia crab, with leader and four
arms grated is worth many times its
cost for an orchard tree.
There is no limit to this top grating
enterprise. / am told that in thu
Licnard of Mr. Burbank in California
mere Is one tree that has been grafteu
with 525 different varieties. What
eli &LnA A.,ao L. nc
into bearing!
My success with pears and plums
has not been as good as with apples.
| have increased the productiyeness OF
Miner by grating one-third of the top
with DeSoto. l find no plum stocks
failure.
There are few pointers that lead
to success in top-grafting. After the
stock is established the sooner it is
worked the better. If stout enough
to hold the scion firmly. scions no
larger than your finger are best. Avoid
grating limbs needing the saw. When
top-working the Virginia crab the
scions should be inserted not more
than six to twelve inches from the
body. The earlier in spring the graft
ing can be done the more successful
is it likely to be, for If you wait till
June the scions are likely to be a
little off. But even in June. II the
scions are in perfect condition, have
had 95 per cent OF the gratis live,
when they were on apples and pears.
Plums and cherries, for best results,
must be grated before the frost is out.
Liquid wax, applied warm, consider
best; and to protect from sun and
keep off the birds. piece OF newspa-
per wound about the wax Is benefit.
Some prefer waxed cloth, but in what
ever way the wax Is applied, 1t Is OF
more importance than the setting OF
the scions. Scions may be cut in
October or any time after that except
when the wood is frozen. They may
be cut in the spring when the buds
are swollen, If Immediately inserted.
Great care is necessary to have the
scions in perfect condition. Old trees
are not profitable to top work, not
even Duchess of Gutenberg, while
Duchess may do fairly well when
Young to use as a stock.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10
The English Fighting Personalities.

Reports from England indicate tina,
the British government has taken up
the fight against preservatives In milk
Boracic acid, as well as the more in
furious personalities, Is to be brought
under the ban of the law. This will
be encouraging to the Americans for
the English example has been con
stantly urged as one reason why we
should not have more stringent laws
regarding preservatives. In some in
vestigations made by the government,
one scientist said that he believed
this promiscuous dosing Of the public
by ignorant persons to be very dan
gerous. That Is the most potent
reason why preservatives be not al
lowed in milk. We have no certainty
as to how much acid is used, and II
is to the interests of the manufacturers
of the preservatives to have as large
doses as possible used. This Is par
ticularly dangerous in tho case of chill
dren living on an exclusive milk diet.
We will never know how many lives
have been cut short by this "promis
cuous dosing of the public by ignorant
persons"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

Too little attention is paid by most
Of our cultivators to the varieties OF
grain or other things they grow. They
get hold OF one or two varieties that
seem to satisfy them and look no fur
ther Yet In the varieties there are
great differences of yields per acre.
The farmer should give more attention
to this matter. We might take as an
illustration the experience OF the Kan
sas Agricultural College with Katir
corn. For seven years they had grown
the red Kaiir corn and liked It. 1t gave
a good crop each year. On the eighth,
ainth and tenth years they, however.
grew by the side of the red the black
hulled white. In 1896 the yield of red
was Al bushels to the acre, and OF the
black-hullcd white AZ bushels, and in
1897 the yields were the same. In
1898 red yielded 2S bushels and the
black-hulled white SO bushels. AS a
result of these figures the college set
tied down to growing the black-hulled
white. 1t was the wise thing to do
But would they ever have done 1t II
they had not grown both varieties side
by side and discovered the advantage
OF the one over the other? What Is
true in this case is true Of all farm
crops. We should grow only the most
productive varieties, and that can be
ascertained only by growing plats OF
several varieties of kind Thus, II
a man is growing wheat, let him select
a number of varieties that have done
the best at our experiment stations
and grow them in plats for years. In
the meantime he can be growing the
one that he believes to be most pro-
ductive. The same applies to all other
crODS.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

Ask your grocer to-day to show you n
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without in
jury ms well ms the adult. All who try
It., like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it Is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives II without distress
One-fourth the price of coffee. 15c
and 25c. per package. Sold by all
prOcerS.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

