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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
B Reer Saloons for Moman.

when / was in Berlin said a clergy.
nan Il had enough curiosity TO visit one
OF the peculiar saloons for women thai
they have there. The place Interested me.
and / am bound to say that it was decent,
ly conducted.
Berlin is the only city in the world that
has these institutions. In our country,
where the women are nearly all teetotal.
ers, we don't need them. In England they
don't need them because Englishwomen OF
the lower classes enter the public houses
and lean against the bar to sip their beer
with as much nonchalance as their hus.
bands.
I'm this female saloon In Berlin about
twenty-five females were gathered. They
looked poor but respectable. Some were
smoklng-cigarets and clgars-some read
the papers, and in a corner a little group
argued noisily over an article In a fashion
magazine, much as men argue IN their
own saloons over politics.
"All had mugs of beer before them, and,
as they drank quite steadily, the barmaid
was kept busy filling the glasses and MAX
ing change. The air was pale blue with
tobacco smoke. The saloon resounded with
eager voices-not deep, coarse, male
voices, but the clear and silvery voices
of women. Some Of these dainty crea-
lures rank in the course OF the evening no
less than nine beers.
las / regarded the strange scene ]
sighed and said to myself:
"'The twentieth is indeed the woman's
century.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
WHEN 10 PLow SOD.

The damage O n by cut worms
has become so alarming In some Sec
tons that the question has arisen
whether the practice OF turning over
the sod in the spring has not some
thing to do with 1T. Some figure out
that by allowing their sod ground to
stand over, they get the full value or
the late pasture. Sod ground should
be turned in the fall. Make It as late
as you want, but get 1t turned before
the ground freezes up. This late plow-
ing will enable one to get the full
worth OF the late fall growth, and
the ground is in just the condition TO
weather till spring. II there wei e no
other reason, fall blowing is better.
as 1t will help get rid OF the cut worms
and other insects which have been
hurting corn during the last four or,
five years. Many complain that their
soils are not as nice to work as they
we're several years ago. That, no
doubt, is due to the system OF plow-
ing and cultivation. We do too much
spring blowing. with the result that
the seed bed is spongy or soggy all
through the summer. Turn under the
sod this fall, and then disc next spring.
That's the place to expect the bumper
yield of corn.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
WAR AGAINST WEEpe.

The warfare on weeds, commenced ia
Iowa, is spreading. All over the country
farmers are becoming aroused w the
problem OF fighting weeG pests and
cleaning up their lands. The sowing OF
weed seeds has gone on for 50 many
years unchecked that the situation now
is a serious one and now both land
fertility and quality OF grain are men
aced. There is only n course to take
weed seeds and fight weed plants
with tooth and nail. Commence right
now and clean every bushel OF seed
grain, so as to make sure that You
are o sowing any fresh seed. Then
begin a war of determination. On badly
infested lands there ire enough yigor<
Gus weed seeds to keep one busy for
several years. but by going after thesA
as they appear one can get h upper<
hand within three or four years. IN
every worker around the farm would
make 1t his business to pull up every
wed he runs across in out-of-way places
about the farm, this will help: but
then the plows and must be de-
pended Upon to do most of the work.
This weed cleaning job is a mighty big
one, but 1t has to be done. and II must
be dom thoroughly. Fight them as
you would a plague.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

LET me help you, Graee,' I said al
calmly as 4 could.
'She turned upon me q face dead
but for the awful horrors of h BYE
looking out from it.
eYour she whispered. 'Youi You
herep
Certainty / said. Weren't you ex
she controlled herself by a mighty
effort: / saw how much stronger she
was than her sister.
"'Oh, yes,' she said. more quietly.
I'd forgotten. You see, Edith is ILL
VIII you ring?'
| Mrs. Delroy was carried away. Miss
Croydon fingered o moment.
II must go, john h said, with
something like her old n Come
tomorrow-that Is, IL you care to come
Care to comet l cried. but h held
me away from her.
Yes she repeated steadily, care te
come-perhaps o won't, and ! shant
blame you. Go TO Mr.. Godfrey, John,
and ask him-tell him that l sent YOU
then, afterwards, II you ARE to come,
I shall be glad-glad-
II thought her self control was GO
ing to fail her, but 1t IA only for an
instant.
However. john h added more
SdiuhiJ, IL yOu w COHicb ~ must w
with the understanding that ! am to
be asked no questions. be worried FOR
no explanations. You must be con.
ten with what Mr.. Godfrey can tell
you, for I can tell you nothing more
at least not now. You must trust me
wholly. Good night and she was
gone.
Then" concluded Drysdale grimly,
II took a cab straight here. n here
i am. Now. in Gods name. what does
1t mean? What has she done?"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
THE PLACE FOR THE DUAL PuR.
POSE cow.

