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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-15
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my heart was on IRE with jealousy.
anger and pain.
Two figures. both dark. were at the
end OF the terrace. where the steps led
down GO the lawn. and the moon was
shining full on them. They were lean
ing against the banlustrade. so alb
sorbed In each others society that they
did not notice my approach. did not
mean to become an eavesdropper. but
there was a big lump In my throat az
I saw their loving attitude. which quite
prevented speech. and before I could
swallow 10 down and call attention To
my presence. Dare had bent forward
and kissed the glowing cheek so near
his own. and stood frozen to the spot.
My worst fears were realized: the man
I loved was the lover Of my brothers
widow.
Kate. darling" he was saying. when.
TO n certain degree. I came TO myself
you do love me. don't you: It's too
early To talk OF a second marriage as
yet. know. but give me word OF
hope"
voice replied. You know you love Dr.
ana"
II thought did" Dare answered
slowly. Yes. Kate. you are right:
thought I loved Di: she in n sweet.
dear little girl. but you-Kate. you are
a goddess. My beautiful. my glorious
love. kiss me-"
with a faint cry drew back. and
fed I'm the other direction. down into
the park. How could I bear IL? My
grief for my brothers death had been
hard to bear. but what had that been
compared with the pain that his widow
had brought upon me7 As I ran sob
bling through the park suddenly heard
a mans step approaching me, and be-
fore I could stop myself ! ran head
long into the arms OF some one coming
from the West Lodge.
"Di. my little d." said a familiar
voice In my ears. and dear. well known
lips pressed mine. We'll. little sister.
Is u your
Terry. Terry. Terry" I cried. "oh.
how can Il be your You are dead"
Dead"
He released me In his surprise. and
faced me In amazed silence. The moon
showered It's beams full on his as
tonished face. and showed IL to me as
clearly as N ~ had been daylight IL
certainly was my brother Terrence:
my brother whom we all believed to
be buried In n l!ttie German village.
and whose widow was now on the ter
race with the man loved.
| Dead" he repeated. almost In q
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BEST WHEAT EVER RAISED.
~ n .. y sALs.

what 10 the best wheat grown In
the spring wheat sectionT" asked
Prof. w. NJ. Hays. assistant secretary
OF agriculture. acknowledged tho best
authority on wheat breeding In the
world.
Minnesota No. iss. Here h what
the wheat experts OF the 81 Louis ex-
position thought OF e." and he handed
me q letter he had just received. being
an onicial notice that this wheat had
won q grand prize. and that he. m
originator OF IT, would receive a grand
prize medal.
bred for two purposes. To make a
high quality OF Hour. and big yields OF
grain. We test n new variety for both
qualities before sending u out
This wheat was bred at the MIN
nesota experiment station from care
fully selected stock. During the eighth
and ninth years we made extensive
field tests OF Il. and In 100, sent out
the first seed. 500 lots OF four bushels
each.
This seed was sold at about double
the market value OF wheat. and only TO
those who agreed TO grow a. much
grain m possible for distribution as
seed.
The results have been very f,atter-
bushels more per acre from No. 100
than from the other varieties grown
alongside OF Il. This spring at least
100000 acres OF IL will be sown. AZ q
conservative estimate this should give
the growers 100000 bushels OF In
crease over what they would get II
other varieties were sown. Next year
there will be 100000 acres OF No. iss
wheat grown In the northwest. and
by the following year II will be grown
generally all over the spring wheat
section. adding several million dollars
to the gross income from this product.
This 10 what plant breeding has
done. We were ten years producing
this variety. II took a vast amount Of
labor. Hundreds OF thousands OF wheat
plants were examined. and records
made on many OF them. But look At
the result. The increased value OF the
wheat crop this year will more than
pay for all the work we have done
In plant breeding. and we have not
confined our work TO wheat alone.
