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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
SAM. ARCHER.
How TO Handle Corn Stalks on Land for Corn
Next Year.
Iredell Co.. N. G.

Messrs. Editors 1T has been long time since
1 have talked to the many readers of your much
esteemed paper, which / have been reading for
fifteen years, and want to read as long as try to
farm, for it has been a great benefit to me in
many ways. Now if you will permit me small
space will give some farm experiences The
crops are all gathered and stored away; the ar
vest was bountiful one this year for we who
tried to help ourselves and we should all be thank
full to our Lord, the giver of all blessings, for
such favors. Wheat and rye. are sowed, and now
IS the time to start out for another crop
1t any of you intend to raise corn on land that
was In corn this year, l will tell how treat stalk
land if you wish to get rid of the stalks. Do not
burn them, as the manner of some is, but take
good sized one-horse turn plow and run two fur
rows In centre of middle, turning the dirt each
way toward the standing stalk (I mean second
furrow IN bottom of first furrow) as deep as one
good mule can pull well. Then cut stalks down
with hoe or scythe and lay each row of stalks and
all weeds and grass in this furrow. Then turn on
one furrow from each side with large two-horse
plow. Then let it stand until planting time.
while the high ridge stands up and small bar be.
tween and the burrows open. The cold hard
freezing will reach deeper in the ground than If
plowed level
AT planting time, use long, straight plow with
TWO mules drawing it. Run one furrow on each
side OF ridge where stalks were buried near the
stalks but do not turn them out Then with two
mules urn out remainder of old ridge Now take
cutaway harrow and cut down the ridge TO the
desired height Plant or just beside of stalks
ana you will make corn if you cultivate well.
Now as to the noculating material sent out bv
tne GoY nment last spring for cow-peas, re-
ceived package and used it on black cow-neas IN
land that was in rye. Turned stuble, narrowed
and soWed with drill, some treated and some nm
treated, and found no improvement by inocula+
ing' but ut the dry weather caused rather late SOW
lug. NOW soWed land IN wheat; will notice the
same plats of land to see if any benefit ~ yn,.at
crop or not. Hope to hear from some Others who |
used the inoculating material
should have said in connection with corn stalk |
December, 1904 r. g. WHTTENEP I'D u
Burke Co., N c.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
CATAWBA.

- II pullet has been early and carefully reared
lts most prolific season is its first winter The
second year as whole, is quite as profitable how.
in aud t tne fowl eats less than when grow
Iew or no eggs, while laying is maintained at
'nrougn It's second year.-Prof. Thomas Shaw =
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13

Many ne1ghborhoods may have good road b,,ild-
an,.I Lug materlal right at home and not know t.
sample sent to the Bureau of Chemistry, De,,ortA
nene OF Agriculture Washington, D. e.. viii be
Won caa anu reported upon It may be that
Farm aud Home iS siisht COST
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
Crops, Soils and Fertilizers
CONDUCTED BY B. w. KILGoRE,

Department Agriculture
and Director Agricultural Experiment Station.
Inquiries Progressive cheerfully
gwered-
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13

A. & M. College, Raleigh, N. G.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
Did Not Enjoy Play.

It is true story, but the names
have to be changed for domestic rea-
sons. Last Friday afternoon Mr.. Stiv-
ers telephoned from his Office in Wall
street to his wife in her home in
Harlem:
Il will be detained at the Office un-
til late," he said, "and will not be
home until about midnight.
Cali right" she answered. mot a
word of reproof or complaint. When
Mr.. Jones. who occupies the adjoining
fiat, and whose wife was from home.
came in, she met him in the hall, ac-
cidentally, and told him what lonely
evening she was to have.
"No, you will not" he answered gal
lantly. Il invite you to go to the thea
ter to see The Cavalier
They got seats in a lower left hand
box, and just before the curtain went
up they were surprised to see Mr..
Stivers enter the lower right hand box
accompanied by Miss Brown, who was
his blonde typewriter-up to the next
morning.
There were four persons in the audi.
ence who did not enjoy the play
New York Herald.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
The Birth of Cain.


