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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17
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Disposal Of Corn. Stalks.

| A discussion recently arose among
the omcers and statesmen of the David
bradley Mfg. Co., as regards the dis"
position OF corn. stalks after the re-
moVal OF the corn and fodder-some
oelng under the impression that ma
]orlty OF the farmers burn their stalks,
"h11e others claimed they were plow-
ca under. It was finally decided that
an inquiry be sent to the Agricultural
department: Of the Illinois University
at Urbana, Ill. We give below the
substance OF the reply to the inquiry,
which will be of great interest to our
readers, especially those interested in
farming:
David Bradley Mfg. Co., Bradley, ILL.,:
Gentlemen-Your letter Of June
10Th regarding burning of corn stalks
was referred to me. A reply has been
delayed because of my absence from
the university. would say that as
a general rule it is better to pillow corn
stalks under than to burn them. A
ton OF corn stalks contains about 16
pounds OF nitrogen, which is lost in
burning, and, of course, as the com
decays in the ground they form a
large amount of humus, which is al
ready becoming more or less deficient
IN most Illinois land. There are times
however, when it is probably better
to sacrifice this nitrogen and humus
| and burn the stalks. Thus, if one
has heavy growth Of stalks on his
land which must be- plowed late in
the spring in a dry season, it would
undoubtedly be better to burn the
stalks, because this amount of decay
ed coarse organic matter would inter-
tere with the capillary action and
cause the land to dry out, and prob
ably produce greater injury to the
crop that season than would ever be
counterbalanced by subsequent bene
hts due to the turning under of the
stalks. If, however, the stalks can
be plowed under late in the fall or
early spring Or at any time in the
spring, If the season is fairly wet, and
the stalks are we'll broken on cut into
small pieces so that the ground settles
down and capillary action is, not in
terfered with, then 1 would certainly
prefer blowing the stalks under. In
general farm practice when the humus
content of soils becomes somewhat
reduced, the practice of burning
stalks grows less and finally practic-
ally ceases. Cyril G.. Hopkins,
Professor of, Soil Fertility.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17
FAT AS INSANITY ANTIDoTE
Opinion Of Medical Journal Has
Aroused Establishment,

OPs"lon OF medical Journal ras
Aroused Englishmen.
Are the majority of folk of weak
Intellect? Is insanity on the increase?
Are we all preparing ourselves for
lunatic asylums? These startling ques-
tions have occurred to me after read
ing an article in a medical journal
on the gospel of fat as applied to the
treatment of mental disease 1t
seems that the more you fattea up
the mentally afflicted the saner they
become; but, of course, the difficulty
lies ; In providing the lunatlc with
adipose tissue, as there is nothing like
brain disease to cause too, too solid
flesh to melt.
The aim of most of us nowadays is
to keep down what our transatlantic
friends, with their genius for using
the ugliest word for everything, I'M
compromisingly call "hesh.' We battle,
we massage, we diet, we fly to these
and those waters, we try all manner
OF cures, and put ourselves into vari-
GUS kinds of straps and pastes, and
take violent exercise with the aim OF
fining ourselves down and keeping
stoutness at bay.
Does this decided. disposition on
the part of men and women to avoid
corpulence, and the successful thin
ming down. that we notice on all
sides, portend increase of lunacy? II
so, dieting and the taking of waters
and massage ought to be forbidden
by act of Parliament. By the way,
Hamlet was fat and scant Of breath,
London World
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17

