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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25
Fresh and Rotted Manure.

The old time method of handling ma
nure was to allow it to decompose to
the grea test possible extent before
making application to the SOIL This
practice was based on the idea that
not until manure had become we'll rot
ted was it in a condition to give up its
fertilizing constituents to growing
crops An interesting experiment was
conducted some time ago at the OF
tawa station, the purpose of which was
to ascertain the fertilizing value OF
fresh manure compared with rotted
manure.
In this experiment 5000 pounds OF
manure were placed i'm an exposed bin.
At time of storing the fertilizing con-
stituents were found by analysis TO be
worth s10.43. In one month this 5000
pounds of manure had lost 1881
pounds, while at this time the value
of the fertili1ing elements was found
to be $3.50. One year after the manure
was stored the weight was found to be
but 1852 pounds, or practically haif
the original weight. At this time the
fertilizing constituents was $3.50.
1t will be seen by the above figures
that while the decomposition of man
ure in the yards results in greatly les
SEEMING the weight that must be ham
died when it is hauled to the field. yet
at the same time the loss in fertiliMng
constituents makes this apparent econ
omy appear as reckless extravaganza.
While in the past it may nave been
practical to allow manure to decom-
pose owing to the fact that our soils were
highly charged with vegetable matter
yet DIN the future this method will b
less and less applicable, owing 20 III
fact that our soils demand the appli-
cation of this very vegetable matter
that wastes when manure is left In the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25
Test the Seed Corn.

lReport Ohio Experiment Station.l
Seed corn should never be planted
until 1t has been tested to determine
what per cent will terminate. While
this is always advisable, perhaps it is
more necessary this year than common
for the reason that corn was slow in
drying out last fall and extremely cold
weather came unusually early.
Examination Of a good many sample
Of corn in different parts of the state
and of some lots of seed corn pur-
chased in the west. leads the Ohio ex-
pertinent station to believe that there
will be considerable more trouble than
usual this year in getting a satisfac-
tory stand The safe thing to do Is
to test the seed early and have plenty
of time TO look elsewhere for seed OF
greater vitality, If occasion demands.
The station has recently tested eight
varieties. Three of these tests We're
made with the same variety of corn.
the selected seed of which had been
carried thru the winter in differen.
ways, viz: In a large crib of corn six
feet wide; overhead in crib spread out
in a thin layer on the floor; in a room
where the temperature was from sixty
to seyenty-two degrees.
OF the crib corn (selected ears) only
sixty kernels out of hundred germin-
ated; of a similar corn kept overhead
In crib, eighty-one kernels germinated;
of that subjected to artificial heat.
ninety-five out of the hundred germin-
ated. This for corn which seemed
quite mature at husking time.
OF the other corn tested, choice ears
sent to the station in the pink of con-
iition supposedly SO until the kernels
were examined) showed as low as
eighty per cent terminated.
1t is quite probable that the low
temperature of the early winter, COM
ing While kernels and cob yet contained
much moisture, is responsible for this
state of affairs.
A convenient way to test corn is be-
tween sheets of moist paper or cloth.
placed in box of suitable size. Sev-
sral lots may be tested at once and
examined much more easily and quick
ly than when planted in sand. Sim
ply keep the paper moist and where
IS degrees. 1t should all terminate N
from four TO eight days. depending
upon the sort of corn weather fur
nished
Handled in this way it Is possible to
examine it daily and not the progress
Of termination.
There are different degrees of vital
ity in corn that will terminate. Many
Of the weak. spindlng stalks which
produce a small nubbin, or nothing at
all spring from seed of barely enough
Vitality to get the plant above the
ground. Seed that will grow fairly
we'll when conditions are favorable at
seeding time will rot Ii cold damp
weather happens to prevail.
If possible use only such seed as has
large, bright looking germs. Wrinlslel
and dull-eolored germs have likely
been injured by freezing. Plumpness
at the tip is an evidence OF vitality.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25
TOPICS OF THE.
TINES = = =

