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The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04
HOW CROPS WERE DOUBLED
report of Consul Frank W. Mahin Of
What Was Accomplished on
Poor English Land.

Consul Frank w. Mahin, of Noting
ham, England, makes the following re-
port on experiments recently made in
England, showing what liberal fertiliz-
ing will do with naturally poor land in
the way of increasing yields:
"Experiments carried out during the
past season in this country demonstrate
what liberal fertilizing may do with
naturally poor clay land. In one case
mangold field was divided into five
plats, one of which was left unmanured
for comparison, while the others re-
ceived 48 pounds per acre of superphos-
phate, with and without nitrogenous
manure. The unmanured plat gave 12A
tons of roots per acre. Superphosphate
alone raised this yield to 20A tons;
superphosphate and 224 pounds OF
nitrate of soda per acre raised the yield
to 27A tons; superphosphate and 448
pounds of nitrate raised it to "a tons,
and superphosphate and 672 pounds of
nitrate raised it to 80 tons.
"The respective increases due to ma
nuring on the four fertilized plats were,
therefore, in round figures, Z IA, q and
26 tons per acre, and, if the cost of the
fertilizers be taken into account, the
average cost of the increase in roots
was less than 73 cents per ton-consid-
cred very cheap price to pay for man
colds in season not especially favor
able to their growth. The board of
agriculture estimates the mangold crop
of the country for 1904 at 1874 tons per
acre. The yield of the best plat referred
to, 80 tons per acre, was therefore double
the average.
An experimental oat crop followed q
crop of roots. Without manure the yield
was q bushels of oats and 1904 pounds
of straw per acre. With 1886 poundaof
superphosphate per acre the yield was
"a bushels of oats and 1850 pounds Of
straw, and with superphosphate and 112
pounds of nitrate of soda per acre Al
bushels of oats and 1858 pounds of
straw; while superphosphate with 224
pounds of nitrate, applied in two Dress
ings, gave AZ bushels of oats and 1886
pounds of straw. In each case the in
crease in grain and straw is taken as
worth, roughly, twice the cost Of the
fertilizers employed in producing it.
The board of agriculture's estimates
Of normal oat crop indicate that the
yield Of AZ bushels per acre is at least
ten bushels beyond the average from
ordinary soil"
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04
NEW TOWNS IN NORTH DAKOTA

NEW III w ND lN MN LII OAhO4A
The extensive railroad building now
being done in North Dakota has
brought tributary to railroad facilities
an additional vast area Of the rich
agricultural sections of northern and
western North Dakota. The Great
Northern Railway is building num-
ber of new extensions from its main
line northward notably that of the
Sarles extension Of the Edmore line,
The Thorne extension running north
from York, the Maxbass extension
running northwestward from Towner,
and q further extension of the West
hope line to Antler.
The building Of these new lines
has brought into being number Of
new towns which are fully described
in pamphlet recently issued BY the
Great Northern Railway. BY appli-
cation to Mr.. r. /. Whitney. Pas
|senger Traffic Manager, St. Paul
Mimi, copy Of these pamphlets
New Extensions ii North Dakota y !
or New Towns in North Dakota 3
will be mailed to any address. J3O st
Fittie loans On the best terms. tt
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04

ture l now have, Fig. l, is a two-story
building 20 feet wide and 40 feet long.
The upper story is divided into three
feed bins with chutes extending to a
cooking apparatus near the middle of
the lower floor.
On the lower story, Fig. 2, have two
rows of pens separated by a passage
way running lengthwise. A trough
nearly feet long is in each pen at
the side nearest the feeding passage.
Into this trough the water and the
carefully cooked meals are poured over
6-inch board which slants downward
from the feeding passage to the side of
the trough. One pen is used as cook
ing-room.
Along the sides of the hog barn on
the outside are nine uncovered pens,
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04
HELPFUL HINTS.

It's never too late to begin.
Now is the time to do things.
a good friend is better than gold.
Give the brooder chick chance.
Go fishing later onget busy nov.
Don't be in hurry to plow up the
Alfalfa.
The way to have good credit is not
to use It. q.
Take care Of your geese when the
fox breaches.
@ Now, farmer men. for hard work!
But away with worry.
The most manifest sign Of wisdom is
continued cheerfulness. s.9
Most disconsolate "critter'' not a
wet hen, but the farmer who loves the
old place but whose wife has an In
durable attack Of town fever =
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04
PENS FOR FATTENiNG.
In Pork Raising, the Most Important
Matter Is Careful Selection
of Shoats.

