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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29
WARNING TO POTATO GROWERS

Press bulletin No. 267. "f the Ohio
agricultural experiment station. prints
the following:
The last blight fungus. Phytophtho-
ra. has already appeared this year at
Wooster upon several areas. 1t doe
not occur every year in Ohio and cen
In the northeastern part of he state
the occurrence OF this fungus L. So
irregular that the practice %. regular
spraying for II has not be- one fixed.
The Phytophthora prevailed to a cer-
tain extent in 1903 and was much
more widespread In 1904. appearing in
| the vicinity OF Wooster about August
10 of that year.
These conditions OF previous occur
renee. combir cd with the season. have
prepared foT an early r-eappearancc OF
this late olight fungus the present
year, AND the fungus was collected by
the assistant pathologist In gardens
nea! the station July Is. 1905.
A widespread and destructive out
break OF this disease may occur In the
state In any season with the fungus so
prevalent. While most Is to be feared
II the weather is moist. the danger may
be considerable where fungicides are
not used upon the potato plants. In
like amer the danger of rotting OF
the tubers Is involved.
Potato growers are warned of the
conditions. that spraying may be prac-
ticed by them. applications of stand
ard Bordeaux mixture at intervals of
two week are effective when the vines
are well covered. This spray Is made
from tour pounds of dissolved copper
sulfate (blue yitrol) and III to Ave
pounds OF lime. In fifty gallons OF wa
ter. according TO the directions OF the
station spray calendar bulletin. No
147.
The station botanist Will BIZ pleased
to respond to inquiries. accompanied
by specimens. to locate the blight, also
in respect to the features not Rad.
clear in the station bulletins.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29
Eliqible.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper'S weekly.
\ southern senator says that one of thu
best and briefe3t OF speeches that he .vel
heard in the upper house Of congress wal
one of four words delivered by enato
Proctor, of Vermont. This speech. II ap
pears. was a retort to a sarcastic fling b,
a colleague from Massachusetts. He had
said: mo man in Vermont Is allowed e
vote unless no has made two thousanS
dollars trading with Massachusetts PEG
pie"
W%hereupon Proctor rose deliberatei,
and observed: "And We al vote"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29

There Is a very urgent demand 70,
work horses this spring. and prices are
away out of sight. 1t seems that farm.
crs are becoming too busy to bottle,
with raising colts.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29

A scotsman said to me the other da,
that there was more downright deviitry
found in some clover seed than In am
other place on this earth: and Ithuak.
II was right.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29

Good seeds. plants or nursery stocl
Is by far the cheapest. Inferior ane
consequently cheap seed. will never
produce a satisfying crop-it can't "
isn't In the seed.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29

When grain is 10 b. carried oyer un-
Til next summer: IN Ugh bins j, should
be aired occasionally. cs there Is likely
To be enough moisture. IN ii to make
I vnyhle
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29

Good farming consists IN getting the
lost out of our fields with The least
expenditure OF fertilizing elements. and
then in putting back everything which
Will build up soil.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29

When the brood SONS begin to hun.
around for stuff for nests. see that
they get nice. clca., straw. Mouldy
hay or straw il liable To induce skin
diseases.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29

The making n the corn crop Is in
keeping The weads down until the corn.
is large enough to cultivate. A weeder
or harrow will do good work at this
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29

Don't SOW oats on rich land. II Is al
most sure to lodge. 1t Is usually safe
to SOW oats sitter two crops OF corn.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29

The Presbyterian board has four cor
responding secretaries. The twenty
seven foreign mission fields are divided
among three OF them: the fourth has
charge OF what Is known as the HON
neutrality-suspicious. with missionary
candidates. publication and distribution
of literature. plans for collection of the
needful funds. etc. Associated with
each OF the secretaries for the missions
are committees on the various cOun-
tries which constitute mission helds.
These committees are known az the
China committee. the African commit
zee. the Indian committee. and 80.
They are composed Of members OF the
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02