Jockey Hennessy who is the star of
the Little Rock race meeting landed
three winners Tuesday. A sort of three
star Hennessy as it We're
When Carrie Nation came to Topeka
in Ten Nights In Bar Room
every saloon keeper shut his
doors. fearing that Carrie might
conclude to cut the stage representation
to nine nights and open one night out
of ten in the old fashioned way.
In Philadelphia the staid old Quakers
are to test a Sunday labor law with re-
ference to the publication of morning
newspapers on Lords day. Officers Of
back of the issue, which will be forced
along the lines of the old blue law.
Prosecution will be waged on the
ground of accepting advertisements on
Sunday, selling wares and doing man
ner of labor prohibited by the act of
1894" The same act makes it mis-
demeanor, punishable under the stat
utes, for man to kiss his wife on SUM-
day.
When the public reads that 100000
900 yen has Professionally been set apart
for war purposes, it may perhaps put
an exaggerated estimate on that
amount. Although Japan has a gold
standard, yen is OF silver currency and
fluctuates with the price Of silver SO
that at the moment 1oo,o0o.oo0 of them
means scarcely more than 100000
pounds Of about S5Q.ooo.ooo. explains
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25
THE GULF COMING TO ITS OWN.

y Recent developments with reference
TO railway rates on grain to certain
OF the great ports of the country and
the discussions with reference to the
growth In commerce of the various
ports lend Interest to a series Of tables
just presented by the department OF
commerce and labor thru its bureau
of statistics. The tables show the total
value of imports and exports thru the
various ports OF the United States for
s term of years. and also group the
! 5orts by their general frontage upon the
Atlantic, the Gulf, the Pacific, the
northern border and the Mexican
border. The picture thus presented OF
she commerce passing into and out
Of the country thru the various 'front.'
,ges is an interesting one, especially
it shows the growth during term
4 years.
The tables show that very large
Foportion of the imports enter the
puntry thru the Atlantic ports and
sat the proportion of the import trade
passing those ports differ little from
that of earlier years. In the export
Grade, however. the figures indicate a
more rapid growth. or, at least, more
'apid proportionate growth in the
shipments thru the Gulf the Mexican
AorJar fba Do nj; opI tho pnrfbarY,
border and lake ports, than thru the
ports fronting upon the Atlantic. TAX
Ing the Atlantic ports as whole, the
exports of 1893 amounted to 643 mill
ion dollars and in 1903, 900 millions.
IN increase of less than so per cent.
In the case of the Gulf ports, the ex-
ports of 1898 We're 131 millions, and
those of 1893, 331 millions, an increase
sf more than $50 per cent. The Mex
can border ports show an increase in
exports from ten millions in 1893 to
wenty seven millions in 1908, also q
,ain of more than $50 per cent. The
Pacific ports show a gain In exports
from thirty nine millions in 1893 to
seventy-three millions in 1908. an IN
srease OF nearly 100 per cent. The
northern border and lake ports show
= growth in exports from fifty three
millions In 1893 to 1874 millions in 1903,
IN increase of more than $50 per cent.
Even in actual increase that of the
Gulf ports nearly equals that of the
atlantic ports. the absolute gain in
Exports from the Atlantic ports being
rom 1893 to 1903, 277 million dollars,
1nd-that Of the Gulf ports 200 millions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25
Skim Milk Calves.

okin WVIIk SdtVSSs
Thirteen calves from the Kansas
college herd of scrub COWS We're used
in an experiment to determine the value
of skim milk is raising young cattle.
They were divided into three groups.
all having skim milk, and one lot fed
Kaffir corn meal, one lot Kaffir corn
meal and flax seed, and one lot KaffiE
corn meal and Blachford's calf meal.
The creamery skim milk used was
sterilizing milk. the same as that sup
piled to other patrons. Calves We're
allowed to run with the cows four or
five days. They We're then taken from
the COW and left without feed for TWEEN
ty-four hours, when they became hum
CRY enough to be taught to drink. The
first week each calf was given ten
pounds of warm whole milk day, four
pounds in the morning, two at noon
and four at night. In about three
weeks it was put on skim milk of one
pound at the first feed. one and haif
at the second. and two pounds at the
third The whole milk feed was grad
ually reduced until at the end of a
month from the time the calf was tax :
en- from the COW the daily amount Civ
en- was usually twelve TO fourteen
pounds per calf. At two months 1t
was eighteen pounds, and finally reach
ed from twentyt two to ) twenty four
pounds per calf per day. When about
two weeks old the calves began to
nibble and were thereafter fed all they
could eat. Skim milk feeding was
stopped when the calves were six
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25
THE MAN WAITING FOR HIS MAIL.

