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The Washington times., 1903-01-28

4 never fined one 81 my players in my
life, said Manager Rourke. of Omaha,
at . tanning bee during the Auditorium
conference. Omaha people think I'm the
only manager the town ever had
That's right said Thomas Jefferson
Hickey "BIII's system of discipline is
orig. nal He doesn't fine his insurgents,
but whips EN-"
Guilty" confessed Manager Bill 4
want no ball players that cant lick
One of my squad did trim me once last
season. He caught me OF edge and gave
it to me good. Podge AlIaway was the
man. but later on we had it out. To a
room with mel says I. and to a room We
went. and beat Podge until he cried
Enough I dent believe IN taking a
mans money away from him, but If I
cant whip EN- into doing the square
thing don't want 'emI''
Were the curriculum of the Reurke
school Of discipline to become general. a
new field Of usefulness might be opened
to the lighting gentlemen in the good old
summer time of fstic inactivity. A mild
hammered soul like William ]. shetts-
line might call John L. Sullivan in as
associate manager TO do the fighting for
him.-Cincinnati Enquirer
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

I will treat of this in another arti-
Gle. Do not plant deeper than they
stood in the nursery. / believe too
deep planting makes "root rot" The
tree, should be the largest at the sur
face of the ground, and there is
where the root should start.
My father used to say, "Look at
Nature, God knows how to grow a
tree" Look at the oak, elm, and all
trees including the Seeding fruit
tree, has roots spread from the sur
face of the ground. Nature has a
reason for this to prepare the tree
roots in spring and autumn for the
circulation of the sap, and roots that
should be near the surface to re-
ceive the heat and magnetic influence
of the sun and give the tree the
greatest circumference at that point,
when they are planted too deep in
the earth, they die. Trees will some
times try to correct your errors by
sending out a new set of roots at
the surface of the earth. You hunt
with the microscope in vain for the
cause of "root rot" which you your
self have produced by banking the
earth too high around your trees.
[ will treat further the proper
planting of the trees in the next ar
ticle.
S. A. HASELTINE.
Springfield, Mo.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27
The Chicago Show.
Springfield, Mo.

The eighth annual exhibition of
poultry, pigeons, cats, dogs, and pet
stock, under the auspices of The
National Fanciers' and Breeders
Association of Chicago, will be held
January 25th to 3Oth, inclusive, A.
D. 1904. The officers of this associa-
ton are: E. B. Eddy, president and
director; E. J. W. Dietz, vice-presi-
dent and director; Fred. L. KINNEY,
secretary and director; Geo. G. Bates,
treasurer and director; Grant Cur
tbs, j. Lewis Draper, w. G. Hill,
Prof. E. L. G. Morse, M. Wagner and
Frank B. White, directors; H. N.
Norton, superintendent and director,
and K. j. Muir, superintendent of
pigeons.
Correspondence is now being had
with other well-known and leading
judges and there may be additions to
this list.
Arrangements have been made with
The Central Passenger Association
for railway excursion rates for this
occasion.
Premium lists will be sent out De-
cember LIST to 18th, and 10000 copies
will be mailed. 1t is the intention to
send to all interested persons. But
if by mistake any should be missed,
or if information of any kind is de-
sired, apply in person of by mail to-
FRED L. KINNEY, Sec,
1913 Manhattan Building, 315 Dear
born Street, Chicago, III.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

Ex-senator Marion Butler says he
will retire from the position of chair
man of the National Populist Com
mittee after the next Popu1ist con
vention has been organized. This
action, he adds is due to the pres
sure of business engagements. Mr..
Butler also says the Populists will
have a ticket in the field. next year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

termine If broom corn can be nro6+o
bly, grown in a locality. A SANDY
soil upon which good common oo,n
viii grow readily, gives the best 70
suits. There should be from two -
three months of good growing wealth.
err. The climatic conditions to bo
found In the Mississippi vaTlev
especially in lower Illinois are a.
good as any. The broom should he
cut during dry weather, as rain at
this time produces red straw. Good
seed, of course is a prime requisite.
Two quarts of seed will plant an
OF the two general varieties
the standard yields a brush used for
making carpet, warehouse and stable
brooms. The dwarf broom is much
better than the standard for making
small hearth brooms, whisk brooms,
etc. It brings the higher price, as a
rule. For common brush, the aver
age price per ton is $50, while for the
finer dwarf varieties 800 a ton is
paid. In Illinois the same profit is
derived from broom corn at SIS a
ton as from corn at 30 cents a bushel.
The average price during the last
twenty-five years has been $50 per
ton, and the demand during most of
the last twenty-five years has been
$50 per ton and the demand during
most of that time has been fully equal
to the supply.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27
Practical Hints for Fruit Growers.



