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The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
WATER FROM WELLS TO AID
IN DRY FARMING
Necessity Of Reserve WateT Supply s Prevent Periodic
and Drainage Investigations.

For a number of years the State Az
ricultural College of Colorado made a
systematic and continuous study OF
the efforts to grow crops without irri-
cation in the eastern part of that
state. The results are summarized
in bulletins So and "a of that station.
In these Mr.. ]. E. Payne, the observer,
shows that there were years of large
yields and large profits from small
grain, and other years when failure
was complete; that all attempts on
adobe soils were failures; that al
falfa on the dry farms cannot endure
the drain on its vitality. 1t flourishes
in wet years, but makes little growth
in dry seasons, and the plants con-
'tinue to die until practically all dis
appear. OF thousands of orchards
planted only few trees have lived.
Fruit growing without irrigation has
not proved successful. Orchards may
grow well for years, but annually Sc.
we're drought kills them. The same
is true of attempts to grow shade
trees. The failure of the timber.cul-
ture law is too generally admitted to
require discussion. Even where the
trees survive they are stunted and i'll.
shaped. AS a result nearly all set
tiers have been compelled to combine
stock raising with farming, depending
on the native grasses for summer
pasturage and growing forage for win
ter feeding. In good years they grow
abundant crops of wheat and small
grain; in poor ones, only forage.
From 1883 to 1883 the writer was a
resident of Colorado and often visited
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
Farm Home Showing Trees Grown by
Winter irrigation Only.

summer rains bring about a sensible
increase in the average amount of
moisture in the soil. There is no
doubt that other areas will be dis
covered where dry farms will be sue
cessful. 1t is also believed that
through summer following drought-re-
sistant crops can be grown alternate
years with fair degree of success
over those portions of the semi-arid
region where the soil is sandy or a
sandy or sandy loan, but not in the
clay or adobe soils.
But when all this has been said the
fact must be recognized that the dry
farm taken has not the attraction or
the security of farming under irr;ga,
tion, or Of farming in Iowa and ILL.,
nois, where the rainfall is ample.
Nothing can be more dreary or dis
couraging than the aspect of the dry
farmers home in midsummer. With.
out shade trees, without green grass,
without fruit, the dead. dusty and life.
less appearance Of the landscape is
monotonous beyond measure. It
makes one realize that "a world with.
out turf r.. indeed, a desert The
fact that many Of these farmers are
prosperous does not remove the need
for trees, fruit, grass and gardens.
hor lessen the value of these features
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

the sections where dry farming was
tried. From 1888 to 1898, inclusive, he
was resident of Wyoming. and as
state engineer was in official and SYM
pathetic relations with the men farm
ing by rainfall alone in the eastern
part of the state. During these years
hundreds of dry farms were visited
and an intimate knowledge reached of
the hard conditions of home life
which the vicissitudes of the dry farm
impose on the farmers wife and FAM
lily. Since 1898 the progress OF agri-
culture in the western half of this
region has been carefully watched in
connection with the studies of the eco
nomical use of water in irrigation
In that time dry farming in certain
areas has become demonstrated sue
cess. Among these may be mentioned
the divide country south of Denver,
COL; the high bench land near New
castle, Wyo., and the slopes of the
mountain foothills along the Big
Horn and Rocky mountains in Utah,
Idaho and Montana, as we'll as the
states first named, where seepage
from the higher lands above or local
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

OF home as seen on irrigated farms
In the same region. The dry farm
needs enough irrigation to provide
these things. 1t needs It for the com.
fort of the family. It needs it for
the opportunities it will give to make
a living in dry years, as we'll as larger
profits in wet ones, and it is only by
supplemental irrigation that the linn
its of settlement can be pushed west
ward across the driest part of the
sem-arid belt. The present situation
requires that the chances of failure be
clearly faced, and 1t is the writer's
conviction that there are hundreds of
settlers in the western half of the
semi-arid belt who must supplement
the dry farm by irrigation; and unless
they do, the next period of drought
will witness greater exodus and
more hardship and privatioh than the
first.
1t is one thing to recognize the ad.
vantages of irrigation; another to pro.
vide for it. 1t is believed, however,
that it is possible to control enough
water to irrigate from one to ten
acres of land on each of thousands of
farms where complete irrigation is
not possible, and that this can be
done by one of the three following
plans: Cd Pumping from soil wa
ter or underground streams; (2) stor-
storm waters or the irregular flow of
streams: go irrigation with flood wa.
ter whenever it can be had, usually in
the winter and spring, generally
spoken of as winter irrigation.
Where an ample supply of under.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
Keep in Good Heath.