We hope TO take this variety and
from u develop something enough bet
ter to displace II. In fact we are work
Ing on that now. but Il will be ten
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-15

The Iowa experiment STATEN 10 out
with the report on fee ling different
types OF steers. The bulletin gives the
result OF n years feeding test with
steers OF the beef and dairy type: and
Includes the slaughter test and meat
demonstra ton, the latter by Mr.. John
Costing. The investigation sought TO
prove which IA the most profitable type
OF steer for the feeder. and considered
both the amount OF gain and the value
OF the finished steer. This Is what h
considered a beef type:
Beef Type-An animal OF low set, COM
pact, blocky general appearance, display
ing vigor In the general bearing and car
riase. without any Indication OF RESTLESS
ness or nervousness. In form. short and
broad In the head, broad In muzxic. with
large nostrils and large mouth; the neck
abort, thick. and smoothly blended with
the shoulders: breast full and wide: Shout
ters. broad yet compact at top. and
back and loin broad. with fore-ribs arch
ing wide TO give width az the crops: body
deep. wide on floor OF chest. and with ca
rdsS'iys OF sSs
carrying width OF body out uniformly 20
tail: twist. deep and plump: thighs wide
as viewed from the side. and tick as
limbs reasonably fine. and free from meat
mess or fullnoss below the eyes; skin,
soft and pliable: hair. soft and silky. Ma
IutdA ueru Nkuc tnlck. muscuiar covering
over back. ribs. loln and headquarters,
and upon which the value OF the finished
carcass ultimately dependsD. should be
present In abundant amount: and with all
this, the disposition TO eat and sleep all
the time II OF the greatest Importance.
Dairy Type-An animal usually a tribe
high from the ground, rather unsymmetri-
cal because OF light hindauarters. and OF
rather nervous disposition, but very
vigorous. In form, OF fair width In fore
mead. but long In face: nostrils, large:
muzzie. wide: mouth. large: neck. rather
ong, not smoothly and compactly Joined
10 shoulder. Shoulders rather bare. mar
body deep. but lacking In width on top.
due to deficient spring OF forerib. and mar
row loin: stomach very capaciouH. indicat-
lng roominess for food. Hook bones usual
" somewhat prominent: rump. long and
.airly wide. but lacking In nlling. twist.
rather narrow As viewed from the side
IN some instances decidedly incurving on
rear line. and as viewed from behind great
~ lacking In thickness. Bone I'm head and
limbs usually somewhat coarse, but oc-
rasionally very nns: skin soft and pliable:
liable parts very lacking decidedly thin
over back. loin and In headquarters.
IL was not intended TO consider COM
PARSONS OF breeds, but u was thought
best TO select pure bred or high grade
animals. These were two pure bred
Angus, two high grade Hereford steers
purchased from representative breed
ers and two Holstein and two Jersey
steers bred at the college farm. The
experiment lasted a full year and the
steers were on dry feed the entire time
so as to know the exact amount OF
feed each steer consumed. Mixed
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where she had met Tcrry-with whom
she wished TO make her home while he
lived. IL might not be long. for he
was over so. but. while he lived. her
duty. she thought. was TO him.
30 Il was agreed that she should
remain with us until arrangements
could he made for paying over To her
the G 10000. due her az Terry's widow.
and then she should be free To return
to Krahwinkei until next summer.
when she should come again TO PEN
thony Court.
I secretly hoped that Affairs would
be arranged very soon 80 that she
might go. for however much I might
have liked her had she not been such
a general favorite. IL was really more
than an ordinary. flesh and blood girl
could stand To see her winning the
affections OF both father and mother.
and. far worse. OF the young mar on
whom I had set my own heart. and
whom fondiy imagined to be my own
lover.
He had certainly been very tender
TO me in my first grief at my brothers
death. and we had got upon very af-
fectionate terms before the arrival OF
the dfsconsolate widow. Was she so
very disconsoiate though? Were my
jealous eyes miotaken when I saw
giances cast at Dare-siances which
no 0tNCOnnoiate WIDOW OUGHT 10 tntOW
To another man. much less q man who
was rightfuliy another woman's prop
erty?
Quite three months had passed be-
fore the lawyers had everything In or
der. and were ready to hand over the
c $4,000 to Terry's widow. The money
was. by her request. to be paid into
the hands OF a banker In London, there
to await a suitable investment
II was n lovely evening In mid-Sep-
TENDER. a glorious harvest moon shone
down on the flower beds on the lawn
at Penthony Court. lighting chem up
with tn pale but distant beams. and
leaving the terrace and house In the
shadow.
I had been at the piano ever since
dinner. playing favorite bits OF music
To my parents. but my attention was
chiefly occupied In wondering with all
my Jealous. wounded heart. what had
become OF Dare and Katherine. An
hour ago they had gone out OF the
low French window on the terrace TO
look at the moon. and apparently they
were still looking at Il.