plant the orchard properly. This re-
quires a selection of the fruit trees,
adapted to your soil, climate, etc.,
and trees that will answer the pur-
poses for which you plant. IF you
plant for home use, you should con-
slider the fayors of the fruit to get
the best quality, and also the time
when they ripen, so to provide for
the different seasons of the year. If
you are settling for commercial pur-
poses, your location with reference
to your. nearest city or a cold storage
should be considered. You can do
well on summer and fall varieties if
you are near a market; while if you
are kept away from markets and
storage, you should plant varieties
that will keep well, fruit that can be
handled and stored without injury.
Some varieties spoil easily in hand
ling, and some scald and turn black
in storage or soon after they are
taken from it, as the Huntsman's
favorite and the York Imperial, 9th
erwise good apples.
Trees must be selected with refer
ence to the time or age when they
begin bearing. also with reference to
quantity of fruit borne annually or
biennially.
You should rely largely on your To-
cal nurserymen; they will try to pro-
vide you with the best varieties to
suit your conditions. By buying near
home you get fruit better adapted to
your soils and climate, and will usual
ty prove healthier and harder.
The Northern winter varieties of
apples, as the Greening, Northern
Spy, etc., become fall fruit here
in the Ozarks where the seasons are
longer. Trees have an individuality
or marked characteristics peculiar
to the particular tree of which we
will write at another time.
The variety to plant having been
selected, the next question is what
size or age of tree to plant. We have
set all ages from n to six years
cid. Our experience has been as fol-
lows:
My father, the late Hon. Ira S.
Haseltine, set the first commercial
orchard in the Southwest thirty-four
years ago, consisting of ninety acres,
and over one hundred varieties of
apples, pears, and peaches. He set
some trees that were from four to
six years old that are strong and
healthy and bearing well to-day. In
u experience in growing over 1000
acres of apples Everything consid-
ered), we prefer to set a tree two
years old from the nursery. This
two-year old apple tree can trim to
make the proper head. A proper
head should have a centre-that is,
not two, three or more limbs of equal
length, but one larger and extending
above all the others; the branches
should be trimmed back to make
limbs, not forks.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27
A Batch Of Timely Farm Notes.

~ A@O
to the sheep industry is the disease
known as sheep scab. It is contagi-
u.s., and owing to its ravages farm
ers suffer enormous financial losses
annually. The losses are due to the
shedding of the wool, failure of con-
dition and the death of the sheep.
Yet despite it's insidious nature, its
ease of transmission, its severe eff
fects, and its prevalence in certain
localities, it is a disease which yields
readily to proper treatment. If all
the sheep owners of the country
would dip their sheep regularly and
thoroughly, it is believed that this
scourge would soon be eradicated
from the United States. The para
site of this disease is n of the
larger mites and is easily visible to
the naked eye. These mites r dis
covered more readily on a dark than
light background. They prick the
skin of the sheep to obtain their food,
and their bites are followed by in
tense itching, irritation, inflammation
and the formation of crusts, or scabs,
whose presence become known by the
dropping off of patches of wool. In
two or three months the entire body
is affected. Unless properly treated,
from 10 to 80 per cent of the flock
die. The treatment recommended
by the Bureau of Animal Industry as
the most, rational, satisfactory and
cheapest method of curing scab is by
dipping the sheep in some liquid
which will kill parasites. A number
of dips have been found emcacious,
most of them having a sulphur basis;
of these tobacco and sulphur, and
lime and sulphur, are perhaps the
best known. The sheep r sheared
before dipping, and the latter pro-
cess is repeated after ten days. The
temperature of the liquid should be
from 100 to 40 degrees.
\ 4 \
Secretary Wilson is much pleased
with the reports that reach the De-
partment from time to time of the
success of the macaroni wheat ven
ture which is being tried on his rec
ommendation in the subarid regions
of the far West. The results are all
that were hoped for, and it is ex-
pected that after this years expert
ence the acreage of this crop will be
more than doubled. Special mills are
required to grind the -four, and al
ready several mills are under con-
struction out in Colorado. In a few
years it is predicted that we will be
sending macaroni to Italy, just as we
have in times past, when no strike
was imminent, sent coal to New
castle.
The production of frst-class, mar
ketable broom corn has not received
the attention in this country which
it deserves. The demand for the
product is a steady n and the aver
age price makes it more than re-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

