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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Notice of Application for Letters Of Admin
istratiOn.

John A. Gaynor Attorney.
first publication Oct. 3, expires Oct ~
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-02-20
Fertilizer for Potatoes.

A bulletin from the Texas Expert
ment Station gives the following ad-
vice about potato fertilizers. "Some
of the Texas potato soils need potash,
while others require very little at
present Until the different kinds of
soils are studied it is impossible to
say which need potash and which do
not. They all appear to need phos-
phoric acid For soils which do not
need potash, mixture of equal parts
cotton-seed meal and acid phosphate
should give good results Apply 800
pounds per acre, in the row, and so
that the fertilizer does not come in
direct contact with the plant. The
mixture would be improved if a part
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-02-20

OF the cotton-seed meal were replaced
by half as much nitrate Of soda. Nj
trate Of soda is a quick acting ferti-
lizer, and would aid in giving the
plant an early start. For soils def
cient in potash, the potato fertilizer
should contain three to four per cent.
Of nitrogen, six to eight per cent phos-
phoric acid, and four to eight per cent.
potash. The exact composition of the
fertilizer to give the best results de-
pends upon the nature of the soil.
A fertilizer containing three per cent
nitrogen, eight per cent phosphorc
acid and four per cent potash is
good potato fertilizer for Texas soils
requiring potash. Apply 800 to 400
pounds per acre.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-02-20
busting Cloths.

Dampen two cloths with kerosene
and shut them up tight in large tin
pail Leave them thus for twenty
four hours or more, when they will
be ready for use. Use one for busting
furniture, doors and castings, the other
one for 1inoleum, hardwood or painted
floors They thoroughly take up the
dust and prevent its being shaken in
the room. They do not leave streaks
as freshly dampened cloth is apt
to, nor do they injure woodwork of
any sort.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-02-20
PECAN CULTURE PROFITABLE.
Has a Most Promising Future.

has a Most promising Future.
We have given several articles
about pecan culture, because we think
it promising industry Believing,
however, that it will be difficult to
learn too much about the art of grow
ing pecans, we this week copy an arti-
Gle from the Tribune Farmer, written
by Prob. John Craig, of Cornell Uni
vers1ty:
1t is astonishing how few people
land will usually stand in one year
and produce we'll, though it may be
continued each year so long as much
dead vegetable matter is being turned
under.
1t may, however, be subsoiled to
any depth by following in bottom of
turn plow furrow, provided no more
of the subsoil than has been directed,
is turned up. Break with two-horse
plow, if possible, Or better with disk
plow. With the latter, cotton stalks
or corn stalks as large as we ever
make, can be turned under without
having been chopped, and in pea vines
it will not choke or drag.
Bed with turn p1ow in 6-foot rows,
leaving 5-inch bank. When ready to
plant, break this out with scooter,
following in bottom of this furrow
deep with dixie plow, wing taken off.
Ridge them on this furrow with same
plow, still going deep. Run corn
planter on this ridge, dropping one
grain every 5 or 6 inches Plant early,
as soon as frost danger is past Es-
pecially is early planting necessary on
very rich lands where stalks cannot
otherwise be prevented from growing
too large. Give first working with
harrow Or any plow that will not
cover the plant For second work
ing, use 10 or I2-inch sweep on both
sides of corn, which will now be about
8 inches high. Thin after working.
1t is not necessary that the plants
should be left all the same distance
apart, if the right number remain to
each yard Of row.
Corn should not be worked again
until the growth has been so retard-
ed, and the stalk so hardened that it
will never grow too large. This is the
most difficult point in the whole pro-
cess. Experience and Judgment are
required to know how much the stalk
should be stunted, and plenty of nerve
is required to hold back your corn
when your neighbors, who fertilized
at planting time, and cultivated rapid
ly, have corn twice the size of yours.
They are having their fun now.
Yours will come at harvest time. The
richer the land, the more necessary
it is that the stunting process should
be thoroughly done.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-02-20
Cultivating Sweet Potatoes
With Machine and Hand Labor

