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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-06

An order has been posted on the
bulletin boards in the local l. {.
car and woodworking department
cutting the working day down hall
an hour
The mill and car shops have been
working ten hours a day but on sc-
count of the shortening Of the day
the hours were cut. From snow on
the department will work from to
IL and from to $3.50 o'clock. Since
Monday the department has been
working until 1890 at noon in order
to fill in the full ten hours before
darkness came.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20
JAMAICA GINGER ron COLO.

IL Is probably generally known that
jamaica ginger Is used freely In an con-
difion powders put up for animals, ana il
Is undoubtedly one of the best fonics
known. II is used for mild attacks OF dys-
entry n collie by humans and we have
used 1t very successfully In incipient att
lacks OF collie with horses. Usually tho
ground root is mixed with powdered char
coal and calcined magnesia In the pro-
portions Of four ounces or ginger. and two
ounces each OF the charcoal and mag
nesia. The ordinary dose is a tablespoons
ful OF the mixture. although this may be
one-half II the attack liz &C.
we're. Oftentimes acute kidney attacks
are mistaken for collie and generally the
WI go together, so II Is a good plan to
give the horse a dose of sweet spirits OF
nitro the day after the Jamaica ginger Is
given. 1t can do him no harm. for the
kidneys OF a horse are generally more OF
less cIoggcd even when the animal seems
In fairly good health. After an attack
of collie the animal should be well blank.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20
Shippers VS., the Railways.

questions arising under the interstate
commission, will be effective
or VIII give the relief which is demand
ed by the shippers and the people.
AS compared With the plan proposed
TO Vitalize the interstate commerce
commission, itself, the Elkins scheme is
not worth serious consideration. If IL
be as reported.
The governors views on the subject
nave been ELECTED by a railroad pub
llcation called Freight published i'm
New York city. which recently teIe-
graphed him for his opinion of the Ell
klns proposition. 1t having been COM
nlohiy known that the governor was
one or those who went to Washington
to urge the president to recommend to
congress an increase In the powers of
the commission, the railroad people
who have been fighting the Quarles-
cooper bill have been especially anx-
ioux to know his opinion OF the vari-
Gus schemes proposed as a substitute
therefor.
Governor Cummins communication to
Freight" in reply to it's request for an ex-
preston of opinion was as follows:
december IA, ls04-Editor Freight, New
YORK, n y; Replying TO your telegram.
l beg TO say that the presidents message
relating TO the extension of the powers
OF the interstate commission i5
DOTH timely and SOUND. 1t proposes to
~ III II q
speedily and without all the formalitjcs
which attend a regularly organized court.
and having the owe IL necessary .,nan
us own initiative, to substitute a rate
for one found to be unreasonable. or un-
just, and to make the rate thus substf.
tuted operative Immediately.
III this be done ii will afford some relief
TO the shippers and localities suffering
from excessive or discriminative rates.
believe that the presidents views are uni.
versally approve among the people.
The bill which. according TO newspaper
report, Is to be brought forward by Sena.
tor lkins establishing a circuit court Of
interstate 10 take iuridsiction
OF all matters arising under the interstate.
act. would, in my opinion. fur.
nish no practical relief for the evils OF
excessive and discriminating rates.
The examination Of q freight rate I'm a
court hampered by all the rules which
regulate the introduction of evidence. ac-
companied by the delays which are com
mon in such tribunals, attended with the
cost which is incident to technical litiga-
ton, and followed by no effective result
until the supreme court of the United
States is reached, will afford no remedy
10 the usine interests of the country.
To establish such a court for the orig
inal hearing of complaints as an answer
10 the demand which the people are now
making is 10 keep the promise to the ear
and break IL to the hope.
(Signed) A. p. Cummins.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20
GOOD FARM HELP NEEDED.

