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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
BOOM IN SHEEP.
they VIII BE as Scarce as Luck In "A
Lottery


AS the summer progresses the fac;
becomes evident that eastern mu,t54
fnishers must prepare themselves t.
take chances during the approachi.l;
finishing season." says the Breeder
Gazette, Chicago. There will be -
bargain counter erected at markets Of
on the range. Nothing has yet been
offered to test demand, but the latter
exists In acute form. Chicago commits.
sion men already have orders for sew
eral hundred thousand feeding lambs,
and at Omaha files are also filled.
Michigan. Ohio, Indiana and New York
are already manifesting impatience,
while territory supplied by Omaha is
equally clamorous. Indications point
to an opening market around So per
hundredweight, and at that figure the
east will fill up cheerfully. Commits
sion buyers express no confidence, how
ever, that the stock will be available
at S. A year ago there was expectan-
y Of q $3.50 market on good feeding
lambs, but more stuff went out at $500
than at any other price. That the
range breeder will by little insistence
get his price is evident, and, what is
more, the breeder, not the Speculation,
will reap the harvest this year.
Feeders in the corn belt may as well
make up their minds now that they
are not to get anything cheap. There
will be enough lambs to go round at
tho priceS but sheep will be as scarce
as luck in a lottery drawing. 1t is
possible that consumptlve demand or
a better regulation of supply next win
ter will result In higher average prices
and more satisfactory profits to the
finisher, but raw material WI not de
preciate enough to talk about. There
are thousands of acres of feed lot area
to be filed, and prices will not deter
proprietors of the feed lots
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
A Quick start.

o. W. Nickerson and j. s. Baker were
residents of Harwick. Captain Nicker-
son, as he was called, was a man Of
means and very shrewd. Joe was less
fortunate. One day the captain met
Joe and said, Come over tonight"
Joe did so, and as soon as he entered
the captains home the captain took
him into distant room, closed all the
windows and doors securely and said:
"Now, Joe, / will tell you the secret
Of getting rich and you can pay me
$50. Be saving. of course, and when
you do make bargain with any one
be sure that no one hears you, and then
IL you get the worst Of it or want to
back out you can. Now hand me the
sos"
Joe thought second and then said,
"Did any one hear us make this bar
gain, captainY
"Not SOUL" replied the captain.
"Well, then,' Joe said, II guess I'll
begin on you."-Boston Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

Horses always point one ear forward
when they sleep. Exactly why 1t Is
done no human being can tell, but the
probability is that the practice Is a
relic of the time when they were wild
and obliged to be on their guard even
when asleep. Cattle, on the other
hand. are apparently Indifferent as to
the position of their ears while sleep
Ing, but no odds what position they
are In both are always pointed alike.
Ask some observing horseman II 1t ID
not fact that horse always throws
one ear forward when he sleeps.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09


(Nebo, owned by G.. A. Dimoc, Michigan.
The horse is sixteen years old and was
bred In Kentucky. The position In the
picture represents the Spanish step. Out
of a possible thirty-one high school
movements Nebo performs twenty-one.-
Farm, Field and F'ireside.l
thing to be avoided and always to be
discouraged; the true trot, in which the
animal moves naturally and with fric-
tionless gait. while the third is known
as the flying trot, or at speed gait The
true trot, of course, Is the trot that this
mare must attain If he would have her
accomplished in the different gaits.
When this Is accomplishments it is
equally as easy as the walking gait-the
next is the canter, or slow gallop, and
the horse should go from the walk or
trot either to the canter at will of the
rider. The right fore leg should be
made to go forward first, or, rather, to
take the lead. In training for this gait
the horse should be kept well in hand
by the bit and while being urged for
ward bend the head slightly in the op-
posite direction from which the fore leg
is to lead, and with a very little prac-
tice the horse will understand from the
leaning of the head what is wanted
and strike an easy, natural canter. If
an out and out gallop is required, when
the horse makes the first leap forward
with forefoot well extended and you
see that he understands what is re-
quired give him his head slightly and
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