ing his method Of growing sweet pota-
toes by the use of labor-saving i'm
plements, and tells how much hand
labor it took for his neighbor to raise
crop, doing the work without mach
inery
He does not figure out the compara-
tive cost of the two crops, but, they
are as follows: The writer's crop
took an average Of 2.83 days work of
one man and IA days work of a
horse for each acre, and the crop pro-
ducer was 1883 bushels per acre.
His neighbor expended 37.5 days
work Of man and 3.5 days work Of
horse for each acre, and produced a
crop OF $50 bushels Of potatoes per
acre. 1t does not require an expert
mathematician to figure out which
method was the most economical.
The article is as follows:
Nearly every farmer has a crop
which he makes his speciality and,
while he may grow great variety
Of crops, nearly all of them are grown
with the object Of assisting him in
making his special crop more prof.
table.
My special crop is sweet potatoes
My reasons for making this crop
speciality are these: My soil is we'll
suited to the production Of this crop;
as the sweet potato is absolutely free
from disease here | have no trouble
in keeping them all the year round
and, being free from disease, they
possess a special value for seed, for
which purpose all my crop is used.
AS the sweet potato is a very i'm
portant crop in the South, and one
on which more hand labor is expend-
ed than on almost any other, [ will
tell how [ make this crop almost en-
tirely with labor-saving machinery.
I planted my crop Of thirty acres
this year on oat stubble. The oats
were grown largely for the purpose
of assisting me in making my spec
1al crop, sweet potatoes.
The sweet potato does best on
loose bed with hard bottom, and l
proceeded to secure these conditions
in the following way:
took ten-inch middle burster
and laid off the oat stubble into a.
foot rows, running very shallow,
making a clean, open .furrow with a
hard bottom. In this way man and
horse could lay off eight acres per
day, or say, four days for the 80
acres. After the land was all laid
off, | took two-horse disc cultiva-
tor and ran a-straddle of the rows,
throwing the dirt back into the fur
rows, and making a low, fiat bed
for the 80 acres.
Ihe land being all broken now, and
slightly bedded into 4-foot rows, I
let it lay this way for three weeks,
until | was ready to plant I then
took the disc cultivator and attach
ed to the fertilizer distributor,
fastening it just in front of the discs
and running it with sprocket wheel
and chain, fastening the sprocket
wheel with set screw, to the in
ner end Of the hub of one of the cul-
tivator wheels
now set the discs to throw a
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-02-20

five tons Of fertilizer in seven days,
the extra time being required to haul
out the fertilizer and fill up the dis
tributor.
This method Of work gave light
loose bed, with the oat stubble and
fertilizer we'll mixed with the soil
The planters followed the cultiva-
tor, planting as fast as the land was
prepared. The planting required three
to drop, three to stick, and three to
pull the plants and get them ready,
requiring in all ten hands and two
horses to bed, fertilize and plant 80
acres in seven days.
lhe crop was worked twice with
the same disc cultivator, and it was
done in the following manner:
[ took off the fertilizer distributor
and set the discs little wider apart,
setting them to throw less dirt.
| made a fender by gending a
piece of sheet iron into a semi-circle,
like an inverted trough. This fen
der ran right over the plants, be-
tween the discs, and prevented the
plants from being covered up. In
front of the fender [ arranged three
pairs Of hooks, made of spring steel,
much like weeder tooth. The first
pair of hooks struck the bed on each
side near the bottom, catching the
ends Of the vines and turning them
in the direction in which the culti-
vator was moving. The second pair
OF hooks were set about eight inch
es behind the first, and closer to-
gether, SO they struck the beds
about half way up the sides. These
hooks caught the vines and turned
them still more in the direction in
which the cultivator was moving.
The third pair of hooks ran just in
front of the fender, and were only
about six inches apart, running on
top Of the bed, catching the vines,
drawing them forward, and laying
them right on top of the bed so they
would all pass under the fender and
not be covered up by the discs.
The last set of hooks also stirred
the dirt right around the young plants,
destroying the young grass that could
not be reached by the discs.
With this outfit man and two
horses worked the 80 acres in four
days, Or eight days for the two work.
ings. No hoeing was done.
Now for the digging: [ took the
same cultivator, removing the discs,
hooks and fender, and put on the plow
beams with 6-lnch twister attached
to each, setting the twister to bar
off each side of the bed [ also put
rolling cutter in front of each
tw1ster, for cutting the vines
With this rig [ cut the vines and
barred off both sides of the row at
one operation; requiring again four
days for the 80 acres.
The potatoes being now ready to
dig, | took an Avery Potato Digger
and turned them out of the ground.
The contrast: 1t happened that
one of my neighbors, who follows
the usual way, began planting his
crop of two acres the same day as I
did mine.
1t took five hands and horse sew
en- days to plow up the beds with
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days to hoe the patch one time
which was all the work they received.
We both made good crops, mine
making about 1000 bushels and his
3oo
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-10-12