All day long Eve wearied for the garden.
Not for her the comfort Adam knew
AS he watched the wheat ears slowly
harden.
AS the plated roof above him grew
''For the sake Of all my lilies, pardon,
God" she prayed. give back my vio-
let's blue
Adam. sowing, watching, later reaping.
Wrestling with the earth and life and
Knew no dreams for weariness in sleep
ing.
Knew no grief. But early still and late
Eve in dreams beheld the angel keeping
Watch beside the ever-hidden gate.
Till to Adam came wondrous calling.
Sleeping hope like flame began to burn.
60 'Tis Gods messenger" he thought, "re-
calling.
Eden gate stands wide and we return"
Then he knew whose voice. all song fore-
stalling.
Held all Joy and sadness turn in turn.
''Ay beloved sings" he said; mo other.
She would cheat my heart and hide her
pain"
30 went in. undreaming of another.
In the shadowed place where she had
lain.
Radiant and transfgured. Eve. the
mother.
Leaning on her elbow. sang to CAIN
Living Age
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
WAS HIS w,FE's HATPlN.
And He Had Wasted Time Trying to
Find an Owner.

In q theater recently a man down in
one of the front rows spied on the
floor q large hatpin with an amber
top. Looking about him, he saw that
two women and their escorts had just
sat down. To one of the former he
presented the pin. A shake of the
head indicated that he had made q
mistake. Then he tried across the
aisle. The women seemed to be in
terested. The pin was curiosity
and its amber of a unique carving.
They hesitated, but the pin was hand
ed back. Desperately, he began the
search anew. Two ladies unattended
seemed likely owners. To them he
showed the pin. They took 1t and en-
Joyed its pattern. Just then the man
felt tug on his sleeve. 1t was his
wife and she remarked: "Why are
you showing my hatpin to strangers?"
He. blushing. went over to the femi.
nine pair and explained. "It's my
wife's hatpin," he said, but in such
consciously guilty accents that the
women handed it back with doubling
smiles.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
TWO LADIES At WORK.
City Policeman Explains Cause Of Un.
usual Gathering.

Two lusty Italian women the other
day were gathering into pile guam
tity Of refuse lumber being taken
from Philadelphia building prepare
tory to making extensive alterations.
Many of the sticks were too long to
carry handily. so the daughters OF
King Victor Emmanuel we're rending
them in pieces in various ways. II
they did not yield by striking them
across their knees, they placed them
across the gutter and jumped upon
them. The women were possessed OF
remarkable strength and the ease
with which they made kindling wood
attracted a crowd of fully 200 men
and boys. AS the sidewalk was be-
coming blocked policeman fastened
to the scene and ordered everybody to
move on. A gentleman happened to
come upon the dissolving throng, and
being curious to know the cause OF
the gathering, asked a white-whis'
kered son of Erin what it all meant.
"Sure, an it's only coople Nv 1tal-
ian ladies breaking wood" he re-
piled.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
Neptune Measured Again.

A German astronomer, Herr Wirt1
of Strasburg, has made between De-
cember, 1902, and March, 1903, fresh
measurements of Neptune, the most
remote member of the solar system.
He computes that the diameter of the
planet is about 31.400 miles, about
four times that of the earth. but that
its density is to that of our globe as
1.54 to 5.53. In. other words, while
the earth is five and half times as
heavy as a sphere Of water Of the
same dimensions, Neptune is only one
and q half times the density of water.
The lightest of the planets is Saturn.
which would float IKE q ball Of cork
in an ocean big enough to hold it,
London Telegraph.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOS
TIRE SALE

Notice is hereby given that that certain mo:u
gage executed and delivered by Halvor Elelsos-,
an unmarried man, mortgagor to George E. Har'
chett mortgage, dated the 5th day of March, ,19rn
and filed for record in the office Of the Regist
of Deeds of the county Of Mclean and State OF
North Dakota on the 3rd day Of April, 1908, and
recorded in said office in book F of mortgages
on page 1854, will be foreclosed by a sale OF the
premises in such mortgage and hereinafter des'
cribed, at the front door of the court house In
Washburn in tho county of Mclean and State
of North Dakota at the hour Of O'Clock p. M
on the 1lth day Of January 1904, to satisfy the
amount due upon such mortgage on the day
sale.
The premises described in such mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same are des.
southeast quarter, (sN seq the northwest quar-
ter of the southeast quarter (nWA seq and the
southeast quarter of the southwest quarter,
(seA swk), Of section Twelve (12), in township
One Hundred Fortv-Seven (147), n. Range Sew
enty-Seven az west, in Mclean County, State
Of North Dakota.
There will be due on said mortgage at the
date of sale the sur. of Fifty dollars tSO) besides
the costs and expenses Of foreclosure and sale.
Dated at Harvey. North Dakota, Demcember
1St 19O3
George E. Hanchett, Mortgages.
Alloys Wartner, Attorney for Mortgage. ldec 81
Harvey, N. D.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
Too Many Similar Names.

