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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
GREATER CORN YIELDS.
Ways in Which the Farmer MAY In
crease the ProductiFeness of
His Fields.

It is commonly conceded that the
average yield of corn upon the best
adapted lands of the corn belt proper
might be greatly increased. 1t is also
true that great advances have been
made in the methods Of seed selection
and corn cultivation, SO that some
have have been made to produce so to
100 per cent. increase in yield. These
are comparatively rare instances, how
ever, and there is great need of gem
eral application of improved methods
to bring up the average yield of the
entire corn producing area. 1t will not
be difficult matter to do so. It is a
very easy matter to increase the corn
yield of any farm in two or three grow
ing seasons In the first place, better
seed is required, and the seed selected
should merely be the largest ears with
the deepest kernels that can be earlist
ripened in a given district. Properly
saved and tested, such seed will give
good results on land that has been
been enriched by manure and clover
growing. Given the proper seed and
favorable conditions of the seed bed,
weeds must next be kept down, and
this is to be accomplished by indus
trious narrowing before and after
organization of the seed. We want
good planting, too. Three plants to a
hill, all of them healthy plants, and
on we'll done chech-rowing that allows
of cultivation, too, must be better than
has been the case heretofore, when
small boys were given the work to do,
and did it as well as could be expected
of them, but not sufficiently we'll.
Much corn is damaged. declares the
Farmers Review, by too close cultiva-
ton, so that side braces are cut off or
the roots deeply buried by deep Gull
tivation, when shallow, fiat cultivation
would give better results. But even
with the best of seed, even planting,
clean and thorough cultivation, max
imum yields can never be produced
unless rotation of crops is followed
and the soil fertility kept up by clover
growing, green manuring and top
dressing. We want less acres in corn
and better management of the areas en-
ployed, and when the lesson is learned
on the small areas it will be time
enough to extend operations to great
fields managed in the same intelligent
manner.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
SIZE OF BUSHEL BOX.
A Few Pointers About the Square
Receptacle for Grains and
Vegetables.

The ordinary grain bushel contains
2,15O42 cubic inches, 10Ax1014x201a
inches, inside measurement, approxi-
mately. In some sections custom re-
quires 1854 cubic inches for such arti-
cles as potatoes, turnips, etc. A box
of the required shape holding this
amount, says the Midland Farmer,
would be about 107Sx10Hx21sz inside.
Weight, is, however, a much better
plan than measure for handling all
sorts of produce. If scales are correct,
all lots of 100 pounds more or less will
be uniform, but no two struck meas
ures of grain will weigh exactly the
same A slight jar on the floor or blow
on the measure while being filled will
make number of ounces difference in
the contents of a half bushel measure.
For handling liquids the measure is
convenient and correct, but for grains,
vegetable, etc., there is little reason
for using it, except where accuracy is
not essential.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
POTATO POINTERS.

DO not make a sweet potato hotbed
and leave it for two or three days,
there is danger of burning the seed.
A larger crop of potatoes may be
obtained from blowing under alfalfa
sod than can be raised in good land
that has been thoroughly manured.-
Farm and Home.
A yield of 100 bushels per acre is
looked upon by many farmers as a
fair crop, but over 1000 bushels have
been grown on an acre, while yields of
$50 to 400 bushels are not uncommon.
One of the most important reasons
why farmers do not get good results
from potatoes as they should. is that
they have too many crops to attend
to. Unless a potato crop is well looked
after, it will not be large.
Soaking seed potatoes from one and
one-half to two hours in one pint Of
formaldehyde, diluted by % gallons Of
water, will kill the scab germ. If the
soil is infested with the germ. plou
under crop of green clover or rye.
which will reduce the amount of scab.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
HOME MARKET FOR FRUIT.
Timely Word for the Farmer Who
Would Make the Most Out
of His Crops.

