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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
Alfalfa in Wisconsin.

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The Wisconsin station, in conjunc.
ton with about 700 farmers in the
state, has been carrying on some ex-
periments in the growing of alfalfa.
1t has issued bulletin on the subject
which is summarized below as fol.
lows:
Alfalfa can be grown successfully
under proper conditions in all counties
OF Wisconsin. It thrives, best on we'll
drained soils that are underlaid with q
gravelly subsoil. Care must be exer.
cised in a thorough preparation of the
seed-bed. Seed of known vitality,
sown at the rate of at least 20 pounds
per acre, is sufficient to obtain good
stand. If the land on which the alfalfa
seed is sown is inclined to be weedy,
use nurse crop; barley sown about
three pecks to the acre has given best
results. II the field of alfalfa becomes
"patchy' and the plants are crowded
with white clover, June grass, ETC., it
is better to pillow the whole field in
the fall and re.seed in the spring than
to attempt to re-seed small patches.
There seems to be an advantage in
sowing alfalfa on ground that has
grown alfalfa before, as the accumula.
ton of alfalfa bacteria in the soil will
at once aid the new plants.
In this section of Wisconsin,, under
favorable conditions, occasionally one
cutting Of alfalfa can be secured the
same season of sowing. No attempt
should be made to cut alfalfa later
than the middle Of September, as a
sufticient growth cannot be secured
after that period to afford proper win.
ter protection. Alfalfa fields that are
to be used for the production of al
falfa hay should not be pastured, as
pasturing will injure the growth of
the alfalfa plants, nor should the crop
be cut too close to the ground at the
time Of harvesting. Hay caps are es.
sential in curing alfalfa hay, especial.
ly the first crop, as they protect 1t
from rain, dew and sunshine, each of
which acts in detrimental way on
alfalfa after cutting. On the station
farm the American variety of alfalfa
AhaS equdleo III every respect tue SO
called Turkestan variety; the seed is
less expensive and free from noxious
weed seeds, which is not always true
of the Turkestan. All farm animals
eat green alfalfa and alfalfa hay with
relish and do we'll on it. Alfalfa has
about the same feeding value as wheat
bran and may be considered as an
equal to that feed for dairy cattle and
| other farm animals.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
AMERICAS FIRST FIRE ENGINE
Still Preserved In a Bethlehem, Pa,
Museum,

Still preserved IN Bethlehem, Pa,
Museum.
It is a we'll authenticated historical
fact that Bethlehem had the first
hand fire engine in the United States.
This claim has often been disputed,
but never disproved.
1t was brought to this country from
London in 1893, on the good ship
Hope, having been purchased at sec.
ond-hand there for 43 pounds - shill.
ings. 1t had a flow of seventy-eight
gallons per minute, and was used con.
tinuously up to 1S48. The Persever.
ance fire company, now out of exist.
ence, which was organized in 1862,
had charge of the machine. Prior to
that time it was the property of the
citizens generally, for up to 1852 the
town had no organized firemen. There
were emergency men, and when a
fire occurred every man in town
turned out to fight it.
This famous relic is harbored intac,
in the museum of the Young Mems
Missionary Society of the Moravian
church, which body is the oldest OF
it's kind in a.-Philadelphis
Record.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
Old Hens as Layers.

