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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-11

The accompanying Illustration. occur
ring in Orange Judd Farmer, shows .
cheap shed for live stock 10 be used
In lots during the very hot summer
weather. 1t is constructed on runners
9 % that II can be moved from one lot
to another without any trouble. The
illustration Is mo- correct IN that the
shed is ioored. This OF course can be
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-11
Manning Grass Land.

On poor land any large expenditure
VIII be wasted. The character of the
helbage must be slowly reformed \
full manuring is only utilized wAcn
there are plenty of strong and vigorous
grasses or clovers among tie vcSc,a-
ion. says an English authority.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-11
Tomorrow,s Money.

Money counts today, but the money
of today is worthless tomorrow. The
multimillionaire of Monday dies on
Tuesday, is buried on Wednesday and
is forgotten on Thursday. The real
man who has something to him above
and beyond trading, who neither reck-
ons himself nor is reckoned by his dol
lars, never dies.-Hayfeld Mower.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-11
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scAB.

The Worst Disease of the Apple.
Thrfves In Damp Early summer.
BY Il. o. LONGYEAR. Michigan Expert
ment Station.
The disease OF the apple commonly
known as 'scab" or in some cases as
'black spot is probably familiar TO
every rover Of this fruit. II first APP
pears In spring on the young foliage,
producing velvety, olive colored patch
es. This form is sometimes known as
''mildew' or leaf blight" In severe
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-11

Phyllis-Chariie Short told me the
other day that he preferred blond girls.
Isabel-You must be mistaken. He
proposed to me last week. and am a
decided brunette. Phyllis-True, dear,
but then you have a fair income.-St.
Louis Republic.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-11
The convincing Argument.

Young Lady Shopper-This piece Of
dress goods suits me, except that | do
not think the figure in it is pretty.
Subtle Salesman-Ah, but you surely
will when it is made up and you have
the dress on.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-11
something 10 Give Them.

MARY" said the invalid TO his wife.
when the doctor pronounced II a case
of scarlet fever. "if any OF my creditors
call. tell them that I am at last in q
condition to give them something"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-11

done ana IN some cases may be desir-
able. but ordinary earth Is the best
bottom for anything Of this kind.
The shed h Blk feet high at the In
closed end and seven feet at the door
end. II was made Of ordinssy boards.
The runners are 2 by 6s, the cross
Pieces 2 By A. and the uprights 2 by
~. The roof Is ordinary one foot
bos rds, with battens, and the rear the
Sanae. The shed should be placed 20
that the rear points toward the south.
This furnishes much relief to animals
3ur1ne the heat OF the day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-11
Remarkabi. Dairy Farming.

The remarkable results secured on a
fifteen acre farm by a Pennsylvania
clergyman, j. ID. DIETRICH. have at
tracted extended notice. When the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-11

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-11
.. ID. DIETRICH

farm came into his possession. about
twenty years ago. II was so badly run
down that il would not support one
horse and two COWS. and part OF the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-11

rOtring while still attached TO the trees.
the loss amounting to four-6fths OF the
s-+f-a rran
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-23

slightest word. Only a mothers intui-
ton can penetrate her mind and tell
what she wants when she makes a sound
that says she wants something. But she
is as playful as a kitten, and a run
almost as fast as her big brother.
She is the light of her mothers eyes;
the boy is the one object that can make
Judge Parker forget his. dignity, make
him get down on his all tours and butt
heads with his grandson like a playful
goat.
Parker Hall would be a second Tom
Sawyer if he had a Huckleberry Finn for
a companion. But at Rosemount there
is no II to play with except his little
sister and grown people. In Kingston,
where he lives. he has little opportunity
to get on the streets for fear he may be
run down by a wagon or a street car or
be attacked by a dog.
Should Judge Parker be elected Presi-
dent, it is not unlikely that Parker
father, Rev. Charles Mercer Hall, would
abandon his parish at Kingston for the
social life that would await him at the
capital. In winter Mr.. Hall lives in
Kingston, in summer he has resided in
the lodge at Judge Parker's.
Parker Hall would give the Roosevelt
boys a good race. if they should visit
him. in the way of showing f~earlessness
and having fun. What he wants to be
is a steamboat captain. Next to that he
would like to drive an OK wagon.
AS regular as the morning comes and
the oxen are yoked and driven to the
hay field. where they take on a load.
Parker Hall is at the gate begging for a
ride. If he could just get on the tongue
of the wagon and pop the whip as he sees
the driver do and call out: Gee there,
Brandy: w'op, there Spec; git along. git
a~long!"-well. he would give up all in
terest in the white house o and for
ever just for a days such pleasure.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-23
THE GEISER T CO.,
His Only Hope.