What causes the rays or pencils Of
light that seem to be thrown out by
every star when seen by the naked
eye? A German scientist finds that all
stars show precisely the same rays.
but that In the case of the brighter
stars the rays are palmer and some
what longer 1t is further remarked
that the rays seen by the left and right
eyes differ, and that If the head be
turned the rays are rotated in CORE
spending manner. 1t is thus concluded
that the source OF the rays is not In the
stars. but In the eye itself, the middle
of the retina being not perfectly homo
geneous in its sensitiveness.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

oCHG inc AEC0S0hG ntCs
Harold" said the heiress, 81 have
been thinking"
Thinking Of me. preciousY asked
Harold.
indirectly, yes. have been think
Ing that were you to marry me every
body would say you only did so In or
der to get my money"
what care for the unthinking
worldT
But, oh, Harold. will marry your
my own dar"-
"And / will not have people say I'M
kind things about you, SO l have ar
ranged to give all my fortune to the
missionaries. Why, Harold. where are
you going"
Harold paused long enough on his
way to the door to look back and NUT
ter, I'm going to be a missionary
Judge
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
SOIL RENOVATION.
How to Accomplish 1t with Green
Crops and Hogs.
BY w. j. SPILLMAN.


BY w. j. SPILL.MAN.
A type of farming for the renovation
Of wornout soils that gives fairly Quica
results is to grow a succession Of pas
ture crops for hogs, keep the hogs on
these pastures and feed them a 70 nth
to half ration of grain. In midi 49,
itudes the following system Is acaotcl
to this type of farming: Grow corn
enough for the pigs on part of the farm,
sowing either cowpeas Or crimson clio
yer or rye In the corn yearly TO keep
up fertility. The two latter crops fur
nish winter pasture for the pigs. On
the remainder of the farm run the fol-
lowing three year rotation: Sow oats
In early spring. follow by rye sown
sarly in August, follow t'''' by sor-
ghum the following spria = Scotem.
Der or October SOW rye a-ai.. after the
sorghum, late the next spring SOW eli
Their sorghum or cOwpeas and begin
over again with oats the succeeding
spring. This may be made four year
rotation by inserting artichokes or
sweet or Irish potatoes between the
August sown rye and the sorghum. If
these crops are all pastured down, the
hogs being fed little grain mean
while, the soil will improve.
An Additional Field of Good Sod.
With such a system, at least on clay
soils, the hogs must not be allowed on
the fields when the soil is wet, as they
will puddle 1t to such an extent as to
do serious injury. To avoid this diff
Guilty there should be an additional field
of good sod for the hogs to run on in
wet weather. In sections where alfalfa
thrives hogs may be pastured or this
crop In summer Tin winter also in the
far SOUTH and fed little corn. In
winter such crops as rape and kale
may take the place Of the alfalfa, and
the grain feed may thus be increased
Such a system takes nothing from the
land, but care must be used not to
puddle the soil by pasturing in wet
weather. There should be field OF
good sod in reserve for such periods.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09


The common purslane is one of the
wonders of botany as far as seeds are
concerned. A single seed of this plant
will produce about twenty seed pods
In season. The average number Of
seeds In each of these. by actual count,
is 5000, making 10000 In all. AS far
as we have been able to learn there is
no instance Of similar fruitfulness in
any plant found growing in this coun-
try. A single plant of either the James
town weed c'jimson'D, the butterweed,
the ragweed and some of the vervines
produce an enormous number of seeds
but 1t is doubtful If any one of them
produces one-fourth as many in a year
as the purslane does st. Louis Re
public.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
Needs of Young Alfalfa.

