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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
GufneEN.

The Guinea is said to be Il native OF
bird of a rather wild nature. The wild
nature of the beautiful fowls is an OBJ
lection with many p~oultrymen. There
are w breeds of guiueas, the pearl
and the white guinea. The pearl guinea
is of Il wilder disposition than the
white guinea. Both breeds are about
the same size. The flesh of the pearl
guinea Is darker than that of the
white, which makes the white guinea
preferable as a table fowl. Both breeds
of guineas are good summer egg pro-
ducers. They begin laying in April or
May and continue to lay until late in
the fall. The pearl guinea is very SEN
sitive about having her nest disturbed
and often leaves the nest if a part Of
her eggs are removed. The white guinea
is not so particular about her nest and
will continue to lay in the nest if only
n egg is left in it. Our white guineas
often lay in the nest boxes in the poul-
try house with the chicken hens.
GulneaS are valuable insect destroyers.
They will eat insects that the chickens
will not, such as the potato bug and
goOseberry worm. l noticed our gulneas
picking the worms off the goosebcrry
bushes and not a worm escaped that
the gulneas could reach. They picked
the worms off as high as they could
iumD.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

Beardless barley is entirely free
from barbs, unless the seed is accident
ally mixed with some other variety. 1t
does not yield SO we'll as. some Of the
bearded sorts, nor is it a good mailing
barley. 1t is a good feed for pigs,
sheep or fowls and for horses when
crushed. Its distinguishing advantage
is that it stands up well and ripens
very early, coming off the ground soon
enough to let the clover or alfalfa sown
with it take possession before it is
much weakened by shading. It is the
best nurse-crop yet found for clover or
alfalfa, and for that purpose is recon.
mended.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
GREAT WHEAT o
Declare Yield This Lcs
VIII De II Observation-Disclosures.

Experts Declare Yield This Ecar
Will De II Observation-Disclosures.
national prosperity far in advance OF
the highest known records is indicated
In the crop estimate of III. V. Jones, the
Minneapolis crop estimator, who gave
out his annual bulletin at noon Thurs
day. The winter wheat production Of
the United States he gives as 100000
900 bushels, G0,OOO,OOO bushels over last
year, and the record crop of winter
wheat ever produced. Cotton and corn
are in exceedingly good condition, and
with q hot July and August may also
break the record but nothing but a
wet harvest can lower the wheat crop,
says the Jones estimate.
In company with join Inglis, Mr..
Jones has just completed a careful tour
of the winter wheat producing regions
of the country. Grain merchants n
railroads throughout the country await
ed the publication of his report with
great interest, Wall street and the
Southwestern markets cheering when it
was bulletined. Summaries of the re-
port We're sent to Liverpool and Eng
llllb, W LSlS i NtS lSNSlNSA 1 JILL
der.
The crop Of Illinois is estimated at
2S,OOO,OOO bushels, of Indiana 3S,O0O,-
600, and Ohio 32,O0O,OOO, all much in
excess of last year. Michigan is slight
ly behind. The West and Southwest
double their production.
Upon the crop production the whole
material prosperity of the country for
the year depends, the report proceeds,
and especially the welfare of the rail-
roads, which Ore peculiarly dependent
on the crops. Wide extension through
out the Northwest and Southwest is in
dicated, and general expansion.
The report gives Texas this year A.
100000 bushels, or twice the yield Of
last year; Oklahoma, 100000 bush
els, or more than double the yield last
year, and 4 record crop for the new
State Indian Territory, 100000 bush
els; Kansas, 722.uOO,G Coo bushels. about
the same as last year; Nebraska, 3d.
O00, 600 bushels, about the same as last
year; Missouri, 3O,OCO,CUO bushels, same
IS last year.
California is given 100000 bushels,
or twice last years crop. On this basis
the Southwest raises about 2J,OOO,OOO
bushels more than last year. The
Southern and Eastern States and Ore
gon make up the balance, all the States
having a good average yield except
Michigan, which is probably the light
est in average yield. For Oklahoma
government acreage is increased in this
estimate 100000 bushels.
The Canadian Northwest has the
best promise for Il crop that country
has ever known. The acreage is the
largest. and with favorable conditions
the yield of wheat will surpass all pre-
yious years. The official estimate of the
Canadian Department of Agriculture
gives the acreage seeded to wheat at
13l41,5 37 acres. On the basis of twen-
ty bushels per acre it suggests a har-
vest of 6 .S4O,O0O bushels in Manitoba,
and In the Canadian Northwest of 3d.
100000 bushels. The increase in the
acreage under cultivation in wheh is
474 900 acres. There is also Il larger
area under oats INC barley than in pre-
vious years. There has been plenty OF
rain, and the crop is reported as in the
best of condition.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

