The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-17

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Groton, and a capital of 100000.
The in%corporators are N. o. P. Syno-
ground, M. F. Bowler, Herman KEEP
stein, Groton; William May and Fer
dinand Erdmann of Ferney.
The above news item comes from
Pierre and indicates that that rural
telephone company will have to go
with The above named gentlemen to
keep up steam.
Several times during the winter the
writer has passed over a piece of win
ter rye near Putney sown by August
krier. 1t got rather a late start and
during the winter had no covering
whatever on it. At mid-winter it
showed no sign of gree mess, looking
pretty hopeless. In passing through
1t this week it is found to be in excel
lent condition. There seems to be no
tendency of the ground to heave in
this country, and winter wheat and
rye ought to succeed if they come un-
scathed through the cold open winter
just passed.
The Lincoln county IS. d. farmers.
institute and corn growers convention
held a three days session last week.
Corn seemed to occupy the center of
the stage most of the time. In con
nection with it was the annual exhibit
OF the Corn Growers Association and
the annual election of officers of the
latter association. The townships of
the county compete with each other
in exhibits of corn and a silver cup,an-
nually compel ed for, was won for the
second time by Eden township. A
silver cup each year for the best in
dividual exhibit is offered by the Can
ton Leader, Arthur Linn's paper.
Corn is King in Lincoln county.
In 1903 a law was passed in Mime
sofa granting to a township the option
as to whether road taxes should be
J oAhS' ouU III Nv olu way VI
paid in cash so that the road o~verseer
could hire the work done and do it
any time when the work was needed.
A township in Freeborn county has
tried it one year and reports to Farm,
Stock and Home something as to re-
suits. Under the old system 5000 was
annually spent, while last year more
and better work was done for $1,000.
One thing is certain, under the cash
system the overseer could send a man
around just before winter sets in to
clean weeds and grass from roadsides
so that later snowdrifts would not
render the roads impossible.
: There are l48 farmers mutual county
and township insurance companies in
Minnesota. Recently an inquiry was
addressed to the secretaries to ascer-
/. tain what were the losses paid for fire
l lightning and for stock killed near
D fences. From the figures given by the
t 70 companies which answered it ap
) peared that these three classes Of
8 losses we're as follows: Lightning
losses paid, s62,435.50; fire losses paid
1913, S64,OO; stock killed near fences
ST ,029,64. The loss of live stock il
pasture appeared much the larges
4 item in losses paid by the Lincoln
county company as reported in thi
o column last week.
A recent bulletin issued from
e North Dakota experiment station
n recommends amount of seed grain pc
o. acre as follows: "Macaroni or duruI
S wheat should be seeded heavier thai
e fife or bluestem as the berries ar
. large enough to require a greater vo
a ume to contain the same number an
it does not stool as heavily as commo
wheat. Six and a half to seven peck
y. of macaroni wheat and five pecks
~ fife and bluestem are about the rigt
y amounts, on average soil. A ha
bushel of flax seed per acre usual
proves satisfactory. The experimel
es station has had good results frol
seeding oats at the rate of two and
half bushels, and barley at the rate
y. two bushels per acre. Millet seed
the spikehead varieties is common
- sown at the rate of two pecks and tn
broom corr sorts at three pecks
-. The majority of farmers in this count
~ favor a much less quantity per acre
OF most cases.
mt
The March 9Th issue OF the Dako
Farmer is a special potato edltlo
Bulletins from experiment stations
many states are quoted as the Dc
ut size to cut seed. The weight OF OPT
ion seems to be in favor OF plantlI
on whole potatoes. 1t is claimed tn
Ter will Weld heavier and be earlier. Mo
lie igan and Indiana agree on half tube