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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20

judges stand at the race track, inn.
provements in the administration
building, new rows of trees, new toll.
ct rooms, and artificial lakelet, and
much grading and general repairing
and overhauling of buildings.
The fair opens on August s1st and
continues during the week. closing
Sept sth. HAlf-fare rates have been
made on all railroads from all points
In Minnesota, the Daketss sud Ser all
points in Iowa and Wisconsin within
zoo miles Of tbs Twin CitiaA
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20

Dan Patch, the fastest pacing horse
in the world, will 60 against his own
record at the Minnesota State Fair
grounds ON the afternoon of Monday.
August 31st. the opening day of tho
coming fair; this il the last and great
est announcement of tho managers of
Dan Patch now holds is :5eA made
ON the Readville, Mass, track, Sept.
e3rd. 1902. But the actual time made
was 1850 is or possibly a shade bet
ter. Without any special effort at
speed. Dan Patch has made 2:02h
this summer ON a slow track at Cleve-
hand and ,as made q half mile In
t:67N. establishing the new worlds
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
AEsaAskA REPUBLICANS.
John w. Webster Their Choice fc
Vice President,

Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 20.-The Re
publican state convention nominated
for associate justice Of the supreme
court John B. Barnes of Madison coun-
ty and for regents Of the state uni
vel sity, Charles S. Allen of Lancaster
and w. G. Whitmore of Douglas.
The unexpected feature of the con-
Ve1tion was the adoption by unani-
mocs vote of . resolution declaring
John L. Webster of Omaha, one of the
delegates to the convention and one
OF the we'll known party leaders OF
the state, to be the choice of Nebras-
ka for vice president in 1904. Mr.
Webster expressed his thanks for the
honor in speech of considerable
length.
The platform begins with congratu-
lations On the overthrow of Organism
in the home Of it's nativity and upholds
the policy of the Republican party in
general
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
BASEBALL SCORES.

National League. :.
At Boston, o; Pittsburg, 8. =
At New York, 0; Cincinnati, Z.
At Brooklyn, 6; st. Louis, 8.
American League.
At Detroit, 0; New York, /. Second
game Detroit, /; New York, 8.
At Chicago, 8; Washington, l.
At Cleveland, 2; Boston, 10.
At st. Louis, 8; Philadelphia, 5.
American Association.
At Minneapolis, 5; Indianapolis. 9.
At Milwaukee, 2; Toledo, 0.
At st. Paul, 6; Louisville, 2.
AT Kansas City, 4; Columbus, 5. Sec
Dad gaRe-Kansas City, 8; Colum.
bis. II.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20

Since the last fair. the management
has erected, at a cost of $4,000, an
enormous agricultural machinery ex.
hibit building which will be the cen.
ter of the largest display of farm i'm.
plements ever made in any place al
any time. Tho building itself. is about
$50 feet long and every foot Of space
on its floor has already been assigned
to exhibitors. Clustering about it, and
in fact spreading all over the north.
eastern part Of the fair grounds, win
be numerous exhibits in tents. booths,
temporary buildings and permanent
Pavilions erected by machinery man
ufacturers: and in and about this
same region will be q great number
Of open air exhibits of thresher-en.
gines and machinery, corn-huskers,
wind mills, stacksrs and other classes
of machinery which cannot be shown
under roof.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
No Further DAMAGE Feared.

/ Kansas City, Aug. 20-The Kansas
river here IS falling rapidly and no fur
Their fear of damage is felt. Every eff
fort is being made to replace the two
bridges washed out during the high
water. Boats must be used for several
weeks, however, to transfer persons
between the two cities.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
St, Paul Union Stock Yards.

St. Paul, Aug. 19.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $4.2505.00; common to
fair, s3.0o@4.OO; good to choice cows
and heHers, $3OO@40O; yeals,s $2.50@
5.2s. Hogs-$4.75@5.80. Sheep-Good
to choice yearling wethers, $500
3.75; lambs, 2.75@4.00; good to choice
lambs S50Om535
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
Mystery Still Unsolved.