Spring sown alfalfa needs to be run
over with mower every three or four
weeks to keep the weeds down. The
cutter bar should be set high, and the
moving should be done only when the
alfalfa is dry and there Is no appear
ance Of rain. August sown alfalfa does
not need to be touched the first season.
Stock should be kept OF alfalfa until It
is a year old at least. and IL 1t is desir-
able to maintain stand on field for
ten to fifteen years stock should be
kept of until 1t has passed Its third
year.-H. M. Cottrell.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
OPENING A DRAINPIPE.

outlet, as shown. The board should be
about eight inches square and about
an inch thick. Hold a stick, c, on the
board and strike the end of the stick
with a hammer The shock of the
hammer blow is transmitted through
the drainpipe for a distance of many
feet and will nearly always remove the
obstacle.-Popular Mechanics.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
The Late Cabbage.

Cabbages are not appreciated as they
deserve In some sections. They pro-
duce more bulky, juicy food for the
labor than anything except corn fod-
der, and they can be fed late In the
season after green fodder has gone.
The cabbage crop Is bow with two
strings-the market string and the fod-
der string. Farmers who grow II
every year will sometimes be able to
use the market string to good advan-
tage and sell at least part of the
crop at good price In the nearest
city. Other years 1t pays best to feed
It all out for fodder.-American Guilt
vator.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

"Do you think that a commercial ca
reer Is to be compared to literary
careerT asked the high browed and
melancholy youth.
my boy" said Mr.. Cumrox, lin
business you can write your name ON
Q piece Of paper no bigger than
postal card and make it worth thou
sands Of dollars. In literature you can
write up reams Of paper without max
Ing 1t worth 80 Washington
Star
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

A Human Nose Two Feet In Length.
Elephantiasis is a peculiar form of
leprosy in which the limbs and features
swell to horrible proportions and out
Of all semblance to the legs, arms and
faces of human beings. Cases are
known where the legs have become SO
swollen that they measured Az feet
in circumference. The ears Of the same
victim. Walter Brisbane. an English
sailor. were eighteen inches In length,
and his nose elongated to upward Of
two feet when in the last stages of the
horrible malady.-London Telegraph.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
AMATEUR PLUMBING.

what to Do When Drainpipe From
the Sink Becomes Closged.
When drainpipe becomes stopped
up. unscrew the plug. A (see cut. and
remove the lint or other substance with
q bent wire or old button hook If the
trouble Is not remedied by this opera
ton 1t shows that the stoppage is at
the other side Of the plug. In this case
draw three or four inches Of water In
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

Bulletin 1913. "The State Engineer In
His Relation to Irrigation" gives the
substance Of the laws prescribing the
duties Of the state engineers In rela-
ton to irrigation In the various states,
but deals especially with the methods
Of carrying out these duties. Public
control Of streams In the arid region
centers In the office Of the state engi-
neer. Requests for this bulletin should
be made to the director of the Office of
experiment stations. United States de-
partment Of agriculture.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
Feminine LoGic.

1.-The female SEX" said NJ. Calino
lately. 'is the most illogical In the
world"
"What new proof have you Of the
want Of devotion Of women to the
canons Of LOGGER he was asked.
why, take my wife," answered NJ
Calino II had all the trouble In the
world to get her to enter her thirties,
and now. dozen years later, can't
get her out of them"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
American Tourist. and Their Way,


English people, as rule, try to en-
ter hotel drawing room or any other
public place as quietly as possible and
endeavor not to interfere with the
other occupants of the room more than
they can help. A party of French or
Germans will never dream of stopping
to consider whether their piercing
voices are deafening their neighbors,
while Americans have particularly
maddening habit of reading their cor
respondence aloud in public without
the slightest regard to other people
who are reading or conversing in the
same room. 1t is no doubt part Of the
same lack Of breeding which leads
them to hold conversations at the top
Of their very penetrating voices not
only in public picture galleries, but
also in continental churches. without
paying any attention to the fact that
solemn service may be going ON
within few yards of them.-London
Modern Society.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
False Pretense.

"No, madam" said Bridget. 'I'll not
lave widout two weeks notice. That
was the contract an I'll how'd yez
to It."
But" replied Mrs. Hiram Often.
'you broke the contract In the first
place by representing yourself as
cook. "-Philadelphia Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
Marketing Lima Beans.