Economy in the use of lumber is
being preached up and down the
width and breadth of the land.
Among others who are affected by
the growing shortage are the rail
roads who use 100000 900 ties every
year merely to renew those worn out
and decayed. The price of timber
has risen in some instances to a fig
ure which makes the use of the pres
ent valuable woods almost prohibl-
tive; in other cases the supply IS so
nearly exhausted that the railroads
have been compelled to look about
for new timbers. Two solutions offer
themselves for this difficulty. One
is to use a cheaper grade of ties, but
the policy of most of the railroads IS
against this, as it is quite certain
that they would have to be replaced
even oftener than now, and it IS an
open question if anything would be
saved in the long run. Tho other
solution is that of treating the ties
before being laid with a preservatlVe'
Over in France beech ties are used'
but not until properly seasoned ana
preserved. When thoroughly I'M
pregnated with tar oils these ties
last thirty-fve years. The average
American tie lasts but five years.
The railroads have invited the
Bureau of Forestry to make a study
of the question to ascertain II tne
advantage to be gained will "arrant
the expense of treating the ties III
the manner suggested. Whatever
other advantage will result, the Use
of cheaper timbers for this purpose
made possible by seasoning and pre-
serving, is an economic saving to tnS
public at large, because it not only
believes the high grade timberS from
the demand being made on them' Du'
opens a market for timberS 1Of
which there is now little sale.
o. T. D.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

The production of frst-class, mar
ketable broom corn has not received
the attention in this country which
it deserves. The demand for the
product is a steady one and the aver
age price makes it more than re-
munerative. Some failures have e
suited in the past in attempts to
grow this particular variety of corn,
through a lack of understanding of
what was wanted and what to do to
achieve that result. Climate and
soil r the leading factors that de-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

Washington, D. O.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-03-28
Fish a. Surxeans.

'Along the Caribbean sea-" said an
artist who has recently returned from
those parts, cit is a common thing to
see men and women and children sit
ting on the banks OF streams with
their bare legs soaking in the water.
They have strange reason for this
strange conduct. They are much
troubled by little insect-a kind of
tick-which buries itself in their flesh,
and is very hard to dislodge; and SO,
when the ticks have got in them they
go to the water, bury the infected
parts beneath the surface and keep
quite still. The fish have fondness
for ticks, and they hasten to the
cleaning human flesh they see, and,
pulling the ticks out, devour them. In
that manner in the Caribs fish are
called upon to act as surgeons. Eff
Gent and painless surgeons they
make tOOo
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-03-28
North Lake.

Lawrence Holger of Hartland, has tax
en- charge of the Milwaukee Elevator
company's elevator.
The North and Pike Lake Ice company
have started shipping ice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Poole have re.
turned from Waukesha.
Mrs Otto Ottoson visited with her
brother, A. E. DrummOnd, several days
1t is reported that several swans were
seen around the lakes by some of the
spOrtsmen..
Chas. Hoppe intends giving his new
barn coat OF paint in the near future
Albert Christopherson of Fond du Lac,
is spending his vacation with his pa
rents and relatives.
J. B. McCready has returned to Mus
coda.
VIM. Aiken clipped several horses in
A. T. Lund's blacksmith shop Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. Monsted are rejoicing
over the arrival of baby boy.
The rains and warm weather of last
week removed all the ice from the lake.
Joe Swamp has purchased a road horse
from X. Lund.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-03-28
Milford.