with sudden spring he was over the
side Of the boat
People almost always seemed attract
ed to Dick and the plate seldom came
back empty when he carried it.
The two had merry time racing,
digging holes in the sand, as all poys
love to do, now stopping before a
group OF children or little picnic
party for dance or two, and more
pennies. When the boat left they
were tired out and Tom found a cor.
ner where they hid behind some boxes
and both fell asleep. Later there was
commotion and a sudden rush. Tom,
only half awake, jumped to his feet
and was pushed along by the crowd.
Dick saw him waver a moment on the
edge of the boat and heard a shout,
Boy overheard" With sharp,
piercing cry he sprang after Tom. but
the crowd separated them. He could
not understand all that happened for
he was SO short he could not see
much, and he could not ask, but he
knew that they were trying to save
his friend. He looked piteously into
the faces about him, uttering the shrill
moan of the dumb. He heard a voice
say:
of course, it was useless, the boat
was moving so fast they could not
find him. Poor little street beggar!
he is better off as it isl"
The mate had tears in his ewes
when, passing across the deck. he
spied Dick. :
"Poor little fellow, what is COINS
to become of your" and he lifted him
up. Nobody ever wanted to touch
Tom, but some way Dick never looked
dirty and his hair was not so untidy,
"pll take you home and you shall
live with me-" said, the mate, putting
his arm around him, but Dick kept
up the same pitiful cry and his eyes
were fastened on the dancing water
that had seized his loved companion.
He had nobody in the whole world but
Tom, there was nobody else for him to
love. Tom was there in the blue,
lovely, shining water-his Tom, and
that was where he wanted to be,
Where his Tom was he could be happy
again. Poor ignorant, untaught wait
OF the streets, but faithful unto death.
He wrenched himself free from the
mate and with sudden spring he was
over the side of the boat and the
water closed over him. There was a
stir and cry among the passengers, and
me man who had spoken before said
in a suOdued voice:
We'll, I've seen a good many acct
dents in my life, and I've heard that
men commit !, suicide for many .rea
sons, but never before to-day knew q
dog to deliberately drown himself be
cause that was the death his maste,
died." Fl.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17
Transportation Of Trees.

The Transportation of trees is the
process of the tree taking the water
up by it's roots, passing it up through
the trunk and branches and into the
leaves, and evaporating it into the at
mosphere. The amount of water thus
TRANSFERRED by trees Is very great
Even the ordinary tree thus uses sew.
eral barrels Of water every day. There
are many problems connected with
this process that are only being
studied and have not been solved.
One of these is the power of trees to
resist drouth. 1t would naturally be
assumed that the tree that uses the
least water can stand drouth the best.
The actual tests Of the matter, how.
ever, do not carry out this theory.
One Russian experimenter found that
while maple tree was transpiring
289 pounds of water, an ash tree,
from the same surface, transpired 399
pounds, 40 pounds more than the
other: This was approximately 80 per
cent. It is known, however, that ash
trees stand drouth far better than
naples. Groves Of ash trees and
maple trees that came under the OBJ.
servation Of this Russian experiment.
er' were subjected to very severe
drouth conditions in the fall of 1902
and the spring of 1903. Nearly all of
the naples died, while the ash trees
continued their existence and devel
oped normally during the summer and
fall of 1903. This is of great impor.
lance to people living in the semi:
arid districts. For some reason the
trees using the greater amount of
water are able to get that water from
greater depths in the soil, and are
able to hold up the cellular structure
Of the leaf with less amount of water
than others.-James Gordon, Anderson
Co., Kas. ...,->
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17
Parting.

Parting.
They say that parting is sweet sorrow,
And so it is, if they that part
Look forward to some glad tomorrow
When each may claim the others heart.
The handclasp and the sacred meeting
Of lips in loves pure service-these
Bring recompense for much repeating
Of eager longings, if the seas
And hills and plains that keep us twain
May some day be recrossed again.
When we who say good-by forever,
Clasp hands and look through tear
dimmed eyes,
And know that we may never, never
Renew the rudely broken ties;
Oh. if from splendid realms above us
They may behold who gave US birth,
And still as weeping children love us,
How must they wonder that the earth
Can as our hands unclasp. possess
Aught save the tomb of joyOusness!
Their parting may be splendid sadness,
Who look with eager hopes beyond
For whom the future treasures gladness
In payment of the joys they've pawned;
But how can heaven undo the sorrow
That they must bear who, loving part
And see ahead no glad Tomorrow
No cleaning afterwhile. sweetheart?
Who have no dear excuse. alas
TO count the moments as they pass!
IS. E. Kiser.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17
Fruit Trees and Mice.