Denmark is more bothered by the
prevalence Of few common names
ending in "sen" than English-speaking
nations are with Smiths, Joneses and
Robinsons. In Copenhagen 100000 in
dividuals, or forty-two percent Of the
population, have names ending in the
patronymic sen. About fifty thousand
of them are Hansens. This condition
has been pronounced "a national
plague" and pamphlet was issued
recently giving sixteen hundred gen.
uine Danish names not now in use
and available for those who may wish
to give up their Hansen or Petersen.
To facilitate matters further, the for.
mer charge of five dollars for chang.
ing ones name has been reduced to
one dollar:
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
Cosmopolitan New York.


Some idea of the cosmopolitan char
acter of the great East Side of New
York may be had by the statement
that eighty-two dialects are spoken
there. In this district there are $4,000
families, the average size of which is
five members, with two boarders in
addition-for there are always at
least two boarders in every family on
the East Side. The most crowded
spot in any city in the world is in
the northern part of this district, in
the blocks bounded by Broome and
Stanton and Eldridge and Suffolk
streets. Under the roof of one house
on Rivington street there are thir-.
ty-seven families, with 1S0 children,
eighty of whom are babies.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
DRINK Less; oAmsLE MORE.
Habits Of Men and Women Have
Greatly CHANGED In Recent Yeara.

Habits Of Men and Women Have
Greatly Changed In Recent Years.
Much more attention is now paid
to the liver than was formerly the
case. The doctors in recent years
have traced many ills to drink and
have trained their patients to be alb.
stemious. That is one of the causes
OF the decrease which has been re-
ferred to. Another is that the high.
spirited man, who was "nobody's en-.
emy but his own" who drank to keep
his spirits up, is no longer favorite.
On the contrary, he is avoided. The
increased habit of dining at restau-
rants has also acted as a check. It
10 to be observed. too. that the bolster
GUS element has been almost entirely
removed. Up to about twenty years
ago "knocker-wrenching," 'larking," !"
practical Joking. the hearty style Of
meeting which found expression in .
violent slap upon the back. were not
only tolerated. but popular. All that
is discredited now.
On the other hand, there is much
more gambling to-day than there was.
though, 30 far a. cards are concerned,
the stakes are considerably smaller.
Three estates lost in three nights 10
an incident which this generation 10
ignorant of. But almost everyone
occasionally CANDLES in stocks and
shares, and many make speculation
their chief object in life. Bridge has
become little less than disease, espe-
cially among women. Many of the
latter spend most of their afternoons
and evenings over the card table. At
the clubs, too, bridge often COM
mences early in the afternoon, while
most of the gamblers in former days
only began playing in the late hours
of the evening.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
A Needed AdmonitIon.

On one of my trips through the
South l sauntered into an old dilap-
idated cemetery of Virginia and read
many very peculiar epitaphs upon
tombstones. One in particular attract
ed by attention, which happened to
be that of a slave who had been in
cllned to be stout. The grave had
long since been neglected, and the
inscription could only be read after
brushing away the vines which grew
upon it. But my labor was rewarded,
for there on that tombstone read:
"Aliza Wite. weighed 800 pounds:
open wide the golden gates. Phil
adelphia Press.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
Notice Of mortgage sale by Advertise
ment.