There are many thousands of peo.
pie all over the world who can at.
tribute their good health to taking one
of two Brandreth's Pills every night.
These pills cleanse the stomach and
bowels. stimulate the Kidneys ana
liver and purify the blood: they are
the same fine laxative tonic pills your
grandparents used. and being purely
vegetable they are adapted'to children
and old people. as well as those in
the vigor of manhood and womanhood.
Brandreth's Pills have been in use
for over century and are for sale
everywhere, plain or sugar-coated,
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
LIKE A FAIRY TALE.
The Story Of Postum Cereal in Words
and Pictures.

The growth of the Postum Cereal
Co. is like fairy tale, but it is true,
every word of it.
"'rhe Door Unbolted'' is the title of
q charming little booklet just issued
by the Company which tells, and il
iustrates. the story of this remark
able growth. II takes the reader from
the little white barn in which the
business was started Jan. 1, 1895,
through the palatial Offices and great
factory buildings of the White City
that comprise Postumville, Battle
Creek. Mich.
The little white barn, 80 carefully
preserved, is most interesting build
ing. for it represents the humble be.
ginning of one of the country's great
est manufacturing enterprises Of to-
day. an enterprise that has grown
from this little barn to whole city
OF factory buildings within but little
more than ten years.
No less interesting is the quaint Of
fetal home Of the Postum Cereal Co.
The general Office building of Mr.. Post
and his associates is a reproduction of
the Shakespeare house at Stratford.
on-Avon. and upon the house and its
furnishings has been expended vast
sums Of money. until the rooms are
more like the drawing rooms Of the
mansions Of our multi-milllonairea
than like ofhces.
That Mr.. Post has believed thor
oughly in the idea Of giving TO his
employees attractive and healthful
work rooms is proven not only by the
general once building Of the Company
and It's. furnishings. but by his fac
tories as we'll. and of all Of these
&kinEs this beautiful little booklet tell
the interesting story. It will be sen
\ - anyone a request.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

ground water can be reached at
depths of 100 feet or less in the north
and 200 feet or less in the south the
farmers can afford to pump water
for irrigation. Each is already known
to make it sure that thousands of
farmers can have such supplemental
water supply at lifts of 10 to 50 feet.
A large percentage .of the water
which flows from the mountains, or in
plains streams sinks. in the sand.
The recent developments of irriga.
ton by pumping in the United States
are significant of what is to come.
There are 100000 acres irrigated from
wells in California. the lift in many
instances being over 200 feet. Includ.
ing rice irrigation, about 10000 acres
of land are now irrigated. in the
United States by means Of pumps.
In the arid region the greatest de.
velopment of pumping is where the
water supplies are ample, and the ex-
perience there will not serve for the
semi-arid district where the limited
underground supplies must restrict
both the capacity of the pump and the
kind of power used. In India the
average area irrigated from a we'll is
less than an acre. In this country we
are likely to be equally restricted.
For the lifting of small quantities of
water the windmill has many advan-
tages, and with improvements in con-
struction calculated to give 1t great
er strength and endurance the wind
mill promises to have great devel-
opment as power agent. Gasoline
and steam engines for large areas are
more satisfactory, but the places
where there is enough water in the
soil to make the operation of a gaso.
line engine profitable are limited in
number and extent, and those where
steam can be used still more so.
What the windmill can be made to
do in providing the dry farm with
an orchard, garden, and trees for
shade and wind-breaks is illustrated
at Garden City, Kan. Records were
obtained by the Office of experiment
72 windmills. These irrigate from q
quarter Of an acre to seven acres each
at cost of IS cents, or Sc an acre
The crops were worth $12 to $500 an
acre, and included alfalfa, garden veg
etables, fruit trees, sugar beets, corn
cane and sweet potatoes. In the last
ten years there has not been a single
crop failure where the windmill pro
vided moisture; there were several
years when the failure on adjoining
dry farms was complete. In that re
gion there is not single fruit tree
growing on unirrigated land, the lands
watered by the windmills being oases
in desert SO far as fruits and. 10
liage are concerned. This does no,
mean that dry farming has proven
Improbable. but that 1t is unattrac
tive and less profitable than It would
be with irrigation. 4#
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