I stole n glance Mt the other occu-
pants OF the room. My father had
dropped asleep over his paper. my
mother was absorbed In a difficulty
she had encountered In her lace work.
They would not notice II I slipped out
after the missing couple. Go l must;
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MulcHINo APPLE TREES.

We all know that mulching saves
moisture and keeps down the weeds.
The idea OF mulching apple trees is a
new one. and the profit OF IL IL told by
". T. Cox. n well-known Ohio orchard
ist He says:
Last June I muiched s5e apple trees
az cost OF 80 cents per tree. Part
OF the orchard was left unmulched as
test Some OF these trees were large
enough TO bear four or Ave bushels
each, and others we're young trees, not
yielding one barila. The total yield
from the $50 trees was 400 barrels. and
the cost OF mulching per barrel about
Is cents.
In october Prof w. J. Green. of
the Ohio experiment station. visited
the orchard and picked apples from
average trees In various parts OF the
orchard. He found that from the
msiiched trees SSg apples made n bar
rel. From the unmulched trees $40 APP
Piles were needed for barrel. The
gain In number OF barrels was about
IL per cent.
"of the apples from the mulched
trees, rs per cent. were first grade
and % per cent. second grade apples.
or those from unmuiched trees only
So per cent. were first grade size. The
color OF the fruit from mulched trees
was much higher than that from un-
mulched. They were valued at IS
cents per barrel more on this account.
The results showed that the gain
from increased number OF barrels. size
on the $50 mulched trees. The cost
was SIS. Further. the straw remained
on the ground and will be worth fully
an much for next years crop as was
secured this year."
The late summer and fall was favor
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whisper. "Diana. what do you meanr-'
Well. anyhow. your widow 10 here"
I said confusedly.
MY widowi" he echoed. Dear little
Diana, what is the matter with your
MY widow How can have a widow
as you can Sec
well. she says she's your widow" .
said doubtsuiiy. "and she says you're
dead. And Mr.. Green says you're
"Ah. that understand replied Ter
~. with a peculiar look. Does mother
"why. OF course. Terry" I cried;
''you mustn't 20 10 her now--the shock
might kill her. I'll prepare her. But
who's Ka.e!'
Kate! A great. strapping creature.
II she, with black hair and eyes?
Handsome. but coarse!
consoled by this description OF her
triumphant charms. Hos I wired
that Dare could have heard t.
That's Green's sister. I'll tell you
all about n. ID. and then you must
break the news OF my return TO my
father and mother. and TIL make q
clean breast OF Il 10 them. Come and
she's posinR as my widow here. We
weren't long In Krahwinkei-why did
my father sent me to such dull hole
when I found out that Green wasn't
bit what he pretended TO be. and he
found the place m uncomfortable as
did. 10 We soon set or together for
Monte Carlo. where I lost heavily.
Kate. Green's sister. was at the ta-
bies. too. and Green. who knew that
by my godfather's will I came In for
that money on my marriage. tried HIS
best 20 bring about a match between
us. But was not having any. She's
just the kind Of a girl I can't stand
money that I had got into q regular
m. and I worried myself into n brain
fever over Il. When I came to myself.
I was In q miserable little hut. where
had no idea. with a dirty old woman
Cabling Italian to me. After q bit.
Green turned up and told me that he
was going to keep me prisoner there
One way or another he did manage to
keep me there was very weak with
the fever. rsmember-untii three days
ago. when he also took III with some
kind OF fever. and managed to escape.
while the old woman was attending To
him. Now dear. run on to the house.
! can't walt an. any,, Longer ger Break IN:
don't give Kate Green any warning. X
you can avoid t."
How I managed to tell them the glad
news. don't know. but did somehow.
and In very short time Terry was In
his mothers arms, back from the dead!
The routing OF Terry's widow fol-
lowed shortly afterwards. and was un-
dertaken by Terry himself.
I was not present at the scene. and
only know that she was permitted TO
remain at Penthany Court that night.
and that no proceedings were 20 be
taken against either her or her brother.
She went or by an early train next
morning. and we never heard any more
OF either brother or sister.
As for Dare. he was FIRST stunned
ard then remorseful for his treatment
OF me. but I am OF a very forgiving
disposition. and soon pardoned his
brief infatuation.
In fact. I may as well confess that
when he asked me 10 prove my for
giveness by becoming his wife. only
required a judicious amount OF press
Ing before faltered out shy but very
willing Yea"
II was very lucky that Terry re-
turned at the moment he did. lucky for
himself. myseif-and Darel
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BUYING FEED CONTAINING PRO.
