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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
Tie Ears of Inaecta.

Simply because a bee has no ears Oh
the sides of its head 1t is no sign what
ever that 1t Is wholly without some
sort of an auditory nerve. This Is
proved by the fact that g~rasshoppers,
crickets, locusts and flies all have Their
ears situated In queer places-under
the wings, IN the middle Of the body
and eve on the sides of their legs.
The common house fly does it's hear.
Ing by NEAR Of some little rows of
corpuscles which are situated on the
knobbed threads which occupy the
place which are taken up by the hind
wings of other species Of insects. The
garden slug or shelless snail has Its
organs of hearing situated on each
side of its neck, and the common
grasshopper has them on each of Its
broad, fat thighs. In some of the
smaller insects they are at the bases
of the wings and In others on the bot
tom Of the feet.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
The Eternal Wilderness.

We still have our ''unmanstiied"
places. And there shall come to us a
wilderness here and another there
where now there Is none, for every.
thing moves in circles, which Is not at
all a new discovery, and the man Who
today laments a dearth of the wilder
ness may live long enough 10 find him.
self one day welding an ak as dull as
the pen he now bewails with-and for
ty miles from a grindstone. We shall
not demonstrate with the writer's who
are picturing us going to eternal smash
for want of tall timber. Their work is
not without its good effect In staying
the denudation OF our nearby recrea.
ton grounds, and we are content to
watch the willy old wilderness creeping
up In the rear of the advancing arn.y
Of invasion. reaching out with sure, ST.
lent fingers and retaining her own,
building anew her razed stockades and
unfurling to the winds her defiant ban
nerets.-Recreation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
RAISING
FOR BEEF

The late fall is a good time for calves
to drop IL we are prepared to give them
good shelter during winter. and after
much experimenting | have come TO
the conclusion that a shed with a saw
tooth or sectional roof with a row of
windows in each section Is the ideal
place for young stock in winter, says a
writer In Breeders Gazette. Chicago.
This shed should be connected with the
COW barn, and the barn should be
warm enough TO prevent the chilling of
a young calf which may be born during
a very cold night. There must he hay
racks and little feed hunks in the shed.
cement trough In which to feed fresh
skinned, warm separator milk, but
rare should be taken that nothing may
hinder driving in and turning inside
with the spreader. This makes
II easily kept clean, and II there is no
n spreader at present there soon
will be. The barn must be provided
with several box stalls for the purpose
OF keeping by themselves for a few
days the nurse COW and her calf and
the calf she is expected to raise until
the calves are strong enough to be
turned out into the shed.
Clover hay fed in connection with the
grains named and mill feeds should in
sure a fairly good flow of milk, but If
the corn crop be put in the silo and fed
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
Feed the Lam bs.

It Is a common practice among farm
ers to sell their lamb crop early In
the fall OF pasture without giving
any attention to feeding the stock into
marketable condition. From the stand
point Of the average sheep raiser this
practice Is imprudent and Improbable.
1t does not AFFORD the best mean Of
getting the most clear profit put of the
keeping of sheep. The farmer who
follows this practice simply rears his
lamb crop to that stage Of maturity
whereby In selling early he loses the
opportunity Of obtaining the greatest
revenue from his seasons labor.-Na-
tional Stockman and Farmer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08

He was romantic, but bashful for his
age. At twenty-five 1t Is expected
nowadays that a man should be matter
Of fact. She was his equal In romance,
but a trife older, old enough indeed to
be a widow. The conversation had
turned on the ever important subject
Of mothers-in-law. There was a lull In
the argument. Gazing far, she sighed
and said:
"Ah, me-! shall never have another
mother-in-law.'
He looked at her with interest for a
moment and then suddenly blurted out:
my mother died when l was very
young!"
1t was an inadvertence. but he could
not draw back. She threw herself into
his arms, and they have lived happily
up to now.-New York Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
REPUBLICANS ELECT BALANCE
OF CONGRESSIONAL AND
STATE TICKETS.
BURKE ELECTED IN NORTH DAKOTA
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR SEEMS TO HAVE
LANDED POSITION.