Detroit, Aug. 20.-The murder of
foury ear-old Alphonse Wines, whose
r1vtifstsa body was found Tuesday,
remains uRsolved. Charles Edwards,
the suspect arrested, is still held, but
the police believe he is not guilty.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20

The races are the main part Of the
afternoon program each day of the
fair and the enormous entry list in
sures a very satisfactory amusement
program during the afternoon. For
the evening, the principal feature each
night will be Pains Fire Works Spec
tacle. the Destruction of Rome. This
is the largest and most complete open
air spectacle ever put on at any place
at any time in the world.
To accommodate this show a special
train is used and it travels from place
to place exactly as does a circus.
Many carloads of scenery will be
brought to the State Fair and the
properties, animals and people come
with the train to produce the great
spectacle. This feature occupies a
large part of each evening during the
fair week but will be supplemented by
other attractions such as racing by
electric light, Schreyer's sensational
bicycle performance and other vaude-
Vile attractions.
20 will ho orana6 on Mor4ov
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Aug. 19.-Wheat-In store
No l hard, SSAc; No. 1 Northern.
SsAc; No. 2 Northern, S6Ac. To ar
rive-No. hard, S6%c; No l North
Sept, $50 ssHc; Dec, so% @ S. '' FAX
In store, on track and to arrive
sSAc; Sept, 9Shc; Oct, 99c; Nov,
99!2c; Dec, 99hc; May, $1.021a.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20

record for this distance. At the Min
nesota State Fair appearance he will
he paced by two fast running horses
and there is every prospect that he
will chip Q few seconds off his worlds
record for Q mile. :,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20

There are numerous improvement
of all kinds On the fair grounds this
year. Among them are the new agri.
cultural implement building, the new
swine exhibition building-the largest
in the. world-Rany new drives, two
miles of new cement walk, Q new
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20

For the Wenaa's department Of ~
fair this year . mssh larger baiSdias
hap been set aside than ever before.
NSsts the structure used fer sAs pest
lew years e. carriage ssiietnR, aad
sermsriy - - agricultural aa1 hse
icAlfAfal hAR
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, Aug. 19.-Wheat-
Sept, S3% 0S3hc; Dec, 1870. On
track-No. hard, 84hc; No. North.
ern, 9312c; No. Northern, 912c; No
Northern, $4,000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
DROWNED WHILE SWIMMING.

Two Prominent Cleveland Physicians
Perish in Lake Erie.
Cleveland, o., Aug. 6.-Dr. Adolph
Cuddell and DR.. Ernest H. Luetz, two
prominent young Cleveland physicians,
were drowned in Lake Erie OF the
German-American club house last
evening, while swimmins. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20

August 3-st, with a great address IN
front of the grand stand by Senator
Charles w. Fairbanks, of Indiana.
Senator Fairbanks is one of the
strongest men h the United States
Senate and regarded by many as a
prominent presidential possibility. He
is rich man but comes from the
farm and has a lively interest in agri.
cultural subjects. AS a speaker he is
practical and entertaining.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20

Out the entry list for 1908. which
was announced recently by Sec. E. w.
Randall, SURPRISES that Of 1909 both
in number and quality Of horses en-
tered. Last year the names of $50
horses appeared upon the list; this
year over 260 horses have been en-
tered, They represent the best things
in leading stables from Manitoba to
the Gulf of Mexico. and from the At
lantic to the Pacific Ocean.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Aug. 9.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers, $5.1OQ5.6O; poor to me,
dunn, $3.S5@4.90; stockers and feed,
ers, $2.25@4; COWS, $1.50@4.0O; heif.
ers, $200@4S5; calves, $2:50@725.
Hogs-Mixed and butchers, $4,000
5.65; good to choice heavy, $3.50
s.45; rough heavy, $475@5.15; light.
$5.3O@6.G0. Sheep-Good to choice,
$3.2503.65; Western, $2.75@35O; ma
tive lambs, $3.25@5.75; Western.
S450@5.50.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. 1S.-Wheat-Sept.,
size; old, S1%c; Dec, S2Ac; old,
S21kc; May, SAC. Corn-Aug, 51Ac;
Sept, 51Ac; Dec, see; May, 52hc.
Oats-Aug., 3fAc; Sept, 34kc; Dec,
36Ac; May, 3Shc Pork-Sept,
$12.62h; Oct, 1890; May, $13.s5.
Flax-Cash, Northwestern, 800;
Southwestern. S6hc; Sept, Sehc:
Oct. S7hc. Butter-creameries. 140
11e: .dAt1iss, 13017c. Turksys.-l2s.
cAskeas-Hsns, 1osi611s; spriass.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-08-20

The fair will be opened on Monday
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10
A Popular Farmers Bulletin.

