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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14
Manure Bushes in Fall.

For best results currant bushes
should be we'll MANFRED in the fall
and the manure plowed in so that the
injured rootlets may have time dur
ing the winter months to replenish
themselves. Plow quite shallow next
to the bushes. Give shallow cultiva-
ton early in spring and at intervals
during the summer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14

wide The main floor is IL feet wide
and the height of posts IS feet, per-
hitting loads of hay to be driven in.
A basement about six feet in depth can
be utilized to store the manure and
to provide shelter for hogs. The frame
can be made of eight inch square hem
lock timbers, the floor of three inch
planks. This style of building should
be suitable for many parts where the
number of live stock is limited
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14

them by for next summer, when they
will be as likely as not too demodes
to be worn. If the lining is removable,
such dresses can usually be dyed
whole.
One of the very necessary additions
to the woman's wardrobe of the win
ter, is the comfortable and easy dress
ing sacques or jackets. In our Illus
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14
Can't Take Off His Coat.

Can't Take OF HIS Coat.
The inspector asked the boys of the
school he was examining: "Can you
take your warm overcoats off?"
eyes, SIR was the response. Can
the bear take his warm overcoat OFF,"
mo, sir" "Why not?"
There was silence for awhile, and
theE little boy spoke up. "Please,
sir, because God alone knows where
the buttons are"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14

"Uu1u IUu CHd1ge Witt WE VOW!
away. Then she rose, wiped her eyes,
and kissed Pauline.
Pauline" she whispered, IF you
could, you know-would you changer"
Pauline walked slowly to the VIM
dow, and behind the lace meshes of
the curtains, rested her head on the
pane and looked out at the snow COM
ing in thick, heavy fakes, silently
and impenetrably down. Then she
turned and came back and laid her
hands on Claudia's shoulders. The
eyes of the two women met and I'm.
derstood.
mo, Claudia" she said, simply.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14
United States Heads List.

The United States, which, in 1904,
ranked second as an export nation,
last year took first rank, and again
stands With the record OF selling more
goods than any other country In the
world. =. ,r* ...,...,. D..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14

contain 81 per cent water, and 13 per
cent total solids. The latter is divid-
ed into sugar, 4.SO per cent; fat, four
per cent; casein and albumin, 3.5 per
cent, and ash, seven per cent. The
diagram as worked out by the Hatch
station shows the comparative rela-
tons of the various chemical factors.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14
TO HOLD A GATE OPEN.
Brace Which Can Be Swung Out of the
Way When Not in Use.

The illustration shows a very handy
method which l invented to hold a
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14

One Which Will Accommodate Ten to
Twelve Cows.

The farm barn here shown is in
tended to accommodate ten or twelve
dairy COWS together with the horses
necessary for a moderate sized farm
In size it is A feet long by 81 feet
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14

Politician Like 4 Piano.
It seems as though man In politics
must be q good bit like q piano. If
he's square he's considered old faeh.
toned,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14
a necessity.

To meet this need l devised the
brace shown herewith. 1t is simply a
piece of wood 1x2 inches and little
longer than half the height of the
gate. One end is fastened by a spike
passed through it and driven into the
edge of the vertical board at the end
of the gate, or it may be put on with
a hinge. The dotted lines show it's
position when not in use, it being
swung upward and snapped beneath
a spring nailed to the top of the gate
Dairy Facts.
Don't overdo the milking tube act
1t is impossible for COW to be two
opposite things, dairy COW Of the
highest type and beef animal Of the
greatest possible value.
The control of moisture in butter is
mot possible without the control of
churning temperatures. Ice and Their
mometers are necessary for the max
ing of butter under proper conditions.
The New South Wales Farmer and
Settler tells of New Zealand farmer
who holds the record as mixer. For
a considerable time he and his wife
MIXED u cows night and morning,
without keeping any hired help, their
family consisting of one small child.
We are told that the farmer and his
wife were healthy and robust-which
they need be-and fine specimens Of
humanity.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14

A given quality of milk is said to
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14
COMPOSITION OF MILK.

