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Mower County transcript., 1904-06-08
Goat Fills Important Placa

The goat Is the poor mans COW. Tho
ordinary family in the city may have
q supply Of the best milk in the world
at nominal cost, by keeping a goat.
The animal will browse in the back
yard and back alley It will eat any,
thing and everything OF course what
it eats manifests itself in the milk. The
average family throws away enough
apple, tomato and turn1p parings, with
other waste from the table, to keep a
goat In good condition. The goat will
eat the labels off tin cans in going
after the paste, but there is no record
that he ever ate the can itself. The
goat must have exercise. If her range
is not large, a ladder placed in the
backyard will serve her purpose ad-
mirably, and she will prove her sure
footedness in clambering over it. For
the best results the goat should be
milked three times day, though not
at all necessary unless convenient
New York Farmer.
Mower County transcript., 1904-06-08
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NV 0GnNe cows 4
FIG
INSIDE ARRANGEMENT.
AkI9v 0GHiHo cows

L.
between the two stables, is for hay. The
feedway in front of the horses takes off
four feet, which leaves space II feet
wide by % feet long (and the height
reaches to the roof, for hay. On the
east end of this middle space Is feed
bin 12x16x10, over the top of which hay
is put; the hay is also extended over the
horses and COWS. Altogether, the barn
holds 20 tons of hay, eight horses, one
bull and six COWS, six to ten calves and
about 1000 bushels of grain. 1t takes
16 posts 16 feet long, ten posts six feet
six inches long, IA 4x6x16 pieces, and
four 4x6x1b pieces, all for sills, which
think are sufficiently heavy to support
the weight of the barn, as most of the
hay weight comes on the ground. It
takes $4,000 shingles to cover this barn.
The amount of siding it takes can t say,
as l used the siding of an old barn. The
total amount of new lumber bought is
$125. l did the work myself, with hired
hand. The above plan gives fair idea
how the barn is arranged on the inside,
only believe I would omit tho feed
rack and substitute stanchions and feed
way in front of the COWS, as all grain
now has to be carried in from behind
the cows. I think you will readily un-
derstand the plan.-Henry L. Selle, In
Prairie Farmer,
Mower County transcript., 1904-06-08

SHORTENS AND EXPANDS ROOT.
provided with new foodstuffs, both de-
licious and nutritious. Among other
things, it has been discovered that the
quality and size of certain plants and
vegetables are improved by several
transplantings. In this work, however,
it is difficult to take up the roots at such
depth as not to disturb and hinder the
growth of the leaves, owing to the great
length to which the roots enter the earth
With the aid of the device shown in the
picture this operation can now be per-
formed to much better advantage The
idea is to insert metallic open-mesh
fabric in the earth beneath the seeds,
the preferred manner of working being
to lay strip of the screen in the bottom
of long trench, covering it several
inches deep with earth, and then plant
ing the seed in the ordinary manner.
AS the tap or main root descends from
the seed it will strive to pass through
the fine mesh of the screen, but will be
choked, causing branch roots to spread
out laterally above the screen. A plant
whose tap root has just reached the
screen, and one which has been choked
OF, and forced to send out branch roots
are shown in the drawing-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. f.
Mower County transcript., 1904-06-08
Fresh Air for the Cows

Some writer's advise to air the COW
stables just before milking. This is
a commendable practice, when the
airinaoean be done without exposing
the COWS to drafts that would result
in colds. Air that has been breathed
over and over by the cows all night,
and that in addition permeated with
odors rising from liquid and solid
manure is sure to contaminate the
milk that is drawn in it, no matter
how quickly the milk is removed
. from the stable after milking. Either
have system OF ventilation 50 per-
feet that the air will keep pure at all
times, or arrange some way Of airing
out the stable before milking
Farmers Review. '<r ~
Mower County transcript., 1904-06-08
4 WASH FOR FRUIT TREES.
It Is Quite Simple Mixture, But
Very Satisfactory Results Have !.
Come from Its Use.

