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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
WORKING THE FlREWooD.
with Crosscut and Buck Saws and
AK - For Home or. Market

As q rule, ii will be found more eco
nomical when gathering up the home
supply of wood or a few cords for
market with crosscut and buck saws
to fit the wood for the stove on the
spot where the tree falls, says an
American Cultivator writer, who makes
further suggestion in regard to this
work as follows:
AT the present high price of wood
II is better 10 use the saw as much as
possible instead of the more wastefui
ak. And this is especially true when
cutting a tree down, since by saving
closer to the ground we can make an
additional saving.
Always begin saving a fclled tree
at the stump and before cutting OFF
the limbs. MS they Will hold the trunk
steady and also in most eases balance
1t. Continue saving until you reach
the limbs. Then take the AK and cut
or a few, draw them across the body
Of the tree and trim them. Cut them
into convenient lengths for the saw
buck, or If small enough cut them with
the AK into lengths to fit the stove. Do
the same with all the branches and
make a pile Of the brush behind you.
Throw the sticks intended for the buck
saw toward The spot where you intend
to make your pile. Keep your work
all cleaned up as fast as you go and
you will gain time in the end.
DO not keep the log trimmed too far
In advance of the saw, because when
working among the limbs a log Is lab
to balance in such a way that 1t will
rock or roll with each motion of the
saw, and In such cases you will work
at a great disadvantage. Having sawed
the body OF the tree, hang up the big
saw and begin with the buck saw. SCI
the sawbuck next the ends of the sticks
and as soon as you have sawed all that
you can conveniently reach move your
buck.
Always plan your position so that
every time you move a stick you will
move 1t toward a central point which
you have selected for a pile.
Begin splitting at the pile, work back
away from 1t and throw your wood to-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

the manservant. overweight by the
strain of the situation. had gone mad.
and the travellers had to wait In their
carriage till the door could be forced
a sad ending of IA miserable journey.
From Balzac's ide~aliZation of the wo-
ma he had wooed so long he gradual
ly awoke. Utter moral collapse and
vertigo were his portion. He was only
ffty-one when he died ut Paris in 1850,
and the death of Nine. de Balzac oc-
Cured in the same year. Balzac's
treasures were left TO Mime. de Balzac's
married daughter.
The very day of her funeral Nine.
Georges MiniZech's creditors pushed
DER and her maid into the street and
riied the house in the Rue Fortunee.
The booty was transported to the u
ton room known as rHotel Drouot,
and there a sale was held by order of
justice of Balzac's library, his buhl cabi-
nets and some Of his manuscripts, in
Guiding that of Eugene Grandet,"
which had been given 10 Nine. Hanska
on Dee. %, 1888. During the shameless
pillage Of the house the vulturGS who
r~ansaczed it found evidence of the
most reckless, the most imbecile, ex-
travagance. One room was filled with
boxes containing hats. and in another
piles Of costly silks We're heaped UNI
touched since their arrival from the
fashionable haberdasher or silk mercer,
Balzac's treasures, the curiositles he
had amassed with so much trouble, the
pictures of which he had been so proud,
were ruthlessly seized. while precious
manuscripts and letters which would
perhaps have brought in 100000 francs
IL they had been put up for sale were
thrown out of the window by the ex-
asperated throng.-Kansas City indie
pendent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
cool pouItry Thoroughly.

Following is an extract from a circu-
lar sem to shippers by a New York
commission house: Our experience and
observation is that the cause OF a
great deal Of poultry arriving in bad
order is the fault of the shipper either
by not having cooled out properly, put
ting too much in barrels without sutFi-
cient ice or shipping dry packed during
warm or muggy weather. Poultry to
be tanked in ice water before shipping
should be well cooled by putting in
three changes of fresh well water be-
fore putting into ice water. This takes
the animal heat out gradually, whereas
II put in Ice water too quickly almost
invariably q greenish cast Is given to
the poultry. This, of course, affects the
price from | to 2 cents a pound. This
mistake of improper cooling occurs
more with winter and inexperienced
shippers than with those who ship the
year around. However, it frequently
occurs ever that they have used too
much haste or dressed too close up to
shipping time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
HOG. For the General Farmer.