combinations Of furniture, rugs and
drapery that fashion says should go
with a large twostory house. The
kind Of furnishing that suits a cot
tage is more bome-iike. more in keen
ing with ones everyday life and bust
ness.
OF course there are cottage houses
furnished luXuriantiy in one general
style throughout This is especially
noticeable in summer resorts where
people Of means build cottage houses
for holiday use and furnish them the
same as they would stock set OF
book shelves. in fancy bindings with
cOlOrs to match. more for looks than
for use or comfort. but this house
plan is intended to deal with the or
dinary cottage home as it is generally
built to shelter the family the year
around and provide comforts Dionth
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after month and year after year Some
houses look better and feel better il
the furniture is not so very expensive.
1t may be good and plain The chairs
may be cushioned with cotton covered
cushions, the floors may be covered
with carpets or rugs designed for wear
rather than looks and the windows
may be eurtained in a cheap, tasty
manner, but in such homes you will
generally find comfortable lounges
decorated with soft, inviting sofa pill
lows, very often representing many
different designs, and there is always
an easy chair for each member of the
family and an extra one for a stranger
and the stranger feels at home the
minute he enters the door
The size of this house on the ground
is 81 feet by As feet inches, but the
front projection is quite narrow The
parlor is in this projection. away by
itself, so it may be shut off from the
main part of the house, and this is
another economy which works out
in the saving Of fuel in the winter
time. 1t is a very cheerful room, es-
pecially when there is a fire in the
CRATE and it is a nice cool room in
the summer.
The dining-room with its three win.
dows attracts the family more than
the parlor in such a house; 1t is
larger, more central and it feels more
comfortable. When necessary the din
ing-room may be used in connection
with the parlor by leaving the slidins
doors open. In general this arrange
ment Of the rooms is coed. No space
is taken up with hallway, because a
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Mr.. William A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject Of building for the readers of this
paper. On account Of his wide expe-
rience as Editor Author and Manufac-
turer, he Is, without doubt the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
ell inquiries to William A. Radford, No
t9 Fifth Ave, Chicago, ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply
A five room cottage with roof space
for about three rooms more on the
floor above is shown in this plan. /
find there is in some neighborhoods a
strong prejudice against cottage
houses caused usually by the dilapidat-
ed appearance of small, hopelesslook-
ing houses that are out Of courtesy
called cottages. But the fact is some of
the happiest homes are enjoyed by
families living in cottage houses,
homes that attract attention beyond
the family and its immediate relatives
1t is difficult to be really happy un-
der a heavy mortgage, and find that
most large houses are encumbered for
a large share of the purchase price.
] would never discourage a man from
securing a home because he couldn't
pay spot cash for it, but | would
strongly recommend him to select
something smaller, neat little af-
fair like this, perhaps, that he could
pay for without a great deal Of un-
necessary worry. The good wife can
tuck the babies away in a small room
that is heated by a drum from the
kitchen stove and they will sleep just
as sweetly and wake up and be just
as happy next morning as they would
in an expensive nursery presided over
by a white-capped graduate from some
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A Moment Later the Door Was
Thrown Open.