J. Reithel of Johnson Creek, made a
business trip through here Tuesday.
Miss Mile Helm of Faville Grove
spent Sunday with her parents.
Miss Lena Zweiner returned to heI
home at Blooming Prairie. Mimi, after
spending six weeks with friends and
relatives here.
Ernest Zimmerman and Chas. KOtlOW
returned to Lake Mills Monday, to re-
sumo their work as carpenters for Mr.
Yandre after spending few months at
home.
Mrs. Albert Mcneil spent Monday with
her parents.
Several from here attended the Ep-
worth League convention at Lake Mills
Sunday. $50
Miss Louisa Stegeman Of MELVILLE,
spent her vacation with her mother.
Chester Fuller and wife of Lake Mills,
spent Sunday with her parents.
School will close Friday for a two
weeks vacation.
Max Schaefer and VIM. Will attended
the auction at Waterloo Tuesday.
Chas. Zimmerman visited with his pa
rents Tuesday.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-03-28
DETECT THE MINT THIEVES.
Japanese Use the X-Rays to Catch
Employees Who Conceal Coins in
Their StOmachs.

A firm in Philadelphia has recently
sold to the japanese government one
of their X-ray machines for novel
purpose, reports the New York Post.
The representatives of Japan who
placed the order said that in the
governmental minis a great many
gold dollars are coined and there has
been considerable loss through dis
honest employees swallowing the small
coins and thus taking them out Of
the minis. There has been no way
of preventing this until clever Off
cial suggested the use of the X-rays,
and the machine was ordered at
once.
1t is not proposed to put every en-
ploye to the test when leaving the
mints, but he will be searched by cleo
tricity from time to time, unexpectz
edly, and any one of the employees
may be called up at any time to un-
dergo the test. It is believed that
the fear of detection will prevent the
stealing, at least in the form now
used. 1t is suggested that a machine
might be used with profit in the
South African diamond fields to make
the black laborers honest. The field
for X-rays in this direction seems to
be large.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-03-28
SEEK A LOST SHIPS GOLD.
American Adventures on q Hazard
GUS Quest on New ZeaIand's
Coast.

An American schooner lately ar
rived in New Zealand with a party
who propose to search for long-lost
treasure. Nearly 40 years have passed
since the ship General Grant left Aus
tralia for London with cargo of gold
and wool. At one of the Auckland is
lands, near New Zealand, She met with
a frightful fate. She was sucked into
sort of colossal cave, but it is possible
she might have got out if a huge wave
had not lifted her SO high that the
masts, striking the roof, were driven
through her bottom. Through the
openings thus made the water rushed
in and she speedily sank. Only one
sailor and two children were saved.
After some months on the island
they were picked up by passing
steamer and taken to New Zealand.
Several attempts have been made to
recover the large quantity of gold
that went down in the General Grant,
but they were all failures. It remains
to be seen whether the American adj
venturers will be more successful. If
they should recover the gold is it their
property? That seems a nice legal
point.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-03-28
AN ARISTOCRATIC TUBER.
The Variety Known as "The North
ern Star" LIS One of the Fairy
Tales of Finance.

The romance of potatoes is but i'm
perfectly understood by the majority
of those who eat them every day.
Nor do they usually occur to the
speculator as a basis of operation.
Yet the history of the variety known
as ''The Northern Star" is one of
the fairy tales of finance. 1t was
brought out last year, says a Lon
don paper, by grower in Markinch,
In Fifeshire, who parted with q few
tons at the extraordinary price Of
& 1910 ton. To this rate, which
works out at about ten shillings a
pound, he religiously adhered. At
this rate two pounds were purchased
by a firm of dealers belonging to
Bardney, near Lincoln. From these
two pounds they have this year
grown $50 pounds, and are so pleased
with the result that they have
bought quantity more at the rate
of e 500 ton. Two other growers,
Mr.. Kline, of Manham-le-Fen, and
Mr.. Blades, of Epworth, purchased a
ton at the same figure, and have
paid more for subsequent consign-
ments. After this the story of the
King Edward VII. potato, which be-
gan to sell at e12 los. a ton and
rose to $40, seems quite tame,
though it would have been sufficient
ly remarkable under any other cir
cumStances.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-03-28
To Correspondents.