know Of no hogs which 80 well fill
the bill for the general farmer and feed
err as the improved large English Berk-
shIres. While they grow TO very large
size, they car be ftmd for the market
at any time and take on for the food
consumed as large gain as any other
breed. The large sows weigh as high as
800, those In the medium class 800 to
600. These weights refer to animals
well grown and In good flesh. The pigs
can be fed to 400 and 500 pounds in ten
to twelve months and when properly
handled always top the market says a
Rural New Yorker correspondent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
CURIOUS PLEASURES.
They Were Costly as Well, since the
Price Was Death.


The late King Ludwig q Bavaria
frequently ordered performances of
opera for his private delectation, but
an Englishman, Curtis D~onnythorpe,
maintained for his personal entertain
ment a troupe of dancers, at n time
one of the most noted organizations of
the English music hall stage.
Mr.. Donnythorpe was an invalid and,
being unable to crafty his passion for
dancing in his own person, engaged
the Kelby troupe. He had a stage
built In his home, wherein they per
formed daily. 1t was his habit to sug-
gest new steps, and while encouraging
them to fresh endeavor one day he
brought Oh the attack of heart disease
which ended his life.
He was not the only one killed by
his pleasures, for Theodore Botley, an
other Englishman, devoted his whole
life to his stomach. He had agents
throughout the world in search of new
dishes, and, that he might eat more
frequently than nature demanded, 1t
was his practice TO engage in manual
labor for the purpose of getting up an
appetite. He had the largest library
on the subject OF eating that has eve
been gathered together. In the end he
died of starvation because his stomach
was unable to assimilate ordinary
nourishing foods.
He had his complement in Charles
p. Cashel, IN whom the sense of smell
was as keenly developed as it is in a
hunting dog, lie reveled In the richest
perfumes and in the end lost his sense
Of smell completely through overin-
diligence In the perfume of a South
American flower. This left him unable
to detect the odor OF escaping gas, and
he was asrslyxiated.
The Russian Count Ivanoyitch Of the
time Of the first Emperor Nicholas died
of fright at the announcement that the
emperor had declared his intention of
visiting him and sending him to labor
in the salt mines IL he did not leave
his bed to welcome him. For years he
had never left his bed and INDUCED
In liquid foods as being the more easy
to eat-New York Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

ward 1t as fast as split. If you are pre-
pairing wood for market split 1t as your
customers want II, always remember
ing that the finer II Is split the more 1t
Will measure and also the more II will
cost you. III you have a tough tree or
stick do not try to split IT fine, but find
a customer who prefers coarse wood.
If for your w use, plan differently.
The wood must be loaded on a wagon
or sled and unloaded into the wood
shed and perhaps moved several times
besides. Now. your wood can be moved
cheaper If it Is in blocks as large as
can be handled easily thar If Ii Is finely
split. On the other hand, there will
never be another time when il wiz split
as easily as 10Y and you will be saved
the labor Of moving it several times.
A section from a large forked hickory
limb makes a good splitting block. The
ends OF the fork are closed, as shown
In the cut. with a piece of plank fas-
tened with wooden pins. DO o use
nails, as the ak win be sure to strike
them sooner or later. The triangular
Enclosure holds up the partly split
pieces Of various sizes, and the work
man Is saved from bending over to set
them up after every stroke. The part Of
the block where the branches join Is
hard and tough, making a good base to
strike Oh chop upon.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
H AND Her

Grazing on the Public Lands" bull
letin No. 81 OF the bureau Of forestry,
contains much information concerning
present conditions and proposed meas
ures Of legislation and. according to
Forester Pinchot, will materially help
to bring about a better understanding
Of the principles upon which the con-
sentative use Of the public range
should be based.
In this country guinea fowls eggs
are commonly regarded a. inferior to
hens eggs. owing to their small sise.
European epicures, on the other hand,
consider them a great dslicacy, with
q rich flavor, resembling that Of the
much priced plovers' eggs.
Tho red tailed hawk Is an excellent
friend to the farmer, IS per cent OF its
food consisting Of rodents and injurious
insects.
The state grange Of Pennsylvania
has adopted Z resolution fnvoring the
withdrawal Of farmers from the large
Insurance companies and the establish
ment Of q grange insurance company.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