st. Paul, Nov. S.-John A. Johnson,
Dem, has been reelected governor of
Minnesota by a plurality expected to
exceed 10000. The balance of the state
ticket, however, is Republican by 90
900 and the legislature also is strongly
Republican. Johnson carried every
congressional district In the state and
his immense plurality Is not due to
the estimates made by the Democratic
state committee and was larger than
he received two years ago, when the
Republicans were split into factions.
A feature of the election was the
defeat of McCleary, Republican candi-
date for congress in the Second dis
trict, his Democratic opponent win
ming by a plurality Of 1000. The Re-
publicans elected the other eight rep
resentatives in congress from this
state, the successful congressional
ticket being as follows:
First District-James A. Tawney,
Winona.
Second District-W. A. Hammond,
st. James.
Third District-Charles A. Davis,
st. Peter.
Fourth District. C. Stevens, st.
Paul.
Fifth District-Frank M. Nye, Min
n~eapolis.
Sixth District-Charles Lindebergh,
Little Falls.
Seventh District-A. J. Volstead.
Granite Falls.
Eighth District. Adam Bede, Pine
City.
Ninth District-Halvor Stevenson,
Crookston.
Haynes, Dem, was elected mayor of
Minneapolis over Jones, Rep, who
has applied the lid during the two
years of his administration.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
THE COLTS FEET.
How They should BE Trimmed 70
Splitting.

o They should BE Trimmed to
eve splitting.
The trimming Of the colts feet Is .
matter that should by no means be
neglected. After they 90 on to pasture
and the hoofs are softened up the feet
are likely to break and grow into bad
splits unless properly attended to.
Trimming Is wo.k that does not take
very long and repays well for the
trouble.
The handling while IL is being done
Is also good discipline for the colt and
be will take kindlier to the work next
time. The barn Is the bet place to do
the work. Snub the colt up well so
that he cannot plunge or make very
much Of a disturbance. IL he makes
trouble tie up one OF his front feet
while the work is being done. Place
the foot which Is to be first trimmed
on a solid foundation. IL the floor IL
not suitable take a piece of a plank
and put under the foot. Then take a
fairly sharp chlsel and a hammer and
get to work. The toe OF the hoof will
probably need the most attention.
Sometimes ii will need but little
trimming and again 1t will be neces-
sary to take of an inch or more. Take
of the horn to a point a little In front
of the wall Of the hoof, being careful
not to get into the quick. Then go
around the sides and balance up the
foot. making 1t as near natural as pos
sible. The hind feet will not usually
need very much attention. If there are
any cracks In the hoof make a lateral
cut with the chlsel just back Of the
crack, so hat the crack will not spread
farther up into the hoof. II the feet
are not attended to regularly In this
name hoof troubles are likely to come
On or the leg will be weakened by the
horse travelling wrong.
A horses usefulness depends on his
feet and limbs and when these are
worthless the horse is worthless
Farmer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

A fire in the heart Of the business
portion OF Hamilton, o., caused a loss
Of $500 o
The four-story brick building at Kan
sas City occupied by the Harvest King
Distilling company has been destroyed
by fire. Loss, $4o0, 900.
The president has made an order
again classifying deputy collectors Of
internal revenue under the regulations
of the civil service commission.
The board Of directors Of the Penn
s~ylvania Railroad company has or
dered an advance Of 10 per cent in the
wages Of all employees receiving less
than $500 a month.
A strong effort Is being made to
bring about a compromise between the
switchmen and the railroads and the
men are considering q proposition sub
mitted to them by the employers.
President Roosevelt has dismissed
In disgrace from the army an entire
battalion of negro troops Of the Twen-
ty-ifth infantry because Of their fail
ure to disclose the identity OF some of
their number who had been guilty vi
violence and murder at Brownsville.
Tex.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
Humor Gue Philosophy
WHEN THINGS ARE COMFORTABLE