The days Of spring are frightening
and we will soon be putting different
kinds of fruit on the market. / wish
to say a few words to readers of the
Farmers Review relative to the sell
ing of fruit, says an Illinois correspond
ent of that Journal. l have found that
the most satisfactory way to pack fruit
is to have it uniform throughout. This
is a source of satisfaction. to the seller
as well as to the buyer.
I always tried to watch my fruit and
have it packed at the time it is just
right for eating. AS / am selling fruit
in small way, it is very easy to
do this. OF course, if were shipping
my fruit it would be impossible. Then
the fruit, whether Strawberries or
other kinds would have to be picked
while partly green.
1 find it very easy to hold market
against any outside fruit, as the latter
has to be shipped in from distance
and thus always lacks the flavor
of fruit ripened while still in contact
with the vine or twig on which it
grew. l think the surest way of MAX
ing money out of fruit is to endeavor
to compete with the shipped-in fruit.
| can always get a considerable marking
over that kind Of fruit. This may
not seem much of matter, but it is
really a great one. l get, say, five
cents for a box of strawberries when
the out-of-town berries are bringing
but four. That is an advance of %
per cent, and in the course of a seasons
settings it becomes big item. Besides
it is all profit.
I sort the fruit so that all of about
the same size is in the same box or
package. The smallest fruit is used
for canning or disposed of in some
way that will not injure the general
market. No unsound fruit is ever al
lowed to get into the packages. Most
of my selling is done throgh the To-
cal grocers. 1t does not pay me to try
to carry on retail business over their
heads, and treat all alike, They have
to live.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
HORTICULTURAL WISDOM.

Transplant few huckleberry bushes
into the garden.
Some folks don't know how excellent
black Mexican sugar corn is; just
try it.
Sprinkle the infant radishes with
wood ashes The wood-ash habit is a
good one IL the garden.
Now plant lots of sugar con- this
year; a fresh lot every two weeks un-
til July Mrs. j. w. ].
Now pull the weeds out of the straw
berry bed, but do not hoe them out
The roots of the berry plants should
not be disturbed in the least.
Why spend much time trying to
plant bean poles firmly? Why not tie
them together at the tcp, in groups of
four, thus forming pyramid shaped
stands?
Don't forget the pumpkins. II your
planter will not drop the seeds with
out clogging, stick them into the
ground by hand. Make fellows back
ache? Perhaps; but think of the pump
ain pies next fall If that will not
stop the backache, let it ache,-Farm
Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
HOW coQUELIN'S WIT WON
BY an Eloquent Illustration of Silence
He Secured Much Desired Club
Membership.

One of the most famous of the Quar-
tier Latin clubs in Paris is the one
which is called 1.-The Sub Rosa" and
the most famous of it's members is the
great actor Coquelin, pere, but the
story of his election has not yet been
told in print, writes Warwick James
Price, in Success Magazine.
He was present one night at the
clubs late supper, weekly feast. and,
having heard that there was a va
cancy in the roll, applied for member
ship. Now the only rules of the Sub
Rosa" men are: Think much write
little Be as silent as you can" The
presiding officer, with this last rule in
mind, answered the applicant by plac-
ing before him tumbler filled so full
of water that another drop would have
caused it to run over. Coquelin un-
derstood. He had evidently been mis-
informed about a vacancy, the club
membership was obviously full.
Over the. table was suspended rose,
the club emblem. While the glass
still stood before him Coque,in broke
a petal from the flower, and laid it so
gently on the water that not single
drop escaped A silent man could join
and make no trouble.
Around the table ran a ripple OF
smiles and little handclaps and mods
of approval, and then, as if of one ac-
cord, all began making bread-balls.
Then cup was passed from hand to
hand, and each deposited his ballot
in it-and all were found to be round:
not one had. been pressed fiat in sign
of disapproval. So Coquelin Joined the
Sub Rosa club.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01