One of the most important things in
pork raising is to buy the number OF
healthy young shoats you desire to fat
ten, IL you do not have, enough from
your own brood sows. If you buy them
from your neighbor, or raise them
yourself, be sure that they belong to a
hardy and easy-feeding family, says the
Orange Judd Farmer.
These should be put into large we'll
built barn with plenty Of room for ex-
ercise and good ventilation. The struc-
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04
SHEEP FEEDING RACK.
Combined Hay and Grain Device Is
Now Found Necessary-Points
for Construction.

Since the practice of feeding sheep,
grain and hay together has been adopt
ed by many farmers, a combined hay
and grain feed rack is necessary, says
the Farm and Home. The sketch illus
trates a frame which is very practical
and at the same time inexpensive, which
may be constructed by any farmer. In
order to feed corn silage or grain to-
gether, the rack should be made tight
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04
Feeding Young Lambs.

When the lambs are two weeks old,
they can be taught to eat = little grain.
Ground oats and peas and linseed
meal make q good ration. When =
:itt1e older add y little cracked corn 10
the ration.-Farm Journal 81
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04
PECULIAR DISAPPEARANCE.

PECULIAR DISAPPEARANCE.
j. D. Runyan of Butlerville O. laid
the peculiar disappearance of his pain
full symptoms of indigestion and bill
iousness, to DR.. Kings New Life Pills
He says: ''They are prefect remedy,
for dizziness, sourstomach. headache,
constipation. etc. - Guaranteed at
all druggists, price 25c.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04

the bottom. The water may be then
turned into the larger, or main cistern,
by opening valve in connecting pipe,
c, by the rod, d. The end of this pipe, a,
is placed about one foot from the bot
tom of the receiving cistern, to prevent
drawing the sediment into the larger
one. The check, c, may be any good
gate valve to which the rod, d, is at
tached for opening and closing.
find it much easier to clean q small
cistern six feet deep than large one,
says writer in Farm and Home. This
small one may be emptied into the
main cistern at any time and cleaned,
even when the storage cistern is half
full.
To prevent possibility of checking or
cracking in the cement, allowing leaks
in the side of either cistern where con-
Meeting pipe goes through, walls should
be reinforced, as shown, with cement
on the inside. The small cistern can be
placed at any reasonable distance from
the main cistern. With this arrange
ment it is not necessary to allow the
roof first to wash off bsfoee turning in
the water, thus lodng what is often the
greater part 6>she rainfall.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04
Presbyterian Services.

Preaching service at $50 a. m.
Sabbath School at II As a. m.
Y. P. S. G. E. at Up. M.
Song and preaching service at 8 p. m.
Sabbath School teachers meeting
following prayer meeting at p. m.
You are invited to these services
They are for you. Gene.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04

Adu an unIalunG
supply of good wa
ter. 1t gives ad-
vantages over the
single form OF cis-
tern. The smaller,
or receiving cistern,
shown at right of
cut, takes the water
from he roof
spouts. where it re-
mains until sedi.
ment has settled to
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04

Dear Gus: - / have solved the
mother rin-law problem, just sive her
regularly HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain.
Tea. It will make her healthy happy
and docile as lamb. IS cents. Tea
or tablets T. Sims.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04
A GOOD clsTERN PLAN.
Arrangement by Which the Water
Supply Is Kept Free from Dirt and
Cistern More Easily Cleaned.