Proportion of Solids to the Water
Content.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-14
THE PRICE
By FLORENCE S. THOMPSON

Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03

l. can readily be seen from this
statement that hen manure has real
value as a ertilizer-ranking quite
high. above all the other manures-
and because of this fact it should re-
ceive the best of care, and be used to
the greatest possible extent, for when
such is not the case it is equivalent to
throwing money away. Hen manure
loses its nitrogen very rapidly, as
well as easily, unless proper precau-
lions are taken to prevent it. This
may be accomplished by scattering
liberal amount of straw, or some other
good absorbent under the roosts.
When this is renewed from the house.
for the sake of cleanliness, stack or
pile it up, so that the least amount of
surface is exposed to the atmosphere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03
EXTENSIVE CULTIVATION.

A Prairie Farmer writer gives
whole volume in favor of intensive
cultivation in a four-inch article IN
that paper. He seems to have been
afraid to open his eyes to the truth
Of George Clark's views at that. The
writer says:
Some years ago the writer had
three acre plot ready for oats, but
when he started the drill he found the
rubber pipes so worn that they would
not allow the seed to run down, so he
started the hired man to narrowing
the land again and went away for new
drill hose. The hand spent an entire
afternoon with harrow and two
horses on less than three acres, after
1t was considered fitted for the crop,
and the result was that the crop on
the well-ftted land was fully SO per
sent better than on the small patch
drilled before going to town for new
crops we have a plain case of the
value of good culture of the soil be-
fore planting. The writer was fitting
the land with plank drag and harrow,
and the boys had gone to a neigh
boris for few bushels of seed wheat.
Something detained them, so we kept
the drag and harrow going along one
side of the field, putting perhaps an
acre in much better condition than
the rest of the field. The wheat at
this writing is % per cent better on
that strip than on the rest of the
field and the stand of fall-sown
grass is fully so per cent better.
Tobacco plants require extra good
preparation of soil, and woe to the
man who forgets this fact when max
ing his beds, for he will surely have
to wait for neighbors to finish setting
and then take their refuse plants to
set his crop.
While the trench system of growing
potatoes is not perhaps best adapted
to the general grower, the almost fab
ulous yields made by it were due to
the fact that the land was well fitted
before the seed was planted.
Clark's method of grass culture is
attracting much attention all over the
country, and the results attained by
Clark and others were only made pos
sible by the fact that every square
inch of soil in the field is moved and
mixed and turned and pulverized from
ten to fourteen times in the prepare
ton of a seed bed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03
UMBRELLAS AS LIGHTNING RODS.
A Recent Observance of Well
Known Phenomenon.

The astounding tension of natural
electricity and the smallness of the
quantity are the despair of electri-
clans who attempt to utilize the forces
present in our atmosphere. At the
same time it is to these two condi-
lions that we owe the surprising va
riety of effects produced by lightning,
and the interest which we find in OBJ
serving these effects. The editor of
Cosmos, for example, recently re-
ceived from one OF his correspondents
letter stating that not long ago,
while walking through snowstorm
with an umbrella raised in front OF
him, he received clearly perceptible
shocks of electricity through the
steel ribs
This phenomenon is all the more
interesting as it is easy to explain it
with the aid of known and observed
facts. For long time it has been
known that during falls of snow one
frequently sees, when the storm cakes
place on moonless night, flashes OF
light denoting the presence of large
quantity of positive electricity. When
the snow is blown by the wind and
falls through dry and cold air the
rubbing of the crystals on the air
suffices to produce the phenomenon,
This theory is confirmed by aero
nauts, who state that the spontaneous
combustion of balloons, which fire.
quently occurs when they reach the
earth, is due to the electricity de-
veloped by the rubbing against the
air of the moving envelope while it
descends. A recent catastrophe in the
Alps also proves that an abundant
fall of snow is accompanied by in
tense electrical phenomena. The
Times, in it's number of July 10, states
that seven students of the University
of Geneva were overtaken by snow
storm in cabin on the Aiguille du
Coulter, in which they had taken re-
fuge. They ridded themselves of all
articles of iron which they had with
them, but Notwithstanding this four
of them were struck After this ter
rible example the appearance of the
sparks noted by our correspondent IS
not surprising.
The experience described by the
writer is identical with that which is
experienced in all similar cases. The
silk of the umbrella may be consid-
cred as a protecting veil capable OF
arresting the effects of electricity If
the interior is not wet. In this case
an effect is produced similar to that
experienced by aeronauts | will not
be the apologist for umbrella light
ning-rods which would seem to be the
logical ending of this article, but it is
interesting to recall that this inyen-
ton was once considered by Benja-
min Franklin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03
THE KITCHEN GARDEN.