Every winter in some parts OF the
country great losses are experienced
in the orchards by the ravages OF
mice. It is not unusual to take up a
report from a state of the United
States, or province of Canada and find
numerous reports of the great havoc
wrought by mice. We noticed while
ago report from the province Of On
tarlo. Among the reports were these,
which were characteristic: From
Glengary: Thousands of fruit trees
nave been ruined by MICE" From
Carleton: "Ol. fruit trees are in fine
condition, but young orchards have
been almost destroyed by field mice"
From Parry Sound: "Mice were very
destructive last winter and did lot
OF damage to young fruit trees" From
Dutferin: Fruit trees were badly peel.
ed by mice during the winter" We
might repeat numerous other reports
OF the same general character. Re.
ports secured from various northern
states of the Union frequently have a
like tenor.
Losses from mice always occur on
young trees, generally trees that are
one or two years old. These little
creatures can do very great amount
OF damage because it requires but a
very small. damage to any one tree to
kill it. The mice simply gnaw entire.
~ around a tree at the snow line.
They are after the young bark to sat
lsfy their hunger. The space gnawe@
may not be more than an inch wide
but it means the doom of the tree. It
IS no wonder then that a whole orch:
ara is sometimes wiped out in a sin.
gle year by these young rodents.
Ihey are especially dangerous where
straw or corn stalks have been placed
around trees, as this makes a hiding
place for the mice. Corn stalks are
frequently put around trees to protect
them from sun-scald in winter. The
trees are saved from this injury, but
instead are destroyed by the mice.
Where mice are troublesome, the best
way is to destroy all their hiding
places in the orchards and adjoining
fields. In the west we have few stone
walls TO act as protectors OF the mice
and it Is easier to prevent their raw.
ages than in the eastern states where
every farm orchard is protected on
some side by stone wall. Where the
hiding places cannot be destroyed:
some kind of tree protector will have
to be used. One of the best of these
is shield made Of laths bound togeth:
er by wire. This is sunk into the
ground around the tree before the soil
freezes hard in the fall The wire
lath shield is inexpensive, and any
man can make it. The wires are sim.
ply crossed between each two laths
and the spaces between any two laths
must not be large enough to permit
the rodents to cut through. We would
like to hear from our readers as tc
their methods of protecting thei1
orchards against MICE
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17

soft, green grass beneath him, clover
and daisies gently waving as he walk
ed, creaking, slippery pine needles
sending up their fragrance at every
step, the great bending ferns, whose
sweet odor lulls and satisfies wearied
brain and body, he longed intently for
all this without ever having known it..
The nearest he had come to it was
an occasional hour in city park, and
his country birthplace claimed recog-
milton in his heart. But it cost money
to ride even in trolley car, and the
boat was free--to him-while there
was a certainty that Dick would COL
1ect pennies, and they were hungry.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17
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:5AvEoSFRoM# CURTAIN LECTURE.
husband Well Knew the Weak Point
III 1se:.:* of His Loved One. T.. : =. +

-: = OF HIS Loveo one. i'a,ss :, -, -
81 heard w. X. Vanderbilt talk the
last time was abroad" said a Pitts
burg man. TT was at: the Grand
eotel in Rome, and Mr.. Vanderbilt
dined at the table next to mine. He
had just returned from a long trip in
a. motor car and his talk, naturally,
dealt with motoring in the main.
mr.. Vanderbilt said that there
We're a good many points and woes in
cidental to motoring. Most of them,
though, could be avoided by good
management. He said he knew a
man who had started with a. friend
On weeks tour ina big car and they
had stayed two weeks because they
enjoyed themselves so much.
When finally they got back to
town it was a Monday night and very
late. Mr.. Vanderbilt's friend, timid
about his reception, went home and
his wife received him as coldly as he
had expected she would do. What he
dreaded, though, was an explosion
an hours wild scolding and upbraid-
ing. AS he talked he tried to think
OF some way to escape this explosion
and finally an idea came to him.
Il am so glad to be back here with
you, DEAR he said. But pity Smith.
Poor old Smith,
What is the matter with Smith,
said the lady sharply.
" All, poor fellow, said her hus-
band. AT this moment his wife is
giving him the very old Deuce
THE lady's manner softened. That
willy speech got her husband off. She
would not show herself a common
scold, like Mrs. Smith,"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17
Supt. Pritchard Let 1t Cool,

