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Mower County transcript., 1902-10-08
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

From September s to October 6.
John D Beagle to A H Anderson
part lot blk Rose Creek $780,.
L D Baird to George Duffy part out
lot 49-sec-2-1O2-18 $1,000.
P A Bartlett to l. Kirkland part OF
lot 78 blk 10 Morgan's add $500.
E Campbell to w L Chestnut lot Is
and w15-16 blk % R R add $500.
George Duffy to L D Baird lot blk
IS Austin $1,000.
N S Gregg to r Hobson part lots SO
blk 4 Berry's add $3.50.
L T Jester to L A Groby.s WI 80.
102-14 $500.
II P Jensen to Carter and Stu 81 n "
A-n7s-s VIZ and swA wA-26-10
$4,000.
Nels III Knutson to A Rausch n Ell
n WI Il acre (except) 3-1O1-16 $220O.
Emma Nield to G H Bassett NJ "
4 -5-1O1-17 1920.
o G, Ranken to J G johnson VIZ n
VIZ -36. 1922 II $4,000.
J S Rohrer to John Wallace eA-4'
1O4.16 $500.
John Robertson to- o @ Dahle part
of lots 80 blk is Browns add $500.
Mary G Refuss to r E Porter lots S.
blk IS Y & L add $3.50. :
H Monson to A Rausch part of nw-111
e-A--3-1 -1O1-16 $4,000.
j Mahoney to Crane and Mitchell
e. X -36-103-18 $500. : ~..:s.~
H P McAdoo to A T Anderson par
lot blk 18 Austin $S775.
r G McGreevy to A Rausch lot IL bill
/ Adams $175. .s*.:-
SA Sorenson to D G March part 10
4 Weber's add Dexter .$135. ...>, +, .
E H Simmons to & A HORNED par
sw-A w-A-35=103-18 $3o00: vi: :.
John Schwam to A Vaux s VIZ "a
102-17 n WI y WI and W ri n eA
WI -3=1O1-17 $1,000. n ..~ .z5 -.
Anna Tuchek to n Raymond par
lots 5-6-7 blk 13 Il r add 800. y
L NJ Wright to G J Olson part lots 6
7-8 blk IL Caswell & Lewis add IL
Roy $1425. : 4: ..: 1T -, z.:z:s>
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
Cuban Tobacco Prospects.

On account Of the very dry weather
during November and December the
tobacco crop in Pinar del Rio Province
will give yield below the average;
in some localities of the province
where timely showers fell, the crop is
very good, and a considerable amount
of leaf of good quality was cut dur
ing the last few days of December; but
over large areas, and especially in the
hill region of the province, where the
dry weather was long continued, the
prospects for even fair yield are dis
couraging. In the localities of western
Havana with irrigating facilities the
crop is in very satisfactory condi-
ton, but elsewhere the Injurious eff
fects of dry weather are very marked.
In extreme eastern Santa Clara Prov
ince the rainfall has been fairly abund-
ant and very good yield of tobacco is
anticipated; in the other tobacco Sec
tons of that province an urgent need
OF rain existed throughout December.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
Floating Button Factor,

Taking the factory to the raw ma
terial instead of bringing the material
to the factory, is an innovation just
put in operation on the Mississippi
river by button factory, and it is a
plan that has many practical advan-
tages.
This factory is about forty-two feet
long and twelve feet wide, fitted with
all the necessary machinery for the
manufacture of buttons, and provided
with a three-horse-power engine for
it's work
The principal material used by this
factory is mussel shells, which are
found at nearly all points along the
river, and one of the great expenses
in conducting the business heretofore
has been the cost of transporting the
shells. Now the factory has reversed
the operation and will go to the mus
sells.
When bed of shells is found the
boat will drop its anchor and go to
work. When the bed is exhausted it
will move on to a new location In
this fashion it will go from state to
state, from Minnesota to Louisiana,
passing along with the seasons. and
always enjoying the most desirable
weather of the Mississippi valley.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
Cold storage Houses.