When Mann. of Illinois, made 4
point OF order against the section OF
the postoffice appropriations bill pro-
aihiting rural carriers from acting as
f:solicitors for newspapers Chairman
4Overstreet, Of the committee on rail-
roads and postoffices, raised a similar
point against the section raising rural
barriers salaries. For this the Chi
Eago newspapers are busy turning
pverstreet upon the spit. His action is
characterized as an assault upon the
barriers as well as the newspapers, act
hated by malice and unsupported by
good political sense. Chairman Over
streets answering play to Mr.. Mann's
move was not good politics In the or
binary understanding of the term. He
antagonized the metropolitan newspa-
pers which find the use of rural car
lsiers as canvassers profitable and gave
his enemies the opportunity to feature
him as in opposition to an increase OF
carriers salaries. Fundamentally,
however, he is on the right ground
when he supports the section prohibit
ing rural mail carriers acting as So
liciting agents.
The country is very strongly favora-
BILE to the salary increase and almost
as strongly favorable to the prohibit
tory clause. The argument of the
newspapers is interested. They
want the services of the carrier to
carry out the thousand and one
schemes for circulation based upon his
privilege to solicit. There are farm
ers in Iowa who have been appealed to
20 take one paper or another that the
tarier might secure a wagon, fur coat
Or any one of hundred different premi-
ims. There has been so much of this
that they have grown sick and tired
of 1t and will be glad to have the prac-
lice prohibited. Most neighborhoods
appreciate and are ready to do some
thing for their mail carrier, who is al
most invariably worthy man ana
good public servant. but they are grow
sng weary OF buying newspapers that
they DO not want in order to do some
thing for the carrier" They will be
glad to see him paid living salary and
set to carrying the mail as his single
business.
| The point is raised that in many in
stances the carrier takes the place of
the fourth class postmaster. In some
instances he was the fourth-class post
master until his office was abandoned
to make room for the mail route The
fact that he was permitted as post
master to conduct mercantile bust
ness Is made an argument in favor OF
5eontinuing at least a portion of this
privilege to the carrier. This argu-
rnent il admitted would allow the carr
rier to run grocery wagon or sell
sspectacles along his route. His posi-
.tion as carrier is vastly different from
that Of . fourth class postmaster. who
xsaalxea q oamDissiaa on sta1aQs Can
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The StanQpatterS may DE Oh Top 10
moment, but they are not going t,
remain So" declares the Manson Jour.
nal. Tariff revision and reciprocit!
have come TO stay and we still predic
the party will not be SO unWise in it!
national convention as TO refuse II
recognize the large element turnout tht
United States who are friends OF tn
idea. and also ask to be relieved Of tn:
burdens placed upon them by the tar
If protected trusts and ask that thu
markets of foreign countries be openee
to the United States by proper trad
treaties"
The Davenport Democrat, noting tbs
revival OF Senator Plat. says thai
Tom Plat has the form of grip thai
beats the disease microbe that has
been so pestiferously active during the
past two or three months. ;.
mergers are continually being aa-
vocated in one department of life o,
another" remarks the Fort Dodga
Messenger. I'VE can't get along with
out them What is the family but the
merger on which all society is founded
Good laws to regulate mergers, family,
social, civic and industrial, that Is
what the country needs. not the abol-
ishment of the merger itself"
ut is commonly in the last month of
the session." observes the Dubuque
Times, that the legislature justifies its
existence. It has now been in session
over two months, without adopting
any measure of the first Importance.
Replying to the Cedar Rapids Re.
publican. the Webster City Freeman
Tribune says: Protection is a funda-
mental principle of republicanism ami
there is no special reason why repub-
lican county conventions should en-
phasize adherence to it. No republican
questions the soundness of protection
or doubts the wisdom of maintaining
it. 1t is therefore not plain Why the
Cedar Rapids paper should insinuate
that Webster county had weakened
Senator Dolliver by remaining quiet
on a question that is universally ana
uneauivocally endorsed by republicans
everywhere. BY the way, did the re-
publicans of Webster county injure
the senator by not declaring for the
geld standard?
The Sioux City Tribune says that
This airship business is too much of
a gambling venture for the government
10 enter as a hacker. nc matter 4
there does exist a small chance that 81
successful machine will be hit upon
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25
A Handy Plan.