maturity is only $32, while the choice
progeny of superior stock will com,
mand $50 per head, and often more.
Here is an opportunity to largely in,
crease the profits of the dairy at q
comparatively slight expense.
Feeds for the cows should be pro
duced on the farm as far as possible.
Usually the best practice is to pur.
chase only feeds rich In protein, and
raise the coarse fodder on the farm.
Cows fed on starvation rations yield
no profit, and those overfed with ex.
pensive feeds are also kept at a loss.
The point of highest profit in feed
must be determined by experiment
and calculation. and varies with the
locality and circumstances of the
feeder.
The quality of the milk varies with
the breed, period of lactation and the
individual, and very little with the
feed. The fat content of the first
milk drawn is about two per cent,
and that of the ''strippings" eight to
ten per cent. For this reason, care.
full milking is of the utmost fmpor.
tance.
Finally, 1t is important to know the
cows; the milk scales and the Bah.
cock tester are necessary agents for
obtaining such knowledge. Milk-test.
ing associations among the farmers,
where the results can be obtained by
cooperation at q minimum expense,
would prove of vast Importance.
Such associations are practicable, and
comparatively inexpensive.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

eased portion of the ear. There is only one way to
deafness and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness il caused by an infamcd condition of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube IL nHanled you have n runbiing sound or I'm.
perfect hearing and when II ia entirely closed. Deaf.
IA the result, and unless the Inflammation car he
taken out and this tube restored Its normal cunl.
ton, hearing will be destroyed forcver: nine cases
nut Ut ten caused by atarrll. which IL nothing
but IN iniancd cond5lon of the mucous surfaces.
We vii! give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness Lcaised by catarrhl that cannot lie cured
by Hnlrs Catarrh Cure. Send f": circulars. free.
+. j. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo, O.
Snld by Druggists Sc
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
Harsh Criticism.

Ripley Hitchcock, the noted critic
OF New York. was talking at the Cen
tury club about harsh criticisms.
"As harsh criticism as I know Of"
he said. was compactly and neatly ut.
tered by bishop last spring.
"A minister wrote commentary on
the Lamentations of jeremiah, and
sent it to the bishop, along with a
note asking for few critical words.
"The bishop sent the book back, af
ter he had read 1t. with this judgment:
""There is but one thing that re.
gret about this work-namely, that
Jeremiah is not living now to compose
a fresh book of lamentations on your
commentary
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

The first cause of Importance af-
fecting the profits of the dairy is
bad COWS. Why do we choose bad
cows and stick to them through thick
and thin, with fidelity worthy of a
better cause? Because we love them
so? The dairyman has no inherent
elective affinity for the bad COW; he
elects her because of defective profits,
which defective profits were partly
the result of the previous election of
the previously bad cow So the de-
scent continues, until the dairyman
not only buys bad .cows, but begins to
sell his good ones. Then his doom
Is sealed. =,
No particular type of breed can be
recommended for all conditions, and
the dairyman must study his situation.
and ascertain which breed, is. best
adapted to his purpose: An; analysis
of the results of number of expert
ments shows the wide difference in
profits between individuals in. typical
herds. All admit the value of better
cows, and the problem is how to get
them. Many of those who supply milk
for the city markets are so situated
that they cannot raise their own COWS,
and must replace their herds by pur-
chase. 1t is extremely difficult for
them to obtain good COWS in this way,
owing to carelessness In breeding by
those who have the COWS for sale.
all herds where calves are reared,
for where common bull is used, the
average price received for heifers at
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
Hampshlre

Hampshire Swine. Hampshire
swine are not really of the lard type,
nor altogether of the bacon, but q
mean, as 1t were, between the two. I
look for good results to come from
propagating swine on the lines that
are being pursued by breeders of
Hampshire. They are taking care to
give the animals Of the breed plenty
Of bone and to keep them reasonable
distance from the ground, without q.
lowing them to become 8leEgy. They
are also putting upon them what may
be termed the sensible, ear that Ii.
one Of medium sixs. nsfthev srect nor
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
Her Wasted Efforts.

