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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

Miss Blossom Brinkerhoff is
again at work in the Gault store az
ter delightful health inspiring
outing on the Guthrie county farm
of her sister Mrs. F. w. Delahoyde.
She attended country wedding,
partook of country grown chickens
and enjoyed herself generally.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

". II. Copeland received word
the first of the week of the death OF
his sister, Mrs. J. B. Keyser, which
occurred last Saturday at Sidney,
Iowa. The interment took place
there on Monday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27
Dysentery Cured Without the Aid
of q Doctor.

II am just up from a hard spell of
the ttux' (dysentery) says Mr.. T. A.
Primer, we'll known merchant of
Drummond, Tenn. 81 used one small
bottle of Chamberlain's collie, cholera
and diarrhoea remedy and was cured
without having doctor. l consider
it the best cholera medicine in the
world" There is no need of employ
ing doctor when this remedy is used
for no doctor can prescribe a better
medicine for bowel complaint in any
form, either for children or adults. It
never fails and is pleasant to take.
For sale by Nick Dotfing & Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

Mrs. j. c. Dahl and child of Lewis,
Iowa, arrived here yesterday on
two weeks visit at the home of her
cousin, Perry Hansen, on Park
street.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

John Stoner purchased four 4
year old mules of Ole jacobson out
near kimballton last week, which
are as nice looking marketable
mules as one would wish to see.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

Mrs. AID Seibert received a letter
last Monday from her brother, NJ.
N. Carmichael of near West Union,
of the dangerous illness of his wife,
the best physicians of that city and
Davenport regarding her case as
hopeless.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

FARM Fox SALE-s0 acres, % miles
southwest of Hamlin, fair improve
ments, 20 acres grass, 2acres tim Der
For sale cheap. Possession March
l, 1904. GEO, kYHNN. S.27 4w
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27
Killed hy Traction Enaine.

Clinton, Ia. Aug. 21.-Charles Kin
k2id was killed near here. He was
running steam engine behind which
was attached separator. kinkaid
backed UP the engine and was crushed
between the engine and separator.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Wellman of
Buck Creek and their aunt, Mrs. A.
Z. Bales, wife of the Cumberland
postmaster, were visiting his
brother, ". A. Wellman and family
last Friday in this city.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27
FROM ALL OVER IOWA
Latter Day Saints Reunion

Dow City, Ia, Aug. 20.-The general
reunion Of the Reorganized Church Of
Latter Day Saints will be held at Dow
City commencing Friday. Aug. rs. and
continuing until Sept 6.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

For SALE OR RENT-Ebbe J. Han
sens 24O acre farm miles west of
Brayton, good improvements and
land in splendid shape.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27
The farmers are working up their
surplus crop of apples into cider.

n. J. Marietta went as delegate
to the convention at the county seat
today.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27
Miss Baker of Atlantic is visiting
Extra friends.

DIR. Oldaker returned Wednesday
from short visit to the fair
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

Go to the fair next Thursday and
see the ladies horse race. Four
Extra ladies in the contest.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

Kirk and John Knox returned
yesterday from their outing at Den
yer and other Colorado cities.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

Hugh Smith, Jim Persing and
Jim Hicks visited the Fair the first
of the week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

Mrs. Laura Delahoyde went to
Des Noines Tuesday to visit friends
and attend the Fair.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

Grant Smith came down from
Manning yesterday on short bust
ness call
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

Herb Herrick spent a couple of
days this week in Des Moines.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

+. A. Armstrong of Bear Grove
was looking up a land trade in this
city the last of the week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-27

CoRNELIA E. KLINE, plaintiff, vs.. John
A. Hallock, Adeline Mitchell and the ut-
known claimants of the real estate here
matter described Defendants.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01
Hogs Eating Chickens.

In reply to a readers inquiry in
regard to a remedy for hogs eating
chickens, DR.. TAFT Butler writes The
Progressive Farmer as follows:
"In reply to inclosed inquiry, 1
am compelled to state that I know
of no way of breaking hogs of the
habit of eating chickens when once
formed. Good feeding, with variety
of food, forming a properly balanced
ration, may lessen the desire for
Chicken" and would no doubt have
a tendency to prevent the formation
of the bad habit, but when the taste
for chickens is once well established,
hogs are likely to continue to crafty
it whenever the opportunity is offer
ed despite all efforts to restrain
them"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01