do not know that old hens are
good layers, but think that some of
them are, and If we could find the
hens that are good layers when they
get old and breed from them we might
succeed in getting a strain of hens
that would prove to be very profitable.
Until we know more about individual
old hens as to their laying qualities
we had better stick to the puilets and
two-year.old hens which we know will
'ay.
attended a convention last winter
at which one poultry raiser read pa
per on poultry raising. He said that
he had one Brown Leghorn hen that
he had kept for ten years and that
was still laying well. He had no rec
ord OF the exact number of eggs laid
by her, which is pity as such data
would be very valuable. But If one
hen will do that there must be others
that are doing equally as we'll, and
such need only to be discovered and
brought together to give us the foun-
dation for a strain of most excellent
layers. In a COW it is the persistence
OF milk giving that counts. A COW that
would give milk for a year would not
be counted as of much Importance and
would be quickly disposed of. If hens
stop laying before they have lost their
vigor something is wrong. Other
things being equal, hens should lay
well till they are at least six years
old.
The greatest trouble that have
found about old hens laying is that
they do not lay in the first half of the
winter, and we have as yet found no
way of making them do that. While
they are pullets they lay we'll the first
part of the winter, If they have been
born in March or if they have been
fed on such stimulating feed as is nee.
essary to push them forward in ma.
turity. A hen has to lay when she is
mature whether she wants to or not.
But the second winter she is likely
TO delay beginning till away along in.
to spring, when eggs are cheap. |
nave neighbor who has put many
hundreds of dollars into poultry
equipment. Two years ago she sold
off all the young chicks for broilers
and depended on the hens that would
be two years old the following spring.
She last winter got no eggs during
nearly the whole winter, and lay
this to the fact that she had no pullets
in her flock. Until we have the mat.
ter more in hand it is better to not
trust too much to the laying qualities
of the old hens.-Phoebe Caldwell
Butler Co., Ohio.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
Her Dream.

Her Dream,
Miss Oldgirl-Oh, Mr.. Bach, I had
very peculiar dream last night.
Mr.. Bach-What was it?
II dreamed got married"
"You must have had mince pie fo,
supper
"Why so?"
Because I don't know of anything
else that would make you have such a
nightmare as that"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
NO SLEEP FoR MOTHER.

Baby Covered With Sores and Scales
Gould Not Tell What She
Looked Like-MarveIous
Cure by cuticura.
AT four months old my baby's face
and body were SO covered with sores
and large scales you could not tell
what she looked like. No child ever
had worse case. Her face was being
eaten away, and even her finger nails
fell off. 1t itched so she could not
sleep, and for many weary nights we
could get no rest. At last we cot
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The
sores began to heal at once and she
could sleep at night, and in one month
she had not one sore on her face or
body.-Mrs. Mary Sanders, 709 Spring
ST., Camden, N. J.'
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

keep two varieties of fowls. The con-
struction saves lumber and labor, as
only two ends have to be built instead
of four. In this day of high-priced
lumber and high-priced labor this con-
sideration is an important one. The
arrangement has the added advantage
of doubling the capacity of the scratch
ing shed il the farmer takes it into
his head to keep only one flock. The
two scratching sheds have simply to
be thrown together.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
Volunteers and Their Teeth,

Some of the tests proposed verge
upon the grotesque. The idea of elm
mating every man whose teeth do not
satisfy an exacting dentist might also
have been borrowed from Gideon. One
is accustomed to the idea that an army
marches on it's stomach; it has been
reserved for Mr.. Arnold Forster to
discover that it fights with it's teeth
Manchester Guardian.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
New Lard of Romance.

America is no longer the only coun-
try of unlimited possibilities. The ro-
mantle drama which began with the
mutiny of the Potemkin in Odessa,
and was continued in the harbor of
Constantine, proves that nothing can
be considered impossible in Russia
Vienna Die Zet.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
Just So.

Reporter-I understand that one OF
your guests committed suicide by
hanging himself out of a third story
window?
Lodging House Keeper-Well, there
was such roomer in the air for a
while.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

urinary disorders ran me down from
1913 to 100 pounds. Doctors told me
had diabetes and could not live.
was wretched and hopeless when
began using Doan's Kidney Pills, but
they cured me eight years ago and
I've been well ever since:''
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y
For sale by all dealers. Price, SO
cents per box,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
PATENTS.