There is food for thought in this
extract from an interesting article on
the garden in the current New Eng
land Farmer The writer says among
other things:
There is no part of the farm work
than can be made to pay as much for
the money and labor expended on it as
it consumed at the family table
may seem of little value to those who
consume it as freely and with as lit
tie thought of its monetary value as
they do the air they breathe or the
water they drink but when they re-
move to the city or village and have
to buy at market prices that which
has seemed to cost nothing as taken
from the garden they will need to
keep accounts but short time before
they learn that the income from a
good garden is more than they had
supposed the rent of the entire farm
would amount to. | learned that some
years ago when l hired a farm and
agreed to supply the owner with milk,
vegetables, eggs and chickens in pay
ment of rent. He had no fruit or
butter of me, and his family was not
large, yet found his bill was an aver
age of about 81 day for four years,
the year through, and yet 1 scarcely
missed what took to his house.
1t should be kept in mind that a
small, well-cared for garden will give
better returnes than or three or four
times it's size cared for in slip-shod
fashion. First and foremost it should
be thoroughly, intensely prepared. A
half day spent in preparing and fining
the land will save many days time
later on and the care-taker will have
the added pleasure of clean, whole
some plot, free from weeds and
thrifty, and the crops grow much
more rapidly, Spend an extra day with
the disc harrow after you think tho
garden plot is ready for the seed. 1t
will pay four fold before the season is
over.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03

suuealing horribly = almost human
cries of agony and anger.
Marta was frightened enough, but
she did not lose control of herself
or of her weapon. She waited, her
rihe-barrel still resting on the top
pole of the gate.
The bear flung himself against the
poles creaked and swayed with his
weight. He upreared his great head,
so that his foaming, gaping mouth
was not six inches from the muZz@a
of Marta's rife. Then Marta fired a
fatal shot The bear shook the gate
in last spasm of rage. Blood gush-
ed from his mouth and nostrils as he
fell hack heavily. After few con-
vulsive quivers the big, dark bulk lay
quite still beside the gate.
Even then Marta was not certain
enough of his death to risk opening
the gate and entering the corral over
his body She ran along the fence
a few rods, and after climbing over,
sped across the corral to her brothers
assistance. The flock had parted in
two streams that flowed in opposite
directions round the fence.
With frantic haste Marta pushed
and rolled the sheep off David's body.
She had arrived just in time. A few
minutes more under the sheep would
have put an end forever to David Han
Ions bear-hunting.
Then sweet waters sang in his
ears as he fioated slowly back to con-
seriousness, to find Marta shaking the
breath into him and wiping muck and
blood from his face.
AS David hobbled back across the
corral, Marta explained how she had
despatched the Big Bear.
BLESS you'll said David, admiring-
ly. But you're sister worth hay-
ing!"-Youth's Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03
Good Shots.