The loss of 400 cherry trees in one year
by disease or insects by q Minnesota
fruit grower reminds me of howl used to
treat other trees. In the summer Of 1885
spent three months in Florida treating
similar diseases that troubled and killed
orange and lemon trees. put one peck
unslaked lime into 50-gallon barrel. I
then put in four pounds sulphur and
slaked with warm water. then added
two ounces crude carbolic acid, stirred
rapidly till well mixed, then added
enough water to make the quantity rs
gallons. kept it covered while being
mixed, being careful not to breathe the
fumes. i
l applied while very hot with long,
handled broom to the trunks and large
limbs, and with spray pump to the tops.
I have taken orange trees with sickly
yellow leaf and with one thorough ap-
plication caused them to put on dark
green foliage and start new growth In.
less than four days. The white coating
on the foliage, when applied to northern
trees, should be washed off in a few
hours If the weather is dry, and should
be washed off the trunks in few days
BY so doing the fertilizing material will
then go to the ground and will all be in
available form for food for the trees, a
food that the trees need at the time,
which fact the diseased condition plain
ly indicates
Here, early in June, with such mate
rial, have produced in apple trees a
vigorous, healthy growth In a week no
sign of disease or insect could be seen.
| In Tennessee applied it one year about
July Is to large pear tree that had
blighted. It stopped the blight and
caused the tree to make new growth of
21s to feet of well ripened wood. 1t
seems to me that when tree blights or
is injured by other diseases it is because
certain kinds of food are lacking in the
soil or else the tree cannot assimilate the
plant food within its reach. Where only
a fertilizer Is needed l would not use
the carbolic acid. think it necessary to
apply this wash to the trunks and larger
limbs as hot as can be borne by the fin-
ger. The moist heat undoubtedly causes
the bark to receive and assimilate more
food than if applied cold, thus indicating
quite distinctly the benefit of the meth.
Cd here outlined.-O. F. Brand, il
Orange Judd Farmer.
Mower County transcript., 1904-06-08
\ TRANSPLANTING DEVICE,
Details Of Recent Invention Which
May Prove Of Considerable
Value to Gardeners.

While some fault has been found re-
Gently with the manner in which the gov
ernment has been distributing seeds and
bulbs through its senators and repre-
sentatives, upon the ground that the
actual benefit derived from this work
is small, no one can deny that, Other
departments Of the bureau of agriculture
are doing good work in the actual cul-
tivation of plant growths and expert
ments with new discoveries. Through
this medium the farmers and gardeners
have been made acquainted with many
valuable additions to their source of in
come, and the general public has been
Mower County transcript., 1904-06-08

PLAN OF DAIRY BARN.
wide enough for any COW. have a rack
in front of the cows with feed trough
extending the entire length of the rack,
so as to catch all hay the COWS pull
through the rack. also feed their grain
in this trough. The COWS are locked in
their respective stalls by means Of a
2x6 bolted to end post of the stall, and as
long as the stall is wide, which is swung
up when the cows are taken out of the
stall. I have a gangway four feet wide
behind the COW stall through which the
calves pass in going to their stalls, as
they come in at the same door that the
cows do. The middle of the barn, or
Mower County transcript., 1904-06-08
Annual Income from Cows.

The milch cows Of the United States
add $625, 100000 to the annual in
come Of it's farmers. This is a large
sum Of money, to be sure, but for the
number of COWS contributing it, it is
far from being as large as it should
be-. There were in 1906ein excess Of
1S,OOO,OOO head. which would make the
average revenue derived from each not
far from $3.50. There must be good
many ''robber" cows In this country
to produce such results as these
Farm Journal. .--
Mower County transcript., 1904-06-08
How to Plant a Garden.

Straight rows evenly spaced not
only add to the appearance of the gar
den, field or orchard, but save much
labor in the cultivation of the plants.
Everyone should have at least a gar
den line and a wheel hoe. Stretch the
line taut and mark out the rows with
the end of hoe handle, then drop
and cover the seeds. In most gardens
a drill will be found very useful and
time saving. With it one can plant
about as fast as he can walk. The
rows are spaced evenly, the seeds pu:
in at uniform depth and the earth
pressed over them SO they sprout
quickly. The picture shows how nice
" the drill works It's fun to plant
and care for a garden with modern
hand tool Farm and Home.
Mower County transcript., 1904-06-08
CHEAP DAIRY FARM BARN.
It Affords Shelter for Horses as Well
az for Goodly Number Of
Other Animals.