From ali over the country the cry IS
going up for more farm help. Many men
who are unable to do the work on their
farms nave made every effort to get
good farm help, and. failing to do so, are
selling their farms and retiring, says the
Ottumwa Qowa) Courier. Others are
reducing the volume of their farm oper-
atoms 10 conform with the labor they
can count on without hiring any addi-
tional help.
One man of the writer's acquaintance
has adopted a unique and successful plan
for securing and keeping good men. He
pays his helpers good wages, and after a
man has been in his employ for one year,
If he Is found worth retaining, he Is
taken into a profit-sharing scheme.
This gentleman has an exceptionally
good paying gardening business, located
close to a large city. Ills plant is worth
$40, 600, and he clears, usually, 30 per
cent. Al the end of each year he pays
each man employed with him more than
one year a dividend on his salary equal
to the per cent. of profit derived from
the business. If the garden yields a
profit of 80 per cent. and the mans salary
Is $500 per year, he will receive in addi-
ton to his salary a bonus of $50.
AS a further inducement to his men to
remain with him and save their money
he gives them ar opportunity to invest
their savings in the business, with the
understanding that they can draw out
their capital within a reasonable length
OF time after giving notice of a desire to
do so. This part of the plan might not
be practical in many cases, but we can
see no reason why the profit-sharing plan
would not be worth a trial.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20
ADuLTERATlNe STOCK FOODS.

There is no reason 10 doubt but what
there are plenty Of manufacturers of stock
foods who are not over careful about their
mixtures, to put it mildly. but in states
where the authorities are having samples
analysed, using samples bought in the
open market, the manufacturers are some
what careful what they send. Some of the
state experiment stations are taking hold
of these things and making Public what
they find The New YORK state expert
ment station in a recent report makes the
following which are worth the
serious consideration of those who are
in the habit of buying stock foods: The
inspection reveals the fact that the SAM
pies representing quite a number of
brands contained considerably less protein
than called for by the guarantees. In all.
at least hfty-two sampled showed
a larger deficit than would be regarded as
reasonable" A list of twenty-seven brands
is given, concerning which is said, Named
for special consideration either because
they are not what their name would in
dictate or because they are compounded
by the use in part of inferior materials,
oat hulls being the undesirable Ingredient
every reader who has stock food to buy to
send for this report. Policy makes 1t un-
desirable to give a list OF the brands re-
ported on in this department, but they
are given prominence In the report rev
ferred TO. Non-residents of New York
state would better send, say 10
cents, for the bulletin. To residents OF
New York state II is free for the asking.
Write the New York state experiment
station, Geneva, N. Y. and ask for bull
letin No. 255.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20
Ey
Or. C. D. sm3ad

We have crossed Two breeds OF fowl
and developed the Plymouth Rocks.
Who Will mention any either breeds
we have. rel created? But l viii stop
that line of talk. ] hear shutting OF
feet and see some old fellows putting
hard on their pipes.
j want TO tell you some horse expert
ence. In a general purpose class. some
brood mares, with colts by their sides.
were brought into the ring. The FIRST I
noted was a fine looking hay mare.
sired by the well known sire, Nam
brine King. and from a Clay mare. Al
noble mare she was. But her colt?
There II stood; short, high hips, a
meaty leg, a lustreless. sunlxen eye.
with as much action as a COW. ! said:
My friend, o have d fine mare.
What sired her COLT ~
Well" he said. Il don't know just
how The boss was bred, but twas a
mighty good boss that Joe Smith got
somewhere. He worked him in the
team. y that was what he wanted
He wanted a boss that could plow.n
Well" ! asked, don't you plough
with this mare?"
He said. Yes; she IL one of the best
plough bosses 1 ever owned: 1T takes
q good one to outgo her on the road
The next l looked at was q well built.
high grade Percheron mare. BY her
Stat was ~ IOit with n1nu fE&8,
light bone n a ewe neck. I asked:
What sired this coltg" he said.
Mr.. So-and-So's hose, over at--ville.
He took first money In a race last year
at fair in 2:22. BY gosh. / want
something that can go on the road a
little better h IA the old mare, 30 r
thought ! would breed for it, And SO
| went down the line. / found just
two men who had bred their mares to
5ires suitable 70 them. Neither OF the
mares was as good individually as the
first two named, but the mares and
colts combined won first and second
prizes. Had the earliest two named
been bred to the horses they were
suited to breed from. the prizes would
have gone to them. Here Is a lesson
IN a nutshell. That Mambrino mare
should have been bred TO a horse her
equal n along lines similar TO herself
or better. She might have produced
Well had q hackney or coach sire been
used, but the SIS difference In the SER
vice fee causes the poor fool TO patron
lie a scrub mongrel. and he has a colt
which. IL nothing befalls 1t, when four
years old Will be worth perhaps $1e0,
wnen, had he p~atronized the good sire
at 80 more, he would have been just AS
sure of 5000 for the colt ut -four years.
Had the Percheron been bred 10 Il
Percheron, a good foal would have
been the result. instead Of a good-for-
nothing In particular one. Here are
es'saa nees.e. ttc- you 10 take INTO
consideratin.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20
The SiIO for The Western Corn Crop