A Russian steamship line is soon to
be. started between Vladivostok, Siberia,
and San Francisco.
The Hudson Memorial Bridge to span
the Harlem ship canal, at Spuyten Duy-
vii, to cost $2,5OO,OOO, is now assured.
The first section of the T~ransandine
railway, reaching to the foot of the noun
tains, where the tunnel begins, has been
~inaugurated. Tho new line will shorten
the time from Chilli to Buenos Ayres six
hours.
Although junior in point of experience
in railroad construction to Europe, Amer
lea has far o,rstripped that continent in
the extent OF its railroad mileage, and a
comparison of the respective figures is
usually interesting. To make such we
will have to take those for the year 1904,
since the European statistics for 1908 are
not vet completed. The worlds trackage
in 1904 was $4,000 miles, of which
America owns oil, 900 miles. More than
1000 miles were added last year and in
consequence our entire mileage now ex-
ceeds 216,OOO miles. The most extensive
railway system in Europe is owned by
Russia, with $4,000 miles to her credit.
Germany comes next with $4,000, France
Is third with $4,000, Austria-Hungary
FORTH with $4,000 and the United King
dom fifth with $4,000 miles. England
supplied our first rails and locomotives
and to-day our total is almost ten times
The railroad mileage of Great Britain and
Ireland combined. We exceed the whole
of Europe by more than 10 per cent and
the superiority of our locomotives and
general equipment has given us the world
for a customer. Indeed, it would be diff
cult to name a country in which at some
time or another American locomotives or
ca1s have not made inroads. FL
The plans and specifications for the
twin tunnels of the New York Central
lines under the Detroit river from Wind
sor to Detroit have been completed. The
tubes, when finished, will be nearly two
and a half miles long and will obviate
the necessity of the car ferriage, which
now causes considerable delay.
The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
| railroads are to unite in the construction
| of a line 40 miles long from Sherwood
to Shively. in California. This line will
open to the markets of the world the
| great redwood forests of Mendocino and
Humboldt counties.
Surveyors for the Chicago, Milwaukee,
and st. Paul nave finished the survey for
the extension from Pierre, S. D., to tts
| Pacific coast. Contracts have already
been LET for parts of the line.
The kernel of the japanese policy for
| taking the lead in the commercial deVel-
| opnent of Marchuria has been disclosed
in the publishing of the ordinance autt9r,
izing the formation OF the South Man
f! churian railway. 1t conforms TO the
| general line of the I.lssian lease fkoa,
! China ind the capital is placed Of :.
100000. 1t will take oyer the railway
| and mines now held by Japan. The head
| Office will be at Toxic and a branch a:
Dalny. j
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
DOUGLAS NEW BUILDING.
Big Shoe Company Its
Jobbinx Facilities.