TEtN

In some sections Of the country home
grown oats were selling Mt 70 cents BUSH
ei and some dairymen were converting
them into stock food In preference TO sell
Ing At this price. That might be consid-
cred good policy unless one stopped to con-
slider that the oats contained little protein
as compared with gluten meal for ex-
ample. At the rate OF 20 cents a bushei n
ton OF grounds oats would cost IS. while q
ton OF gluten meal. ranging IN price from
81 20 IS according 10 locality. contained
more than double tho quantity OF protein
than the oats. Hence we see IL would
have been profitable TO have sold the oats,
even at the Tow price named. and TO have
bought the gluten meal. The same s.tua-
ton obtains with many other things We
raise and buy and no better service can DO
done farmers than 20 advise them TO as
certain the relative feeding values OF tho
crop they have 10 sell and tho one they
think OF buying before deciding just what
to do. Better still. teach yourself and your
soil TO raise alfalfa and protein will DO
obtained at the cheapest possible expanse
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''Shs aoem't seem to know that
Terry came into cio.ooo on his mar
rage" my father went on.
did hs realiyr' asked Dare. who
mad come hack from India. on receiv-
Inc my fathers summons.
His godfather left him 10000. TO
- paid over 90 him on his marriage
day. net before. and to pass TO his
widow. q me survived him. II was
rather . Queef ides. wasn't IL :"
Rather. said Dare. But you are
not going 90 accept this woman's un-
supported statement that she 10 Terry's
Ny mother fred up at the idea of
doubtlng tire poor Etrrs word. and my
Gather picked up another letter with
the same p0stmark. and opened 10.
"As % happens. my dear Dare. he
aid quietly. ~we are not required TO
accept xatherine's unsupported testi-
mony. This letter 10 from Green
Gsrrys tator. 70. snow-siyins a faii.
marriage than the poor. broken heart
"a chllA has been able TO do. II seems
that they fell On love with each other
at first sAght. but that the fathers
sudden death precipitated matters.
Terry's own death occurred but two
days asser his marriage. before he had
time 10 write US Read for yourself"
glanced over II and then passed IL on
20 my mother.
An Invitation WIS sent 10 my sister
in-law By return Of post. with the re-
suit that. within three weeks. she ar
rived In the deepest possible mourninA.
and With . face expressive OF the
but she wRs very beautiful. I had
been In the HABIT OF considering myself
rather . pretty little person. but I
faded into insignihcance beside Kath-
crime. what was my round. rosy face
compared with that faultiess oval of
hersr How commonplace were my
gray eyes beside her large. veivety
black orbs. Ny nut-brown curls
seemed unworthy OF admiration. seen
near the heavy. rich black locks that
crowned her small. graceful head. And
how short and stumpy I looked beside
her, tail. slim. ex9ufsiteiy graceful fs-
ure.
She took M All by storm. Her man
ner was perfect. sweet. gentle. mourn
.ful. pathetic. Ny father and mother
adored her. and wished her 10 make
her home entirely with US. but. to my
secret 1oy. she refused. She would
spend every summer with us. she
promised. but there was an old uncle
u Krahwinkel-the 0recian town
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rAs Ora n.s 3 met Mrs. Penthony
me woo-vwy noeurally and properly.
- q 49, GaAy sWe months after Ter
RE 1oo1h-G1n6 In deepest widows
weeds. ~ po0g. dear husband" was
written 1arvs m over her. from the
Tie anAuky achrstockinged ankles re-
veals1 - ne stepped out OF the car
We - uss been aware Of the ex-
lstonoe q Tenys wife until she an
uouaco1 herue1f n q heart broken let
ter - ~ faaher - Terry's widow. and
thea NJ Dseher insisted on inviting
We haA - adored Terry-my father.
my moehr and myself. In earliest
years - trstted after him. his de-
voted nte1e slave. and. when asked my
name. he1 always responded. Terry's
s.stsr. iasess1 q the proper reply.
