Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-28

yield of 10000 900 bushels.
The Congregational Aid will
meet with Mrs. Benedict Wednesday
afternoon of next week.
Miss Yockey, Mrs. Simpson, aud
Mrs. Heilman, cousins Of Mrs. Daw-
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. Petit, aunt and
uncle of tina. lady, all of Watertown,
are guests at the Dawley home
this week.
Miss Lillian Dow has our
thanks for a handsome boquet of
flowers. The two little ladies in the
Dow family, Misses Lillian and
Freda, take great pride in their flow.
er garden. Sunday morning they
counted 487 peoples in bloom.
F. d. Peck, brother-in law of
w. r. Allen, arrived with his family
the latter part of last week from
Oregon and will make this locality
his future home. Mr.. Peck former
ly lived at Lake Preston, and he and
family are visiting at that place this
week. They will occupy the Arm
strong house on Second street until
next spring when they will move on
to a farm in this vicinity.
1t beats everything what chances
some of the hobos take in stealing
a ride on trains. We always sup
posed that after the baggage and ex-
press cars had been closed at the
ends, so that only a few inches of
space was left between the cars, the
hobos would be compelled to travel
by freight. But such is not the fact.
Wednesday morning we noticed IA
tourist board the train after it was
in motion and calmly locate on about
twelve inches of bumpers. 1t may
beat walking but we should prefer
the latter.
The G. q NV. is rushing the
work of ~graveling its road bed. The
gravel is being hauled from a pit
near Bruce on the branch running
from Watertown to Brookings. There
are five train crews engaged in the
work and for hauling the trains sew
eral large engines have been sent up
from an eastern division. Fifteen to
seventeen cars constitute a train and
each car contains twenty five cubic
yards of gravel. The cars are what
are known among railroad men as
ballast cars" The bottom of the
car is shaped like a hopper and the
contents is dumped by means of
levers. A train load will cover about
one. half mile OF track three inches
deep. The gravel is dumped in the
center of the track and a car with a
spreading attachment is then pushed
over the covered track, spreading the
gravel to the required width and
1t is estimated that ninety
days will be required to complete
the work on this division. Railroad
men say that the work now being
done will be a valuable improvement.
To show what can be done 10
.airying in this locality we give be.
the report of August Nelson, who
lives on the Mike Lee farm west of
this city. Mr.. Nelson MIXED eight
COWS during the month of June. He
delivered a part of his product in the
form of milk to the De Smet creatn
which tested IS and sold at 49,
cents, netting him S27.75. The bal
ance of his product was taken to Man
chester in the form of 1874 pounds Of
which tested 2S, and sold at
cents, netting him $ll.45. Had
Mr.. Nelson marketed his whole pro-
duct at the De Smet creamery he
would have gained 10 points on the
test and II cents per pound on but
ter fat, making a total of S45.46, in
stead of 1920, which he actually re-
ceived. On the basis Of the price
paid at De Smet the eight cows
would have averaged their owne.
S5.67 per head, instead of $40 each
for that month. There are several
parties in this locality who insist on
shipping cream to outside concerns,
some ever claiming that a higher
price is paid by the foreign buyer.
believe this is a mistake, and
that il the parties would have their
cream tested here and keep an ac-
curate account Of the test and the
price they would find that the local
factory will make them more money.
The outside house must make
their profit, the transportation is by
express at a high rate, and the latte
is upon the buttermilk as we'll as
butter fat, which certainly makes tn.