In an address before the Nebraska
live stock breeders. II, r. Miller OF
Ohio said:
Your standing corn stalks are evil
dence to me hat you have not awak-
ened to the realization Of the changes
that time has wrought in your condi-
tons. Corn fodder is worth more per
acre than prairie hay. There is now
machinery by means of which, and
horse power, it may be handled as sue
cessfully as any other crop, tha.s: fr-
ducing the labor involved, SO that IL is
made q really economical feed. The
corn harvester N the silo are 60 the
corn crop what the cotton gin was TO
the cotton industry.
"Siloing corn saves practically all of
1t. puts ii into a palatable and digesti-
bic form, at least cost per acre for har-
vesting, and preparing for feed, also
at least cost for storage, and puts 1t
into most convenient form for feeding
TO all kinds of stock except hogs.
1T is, however, pre-eminent as q cnt-
Tie feed. Cattle eat 1t all. and thrive.
upon II as upon blue grass pasture. A
dry corn stalk is not a tempting NOR
sci, but AXE that stalk at Just the mo-
ment OF maturity. when its sugar con-
tent is at its highest. and preserve Ii
IN its juice, and you have yellow
peaches with sugar and cream for the
cattle, In contrast with dried peaches
with the skin on.
But, you argue, that will do for the
little farmer OF Ohio. with his band
box herd of Jersey cows. To this I re-
ply that l think our farms In Ohio are
KEPT 10 your average in the eastern
part OF Nebraska. Moreover, the silo
rs not confined to our smaller dairy
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20
New Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture.

the western plains, the cotton farmer
of the south, the wheat raiser of the
West n the dairy farmer of the east.
He was born and reared on a farm
in Ohio. He has been associated with
farming interests oil his life and is a
graduate OF the Iowa Agricultural coll
lege az Afnes, of which Secretary Will
son WAS dean at the time of his APP
pointment to the cabinet. For a num-
Der of years after his graduation Mr..
Hays was engaged in editorial work
on one of the foremost agricultural
journals of the country. Later he be-
came director of the North Dakota ex-
perimental station, resigninG hat posi-
ton fifteen years ago to take up his
present. work in Minnesota.
He has carried On most valuable ex-
periments in plant breeding and farm
management at the state farm school,
and he is recognized as an authority on
he breeding of plants. The statistical
methods of recording facts connected
With the breeding OF plants and ami
mails have been developed by him and
are now largely used throughout this
country and in Europe.
The practical value of his work is
demonstrated by the fact hat Profess
sor Hays has originated and introduced
two varieties Of wheat which are now
being grown on several thousand acres
I'm Minnesota. The average yield of
n OF these varieties, Minnesota No.
l69, is Is per cent. more han of the
variety it has displaced, adding 50 add
ditional revenue TO the net value of
every acre of wheat grown from it's
seed, am increased income 70 the farms
ers of Minnesota of hundreds OF thou
sands of dollars each yea
The Chicago Drovers' Journals re-
marks:
Professor Hays is one of the best
known agriculturlists in the northwest.
His work has been largely along the
line OF field crops. Particular attention
has been merited by the results that he
has secured in wheat breeding. Located
in Il great wheat country, Professor
Hays early turned his attention to the
great grain crop. The results secured
by him nav meant much for the wheat
farmer and have been the Immediate
means by which his general work has
been brought before the public.
At the organization of the American
Breeders association the ability of Pro-
fessor Hays and the great work he has
done for agriculture was fittingly rec
ognized when he was mad secretary of
that organization. Always liberal and
progressive, Professor Hays has been
n Of the leading spirits in pushing
this organization to the success that
it has already attained.
Professor Hays is a man AZ years Of
age and matured Judgment. His firm
grasp upon agricultural subjects il well
understood. Nearly twenty years ago
he graduated from the agricultural
course in the Iowa State college at
Ames. He has always been much ad-
mired by Secretary James Wilson, who
for several years was the dean Of agri-
culture at the Iowa college, and doubt
less owes much of his latest success
TO this acquaintance with the head OF
agricultural department..
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20