August Is the month for heavy pro-
duction OF lima beans. They continue
to bear, however, till the first hard,
killing frost The amount and length
Of profitable bearing depend largely
upon keeping the vines picked clean
and not allowing pods to get dead ripe,
for the ripened seed Of any kind takes
most vital substance out Of the plant
and causes 1t to die. Besides, the
beans when not quite ripe bring the
highest prices. The time to pick the
pods Is when they show faint traces
Of light green to yellow. After the
pod becomes yellow the beans inside
are ripe. turn white and are then con-
sidered dry" beans. White ones mix
Cd with the green damage the selling
price from a few cents to half their
value per quart, says Farm. Field and
Fireside.
On the market lima beans are sold
by the quart; hence the best pack is
the ordinary sixteen or twenty-four
quart berry crate. Real early beans
often sell better In pint boxes, as the
price IL so high that customers of the
retail stores do not want as many as
full quart. The peck market basket
10 another package used, six to ten
quarts being put In each basket with a
covering Of green netting to enhance
the greenness Of the beans.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

Collector (angrily) - Your master
seems never to be at home. Faithful
Retainer-He's busy man, sor. He's
that busy Dim thinkin' he'd find 1t
hard to sphare tonne to attind his own
funeral, sor-unliss, to be sure, they
putt 1t OF till he wor dead. sor.-Brook-
lyn Life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

Naggin-But why don't you argue the
matter out with your wife? Meekton
Hush! My wife has very positive
ideas on that subject. The moment
opened my mouth my wife would put
her foot down. and Naggin = The
idea! should think you'd choke to
death.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

.Fred-So you are really going to mar
~ that young widow. Ell? Joe-Yes.
Fred-She tells me you have promised
to give up smoking. Joe-Yes, sort Of
mutual sacrifice. as it were. She agreed
to give up her weeds II l would give
up mine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
Beneflt. of . Clean Barnyard.

Keep the barnyard free from ma
nure and house fies will be far less
troublesome. To remove daily the
freshly made manure to the field or
pasture serves a double purpose first.
the maximum value Of the manure Is
secured; second, that household pest,
the fly. Is largely avoided.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

A westerner once wrote letter to
the late Mayor Prince stating that he
was about to visit Boston and asking
the mayor to tell him good place to
stop at The mayor replied. lust be-
fore the Boston Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
5E's=S.'
MAIN FLOOR.

with an abrupt dip, making good To-
cation for bank barn, the Ohio Farm
er gives the accompanying one:
This is a compact little bank barn,
80 by 4S, to accommodate horses. cows,
young cattle, sheep, grain and hay. II
should be eight feet in basement and
sixteen superstructure with curb roof
or twenty with gable roof. Such a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

Teacher-Now, Robert. do you know
what an isosceles triangle Is? Boy
Yes'm. Teacher - Well. what is It?
Boy-It's one Nv dem things I gifts lick
ed fer not KNOWN wot 1t is.-Judge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

There are some minds like either con-
vex or concave mirrors, which repre-
sent objects such as they receive them.
but they never receive them as they
are.--Joubert.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

We predict a heavy and early de-
mand for rams this season. As is gen.
orally well known. good many of our
western friends could not get half the
yeariings and older rams they wanted
and consequently had to be satisfied
with lambs or nothing. = American
Sheep Breeder.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

Hicks Your wife Is a mighty sensi-
Bile woman. isn't she?
Wicks-Sure! She married me. Som
erville Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09

According to reports from southwest
EN- Wyoming, thousands of sheep have
died from eating black greasewood.
which proves fatal by causing bloat
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
Heavy Autumn Irrigation.

In the older irrigated districts Of
southern Idaho 1t has been found that
q heavy irrigation In the fall Is of
more benefit than the lighter irriga-
tons given during the growing season.
Besides furnishing reservoir Of mois-
ture when the plants are young and
need 1t most such an irrigation also
shows any variations In the ground
surface, which can be corrected before
the crop Is planted. = a. @. Rasch-
bacher.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
>aeX1l:1
EARN% CARDEN
WEST~
A BARN PLAN.