When the price of stocks goes tumblin
And from Wall street comes a cry
From the lambs who have been slaugl
tered
And whose cash Is more than shy
You can smile and say wonder
IL the weather will be fair.
II you were not in the market
When the price went in the air.
1t is easy to be jolly,
In philosophy to dip,
When you hear about a shipwreck
II you do not own a ship.
You can carry loads OF trouble
Without feeling mad or sore
II II is the private trouble
or the gentleman next door
Oh. you do not mind the weather.
Though IL is a rainy spell,
II you have a good umbrella
And a macintosh as well!
Rubber bootsies on your tsotsies
And good mittens on your mitts,
Then you do not care a cooky
II the blamed thing never quits.
You can stand IL very nicely
In the wild financial crash,
When the banker skips to Europe
And his old bank goes to smash;
With complacency mistaken
The performance you can see
II you haven't airy money
In the bank that used TO be.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08

Perfect fitting, hard collars kept
clean and the shoulders properly
eleansed when the work Is done at
night form the best preventives Of
gals. A very successful worker Of
horses who seldom II ever had a horse
with a sore shoulder made a practice Of
bathing the parts with q strong decoc-
uon Of white oak bark for a couple Of
weeks prior to the opening Of springs
work and then keeping 1t up until the
shoulders had become thoroughly hard
ened- or course he saw to 1t that the
collars were of correct size and shape.
Scratches may be in large measure pre-
vented II the legs and heels r well
cleaned and dried before the animals
are put to bed The mud should be
wiped on the extremities az o a.
the horses come in at night and the
dirt and dust thoroughly brushed ont
a stitch In time VIII save the proven
bal amount Of trouble and money IN
these cases. 8
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08

WELL LIGHTED SECTIONAL SHED.

to the cows also II would Increase the
milk supply very much, and IL a little
silage be fed to the calves II would
make them very sappy and thrifty.
With all this ready before the calves
are born they should be welcome at
any time, and such cows as give the
richest milk and are easily MIXED
should be MIXED by hand, and those
with faulty udders, short teats and
hard mixers, or with any bad habits,
are better used for nurse cows, whether
they are heifers or mature cows.
A newborn calf should draw its first
drink from its W mother, and II Is
better to keep 1t with her a few days.
then put 1t In a sack, hind end first,
and let Its head stick out and tie the
sack so as to give the calf no chance
to get out; take it to the COW which is
to nurse 1t and lay II on the floor be-
fore her. OF course 1t will struggle
and thus excite the cow, but that is
what is desired, for-call II mothers
instinct. pity or what not-tbe fact is
she will soon start to lick the CATS
head, and you may withdraw your
sack, and the battle Is more than half
won, as most cows do not object to
nursing II at once, but II she should
kick at II a rope may be tied around
her Just In front Of the udder for a
few times to prevent kicking.
II Is well to have calves Of nearly the
same g on the same COW, but a differ
cnce Of two or three weeks does not
hurt. As soon as calves are strong
enough she should be turned In the
shed after nursing. where she may be
fed a little fine clover hay and a little
cornmeal. and, as they grow, a little
ground oats. or speltz with the hulls
sifted out, may be added. They should
learn also to drink the fresh milk.
warm from the separator, and II they
at first refuse 1t a little may be poured
over the grain. Care must be taken to
clean the trough after each meal. II
only one calf begins to drink they will
soon all do 1t. A little dried blood meal
may be kept on hand to be used In
use vi oCoufS, duu nay, Brulu, iSCu uuu
separator milk should be fed In greater
quantity as the calves grow, and a
little silage may be added II available,
but ground speltz. barley and oats
need not be sifted any longer.
The pure bred calves may be raisej
this way as well as the grades and all
should be vacdnated against black leg.
They should be ready r. be weaned
when grass zones III the grades are
for sale they should bring strong prices.
The shed should be covered with any
Of the better kinds Of ready roofing,
which will make good material for gut
tiers and alleys also. 1t will cost a lit
tic more to raise calves during winter.
but II they are handled as described
they may be taken away from the
cows at five months old and fed sepa-
rator milk and grain, and II some good
calves can be bought the same cows
may raise another crop Of them on
grass.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
The Modern Anthem.