farms, but. Is In use by some OF ou
largest cattle feeders.
.-True, our farmers do not have a.
large a proportion OF their lands i'm corr
as you do, but they do o need ia
when they utilize all they grow. "A
man With whom l have been associated
since coming among you. and who ha
me that half the tillable land of the
four eastern tiers of counties ~ la corr
each year.
1.-THE silo would enable you to cut
that area down oue-third, under a CON
sentative estimate. III the labor was
bestowed upon a smaller area OF corn
putting 1t largely into silos and aevot-
ing the land withheld from corn IL AL
falfa, there is no doubt that twice the
present number of cattle could be main
tained.
The incidental advantages that win
follow h introduction of the siIo are
many. Your cattle viii be fed under
shelter. and the saved, and this
for you as for the eastern farmer. IL
Your wheat and oats viii not stand II.
your clover. corn and alfalfa will.
Then in the belt of sufficient rain
fall this rapid removal OF h corn
crop Will encourage II short rotation OF
crops, in which wheat win follow corn,
thus lessening the cost of wheat pro-
duction. III will relieve your glutted
corn market and give q better balance
TO your farm operations"
Mr.. Franklin stated that while the heif-
ers We're to thickly co vercd with outside
fat TO suit the American trade, they would
not be user minated against on the British
market. The fifteen head were shipped
to London.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20
; HOW SHALL We RAISE MORE
E

The value of the wheat crop is now
Lsuch that farmers could we'll wish TO
have some to sell. Throughout much OF
past years because the crops raised
We're not sufficiently large 10 make il
profitable. The rust which was SO pre-
valent in much of Minnesota and the
Dakotas is responsible for the present
price in a large degree, but the demand
for wheat is increasing n with empty
bins such as those into which the next
harvest shall fall will go a long way
toward insuring a profitable price IL
a reasonable crop can be raised. AS a
matter of national pride we should
raise more wheat.
Mann OF u subscribers from the
rusted districts are probably in doubt
as TO the a~dvisability of sowing this
rusted wheat TO produce the next crop.
Professor II. l.. Bolley. who has been
doing so much practical experimental
work at the North Dakota station has
sent out some recent statements on
this subject. He says: Every farmer
ought TO study this seed question be-
cause it means much TO him and TO the
state as a whole. Rust has shriveled
the grain in man. parts of the state,
800 az OAA1 ft1&A lGRA ~ N1E NNA11N
which has grown in a rust-infected
crop provided the grain is not much
shrunken and is not otherwise injured
by moisture or other conditions. Rus
does not attack the crop by way
Of the seed as smut does. 1t depends
upon weather and soil conditions and
upon the wind borne. old spores which
are carried from plant to plant and
from field TO field during the growing
season.
I'm case, however, the rust was so
severe that most of the wheat was
badly shriveled it might be good policy
to change seed. In case of the newer
improved varieties OF wheat, however,
we would not entirely let the seed go.
The experiment stations are all work.
ing in hopes of producing valuable
varieties which are also highly rust re-
sistant. 1t does not seem reasonable
that light, shrunken grains of wheat
would produce strong vigorous plants
that would stool as satisfactory as
plump heavy grains. To use the plump-
est, heaviest grain available is GER
tainiy the part of wisdom. Yet we
have on n occasion at least seen very
choice wheat produced from shrunken
seed.
Fortunately such seasons as the
past n are not common. The study
of non-rusting varieties is an import
ant one. An earlier variety is safer
than a late one. This, NAM Iowa and
Nebraska farmers have found to be the
case with oats, and though the early
kinds do not generally produce so
much grain there is less risk. There
was every appearance of an immense
crop of wheat before the rust attacked
the last crop throughout Minnesota
and the Dakotas. 1t takes but two or
three days TO spoil the prospects OF a
great harvest and when rust once att
tacks the crop the binder had better be
started. We have cut crops when
~spoonfuls of red rust spores could be
gathered from the binder platform and
vet the grain was but little injured and
we have cut it sometimes when scarce
ly worth cutting from rust damage
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20
If Railroads, Why Not Other Corpora
fionS2