Preliminary returns to the chief
of the bureau of statistics of the De-
partment of Agriculture On the pro-
duction of corn in 1903 indicates a
total of about $4,000 bushels, or
an average of 25.8 bushels per acre,
as compared with an. average yield
of 1858 bushels one year ago.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01

pages and discusses these various
questions, the stimulation of growth.
the regeneration of old trees, the eff
feet on the yield and the control of
disease. A number of little illustra-
tions convey the ideas graphically.
The proper saving of large limbs,
protection of wounds and treatment
of "hollow trunks" is discussed. One
section of the bulletin makes specific
suggestions regarding the pruning of
various fruit trees, the apple, the
peach, the pear, the plum, the cherry
and so on, also pruning and training
the grape, also the various berries,
hedges and even shade trees. There
is nothing particularly new set forth
in this bulletin but it constitutes a
compendium of very useful informa-
ton and practical suggestions. It
can be obtained like other farmers
bulletins, from members of Congress
Or from the Secretary of Agriculture.
FREE SEED DISTRIBUTION.
There is the usual preparation for
the free seed distribution farce which
Congress annually shoulders upon
the Secretary of Agriculture. For
years the Department has been try
ing to rid itself of this work, but
Congress annually appropriates a
large sum for the purchase of seeds
and the sending out of between thir-
ty and forty million packages. The
free seed distribution should consti-
tute trial packages of somewhat rare
and untried seeds In those sections of
the country which it is believed would
be helped by the introduction of new
crops; instead of this the farmers re-
ceive the usual quota of cabbages,
turnips, radishes and other things of
the sort, in minute packages about
sufficient for the planting of a win
dow garden. The scheme comes pref
ty near being a waste of good money
appropriated by Congress for the
purpose of allowing each member an
opportunity of getting solid with his
constituents.
GUY E. MITCHELL.
Washington, D.. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01
Batch of Timely Farm Notes.
.,,,o, Of The Progressive Farmer:

There IS al AACCAOAS Jam 1SAO
the issuance of the recent bulle-
~ Nv the Department of Agricul-
.rra on Goats in the United States.
Come weeks ago the Bureau of Sta
+i.tics issued some figures showing
onr enormous annual importations
Il GOAT skins, amounting to $25,000,-
MO a year. The publication of these
Sgrres with accompanying comments
Indicating that here was an excellent
o~uortunity for the investment of
canital which would result in the
building up of another great Ameri-
can industry, resulted in a flood of
i%nUuiries to the Agricultural Depart
ment. The Bureau of Animal In
dustry was kept busy answering let
ters advising prospective goat ~raisers
to 90 slow. and this is the burden of
the recent bulletin. While it is a
fact that we do spend about $25,O00,-
900 a year for goat and kid skins, the
animals furnishing them are raised
abroad by such cheap labor that it is
extremely questionable whether the
industry offers much of a field for
Investment by the American farmer.
This is an instance where the ma
chinery of the Department of Agri-
culture is used to head off mistaken
enthusiasm, which might result dis
a~strOusly to those -embarking on an
enterprise without full knowledge of
the facts. Such work is perhaps as
important to the people as the ex-
plotting of new industries which are
known to be profitable.
TWO GOOD BOOKS PREPARING
The Department of Agriculture
has a horse book and a COW book, and
its experts are now working on the
PREPARATION of a hog book, which,
however, is yet some distance from
the government printing Office.
hear of another farmers bulle-
tin which sounds we'll, although I
have not yet seen the proof. It is to
be along the lines of meat treatment
On the farm-from the knife to the
smoke house. Among a good many
farmers the right curing of farm
meats has become almost a lost art.
Il Is a real pleasure to visit n of
nose old timey farms which pro-
auced something of everything, cat
ue' sheep, hogs, and of course fowls.
Inc delights of sausage making and
Iylng out the lard and smoking the
shoulders and hams and putting meat
UoTn IN brine will always live in the
Ilnd OF the boy on the farm who has
uaped at such work.
BULLETIN EVERY FARMER SHOULD
HAVE.
Inc Department of Agriculture
[rs Just issued a farmers bulletin
.NO' 1917 on pruning" The prun-
Ig OF fruit trees is a subject to
~Icn the ordinary farmer who sets
d non-commercial orchard gives
%'ue attention, but it is an extremely
TIpOftant feature of fruit growing.
>teeS can be traiDad Iorro1v oooord-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01
S~Oil-binding Grasses.
Editor OF Their Progressive Farmer:

The good roads" movement dur
ing the last few years has caused the
building of many thousands of miles
of graded country roads. In build
ing these roads, In order to secure a
uniform grade it is necessary to cut
through hills and raise entertainments
on low stretches. Such work is very
costly yet In driving over these roads
in many neighborhoods we find that
within a year after the building the
embellishments are damaged by wash
ing to one-fourth or more of the orig
inal cost. This damage is to a large
extent inexcusable, resulting from
ignorance or carelessness of those re-
sponsible for the preservation of the
road after it has been built.
We have a number of soil binding
grasses and legumines which at a
comparatively trifing cost can be
made to cover rood embankments in
a very short time, and which when
once established will prevent damage
by washing. Among such grasses we
may name for the Cotton States, Ber-
muda grass, Louisiana grass, red
fescue grass, and white clover. For
more northern regions where Bermu-
da grass does not flourish. we have
Couch grass, red fescue, Annless
bronze, white clover, yellow trefoil
and many species of the Desmo-
diums. Where the soil is very sandy,
and for preventing beach sands from
blowing over cultivated land, we must
employ grasses specially adapted for
such soils. The best of these are the
Lyme grasses, Spartinas, and Bitter
Panic grass. The lupines are le-
gumes likely to thrive on sandy soil.
The best of these for this use is Luz
pinus perennis.
All the plants herein named are
hardy for the localities mentioned,
and with careful preparation and
fertilization they may be sown at any
time of the year, or whenever the
road is made. None of these grasses
or Iegumes should be sown alone, for
holding the soil. Sow a mixture of
all, including always a good percen-
tage of legumes which in addition
to holding the soil will act as feeders
for the grasses. Too much care can
not be exercised in securing good
seed, since unless the seed is fresh
and vigorous termination will be slow
and much damage may be done be-
fore the ground is covered.
The seed bed should be made as
fine as possible, and except in lime
stone regions, a coating of water
slaked lime should be raked in before
the seed is sown. A good complete
fertilizer containing easily soluble
plant food should also be applied
either before or just after the seed
is sown. A good fertilizer for this
purpose is as follows:
Cotton-seed meal .........8 800 Tbs.
Superphosphate 700 TBS.
Muriate of potash 10000 500 lbs.
Mix and apply at rate of 600 to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01
NOrth carolina Farming NOES.

O"J Avn SSA0O PN1 PO0A40 ~ k4OAOG1
cotton, our farmers can raise at
least one more crop at a profit.
Tarboro Southerner: The Alliance
should celebrate its renaissance with
a peanut factory. Even ten cent cot
ton or more should not blind them
to the pressing need of such a fac
tory which will place the producer
independent of the peanut trust.
Wilson Times: Good lots of to-
bacco are selling a great deal better
on our market. One warehouse last
week made an average of ten cents
for its entire sale, and several lots
averaged from fifteen to twenty cents
per pound. The common grades are
up some, though there is not much
improvement in price for them.
Col. Olds: The prosperity of the
tanners, in this section at least, is
very evident. The Investigation of
crops is the prime cause. A farmer,
who is not a truck-grower, who lives
a few miles from Raleigh, says he has
fifteen things to sell, and called them
over, as follows: Wheat, oats, corn,
cotton, tobacco, peas, fodder, shucks.
sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, cab
bage, turnips, peanuts and pump
kins. He added that he had hogs and
poultry also for sale.
y y =
Monroe folks who have been try
ing to grow pecan trees may take
courage. This morning Mrs. r. V.
Houston sent to the Journal office
a handful of full grown green pc
cans which she has grown in her
garden. Mrs. Houston's tree is six
years old and fruited heavily this
year. Mr.. Houston is so we'll pleased
with Mrs. Houston's success that he
has put out an orchard of seventy
five pecan trees at his country home.
Monroe Journal.
One thing is sure: never will the
resources of North Carolina be thor
oughly developed until cultivated
brain takes it in charge. There is a
wide scope-the minerals, the vast
forest timbers, and the farming in
terest; the diversity of crops and the
manner of their cultivation at half
the cost of the present day. The
idea of a man failing at all other
professions and thinking himself an
expert on the farm is a mistake
R. R.. Moore, Guilford Co., N. G.
Kinston Free Press: Mr.. Frank
Hartsield returned this morning
from Caldwell, Tex, and reports a
distressing state of circumstances
in the cotton section of that great
State resulting from the destructive
boil weevil. Mr.. Hartsfeld says the
farmers there are almost in despair
about it, and see no remedy as yet
whereby they can get rid of the little
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01

"a man, Philpotts, is never beaten,
till he has said in his heart, I am
beaten "-"Sir Christopher"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-12-01