List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & johnson,
patent lawyers. Oil and 912 Pioneer
Press building, st. Paul, Mimi: Charles
Cox, Carlton, Mimi, manufacturing
brick, etc; Eli Forester, Bonesteel,
S. D., garment supporter; Harry Her.
rick. Owatonna, Mimi, self-indexing
ledger; Jesse Holmes, Butte, Mont,
dam; Raymond Kimball, Millbank, S.
d., governor for engines; William
Moran, Hopkins, Mimi, return fue
boiler; Charles Nebinger St. Paul,
Mimi, combined tea and coffee pot.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

Casey-Let's take wan more dhrink
and thin We'll all go home.
Costigan-N-no, mon! Let's take
two more drinks and forget that we
how YOUNGSTOWN Topics.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

.4saF' ~ ~
many years long
er. But twenty
years ago I had
kidney trouble so
bad l could not
work. Backache
w a s persistent
and it was agony
to lift anything.
Gravel, whirling
headaches, dizzi.
ness and terrible
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
Solved the Problem.

81 never hear Brown complaining of
being unable to keep cook at his
bachelor apartments any more. He
used to tell me he couldn't keep one
more than two weeks at a time"
ooh, he overcame that trouble"
"How?"
Married one.'-Milwaukee Senti.
mel
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot.Ease
A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Gallons, Aching, Sweating Feet
and Ingrowing Nails. At all Druggists and
Shoe stores, Is cents. Accept no substitute.
Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen S.
Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

Nordy-I see they've now discovered
a worm that infests paper money.
Butts-What sort of worm is it?
Nordy-A long, green affair.-Hous-
ton Chronicle.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

Double Poultry House With Sheds.
The illustration herewith presented
shows a double poultry house with
scratching sheds between the two
ends. This is particularly happy ar
rangement for the man that wishes to
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
That's the Main Thino

That's the Main Thing.
, Lawyer You can't bring . suit
against that man.
Client-Why not?
Lawyer-No action will lie.
Client-But my witnesses will
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
No Dancer:

I'm afraid l may have to go tc
JAIL walled the prominent packer.
why 500" asked the sapient sen
ator.
"Pve been indicted
pooh. Look at me. I've been con
victed."-Houston Chronicle.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
Here + Rells,f for Vl6m, y,

Here b Holfef tor Women.
Mother Gray, q nurse in New York, dis
covered pleasant herb remedy for women's
only certain monthly regulator. Cures
female weaknesses, Backache, Kidney and
Urinary troubles. At all Druggists or by
mail 50 cts. Sample mailed FREE. Address,
The Mother Gray Co., Leroy, N. Y.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

dirty, wash It IN suds n which has
been dissolved = little borax.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

Dr. Devid Kennedy's Fayorite Remedy, the
Great Kidney and Liver Cure World Famous Write Ds
Kennedys Sons Rondout N. " for free sample bottis
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
DR.. J. II. RINDLAUs, Specialist
Eye, Ear Nose and Throat,
Fargo, N. ..

Girls, it is better to marry mere
man than to cherish an ideal and re-
main an old maid.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
Opens Her Ewes.

Mamma, does girl have to get
married to learn what love means?"
"No; when she gets married she
learns what it doesn't mean."-Hous.
ton Post.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

Time may be money, but it's much
easier to make up for lost time than
lost money.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

When business and pleasure are
combined, business generally gets the
worst end of the deal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
TWENTY YEARS OF II.

Emaeiated BY Diabetes; Tortured
with Gravel and Kidney Pains.
Henry Soule, cobbler. OF Ham
mondsport, N. Y, says: Since Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me eight years
ago, I've reached 20 and hope to live
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

A woman may be as old as she looks
but she isn't always as young as she
thinks she looks.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

HEAvES CAN BE CURED,
we have guaranteed cure for HEAVES, COUGHS
and COLDS. Guaranteed to cure or money refunded
one package by mail, tic; l2'pkgf. by express with
written guarantee TO cure $500
Wilbur Stock Food Co.. lis I'd Street Milwaukee Wis
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

etc permanently cured No nts or nervousness afesP
drst days uss OF Dr. Klnes Great Nerve RestoF.
e. ssnd for FREE p 90 trial bottle and treaties.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

comes to life when the body feels
the delicious glow of health, vigor
and energy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11
That Certain Sense

Of vigor in the brain and easy
poise of the nerves comes when
the improper foods are cut out
and predigested
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-11

r.o. ls-Dousle poultry house Viii scratching ,Aeda
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-28
The Milk Powder Industry.