[Showing the small seed cavities and
thick walls of good shipping sorts,l
These characteristics of the fruits are
important factors in determining their
fitness for special purposes. Professor
G. G. Corbett, an authority on horticul-
tural matters, says:
Medium sized, smooth, spherical
fruits which ripen evenly and have
small seed cavities and thick walls, as
shown In the accompanying figure, are
especially suited to long distance ship
ment. These qualities should enter into
every sort selected to the greatest pos
sible degree consistent with e~arliness,
l~ateness, heavy yield or any other spe-
cial quality which gives the variety a
marked commercial advantage.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

1t was just one of the sights we see
In a great city-see, pass by and for
get. An Italian boy not more than
twenty years old, washed clean and
dressed in his stiff Sunday suit, was
seated In an open carriage which had
cost him a weeks pay for the after
noon. His arm was laid tenderly about
the shoulders of the sweet faced girl
who sat beside him, decked in her pure
white bridal array. They did not
speak. Their eyes were fixed sadly on
the little white thing that rested on
their knees. The day was cold, but
they did not heed it. They needed
nothing but the little white thing
across their knees.
"Hello, Billr' a man on a coal wagon
greeted the driver of the carriage.
"Weddin', eh?"
Bill shook his head. That was all.
Then the man on the coal wagon
looked again and saw the little white
coffin.
Excuse me, BILL" said he, and took
of his cap.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

Grass Is a soil maker, a soil improv-
er and a soil protector.
big money In sugar beets," profit
able progress" and industrial and so
cial accord" are characteristics Of the
present situation In Colorado. accord
Ing to press reports.
The cotton red spider Is another enc
my threatening the cotton plant. Un-
der ordinary conditions its injuries
rarely become serious. but It appears
to have become more familiar than 10
desirable in some sections during the
past two easons.
1T pays to plant trees" say many
who claim to speak with the authority
Of accurate knowledge.
Following the recent movement in
favor Of open front poultry houses
come protests against too close connne-
ment o. dairy cattle. This, It Il con-
tended, tends 70 develop tuberculosis.
sThs fresh air COW y the Sigcrous
cow
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

Nobody ever called In question the
courage Of the early Spanish settlers
Of California. but there seem to have
been at least one man among their
descendants who held discretion to be
the better part Of valor. His fellow
countrymen still preserve the memory,
with a keen appreciation Of its point.
A certain Don Andreas was interview
ID by his superior officer on the Y Of
an engagement with the enemy and
was warned that the American was a
very different foe from the Indian or
the Mexican and that courage should
not be pushed to rashness In an en-
counter with him.
"Havs no fear. general" was the re-
Spouse Of the intrepid caballero. ."
would far rather that history should
record from where I 6ed than where I
fell
The generals mind was probably ~
nsvsd Of anxiety ~conosrning tho fats
q ct least one Individual In hie con-
nand By this reply.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
TALK.
J. h. Terry ON One Eye Seed Cuttings,
Sprouting and Planting.