will' and II won't" and the mourn
full wailing of 81 wish | could" went
out to find consolation. Knowing re-
nunciation to be wisdom, yet clinging
to folly, the idea had come to him that
he would visit his frienu Felix, paint
er and misogynist.
Felix, busy on a masterpiece, greet
ed him kindly, but without warmth,
and went on with his painting.
Gerald began to wander aimlessly
about the studio. Presently he stood
before picture resting on an easel in
a corner and looked long at it, WON
dering at a feeling of recognition of
the face Of the woman painted there.
who is this?" he asked, presently.
Felix looked up sharply, tnen turned
to his work again.
IAN old picture of nine,'' he said,
briefly.
so bad that the lady wouldn't have
it?"
$50 good that ! wouldn't part with
It." retorted Felix, Christine Hart
over called yesterday and | got it out
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
cor AN EXCUSE TO TALK.
Wanted to Say Something to the old
Woman and the Way Was
Opened.

'I was in a Long Island village last
summer said a New York lawyer. ac-
cording to the Cleveland Leader. when a
big automobile came tearing along, and
Just in front of the post office it struck
and killed big hog belonging to vii
lager who was leaning over his gate at
the time.
How fast was the machine going?' I
asked of him. as he came out and looked
after the flying auto.
Ferty miles an hour he replied.
Then you can make the owner pay
for your hog
Yes, i suppose so, but / don't think
| shall fool with the case
Don't you think the hog is worth
going TO law about, eh?'
!" He was fine hog, and ! ought to
be paid for him, but me and the old
woman have been grouty at each other
for week. and I've been aching for a
chance to open out on her. This is just
what ] wanted, and I'll let the auto go
and go in and tell her some things she
won't forget for the next 80 years. /"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01

back ana sides. For time Twas unable
to walk at all, and every malSeshift i
tried and all the medicine | took had
not the slightest effect Ny back con-
tinued to grow weaker until began
taking Doans Kidney Pills, and must
say / was more than surprised ana
gratified to notice the backache disap-
pearing gradually until it finally
stopped.
Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all deal
ers or by mail on receipt of price, SO
cents per box. Foster Milburn Co,
Buffalo, n. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
In Record Time.

Piney Flats, Tenn, May 29th.-(Special}
Cured in two days of Rheumatism that
had made his life torture for two years,
ID. S. Hilton, of this place, naturally
wants every other sufferer from rheuma-
tism to know what cured him. 1t was
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are the grandest
pill on earth,' says Mr.. Hilton, II would
not take any sum of money for what
they did for me. For two years l had
what the doctors called rheumatism. /
could hardly walk around in the house.
1t seemed to be in my back and hip and
helped me till / got Dodd's Kidney Pills
1.-Two days after / took the first dose
all pain left me and it has never come
back since. l can't praise Dodd's Kidney
Pills too much"
Rheumatism is caused by uric acid in
the blood. Healthy kidneys take all the
Uric Acid out of the blood. Dodd's Kid
ney Pills make healthy kidneys.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
Baroness Has New Fad.

Baroness Won Fersen has arrived in
New York from Russia. She was met
by her son, Baron Won Fersen, and his
wife. The baroness brought with her
small turtle which she carries with
her constantly. She was reluctant to
show her pet, which was protected in
a wooden cage. to the custom house
inspector. When he insisted, the
baroness drew aside the curtain. re-
vealing the turtle. The travelling COM
panion of the baroness. who has set
this style In fads. was admitted duty
free.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
Kansas Townships

There are more Grant townships in
Kansas than any other kind. Twenty
eight bear this name. The fact that
Grant was doing things and making
news when the townships of Kansas
were being named is chiefly response
bic for this. The name of Lincoln is
a close second. There are q Lincoln
townships in Kansas. Other statesmen
are well represented. There are %
Logans, II Shermans, eight Harrisons.
nine Jacksons, six Blaines and four
Clevelands. Many townships are
named after states. There are SIX
Ohio townships and four Illinois town.
ships.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
Are the Packers Receiving Fair Playe