The lone bandit who had held up
and robbed a train was in a sorry
plight, says the Chicago Times-Hef'
aid. His clothes were torn, his leg,
and feet were bleeding, his lips were
white and cracked, his cheeks were
hollow and his eyes were CLASSY. Lean
ing against a tree, he listened. Far
away he could hear the hoarse shout
of men and the baying of hounds
He tried to wet his dry lips with his
tongue and an awful look of horror
spread over his face.
Come, come" he said in tones that
seemed to stick in his parched throat
Il must not stand here. They have
found the trail again. l must go on. l
must not let them catch me now If
| can only straggle on six miles far
Their | will be at the State capitol.
There | can take out incorporation
papers, and, having organized myself
as a trust, it will take them years to
get at me-"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-23
SUGAR BEET EXPERIMENTS
Colorado Grower Explains How He
Secured a Net Profit Of $41
Per Acre.

The field upon which my prize crop
Of sugar beets was grown was low.
level land, with just enough slope to
the east for easy irrigation. Being a
sandy loan, it worked with compare
tive ease. The land is worth about $50
per acre. The year previous to grow
ing beets the land was seeded to peas,
but was 81 full Of alkali that the crop
did not grow well. However, it was
given good cultivation and the weeds
were kept down.
Previous to planting the seed, the
ground was plcwed, partly in March
and partly the previous August. About
March % it was thoroughly narrowed
and also compacted. The seedbed was
in good condition. No fertilizers were
used. The seed was planted April 3, on
comparatively dry ground, 20 pounds
seed being used to the acre. The beet
seed cost ten cents per pound and was
put in with a two-horse press drill and
covered ~ inches deep. The rows were
Is inches apart. Cultivation was COM
paratively easy, the land being har-
rowed crosswise to break the crust be-
fore the seed came up.
The early part of the season was
quite dry, consequently there were few
weeds to contend with. The beet plants
were thinned May Is to Fl and the
crop was cultivated May %, June 8
and 90, and irrigated June %. Cultiva-
ton was repeated July 10. July "a a
heavy rain fell and from then on the
crop required no further cultivation or
irrigation.
I began harvesting about November
/. The beets were plowed out with a
.three-horse beet pillow. The crop aver
aged about Is tons to the acre. The
beets were large and fairly smooth.
The operation Of harvesting was quite
simple. After the beets were plowed
out, they. were pulled, topped and
placed in piles. AS soon as they were
topped, they were covered with weeds,
to prevent whiting. Part of them were
sliced and all were hauled to the fac
tory as soon as possible.
The financial statement of growing
this acre of beets is as follows: Inter
est, Sc; blowing, $3.50; narrowing, 81;
seed, 81; cultivation, $3.50; other work,
Sc; harvesting. IS. Total expense, $27.
Receipts: Received for the beets at
factory, $50; tops and refuse for feed
ing, IS; total, SOS; leaving a net profit
of $41.-John A. Fleming, in American
Agriculturist.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-23
NEGRO CHURCH is STRONG
Colored Organization Formed in At
RIGA Gets Beyond Control
of Founder.