Don't write on both sides Of your paper.
Don't fail to sign your letter. Letters
unsigned will not be published.
Don't write on scraps of paper. Use
a full sheet Of paper and begin your let
tiers two inches from the top. Place the
name of the town at the head OF the page.
Spell it out carefully.
Don't fail to have your letter mailed
so it will reach the Republican office
Thursday. To do this you must know
the time of your mail collection where
you live.
Don't forget that accidents, fires, mar
riages and crop reports are the best kind
of news and if of sufficient Importance
may be enlarged upon.
Don't state personal opinions. The
editor does that.
Don't write on soft paper with hard
pencil so that the writing is hard to
read by lamplight. a
Don't forget if something startling
happens in your neighbOrhOod, murder,
railway accident, big burglary or large
fires, to notify the Republican at once.
We use that kind of news incur local
columns. IL mailed these letters should
be marked Special in the corner OF the
envelope.
The RepuFlica will furnish all sup
plies on application.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-03-28
IxOnia.

Miss Kathryn Owen is visiting friends
at Hartand
Miss Mary Collins was a Waterfowl
visitor on Wednesday.
Mrs. Fl. GullicksOn and son .Olmel
spent Sunday with relatives at OcOnOmO
woe.
Ix0nia was we'll represented at VIM
Heilman's auction at Sandy Hollow on
Tuesday.
Miss Bessie Owen spent Sunday at
OcOnOmOWOc, as the guest of Miss Liz
zie M. Humphrey.
Herman RupnOW returned on Tuesday
from weeks visit with relatives in
BelOit.
Mrs. VIM. Griffith of Oconomowoc,
spent few DAYS of this week at the
home of her father, Simeon Jones.
Gustav Seeger spent Sunday at his
home in Lebanon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lewis left on
Wednesday to visit their daughters in
Milwaukee and Chicago.
Paul Weido purchased horse at VIM
Hellman's auction.
David E. Lewis is on the sick list. DR..
Miller of OcOnOmowOc, is in attendance.
Miss Lizzie Reese attended the enter
taiGment at OcOnomOWOc on Tuesday
night given by the Literary society of the
High school, Of which her sister, Miss
Maybelle, is & member.
Miss Helen NARROW, accompanied by
her aunt, Miss NARROW, of Lebanon, will
spend the next two weeks in Milwaukee.
E. G. Edwards, our enterprising stock
buyer, shipped two carloads of stock on
Monday.
Miss Lizzie Jones left on Wednesday
for OconOmOwOc where she will visit
relatives before returning to her home
in Picketts.
About twenty of her young friends
pleasantly surprised Miss GuynOr Hum
phrey at her home ON Thursday evening
in honor of her sixteenth birthday. The
evening was spent in playing games and
a peanut race was one Of the amusing
pastimes. Dainty refreshments were
served and all report jolly time.
Miss Ida Weege Of Delafeld, is the
guest of her aunts, the Misses Schmidts.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-03-28
A Great Offer.

All Of our readers who are interested
in farming or gardening should read
our unprecedented offer in this issue.
We have perfected arrangements with
the Farmers Sentinel Of Milwaukee so
that we are enabled to give the Republi-
can, the Farmers Sentinel and book of
500 pages on Practical Farming" and
Gardening at the small sum Of $500.
This book alone is worth $500 and con-
tains 500 pages Of information by the
best authorizes. It is illustrated with
200 half-tone plates. The Primers
Sentinel is we'll known farm paper
and is of the very best, devoted exclu-
sively to matters of interest to farmers
The Republican does not take back
seat in the matter of news so every new
subscriber who pays $500 in advance is
getting large value for his money.
This offer hould be taken advantage
Of it as it will only hold good for linn
tied time. For full particulars read
advertisement Oh last page.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-03-28

Albert c. Eckert made business trip to
OcOnOmOWOc Saturday.
John Joerfen, bought horse of Aug.
Buth consideration $40.
Miss Ida Gartske, of Concord, is visit
ing at Fred Raisers Jr.
Miss Lydia Koetter returned to Mil
waukee after spending a few days with
her uncle John BOettcher.
Geo. Werner went to Milwaukee Mon
day.
ThOs. Marley and Fred Kieppert Jr.
went to Milwaukee Thursday on business.
Chas. Kieppert, of Concord, has pur-
chased the B. Fritch house and will move
into the same this spring.
Frank Mandusky is sporting a fine
western horse.
One of our young gentlemen reports
that he seen ghost in lovers lane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank kellogg and daugh-
ter spent Sunday with Patrick Clarity.
Hensey and Zahn are erecting ew
barn for M. Vogel.