Notice is hereby given that that certain mort.
gage, executed and delivered by Ole w. Thor
haIg and Annie ThOrhaug, his wife, mortgasors
to T. L Beiseker Mortgagee, dated the 18th
day Of December. A. D. nineteen hundred and
State Of North Dakota, on the 9th day Of De.
cember A. d. 1901 and recorded In Book F2
of Mortgages, at page 278. viii! be foreclosed by
a sale OF the premises in such mortgage and
hereinafter described. at the front door of the
Courthouse in Washburn, the county seat, In
the county of McLean, and State of North Da-
kOta. at the hour Of O'clock M on the 25th day
of January 1904, to satisfy the amount due upon
said Mortgage on the day Of sale.
The premises described In said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same, sre
those certain premises sitnated In the County OF
Mclean and State of North Dakota, and des-
cribed a. follows, tO-wit:
The South go IF northwest quarter (nw4)
and lots (3) and (4) OfSeotion two (2), township
one hundred fort4.nine N49). Range Seventy
four, (R. 74). and the north half (nM), of the
southeast quarter (se4) Of Section two (s. p and
the north half (n1) Of the southwest quarter
(swz Of section one Is ii, township ono hundred
forty mine (twp l4sl. Range seventy.four lR. ~.
more or less. according to the Government
Survey thereof.
There will be due on such Mortgage on the
day Of sale the sum of 81 80. 90 dollars,
Dated ut Fessenden North Dakota, this 9Th
Wy = D'sY +. +. Be,.eker, M.rtsasee.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
The World Is GROWING Old.

The world is growing old
1t used to have the time
To laugh at stories told
Or marvel over rhyme;
1t used to listen. glad
When some one had song;
1t sorrowed with the sad.
And sought to right the wrong.
The world is growing old
1t used to run and play,
And only seek the gold
That made merry day;
It once had time to spare
To lie beneath the trees
And hear the music there
The songs of birds and bees.
The time it used to lose!
A rose in bloom could hold
Those who to-day must choose
The petals brown and old.
A leafy stretch OF trees
Was counted something good
A prospect made to please
1t never understood.
1t did not know the hush
When day dreams come at noon
Should be a time of rush
And clamor; nor that soon
The clinking gold of trade
Would be best to behold.
One time It sang and played-~
The world is growing old.
The world is growing old
It has no time to sing;
Its stories all are told;
No more the rafters ring
With shouts when some blithe song
Or carol gay is sung.
The world has lived too long
But one time 1t was young.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
A MANLEss ISLAND COLONY.
Greek Women Who Live an Entirely
Independent Life.

Greek Women Who Live an Entirely
Independent Life.
On small island IN the Greek
archipelago there is a colony which
is composed entirely of women. 1t is
q sort of religious order, which con.
siders it disgrace for one of its
members to even look at a man. So
when a fisherman approaches the
island, the women pull the gray cowls
of their cassocks over their heads
and turn their backs. Provisions are
never imported, as the women raise
their own products, being strict vege-
tarians. Only the matron. who is an
nually elected head of the colony. is
ever allowed to leave the island The
others remain on the island all their
lives, taking their turn at tilling the
soil, washing, housekeeping and fish
ing.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
THE BALLS WERE WEANED.
Good Reason Why the Champion
Couldn't Nurse Them.

Good Reason Why the Champion
Couldn't Nurse Them.
At the billiard tournament the
champion is obviously at disadvan-
tage. Despite his most strenuous ef-
forts, he is unable to get the balls
into favorable position.
At no time does he run over three.
"Ha, hal" comes a hoarse chuckle
from the ranks of the beholders. lis
this the man who was advertised as
being so wonderful at nursing the
ivories?"
Here the champion drops his cue
on the table and turns on the scorn-
full one:
"Yes, am the mani" he replies. Il
am the man who is celebrated for his
adeptness at nursing the balls, but
some scoundrelly enemy has evidently
sneaked in here and weaned these!"-
New York Times.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
Petroleum, OUTPUT.

TIE statistics Of the petroleum out
put for last year, as shown by advance
'heets of . report Of the Geological
Survey, show q marked decrease In
he production Of Russia. and an In.
crease in that of the United States.
which gives US the lead. Russia fur.
rlshed 1914 per cent Of the worlds
output and the United States 1854
per cent. The Dutch East Indies fur.
nished per cent.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
The Office Towel.

"A country editor called on me one
day." said Clyde Fitch, ITO ask my
opinion about play he had written.
After talking few moments he asked
permission to wash his hands, as he
had tumbled from trolley caf and
gathered up more of the mud than
he cared to carry home.
"'Jimminy crips!' he exclaimed %
ho approached the wash basin, do you
Use q clean towel every day? You
ought to see the one have in my
composing room! Why, at the end
Of the week 1t looks rs though It had
',een used to wipe the face Of the
aarth!'"
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at Bismarck, N. d., Dec. 15, 1903.
Notice is hereby. given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention to
make final commuted proof in support OF his
claim. and that said proof will be made before
William L. Nuessle, U. s. Commissioner. at the
Voice Odce ut Denhoff, N. d. on January %,
Mack 81. Burns. Ii. E. no. l7s4s,
for the sh swA sec. II, and M nwA sec 20,
township l4s, n. range 70 ". 9Th p. m.
He names the following Witnesses to prove We
Of said land, viz:
Charles VI. Howell, james R. Howell. Of Nc
Clusky. N. d.. Charles Wise of Turtle Lake.
N. d., and Peter Theln. of Denhoff, N. D..
n. d. Jewell, Register. dec IS
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
Eiashllaht cartrldaes.