the shore Of Lake Michigan rises into bluns
with wooded ravines there Is to be a park of
seven thousand acres; In the west another OF
eight thousand acres. The valley of the Des-
p,aines River. skirted by woods and meadows is
to afford a park drive twenty-five miles in
length In the southwest the forests OF the
PaIos region are to be made into a park larger
than the Blue Hills Reservation. near Boston,
and toward the south preserve around Lake
Calumet will afford recreation space for the
toilers of South Chicago and Pullman.
Then there many more smaller parks pro-
posed. eighty-four in all. At present Chicago
has 3169 park acres. so that the addition Of the
outer park system would make total of forty
thousand acres. or narly three times the size of
the island of Manhattan
Conservative Providence while not talking so
much as Chicago and not aspiring to beat every
other city in the country. is quietly working on
outer park system which Will. in proportion
to the population OF the city and its suburbs
compare favorably with the Boston park sys-
TEN. These outer parks are to be acquired along
the shores of water like the Seekonk
the Pawtuxet and the Ten Mile rivers These
are all to be connected by parkways. along which
the country is to be left in it's native wildness
Philadelphia, which. until 1880 had more park
area than any other American city, is now with
much difficulty, 1t must be said) awakening to
the fact that she has fallen far behind. Public
spirited citizens. among whom members of
leading clubs academies, societies and civic as
sociations. have leagued themselves together
under the name of the Philadelphia Allied Or
ganizations for the purpose of having the
Quaker City regain her lost prestige and ac-
quire comprehensive park system that will be
second to in the country"
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02

mas been found so congenia to the soil as to
give crops greatly exceeding those obtained bv
the usual method in this country of sowing the
same land to the same thing year after year
Actual trial at experiment stations under con-
dltlons that any farmer may reproduce shows
an average product, over a series of years
nearly twice as great as the average product OF
the general farming area under private culti-
Vation
The remainder aside from the space occu-
pied by farm buildings and yards. could be
divided into smaller plots of from an acre up
ward, to be devoted according to need and
use to pasturage and to rye barley, potatoes
fodder corn and garden and forage plants. A
1udicious system of rotation these lesser
areas also will show how greatly productive
power may be increased and at how high
level II may he kept. Such farm will carry
some cattle, hogs and poultry. together with the
horses required for working IT, A careful utili--
zation or manure win supply most of the fer
uA2er needed. One valuable Lesson taught by
the Hooel farm must be the Importance OF en-
flchins the soil with fertllizing material either
supplied by livestock or procured from without
me FARMER has TO guard against the impair
Heht OF ms working capital, which is the land
us carefully as the merchant or manufacturer
must guard against the wasting of his-James
j. HILL in The Century
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02

games and Fairgrounds for Older boys and men.
girls and women, who do not exercise so violent
iy a the school lad, with lawn tennis courts and
open air symnasiums There is also the so-called
neighborhood park, which has a range OF several
acres and is close TO densely populated districts
within city limits, like Central or Prospect park
and the still larger park reservations, situated
outside the city, in which the country landscape
is kept in all it's native wdness This last
named kind of park is TO be found in the metro
poIitan park system of Boston, In addition to
these various city parks, with total area in
the whole United States OF about ninety thou
sand acres, there is the great state park like
the Adirondack preserve. wilderness of l.
10000 acres, one and third times greater
than the State OF Rhode Island; the national
park of which the Yellowstone is an example
with equal to Rhode Island and Della
were combined. and lastly. the national forest
reserve. like the Sierra reserve in California
with an area of 100000 acres or equal in size
to the State of New Jersey.
Parks" says Archibald A. Hill, secretary of
the Metropolitan Parks Association of New
York "can longer be regarded as luxuries.
AS the Commissioner OF Health IN New York
has recently pointed out they part and
parcel Of the whole effort OF the city to prevent
sickness, and. therefore, are necessary as hos
pitfalls food inspection. The problem before
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02

and. with the aid Of the State Of Massachu
and neighboring communities lying within what
is known as the metropolitan district of Boston
The Hub" has acquired big stretches of wild
ct}prtry land. and al the present time possesses
more. park acres outside ard inside its limits
IMAM any other American city. This outlying
land was bought cheap It had not vet been
reached by the outfowing tides of population
Park Commissioners have purchased 5000
New York City, for $S00O0OO. The total area
Of all the parks within the metropolitan district
is about 1000 acres about twice that pos
sessed by New York City.
The largest OF the parks in the Boston metro
politan district is the Blue Hills reservation
with of 1867 acres or 7s0 acres more
than are included in all Of the big Bronx parks
1t is covered with forests, rivers, lakes and
ponds. and is to be kept IN all its native Wild
ness All the Boston parks situated within
eleven miles Of the State House and within this
same radius there live 100000 persons, little
less than the population OF brooklyn which has
Il total park area of l 200 acres.
Chicago. however, plans 10 go far ahead Of
Boston. Believing that in fifty years 1t will
swell out four times greater than its present size
with population OF eight millions the metropo-
lis Of the Great Lakes authorized commission
10 draw Up an outer park system commensurate
with its big ideas This commission has made
its report. and advocates the acquisition OF
thrty-se thousand acres, extending twenty
hV" miles int" tb" cpantTy and costing il is es.
tinated. about S2o.OO0.OO0. To the north. where
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
HILL ON MODEL FARMS.
Tells Why There Should Be One in
ErerY n gricuIturaI COunfu.