1t has long been known by those ia
miliar with the negro in America that
he car be appealed to through his emo
tional and religious side more quickly
and surely than in any other way. This
has recently had a startling demonstra-
ton in South Africa. where an ALIEN
bracing union of the natives has been
brought about through the establish
ment of a native church. Four years ago
a Wesleyan preacher Of Pretoria left his
denomination and began the organiza-
ton of a united colored church under
the name of the Church of Ethiopia"
The idea spread swiftly through South
Africa, surmounting tribal barriers.
The church soon got beyond the execu-
tive control of its founder, and aid was
sought from the African Methodists of
this country. So firm has the union be-
come that it is said to be assuming a po-
itical significance, many of the younger
negroes having raised the cry of africa
for the Africans!" and threatened to
turn the whites out of the colonies.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-23
GREAT FUN FOR THE BOYS
The Really Truly" Way to Play In
dian Is to Make Your Own
Tepee and Weapons.

One fine thing about playing Indian
is that there is nearly as much fun gel
ring ready as there is artery are really
ia your wigwam. OF course, you can
buv your equipment. but the cheaper
and better way is to make it yourself.
says the Little Chronicle.
For arrows. make with a simlet small!
holes, an inch apart. in the end OF Il
nine board 18 inches long. Into the holes
drive wire nails. two inches long or
LONGER. and pound the heads we'll down.
Then split the hoard into strips, each
with a nail in the head. aEG white them
down TO arrow size. Wrapping the
heads with Irvine viii prevent their
splitting.
A strip of well-seasoned oak or hick-
DRY. four feet long and two inches wide,
planned until it bends readily. makes a
good bow
Now for the most important thing of
all. the tepee.
You know. of course. that the Indians
originally made their teepees of buffalo
skins. but now even they use some kind
of cloth. just as you must. you may use
canvas or duck or army khaki or even
bed ticking.
Suppose YOU want TO make a ten-toot
teepee. TO accommodate three or four
boys. Get % square yards of cloth, cut
it into pieces each 90 feet long, and
stitch them together, making a strong
seam.
When the stitching on mothers ma
chine is done, you will have a large sheet
ten feet wide and 20 feet long. Stretch
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-23
Most CHARMING or WOMEN
It Is She Who Can Be Amiable and
Agreeable at All Times and
to All Persons.

II Is a good thing for a woman to be
as she can. well dressed and we'll
groomed. But beauty may fade with
the passing of years. Bright eyes may
be dimmed and rosy cheeks may grow
pale; the luster of softly curling love
locks may be silvered and many tears
may chase smiles from laughing lips.
Poverty and loving service to others
may deprive a woman of the where
withal for pretty gowning. But II she
once be mistress of the art of agreea-
bility she can lever cease to attract
and to possess a hold on the interests
of life around her.
To be agreeable a woman must DE
also wildly alive to things outside of
herself and a ~sympathizer in whatever
concerns the fancies of others, old and
young. She may have opinions of her
own, but she must learn to hear the
opinions of others and to accord them
full weight and value. And this will
render her infinitely more agreeable
han the obtrusion of views which she
may hold. even though those view 8
may be eminently correct.
The agreeable woman must be a
good listener on any subject. AS a
hostess it is her especial province.
around her own board or in her own
drawing room, to deftly set the bali of
conversation a rolling. But having
once done so, the truly agreeable won-
an is not thereafter heard for her
much speaking. She only supplies the
gentle flip necessary to prevent stag
nation and to keep the interchange OF
friendly gossip and thought on the
plane of bright and sparkling wit and
humor.
The amiability is not confined -
class, G or station. 1t may be attained
to in overlooking measure by the hum
best as by the highest, by the oldest
as we'll as by the youngest. 1t is the
one art that is worth more to its pos
SCISSOR than Misunderstanding Dis
patch.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-23
REAL RULERS or EsoPUs.
Four Year-Old Parker Hall and His
Little Sister Mary Run Farm
and Home.