There is one point in all this talk
over dual purpose cows which nearly
all agree upon, that is. where cows are
kept for one specific purpose, whether
that be beef or milk, ii is better to
stick to q special purpose breed. But
Tor the general farmer who keeps only
a few cows, mainly for sufficient but
ter and milk for home use, the dual
purpose COW finds her right place, and
again these dual purpose cows have a
place on small farms, where milk or
butter is sold and where a few steers
are raised for feeding. This class of
farmers want cows that can be depend
ed upon to give a fair quantity of milk
for six or seven months and at the
same time bring calves which will
make good beef animals. The old idea
Of the dual cow-one that would suckle
q calf and give a fair mess of milk in
addition, is now out of date. The dual
cow we want now Is the one that drops
q beef calf, and then produces the
maximum amount OF milk for the
greater number of months, and leave
us to raise the calf on skim milk.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
Touchinu,

President Manuel Amador Of Panama
was reviewing the wonders Of Coney
Island.
"a remarkable place. he said to a re-
porter. 1T imprssess me tremendously.
/ shall never forget it,
Slipping his well-iced lemonade, President
Amador laughed and said:
Speaking OF being Impressed tremen-
dously, / am reminded of a joke they are
telling about a Cuban millionaire.
/, IAN unfortunate man obtained access to
this millionaire and depicted his wretched
poverty In the most vivid and moving col
ors. Indeed, so graphic was the visitors
sad narrative that the millionaire was
very profoundly affected. and, summoning
his servant he said with tears in his eyes
and a voice trembling. with emotion.
John. put this o fellow out Into the
street. He II breaking my heart"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF
CREAM.

A wisconsin creamery man says his
company has spent hundreds of dollars
during the last three or four years in
trying to educate farmers how to fur
nish richer cream, but there has been
no real Improvement.
The quality of cream depends upon
the cows. Ten years OF missionary
work spent upon the owners OF the
cows, teaching them how to feed and
care for milk cows will not be enough
to help the quality OF the cream very
much. What Is needed is better breed
Ing. IL the same time had lei spent
In testing the cows of the herds, which
furnish cream to this plant, by this
time all the poor would have
been weeded out. Commence on the
Individual cows. Weigh and test until
you know the actual quality and value
Of each cows cream. They use pure
bred bulls which come from rich milk
ing strains. That's the kind of work
that will improve the quality Of
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
A MUSEUM BUILT BY INDIANS.
The Structure Stands as the Finished
Product Of Indian Workers.
Ut-aY. kha pnatn~ Cloho ..

cIOLIl III L0OblOh NtODGs #
or all the buildings at the United
States Indian Industrial school at Car
Isle, in Pennsylvania. none are so in
teresting as the recently completed
Leupp art museum, because 1t repre-
sents the work OF the students them
selves.
They not only built the building with
their own hands, bu the football team
OF the school earned h money for the
material, putting into IT all the profits
of the games they played last ear
The plans were drawn by George Bal
enti, a Cheyenne Indian graduate Of
the school.
From the time the soil was broken for
the foundation until the last nalI was
driven and the last decoration COM
pleted the hand OF the white man did
not touch the building which stands as
the finished product OF Indian workers.
It is a fine example of what can be ac-
complished in the instruction of the In
dian along the line OF industrial edu-
cation.
The interior of the building contains
a fine collection of Indian bead and
needIework and basketwork, such as
only Indian women can make. 1t con-
tains also some Of the finest Navajo
blankets in the gorgeous colors that the
Indian weavers work into them. Some
Of these Navajo blankets are as thick
as oriental rugs and as soft as velvet.
There are also in the museum Indian
saddles and specimens of burnt leather
work, together with paintings OF some
Of the old Indian chiefs whose names
have been associated with Indian his
tory In u country.
The museum Is in charge of Alfred
M. Venue, a full-blooded Chippewa In
dian, who also conducts a bible class
of Indian youths.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
GROW MORE 4

Wherever alfalfa be grown the
cow will make more money for her
pwner than any other animal on the
farm. Alfalfa lands are crowding corr
lands In value. and in a few years more
will outstrip them. The culture of al
falfa generally means the feeding Of
the crop upon the farm where 1t is
grown and the least amount of fertility
In removed from the land. Alfalfa
comes the nearest a complete ration of
any crop we grow and 1t will yield
from three to six tons Of dry hay per
acre during the season. After 1t be-
established 1t will crowd out
weeds and other grasses. The points
most important to dairymen Is that the
accessibility Of alfalfa is changed less
by curing than any other crop, and
for this reason II makes the ideal feed
for winter. Where dairymen do not
put up corn silage, alfalfa Is the feed
par excellence, in fact many claim that
alfalfa dry hay Is as palatabie to the
dairy COW as green grass and as a
year around feed 1t is equal to the best
June pasture.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
a sPoILs MILK.

