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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
A Human Cork.
From the Travel Magazine.
In Great Salt Lake is an unique

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Bathing In Great Salt Lake is an unique
experience.
Flights of steps lead down into the
water from the interminable platform
along which the bath houses are situated.
The water Is quite shallow at first and
you find a rare enjoyment for a time, in
w~riggling our toes about in the salt that
forms the bottom In place of accustomed
sand. You are obliged to wade out some
distance before you experience the pecu-
liar buoyancy of the lake. First, you feel
you feet trying to swim out from under
you. You find II more and more difficult
to walk. You begin to float In spite OF
yourself. Then you realize you are non
sinkable. You N sink II o want to.
Throw yourself on your back or SIT down
or try to swim and you bob about like a
rocking chat In a freshet. You feel as
though you had been turned to cork. You
can't help looking at the phenomenon
subjectiVely. You don't see that there is
anything peculiar about the water. 1t
looks and feels like any other bathing
water-until you get some of 1t In your
eyes or IN your mouth. Then you wish
in comparison. In fact, the chemists tell
US 1t is eight times less salty.
You can't drown In the lake by sinking,
but you can be suffocated to death. which
Is Just about as uncomfortable and unde-
sirable. We found signs everywhere warn
ing us against being too laxative or too
frolicsome in the water.
When we came out we brought with us
large deposits OF salt on our skin. AS the
water evaporated we found ourselves COW
cred with white crystals. Only a strong
shower bath of fresh water or a good
clothes brush can put yo into ft condi-
ton to dress.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
LESS FARM MADE BUTTER.

The fairs this year give good evil
dence that farm butter making is on
the decline. There are good reasons for
1t, for while good butter is made on
many farms, yet so much Is so inferior
that Il really pulls down the price of all
homemade goods. Makers are to
blame for the loss OF this trade, for
while many consumers really prefer
farm-made butter, they find that they
cannot depend upon supplies or guam
tity, and this has driven them to
creamery butter. A farmer, who milks
four or five cows, complained to me
the other day about his very thing. He
has been supplying family trade for
several years, usually about eight
months out of the year. Last spring
when he was ready to deliver butter
his old customers concluded they would
not take butter this year. They pre-
ferred to pay 80 cents for creamery
butter rather than to a him % cents
Consumers want good, solid butter,
They know they can always depend
upon the creamery-made article, and
the demand for farm-made butter is
falling off simply because much of II
is poor stuff.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND
AMERICAN FOOD STUFFs.

Contract for Canned Meats Placed
I'm Chicago-British War Omce
Has Every Confidence in the
StOckyard Products.
Another large contract for timed
meats for the British Army has been
placed with Libby, Mcneil & Libby Of
Chicago, through the Direcr1r Of Sup
plies Department of the British War
Office. This contract was a competi-
tive affair, England, Canada, australia
and Brazil entering with tenders. 1t
was quality and method of packing that
got the Chicago firm the business. Gen.
eral Clayton OF the War Department
in an interview, according to the Lon
don Standard, stated that the British
Government is highly satisfied with the
Foodstuffs supplied by Chicago, and
they have every confidence in the manu-
features entering Britain from the
Stock Yards.
1.-The foods for the Army will be
packed under the supervision of British
representatives at the invitation of the
packers" he said. although the Gov.
eminent Is ready to rely upon the new
Pure Food Regulations recently inaug-
urated In the United States. All the
talk about the i~ncfficiency of the new
law is sheer nonsense. British officers
In America have gone fully into the
matter and the authorities are per-
fectly satisfied to place orders In Chi
cago when conditions Gull for outside
supplies Of canned meats"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
CONQUERED
Overwhelming Proof that Lydia {. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Succeeds.