"t understand your wife lectured
you for an hour last night"
YES" answered Mr.. Meekton. "She
told me about few of my faults"
Didn't it annoy you?"
"In way. You see, when a woman
Of Henrietta's gifts condescends to
make speech. it does seem shame
to have such small audience"
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
Not Matured.

What are you looking SO gloomy
ahout?"
ooh. I'm just home from the race
track"
why. you told me before you went
down there that you had picked sure
winner"
Yes, but-I-er-guess picked him
before he was ripe
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
Wealth Of German Empress.

The German empress. in addition to
Jewels worth $5OOOOO that are her own
private property has the right to use
the splendid collection of gems that
belong to the Prussian treasury. The
empress is thus able sometimes to ap-
pear at court wearing jewels roughly
valued at S1,250,000. p,
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

dropping and pointing little upward
and downward. What is even more
important, they are striving carefully
against allowing their pigs to be Gov.
cred with wrinkles, which tends 90
much to mar the appearance.-Prof
Thomas Shaw: 3..
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
.':::;::: s::;:: ::: .. lsmzZZSzI
In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You aaye Always Bought
Hist!

The food inspectors wife was look
Ing over her husbands notebook
George" she said. chow do you
pronounce the last syllable of this
word 'butterine?' i"
The last syllable" the inspector
answered. lis always silent"
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
Safer.

Safer.
Once Boy-Two men to see you,
sir One of 'em has a gun and the
other poem.
EditOr-Show in the one with the
gun.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
WANTED
eY THE DULUTH STREET RAIL.
WAY COMPANY
Conductors and MOtOrmen

Now is the time for men who desire
permanent positions as Conductors
and Motormen to apply. Our extra
list is very short and men who apply
now will secure regular runs In q
much shorter time than IL they apply
several weeks later. Any honest.
able-bodied man between the age of
% and 40 years, with a common school
education and ordinary intelligence,
can learn to be Conductor or Motor
man in a very short time. and If ap-
plication Is made now will be likely
to obtain regular run very soon.
The wages paid are zoe an hour at
the start. 21c an hour after two years
service, and 22c an hour after five
years service. Men can earn fairly
good wages while on the extra list,
and when they obtain regular run
can earn from $50 to $40 per month.
Conductors and Motormen at this
season of the year can get as much
work as they want while on the extra
list, and when they obtain regular
run they have a permanent job and
regular hours the year round, which
will last as long as they conduct
themselves properly.
Apply at the office Of the company,
Eleventh Avenue West and Michigan
Street, Duluth. Mimi. at 8 o'clock a.
m.. or address D. c. MOORE,
'.- Superintendent.
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06

lmporeane % Moehera.
Examine carefully every bottle Of CASToRfA.
asafe and sure remedy for infants and children.
and soe that Il
The Wahpeton times., 1906-12-06
CAUSES AFFECTING PROFITS IN
DAIRYING

BY S. Cooley Massachusetts, Experiment
Station
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-07-07
HATED
Of RUSSIANS
GIVES HIS
VIEWS
TREPOFF DECLARES TALK OF
GENERAL AMNESTY is MADNESS
Says RevoIutieOists Must Be Dealt
With With Iron Hand Confident
Of Loyalty Of Troops