The supply OF sheep in England,
which had sunk to very low figure
In 1893, is again on the increase, and
increasing too at a rapid rate. The
last figures published by the English
authorities give the number of sheep
In England at 16,620,327; Wales, g.
1851; Scotland, 7,560,9S0; total OF
27,237 664. This is the largest number
since 1893, and is in fact about 1,000.-
900 sheep in excess Of that year. The
best feature is that the ewes have
been Increasing as follows: 1895, $685..
900; 1896. 9,926,OOO; 1897, 1O,OOO7 900;
1898, 1913 900; 1899, 1O,461 900. Thus
during five years there has been a
steady increase making a total of $780,
900 ewes. This means that the annual
lamb crop is increased by more than
that number.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

The scientific name is Harrisima
Americana. The caterpillar is quite
destructive to the foliage u. the
grapevine. The eggs are deposited
in clusters of 20 or more. The cater
pillars of the Procris do not scatter
after leaving the eggs, but feed side by
side on the under side of the leaf,
their heads all directed towards the
margin of the same. These little black
and yellow insects eat at first only
the soft tissues of the foliage. leaving
the fine network OF veins untouched;
but as they grow older and stronger
all but the large veins are eaten. The
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

caterpillars reach their full size in
August, and measure at that time
about six-teLths OF an inch.
The little moth Is blush or green
ish-black color. 1t has very narrow
wings, which expand nearly an inch
across, and flies during the warmest
hours Of the day, when it frequents
towers. Its flight is rather peculiar,
and is quite slow and unsteady. Wher-
ever this insect occurs in large num-
bers it becomes quite injurious, but as
1t leads a social life in its caterpillar
state 1t can readily be destroyed by the
use of arsenical poisons.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

All over the country there are women
who have been invalids for many years,
suffering with female arrangements
which the family doctor cannot cure.
What boon TO such women Is DR..
HarfnaH's free adyi1ei So famous
has BIS SKIN made him that hardly a
hamlet c-> town In the country bur
knows his name. he cures tens of
thousands, and he offers 10 every
woman who win write 10 him her
symptoms and a history OF her trouble
Tree advice and Treatment.
The medicines he prescribcs can be
obtained at any drug store, and the cost
Is within the reach of any woman He
describes infinitely and carefully just
what she shall do and get to make a
healthy, robust woman of herself.
The Doctor has written book
especially for this class of women, en-
titled "llcalth and Beauty" This book
contains many facts OF interest to
women. and viii be sent free TO any ad-
dress by DR.. Hartman. Columbus. o.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

Canadian Cheese Exports.-The Ca
nadians for long series of years in
creased annually their exports Of
cheese over that of the United States.
But the last year there was slight
falling off of Canadian exports of this
kind of food. The figures of Canadian
cheese exported into Great Britain dur
ing the last four years are as follows:
1896, 1,234,000 cwt.; 1897, 1,526,OO0;
1898, 1882, 900 cwt.; 1899, 1887 900 cwt.
This shows falling off Of nearly 1Qo-
900 cwt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10


There are still thousands Of acres OF
government lands in the states of
Washington and Oregon, also prairie
and timber lands near railroad or wat
er communication. that can be bought
for SIS per acre and upwards. Finest
ure OF crops. II you wish to raise
grain or the finest stock on earth, you
will find locations In these two states
where you can do this to perfection.
Take your choice. ! have no lands for
sale, but II you want information where
II Is best to locate, call on me when in
st. Paul or write me at corner Third
and Rosabel streets, st. Paul, MINI.
r. Il. workman.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

1t would be perhaps a good thing II
our horticultural and other similar So
cieties would give more attention to
ornamental gardening. 1t is one CT
the needs of our Western farm life.
To surround family with beauty fire.
quently means to make them contented.
Trees and flowers affect the character
Of those that live among them. II a
care of such things is necessary in the
East, where trees and plants naturally
abound, it is the more necessary in the
West, where homes have been estab-
lished on plains that were once treeless
and swept even now by drouth-b breed
ing winds.
In planting trees in regions that
haya hefora hann treeleSS MANY advarse
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

The farmer should be careful in pur-
chasing nursery stock. One Nebraska
farmer several years ago planted a
large orchard Of supposedly summer.
fall and winter varieties of apples.
When they came into bearing all the
trees bore Hyslop crabs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