At the recent meeting OF the Vermont
Horticultural society 7. b. Terry OF
Ohio gave a very interesting address on
potato growing. As reported by Anleri-
can Cultivator, Mr.. Terry said among
other things:
found that in ordeS to get potatoes
of about uniform grade, of just about
one size-that is. what women like to
cook. not overgrown, no small. just a
medium size, all alike-I must cut the
seed into n eye pieces. as we call it.
That would bring failure pm poor soil
every time or with poor culture or poor
~ sprouted seed, but we found that
with seed that had not sprouted, that
were properly kept without sprouting
results desired.
| want the first sprouts to grow.
Those that come later are natures eff
forts to preserve the species, but she
cannot do her best with them The first
sprout should grow, and with such seed
as that of the right variety and proper
ly cut and put into rich soil and well
taken care Of, why, l can grow more
dollars to the acre from one eye cut
tings than from any more seed.
Green In Potatoes.
i found that potatoes were sometimes
green ON one end, and that spoiled
them. You know they are often yellow
inside, and that spoiis them for me. /
want them snowy white. What makes
this yellow? Just a little of what
makes the green. Too much exposure
makes the green; a little exposure
makes the yellow.
SO we went to work to save the pota-
toes from exposure to light from begin
ming to end, That meant that we could
not plant potatoes in hills unless we
billed them up high, and that Is not
practical. because in a hill you are GO
ing to put In considerable seed, and as
they grow they are going to crack the
ground open. the air will get in. and
you are going to have the ends green.
So we took the one eye cuttings and
planted them. one little piece about
every twelve or fifteen inches apart,
three to four inches deep.
One Eye Cuttings.
When ! speak of one eye cutting l
think you all know practically what 1
mean. l don't know of any iron clad
rule-I NEAR to take potatoes that have
the ordinary number of eyes, a medium
sized tuber, and cut 1t so you will get
n eye to a piece, in the center. At
the stem end you will find a little
weak one. Reach up and take the
next one. When you get to the seed
end there is a cluster Of eyes. Just
take your knife and cut OF the cluster
Of eyes and throw it away, leaving one
or two eyes then Oh the piece. Suppos-
ing we didn't cut that off, what might
be the result-not always, but some
times? Why, half a dozen eyes might
start. | have often seen it. Half a
dozen little weak sprouts would mean
forty or fifty little potatoes and no
large ones. Surprising you have that
weak eye from the stem end and a
poor from the seed end, you get
about twelve good pieces and two poor
ones. One-sixth of your crop is poor.
That is not business.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

Farmer presents the design herewith.
1t is much like the land graders used
by irrigation farmers in Colorado for
bringing the land to a plain surface.
Instead of the split logs use two pieces
2 by II inches and nine feet long. Be
tween these place two Y braces made
Of 2 by 8 stuff and of such length as
will fix the distance between the 2 by
12's at thirty inches. These Y braces
are halved, as represented. Long
ive-eighths inch eyebolts are passed
through the 2 by lbs. The eyes are
used for attaching the chains. Blocks
and washers should be placed under
the nuts at the rear ends of the eye
bolts. A twelve inch plank should be
placed on the drag. The driver will
stand on this plank in such a position
as may be required by the work. The
planks are provided with a cutting
edge of steel. This may be three inches
wide.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
THE SUGAR BEET.
Influence OF Environment nm It's
Composition.


In giving a summary of the results Of
the investigation pursued for five years
past into the Influence of environment
on the composition Of the sugar beet"
DIR. Wiley OF the bureau Of chemistry
finds ii apparent at least TO a certain
extent that the diffused light from a
cloudy sky has practically the same eff
feet in producing sugar as the direct
sunlight. The study of the environment,
therefore, Ia respect of the number of
clear days and the hours of sunshine
does not show as close a relation to the
production of sugar as was expected
before the Investigation was begun"
Clear Days and Sunshine.
A table OF general averages for five
years shows that Geneva. n. T., pro
duced beets with highest sugar content
among stations where irrigation was
not used and Fort Collins, Colo, beets
of highest sugar content of any Station
where irrigation was used. Discussing
these average data in connection with
the average OF clear days and sunshine.
Or. Wiley says:
OF the irrigated stations the one
showing the largest average number of
clear days during the five years is
Ames, Ia while Ithaca represents the
other extreme. OF the irrigated sta
lions Logan shows the largest number
Of clear days and Fort Collins the
smallest.
In respect of percentage of sunshine
at the nonirrigated stations the highest
figure occurs at Lexington and the low
est at B~lacksburg. At the irrigated sta
tons the highest percentage of sunshine
Is found at Logan and the lowest at
Fort Collins. 1t is evident. therefore,
from a study of these average data that
1t Is not possible In the present state of
our knowledge to find any direct rela-
ton between the content OF sugar in
the beet and the number of clear days
and percentage of sunshine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
Vinegar That .ewon,t Make.