The cold storage warehouse is a
thing that the farmer can we'll consid-
or. By it he can save not only vast
quantities of vegetables that now go to
waste but he can save losses in the
sale price by being able to carry his
produce over the time when there is a
congestion of farm produce in the
markets. Hitherto the farmer has re-
lied very largely on his cellar as the
means of keeping his produce. Once
IN While cellar is SO built and so
handled by those in charge Of it that
1t does the work fairly we'll, but for
the most part the cellar has proved
to be poor place in which to keep
perishable farm produce.
At Neoga, Illinois, is a cold storage
house constructed under the direction
of the University of Illinois and owned
by the university. 1t was completed
last summer and filled with perishable
produce. The ice room was filled with
70 tons of ice, 20 tons of which have
melted to date. The SO tons now in
the house are melting so slowly that
~--~SS "a OAAAtoS W 14OlQ IuS temperature
at its present point for very long
period. For some months now the
temperature has been 80 degrees. one
degree above freezing. All through the
fall this temperature maintained itself.
Even when the very cold weather came
In December the temperature in the
storage house did not fall, but re-
NAMED stationary. This is rather re-
markable when we consider the fact
that no fire was kept in the building
to in any way balance the greater cold
outside. A small variation might have
been expected The insulation is SO
perfect that no variation at all results.
The melting of the first 20 tons of ice
was due to the heat in the produce
stored in the building. When that heat
had been taken out the expenditure
of ice became almost nothing.
The construction Of the building is
on the most approved plans. The ma
terials used are wood and building
paper. Dead air spaces are SO ar
ranged that the passage Of heat waves
is prevented. The building cost So
900 and will pay for itself in storage
fees in less than three years. Prod
uce kept at temperature Of SO de-
grees can be held almost indefinitely.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
Automobile Poachers.

A Paris correspondent tells of some
wholesale poaching Of Automobiles,
who used their "car" as trap for
the game and made off with enor-
nous bags" of plumber while the
gamekeeper slept The trick was so
clever that, barring the feelings of
the birds who failed of being "pre-
served for the guns of sporting own
ers, the automobile poachers must be
congratulated on accomplishing their
purpose. They pretended to have
broken down while driving along the
high road, and told the peasants and
the gamekeeper, with many lamenta-
lions, they would be forced to remain
all night in the field adjacent. The
gamekeeper, though he says it was
against his will, aided the men in
moving the car to a place of safety
until certain repairs could be effected.
These repairs were made in the
dead of night by robbing the pre-
serves of nearly every partridge and
quail they contained and making off
with the booty.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
When to Slaughter a Pig.

When to slaughter a pig must de-
pend on what we have to feed him, and
the price at which feed is selling in the
market. The price of pork also cuts
some figure, but not SO much as the
price of feed. For instance, this year
in some localities pig feed is SO high
in price that every pound of additional
weight put on costs ten cents, which is
far above the highest market price
possible. Where the hog raiser lives
near a creamery and can get skim
milk at a low figure, or near cheese
factory and can get whey for prac-
tically nothing. it often pays to keep
the pigs till they are of good size, even
when other feeds are high. This year
a good many pigs are being got rid
of as soon as they attain a weight of
$50 pounds.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13