II IL hurry. hurry. hurry.
In the morning. noon and night;
Human atoms Tart and scurry
Up and down In rapid flight.
Hurry lest some get the better
OF you in the daily grind;
Hurry lest some other fretter
Find that he has changed his mind
This might leave you badly strande
At the ebbing Of the tide
Just when you had thought you'd landed
High and dry YOU prize beside.
So it's hurry. hurry. hurry,
Night and morning and at noon:
Human atoms dart and scurry.
Resting not meath sun or moon.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
DRYDEN MAY BE DEFEATED.
Republicans Have Small Majority In
New Jersey Legislature.

Trenton. N. j., Nov. s.-Revised re-
turns show that the Democrats will
have the house of assembly 81 to 20
and that the legislature will have q
Republican majority on joint ballot of
seven. The Democrats have elected
four congressman In New Jersey, a
rain of three.
While the legislature Is Republican
on joint ballot Senator Colby and AS.
semblyman-elect Fake, Republicans,
have both announced that they will
not under any circumstances vote for
the reelection of United States Sen
ator Dryden. This would reduce Mr..
Dryden's vote to AZ, provided he got
the Republican caucus nomination,
only one more vote than necessary to
elect. There is talk here that owing
to the overwhelming defeat of the Re-
publicans In Essex county, Mr.. Dry
den's home county, other candidates
are liable to enter the United States
senatorial race and at this writing it
Is not absolutely certain that Mr.. Dry
den will succeed himself.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
RE First A.tronomx

The beginnings Of astronomy were
on the tops Of towers of Babylon and
the pyramids Of Egypt. 1t is believed
by many writers that both classes Of
structure were erected for astronomical
purposes. AS early as the time Of Job,
nearly 1900 years before Christ, most
of the stars had been divided into con.
stellations. The writer Of Job men.
tons Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades al
being familiar. The modern science
oates from the labors Of Copernicus,
Tycho Brahe and Newton.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
THE VETERINARY

The cleaner the horses shoulders are
kept the less liable they are to become
r
Sometimes warts can be removed
from the teats by applying olive oil
thickly after each milking, says the
Farmers Advocate. Ii this does not
prove effective the warts can be clip
ped on with a sharp pair Of scissors
and each spot touched with a stick Of
lunar caustic. After applying the caus-
dc apply the olive oil. II necessary
make a second application of the caus-
tic In two or three days.
killing Hog Lice with Crude OF.
Lice on hogs are a continual menace
to the production Of pork. No matter
what the feed may be or the other con-
ditions, II lice are allowed full sway
pork cannot be produced with profit
for but a short period. says w. p. Sny-
der, superintendent Nebraska expert
ment substation. The lice never cease
annoying the hogs and they multiply SO
rapidly that a few weeks Of warm
weather will allow a herd to become
thoroughly infested. Many a fine litter
has been stunted because the lice were
not killed. Dipping Is the most salts
factory method yet employed for rid
ding hogs Of lice. We have been dip
ping u hogs on the experimental sub
station for three years. usually dipping
In the spring and fall and NICE during
the summer. 1t Is presupposed that
every farmer raising many hogs has
access to a dipping vat. The way We
use the oil Is to fll the vat to within
ten inches Of the top with water and
add about two inches Of oil. The hogs
are then rushed In as fast as they will
60. They plunge down through the oil,
into the water. up through the oil and
on to the dripping floor. A few Sec
onds is all the time required. When
hogs are being crowded through RAP
Idly the oil and water are kept pretty
thoroughly mixed.
Preventing Disease.
The heavy losses in hogs are largely
due to transmissible diseases. The or
ganisms that produce such diseases
enter the system In the feed and air.
Muddy or { lsty yards, crowded condi-
tons and filthy floors or troughs are
responsible for most Of the cholera and
swine plague. Young hogs are more
susceptible than mature animals. Nat
urally. they need better care. The pens
and yards should not be neglected be-
:ause there is a pasture. Keep them
well drained and disinfected. Use
whitewash RELY about the houses and
fences. Plow the unused lots and SOW
rape. oats or cowpeas. Spray the
house. feeding floors and troughs thor
oughly with q d~isinfectant every two
y three weeks. Tar d~isinfectants are
most convenient. They should be used
In not less ran a 2 per sent water 90
luton. Spray or dip the hogs occasion
ally In q / per cent water solution
Young hogs should not be given crowd
ID quarters. Provide 4 diet that will
keep them healthy and help them to
resist disease. Keeping the hogs under
he best sanitary conditions and using
VERY precaution to prevent Infection
tom the outside IL the most satisfac-
lory method Of avoiding loss from :
hansmissfble diseases.-R. A. Craig.
Purdue Univsrsity Experiment Station
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
West Virginia Republican.