Many farmers and vinegar manufac-
turers make a foolish practice Of add
ing fresh apple Juice t. old vinegar
stock In the hope Of thus securing a
more rapid conversion of the product
into vinegar and then complain that
their vinegar won't make The
sugar of the juice must first undergo
alcoholic fermentation before acetic
fermentation can begin, and by adding
apple juice to old vinegar the alcoholic
fermentation may not only be checked,
but even absolutely prevented.-C. A.
Brown.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

A TOMATO STANDARD.
Best kinds Have smsu seed Cavities
and Thick Walls.

Farmers Will soon be making out
their seed lists. and tile varieties of to
matoes ia be grown come up for decl-
sion. Early ripening sorts are frequent
ly irregular in shape. have compare
lively thin walls. large seed cavities
and numerous seeds. The fruit is apt
to color and ripen unevenly, remaining
green around the stem. OF to contain a
hard core. Later ripening sorts. while
not all superior to the others, have as
a rule thicker and irmer walls, smaller
seed cavities and few seeds.
The most highly developed varieties
now make few seeds and ripen evenly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
Good Old Cow.

ITO the wheat, corn or cattle man
who has traced dollars on his crop
many a year the COW comes as a saver
OF his business. She never fails. IL
foods come. you can drive her to the
hills. People along the Missouri will
tell you you can't drive a corn crop to
the hills. II other crops fail, you can
still raise COW feed. You draw. your
dividend on the COW every night and
morning. The wheat rots In the field
and the corn doats away In the food.
The hog dies from cholera and the beef
trust squeezes the profit out Of the
steers, but the old COW quietly plods
along-always faithful, always doing
z big share to make the farm pay.
Take my advice. Go down into the Mis-
souri, wilderness and get q piece Of it.
But don't forget the COW. Take her
along. She will be your best asset.
All else may fail, but she will see you
through."-Hon. j. Fl. Curran.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
sorghum

From n Mississippi station report It
appears that hydrocyanic acid was
found In the stomach of a COW witch
died suddenly and In sorghum from the
field where she had grazed. The only
plat of sorghum found to contain
traces Of the acid had made the most
luxuriant growth.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18

AGARMeF0ghD
~ AND GARDEN
A ROAD DRAG.
A Form Of the King Drag Made with
Sawed Lumber.

Sawed Lumber.
The original King drag was made
Of two halves of a log nine feet long.
These were placed on edge with the
fat sides to the front. Two inch holes
were bored through them, and in these
strong bars were wedged. These held
the halves in position. To meet the
wants of readers who must depend
upon sawed lumber for material with
which to make a DRAG, the Kansas
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-18
FEEDING METHODS.
Large Amount of "Cake" Used by
English Cattlemen.


The amount of cake" that Is fed TO
cattle In England Is astonishing. BY
this term is meant what we know as
''cottonseed meal and "linseed oil
meal" They are usually combined with
other feeds, but may be fed alone, espe-
cially during summer. Either or both
are used. This term Is strictly applica-
bic only to the product In the form In
which ii comes from the presses. When
sold on our markets the cake has usual
ly been ground Into meal, but for 0 N
~venience In exporting this Is not usual
ly done until the cake reaches its desti-
nation. and in many cases 1t Is merely
broken into small pieces and not
ground. This makes 1t more conyen
lent to feed, especially when 1t Is
thrown on the grass.
British farmers use large quantities
Of undeeorticated cotton cake, especial
Iy In summer feeding. This Is the cake
obtained in the process of oil milling.
where the hulls are not removed from
the seeds. The hulls have a stringent
property which is found valuable In
counteracting the laxative effect of
grass.
Undecortlcated c%ottonseed meal is
practically unavailable for American
feeders. The only seed which can be
economically milled without first hav-
ing the hulls removed is hat to which
no lint adheres In ginning. There is no
Egyptian seed milled In America, and
sea island Is a very small factor. As
far as known to the writer all Ameri-
car mills remove the hulls as the first
step In the milling process.-W. j. Ken
nedy.