One of the. greatest trtumphs of
Lydia e. Pinkhaln's Vegetable Com
pound is the ~conquering of woman's
dread enemy Tumor,
The growth Of q tumor lis SO in
sidious that frequently its presence
Is wholly unsuspected until tits well
advanced.
So called wandering pains" may
come from its early stages or the
presence of danger may be made
manifest by excessive monthly periods
accompanied by unusual pain, from
the abdomen through the groin and
thigh.
IL you have mysterious pains, IL
there are indications of Inflammation
or displacements, secure q bottle of
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, right away and begin its use.
The following letters should con-
vince every suffering woman of its
virtue, and that it actually does
conquer tumors.
Mrs. May Fry, of s3e W. Colfax
Ave South Bend, Ind, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham g. ...
II take great pleasure in writ
ing to thank you for what Lydia e.
Phkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. / also took the Blood
Purifier In alternate doses with the
Compound. Your medicine removed a
cyst tumor of four years growth,
which three of the best physicians
declared / had. They had said that
only an operation could help me. 1 am
very thankful that / followeda friends
advice and took your medicine. 1t has
made me a strong and well woman and
shall recommend it as long as 1 live"
Mrs. e. F. Hayes, of 90 Ruggles st.,
Boston, Mass, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
'Ihave been under differentdoctors'
treatment for a long time without
relief. They told me I had a fbroid
tumor, my abdomen was swollen and
I suffered with great pain. I wrote
TO you for advice, you replied and I
followed your directions carefully and
today / am a well women. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ex-
PEELED the tumor and strengthened my
whole system" .
Mrs. Perry Byers, of Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, writes:
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
SOWING MORE AIsIKE CLOVER.

A correspondent living at Campbell
Hill (southern ~Illinois) writes that
many farmers are sowing Alsike clover.
and that seeding done las year is
showing up fine. He a y many SOW
timothy with 1t, n asks whether that
is the thing to do. This letter is along
the line OF many received by the writer.
Farmers are learning that Alsike has
a place, and that it will do well on soils
and in localities where red clover Is
an utter failure. In regard to sowing
mixed seed. If the Alsike is being
grown for a seed crop SOW it pure 1t
is a very small seed and when sown
with timothy the two cannot be sep
arated. A farmer in Ogle county, I'LL
nois, was caught just that way. He
wanted a seed crop and threshed out
800 bushels, but it was so badly mixed
with timothy that the whole crop was
sold at timothy prices. If Alsike is
grown for pasture with red top and
fescue it will give better results.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

MR.. G. B. FIZER, Mt. Sterling, Ky
~ have suffered with kidney
and other trouble for fen years pasf.
Last March ! commenced USING
Peruna and continued for three months.
l have not used it since, nor have | felt
a pain.
Il believe that I am we'll and | there
fore give my highest commentator to
the curative qualities of Peruna."
Pe-ru-na For Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Geo, II. Simser, Grant. Ontario.
Can, writes
Il had not been well for about four
years. I had kidney trouble. and. in
fact. felt badly nearly all the time.
rms summer | got SO very bad
thought | would try Peruna, so | wrnte
10 you and began at once 10 take Peruna
and Manalin.
II took only two bottles Of Peruna
and one of Manalin, and now | feel
better than | have for SOM time.
II feel that Peruna and Manalin cured
me and made a different woman % me
altogether. l bless the day | picked up
the little book and read of your Peruna."
Ii is the business of The kidneys 10
remove from the blood all poisonous
materials. They must be active all the
time, else the system suffers. There are
times when they need a little assistance.
Peruna is exactly this sort of a REM
edy. 1t has saved many people from
disaster by rendering the kidneys SER
vice at a time when they were not able
to bear their own burdens. .
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

ton was disordered and passages Of
the secretions o frequent. On the adj
vice Of my husband | began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. Since using two
boxes my trouble has not reappeared.
This is wonderful, after suffering two
years"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents n box.
Foster-Milburn &C., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
A PardonahIe Fault.