Big Shoe m Increases Its
Jobbing Facilities.
The dedication of the new admins
tration and jobbing house building
erected by the w. l.. Douglas Shoe Co..
as a part Of its mammoth manufactur-
ing plant at Monte!lo, Mass, was
marked by the ~thoroughness and atten-
ton to detail characteristic of the firm
in all it's undertakings. AS the new
building is said to be the most complete
and convenient Of any ever built for a
commercial house in the United States.
so were the expressions of appreciation
by the many persons who visited 1t for
inspection sincere and Of a highly con-
gratuAtory nature.
The completion of this structure
marks the establishment of a modern
up-to-date wholesale jobbing house and
office building. Mr.. Douglas has long
considered the ACCESSIBILITY of a job
bing house, not only for the purpose
of supplying his w retail stores more
readily, but that thu 1900 dealers
throughout the United States handling
the w. L. Douglas shoes might be able
to obtain shoes for immediate use with
greater facility. .Under the present sys-
tenn all shoes are manufactured to or
der, inc customers sometimes lose sales
waiting for shoes to arrive. With the
new jobbing house they will be enabled
to have their hurry orders shipped the
same day they are received, which will
be far more satisfactory to the GUS
toner and will result in a largely In
creased business to the W. L.. Douglas
Shoe Co.
The new building is 260 feet long and
60 feet wide and two stories in height
The jobbing department will occupy the
entire lower floor, while the Offices will
occupy the second floor. The jobbing
department will carry q complete stock
of mems, boys, youths, women's
misses and children's shoes, slippers
rubbers and findings equal to any job
bling house in the country.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
Seed Corn Breeding Pays.

Corn-breeding work, still in its in
fancy, already has spelled profit for
many Material increases In
yield, due in large measure to plant
Ing improved tested seed, have been so
general that farmers everywhere are
adopting better methods Of seed selec
ton. And other countries, noting what
has been accomplished by American
corn breeders, have taken steps to fol-
low their example. Recently an Amerl-
can seed-corn breeding company ship
ped 1900 bushels of corn to the agrl-
cultural department Of the Egyptian
government. The same compuny has
also exported an order Of 10000 pounds
of seed corn to Australia, where it will
be used in breeding work conducted by
the agricultural authorities of that
country. It Is to the corn belt of
America that the peoples Of the earth
come for corn. Our corn crop is the
envy of all civilized countries which
cannot or do not grow corn.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
Cood Tonic for the Hogs.

If the hogs are growing as fast and
doing as we'll as they can do, nothing
Is needed in the way of medicine. But
If they are a little off in any way, a
few doses of the following will straight
en- them up.
Wood charcoal, 1 pound; sulphur, l
pound sodium chloride, 2 pounds; So
dunn bicarbonate, 2 pounds; sodium
hyposulphite, 2 pounds; sodium sui
phate, 1 pound; anthony sulphide, 1
pound. Pulverize and thoroughly mix.
The dose is a large tablespoonful for
each 200 pounds weight of hogs to be
treated, given once q day. The hogs
will eat this mixed in their food, unless
very i'll, when it should be poured into
them, mixed in water. n" f..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
Grow Something New.

Make it a point this summer to find
out some crop or vegetable everybody
seems to want, and that no one has
grown to any extent in your %neighbor-
hood, and grow that yourself next year.
1t is quite possible to make q crop of
p caulifiower, spinach or egg
plant or some other unusual thing. one
Of the most profitable crops on the
farm. If the demand is good and the
supply in your neighborhood limited,
the same thing is often true of squash.
Along in the winter when fresh vegeta-
bles are scarce, there is always a de-
mand in the city markets for squash.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
PE.RU.N A STRENGTHENS
THE ENTIRE SYSTEM

Mr.. Chas. l.. Sauer, Grand Scribe,
Grand Encampment l. o. o. F. of Texas,
and Assistant City Auditor, writes from
the City Hall, San Antonio, Texas:
NEARLY two years ago l accepted a
position as secretary and treasurer with
one of the leading dry goods establish
ments of Galveston, Texas.
1.-THE sudden change from a high and
dry altitude to sea level proved too much
for me and I became afflicted with ca
tarrh and cold in the head. and general
debility to such an extent as to almost
incapacitate me for attending to my du-
ties.
III was induced to try Peruna, and
after taking several bottles in small
doses I am pleased to say that l was
entirely restored 10 my normal con-
difion and have yer since recOm-
n7ended the use of Peruna to my
friends"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
Quite True.

Miss Boston-They say she's extreme
ly naughty.
Miss Tours-I should say so! The
last time I saw her she was sailing
down the street in
Miss Boston-Pardon me; why DO
you use that senseless expression? How
could she go sailing" down the street!
Miss Tours-Easy enough. l saw
her last in Venice.-The Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
Great Cont for NIOhnir.