The location of our orchards Is such
that we can patronize either the rail-
road or the boat lines, but there has
been no competition between them. An
express company operated over the
fruit train for about IA years. furnish
ing very poor service and stubbornly
maintaining a six and one-half cent
rate on small baskets to Chicago. We
had no organization and the efforts of
individuals to get better or cheaper
service were Of no effect. The season
OF 1883 brought such low prices for
fruit that 1t was evident that some
thing must be done and cooperation
was resorted to. The FennvilTe Fruit
Shippers association was organized in
1881 and the Granger System" of
shipping fruit was adopted. The sue
cess OF our association under this plan
mas been wonderful. We have local
agent of the association who receipts
for and loads the fruit int ventilated
cars. holding about $500 small bas-
kets each, for which he receives $3.50
per car. A special fast fruit train
starts from Fennville at six o'clock
every evening, Saturdays excepted, for
Cnlcago. The cars are all billed to
our Chicago consignee, who does the
unloading and attends to the freight,
etc., receiving for this service $500
per car.
AS result Of this cooperation, we
nave been able to secure the adoption
OF standard climax package, which
has resulted in saving in their cost
of more than one-half The freight
rate has been lowered from the ex-
press rate Of six and one-half cents to
two and one-half cents and, the boat
lines having to meet this competition,
every shipper in our fruit belt has
been equally benefited by the operation
of our association, whichever way he
shipped. The association has actually
reduced the cost of packages and trans
portation to about one-tldrd of what
1T was under the old plan. The very
first year the association did business
it saved one large grower fully $1,000.
In one year our fruit section shipped
100000 small baskets of peaches, and
the saving to the growers that year
was over 100000.
Not only have we obtained better
service at much less cost, but it has
been done with cash profit to the
association. This profit, amounting to
many thousands of dollars, has been
expended in the grading and crawling
of our public highways, until we now
have reconstructed several miles of
first-class roads. Before our associa-
ton undertook this WORK, 200 or 2bU
baskets were considered good load.
while now our teams handle more east
ly 500 to 700 baskets: BY our unity
of action we have also gotten the rail-
road to donate 300 cars of gravel for
this road building.
We have five central packing houses
at Fennville. The forenaen and pack
ers. having no interest in the fruit.
pack top and bottom alike, and every
basket can thus be guaranteed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13

| ana soHleHoW she WOrmed out OF me
that | had got it, and let her dispose
Of it for me, for she said she knew how
to do it without danger"
What did you get for it?"
The skeleton shook his head. Thirty
four pound, and had counted on a
hundred and fifty She took an oath
she had not helped herself to a six
pence"
"Oaths are plentiful with the genus
remarked the detective.
She stood to it she hadn't, and she
stopped and helped me to spend it..
After that was done, she went over
to somebody else who was in luck;
and have tried to go on, and can't;
honestly or dishonesty; it seems all
one; nothing prospers, and I'm naked
and famishing-and l wish was dy-
ing"
Evil courses never do prosper,
Nichols" said the officer, as he call
ed in the policemen, and consigned the
prisoner to their care.
So Gerard was innocent!
But how was it you skillful detec-
tives could not be on this mans
scent?" asked Colonel Hope of the Of
f1cer, when he heard the tale.
Colonel, was thrown off. Your
positive belief in your nephew's guilt
infected me, and appearances were
very strong against him. Miss Seaton
also helped to throw me off, she said,
If you remember, that she did not
leave the room; but it now appears
she did leave it when your nephew did,
though only for few moments. Those
few moments sufficed to do the job"
Its strange she could not tell the
exact truth" growled the colonel
"She probably thought she was exact
enough since she only remained out
side the door and could answer for 1T
that no one had entered by it. She
forgot the window l thought of the
window the instant the loss was men-
toned to me, but Miss Seaton's asser-
ton that she never had the window out
Of her view prevented my dwelling on
1T. did go to the next door, and saw
the very fellow who committed the
robbery, but his manner was sufficient
ly satisfactory. He talked too freely;
did not like that; but found he had
been in the same service Is months,
and, as l must repeat, laid the guilt
to another
cit is confoundedly unpleasant af-
fair for me" cried the colonel; 81 have
published my nephew's disgrace and
guilt all over London
ut is more unpleasant for him,
colonel" was the rejoinder of the Off
GER.
And I have kept him short of
money, and suffered him to be sued
for debt, and 1 have let him go and
live amongst the runaway scamps over
the water, and not hindered his engag-
ing himself as merchants clerk; and,
in short, l have played the very deuce
with him.
"But reparation is, doubtless, in your
heart and hands, colonel"
II don't know that, sir" testify con-
Guided the colonel.
(To be continued.)
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
Nearness of Relationship.

A little miss of five, living in Wash
ington, conspired with her brother, age
four, to save enough pennies to buy
papa and mamma presents. A friend
of the family noticed that mamma
present was much finer and more ex-
pensive than papa's and was impelled
by curiosity to inquire why the bulk
Of the savings had been expended for
the mother. The little miss replied:
well, you see, papa is only related
to we children by marriage, while
mamma is our relative by formation. -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
How Anthrax Reached Now Zealand.