conditions have to be overcome. In
the first place the soil is covered with
sod, and this is not a promising
condition for tree growth. The soil is
not naturally in the condition where
IL Will hold water, for 1t lacks humus.
The best way to overcome these OBJ
stacies Is to plant the trees close to-
gether, so that it will be impossible for
grass to thrive in their shade. This
OF course does not include such trees
as the cottonwood. In planting thick
cts 1t is advisable to get rid OF the
grass at the beginning and give the
trees a fair chance.
In the effort to change bleakness
into beauty the greatest ally is the
tree. The tree Is the easiest to estab-
fish because II can send down its roots
long distances into the moist subsoll.
and will exist when smaller plants per-
ish with the drouth. The trees once
established protect smaller plants that
are afterward set out and become the
sturdy barriers against destructive
winds and whitening heat. Trees.
however must be themselves protected
and fostered till they have obtained a
Arm hold Of the soil and have estab-
lished the ability OF appropriating the
soil water.
1t may not be generally known that
heavy SHOWS sometimes do great dam
age to planted groves of forest trees.
At Fargo, the location of the North
Dakota experiment station, the trees
OF the grove are protected by row OF
willows ten rods to the north and run
ming parallel with the grove. The
snow drifts in the lee OF the willow
trees instead of in the grove.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

The woman that puts paint on her
face fools about M many men Ms the
one that pads out her hips.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

This poisonous shrub is called also
kill-lamb. 1t is a weak-limbed, de-
ciduous shrub. two to four feet high,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10
FREE GOVERNMENT LANDS.

The man who has nothing to be
proud Of is apt To be proud of that.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS or INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURiSTS

Some Up-to-Dats Hats About Cub
tivation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures yitIculture and
EIoriculture.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

Biography shows n man as he really
is and autobiography shows him as-he
thinks he is
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, n powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10
Hairs Catarrh Cure
u. Al D..


Character Is determined 10y what we
say no To.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

Too many people want to paddle
their own canoe by proxy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

with thick, conspicuously veined leaves
and snowy clusters Of tubular white
flowers. 1t is frequent in low, damp
soils near the coast, from Connecticut
to Florida
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10
DR.. HARTEAa'S ADVICE
Is ught by Female Suffer-
erS from Ocean to
Ocean.

Mrs. Il. w.
Gouldcr, 1906
4th ave. Rock
Island, Ill.
writes:
II was af-
hicted for five
or six years
with catarrh-
al difficulties
n n d w "a 3
& r o W ! n &
worse all the
time. l began
taking your
Perana with
a marked inn
prov IN e II I
from the first.
lndepende n t
of C II r | n K
that, the fe-
r IL n a n n 3
greatly inn
prove d my
x 0 n @ r a |
health.
Every bot
tie of Peruna
is worth its
w e | & h t in
gold (; espec-
tally to me,
for l ow @
IN Y present
good health
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

The average man makes different
kind OF fool of himself each day.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

a Io0R OF Choice Recipes
Sent free by Water Baker Co. Ltd, Dorchester,
Mass. Mention this paper.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

The famous gardens of Versailles
have cost Gs, 600. 900.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10

In planting trees in regions that
have before been treeless many adverse
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-03-21
An ICE FACTORY.
DAWSON IS TO HAVE ANolh-
Err ENTERPRISE.
u;u Re Erected Near the Central
Depot by the Dawson Lumber
and Machine Co.

Another enterprise is to be added to
the many already in Dawson The Daw-
Wv ' Trmber and Machine Co. will soon
S Son ~ the erection of a large ice FAC
'0! mr. Nv ". A, Mercer, who is att, at the e,
n t;ans - looking to the erection of the
a ?da fact to Will be begun at the earli-
lc9 n I%s. date and work on it push
cd ID to rapid completion. 1t is his his
purpose to have the plant rel reaa d{ Tor r
v work by June LIST. The capacity OF tne
plant will be SIX 'O mi1 pf be- e uny
u D Sp growth in manufactures
4bn nast twalye months has been phe-
n Io1 Pasi a; and the establishment of an
t other enterprise shows that the move
ment in this direction is not Tagging
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-03-21
CLARK COMES DOWN.
He Will Not Be Candidate in the Second
Race for Maj orship.

Mr., F. W. Clark has decided not to
make the race for one of the three
majorships in the Fourth regiment
He announced this intention to rep
resentative of The NEWS few days
ago, but gave no reason for his with
drawal from the race. When asked
if he would still remain in the state
militia he laughingly replied that he
supposed he would enlist IN the DaW-
son Guards as private soldier:
CAPTAIN Clark made splendid race
in the former election, which was de-
clared tie, and his many friends con-
fidently expected his success in secur-
ing majorship in the coming cleo
ton ordered by Governor Gambler
as result of tie in the first contest.
Captain Clark's many friends will be
disappointed to learn that he will not
continue in the race.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-03-21
BRONWOOD BRIEFS.
Interesting Gossip About Persons an(
Things in and Around That Town.