The South African goat, Sultan,
sheared eighteen and one-half pounds
Of mohair at one clipping. This is the
record in this country and probably the
worlds record. He was barred from
competition at the st. Louis Fair be-
cause judges would not believe that the
mohair then carried was grown within
the time specified by the rules. At the
Portland, Ore. Fair he tool grand prize
for the best buck. He is said TO pos
sess wonderful p%repotent power.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
Field OF a Million Acres.

The largest fenced pasture field in
the United States is on the Blackfeet
Indian reservation, in Montana. This
field contains 100000 acres, and the
200 miles Of barbed wire fence inclos-
ing it have been completed. About 400
600 pounds Of wire We're required for
the work. There are 10000 head of
cattle wintering in this pasture, half
of which belong to the stockman, who
are paying for the privilege Of pastur.
age.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
Homemade Grain Box.

Ome-MRO ~Tuth u
There Is enough grain stored on every
farm to warrant the building of a gram
box, particularly when one can De pun
for a very small sum and with put niue
labor. Such a boX is easily constructed
from dry goods boxes, using a nuInpel
Of the same size to obtain the deslreu
capacity and setting them end to end
fastening them together or not as ae-
sired. The fronts are cut so as to Cd
tain the proper slant and Their a cover
Is made so that the box or boxes may
be locked if necessary. Divisions are
made In the inside in accordance with
the quantity of each kind of grain to
be stored. The boxes are set on legs
about fifteen inches high and each of
these legs has an inverted cap of tin
placed on it neal where he leg joins
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

There are cases where IN operation
is the only but when one con-
siders the great number Of cases OF
menacing female troubles cured by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound after physicians have advised
operations, no woman should submit to
one without first trying the Vegetable
Compound and writing Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass, for advice, which is free.
Miss Margret Merkley, Of 275 Third
Street, Milwaukee, Wis, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
"Loss OF strength, extreme nervousness,
shooting pains through the pelvic organs;
bearing down pains and cramps compelled
me to seek medical advice. The doctor, after
making an examination, said l had n female
trouble and liberation and advised an opera
ton. To this I strongly objected and decided
to trv lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
mound. The liberation, quickly healed, oil
the bad symptoms disappeared and l em
once more strong, vigorous and we'll"
Female troubles are steadily on the
increase among m If the month";
1y periods are very painful, or too ire
quent and ex~cessive-h you have pain
or swelling low down il. the left side.
bearing-down pains, don'tneglectyo your
self: try Lydia e Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

Recently a farmer who had plowed
up a fence row relaid the fence after
seeding with timothy and clover. 1t
was Il rail fence, laid worm fashion.
and under the rails, where the heat of
the sun was shaded, the grass was Wig
orous. and at least three times as thick
rs it was where no shade was had.
This burning up of the plants by heat.
perhaps, explains some failures in
growing grass from seed without pro-
lection.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
THE oLD-FAsHIoNEp JUMPER.

breaking a colt in winter as the old
fashioned Jumper" A jumper Is sim
ply made Of two saplings twenty feet
or more long, weakened about five feet
from the butt ends by shaving the up
per sides half through, so that the poles
sag when the rider is on the seat and
the colt hitched. The seat is supported
by foul posts and the horse is placed
far out in the shafts. A colt cannot go
over backwards with this.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
White Pekfn Ducks.

The White Pekin is a popular duck
which has a distinctive type especially
its own, and differing from all others
In the shape and carriage of its body.
The legs are set far back, which causes
the bird to walk in an upright position.
In size these ducks are very large, some
reaching as high as twenty pounds to
the pair. Their flesh is very delicate
and free from grossness, and they are
considered among the best Of table
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

"Aren't you the greasy, dirty, odorifen
Gus old scoundrel that tackled me for 4
quarter the other day, when I didn't hap
pen to lave any change about me? 2" asked
Fellaire-formerly Rusty Rufus-eyeing
him sharply; land did I promise to give
you something the next time l saw your
"Yes'r," said Ruffon Wratz, with alac-
rity, "I'm the feller."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
Keeping Calves Thrifty.