During the past fiscal year. said
Secretary Shaw of the Treasury De
partment, 1--WE spent SLAP per capita
on the navy. But we have something
to show for it,
1.-THE other day our blaejackets set
up target twenty-one feet long and
seventeen feet wide. A mile distant
was a battleship moving ten knots
an hour, rocking slightly over the
waves and rolling from the recoil of
the gun. The men reached down into
the hold of the vessel and took cart
ridge and shell weighing three-quar-
tiers of a ton, swung it up forty feet,
put it into a gun and fired at the
target. They reached down and got
another cartridge, swung it up and
fired it. And from that moving ship,
out of ten shots they put nine thir-
teen-inch holes through that target
che mile away in five minutes by the
watch Men that can do that are GER
tainly worth SLAP per capita. -
Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03
SOIL MOISTURE.

Deep, fine soil is an advantage in
setting out young strawberry plants,
for which reason the work should be
done carefully. and early, in order to
get the benefit of the spring rains,
April being an excellent month for
such operations. Use only the run
hers from last years plants, and aim
to secure those that are large and
strong, having white roots, and which
have an abundance of rootlets. A
runner or plant, which has blossomed
or borne fruit should be discarded,
and when planting the runners let the
roots be well spread out and not
cramped. They should be set out on
fine, deep, soft ground, that has been
well prepared. Any manure used
should be fine and free from litter.
The plants are usually placed twelve
inches apart in the rows, but may be
given more room with advantage. The
rows may be far enough apart to ad-
NIT cultivation with a horse hoe, or
closer, If hand hoes are preferred.
The top soil should be kept loose by
working the bed after every rain.
When the plants are well under way
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03
sona Of the Search.

With garments crumpled and torn,
With her heart in desperate mood.
"A woman fumed in unwomanly rage
Seeking cooker of food.
SearchI search! search!
By subway, by trolley, in church,
Wherever she went, in dolorous voice
She sang the song Of her search!
&earch! search! search!
While the cock is Growing alooH!
And search! search search!
For she has no cook-forsooth!
It's oh! for the days of slaves,
When your servants dare not shlrk,
When ladies had never dish to wash
And were waited on like Turk!
Search search! search!
Till your brain begins to swim!
Search! search! search!
Till you ache in every limbl
A cook who will wash, or who won't.
Or who condescends only to cook,
It's always the same old tiresome
game
Whichever way you look!
With garments crumpled and torn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
She returns at night to a comfortless
home
And tumbles, weary to bed.
Search! search! search!
Next day it begins again;
And we fear it will be till eternity
The burden of her refrain!
Puck
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03
ADVANTAGE OF THINNING
APPLES.

At a meeting of the Michigan Hor-
ticultural Society, Theo. Wade told of
his experience in thinning apples dur
ing the last season. Their orchard of
sixteen acres was set in 1880, and dur
ing the past season gave them net
profit of $125 per acre. He said that
as the season advanced and the limbs
began to bend with their loads, it
looked like a herculean task to under
take to thin such mass of fruit.
They succeeded in thinning four rows
about half way up the tree, at an ex-
pence of $40, and when the time for
picking came the results were sur
prising. The fruit on the thinned por-
ton was nearly all first-class, while
and the remainder of the orchard.
there were quantities of culls, not
wormy, but imperfect, understood
fruit. He estimated that $40 expended
in thinning brought him in $1,000 in
cash, and that the neglect to thin the
remainder of the orchard must have
lost to him a great deal more than
that amount.
FOR THE GRASSHOPPERS.
A speaker at one of the Kansas
meetings said that grasshoppers had
been very destructive in his section
for several seasons, and various
means for killing them had been
tried, but with small results until the
following preparation was expert
mented with and proved great sue
cess:
Wheat bran ....... 100 pounds
sugar o puunuS
Saltpeter ...........- pound
Paris green ......... 6pounds
Wet with water, so that the bran IS
crumbly, but not too wet, and scat
ter where the choppers" are the
thickest. About the third day after
the application is made very large
number of the insects will have been
killed. The pests will eat of the
poisoned bran so long as there are any
of them left OF course, all kinds of
stock must be kept out of reach
where the poison is applied.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03