For less than a single item in many of the
annual appropriation bills a model farm, con-
Quoted as practical object lesson In the best
methods of tilling the soil and its most profit
able uses, might be established in every agri-
worth considering whether this work should
not be undertaken either by the several state
governments or by the national government, or
by the two conformity.
model farm Is simply a farm conforming
In size, in treatment of the SOIL In assignment
TO different crops and their rotation and in
methods OF culture, to the most approved prac-
uce that actual experience and scientific inves-
ugatlon OF agriculture all over the world have
fixed 1t focuses upon one plot of ground
within the personal observation of each farm
Ing community. the accumulated knowledge of
one or the Oldest occupations. which must now
become more highly specialized. It is work
ing model for common instruction.
such model farm should not contain more
than thirty or forty acres This area would
be ample for working purposes II would also
prove the economic advantage of the small
well TILED farm over larger holding to which
equal care could not be given. Labor can be
utilized more effectively and the yield an acre
increased without any decline In fertility
On such farm five tracts might he set off
for crops in due rotation. The order of hay.
pasture, oats. corn and wheat has been found
an excellent one The five tracts would be as
signed to these five crops respectively with
regular annual rotation. so that each field
should grow all the different crop. in their
turn Such alienation. even without other aid,
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02

each city. then. is not merely TO acquire parks
but to acquire a variety of them and to place
each where that particular kind of park is
needed. This is not saying that the problem of
park distribution is easy to solve would be
the case were the population Of city evenly
distributed over its entire area For example,
when Savannah was first planned a park
was given TO each ward But such a plan can
be carried out satisfactorily only so long as the
population remains evenly distributed. Savan-
nah itself has grown beyond this plan and now
needs parks In other parts of the city. Never
theless, those early settlers of Savannah grasped
q fundamental fact of city life"
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
BOSTON FORETHOUGHT.

Ihe immediate park problem for all cities
accordingly. is by no means the same In the
last ten years that this city has been spending
sIl'ooo0OO for small parks and additions to
them, with total area Of about eighty acres
in an effort 10 open UP breathing spaces in the
most densely populated districts. Boston has
been reaching out far beyond it's boundaries
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
AN LTERNATIVE HtNTED.

MRS; fallon-Good marnin'. Mrs Toolan. uo
yez tlnk wen hov war?
Mrs Tooian-Oi don't know, Mrs. Failon, Il
ceplhdS greatly phether yez do or don't fergit
10 return IN latirons yc1 borrowed av me- Do
ysz moind d!-u.eslis's Weekly.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
First Purchase in America for
That Purpose Marked by
New Ia biet.

A memorial gateway was erected short time
go in Worcester, Mass. which serves to call
attention TO the great growth OF the public parks
in this country within comparatively recent
period. The gateway contains a tablet commem-
InoTating the first purchase OF land for a public
park in the United States. The date of the
purchase was 1854 The land bought consisted
Of twenty-seven acres. AT the present time the
park acreage held by cities. states and the
tional government is more than three million
times the size of Worcester's first park land pur
chase To-day the parks and forest preserves ot
the United States have total Of $4,000
acres, equal TO that OF all the Philippine Islands
or Of all New England. New York State and
West Virginia combined.
On the tablet Of the Worcester Park gateway
y the following inscription:
This section Of ELM PARK. containing
q decided TO the CITY Of WORCES-
TER, March Ia ana March 20. 1888, by
LEVI LINCOLN and JOHN HAMMOND.
the FIRST PURCHASE OF land for
public park in the UNITED STATES
In making this claim. the city Of Worcester
does not include public squares like Union
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02