1have had cistern like the one shown
in the cut for IA years and have always
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04
BAst Breed ,of Hors

Best Breed Of Hogs.
@ The best breed OF hogs Is the breed
which help themselves the most, cost
the least and furnish the most good
meat On the cheapest food.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04
Because

we can supply all your
wants in that line
promptly.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04
Because

you want the very best
material you can get at
the lowest possible price.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04
Because

we are anxious to please
you and will appreciate
your business.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-04

F1ittie loans On the best terms. Il
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-29

There is a class Of people who have
apparently lost sight Of the fact that
the federal land laws, from the home
stead law down. and even before the
homestead law, were enacted tor the
purpose Of fostering the making g
homes for the nation; they seem I'd
think, and 1t must be confessed thAt
they have successfully put into prac-
tice their belief, that the laws are to
be construed into passing on the title
from the government into private
hands with absolutely no regard "a
homemaking. They argue that When
the public domain goes into private
ownership It. becomes taxable property
and this helps the country and the
State, and the question IL ignored -
to whether men and women 60 upon
that land and make homes and rear
families. q I'D i59s
x The following part Of the report %;
the Public Lands Commission shows,
that the Communication clause It pres
emit Is farce and that land can b.
entered under it and. almost immedi-s
ately added to already large Individual
holdings. The Commission recon-
mends that the period Of residences
be extended from fourteen months to-
three years and that the residence be.
actual and not constructive, as 1t TO-
at present. With such law strictly
enforced the evils of the commute
ton clause would be largely obviated.
It is, however, highly improbable that
If man actually resided and im-s
proved his homestead for three years
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-29

sof Oklahoma ana Indian Territory.
Difference Of opinion does exist 90 70
whether the two territories should be
admitted as one state or whether
they should be admitted as separate
states, but on the main propagation
the prepared ness OF these two terri
tories for statehood there is little
waiting view Is that statehood has
already been too long delayed IN the
case Of Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory. II Is almost disgraceful, we'll.
informed public men are saying, that
these two progressive territories
should be held back simply because
of disagreement a. to whether those
.unprepared territories, Arizona and
New Mexico, should be admitted. II
is high time, many men declare, Tor
congress to cut loose from the Ari-
iona and New Mexico propOsit lion, no
matter what form It may take, and
admit Oklahoma and Indian Tefritory.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-29
The Royal Crown Or EnkLand..

81 d. Uneasy Is the head that wears the
crown. The crown Of England is 2
costly toy and Is better to look upon
than to wear. Around the circle there
are twenty diamonds, worth 81, 900
each; two large center diamonds 3d..
600 each; fifty-four smaller ones at the
angle of the former, $500 each; four
crosses each composed Of TWENTY-FIVE
diamonds, Sex, 900; four large dia,
monds at the top of the crosses, $40
900; twelve diam6nd contained In the
feur-d ellis, 5000; eighteen smaller
ones In same, $40, 900; pearls, dia-
monds, etc, upon the arches and
crosses, $50, 600; also one hundred and
forty-one small diamonds, $25, 600;
twenty-six diamonds in the upper
cross, SIS 900 and two circles Of pearls
about the rim, $15, 900. The cost Of.
the precious stones alone IL nearly.
bali a million dollars. l*;ass
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-29
WHAT 4 STRIKE COST.


Chicago Obliged % Divert Money
Needed For lmprovement0 Into II
Paymento For Poles Servies.
1t will never 30 known definitely
Just what the: recent strike OF the
teamsters cost the people OF Chicago.
That the total would run we'll into
the millions. however, ID q conserve
tive estimate. judging from the single
item of the expense to the municipal
1ty for extra police protection.
Some time ago It was discovered
that the city could add $5,000,000 to
its bonded debt, and the people au.
thorized an issue Of bonds to this
amount for specific public improve
ments. The end Of the teamsters' strike
found $2,000,000 Of these bonds still
unsold and an emergency strike debt
Of some 1896, 900. To pay this bill the
council has retired the q, O00, 900 Of
bonds and ordered their reissue ID such
form that they may be used for general
corporate purposes. s3ts Il: & %s Sss
Thus $685., 600 the estimated
cost of lowering the two river tun.
nels-goes to pay extra policemen for
defending the lives Of citizens and pro
tecting their property while Z supine
city administration practically gave
license to the striking teamsters to
make the ordinary business Of peace.
full citizens full Of turmoil and haz.
ard. .Its5 81 sSssS5ss
T Money that the people intended to.
go into sorely needed permanent Inn
provements has been diverted to meet
the cost Of lawlessness that never
should have gone TO the extent It did.
Thu rnaf ~ fhia ana 0frikA In the
$685., 900 the city pays for extra police
service, plus what the county has to
psy for special deputy sheriffs, plus
the less to nsrchants. railways, man-
IS f i nl,,s 80 dozen
other Items that; itswould be- dimcult
to enumerate. And this only em-
braces money cost. Il takes no &c.
count of Inconvenience to citizens, Of
assaults on citixenss Of. the killing Of
s ~
1t III d tremend ously expensive thing
70 light . labor war Ina great city. =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-29
THE STATEHOOD QUESTION.
LLKELLHOOD OF TIE ADMISSION
or OKLAHOMAA AND INDIAN NJ
B ss E;sS5z$ TERRITORY.