DR.. Edward Everett Hale, discussing a
rather finicky attack that had been made
on certain recent statements, smiled and
said:
But who or what is blameless? 1t is
like the case of the Scottish hen.
IAN old Scottish woman wished to sell a
hen to a neighbor.
But tell me- the neishbor said, is
she a. thegither a guild bird? Has she got
nae faults, nae faults at all?'
"'Aweel, MargOt,' the other old woman
admitted, she has got one faut. She will
lay on the Lords day"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

FOLLOWING an oper-
alton two years ago,
dropsy set in, and my
left side was so swol-
len the doctor said he
wou have to tap
out the water. There
was constant pain
and a ~gurgling enSa
ton around my heart,
and l could not raise
my arm above my
head. The kidney az
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
FEEDING NEW GRAIN.

Go slow in feeding any kind or new
grain to live stock. Nothing will throw
horses out Of condition quicker than
new oats. They loosen the bowels, In
duce collie, and If they do nothing
worse they will soften the horses down
and render them UNIT for hard work.
New oats really should not be fed for
two or three months, after they are
harvested. II there are no old a to
be had, better feed old corn to the
horses for a while.
New corn will be fed this season per-
haps earlier than 1t has for many years.
While there was a big crop last year,
farmers have been feeding more live
stock than for many years, n on ac-
count OF the high prices many have
sold down very short; hence they will
start in on the new corn just as soon
as possible. Hogs usually get the first
roasting ears II the feeding Of this
green stuff Is done sensibly there is
not much danger, but IL one undertakes
to crowd hogs on this fresh green corn,
look for all sorts Of trouble. While
the ears are In the milk. cut stalks and
all and throw them into the feed yards.
The hogs will chew up the stalks and
will not get enough of h ears to hurt
them. BY feeding in this way for two
or three weeks the hogs will become &C
customed to the change, and by the
time the stalks become tough they are
ready for the ears. For the first month,
after starting to feed ears, snap the
corn. The husks prevent the hogs eat
ing too greedily.
If some judgment is used some green
corn fodder may be fed to advantage
to cows. but 1t Is not fit for horses. 1
saw a farmer just a few days ago cut
up stalks and ears fine. put some salt
on II and feed it at midday to his work
team. II is risky business. / would
prefer to feed any old stuff 1 happen to
have. Green corn is not fit for horses.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
SNmnathN

Harry and Charlie, aged 5 and 3 respect
lively, had just been seated at the table for
dinner. Harry saw that there was but
one orange on the table, and Immediately
set up a wailing that brought his mother
to the scene.
why, Harry, what are you crying for ?'
she asked.
Because there wasn't any orange for
Charlie" was the reply.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
6 New and Liberal
SN1;ApSRT Homestead
Regulations
M IN
&akE Western Canada
NEW DISTRICTS
Now Open for Settlement

Some of the choices lands In the grain growing
bolts of Saskatchewan and Alberta have recently been
opened for settlement under the Revised Homestead
Regulations Of Canada. ThouSands Of homesteads Of
100 acres each are now available. Tho nav regula-
tons make it possible for entry to b. msds by proxy,
tho opportunity that many In tho United States have
boen waiting for. Any member CT afam lily may make
entry for any other member Of tho family who may
be entitled 10 make entry for himself or ker,blf.
Entry may row DO made before the Agent or Sub
Agent Of the District by proxy ION certain conditions.
by the father, mother, son, daughter. brother CT sis
ter OF an intending home stesder. Fri "a
Amy even numbered section Of Dominion.
Lands in Manitoba or the Northwest Provinces,
excepting 8 and 70, not reserved, may be home
steaded By any person the sole head Of a family,
or male over 10 years Of age, to the extent Of,
one-QuarteT section, of 100 acres, more or less. I"
The fee in each case will DO $1,000. Churches,
schools and markets convenient. Healthy climate,
splendid crops and good laws. Grain growing and
cattle raising principal industries.
For further particulars as to Rates, Routes, Best
Time to CO and Whero 10 Locate. apply to,
w. D.. Scott, Superintendent Of immigration.
Ottawa, Canada, or +. I. Holmes, .gs Jackson
ST.. ST. Paul, MINI; J. NJ. MacLachlan, Box II6
WATERFOWL, South Dakota, and W. V. Bennett,
Sol New York Life Building, Omaha, Neb.,
Authorized Government Age"tS
Please say whsrS you saw This sd-"~"'"--- ..H
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