and before the dry season begins, fer.
tilizer may be applied and worked in.
to the soil, superphosphate being ex.
cellent, as it contains from three to
four per cent of nitrogen. A fertilizer
containing potash, nitrate of soda and
superphosphate will be found suitable
on the majority of soils, a mixture OF
200 pounds of nitrate of soda, 200
pounds of superphosphate and $50
pounds muriate of potash, per acre.
giving good results with many grow
ers.
PROPER CARE OF LATE CHICKS.
Any of the late Matched birds who
will not be old enough to begin lay
ing in December or by latest, jan
uary 1, should have quarters arranged
for them away from the older hens and
the laying pullets. An excellent way
of doing this is to divide the hen
house, if it is large enough, with wire
netting and board or two at the bot
tom running up two feet. Place the
younger flock in one side where they
can not be lnterfered with, but Wnere
they may have all the comforts of a
home. Supply them with low roosts,
water, grit and all that the older hens
have with the possible exception of
nest boxes.
In this way they are early trained
so that they will be ready to settle
down in good form when the time for
laying comes. If it is more convenient
to keep them in coops for time long
er this will do no harm, provided the
coops are comfortable and warm
enough so that they will not get cold
should the weather change. An excel
lent idea is to add, with hinges,
board to the front of the coop which
over the opening about three
quarters the way close-close this at
night, and the chicks will not suffer
even thought the weather turn quite
old.-Indianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03

An inhabitant of Farmoutiers.
France, has left a legacy sufficient
to provide prizes OF % francs each
yearly for the two most polite schols
ars-male and female-of the town.
The winners are to be elected by bai'
lot of their schoolfellows.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03

A man is seldom as old as he feels
or a woman as young as she says
she is.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03
THE VALUE OF POULTRY
MANURE

The general average chemical com
position of poultry manure compared
with other manures is as follows:
phncDhOrie
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03

Maud Muller met with sad disap-
pointment in the hay-day of her youth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03

II is so easy to find fault with the
good things possessed by others.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03

The millions of bushels Of Kansas
wheat which are being ruined by rea-
son of shortage of harvest hands
will find their way into the elevator in
due time and be marketed at handsome
figures, is the consolation of the Kan
sas City Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03

A woman's idea of true believer
is one who believes as she does.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03

Marta ran cautiously toward the
corral. She reached the gate of pine
poles and looked in. The Big Bear
stood just inside. He had climbed
the gate and descended unexpectedly
upon the sleeping flock. Near him
lay a bleeding, quivering carcass, rip
ped wide open by one slash of his
razor-sharped claws.
Marta arrived at the gate just in
time to see David go down under the
stampeding flock. But the bear was
between her and David, and must
be disposed of before she could at
tempt the rescue of her brother
She rested her rife on the gate
took good aim. She fired twice.
The bear paused in his slaughter
and wheeled clumsily toward the girl.
He was hard hit, but Marta saw there
was yet enough vitality and fury in
that big, shaggy body to carry him
over the gate. He came toward her,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03

So Rojestvenslky was not guilty O.
cowardice or treason in the Battle
of the Sea of Japan. Neither was
Villeneuve thus guilty at Trafalgar
nor Ney at Waterloo, declares the
New York Times. If there was an
appalling difference between MS
achievements and theirs, responslDh
ity for it must be placed on othei
shoulders than his. 1t would be shee'
nonsense and worse to deny grea
ability and courage to the commando,
who safely and unhesitatingly con
viewed the Russian fleet through
strange waters all the way from
Cronstadt to Tsu Shima. Had thu
whole Russian Admiralty been AMI
mated with as great Il spirit as his
the outcome of his enterprise nigh
have been far different from what
was. 1t was for the Russian govern
ment to ask pardon of Ro1estVensKy
rather than to censure him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-03

The petit jury is not an entirely
ideal tribunal for the settlement OF
criminal responsibility, and the pro-
lection of society, observes the New
York Globe, but it is certainly far
more likely to attain the ends OF JUS
tice when the evidence is put before
it in strict legal form at the proper
time and place, than when presented
through the newspapers with the vari;
Gus furnishings inseparable from this
oroan of nuhlicitV