When the man on the farm wants
fresh meat quite commonly he kills an
animal Occasionally this Is steer,
but more often the hog or sheep is
chosen. Probably this is because the
latter are smaller, and when slaughter
ed do not leave as much meat on hand
as would be the case where steer is
killed. Where only one hog is slaugh-
tered or steer, as the case may be, 1t
is not uncommon to find help scarce.
Many times the farmer would feed HIM
self fortunate If one or two men, as the
case might be, could do the necessary
killing. An agricultural paper pub
fishes the following plan which may be
new to many Of the readers of this de-
partment:
Place the animal on the floor or table
beneath beam or ridge pole, take a
common log or trace chain with grab
hook, pass it around beam and gam
brel stick and hook tightly. Pass a
second chain (No. p around beam
shorter than No. l. Now take a stout
pole or lever with notches to prevent
slipping, pass lever thru chain No. 2
and under gambrel stick, pull down
on the lever until animal raises eight
or ten inches, have assistant shorten
chain No. /, raise lever and shorten
chain No. 2, and repeat until desired
height Is obtained. when lever and
chain No. 2 may be laid aside"
In the case of steer of any weight
two men with the appliances suggested
in this cut could hang him up and this
is the part that calls for the hardest
labor of the whole operation. There is
nothing involved that the average farm
does not have. While this idea is not
new to farmers, it is often not applied
when it would really save some hard
lifts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25

months old Nine heifer calves weigh
ed at weaving time 375 pounds each.
All were in good. thrifty condition, in
good shape to go into the feed lots,
and gave no indication of being hans
fed The total cost of feed and labor
was $3.50 per hundred pounds gain, as
much as they would have made had
they been allowed to run with the cows.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25
More Riots.

Disturbances of strikers are not
nearly as grave as an individual disor-
der of the system. Overwork, loss Of
sleep and nervous tension will be fol-
lowed by an utter collapse unless re-
liable remedy is Immediately employed.
There's nothing so efficient to cure dis
orders of the liver or Kidneys as Elec-
trio Bitters. It's wonderful tonic, and
an effective nervine and the greatest
all-around medicine for run down sys-
TENS 1t dispels nervousness, rheuma-
tism and neuralgia and expels malaria
germs. Only so cents, and satisfaction
guaranteed by Mcdonald & Manhood,
drIIgpiStS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25
Aomeeeekers, Excursion.

One fare plus 81 round trip rate via
Chicago. Great Western railway to
points in the following states: Idaho,
Montana, Oregon. Washington. British
Columbia. Assiniboia, Manitoba and
Saskatchewan. Tickets on sale March
18th and April 5th and 18th. For fur
Their information apply to j. A. Ellis,
ticket agent, Marshalltown, Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25

credit for the exposure of the postal
scandals may be considered one Of
the spring humors Of 1so4.-Chicag
Post.
In Colonel Bryan's opinion demo-
erat is not in good standing unless ne
has been defeated twice Augusta
Herald
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25
FoIey's Honey and Tar
- an,,erno and cnlSS

Cures Coughs anu cU1us
Cures bronchitis and asthma.
Cures Group and whooping cough.
Cures hoarseness and bronchial trou.
bles.
Cures pneumonia and la grippe.
r. A. Morgan,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT

Ex-Cotton King Sully's assertion
that his suspension is only temporary
may not turn out to be true. but 1t is
a certainty that the suspension of the
law of supply and demand, which is
essential to the success of corners"
in commodities, always can be only
temporary York Press.
James Corbett says he has an am
bton to play Shakespeare. He evil
IDENTIFY labors under the delusion tha.
Shakespeare is a trotting horse-In-
dianapolis Journal.
Giving Postmaster General Payna
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25

some day. II is a far cry from the
tfirigible balloon to the aeroplane. ANA
without doubt the ordinance board
stretched the letter of the law appro-
priating the 100000 when it allowed
Langley 10 have money"
Representative Wade has reason .
know there is much conservatism mix
ed with the democracy of his district"
observes the Sioux City Journal.
Hearst and conservatism do not blend
freely
The Upper Des Moines Republican
believes it is the settled purpose ii
the members of the two houses to pass
a good drainage law. There is not q
member who does not know that should
the legislature fail OF the performance
of its duty in this regard. such
failure will cut down the price of ev-
cry acre of land in Iowa, as the value
Of land, as of everything else. de-
ponds on the chance there is to make
the greatest value out of it, The Re
publican thinks the county convention
last Friday did an excellent thing IN
commencing Representative Hanna for
his stand in favor of a drainage law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25