An unusual demand has been made
upon the Department of Agriculture
for it's publication, The Feeding of
Farm Animals Farmers Bulletin
No 22), and several reprints have
been found necessary. Something
like $4,000 of these bulletins have
been sent out to farmers in different
parts of the country. Every farmer
probably has his own ideas regarding
the feeding of stock, but if he is
progressive, he must be always open
to suggestion and willing to profit by
the experience of others, taking into
consideration the questions of nutri-
ton, digestibility, palatability and
the cost of different feeds. We adj
wise all readers of The Progressive
Farmer to apply for copies.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10

in a dry room unless used at once.
Many families now make breakfast
bacon for domestic use. The recipe
for making it is often varied as ex-
perience dictates. Some like more
salt; others more sugar. Saltpeter
in liberal quantity ought to be used
to deepen the red color of the lean
streaks. This adds greatly to its
beauty and attractiveness, if not to
the flavor of the bacon.
BURNING TOBACCO BEDS.
If other more pressing work will
permit, plant beds for tobacco should
be burned in November. The ground
is hen usually dry, and less fuel,
and consequently less work, is re-
CURED to burn the ground properly.
After burning, the bed should be dug
up and prepared for sowing, but it
is best to defer sowing the seed until
the following February or March.
The effect of the winter freezes upon
the soil is in every way beneficial. :
PLow1NGC
The following of land for the next
corn and tobacco crop should be pros
ecuted with vigor during the month
whenever o%nnortunity permits. This
blowing should be confined to elayey
loans. No benefit other than the
destruction of insects will result in
the breaking of sandy land In the
fall, as the SHOWS and rains of winter
will run it together. On the other
hand, clayey soils will be a~meliorated
by a more thorough friability which
will manifest itself in the following
spring. Fall blowing is also most
desirable for tobacco and corn lands,
as it causes the destruction of many
insects injurious to these crops. Gut
worms are greatly lessened in num-
Der, and especially if the trash be
burned off before the plows. Disk
plows do much better work than the
old turning plows, as they cut down
and turn under all bushes an inch in
diameter and four feet or less In
height. Much work in sprouting is
thus saved to the farmer. Not less
than three horses or mules should be
used in fall blowing. And land hav-
ing a soil six or eight inches in.
depth with a clayey subsoil will be
gradually increased in productive
powers by deep blowing. All farm
ers should bear in mind that deep
blowing on such land may be reck-
oned high agricultural wisdom.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10

Oftentimes it is a mixed ~conglomera-
ton of many varieties and %colors,
each degenerated from the high type
from which it sprang, sunken in It's
worth, weakened in its constitution
and incapable of a healthy fruition.
To-day this selection of seed corn
is n of the most important duties
which the farmer yves to himself or
to his country from an agricultural
or material point of view.
ALI varieties should be planted in
separate fields, as far apart as posi-
bic, to prevent mixing and deteriorat-
ing into mongrel breeds.
HOG KILLING,
In all the swine-producing States
of the South the best time for kill
ing hogs on the farms generally oc-
ours the last week in November or
the first week in December. The air
is then cool and frosty. Cold enough
to drive out the animal heat is all
that is required. In fact, frosty
weather is much better for making
good pork and bacon than freezing
weather, for the reason that the meat
will absorb the salt and other pre-
servatives much more readily in
moderately cold weather.
GOOD HAMS.
1t is a great art to make good
hams, and the initial work must be
done when the meat is cut up to be
sailed. Hams should be cut out and
shaped symmetrically by rounding
the fatty ends. After they are thor
oughly cold sprinkle the feshy parts
with salt lightly, so as to extract any
blood that may remain. Let the hams
rest for a day or two after this if the
weather is cool. Then use ten
pounds of good salt, three ounces of
saltpeter, three pounds of brown
sugar and about one ounce of red
pepper for every hundred pounds of
hams. Make of these a brine by add
ing four or five gallons of water.
Put the hams in a cask with one end
open and pour the brine over them
until they are completely covered.
Be sure that they are kept under the
brine, and it may be necessary to add
more from time to time. Let them
remain in the brine for five or six
weeks. Then take them out and hang
them up in a close smoke-house and
cure with hickory wood, keeping up
slow fires until March. The hams
may then be taken down and rubbed
on the feshy sides with black pepper.
Afterwards encase each in a separate
cotton canvas bags, which should be
coated with a paint made of pulver-
lied barites, which, though a very
cheap paint, is more effective in Sc
curing the hams from dampness or
insects or a disagreeable odor.
The meat for making breakfast
bacon should also be prepared. Mar
row strips should be cut longitudin-
ally along the thin portion of those
middlings that show an alteration of
lean and fat. Young hogs make the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10