Parker Hall, four, and Mary Hall two,
the grandchildren OF Judge Parker. now
have become targets for every camera
fiend and every sort of photographer
that m this way, and all seem to find
their way to Esopus. where the children
live during the summer.
The New York American says that
Parker, the boy, is a sure enough type
Of young America. He is brave and bold.
always on his feet, hates to be awakened
in the morning and breads the hour when
he is told to get ready for prayers and
bed. Once he had curls that hung around
his neck, but he got rid of them. They
looked pretty enough, but he was leased
and called baby" and pretty little girl
until the shears had to be applied.
In disposition Parker is the gentlest OF
American boys. He obeys every COM
mand, is polite in company, knows when
not to ask for a second biscuit at the
table and can play mumblety-peg with
his nurse and make that gentle young
woman bury her ose in sand and dirt
while roofing for the peg.
He knows His A B C's, but he won't tell
anybody about his lessons. He says
when he goes to school-that is, when a
governess is assigned to him regularly
he is going to study law and be a judge,
just like his %"daypaw" is.
Little Mary is a big tw~o-year-old girl,
but she has not learned to utter the
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-23
eASTEreA


way. If not, seven or eight feet is long
enough. | set a good, strong post eight
feet from center of stable door. as shown
at a. | then set a second and third
post, as shown at b and C on the other
side of stable door. These posts should
be so set that the gate will just swing
past them in swinging in its circle.
Take two pieces of hard wood about
IA inches long and 3x31a inches in size.
Saw a notch in the center of each large
enough for the gate latch to drop into,
tapering off at both ends. SO that latch
will slide up into notch on either side.
Nail n to post b and another to post
C, so that gate can be latched to either
post or carried past and opened wide
enough for a wagon TO drive through.
While stock is in yard. fasten gate
to post C. as shown by dotted line. This
will exclude stock from stable. Put the
feed in and swing the gate I'VE to post
b. as shown in the cut. fastening il
there, and the stock can go in and eat.
The fastener should be made so that the
latch can catch in notch. or go past, as
desired.-Farm and Home.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-23

home, and with pole in mouth swims
out 20 the middle of the stream and
there fish for specimens of the finny
tribe.
Superintendent Harry NJ. Hayes. of
the tannery, was walking past the pond
recently. when he thought to have a
little sport with Rags" by pretend
ing 10 hurl something into the pond
for the dog to- so after. The dog
jumped in and. swimming to the CEN
ter of the pond, vas seen to plunge
about for a minute and then start %
swim back.
The action of the dog excited Mr..
Hayes curiosity. He came TO the con-
clusion that Rags" had suddenly be
come ill, and was upon the point OF
going to the rescue when in the mouth
of the dog he saw a long pole from
which a line was trolling. Now and
then there was a violent jerking of
the pole and line which almost pulled
the dog from sight, but the plucky lit
tie fellow finally reached the bank in
an exhausted condition. In its mouth
was a 15-foot pole and a line, on the
end of which was a large catfish.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-23
Butterfly Farm in France.

The first butterfly farm" is said to
have been established only a year or two
ago by the English ~entomologist, Will
liam Watkins, at Eastbourne, but al
ready several similar farms have come
into existence in France. The object is
to rear ARE genera of the Bombycidae,
the silkworm family. They have, by
crossing, obtained some new varieties,
which are sought after by museums OF
natural history. They are also endeav-
oring to acclimate in France species OF
silkworms indigenous to other countries.
The farms contain oaks, ailanthus trees,
pines, plum trees, castor oil plants and
other plants. the leaves of which serve as
food for the caterpillars. Cocoons are
Matched on branches protected by gauze,
and for the sake of uniform temperature,
the insects are often kept in a room until
after the first moulting, when they are
placed on bushes in the open air, and pro-
tected from birds by coverings OF muslin
ortulle.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-23
MYSTIC WREATH EXPLAINED
Tribute to Queen Victoria at Her
Death Was Sent by Much
Admired Singer.