AES Ll1S EackerS Receiving EAR Hlayg
When the Garfield report on the
business methods of the packers APP
peared. after eight months investiga-
ton, it was severely criticised and
roundly denounced. After three
ulorths of publicity it is significant
that those who attempted to discredit
it have failed to controvert the figures
contained in that exhaustive document.
the public is beginning to notice this
omission, and the feeling is rapidly
growing that the sensational charges
out OF which the "Beef Investigator"
arose were without foundation. If the
official statements of the report are
many people are now asking why the
facts and figures are not furnished to
contradict them.
The truth seems to be that most of
the charges contain unfounded sensa-
tional assertions. A fragrant example
OF this appeared in recent article in
an Eastern magazine, to the effect that
''forty Iowa banks were forced to close
their doors in 1904 by the Beef
Trusts manipulation of cattle prices" "
Chief Clerk Cox, of the banking de-
partment of the Iowa State Auditors
Office. has tabulated the list of banks
given in the magazine article and has
publicly denounced the statement as
utterly untrue. He gives separately
the reasons for each failure mentioned
and officially states that they have
been caused by unwise speculations
and by reckless banking methods. 1t
may be we'll to suspend judgment upon
the packers until the charges against
them are proved.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
Agricultural and Horticultural Col
onies on the Kansas City
Sn11fherra Railrrnrr

Lockesburg Colony in Sewer County.
Arkansas, containing about 80 600 acres, and
Loring Colony IN Sabine Parish, Louis.
lana, containing about $4,000 acres. are now
open for settlement. Lands range in price
from 500 to $500 per acre, and are sold
burg Colony is well suited for General
Farming, stock raising and commercial
fruit growing. Loring Colony lies in a
splendid fruit, truck and tobacco region,
and is good for corn and cotton also. Both
are situated in a beautiful country with
a healthy climate and excellent water.
Write for books concerning Lockesburg and
Loring Colonies and Current Events
Magazine to S. G.. Warner, G.. p. & i. A.,
x, @. S. Ry, Kansas City. Mo-: 4. Il.
Roesler, immigration Agt.; II. G. S. Ry.,
Kansas City, Mo.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
The Truth Breaks Ont.

Now. of course. DOCTOR" said the man
upon whose eye the operation had been
and all that: but doesn't it seem, even
TO you, a little too much to charge $50
for doing bit of work that occupied you
about five minutes?"
My good sir" said the great ocuhst,
Fastening to the defense of himself and
his profession, you don't realize that in
acquiring the skill to perform such an
operation in five minutes I have spoiled
perhaps two bushels Of eyes quite as val
liable as yours! Y. Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01

.HER MOTHER" GASPED GERALD.
to show her. 1t was her mother, you
know"
"Her mother!" gasped Gerald. But
she's fat-enormously fat"
"She was the most beautiful woman
have ever SEEN"
But l saw Mrs. Hartoyer week
ago and she is"
"Christine's stepmother. What's
up?"
The poet had seized his hat. In a
moment all his doubts had been dis
sipated. He trod on air. He must go
to Christine at once, throw himself at
her feet and pour out his love.
But the deep voice of Felix came
again from behind his easel:
Christine came for my congratula-
lions. She is just engaged to young
Finducane."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
Irrigation and Gardening.

Slowly the use of extra water in the
garden is coming into use in the humid
states as we'll as in the arid states.
Wherever a stream can be. turned or a
pump installed yith some cheap force
to work it, the use of water in the gar
den Is desirable. A little water at the
right time is worth more than an album
dance of water when it is not needed.
The water is an assurance that the crop
will not fail on account of drought.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01

nor in all soils. AS a result, the average
orchardist will stick to the best of the
old methods, which provides for cut
ting back of the top so as to form prop
er head and balancing the roots some
what after the manner of the lower cut
in the illustration. The upper cut shows
the roots of the two-year-old tree after
it is dug in the nursery and the lower
drawing shows how all the mass of
fibrous roots, which would die anyway
after exposure to the sun, have been cut
away and most of the longer roots
shortened 1t is easier, says the Indi-
annapolis News, to plant tree prepared
in this manner and strong young root
lets will form from the ends of the roots
which were cut, forming mass of roots
during the one growing season follow
ing planting which will give the young
tree good start in life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
THIS MY LIFE.