= Disposition to Grant Them Statehood
lrrespectiveof. Arizona and New
.=sS Mexico-New Cong resslonal Align,
ment On Questlo Ions
The assembling of congress win
bringaneW blood ia both the House
\ and Senate. There ID promise Of 9
: long and S very important session:
New policies are to be discussed and
material changes in existing ECONOMIC
4 eOndi lions are to be proposed. Coming
upon the eve Of scOngresstOna cleo.
ton, the session will feel the effects, ia
ascertain extent, Of political consid:
erahonaL Us B.
The admission Of new states to the
Union will be one Of the hOld-Over
questions to- occupy the attention OF
\ the new congress. It appears now
that there will be decided shifting
!. Of position on the statehood problem,
some new lights having dawned since
session. n: l. s35 NJ i, n
Il Is understood that the committees
on territories of both House and Sem
ate are inclined to stand BY the old
program Of creating two states ont OF
the four territories, but it will not be
q surprise if this program falls to
meet the approval Of q maj ortty Of the
republican senator's and representa-
tiYes. Since the question OF state
hood Tor these four southwest terri
tories was brought into congress
many senators and representa- ives
have personally investigated the exist
.ing conditions IL the territories, and
the result is that public sentiment
among public men e crystallizing In
favor Of. the plan of admitting Okla
5homa and Indian Territory to state
hood and, IL necessary, letting Arlz0-
M and New Mexico wait.
There seems to be few dissenting
Voices against the proposed admission
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-29

intend to take any. Exercise ID loath-
some. And It cannot be any benefit
when you are tired; I was always
tired. y
II have lived a severely moral life.
But 1t would be mistake for other
people to try that, or for me to rec
ommend it. Very few wonld succeed.
You have to have q perfectly colossal
stock Of morals, and You cannot get
them on q margin; you have to have
the whole thing and put them in your
box. Morals are an acqnirement-like
music, like q foreign language, like
piety, poker, paralysis-no man is born
with them. I wasn't myself. I start
ed poor. 5 n ..$ & X. Il ss.4 f5E
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-29
LAND Monopoly.
IS BEING FOSTERED By OUR PRES
:, s e ENT SYSTEM or LOOSE 4,
:. n LAND LAWS
Communication and Desert
Land Act, Supposed to Encourage
\ Settlement-Largel Utilized for
4 II and Grabbing. @4t$sEg 5s:&4}

L y
Land Act, Supposed to Encourage
SettIement-Largely Utilized for
Land Grabbing. 81 IS It
Land monopoly is q black cloud Of
dread from which Ireland is Just
emerging, and we applaud England'a
| act, while We may yet possibly be q
little skeptical, in providing q plan
whereby tree Ireland may become 9
fact. 4 z:s &: ;, 81
Yet We ourselves are as rapidly ap-
preaching land monopoly In America
% It ID possible to do, considering our
vast extent Of territory. Land monop-
oily brings with It more state evils
than can be recounted in any single
article. It retards every internal de-
yelOpment, 1t smothers individual ef-
fort and enterprise and finally it
transforms the stem and fiber Of the
individual citizen from that Of q sub
stantial. self-reliant supporter Of free
government to supine, Indifferent
and passionless individual, lacking in
mental and moral poise and in those
sturdy and heroic qualities which
have made America the greatest name
in history. .,.ss 11s5 .-s.s$s ~. ~. /
Land monopoly, did. you say?"
says the American land grabber.
..Why, there Is enough land for the
children Of the nation for generations
IL not centuries to come. The gov
eminent owns IN the West alone near
" half q billion acres and how can
there be any land monopoly when this
vast area is always open to free entry
under our various land LAVISH
z Half Billion Acres Rem aiming.
I It Is true that there are valuable
lands In the West yet remaining open
to entry, or at least land which will
be valuable when it shall have been
furnished water for irrigation, but
whatsis the general description Of this
half billion acres yet remaining under
Uncle Sans control? Is it reasonable
to suppose that the shrewd land oper-
ators, living on the ground, have not
skinned the cream of this land, and
are pot doing SO to-day-the fertile
valleys and the rich plains, where
water can be applied-and leaving the
great bulk Of the land to their pos
:terity, land composed of mountain
tops and impossible canyon sides,
which will probably forever remain In
the hands Of the government and ut
least can never support life. Glance
at . physical map Of Colorado, just
for an instance. and note the vast
prcponderance of mountains. There
are many fertile valleys in Colorado,
for the map Is on much reduced
scale, but from its appearance you
would think the entire State was COM
posed of nothing but chain upon chain
and range upon range OF untillable
mountains. -" = So 49,.
- Denounced by Commission.
This question Of land monopoly in
the West, as it is fostered through the
use Of the Communication clause Of the
act and the desert land act
has been, studied by the Presid dents
Public Lands Commission, and their
report, the third installment Of which
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-29