ADVERTISENlENTs aud subscriptions for
The Tribune received at their Uptown
oj.ace. No, 1864 broadway, between s6th
ana S5th sts, uutiI "'cloci y IN. Adver-
,lsemcnts received az the touowins branch
Offices a, regular office rates until o'c'ocA
=. Va, viz "a sIA ave, : e, co. I'D 81;
153 Gtn ave. c,r- l:th ST.. es East l4th st;
.57 West i"d 81, between IN and Sih aves,
re: West I25th st. ISIS 81 ave, between
-,,s and ;.th sts.. lcS6 "a ave. near sis;
=; l,ps lst ave. near ss,h 4 r5' East
l,ath a., IsS fremont ava. $50 50 ave.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
ITS USES EXPANDING

To-day when people have come 10 resIiz. that
the park was made for man, not man for the
'>lik. 1t Is utilized in every conceivable wav 70
promote the health and comfort of the com
runty. There IS the Oldtime parkway. where
those who delight IN both seeing and being seen
may promenade. Then there &c the public
Square, or common, OF the ancient tire lfl.s...o
Battery or City Hall Park. whose green is not
alone relief to the eye IN contrast TO the
artificial tnts OF street ard building but a
pleasant refuge for the weary pedestrian True
the small park often becomes the haunt OF
'oafers and loungers." said former park com
missioner of this city. but even So IT is a bless
Ing. There is less crime if the unemploved can
paisA Ia liie sun on a park bench than If they
nave only saloons and dives for gathering places"
Then there are playground parks OF vartou.
kinds those with lawns and sand plies ,yaar.
little children may frolic; those with grave, 81,
hard earth floors where tho rnrel,er ,.,,.r,.
strenuous boys Of school age may play their
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02

ENGRAVING instruction by expert: rapid
,sy.rreDne.,t: general lettering. mono
grams. etc: copper plate. Frank Hsu 40
Wexs ga 81
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02

equare in this city land for which was pur-
chased by the city in 1888 for Sn6.051 By a
public park the tablet means a countrylike
region within city limits, with woods and gladG
and wide reaches of meadow. The man who
Furnished the sta tistics upon which the tablet
was based Is George A Parker, superintendent
Of parks of Hartford. Conn., and secretary OF the
National Association of Park Commissioners
He says that Worcester beat New York City
by two years IN being the pioneer park city
Andrew J. Downing, he says. started city and
state legislation for what is known Cen
trsI Park, New York, but Worcester jumped in
ahead and bought twenty-seven acres for park
in 1854 The first purchase of land for Central
Park was in 1856.
tardy in the purchase Of land for parks 1t never
1lleIess has secured. all told about 1925 park
acres early enough in the development Of real
estate values to pay for the land one-fortieth
what il would cost to-day. For its 225 different
parks this city has spent about $50, 600 900 This
includes only the cost of the ground. At the
present time these parks represent real estate
men say. an investment of $1,000 600 900. a sum
equal 10 the total revenues of Switzerland for
two hundred years. and enough TO pay the In
ferest for seventeen months on the national debts
Of all the countries of the world Central Park
alone is valued at $500 900 900 or enough to wipe
out the entire debt OF this city. yet half CEN
fury ago its s49 acres were bought for little
more than hundredth part of this amount or
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
ENGRAVING.

pENAErsr 4 son. III Nassau s.:
general ensGaVers: wedding stRtiOrsry,
business and visiting carHs s--1Is. dles
,n.dsls ,oaI-of-arms. crests; catalogues IL
Illustrated
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
FOR SALE.
HOU SECLEANING HIp..rs

MEIkpt'pl-lTAN Hous., Clcarire r,.,',~
all appertainins To house ,,Is, ,,i,ts h'lyad
2le W 18th - Tel, SISu CHELSEA NJ 100
broaGwny. Tel 4QJu CoI. No 1871
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
NEW YORK LEADS.