At the time of Queen Victoria's fu-
neral there was much comment in the
newspapers about a mysterious wreath
laid upon the coffin. 1t was one of the
finest there, but bore only the words.
20, Rest in the Lord!" No name was
attached, and there was a great deal of
speculation as to who had sent it. 1t
has now been revealed. that the wreath
was placed there by Queen Alexandra
on behalf of Miss Ada Crossley, the ia
nous Australian contralto. She vas
often Commanded" to Windsor castle
by Queen Victoria, who greatly admired
her singing. Once she happened to
choose her majesty's favorite song, 20,
Rest in the Lord!" The queen wept
bitterly and explained that she could
never hear that song without thinking
of her dead husband, the prince consort,
who also had loved it dearly. This was
the reason why Miss Crossley sent the
wreath.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-23
CLEVER GAME OF AUTHORS
It Affords a Lot of Amusement and
Incidentally Imparts Some
Valuable Information.

The following from the Christian
.ndeavor World will make a pleasant
game. Read the descriptions
and see how many can guess the au-
thor:
The Oldest author-Adams.
The youngest author-Child.
The healthy author-Hale.
The sickly author-Haggard.
The fragile author-Reade.
The Golfers author-Coleridge.
The farmers author-Fields.
The gardeners author-Ouida.
The spOrtsman's author-Hunt.
The harvester's author-Hay.
The pugilist's author-knox.
The warriors acknowledgements.
The ditcher's authOr-Trench.
The jewelers. author-Goldsmith.
The tippler's author-Barrie.
The anglers author-Hooker.
The chefs author-Cooke.
The dudes AUTHORIZATION.
The lovers author-LincOln.
The suburban author-Townsend.
The domestic auth0r-Holmes.
The greedy author-HOgg.
The woodland NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The cunning authOr-FoX.
The pontitical author-Pope.
The evasiye author-Dodge.
The submarine author-Cable.
The painful author-Bunyan.
The grooming a~uthOr-Paine.
The dangerous author-Wolfe.
The aboriginal author-Savage.
The blistering author-Burns.
The refreshing author-Brooks.
The breakfast author-Bacon.
The dinner authOr-Lamb.
The snappish author-Crabbe.
Gabrieps author-Horne.
The chOrister's author-Sangster.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-23
METHOD THAT SAVES WORK
Experience of a Farmer Who Keeps
His Poultry House Clean with
Little Effort

use no ~droppings boards, and BY
keeping the floors of the houses well Lit.
tered with dry leaves, which absorb all
the moisture in the %droppings, find that
| can let the droppings remain for weeks
and yet leave the house free from bad
smell, and as the %droppings are hidden
in the leaves, cleaner to look at than
half the houses / see that are cleaned
daily. In winter | have let my houses
go without removing the %droppings for
several months. | don't advise others
either to do without ~droppings boards
or to let their houses go so long I'M
cleaned, unless they are sure they can
control the situation. If there is much
l~ooseness among the fowls it will not DO
at all to let droppings accumulate. with
some kinds of litter the droppings can.
not be allowed to accumulate. Dry
leaves | have found better than anything
else, IL one has them in sufficient quaint
ity to keep the litter always deep on the
floor of the houses. In England many
farmers use peat moss, and allow drop
pings to accumulate in it for nearly a
year. In Rhode Island the colony plan
poultry farmers set a board onedge on the
floor just forward of the outer roost.
and throw dry earth, a few shovelfuls at
a time. from the other side Of the floor
on the accumulating droppfngs. This
accumulation of earth and droppings Is
removed once or twice a year. Poultry
manure normally is of such character
that if one takes proper care Of it where
it falls in the house it is not necessary
that it should be promptly removed;
and the small farmer taking advantage
of this fact. can arrange his roosts and
their surroundings so that he a clean
when convenient. He is not required
to choose between taking time to clean
the houses daily or having houses in
condition to be ashamed of.
Poultry keeping ought to be an i'm
portant feature on every farm, and a
pleasant feature of farm work. 1t may
be if the farmer will only study to adapt
his stock and his methods to the ca
pacity of the farm under conditions sat
isfactory to him.. H. Robinson, in
Farm-POultry.