Every man who sells milk should
know how testing Is done, and test
ing at creameries should be open to
every patron. And then just as a check
against the creamery records test your
own cream at home once a month.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
DAIRY NOTES.

Poor cows and weedy pastures make
a bad combination. Poor cows are US
ing up feed which better cows will
turn into profit for you; and weeds
are using up fertility which ought to
go to making more feed.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

There can be no permanent success
of dairying without good pastures.
Don't ruin your grass lands by pastur-
ing too late this fall and then put on a
top dressing to protect the crowns.
This mulch will also max a good
spring protection.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
Isl TURKEYS.

Turkeys are for the most part now
well on h way to maturity. At least
they are well out Of the dangers COM
mon to baby turkeys. From now on
you may be reasonably sure of the
number o are to be able to mar
ket this fall. From now on all turkeys
should have free run OF the farm dur
ing the day. They will, for the most
part, find their own feed, but should
be given a bit of wheat or oats each
night to encourage them to come home
at night to roost. Frame is what we
are after from now to November /,
therefore very little corn should be
given unless the weather starts in
severely cold early in the season.
Wheat Is the very best feed to get
frame work on your birds and If a
wheat stubble is not to be had for
their range, they should get wheat in
the night feed. II wheat is not OBJ
tainable, get shorts or middlings and
bran to feed In a mash. Feed the
mash dry, OF at the most only damp.
Alfalfa or o pasture Is invaluable
In building frame.
Don't have the turkeys roosting in
close, warm buildings or coops, they
cold weather. II November weather
Is extra severe they might be given a
light shelter when you to
fatten them for market. If you have
an open shed that is little more than
a roof under which the turkeys have
been taught to roost from infancy
you nave an ideal place. They will
be sheltered from cold ain Inc sleet
Their when the weather commences to
get very cold, 1t is an easy matter
to make the she'd more Of a
protection against winds and cold
without seriously disturbing the hab-
its of the birds. After the market turk
eys are off hands there is no better
place for the breeding turkeys to win
ter than under the roof of a warm
rooted, open shed. 1t is their nature
to want to fly up high and II they
are dry and protected from piercing
winds they are comfortable in the Sc
verest weather. The first OF November
Is the best time to commence to fatten
your turkeys. They will then be ready
for market a few days before Thanks
giving when h price is highest. Save
the best and incest hens for breeders
Rnd sell the rest.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

Tommy" sale the young man to his
prospective brother-in-law, aged 5, will
you be sorry when l marry your sister,"
Yes" answered the little fellow. til
be sorry for you"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

I am glad to see many farmers break
ing away from timothy as a pasture
grass. There are many grasses better.
Timothy makes good commercial hay,
because 1t is the only kind that city
buyers know anything about. There
are other good grasses which will give
double the yield OF timothy.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

Have you cleaned up the barnyard?
I noticed one the other day where the
horses had to wade through manure
up to their hooks to get to the stable.
Now is also a good time to clean away
the which has accumulated
about the feed hunks.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
FARM FACTS.