Mix and apply at rate of GOO to
1000 pounds per acre.
GERALD MCCARTHY,
Botanist, N. @. Department of Agri-
culture.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-01

country, and after his trip down the
Missouri he will proceed directly to
New York.
Mr.. Pulitzer said last evening that
he had particularly enjoyed his stay
in Montana, and had anticipations OF
an enjoyable trip down the river IN
fact, | have enjoyed II so much," said
he, that | expect to come again to
Montana when | want an enjoyable
outing"
He said that he had been away from
work so long. and having been almost
without newspaper reading-unavoid-
ably so-that he did not know any
thing of political conditions about New
York. In fact, he was anxious for in
formation on affairs there. when
left the east" he said, there was a
very strong sentiment for Parker as
the Democratic candidate. but that
does not appear to be so strong now.
| should Judge. Parker would, be
lieve, make a very strong candidate
and would probably carry New York
against Roosevelt. But II the Demo
Gratis want to make a sure win of It
they will nominate Grover Cleveland.
The third term talk would not hurt
him much, and there is no doubt what
ever that he could carry New York,
and probably several other eastern
states as we'll"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-01
MAKING RAPID PROGRESS.
Railroad viii Reach lewlstown Abou
the MiddIe Of Au1I,t

Railroad VIII Reach lewistown About
the Middle OF ApgISt
Twenty miles OF the Lewistown ex.
tension have been completed, says
the Montana Daily Record. r. A.
Harlow, vicepresident OF the Montana
railroad. has just received word that
twenty miles of track we're complet-
ed, and that the work Is progressing
favorably. This new portion is ready
for business and material is being
hauled over II. Track is now being
laid at the rate OF mile a day. Be-
tween 300 and 400 men are at work
grading and laying track.
II is expected that the road will be
Gu lr;ec tito Lewistown be,w. en-
Aug. Is and Sept. !. and the event
will he feilcd with Joy bv the citizens
of thai place and persons living along
the lile OF road Sheepmen of that
section will then be able to market
their wool in less time and with less
expense than formerly. when some of
them had TO haul their clips from 60
to 100 miles to a railroad, and cattle
may be shipped without driving them
so far that they are exhausted before
they are loaded. The line will also
be OF great benefit to Helena. as the
trade OF the Judith will now come this
way instead OF going elsewhere.
The extension from Harlowton IN
lLewistown will be sixty-five miles
long.
shearing In Progress.
Shearing is now going on at full
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-01

and the new challenger slipped clean.
ly over II, making little fuss under
the bow.
Taking into consideration the asser-
tion by English yachtsmen that Sham
rock is ten minutes faster In a 30
mile course than 1t ever was, and fully
as much faster than Shamrock II, the
new boats first performance on this
side of the Atlantic marks her as
probably the most dangerous challeng
er Sir Thomas has brought over. In
light air and smooth water 1t showed
itself to be very fast.
The main object Of the trip was
to stretch the sails and to resume
tuning.
Sir Thomas and Designer Fife were
aboard the Shamrock iii. and Colonel
Neil sailed on Shamrock I when the
yachts started to beat to seaward
against a four-knot wind. Shamrock
iii was slightly In the lead at the
start and began at once to add to It..
The new poat pointed higher and ran
faster than Shamrock I. They sailed
out to sea for more than two hours
and during all that time Shamrock
iii gained steadily. At 2:45, when
the challenger was leading Shamrock
l by ten minutes, Shamrock iii turned
about and ran back to entertain the
other. Crossing the wake of the old
boat, Shamrock III was given the
rreer wind and went of for a five-mile
run at a fast clip down the Jersey
coast.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-01

there should not rise any reason for
delay, the meeting will be held on
those dates.
Preparation Of a program for the
meeting viii be begun in a short time,
and II is hoped to make 1t most inter.
esting. There will be addresses by
leading sheepmen on practical ques-
tions. and II is probable that the state
veterinarian and members of the stan
Of the Montana experiment station
will also be In attendance. The pres
ident OF the National Woolgrowers' as.
sociation is to be In the city next
month. and may be here at the time
Of the meeting.
All the prominent sheepmen OF this
part OF the state are members of the
association. Its membership has IN
creased rapidly since its organization,
and much good to the members has
resulted from the work of the organ
iZation,
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-01
PULITZER FAvoRs GROVER.
New York Editor Thinks Sage Of Buz.
Yards Bay Best Man.

Great Falls. June 27.-Great Falls
had as a visitor last evening. Ralph
Pulitzer. editorial writer on the New
York World, and a son Of Joseph
Pulitzer, the proprietor of the World.
Mr.. Pulitzer has been travelling extern
sively for his health lately and will
leave this afternoon for Fort Benton,
where, in company with J. W. Schultz,
the we'll known story writer and guide
Of the Blackfeet reservation, he will
take a trip down the Missouri river
OF two or three weeks duration.
A few months ago Mr.. Pulitzer's
health gave out as a result Of arduous
editorial work. and physicians ordered
him to take a rest and refrain from
all work or reading of any sort. AS
result he made trip to Japan. and
is now on his way home to New York.
For the past two weeks he has been
hunting and fishing In the Blackfeet