lap. AS she turned her face towards
me saw it was white and stained
from long and bitter weeping. The
next moment | was kneeling at her
feet, my arms about her, imploring
her to tell me If she were III or what
was wrong. She looked down into
my face for few moments; then
she said quietly To-day, dear, is
the anniversary Of great suffering
in my life, and for many long years
] have spent it in bitter weeping
child." she went on. putting her hand
under my chin and raising my face
that she might see better into my
eyes, your eyes are 50 true 50 fun
Of affection and sympathy and pity
for me that a desire comes over me
to tell you the story Of my life, and
the sorrow which darkened it. i
have kept it locked up IN my heart
so long that it will be a relief to un-
burden It. Come and sit, as you al
ways do at my feet obeyed in
silence, and waited for her to begin.
WtAGA blAti a lev IAOnItAAN Hflt Nlu.
My parents We're wellto-do peo-
PIE of the middle-class, and was
their only child for ten years. and
then my little brother wGs born. My
parents were very fond of the child
as he grew from babyhood. for he
was remarkably beautiful but their
affection was nothing like the love
bore him People use to wonder at
it, even my parents were puzzled at
it. When / was II years OF age. and
Robert, my little brother, seven. our
parents died within the same year.
Ny fathers income had been de-
rived from salary. which of course
ceased at his death. but just about
that tiIae y small fortune was left me
by an aunt, including this house.
Here we came to live, Robbie and I.
and a middle-aged servant woman.
Margaret, the mother Of the woman
who is with me now My whole
life was then devoted to my idolized
brother, TO the exclusion Of an else
/ could have had loverc. could have
--Ar-A 3 ANA RAt AAH NAAN lNulM AIAUG UE~
fore Robert IL my heart He did
not lose his beauty as he grew older:
he was bright. lovable. anectionate
sut alas. weak. easily influenced. and /
quick, fiery temper which I
he never tried to control or restrain. (
Il VIII not finger over the years
that passed until Robert reached his
twenty-first year It was bis desire
TO study law. SO he entered the Of
fee of a prominent LAWYER ia this
city. He had only been there a few
months. when through a young man
In the otiice he was introduced into
a fast set and in a short time was
plunged into dissipation. When
realized this Z was nearly erazed
with fear and pain. ] implored. re-
wept- He would be sor-
-owiully repentant Tor awhile: then
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hall in sucn a house is not necessary.
1t is an easy house to do the work
in, and 1t contains all the conven-
fences necessary for small family
There is need Of just such houses
in every community More cheap
houses means more homes owned by
the people living in them and this
means a better community, more gen
eral Improvements and higher stand
ard Of living. Modern suburban trans
portation is bringing the outlying sec.
tions Of cities and towns closer TO
business, when measured by time,
which in turn is increasing the de-
mand for low cost, comfortable homes.
Land is too valuable in or near bust
ness districts to have such houses, be-
cause it does not pay to put a cheap
house on a high-priced lot
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Canal Through Desert.

A canal system one mile in length
has been constructed for the purpose
of conveying water from the Nile
across the desert, where it is used for
irrigation work. 1t is constructed in
sections 32S feet long and 20 feet wide.
The sections are laid in masonry, so
as to permit Of expansions and con
fractions from the changes in temper
ature. The use of metal in this man
ner is unique, aad greatly simplifed
the problem of building the canal
through the desert country.
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fashionable clinic The trundle bed
expense is only a fraction of what
the swell affair usually costs and the
real happiness is mostly on the hum
BILE side. at any rate divorce cases
seldom or never emanate from pretty,
well-kept cottage homes.
Young folks often are ambitious,
which is all right so long as their
ambition takes the right direction, but
ambition differs with individuals. One
woman wants her children well edu-
Gated that they may become useful cit
liens, while another wants to shine
forth in all the latest finery as soon
as it Is sanctioned by the most perni-
cious fashion mongers. Between
these types there are all grades of
ambition and all sorts of motives
among most Of which may be plainly
seen the influence of wealthy neigh
bors which very well illustrates the
fact that our wants are governed for
the most part by our neighbors' sup
plies.
A cottage house is easily furnished
1t does not demand the expensive
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-10-12
The End Of Her Waiting
By Emma Howard Wight
1copyrlrht. By joseph B Bowlesl