During the last few years we have
more discussion as to the posi-
blllty OF making a milk powder than
ever before. The milk powder aimed
at Is one in which the proteids retain
their normal condition, and need only
water added to them to change back
into normal milk. This preservation
OF the proteids in their natural con-
dition is considered by scientists to
be the essential requisite of the milk
powder. There are powders on the
market, but they are merely the result
Of evaporating milk, and can no more
be changed back into milk than cheese
can be so changed. There are many
efforts being made to induce farmers
to put their money into these projects,
but the men being solicited should re-
member that up to the present time
there have been no indications that
any discoveries have been made max
ing such a milk powder possible.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-28
WON'T BUY RoNl A PAPER.
Anna Gould Can Burn Her Money In
O Their Wavs.

Anna Gould Can Burn Her Money In
o Their Ways.
All in vain have been Count Bonn
de Castelline's pleadings for the pur-
chase of the Paris Press. His wife,
formerly Miss Anna Gould, still posi-
lively refuses to buy it for him and set
him up as an editor. The countess is
reported to have said that Boni has
had too many expensive playthings to
weary of and throw aside, and that
she doesn't propose to risk any more
of her money in what she. feels is
nothing more than a passing whim.
The count, much upset by this direful
state of things, will make no overtures
to end the serious family quarrels it
has caused. His wife, he says, is not
only withholding shekels but immortal
fame, for the Paris Press is a his
toric paper, which was founded by
Emil Girardin, and many Of Balzac's
novels first appeared in it in serial
form. The paper is to be sold because
of the failure of it's owner, who was
caught in a recent sugar erash.-New
York Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-28
Could Get No Rest.

Freedom, Mimi, Sept. 18th (Spe.
ciaD-Mr. r. E. Coward. a we'll known
ma here, is rejoicing in the relief
from suffering he has obtained
through using Dodd's Kidney Pills.
His experience is well worth repeat.
ing. as it should point the road to
health to many another in a similar
condition.
II had an a%ggravating case Of Kid,
ney Trouble" says Mr.. Coward, that
gave me no rest day or night but using
a few boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills put
new life in me and I feel like a new
man.
Il am happy to state I have received
great and wonderful, benefit from
Qodd's Kidney Pills. l would heartily
recommend all sufferers from Kidney
Trouble to give Dodd's Kidney Pills a
fair trial as l have every reason to
believe it would never be regretted"
Dodd's Kidney Pills make you feel
like a new nan or woman because
they cure the Kidneys. Cured kidneys
mean pure blood and pure blood
means bounding health and energy in
every part of the body.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-28
REMEDIES USED az MILLIONS.
Truth About the Popular "Proprietary
Medicines"

Medicines"
The recent campaign against the
use OF proprietary medicines, conduct
ed in the columns of the Ladies' Home
Journal and Golfers Weekly, has
evoked an answer from the Commit
tee IN Legislation of the Proprietary
Association. The committee says:
"In considering the question raised
by recent attacks upon proprietary
medicines. eyery reasonable man will
admit that there is a wide and legiti-
mate field for the manufacture and
sale of medicines already prepared
for general use and easily obtainable
at all times and everywhere. /.
AS a matter of fact these medicines
are not patented at all. and the popu-
lar use of the word patent in con-
nection with them is a misnomer. Any
pharmacist will tell you that practi-
cally the only patent medicines in
use to-day are those which are manu-
featured either by foreign or domestic
pharmaceutical houses, and which are
now almost exclusively dispensed by
physicians or designated by them in
:heir prescriptions.
The medicines which are now the
subject of wholesale attack by Mr..
Box and Editor Hapgood are the old
fashioned family remedies properly
described as proprietary medicines
They are the favorite remedies among
millions of people all over the coun-
try; and. Notwithstanding the constant
effort of some physicians to create
prejudice against them, no one ever
yet heard of any of the millions of
users of such remedies asking for
legislation or other action verse to
them"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-28
Fuel for Pumping Water.