I submit to you my plan Of reason
ably cheap barn, although 1t is not ex-
clusively a COW barn. There is room
for ten head of horses and one bull. I
would rather keep the bull on this side
Of the barn than with the COWS, as he is
not as restless. The south side is exclu-
sively for the COWS and calves. I have
room for six cows and six calves, but
the room is large enough for ten calves.
The COW steals could also be made small
er to accommodate one more COW. They
are now four feet eight inches wide,
which is too wide, as the COWS can turn
around in them think four feet amply
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-06-02
TO EvlcT A RAILWAY.
Biz suit BEGUN il united States cou

Big sui Begun III SJIiisCd ia 10 SSsS1'eN
at Chicago.
Chicago, June Fin a suit begun in.
the United States circuit court tluIlns
the day 500 claimants demand eviction
of the Pennsylvania Railway company
from property here valued at S3,5oO,--
600 The chief property at stake5is ~ !
Stewart avenue between Twelfth IL I
Sixty-first street. In the bill, filed by
James Hamilton Lewis as chief eounr
sci, an Injunction is asked against fur =
ther use by the railway coHlI7;sss11 OF
tracks in the disputed district. ne
state Of Illinois is represented among
the claimants by canal trustees. who
assert an interest in the matter in dis
pute. Among other claimants are said.
to be members of the family Of lresi-
dent Roosevelt. The heirs of Mrs.
Sanger, mother of Mrs George M. Pull
man, are also declared to have an m
terest in the property.
In event the court finds 1T impossl-
bic to tlispossess the railway company
1t is asked that they be directed to pay
the claimants $3,411 900, declared to
be the market value of the land. -.
The city Of Chicago is made de-
PENDANT to the suit with the railway
company because of alleged wrongful
acts in permitting the railway COM
pany to nonopolize Stewart avenue to
the exclusion Of public traffic.
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CANADIAN SEALING CLAIMS.
Russia and Great Britain viii Adjust
Differences,

Differences.
ST. Petersburg, June The sigma
ture of the Russo-British treaty IN set
Element of the Canadian sealing claims
is generally accepted in diplomatic
circles here as being the first step in
the adjustment Of all outstanding dill
ferences between the two countries.
The announcement came as surprise,
no news of the negotiations having
leaked out in St Petersburg The
claims, which date back twelve years
have frequently been the subject OF
representation by the British govern
ment, but Russia deferred action until
March, when, she notified Foreign Sec
rotary LansdOWnc that she would ne
gotiate asAsettlenlent. 1t is significant
that the decision of Russia was
reached at the same time Great Brit
ain determined to send Sir Charles
Harding as her ambassador TO ST. Pc
tersburg, ayowedly in order to bring
about a good understanding between
the two nations. The Canadian claims
were similar to those of American
sealers which We're submitted 10 me
Hague arbitration tribunal oVcTsa year.
ago. When the award was given IN
favor of the American claimants the
Russian authorities. after examination.
were convinced that the arbitration
tribunal would give an award IN favor
of the Canadians and, therefore, pre-
ferrad a direct settlement rather than
undergo the expense of arbitration.
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Cured His Mother Of Rheumatism