A few years ago a witty, but not
ORGANISATIONS, Celt was one of the
street gang at Newburyport and a few
minutes before noon he threw his
shovel into the gutter, sat down on
the curbstone and proceeded to fill
and light his pipe. Just as he ex-
tracted the first puff Of smoke Super
intendent of Streets Pritchard came
around a corner and, seeing Pat,
roared out, Here! what are you
throwing down your shovel for at this
time of day?"
To cool it, sir-r,''' said Pat, where
upon the, superintendent lodged
around the corner to get his face to-
gether.-Boston Herald. - .
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17
DUKE DID NOT LAUGH LAST.
Practical Joke Is Not So Funny as 1t
Had Seemed.

Had Seemed.
Duke Carl of Wurtemberg was very
fond of practical jokes in his younger
days. Once he called at a farmhouse
and asked the farmers wife, who was
churning, for glass of milk. She did
not know her visitor, but went away
to fetch the milk, when the Duke
seized a cat which was lying near and
threw it, with ducat, into the churn.
When the old woman returned he
drank the milk and walked away.
A year later the same prince entered
the house in a different dress, and
again asked for glass of milk, and in
CURED whether someone hadn't once
secreted a cat in her churn. The farm
er's wife laughed, and said:
ooh, yes; and I wouldn't mind him
doing it again at the same price,
what did you do with the butter
you were churning then?"
ooh, I sent it to the palace, where
they take all my stuff"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17
The Round-Headed Apple Tree eorer

Is,
The scientific name of this insect
is Saperda Gambia. The first mention
we have of it was by Thomas Say in
1924. It is altogether probable. how
ever, that it was common in the apple
orchards in America from the first
advent of Europeans that planted
fruit trees. SO far as is known. it is
native of America. Without doubt
It's chief stronghold was the wild crab
apple trees, which are everywhere
abundant in this country, and it is
possible, also, that it attacked and
lived on other members of the Rosa
ceae family. The borer itself, that
is, the slug, is about one inch in
length and is a yellowish white. 1t
has no feet. The head is small and
brown in color and the jaws are black.
The round-headed borer is one of the
most destructive of the borers. Trees
are very seriously injured by it, and
frequently many are killed outright.
some trees attacked by the round
headed borer will blossom in the
spring, hut fail to put forth leaves,
their supply of sap having been ex-
hausted through the holes made by
the borers. Here and there trees are
found entirely girdled by the borers
In such case the tree is doomed
There is no question that any tree
where even one'borer resides is great
ly injured by this unwelcome guest.
But when a dozen are found in a
single tree, it may we'll be concluded
That its usefulness is past. The chief
thing is to exclude the borer from
the trees. Wherever there has been
trouble from them the trees should be
wrapped with some kind of material
that will entirely exclude the borers.
Some orchardists use wrapping paper
some manila paper, some tar paper
or fine wire screen. This, if properly
applied, will prevent the borers from
attacking the tree. The efficacy OF
these wrapping materials depends en-
tirely upon the skill and care with
which they are put on. 1t is of no use
to try to do poor job in applying
these protectors, for in that case la
Dor and expense are thrown away
The eggs are not deposited above two
feet and half from the ground
Therefore, if the wrapping material
covers the tree 10: the lower two feet
OF the trunk it will be effective, pro
vided it passes slightly under the
soil at the bottom. Perhaps tarred
paper or fine wire netting is the best
as this will not only exclude the Dor
ers, but will also prevent the ravages
of mice, rabbits, and other small
gnawing animals. The material used
in fastening these wrappers should
be such as will break upon the grow
ing of the tree. The use of strong
wire, therefore, is excluded, as this
would cut into the tree and have the
effect of girdling it. 1t is well to
examine the trees during the late
summer and early fall months for
eggs and young grubs, which can be
readily detected and destroyed with a
knife.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17
And He Did,

They had not gone far from shore
when the canoe upset and the young
man and the merry maiden found
themselves standing neck deep in
water.
Gust what was hoping for" said
the young man, contentedly. -,
Hoping for?" queried she, indig.
mainly.
"Yes,''. replied he. ''I heard you
were at this summer resort and /
came way down here on the sole hope
of falling in. with you.''-Houston
Post. ~ - ~ 4 $>zss ). Y :
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17
1E9trictly Fresh Euqs."