Mr., w. H. Wilkinson has gotten
well of the smallpox and moved back
to Bronwood, and,no more cases are
expected. Mr.. Wilkinson says that
vaccination is sure preventive. Mrs.
Wilkinson and her little nephew
were both vaccinated the morning
they left town and neither has
taken the disease, and the time has
passed for them to have it now.
The young people of Bronwoed met
Friday night and organized literary
club. Professor j. S. Edwards was
elected president, Miss May Childs
vice president, Mr.. Will Bolton secre-
tary and Miss Lucille Chappell treas
urer.
We were very much panied to hear
OF the death of Frank Lowrey. This
young gentleman had been attending
TO his fathers farming interests near
mere, and had very much endeared
himself to our people.
Mrs. j. II. Kendrick is very sick at
this writing. She has been sick for
some time. The family has the SYM
pathy of all our people.
Mrs. Bryan, mother of J. w. and c..
N Bryan, is in bed suffering from a
sprained ankle. We wish for her a
speedy recovery.
People looking for good lands. good
schools and good churches will do we'll
10 visit BronwOod before buying.
Rey. Will Hitler, pastor of the Luth-
iran church at this place, preached
Vne OF his best sermons Sunday.
Mr. Z. a. Wallace of Smithville was
III our town Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. b. W. Aven ,of PARROT was in
0ronwOod last Friday.
w: f. Avera of PARROT was in town
One day last week.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-03-21
GRAVES GLEANlNGS.
Notes About People and THINGS in That Com
munty.

Miss Amorette Burge has re-entered
the Normal College at Athens, where
she will remain for the coming summer
session. While her many friends and
admirers regret to lose her cheerful
influence from our social circle they
would not deter her from pursuing
finishing course in the "Sclence, ana
Art of Teaching" the work she loves
so we'll and accomplishes so admirably
Visitors at Sunday school We're :;
Misses Luella Cannon, Messrs. Harris
Peddv. Pharis Roberts, Ross Slade,
Lvey Melton and Bob and Love Can
non. Ernest Whitchard was also ming
ling with friends and school mates.
Ernest now holds position at the Cen
trail depot in Dawson, and we predict
for him a career of usefulness and sue
cess.
That "jolly JOKER" Captain j. I.
Waller, Accompanied by his daughter,
Miss Eva, and Miss Eula Dismuke,
walked in to call On friends in the vii
lage Friday. The captain always scat
tiers smiles and sunshine, and his Jol-
lily is contagious.
Mr.. C. P. Chambless was on danger
Gus ground Sunday. Maybe he is no.
aware of the penalty of the law attach
inc to the conversion of 1nortgaged
property. They made good-looklng
couple, anyway.
It was our pleasure some days since
to inspect the work of Miss Latlmer $
art class. The progress OF her pupils
reflects much credit upon teacher as
we'll as pupils.
Mrs. J. H. Lewis spent Saturday in
Dawson with her sister, Mrs. Buchan-
an. She was accompanied by Charles
Clark, her bright and handsome little
Miss Eula Dismuke spent the great
err part of last week with her cousin,
Miss Eva Waller. Miss Cora Dismuke
was the guest of her cousin, Miss Alma
Hill. A.
and Mrs. w. D. Davidson and MISS
Ella Latimer spent Sunday at Captain
C. Nj. Davidson's.
Rev. J. L. Smith and sons, Walter
and Roy, spent Sunday at Pierce S
Chapel, where the former filled his APP
pointment as pastor.
Mr., Curtis Mcneil of Cuthbert paid
his brother, Ohio, visit this week;
Cuthbert has in it no more GENIAL
gentleman than he,
Little Jimmie Chambers has had a
rather hard time of it with a spell OF
fever. but is convalescing.
Miss Mittie Roberts, Holmot's EN-
cient teacher, passed through en- route
to her work Sunday ...a
| A rood MANY of our citizens atGeno-
cd the sale at Mr.. B. w. Breedlove's
Mrs. ". ]. Crawford and Miss Berta
Cliatt spent Friday afternoon in Daw-
Mr.. j. A. Ferguson and family spent
Sunday with Mr., George Cham oleS? :.
Mrs Martha Goneke of Dawson Is
visiting Miss Cora Graves.
Jim Grimes repeated Sunday al
| ternOon