"My mother has been a sufferer
formanyyears with rheumatism,
says w. H. Howard, of Hus band,
Pa. At times she was unable to
move at all, while at all times
walkingwas painful. I presented
her with a bottle ofChamberlain s
Pain Balm and after few APP
plications she decided it was the
most wonderful pain reliever she
had ever tried, in fact, she is new
er without it now and is at all
times able to walk. An occasional
.apptteation-e.ff Pa Balm keeps
away the pain that she was for
lmerly trouble with, = For sale by
Bankers Drug Store.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. =

i
Oxford university has decided TO
confer The degree of doctor of letters
on William Dean Howe1ls, the-Ameri=
can author.
The race for the English derby
stakes of 6,1O0 sovereigns at EPSON
Wednesday was won by Leopold de
Rothschild's st. Amant. Eight horses
started.
Edward A. Mann of Las Cruces, N.
NJ, has been appointed assistant judge
of the New Mexico supreme court.
This is new position created by the
last session of congress.
The Worcester (Mass.l Spy, one1eE
the oldest newspapers IN the country
has suspended publication on account
of financial troubles. The Spy was
founded in=1771, the first issue ap.
-pearing in Boston
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MINNESOTA MAN THE GROOM.
Wins a Bride of Eighty Years at Vine.
land, n. J.

New York, June 2.-Great surprise
has been caused at Vineland, n. j.. by
the wedding announcement of Miss
Susan P. Fowler, one of the original
dress reformers of the country. She
is now over eighty years Old.
Miss Fowler has conducted farm
near Vineland more than forty years
and never would have a man about the
place until last fall, when she con
cluded her farming days were over and
advertised for help.
George F. Fowler of Lemoille, Mimi,
applied for the job and then proposed
marriage. After long corresponds
ence he was accepted and the wedding
was set for the latter part OF this
month.
Miss Fowler taught school in her
native town, Amesbury, Mass. until
she was twenty-eight years Old. She
espoused the cause of dress reform
when 1t was original in the oneida
community, New York. and has worn
the blooner garb- more=than= half a
century.
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AMUSENE NTSsS.=

Mahara's Minstrels will be the
attraction at the City Opera
house tonight.s,Fhe show is well
known in Bemidji as one OF the
best Ministries which has ever
come to this section. 1t carries
a fine band and orchestra and to-
nights performance will no
doubt be up TO it's past standard
Of excellence. -
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G. H. Niles: II think the
right thing to do is to en-
courage every one of these ex-
cursions that want to come to
Bemidjii. Everybody ought to
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1Whooping Cough.

s"In the spring of19O1 my child
rem had a Whooping cough, says
Mrs. D. w. Gapps, Of Gapps, Ala
~ used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy with the most satls-
factory results. / thenk this is
the best remedy / have ever seen
for whooping cough. !" This reme-
,dy keeps the cough loose, lessons
the severity and frequency of
the coughing spells and coun-
teracts any tendency toWardpne
monia. For sale by Bankers Drug.
Store.
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Street Commissioner Pogue: 81
am going to start collecting poll
tax tomorrow. Just tell the
boys I IN coming. y
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r. P. Hannitin: L have no
plans for the Immediate future.
Mr.. Trent will arrive the first of
the week to take charge of the
Markham. [ think | shall en-
gage in the wood business here"
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try and show the visitors a good
time. Ithelps to advertise the
town effectively"

w. A. Mahara: ''This is a
great country and | am going to
try and come back for an outing.
We are going east to Chicago and
have been in the southwest all
winter. We expect to close IN a
short time for this season. Next
seasons show Will be bigger and
better than ever.
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+ lJprisinu in Mongolia.

Hardin, Manchrria, June 2.-There
are persistent rumors of a rising IN
Mongolia. Japanese spies and ems
saries are busy i'll the Russian rear.
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Lucky Curve. :

Lucky Curve.
a practical pen for practical
en.The Parker pen uses any
color ink, writes neatly, does
not stick or splutter. a. p
Winter, the jeweler.
Tonight Mahara s mlnstrels.
The Brainerd Lumber Go. S
drives are beginning to arrive
and a large force Of men are now
employed at the. sor ting gap.
Do not fail to read the Bazaar
ad today or take advantage OF
this sale and save about one half
the price on articles mentioned.
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WANTED Conp etent-cashier
and bookkeeper. Young lady
living in town preferred. Arm:
strong & Underwood.
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The Forest Reserve. '.