How Anthrax Reached New Zealand.
Mr.. ]. A. Gilruth, chief government
veterinary surgeon, delivered an adj
dress on anthrax in New Zealand, at
the annual conference of the Auckland
Agricultural Societies. He said that
rev years ago it was thought that
New Zealand was the only country tree
from that disease, and he believed that
New Zealand would be free from it to-
day had we not imported bones. In all
other parts Of the world the disease
was prevalent, and the annual loss of
STOCK through it was very great, while
II also affected man, employees in Eu-
pean woollen mills being sometimes
anected through handling the wool of
diseased sheep. AS an example of the
way the disease was spread, q few
years ago large outbreak among the
LONDON horses was traced to some
RUSSIAN oats which had been eaFried
IN vessel along with some infected
skins. The disease was dangerous
one In every way. and it was matter
TOT extreme regret that it had ever
broken out in this colony. It was
caused by microbe, which possessed
great vitality, prolonged boiling being
required to kill it, while chemicals had
TO be applied for some time to have the
same effect. This was because the
microbe formed in it's body a 'sspore.''
or egg, which prevented the action of
the chemical on the vital germ, and
1T was because Of this "spore'' that
the germ remained virulent for so
long.
When he FIST came to the colony hs
was assured there. was no anthrax in
the colony, and he was informed that,
all bones imported came from boiling
down works. where healthy animals
had been received. In August, 1895,
however, there occurred in the Waika-
to sudden and unaccountable NOR
tally Of cows on a certain farm. A
butcher skinned one Of two animals.
hung the skins on fence and carried
portions of the carcasses through
field to give to some pigs. All these
pigs died, and the cattle that came
and licked the grass around the skins
and along the way by which the car
cases were conveyed died Also Three
men engaged in cutting up the beasts
fell i'll, and all these cases were found
to be anthrax, diagnosis of which he
received most emphatic confederation
in Europe on his recent trip. This
would show how the disease spread.
Everything pointed to the Introduction
OF the disease by bonedust. the dis
eased animals having been feeding on
field of turnips MANFRED with bone
dust, and it was then decided to pre-
vent the importation of bones not sub
mitted to temperature Of IS degrees
above boiling point.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRl-
CULTURlSTS.
some Up-to-Dats Hint. About culti-
walton of tho Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures, v,tioulture ana
Horticulture.
Oat Smut.

i
Dat smut is far more destructive to
the oat crop than people imagine. Pro-
lessor Moore of Wisconsin says that
last year 20 per cent Of the oat crop
OF that state was destroyed by oat
smut. The amount in bushels lost
last year is placed by the Wisconsin
agricultural college professors at 49,
100000 bushels. This loss occurred in
a year when the oat crop was very
short. Professor Henry says that this
100000 bushels could have been
thrown on the market without depress-
ing the market price of oats material
". In case Of a big crop of oats
throughout the country such an addi-
ton would depress the price some, but
not under conditions that existed last
season.
This, 100000 bushels of oats could
nave been saved to Wisconsin farmers
II they had followed the advice that
has been so repeatedly given them by
the experiment station. For years
now bulletins have been widely circu-
lated through the state, telling the
farmers how to treat their seed oats
so as to avoid the smut. In addition
Professor Henry secured the publica-
ton OF his instructions in this mat
ter in more than 300 local papers pub
lished in the state. But in spite of
all these things it is the belief of the
professor that not one farmer in 5000
treated his seed oats last spring. He
says that the farmers are finding fault
because their taxes are high and COM
plain of $4,000 being spent on schools
In the state, while they have permitted
oat smut alone to rob them of many
times the amount. Moreover, oat smut
is increasing so rapidly in the state
that if the farmers do not begin to
treat their seed oats they will in
few years have to go out of the bust
ness of growing oats.
Professor Moore made some expert
ments to determine the rapidity with
which oat smut increases. He sowed
some seed oats in which about two per
cent OF the grains were smutted. The
resulting crop had ten per cent of
smut. That seed was planted and the
next crop had twenty per cent of smut.
Seed from that crop gave a crop of
oats having 81 per cent of smut This
shows what is likely to happen if the
farmers do not heed the advice given
them.
Smut spores do not live over in the
ground, being unable to survive the
winter. They are carried over only in
the seed. This seed may be made safe
by soaking in water and formalde-
hyde; the combination should be one
pound of formaldehyde to so gallons
of water. The oats should be put in
sacks and dipped into the solution, he
ing left there for twenty minutes or
more. An hour will not hurt them.
What is true of Wisconsin as to smut
is also true of many other states in
the Union where oats are grown ex-
tensively. Everywhere the farmers
should dip their oats to prevent the
smut.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
Colt Feeding.