% IVia}fnrs IA the Chinese LEGATION 81
$Waahineton have often been attracted
~ 4 tinv .Ittle figure perched ut the
I head of the grand stairway. It Is a.
vays there when q dinner party - 80.
inre M s. when Sit Chengtung Liana
Ghan 5 stha Chinesa Minister. Is giving
y = race,,tions III never fails to appear,
I snds thes 1,ninitiafed have been heard I'd
r. 800 ~ m nndartnne that fl ii q queer
SisIt1e 1sa,,rs srrhich ruards the head 81
~ tsirrs
- f4o 4 ,.,sy Il III 4 very animated some
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-29
MARX TWAIN AT SEVENTY.
THE HUMORLST ENTER1ALNS
GROUPS or AUTHORS 49, q
4 BA N0UE 4. y

At Three Score and Ten He e Hale
3 and Hearty Gives Views oN How
# to Llve-Never smokes %. Drinks
II While Asleep.
Mark Twain, that prince 8of hpmor-
lists has reached the limitation OF life
as laid down by the Scrip three
score years and ten. And vet he Is
still able TO give US gems of humor
md wit-such gems as attained fame
for him years ago when Huckleberry
Finn, Tom Sawyer and Inn0cents
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-29
Chief Engineer Of the u. 8. Reclamation Ser
E vice and Member OF the Public Lands
- 81: Commission. ~ NJ 5{z u a.

C01of Engineer OF the u. 8. Reclamation Ser.
@ vice and Member OF the Public Lands n
~ s.. - Commission. &. u sss7 #$$
he would be unwilling to pay $1.25 an
acre for immediate title, when by an
additional two years residence, he
could save this amount. Il. # $sgs
The provision. Of the desert land
act, and the recommendation for the
amendment Of which Is included In the
following report will be discussed In
next weeks article. IA S35z. 81. 5ss.
Consultation Clause Of the Home.
K IS; !, stead Act. 81. e wa
In the preceding report a state
ment was made that our investiga-
lions respecting the operations Of the
scOmmutatto clause of the homestead
law were still In progress. We were
not at that time prepared to recon-.
mend its repeal. Investigations car
ried on during the past year have
convinced us that prompt action
should be taken In this direction and
that, in the interest OF settlement, the
communication clause should be great
" modified. s.'',2 s..s5
A careful examination Of the dis
tricts where the commute ton clause
Is put to the most use shows that
there has been a rapid increase Of the
use Of this expedient for passing
public lands into the hands Of cor.
porations or large landowners The
object Of the homestead law was pri-
marily to. give to each citizen, the
head of a family, an amount OF land
up to 100 acres, agricultural in char
acter SO that homes would be created
In the wilderness. The communication
clause, added at later date, was
undoubtedly intended to assist the
honest settler, but like many other
well-intended acts it's original intent
has been gradually perverted until It
is apparent that a great part Of an
commuted homesteads remains unin-'
habited. In other words, under the
Communication clause the number 4 Of
patents furnishes no index to the
number Of new homes.
To prove this statement it Is only.
necessary to drive through a country
where the Communication clause has
been largely applied. Field after
field is passed without q sign Of per-
manent habitation or Improvement
other than fences The homestead
shanties Of the commuters may be