The Davenport Democrat, noting the
revival OF Senator Plat. says that
Tom Plat has the form of grip that
beats the disease microbe that has
been so pestiferously active during the
past two or three months.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-25

The Sioux City Tribune says that
This airship business is too much of
a gambling venture for the government
TO enter as hacker nc matter II
there does exist q small chance that Il
successful machine will be hit upon
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
PASSED WORTHLESS CHECKS.
Stranger Arrested in PendIeton Last
Night on Serious Charge.

PENDLETON, Sept. 22.-For passing
worthless checks and bank draft on
cOnfiding merchants and saloon men of
this city a respectfully dressed man of
middle age was last evening arrested in
his room at the Cruise hotel by a dep
uty sheriff and taken to the county Jail.
The man is stranger in the city,
having been noticed on the streets for
a few days only. Nothing whatever
seems to be known of him. Complaints
did not begin to come in to the police
until yesterday morning. His method
of obtaining money, it is alleged, was
by drawing checks for small amounts
on the Pendleton Savings bank which
were signed G.. w. Schaberg. One for
the sum of s. was cashed by J. H. En-
right bartender for Baker & Sullivan,
yesterday morning. A similar check
with a like amount was found upon his
clothes when searched in the sheriff S
office
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
Her Tooth Term as Teacher Opens.

WABASH, Ind, Sept. 22.-Mrs. EN-
ma Stuckman of Nappanee is believed
to hold the record for the state and
perhaps for the United States as a
school teacher, she having just entered
upon her Tooth term as a teacher. COW
ering period of SO years. nearly all
of the terms being consecutive.
She began teaching when she was
IA years old in little log building
14x16 feet. near Milford, Ind. She went
to that place with her parents in 1S45.
The woman in addition to her school
duties, has raised her family of two
sons and a daughter. Many of her rel
atives nave been her pupils. She will
teach this year in Elkhart county, and
expects to continue schoolwork indefi-
niteIV
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
is THRUST INTO JAIL.
Mrs. Mottner Suspected of Completely |
in Husbands Murder.

HELENA, Sept. 22.-News has been
received here of the arrest of Mrs. John
Mottner on a charge of completely with
Walter Dye in the murder of her hus-
band. She is in Jail at Glasgow.
SO far the officers have not disclosed
the evidence against her except to
state that they have learned that short
ly before the killing of her husband sne
asked a friend whether or not if her
husband should die she would inherit
his entire estate. Mottner was shot
and killed by Dye narly a year ago.
The homicide was reported to Off
GERS at Glasgow by Dye, who claimed
fense. He was herding sneep for Mott
ner. and asserted that following a
quarrel Mottner attempted to shoot
him. but that he shot first killing
Mottner.
Dye. after reporting the homicide,
asked to be permitted to return to the
ranch and take care OF the sheep, say
ing he would be there when wanted,
and as Mrs. Mottner corroborated his
story in every particular, he was re-
leased.
A few months later the officers Sc
cured evidence that seemed to call for
the arrest of Dye, and he was taken
into custody, and is now in Jail at
Glasgow. Later developments have
cast suspicion upon Mrs. Mottner, and
she is prisoner in the same Jail with
her husbands slayer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-09-22
Denial PAYS Debt of Church.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Sept. 22.-The
congregation of the Sherman street
Methodist church. which all week has
been abstaining from things to save
money presented the money to the
church at last evenings services, and
it will be used in paying off the mort
washing and saved the cost of a
washwoman. Men did without tobacco
and other luXuries Whole families alb
stained from meat. butter etc. Girls
even did without candy. All calculated
the amounts thus saved, and gave the
money to the church.