Strict'y Fresh EGGS"
These are strictly fresh eggs?"
asked Hiram Hazleby.
"Strictly! Positively! No possible
doubt of it!" declared the grocery
man. {1tsi.:;;9
But what interested Hiram was that
upon one of the eggs was neatly writ
ten the name and address of Mamie
Duesenberry,'' and an invitation to
whomever received the egg to write
to her. Hiram wrote to the postmas.
ter of the small Pennsylvania town
instead. What information could the
postmaster give him?
Dear Mr.. Hazleby-Miss Duesen-
berry was a charming young woman
who was very successful in the poul-
try and egg line. She married and
went out of the egg business three or
four years ago."
"Oh, positively! Every egg guaran.
teed!'' said the groceryman.-Judge.
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Copyright. 1905. by Daily Story Pub Co..

Tom and Dick were two poor little
waits. From morning till. night they
roamed the streets of the great city.
Tom was the older and always took
the lead in everything. He was a
bright-eyed, handsome boy, in spite of
his dirty face and tattered clothes.
He had taken care of himself ever
since he could remember First he
had begged, but having been born with
a faculty for getting along in the
world he sold few matches, bought
with his first savings. He knew he
could polish shoes, but he never had
a chance to try. He wished he could
have a peanut stand, but he was only
little boy and that ambition seemed
to him as lofty and unattainable as
the stars. Meanwhile he plodded
2-ong, putting on as brave a face as
he could when he was hungry, and
Whistling when bread was plenty.
He believed a living was to be had
for the asking if anybody would work,
but when Dicks mother died and he
was left all alone in the world. he
wondered what would become of him,
for Dick could not talk, consequently
he was unable to ask for work. Then
he was not so old as Tom and did not
know how to do anything; added to
this Tom loved Dick better than any
thing Or anybody else in the world, so
he opened his arms and said:
Come, Dick, I'll take care Of you,
and We'll live together
Now this was not very munifcent
offer, for Tom lived nowhere or any,
where. Some nights he slept in an
Old box behind great warehouse. or
in a doorway If he could get in there
unobserved When the weather was
warm, he lay down in one Of the
small parks where the grass was soft
and the trees waved over his head.
Next to Dick he loved the trees If he
had known anything about heaven
he would have said it must be full of
trees and that one might live under
them forever. He would lie on his
back watching the moon glide slowly
upward, with the leaves dancing
across its shining face, and dream of
the village where he was born and
which he only remembered as one
recalls dimly beautiful dream of a
far off unknown country. However
such as he had he offered to Dick and
it was joyfully accepted Protection
and love are gifts not to be despised.
Selling few matches would hardly
feed two, and Tom, with ready inyen-
ton tried other means of livelihood.
He bought harmonica and learned a
few of the popular airs he heard the
hand organs play. He had often
danced on the pavement in the even
ing with the other children to the
music of those same hand organs, anc
he set to work to teach Dick to dance.
The loss of one faculty often quickens
the others and soon the two chums
were able to do a little dance to-
gether, to the strains Of the harmoni-
ca. Then Dick would take a little
plate and pass it around, and often the
pennies piled up.
Dick had never been so happy in
his life. Though he could not talk
about his gratitude as many people do,
it was none the less deep and sincere,
and he loved Tom with the siren 9th
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-03-17
Raising or Buying Small Fruit.

We have always urged farmers to
raise enough small fruit for their fam.
lily, use. The proportion of farmers
that raise enough fruit for their fam
lilies is increasing from year to year,
but yet there are many farmers that
do not raise any kind OF small fruit.
Their. stock argument is that it is
cheaper. to buy the fruit than to raise
it. That may be SO in some cases, but
even if it were so in all cases, the fact
remains that most farmers do not buy
fruit fol: their families; and ii they
do not raise it.. their: families do not
get it.. Every, man can afford to- raise
all the fruit his family&can use in a
year, and if his fruit raising opera
tons are properly conducted, they win
require but little time throughout the
year.-Farmers' Review. <' ?, Y = =. Z
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