JNAOW1 " mOuSn 10 De D0CC6r TOT
f~attening stock, but this may be
doubted. Such a variety is unfit for
milling purposes in this country, but
is used in Great Britain under the
name of Indian meal. The best form
of grain resembles the Keystone, in
an arch or wedge-shaped, in which
the length is twice the breadth and
the thickness-about a sixteenth of
an inch. The grain should be sym
metrical, not rounded on one side
and straight on another, but with the
upper end slightly rounded at the
corners, running off in two straight
lines neutrality-suspicious. a
common centre.
Grain too finty is Objectionable,
because it is too hard to be properly
masticated by stock, but when the
grain is too soft it will be lacking
in those gums and oils that preserve
it from decay. The best varieties are
those that are intermediate between
the two. Indian corn may be divided
into four distinct groups-the flint
corn of the seacoast States, the dent
corr of the West and South, the SUI
gar varieties, containing gum, sugar,
oil and but little starch, and the
squaw or -four corn. The two last
are varieties marked by tenderness,
the skin being flied with starch
granules, which readily break itno
powder; the flint varieties contain
largely of gum and oil, and the dent
varieties as largely of starch and oil.
In selecting corn for bread the flint
varieties are to be preferred; for
feeding to stock the dent varieties
for roasting ears the sugarvarieties,
and for making starch the hour-corn
varieties.
HOW SEED SELECTION PAYS.
The genealogy of the corn should
be considered. Corn must have a
good ancestry, noted for fecundity
and vitality, as well as other good
qualities, such as early maturing and
freedom from fungus growths. In
an interesting experiment made by
DIR. S~turtevant as to the Importance
of seed in growing cor he sums up
his conclusions by saying:
"My attention was forcibly called
to the Importance of the seed in
1875, the seed used appearing to the
eye of equally good quality, but from
different sources. The field was of
like history, was MANFRED alike with
barn-yard manure, and was cultivat-
ed as one field.
Bushels
Shelled
Corn
Seed corn A yielded with ma
nure 11O
Seed corn A yielded without
manure 90
Seed~corn B yielded with ma
nure %
"Here the better seed yieled, with
out manure, more than the inferior
seed with manure, and under quiva-
lent circumstances the better seed
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10
FARM WORK.

Selections nom OOL J. -
Depsrtment of Practical Suggestion in
southern Farm Magazine.
Indian corn should seldom be har-
-o.+ad before the heavy frosts of No
..rober have seasoned it by removing
tbo San from the cob and by drying
.tbo grain. In the Northern States
+bo ears are "husked' from the stalks
4bo+ have been cut and stacked in the
field. In the South it is most fire.
cuently gathered from the standing
stalks. and is rarely deprived of its
.brcks or husks. Several very good
reasons are assigned for this practice.
First, the shuck protects it against
the ravages of the corn weevil and to
some extent from other vermin. Tt
also requires less time to harvest the
crop, and it is not so liable to be
caught and injured by fall rains.
GATHERING CORN.
It was once the practice-in the
South to shuck all the corn before
putting it in the cribs, but experience
has shown that corn keeps sweeter
and better with the shucks on them.
When they are removed only as the
corn is needed, the shucks are made
to increase the rations of the horses
and cattle, to which the corn is fed.
One precaution is very necessary
when the corn is put up in the shucks.
It must be very dry, and it should
be slip-shucked-that is to say, the
coarse outer portion of the shucks
should be left on the stalk and only
the fine and silky portions on the ear.
While it requires more crib room to
hold the corn with the shucks on,
yet the compensatory advantages re-
Sulting from putting it up in the
shucks are not to be despisedo or ig-
nOred. 1t IS a good practice to sepa-
rate, as far as possible, the small and
immature ears from those hat are
perfect. The smaller ears. called
"nubbins," will serve just as well for
tattening hogs and for feeding cattle,
but they do not sell so well, nor is
the grain so desirable for milling
purposes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10
SELECTION OF SEED