FtaehJt0hv CaTSrto0eo.
Great care must be taken not to ex.
plode cartridges for taking flashlisht
photographs In confined condition.
II confined q terrible explosion will re.
suit. More than one experienced pho.
tosrapher has lost his life by becoming
careless in this respect. The more
emcient Hash compound IL the high.
er it's explosive powder, and 1t should
never be ignited in q confined space,
not even the lid Of box, but spread
in Q long train. The force Of the OK.
plosion is, therefore, minimized,
while the light area is increased.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
Would Take No Chances.

Commissioner Kerr, a British mag.
istrate famous for his blunt speech,
was hearing case one day in which
a plaintiff was seeking to recover $65
for milk supplied. The commissioners
said to a milkman: Il thought every
one paid for his pennyworth of milk
each day it was delivered" Plaintiff:
"Oh, no, they don't, your honor. I
serve your honor's house with milk,
and they have not paid me for two
months" The commissioner: "Ah.
we'll, you'll not supply me any more;
you will be watering my milk to mako
up for this money you are going to
lose"
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
GETTING Too Close Home.

A Yorkshire socialist, who was once
explaining to q friend the principles of
socialism. remarked that all posses.
sions should be shared equally. If
you had two horses" said the friend,
would you give me one?" "Of
course. replied the socialist. "And II
you had two cows would you do the
same?" "Of course should" well,
supposing now" said the friend, slow.
ly, "you had two pigs. would you give
me one of them?" "Eh! Tha's settin'
over near home" said the other shy.
ly; "tha knows I've got two pigs
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
New Wlrele,, releoraphx.

NoW "Wev0vo Tet00tNpUys "a
The main feature of the wireless
telegraph system. of John Stone Of
Boston is sitting device between the
Hertzian wave generator and the
transmitting anttenae ON the one hand.
and between the receiving anttenae
and the receiving circuit on the 9th.
er hand, whereby all waves generated
except those Of the desired frequency
are suppressed at the sending station,
and at the receiving station only
waves are permitted to pass the re-
ceiver.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
Cremation Growing In Favor.

when Sir Henry Thompson. in the
year 1874, introduced in England the
suggestion Of disposing of the dead BY
means Of cremation, his idea was 70.
garded with antipathy and met with q
shudder. But the matter was kept be.
fore the public. and on Oct. II the
Foundation stone was laid at Ilford
Cemetery for the first crematorium in
the vast metropolis Of London. Hull,
Manchester, Liverpool and Woking
preceded London In the building Of
crematoriums.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02

Unique Wedding Memento.
"A New London, Conn, man present.
ed his wife with . deed to cemetery
lot as a present on the thirteenth an.
niyersary Of their marriage.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
n,.l,k.d niee rhro,vlno.

DisIiked Rice Throwing.
Two women were threatened with
arrest by the stationmaster at Hart
ford Conn.,, last week for throwing
rice at bride and groom.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02
The Quarrel,

=
There's blue Of sea and blue of sky and
glad, mad wind Of morn.
There's M 'aa. hiGh white shat riot Of ths
And clear between the blue and blue,
the straight. great sails are borne
and anchorless as theseD
The noon is like golden cup and all the
air Is wine;
Across the stretch Of level sand the
reckless breakers play;
The wild. gray gulls 60 swinging high
laugh, oh heart. that you are tree
and fetterless as they0
There's mist Of moonlight on the sea ana
all the night is still;
There's distant grooming of the waves
against the sandy bar;
The night is empty as a heart no tender
word may fill
far away you areD
-Theodosia Garrison.
The Washburn leader., 1904-01-02

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Alfred E. Hawes. Attorney ler Mortgage.
Tessenden, Wells Co., North Dakota.