Philadelphia Ledger: If the railroads
are 10 be subjected TO supervision and
correction, why not other great corpor-
atioFis besides the public service COM
pan.es and common carriers? That is
the question which many persons are
already asking i'm relation TO the insur-
alce companies and many other actfvi-
ties, 1t Is a pretty hard question to
which to give a logical answer. some
Of tle strongest arguments advanced
against placing this extraordinary pow.
er III the hands of the interstate com
nlerce commission will be made by
those Who do not doubt that many OF
the railroads stand in need OF correc-
ton, but who dislike to begin creating
precedents which seem to lead the gov
eminent directly into all the concerns
cs~sfe. on the other hand, the practice
o. granting secret rebates and other de-
Vices which have, In fact, created the
most dangerous and tyrannical OF
trusts, have raised SO great d prejudice
against railroads hat there win be diff
ficully In discussing The subject calmly.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20
Good Pumpkin Pie Recipe.

Here Is such n good pumpkin pie
recipe that you simply must have IL.
Peel, seed and cut the pumpkin into
small pieces. Lay in hot water for half
an hour, and turn, dripping wet. into
a saucepan. Set on the n where it
will not boil under an hour. BY that
time there Will be enough juice to pre-
vent scorching. Cool tender, run
through n vegetable press when you
have stirred IL for 2 minute in the coll
ander to get rid of the superfiuous
water, and let ii get cold.
To one quart OF the stewed pumpkin
allow six eggs, three pints OF milk. one
tablespoonful each of mace. cinnamon
and nutmeg and a cupfui and a half
of sugar. Bea eggs light, add the
sugar and spice. then the pumpkin.
beating 10 a cream. lastly add gradu-
ally the milk. Bake In open shells Of
good pastry.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20

SdVc put00s 5
The Full Back-Footbull is d harm.
less game.
HIS Father-But you had your arm
and nose broken!
The Full Back-I know. but, you see.
! was carelec&
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20

Commenting on the appointment OF
Professor Hays as assistant secretary
OF agriculture, the st. Paul Pioneer
Press says:
Wiilet NJ. Hays, professor Of agri-
culture In the University of Minnesota,
who has been appointed by President
Roosevelt to the important position of
assistant secretary OF agriculture, will
remove TO Washington i'm the spring
and sever his relations with the state
farm school. The severance Will be but
nominal. however, for Dean Liggett
viii ask the board of regents OF the
state university TO grant Professor
lays a leave of absence so that the
Minnesota school may still have the
benefit of his direction and advice.
The secretary of agriculture needs
the best helpers 10 be found. AS as
sistant secretary he needs a mar OF
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-20

general ability and wide technical
training and experience. Professor
Hays is q MAI Of large experience and
broad ideas. He is characterized by
Dean Ldggett, of the state farm school,
as q man of business and ~tireless en-
ergy and of indomitable hope. There
is nothing that seems to be too difficult
for Professor Hays TO 40. He is recog-
nized as an organizer of ability and
is a resourceful Investigator, who ranks
With the foremost agriculturalists of
the day.
The work that has beer pursued by
Professor Hays for the past fifteen
years a brought him into close con-
tact with farmers of every section of
the country. The scope Of his work has
been broad n has shown him TO be
a ma who is at once in sympathy
with The interests of the stock feeder
of the corn belt, the cattle raiser of
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-08-10

Yesterday. In the afternoon The home
|of G. IT. Thomas was entered, $3.50 In
cash being taken, but nothing else was
disturbed. The residence of X. r. Bas-
sett was entered some time during the
evening, during the absence Of the fam
lily, and about $50 worth Of solid silver
ware, revolver and few other arti.
cles taken. The house Is just across the
street from the Crescent hotel and next
door to church. II Il thought that
the robbers boldly went in the front
door by means Of skeleton key, and
that they we're frightened away and
dropped out Of the open bedroom win.
dows, as they failed to take large
quantity Of solid silverware az well rs
money and jewelry that we're In the
bedroom. The police are busy on tae
two cases.