The saving of the best ears for seed
Tor the coming crop is a matter the
Importance of which is scarcely APP
preclated by the majority of farmers.
The crop is largely increased or di-
mlmshed by the quality of the seed
planted. The very best varieties have
Oeen brought to their high standard
OF excellence by a careful selection of
the largest and best ears from the
most prolific stalks. The comparison
u the stalks and ears can only be
made before the corn is gathered. A
careful person should go before the
S"'nefmg force for this purpose. The
'OngeSt, largest and best-developed
cars should be the first principle of
'1ectlon. If such ears can be gath
N'O from stalks bearing two or
.rOPe' so much the better. This in
1Ta'eS tecGndity and vigorous vi
Spl'y' The quality of the grain is
1-'U important. In the selection of
s:su' pay attention to the length and
rls ol the grain and the compact
o u the ear. A red cob is said
.Hulcate more strength of consti-
'0'lOn than a white cob. A variety
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-10

"Here the better seed yelled, with
out manure, more than the inferior
seed with manure, and under quiva-
lent circumstances the better seed
yielded just double the crop of the
inferior"
1t is at once painful to eontem-
plate and discreditable to u agrl-
culture to e the low character OF
the corn often harvested from rich
soils. There is no uniformity in size
of the a nor in the quality of the
grain as shown by appearance
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-10-09
eELLEVIEW.

Nr-. Rebecca Ann McClendOu died
al her home Tuesday morning after
several days severe illness. The
funeral services were held at her late
residence "Wednesday morning. The
remains were laid to rest ia BeIleview
cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tru- Whittier and
baby returned to their home il st.
Petersburg Wednesday after very
pleasant visit with relatives here.
Deputy Sheriff Frank PelOt went To
Barlow Monday ana arrested a negro
who has been wanted for Year for u
shooting affair. GA "Wednesday Mr..
PelOt took the prisoner TO Ocala for
trial, and then went To Key West TO
arrest four other negroes.
The regular monthly meeting of the
BelIeview lodge OF Masons Was held
Saturday night.
Mr.. james Har;ee spent Sunday
with his wife and daughter.
A special meeting OF the Ladies
Village Improvement Society, hnown
rs the Belleview Workers, was held 1t
Mrs. Dana's Monday afternoon.
Registered at the seminole this
~eek have been L. &. Hail, OcaIa; J.
ID. Pope, Belleview; L. l.. Hulume,
jacksonville; II. A. Barwold, Atlanta;
Flem Terrell, Barlow; Geo. +. LeF'ils,
jacksonville aud :. Shirr, Baltimore.
Md.
The members Of the Baptist church
have called die Rev. Dullon To sue
ceed the Rev. Devaneaux.
Mrs. J. J. Nelson is still confined TO
the house by nervous affection.
JOSH
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-10-09
GATE RvILLE.

all glad to say that GaitervilIe is
again progressing. Since our last
report there has been some little diff
Guilty in ascertaining whether or not
our pOstoffice shall be discontinued.
and until Sunday il was believed
that il would be, but at the present
We are glad to say that everything is
looking favorable for its continuation
and l see no reason why it should not
for to lose the pOstoffice means the
loss of some of our friends for don't
believe any one would like to live in
a country where the pOstoffice is so
far off. Ii would be like living on
the off side of nowhere.
The ferry boat at Stokes ferry is in
very good condition since undergoing
repairs.
Mr.. J. Barnes, of Lecanto, was in
Gaiterville last week on business.
Cattle buying being his OF ject.
Mr.. Frank Ross was viewing the
beauties of DunuellOn Saturday.
Messrs. r. ID. Stokes and H. E.
Brass made flying "Trip to Ocala
Sunday evening returning Monday.
Mr.. w. II. Ross made d pleasure
trip to I.ecanto Saturday evening
and from the happy smile he is wear
ing L believe he is in luck. Hope SO.
Pine Level school opened last Mon
day, September 2S, and is progressing
very nicely under the efficient man
agement of Miss McCreary, of Ten
nessee.
Rev. B. T. Rape filled his regular
appointment here Sunday delivering
a very interesting sermon to large
congregation.
Mr.. A. Nee. Brass is attending
camp meeting at Hearst, Fla.
UNCLE JOE.