L strive to keep me in the sun;
l pick no quarrel with the years.
Nor with the fates-not even the one
That holds the shears.
I take occasion by the hand;
I'm not too nice 'twixt weed and flower;
l do not stay to understand;
take mine hour.
The time is short at best.
l push right onward while may;
/ open to the winds my breast,
And walk the way.
kind heart greets me here and there:
hide from it my doubts and fears,
trudge, and say the path is fair
Along the years.
John Vance Cheney, in Independent.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
Selling SYSTEM.

There are some farms in America
where the soiling system is the best
to follow, and those farms are on
high-priced lands There are more
farms where it still pays better to
pasture than to cut, feed and carry to
the cows in summer time, because the
land is still low in price in most sec
tons of the country. As the land in
creases in value the practice of soil
ing must increase.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
WAY It Affects You.

tbrancn' mean said the teacher of the
botany Glass; NOW who can tell me what
'sprig' means?'
II know" cried Tommy, "it means
you've got a cold in your head when
you try TO say spring. Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
War on wild Carrot

The Massachusetts legislature is con-
sidering a law providing that land
owners shall cut down or otherwise
destroy all wild carrots growing on
their property or on highways adjoin-
Ing, under penalty of fine for each day
of neglect. Are weed ordinances usu-
My enforced where they exist?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01

pins, and d, can be made of and or
binary three-quarter of half inch bolt,
says the Orange Judd Farmer. but they
should be proportionately strong with
the kind of wagon the jack is to be
used upon. The lever. b, should be
about four. feet long, in order to re-
duce the force required to raise the
wagon
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
Similar SYMPTOMS.

"Are you married MANI" asked the
awyer, who was doing the cross-exam-
ming.
NO." answered the witness, who had
one arm in a sling and traces of the
strenuous life on his face Il was run
over by an automobile last week. -
Chicago Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
PRUNING ROOTS or TREES
Directions as to How the Planting
Should Be Done--Position
of the Fibers.

While there may be merit in the
method of planting known as the String
fellow plan, which provides for cutting
away most of the roots of the young tree
as well as the top, it is plan which does
not work well with all species of trees
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
A SIMPLE WAGON JACK.
Device Which Can Be Made at Home
and Which Will Lift
ANY Wagon.
manner.

This device is one of the simplest
and most practical wagon jacks made,
and should be constructed of good
hard wood and firmly bolted. The
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01

Ode trouble wifi some mighty smart
men, said Uncle Eben, lis dat when OPP
portunity comes along, dey does so much
mental arithmetic about it dat it's clean
gone pas befo' dey gifts de answer -
Washington Star.
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anu ~ A6A4
miles from
Ire n t on,
Mo-, says:
/" A severe
cold settled
III my kid
neys and de-
veloped so
quickly that
Iwasobliged
to lay off
work on ac-
count of the
aclainp in nv
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01

Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. \.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
BILE medicine for coughs and colds.N. w.
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Special Low Rates to N. E. A. Meet
inc Asbl1lv Park N r.

July 81, via Nickel Plate Road. Long
return Limit and Stop-over privileges at
Chautauqua Lake, N. Y, Niagara Falls
and New York City Full information Of
Agent, or address J. Y. Callahan, General
Agent, Ill Adams St., Chicago, Ill.
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It is proposed when a certain Atchson
man dies TO place his automobile over his
grave as a monument. He has spent so
many happy hours under it., people say.
-Atchison Globe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01
Shake Into Your Shoes

Education is more than preparation for
life; it is a life.-Chicago Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01

Rain may be all right for growing crops,
but it brings no JOY to the baseball fam
Chicago Chronicle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-01

The early straw lid catches the merr,
ha! ha.-Chicago Chronicle.