NEW JOhA LEdUS.
In spite of the great cost of land IN this city
nevertheless, more park acres have been sc-
auired within its boundaries than may be found
within the limits Of any other American city II
possesses as many park acres as are contained
in Chicago. Baltimore Cincinnati and Indian
apoiis combined Unfortunately, however, its
early inhabitants. living before the time when
che park was recognized. IT is to-day as neoes-
sary TO public health. permitted the lower dis
f11cts OF Manhattan 10 fill up with dense pop
nation win hardly any open places except the
almost sunless streets. For this shortsightedness
fhe taxpayers OF to-day are paying dearly. In
the last ten years the city has been conopeled To
buy and tear down block after block Of tenement
houses For three small parks, namely Ham
Hfon Fish, Seward and Mulberry Bend with an
area OF about ten acres, the city paid more than
xor al Of Central Park The first cost s171s.-
ase. the second s1s1L127 and the third s1.522.-
OBS. total Of s5.oe2.537. Acre for acre these
little parks cost eighty-four times morr than
Central Park
Riverside Drive had II been ACQUIRED vesrs
earlier than Il was. would have cost the citv
tar less Had It been purchased as early as WAS
Central Park II would not have represented the
greatest expenditure for public park that any
American city has thus far authorized The
drive and parkway all told have cost over s11
100000. With its 40 acres. Riverside Park is
sust one-sixth the size OF Central Park vet :,
cost more than twice as much.
Not only In size and cost have American parks
increased to a vast degree, but also in variety
aho IN the number of uses to which they have
been put In the beginning the city park was
merely a show place. a sort Of rich mans garden
Ftfn, FORMAL. with lawns cropped close to he
looked at but not stepped upon ornan,inted with
sruhclaI cliffs and caves, with statI,ary here and
there and immaculately kept flower beds guard
ed against vandaI children who might dar, %
pick blossom or leaf. where the public might
enter If it kept to the trim gravel walks and
where about the only opportunity for the weary
city dweller to find rest was the hard wooden
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
WATCHES AND JEWFIRY.

CHAS BARTENS late o, Ba-ten. 4 Rice
Watches. Diamonds. Precious Stones. II
i6 John st. Tel.pf1o,s 3s9oICorrlaudt
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02

HIGHEST PRICE paid for ladies', gentle
mems and childrens discarded Clothl-x
fine Evsnins and Street Costumes. JewelrT
Bric-a-Brac, Eurs. etc Mr. or Mrs.
NATAL. T4S 6th ave Tsi 670-Bryaut
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
PHOTO-FNGKAyiNG-

HALF TONE and line work, easslck I,,-lces
color work. excellent rcSlts, N,.. 4
uAGOPIAN COMPANY, G're..s So..~
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02

TE oLDE sHOPPE.-Genufus ,n.,--,. -
niture; oTic-a-orae. curios. Old ss.-.,,
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
CAST-OFF CLOTHING.

ABSOLUTELY highest prices raid ~
slightly used ladies' apparel evening ans
street gowns bought and sold Nine ROSE
S01 6rh ave. Phone. 429l-l40S Bryant
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
ART.
CARPET CLEANING

CAREFUL CARPET CLEANING Co
Cleans By compressed air, steam So
or on floor 1858 Broadway. x2i Eass xs,s
ST. CoE BRANDT Tel i33-2stA
New-York tribune., 1906-12-02

In making this claim. the city Of Worcester
does not include public squares like Union
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-23
HILLS BoRo.

Hillsboro, Aug 22.-Mrs. Robert
Graves and Mrs. May Boley went to
Oelwein last evening to attend the
annual meeting of the F. B. church.
Mrs. Graves will also visit her son
Rex before returning home.
Mrs. John Lazenby and son and Mrs.
Priestly went to Boicour,t Kansas, yes
terday
Miss Mary Harvey, who has been
with her sister, Mrs. Frank Speirs. the
past year, left for her home in Wyom-
ing yesterday morning.
]. H. Lentmire and son left for their
new home in Ames Yesterday
Henry Rukgaber Of near Mount
Pleasant, transacted business in town
yesterday. He and his father-in-law,
B. H. Frazier, left last evening for
Dixon, Mo.
Mrs. McCabe and son Burney are
visiting relatives and attending chau-
tauqua in Mediapolis this week
Professor Havighorst and family
and Miss Emily Havighorst of Mount
Pleasant, visited Rev. Munster yester-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyon Of Stronghurst,
Ill, are visiting at Ed. Schroeder's, q
few miles west Of town.
Mrs. Mary Elaston has sold her
property here to Roy Teter.
Sherman Bros Of Bonaparte, have
purchased the Hillsboro Enterprise
from H. NJ. Gregory
Miss Nellie Johnson of Stockport. is
visiting friends in town for few
days.