Terry. eoweves. had not turncd out
quite q - Ought 90 have done. and
aftee . oo0eWhaa lurtd career he was
can't abroaA with . tutor. to rusticate
On quiet German village. from which
he eat NJ mother repentant and at
foctlooaAe le1serA n was q terrible
shock % ~ IN when we had q wire
from l1r. Green. the tutor. announcing
our peer. dear bey's sudden death. fol-
tOWy0 - S41rr tCkttn8 w tuah tuC
authog1t1oD had insisted on the inter-
mont takiag place within the next two
~ eAaAsr was PROSTATE with grief
and biz next heir and nearest male
relative, my cousin. Dare Peuthony.
was In India. % poor Terrence was bu-
rle0 fAr away from us all without one
e hle NTH and kin TO follow him to
the UravA
0iS vssAs later Ma Terrence PEN
thooy'o osttar amazed us all. OF course
Terry. bs1ng -. might quite easily
have ~ married without seeking his
paseut6 ceaseat. but there seemed to
- NJ 0stive for Decrecy.
xathorlae Penthouy was. she told
a.. tho anughter Of an independent
gontlemaa. WHO had settled I'm the re-
mots German village for his health's
oAlke. aaa sAe certainly wrote US I'm the
style and handwriting OF a gentle
woman.
'Poor. dear boy sighed my mother.
'1t seems strange he did not tell us
~It sss.s her father died very sud-
denly I'D my father. glancing over
the letter again. and Terry asked her
70 marry Nm at once because she was
alone. ana then the poor boys death
followed bsfcre he could announce the
marriage % N.
poor ch1ld. n 10 very sad for her."
murmured my mother.
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years before we can expect any definite
results.
I'VE expect to take up another line
OF work. Next August there viii b.
planted at the Minnesota station sew
erai varieties OF winter wheat. Should
dure the winter we would have foun-
dalton stock for q variety OF winter
wheat that could be grown In the
northwest. Winter wheat produces
say six bushels per acre more wheat
than spring varieties. Here would be-
may not be able TO do this. but I be-.
lieve there 10 q good chance for a."
To what extent would farmers 20
Into plant breedingY''
Il do not believe the average farm
er should be q plant breeder nc all
That takes lots OF time. sl<il and pa
thence. and 10 property the work OF
should be q grower OF pure bred ssedA
The stations shouid furnish him IL
improved varieties.
There are some farmers who may
30 into plant breeding. They are tho
careful investigating sort. But they
should 30 In to win. expecting To spend
several years OF patient labor before
man TO undertake the work uniess no
10 prepared to do this."
1T IL the intention Of the depart
ment TO take up the WORK OF produce
Ing improved varieties OF grainsr-
Yes. but In cooperation with tho
state experiment stations. This de-
partment cannot sell seeda- The ex-
pertinent stations can Hence. when
we produce q promising new variety
we shall turn ID over to the state sta
tion for further testing and allow them
to distribute the seed by selling 10 to
enterprising farmers NJ q high price.
II you give away seeds. no matter
how valuable. they never receive
proper attention and are often thrown
away. II you sell the same man tho
same seed at q high price. he takes
pains To see that u has q good chance.
Not that alone. He becomes =
farmer OF q higher clasA He tii;s hin
soil better. He saves the grain from
this new variety and sells II for seed
at q high price. He sees the impor-
lance OF getting more pure bred seed.
Then he soon wants pure bred live
stock. So you see that by selling him
our seed Instead OF giving u TO him.
we help make q pure bred farmer OF
him.
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Training the Faculties.

Baltimore Herald: Nlkola Tesla was
talking about his student days mt
Prague.
II remember well nj Prague" he
said, IAN old professor OF great orig
inaIity and acumen. This professor In
sisted on the value OF "A free use OF
perceptive faculties. and he was al
ways pointing out the need for this
use In strange ways.
'One day, on arising to lecture. he
began:
faculties OF observation as you should.
he laid on the table before him a
pot filled with some vile smelling
chemical compound-a thick. brown
stun.
when I was n student he went
on. I did not fear to use my sense OF
taste
"He dipped his finger deep into the
pot. and then stuck the finger In his
mouth
Taste ~. gentlemen. Taste It. he
said. smiling grimiy.
THE evil pot passed around the
class. and one after another we dipped
our fingers In Il and then sucked them
clean. The taste OF the thick. brown
compound was horrible. We made wry
watched US with a grim smile.
when the pot was finally returned
TO him his thin lips parted and he gave
a dry chuckie.
"T must repeat. gentlemen he said
that you do not use your faculties OF
observation. II you had looked more
closely at me you would have observed
that the Anger put In my mouth wa,
not the one I dipped into the pot"