Charleston, W. Va. Nov. S.-Returns
from the state are incomplete, but
sufficient has been received to show
the election of all five Republican
congressman and a Republican legis-
lature by a good majority on joint
ballot. The Legislature will elect a
to Stephen B. Elkins.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
The Art of the P.rasoI.

A well adjusted p~arasol enables you
to hide bushes you don't want people
to see and to hide the bushes that
aren't there II you want people to
think they are, and 1t enables you to
cut people who deserve to be cut and
to avoid people whom you daren't cut
but whom you particularly don't want
to see.-'The World and His Wife"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
Democrats Win in Tennessee.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. S.-Returns
indicate the election OF Patterson,
Dem, for governor by $4,000 over
Evans, Rep. The legislature will be
largely Democratic and the
sional delegation will stand two Re
publicans and eight Democrats as at
present.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
The sheep Drive. the Wolf.

The wolf will perish, eaten up by the
sheep. The sheep Is not what a vain
glorious folk have imagined. The
sheep presses forward, Irresistible,
driving before him lions and tigers.
driving before him man.
Man?
Yes. man. Ask those thousands Of
English. those thousands Of Scotch,
those thousands Of Irish. who have
been driven back into the sea by nocks
Of sheep, urged forward by certain no
bic lords and large proprietors.-Elie
Reclus' Primitive Folk"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
Democrats Win In Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Nov. S.-A
statement from Republican h%eadquar-
tiers says the Republicans have elected
ten delegates in Oklahoma and from
ten to fifteen delegates in the Indian
Territory. giving them from twenty to
twenty-five out of the 112 delegates
who will frame the constitution for the
new state of Oklahoma.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
Empty Longevity.

PA, Methuselah lived to be very old,
didn't her"
"Yes, my son, about $50 years, I be-
neve; but, then, as far as I can learn,
there was just about as much doing
per year In those days as there IL In
I'VE minutes now."-Watson's Maya
zine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
GOVERNOR sARlEs DEFEATED.
Democratic Candidate Elected Cover
nor Of North Dakota.

Democratic Candidate Elected Cover
nor Of North Dakota.
Fargo. N. D., Nov. S.-"We concede
tie defeat of Governor Sarles by Mr..
Burks. his Democratic opponent, by a
probable plurality Of 2.0O0," said Chair
man L. B. Hanna of the Republican
state central committee. I'VE also
concede the defeat OF John Knauf, our
candidate for judge of the supreme
court, by Judge Fisk, on the Demo
cratic ticket, by 5000. We are cenH-
dent that the rest of the Republican
ticket has been elected"
These figures are regarded as ex-
tremely conservative.
II seems likely that the balance Of
the Republican state ticket has been
elected. Both of the Republican candi-
dates for congress we're elected.
The Republicans have a majority In
the legislature.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
Only One Contest Ia oeorala.

Atlanta. Ca, Nov. S.-The only cleo.
ton contest in Georgia was in the
First congressional district. Edwards.
Dem, was elected by a plurality of
about 1000. The three candidates for
Judges of the newly created court of
appeals were unanimously elected.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
Few Republicans in Alabama.

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 8.-Ala-
bama's vote was remarkably light. The
entire Democratic ticket was elected
and the legislature will not have more
than three Republicans and Populists.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-11-08
LIqht Vote In South Carolina.

Charleston, s. c., Nov. S.-The cleo.
ton held in South Carolina was with
out incident and a very small vote
was polled. Governor F. M. Ansell
and the entire Democratic state ticket
was elected. Seven Democratic con-
gressmen were elected. five without
opposition.