Compact Bank Barn For Horses.
Cows, Young Cattle, Etc.
Apropos Of request for a plan for
q barn on farm Of seventy-five acres,
In which to stable about four head Of
horses, four milk cows and four or FIVE
head Of young cattle, twenty five sheep
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
Good sheep Require Nood Pasture.

Mutton breeds Of sheep do not de-
pend on waste lands and hillsides to
become profitable. Good sheep require
good pastures and pay well.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
BASEMENT.
IRRIGATION NEWS.
Interesting Report From Snake Rsv-
er valley, Idaho.

Interesting Report From Snake Rsv-
er Valley, Idaho.
Circular No. IS, entitled Irrigation
From Snake River, Idaho" by III. G..
Raschbacher, irrigation engineer, has
Just been issued by the irrigation and
drainage investigations of the office of
experiment stations, United States de-
partment of agriculture, Washington.
The territory discussed lies along the
Snake river from st. Anthony, near the
eastern line of Idaho, to where the
Salmon river enters from the south,
distance Of about 200 miles, and EN-
braces approximately that part of the
Snake river plains which was In geo.
logic times covered with lava. The re-
port deals with the reclamation of
about 100000 acres of land in the
Snake river valley, which, with many
local differences, are alike more or less
heavily covered with sagebrush 1t
contains information as to the cost of
land and irrigation in the valley, an
estimate of the price of water rights
under the reclamation act project at
Minidoka and tells how lands may be
secured.
Outlay and Returns.
The land in this valley is worthless
for agricultural purposes without irri-
CATION. This report shows the cost to
the settler of the land, the water right
and clearing and grading the land for
the growing crops The average total
outlay under the largest of the projects
studied is $40 per acre. Should the set
tier use his own teams for clearing,
etc. and meet the payments on his
land as they fall due the cash outlay
for the first year will be about S6.25
per acre.
1t Is usually the experience Of set
tiers on arid lands that the flrst season
has to be given to the work Of prepa-
ration, and but little can be done In
the way Of crop growing. The settle
ments around Twin Falls In the spring
of 1906 were a remarkable exception
to this rule Seventy thousand acres
Of raw sagebrush land in the spring
were cultivated fields In the fall, on
which the following yields per acre
were obtained: Corn, 4O1s bushels;
wheat, 22 bushels; corn wheat, 10 bush
els; oats, 35h bushels; potatoes, $50
bushels; navy and lima beans, II bush
els, and millet, 1000 pounds.
Copies Of the circular may be OBJ
tained so long as the supply lasts by
addressing the issuing Office.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-09
Cement Paint.

1t has long been noticed that iron
which has been imhedded In concrete
for many years has shown wonder
full state of preservation when taken
out. Experiments have since been
made with portland cement, with the
result that 1t Is made plain that thin
coating of portland cement properly
applied to iron and steel will arrest
oxidation. says Farm, Field and Fire
side. The cement must be finely dlvid-
cd. free from iron salts and diluted
with pure water. Then, IL Il II free
from iron, calcium phosphate and sui
phurites and is Of low specific gravity,
It will set quickly and become prac-
tically a part Of the metal. 1t Will set
within the iron and will not wash Off
with rain. and no moisture. carbon
dioxide or factory fumes will affect the
metal.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-08-14
Secures Collection OF Counterfeit.

81. Louis. Aug. l3---Lcc 7 PhilpQt
IN charge ot tne tinted States secret
service Office In this city, secured n,
coil elton at counterfeit and value
loSs bills gathered by Edward II
Moses. who died few days ago af
ter having served many years a. tell
er Of the Merchants l.aclrde National
bank The collection includes more
than 3Un bills. some ~ hem having
thc appearance 81 being more han
80 years old The collection IL sup
posed to be- the most expensive pri
vatc collection of ~ Kind In the coun.
Try Mr. Pnllp0t will make an inyen.
tory OF the collection a. required by
aw and forward the bills 10 the ,rcas.
ury department at Washington.