Round up the strawstacks and hay
rlcks before the heavy fall rains come
on. Some long, heavy slough grass Will
be just the thing. Two men can make
the tops of a dozen stacks rainproof in
q day.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

The profit Of winter dairy work will
depend upon the preparation you make
for 1t this fall. Clean stables and
plenty OF milk making foods insure
good profits during the winter months.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

Made discovery whereby CO. grow ful head OF hair
on a. y bald head. eradicate any scalp trouble, stop
falling hair and reproduce the lost colOring matter
In the hair follic.e Of graV or faded hair. Goods on
demonstrate. 6. w. SchOenhut, Sioux City, Ia
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

Orchard grass, red top, a grass and
alsike clover are being sown in many
sections where other grasses nave not
been giving best results. 1t is about
time that we learned that there are
many Kinds of grasses that will do
better on many soils than timothy.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

Western grown alfalfa seed is liable
to contain seeds OF sweet clover, and
while one likes to get what he buys a
little sweet clover seed will do no harm.
The sweet clover grows along the irri-
eating bitches and from this source
gets into the alfalfa seed.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

I have a friend who recently pur,
chased one of these WORKOUT" farm!
in Virginia. 1t cost him $12 an acre
/ asked him how he intended to handle
it. with cows" he said. land l be.
lieve it will be a success" That mar
has worked out the proposition be.
fore with cows.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

India annually produces u rice crop
Of greater value than the American
cotton crop.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

SIOUX CITY P'T'e CO., 1,2os-ss, 1907
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Women.

Women suffering from any form
of female weakness are invited to
write Mrs. ,Pinkham, Lynn, Mass,
for advice. She is the Mrs. Pinkham
who has been advising sick women
free of charge for more than twenty
years, and before that she assisted
her mother-in-law, Lydia e. Pink
ham in advising. Thus she is especially
well qualified to guide sick women
back to health.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

All Improvement in stock breeding
must come from pure breds that have
the ability to stamp good qualities upon
their offspring, n the longer these
have been selected for a special pur-
pose the surer will the offspring pos
sesS the quality wanted.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

An Illinois dairyman was dissatis-
fed with the way his milk vas test
ing at the creamery. He bought a Bah
cock tester, used 1t one week and then
brought the milk buyer up with a jerk
he will not soon forget. 1t pays to
know just what your cream is worth
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26
A MISSOURI WOMAN
Tells n Story of Awful Suffering and
Wonderful Relief.

Mrs. J. d. Johnson, Of COB West
Hickman street, Columbia, Mo-, says:
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

While building up the herd, why moi
build up the efficiency Of the hired help
Get them interested, for without the
friendly cooperation Of every hired
man who works with the cows, dairy
ing is uphill work.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
81 was told by my physician that /
had q hbroid tumor and that / would
have to be operated upon, / wrote to
you for advice, which 1 followed care
fnlly and took Lydia Il. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. I am not only
cured of the tumor but other female
troubles and can do all my own work
after eigh years of suffering"
Mrs. 8. J. Barber, Of Scott, N. Y.
writes :
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
Sometime ago / wrote You for
advice about a tumor which the doctors
thought would have to be removed.
Instead I took Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and to-day am q
well woman"
Mrs. M. M. Funk, vandergrift, Pa,
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
"I had a tumor and Lydia z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound removed
1T for me after two doctors had given
me up. / was sick four years before I
began to take the Compound. / now
recommend LydiaE Pinkham's veget-
able Compound far and near"
Such testimony as above is con-
yincing evidence that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound stands
without a peer as a remedy for Tumor
Growths as well as other distressing
ills of women, and such symptoms as
Bearing-down Sensations, Displace-
ments, Irregularities and Backache,
etc. Women should remember that it
is Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound that is curing sc many women
Don't forget to insist upon it when
some druggist asks you to accept
something else which he calls Just
as good"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

1t is frequently said, 1T does no
pay to buy a pedigree" That Is abou
the only thing 1 would buy were l Sc
lecting a dairy bull. Insist upon
long pedigree, too.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-26

1t costs around SO a month to keeI
a cow. Just figure up and see how
your COWS are showing up. A goot
dairy authority says more farmers arr
losing $40 per COW a year now thar
ever before. With present prices o.
feed 1t does not pay to put much o.
1t into poor cows.