The disciple Of forestry is all
:IightzWith his theories but some:
how theories never seem to work
out in actual experience the way
they do on paper.
Around Cass Lake on every
side are some 225,OOO acres of
forest reserve. All the timber
is to be clearedzoff this tract ex==
.cept five per cent which is to be
left to father and mother q gen
Grafton whichis expected to=ggfoW=
to manhood some fifty years
hence. Meanwhile q vast terri
tory lies undeveloped and a great
section of=northern Minnesota is
held back from progress to the
loss Of thousands Of intending
settlers and to the INJURY Of ali
Of the rest of us whose perma-
nent prosperity demands that
northern Minnesota develope as
rapidly as possible.
Forest reserves may be alright
but let US have them so arranged
that they do not block the settle
ment and upbuilding Of the
country.
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IF there is not music in the air
at Duluth in a couple Of weeks
we shall have to hold the state
music teachers association much
to blame. ,
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Mr.. Valentine is NJ respecter
of days and is not waiting until
the 14th of February next to
make himself known to the PEG
pie Of the ninth congressional
district.
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o. O.: PIONEER .: ::
WANT COLUMN IT,; T..
HELP WANTED.

WANTED Competent reliable
servant for general housework.
No children, family Of two.
Apply at Pioneer Office,
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Upper Red Eye, Becker county,
adyertises for a new name. 1t
will find it hard to beat it's pres
ent one for picturesqueness.
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WANTED--At once, apprentice
girl to learn to setrtyYz,p1,e and to
learn the newspaper business
generally. Pioneer office.
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Tips of the Tongue

Angus Chisholm, Tenstril1e:
"What's the matter with the
Pioneer. We didn't get-it last
night. Wecan't run the town at
Tenstril1eg without the Daily
Pioneer.
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Farmers thicken in eastern
Polk and a fourth rural delivery
route will be established-Mcln-
tosh this time.
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TO Rem LTwonicely furnished
rooms. Inquire at 615 Mime
sofa aYen - =zzzzz=7==5
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Koochiching casts itself on the
side of Mr.. Greeley's candidacy
for the legislature.
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The Grand Forks Courier
thinks it's no wonder Russia
talks about the yellow peril.
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WANTED For u. S. Army able
bodied, unmarried men be
tween ages Of p and IS, citi-
zens of United States, of a
good character and temperate
habits, who can speak, read
and write English. For IN
formation apply to Recruiting
Officer, Miles block, Bemidji,
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT Fine furnished
rooms at the Armstrong I'm
derWood Cafe.
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WANTED By respectableyoung
man, board and room in private
family. Address N. G. a., care
Of Pioneer.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE Good drug and
jewelry stock Will Barker,
Sanborn, IoW;l.s.s.zs5i.s.s5.:.z5zs.=::.z..
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FOR SALE-Hotel furniture in
first class condition., very little
used. Apply at Nicollet Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-20
SCIENTIST CAMERON
DEFENDS POSITION
Author OF Bulletin Soil Fertility Says Critics Made No
Exhaustive Examination of the Subject

The bulletin issued by the Bureau of
Soils was written by Prof frank X
Cameron, although entire responsibility
Tor its utteranCcS is assumed by Prof.
Milton Whitney. chief of the bureau.
No reply has been made to the mum
erous criticisms of the statement con-
tanned In the bulletin until now. al
though It has been known that Prof
Whitney stoutly defended the position
taken by the bureau.
In the last number Of Science" Prof.
Cameron replies to hts critics:
While il is explicitly stated" SAYS
Prof. Cameron. and il is a matter so
notorious as to admit OF no question.
that crop yields are often affected ad-
vantageOusly by proper fertilizers, il is
maintained that such substances can
not be held as alone the chief factor
in determining yield Of crop. since eli
mate, soil, mana cement, etc. produce
effects OF the same order Of magnitude
as do the fertilizers. and that it may
happen that the several effects would
nGllify one another in any particular
season. Illustrations almost innumerable
being on record.
Attention may also be called to the
fact the bulletin does not attempt to
treat specifically OF commercial 1erti-
lizers. nor Of their use in practice but
the matter is brought into the text
only as a necessary consequence Of tho
discussion of the crop-prOducing power
Of soils. No claim to an eXha ustiVe pre-
sentation of this subject was made