In these columns at various
times We have noted the
great progress being made al
tEe New Mexico station in its in
vestisations Of irrigation by pumped
water. The cost of fuel per acre has
beer Shown to be very small, whether
wood or coal has been used. The sta.
ton now reports that it finds a still
cheaper fuel in crude oil. A 22-horse
power gasoline engine was used and
the cost of the .ten-hour run was as
follows: Crude oil, $3.05; kerosene
SG.57; gasoline, $G.65. This will be Of
great interest to those who are put
ting in plants to irrigate their gar
dens and plats by means of pumps.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-28

Cooperative Creameries in Ireland.
Cooperation is becoming a perman-
ent feature of Irish butter making.
The cooperative creameries there
have made good records and have
proved very profitable. They have in
the main produced a butter that has
sold we'll on the English market. The
result has been good returns for the
product Of the creameries and good di-
vidends to the ~co-operators. Recent
reports from Ireland give the number
Of cooperative creameries now in ex-
istence there as 367. These have 49,
299 members, and the creameries are
turning out $4,000 tons of butter every
year..
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-28
GOOD BLOOD FOR BAD
rheumatism and Other Blood Dis
eases are Cured by Or. Williams
Pink Pills. 4#5s

Pink Pills.
SIN the lead mines I was at work on my
Knees with my elbows pressed against
rock walls, in dampness and extremesof
cold," said Mr.. J. G. Meukel, of 2975
jackson avenue, Dubuque, Iowa, iii de-
scribing his experience to q reporter,
land. it is not surprising that | con
tracted rheumatism. For three years I
had attacks affecting the jointsEskaHly
ankles, knees and elbows. My anNlaes
and knees became so swollen l could,
scarcely walk OH uneven ground andSn
little pressure from q stone under my
feet would cause me so much pain that
would nearly sink down. l was often
obliged to lie in bed for several days at q
time. My friends who were similarly
troubled were getting no relief from
doctors and I did not feel encouraged to
throw money away for nothing. By
chance / read the story of Robert Yates,
of the Klauer Manufacturing Co., OF
Dubuque, who had a very bad a OF
rheumatism. I decided to try DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, the
remedy he had used. In three or four
weeks after beginning to use the pills, I
was much better and in three months !
was we'll. The swelling Of the joints
and the tenderness disappeared, l could
work steadily and for eight years l have
hadSno return of the trouble. My whole
family believe in DIR. Williams Pink
Pills. Both my 0 IL use them. We
consider them a household remedy that
we are sure about"
What DR.. Williams Pink Pills did for
Mr.. Meukel they are doing for hundreds
of others. Every dose sends galloping
through the veins. pure, strong, rich, red
blood that strikes straight at the cause OF
all i'll health. The new blood restores
regularity. aud braces all the organs for
their special tasks. Get the genuine Dr..
Williams Pink Pills at yonr druggists'
or direct from the DR.. Williams Medi.
cine Co., Schenectady, NY.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-28
Purchasing Fowls or Eggs

|-."- N IHF d.
We are frequently asked the ques-
ton if, in starting with pure-bred
stock, it is better to buy the fowls or
buy the eggs. Our answer will de-
pend on the season of year in which
the question is asked. If in the
spring, we would say, buy the eggs.
If in the fall, we would say, buy the
fowls. If one should buy the eggs at
this time of year, they would need an
Incubator in which to hatch them, and
even then the fowls' would not be
ready to begin laying until the next
summer. They might even moult be-
tore beginning to lay. In purchasing
half-grown birds this season of the
year, about one season is gained over
the production from the eggs. There
IS another thing that favors the buy
ing of fowls, and that is that one can
tell just what he is getting. In pur-
chasing eggs, it is possible for seri-
Gus mistakes to be made, as it is not
possible from the looks of the egg
to tell whether its parents are pure
pred or not. In developing the pure
cred flock, it is better to depend on
me purchasing of fowls and also on
the purchasing of eggs.
-H- E.F