No general rules can be laid down
for the feeding Of colts; but, as in the
case Of the calf, it is very necessary
that proper care should be exercised
in the selection of foods. Cows milk
may be substftuted, If necessary, for
that of the mare. The colt should be
taught to eat. grains any of
which may be fed to advantage; the
choice would depend on ruling prices.
At times, when the colts are teething,
1T will be found more profitable to
warm and moisten the grain ration.
Hay of first quality, preferably alfalfa.
should be fed in conjunction with the
grain, SO as to properly develop the
digestive system.-M. sE. Jaffa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
horticultural observations.

(From the Farmers Review.)
Small garden seeds demand better
filth than the larger field seeds. This
means that the garden must be worked
more thoroughly than the field previ-
GUS to seeding. Our grandfathers UNI
derstood this when they spent so nuch
time preparing the garden beds that
were to grow the vegetables for the
kitchen. The finer the filth the closer
the relation of the seeds will be to the
soil.
The farmers garden should receive
more attention than is usually given to
it. A half acre planted to vegetables
and fruit we'll cared for will pay more
money than any other acre on the
farm. The farmers that have the best
farm. The farmers who have the best
gardens get the most comfort out of
life. Such men not only pay much at
tentien to the growing of the things
that will please the family, but they
also take more pleasure in tidying up
around the farm. This shows itself in
the planting of trees for ornament, the
construction of a lawn, and the crea-
ton of a flower bed. In that mans
family you will find vegetables, fruit
and flowers abundant, and you will find
happiness.
One of the plants most serviceable
in the farmers garden is asparagus
Once well established an asparagus bed
is perpetual, if it is handled right after
it comes into bearing. Fifty plants
will supply an ordinary family with all
the asparagus tips they can use. The
plants should not be set closer than
Is inches in the row, and should not
be permitted to go to seed. If the seeds
are permitted to ripen and fall on
the ground they will send up innumer-
able stalks and these make trouble in
asparagus growing. This can be pre-
vented by cutting out the sprouts that
bear seeds just before they turn yell
low. When one-year old plants are set,
cutting for use may begin the third
season. Each day all the sprouts
should be cut, even if some of them
have to be thrown away.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
Sweet Corn.

Sweet corn is considered very COM
mon table food among farmers, but in
the cities it is highly valued. The ho-
tells use it great deal and keep it
on their tables as long as it can be
secured. The men that cater to this
trade use many varieties of corn and
plant at different times so they will
have a succession. Therefore the cit
liens and the patrons Of hotels get
sweet corn for weeks and months. Not
so the family of the farmer. In most
cases the corn is all planted at about
the same time. and the green corn is
at its best for use for but short
time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
Feeding Ensllare.

From Farmers Review: 1 find that
ensilage increases the flow of milk and
consequently makes more butter. with
no bad effect on either that 1 can de-
tect. I feed 80 to 40 pounds per day
per COW, according to capacity or size
of COW, and 4 pounds bran 2 pounds
cotton seed meal or oil meal put on
top of ensilage. Feed after milking
There is no prejudice here against
silage. There are only few silos
around here Chas S. Reynolds, Ber-
rien County. Michigan.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
Co-operatiye Fruit Selling.

(Farmers' Review Special REPORT
At the Wisconsin horticultural
Meeting c. &. Basset of Michigan said
in part:
One Of the first drawbacks we had
to contend with in the Michigan fruit
belt was the cost Of transportation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13
F.talitle. Among Maryland Horses.

Investigations by the state vetertna-
rian showed that the high death rate
among horses in Maryland is due to
cerebro-spinal meningitis. The disease
is the result Of poor food, bad drain
age and generally insanftary environ
ment.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-13

A man who never made a fool Of
himself is unable to appreciate human
sympathy.