I was a girl of Is when we first
came to live in Barclay street Moth.
er had just died, and our little cot
tage home. down in the country, had
become intolerable to father, SO he
decided we should go to the city.
where clerkship had been offered
him. 1t nearly broke my heart to
leave the pretty cottage for a lodg.
Ing house in a dull. narrow street;
but ! tried to be brave before father
and cheerful
Sitting at the parlor window a
great deal | soon became very muck
interested in my opposite neighbor
Her little gray twostory house was
the prettiest in Barclay street, with
its white blinds and hower-flled win
dows, and middle-aged servant
woman was her only companion. She
was known In Barclay street as Miss
Molly" and loved and reyerenced for
her goodness and charity among the
poor and suffering
After little while / spent a great
deal of my time with Miss Molly, and
my life was no longer duh and lone
ly. ! soon grew to love her very
dearly, and she returned my affection
After a little while / began to sus-
pect that some past sorrow cast its
shadow over her life; but had
known her nearly two years before
my suspicious were confirmed. 1t
was lovely morning, the first day
Of June, and | had bought a lovely
bunch of roses for Miss Molly when
went to do my marketing. When
went over | found the front door
ajar, so | went in and ran up to
the little room where Miss Molly usu-
ally sat the first part of the morning.
She was seated In low rocking-chair
her head lying back heavily, her lit
tie white hands resting idly on her
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There seems to be a glut Of rare
fruits in the market just now. saws
the London Graphic After passion
fruit and espartillas, we come to a
freak variety of the homely banana.
This is the red banana of Jamaica
and it is now to be seen in a city
fruiterer's. Much like the ordinary
canary banana in shape, though
trife fatter and shorter its skin is Of
a dull red color and its flavor very
much richer. 1t costs three times the
price of its yellow brother.
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seIenee 70 erIna Neeaed RslIef.

BY means Of a steel-lined irrigation
canal engineers are preparing to give
water to district in Egypt near AS
suan which has been dry and parohed
for 5000 or 1000 vesrs. The soil is
saline and fer mis- feason it is neces-
airy to wash the gre;sad for from
three to four weeks before any crops
can be grown upon it. When first wet
The ground swens and rises about six
inches. afterward subsiding from one
foot to two feet
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Yes said the vcluhle crank" I
used to be as bad as You. but 1 made
mp my mind to quit smoking ans
drinking and I did itr
Indeed" remarked Manley; T
guess a man who can quit smoking
and drinking could quit almost any
thing
"Oh. yes
Except talking about it.8-Catholic
Standard and Times.
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Dick-Yes. the beautiful blonde ac
cepted me-
Jaek-Accepted you2 Why. six fell
lows proposed to her and she refused
them all.
Dick-Yes, but proposed on the
right day,
Jack-What day was that7
Dick-Friday. She couldn't resist
Fyiday is bargain day. you know.
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He adored her but his pride was
very great.
Elsie" he faltered, do you love
me?p
Above the boom Of the sea her voice
sounded clear and cold.
No she said NO, Mr.. Manner
ing"
He laughed unpleasantly.
Well" he said, y feared you did
that was an, and / just wanted to
warn you that I am already engaged !"
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Think of the enemies YOU have de-
stroyedi'
Yes. f answered the reformed can
nibal chief. but thar was before I
was civilized. Hereafter ] viii be con
tent with llring my enemies into Wall
street. taking thzlr last dollar and
turning them out of hanse and home
TO slarFe slowly Nashingr0n Star
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Practice smiling az yourself ia the
mirror and then 60 abroad and try it
on folks The world loves q cheerful