4 calf kept winter and summer in
thrifty growth at 2 years will make as
much more beef than II ~neglectfully
kept at twice that age The profit will
ali be found on the 2-year-old and the
loss on the 4-year-old yet of
the latter have pursued such system
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
No Wonder.

"What has made the energetic Mrs.
Embonpoint so angry!
in writing up h church fair which
she made such 4 success, b society
editress said of her that she was a
woman of wonderful bustle."-Hous-
ton Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
Feed for Mare In Fonl.

While in foal the mare does not nee
essarily require food different inAqual.
itv from that fed at other times, but,
all things being equal. the quantity
should be somewhat larger. Oats are
the best feed, vet shorts and bran may
be fed with beneficial results. Washes
can be given occasionally, and where
possible cooked feed mag be supplied
at night three times a week.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
AWFUL ITCHING ON SCALP.
Hair Finally Had to Be Cut to Save
Any-Scalp Now in Good Con
d;+;or- C,,rad hu Cnficrra

Any-Scalp Now in Good Con-
dition-Cured by Cuticura.
81 used the Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment for a diseased scalp, dandruff,
and constant falling Of hair. Finally l
had to cut my hair to save any at all.
Just at that time l read about the Cuti-
cura Remedies. Once every week I
shampooed NY hair with the Cuticura
Soap, and I used the Ointment twice a
week. In two months time my hair
was long enough to do up in French
twist. That is now five years ago, and
1 have a lovely head Of hair. The
length is six inches below. my waist
line, my scalp is in very good condi-
ton, and no more dandruff or itching
of the scalp. l used other remedies
that were recommended to me as good,
but with no results. Mrs. w. F. Griess,
Clay Center, Neb., Oct. %, 1905"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

the box. These tins will prevent vermln
In the shape of rats and mice from
easily climbing up the box and getting
at the grain. If desired the several
divisions may be lined inside SO as TO
make them more vermin proof. The H.
lustratIon shows how simple this grain
Aox is.-IndianapoliS News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

The glrdling or ringing of grapevines
is done to Increase the size Of each
cluster. 1t is not done generally, how
ever. although some find the method
profitable. The bark is entirely re-
moved below the fruit cluster about a
mont before the period Of ripening
which hastens maturity about a week
or two and enlarges the bunch and
berries. The sap ascends through the
pores of the wood to sustain growth,
but the elaborated sap descends through
the Woo and the bark and can go no
lower than the point at which the gir-
die is made, where it stops and is util-
lied in feeding the grapes. Some in
jury is done the vine below the girdle,
and hence it may not pay on an extern
sive scale.
imp to Break Colts.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
OPERATION AVOIDED
ExPERlENCE0FM MISS MERKLEY
She Was Told That an Operation Was
Inevitable. How She Escaped 1t.

When a physician tells a woman suf-
fering with serious feminine trouble
that an operation is necessary, the very
thought Of the knife and the operating
table strikes terror to her heart, and
our hospitals are full of women coming
for lust such operations.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

fowls. They are excellent layers, aver
aging from 100 to $50 eggs each in a
season. They are non-setters, hardy,
easily raised and the earliest In matur-
ing Of any ducks.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

II system it can be called-with the
idea that they were saving money.
Keep the thrifty animal two years
longer in the same way, and something
very handsome In the way of beef will
be the result, while the starvcliny can
never pay the expense Of rearing and
feeding.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

Peter 1. of Servia is credited with be-
ing the most Intellectual monarch that
country ever had.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

Mrs. wlpslow,s soo1Krse BTU, for Chiidra2
s,ething; sottens the guns, reduces Inflammation. nj
lays pain. cures wind collie. = oonts a bottle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

Mexico now has 60,00O American resi-
dents and 1929, 100000 American money.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

Jumper to Break Colts.
A Canadian farmer says that there
is nothing yet discovered SO useful IN
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

A Russian steamship line is soon to
be- started between Vladivostok, Siberia,
and San Francisco.