st. Petersburg, July 5.-General
Trepoff, commandant of the imperial
palace, was interviewed at Peterhof
this afternoon regarding the situation
in Russia. The train on which the
correspondent went to Peterhof was
full oil troops, and the little town
swarmed with soldiers.
General Trepoffs house was guard
ed by armed police, a necessary pre-
caution, inasmuch as the general is
the most hated man by the revolution
lists, who make no secret of their in
tention of assasslnating him at the
first opportunity.
Talking of the general position OF
affairs, General Trepoff deplored the
lack of energy displayed by the gov
ernment in connection with the reVo-
lutionary movement
General Trepoff gave the impression
that he realized the necessity ana
advisability of the departure of the
existing government, although he
said as far as he knew M. Goremykih
and his colleagues had no o&immediate
intention of resigning.
General Trepoff pointed out that
only political interests and not mater
ial interests are represented In the
unanimous aim of the parliament to
remove the existing governmental re-
gime. General Trepoff hoped that
ultimately more sober spirit would
prevail in parliament, and that the
multifarious interests of the country
would have due representation. inc
revolutionaries, he said, must be OPP
posed by sound common sense and
above all with energy and again en-
ergy.
'''rhe great power of the revolu-
tionaries," General Trepoff declared,
Lies In their control of the press. Po-
litical passions are such that the
most prudent of men have lost their
heads and are raving like maniaes
over utopian schemes, which can only
result in bloodshed and flame. l can
not deny that the revolutionaries have
won over nearly all the men of talent
Even If moderate journals should be
founded their promoters would find
no collaborators
"It must not be forgotten that the
officials in the provinces have been
driven to a state of desperation by
the frequent murders and other
crimes. the instlgatOrs of which they
well know However one condenns
them. can one wonder that reprisalS
should sometimes be made? To talk
of granting complete amnesty now
when the newspapers are full of lists
of murdered officials and when no one
in authority is safe from the bomb
the knife and the pistol, is sheer non
sense.
General Trepoff declared POSITIVELY
his conviction that the Overwhelming
proportion of the troops are implicitly
loyal and never will turn against theii
sovereign.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-07-07
Hearst Declares He
Is Not a Candidate
For the Presidency
Would Be Satisfied With Bryan or Folk
But Objects to Bailey as Head of Ticket.

publican party, has led me to seek my
ideals of the democracy of Jefferson
and the republicanism of Lincon in
the Independent league. Baileys
nomination for the first place on the
ticket even by the machine that
nominated Parker would be impossi-
BILE, but Bailey's nomination for the
second place is conceivable. 1t
would have the material advantage OF
insuring Texas to the democracy and
of eliciting a substantial campaign
contribution from John ID. Rockefel-
Ter. But its disadvantages are obvi-
Gus.
Folk and Bailey, for instance, would
be an oil and water ticket that could
not be mixed, ticket of good pure
water and Standard Oil.
Bryan and Bailey would be ALTER
ative and tickling to the ear, but
would sound too much like Barnum
and Bailey to suit the discriminating
taste of the convention.
"Why not Bryan and Folk or Stew
enson in 1908 on the democratic side
and why not Roosevelt and La Fol-
lette on the republican side.
''I repeat definitely and positively
that | am not candidate. | made
the fight in 1904 for what l considered
thorough democracy, for the democ-
racy l had been taught and the
democracy which believed in, for the
democracy that represented the will
of the majority and best interests OF
the majority.
II made. the fight against what I
honestly believed to be and still be-
lieve to be the forces of corporation
corruption. 1 offered to lead that
fight only when no other man would
undertake the task"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-07-07
HOLDS REBATERS CANNOT
BE SENTENCED TO JAIL

New York. July 6.-Judge Holt, In
the United States circuit court today
handed down an opinion, the effect Of
which is to dismiss the indictments
found against Nathan Guilford, vice
president and F. S. Pomeroy. traffic
manager of the New York Central
railroad, and C. Goodloe, Edgar AM
Edwin Earle. the latter sugar mer-
chants of Detroit. charging them with
conspiracy to violate the provisions of
the Elkins rebating act punishable by
Imprisonment. The court, however
holds that the indictments against the
New York Central railroad Guiiford
and Pomeroy. found under the Elkins
aot are good and sustains them so far
as they are punishable by fine. In
sustaining the demurrer to the con-
spiracy indictments and dismissing the
demurrer to the other indictments
the court holds that congress did not
intend that violations of the Elkins
law should be punishable by impris-
onment.
Judge Holt further holds that the
amendment to the Elkins act provld-
ing a punishment by imprisonment
was not retroactive, and therefore
could not include the men charged
with conspiracy.