More milk is spoiled by standing
around the stables than in any other
way. Filth Is the ource of acidity in
milk, and around the stable there are
hundreds OF Ways for it to get into the
milk. / nave a "a in mind OF a farm
er who milks two cows. i recently
staid all night with him and went out
with him next morning while he vas
doing the chores. This is the way he
went at 1t. First he fed the horses
their corn and then MIXED the cows.
The COWS and horses were kept in the
same stabls-on opposite sides. After
the cows were MIXED the pail contain
ing the milk vas set down near the
door and then hay was thrown down
for the horses. That was not all. The
milk was left there until the horses
were curried. When the pail was finally
taken to the house the milk was COW
cred with clover chaff and no telling
how much dust and filth had settled In
1t. Milk cannot be kept sweet unless 1t
Is free from all stable dust and doors.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

have plenty OF time for everything II
he winds ap his watch every day.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
DAIRY NOTES,

6SAInu NSIEos
Some farmers say that they do not
like to bother with cows. so long as
butter can be had at nearby creameries
OF % cents OF so cents a pound. 1t
would hardly do -oF all farmers to take
that view Of the matter. u
The ability of the good feeder will
be taxed this winter In so combining
his home grown feed to convert IL
into 3O-cent butter with profit. Feed
ing dairy cows Is like being a good
cook, it all depends upon how you put
things together.
We heard a man ask a few days
ago whether the dairy business was
being overdone. There are surely no
signs Of 1t now. Like all other busi-
ness, there are more failures than sue
cesses, and while a great many are
now turning towards dairying, not one
in fifty will make 1t 60.
Some get the idea tina separator
cream does not need much attention.
But 1T does. 1t must be cooled at once
after separation, and it must be cooled
quickly. Cold water is the best to
coo cream with, and when the cream
is converted to the temperature of well
water 1t will keep for three or four
days.
A correspondent asks how to pick
out good milk cows. / do not put
| much stress on outward characteris-
tics. The only safe way is to pick
them out by scales and butter fat test.
About the meanest looking COW ! ever
say vas the best COW in a herd of
forty.
Are you prepared for the calves that
will be dropped during the next sixty
days? 1t is a pretty nice job to house
and feed calves during the first six
months, to keep them vigorous and
growing all the time.
A woman told me at a farmers in
stttute last winter that she took home
with her h yea previous one ides
which had been worth more than $50
TO her during the year.. She used ia
wrap her butter in cloth. Now she
uses butter paper and her customers
willingly pay her 5 cents more pei
pound
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

Some farmers say that they do no
like to bother with cows. so long a.
butter can be had at nearby creamerie!
at 20 cents Or so cents a pound, Il
would hardly do -of all farmers to take
that view Of the matter.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
FARM FACTS.

How are the colts doing? A mixture
Of ground oats and bran will be fine
to feed them during the next month or
so. Stalk fields, or ''roughing'' II will
not bring the colts through the winter
In good condition. They will need
good stabling and nutritious food ell
winter.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

There are many more old sows being
sent to market this yea than last.
This indicates that farmers are selling
of their big, heavy sows and keeping
young ones for coming breeders, or are
reducing their breeding herds. What
ever else you do, save a good bunch
of breeders. 1t is a mistake TO sell too
close, because OF high prices.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

Now is the crowding time for the
~fattening hogs. If troughs re kept
clean and the hogs are not rushed on
to new corn, there will not be much
danger from disease. But filthy troughs
and floors and green feed will quickly
throw the hogs out Of sorts.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

The amount OF alfalfa seed to- SOW
per acre depends upon the quality OF
the seed. With 96 PEI cent. pure feed.
fifteen pounds per acre Is ample. The
thing to do Is to md out how much OF
your seed VIII grow.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

How are the lambs and calves show
ing up? Creeps may be made now so,
that these young things can eat undis-
turbed by the older animals. I saw a
nice looking bunch OF lambs and calves
in a corn field the other day. They
seem to be thriving and contented. and
they were not hurting the corn.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

Cane which has been sown broad
cast can be handled best If II is cut
with the mower and put up in small
shocks. Some prefer TO cut It with a
harvester and bind II. If that is done
the cutting must be done early. for
the stalks soon get too large for a bin
der to handle; and then the stuff Is
dificult to dry out, when 1t Is bound
up in bundles.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

A dairyman asks whether sweet
clover will make good hay. No. But
If our correspondent lives where sweet
clover thrives, why not try alfalfa. The
best alfalfa fields ! have seen this year
were ear by a rank growth OF sweet
clover.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

Now is a good time to cut of the
around the sides OF the fields next
to the fences. 1t Is a quick job to
throw the stalks over into the pas
ture for the stock: and, cutting off q
room.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

You car hardly expect the hens to
keep right on laying unless they are
given suitable food. and have warm
roosting places. Also right now Is a
good time to feed some fattenlng food
to the fowls which are to be sold
around Thanksgiving. Try barley, oats
and buckwheat, all ground together. as
a fattening ration.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03

A farmers club in northern Illinois
has been formed for the sole purpose
of looking after the roadways in the
district. 1t has been proposed that
clover or alfalfa be sown, each farm
er seeding the strip adjacent to his
own land, and then each one is bound
to keep his strip clear OF weeds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08
rAE Prices OF NEWSPAPERS

A contemporary declares that if
any class of business men ever had
good reason for the formation of a
trust with a view to advancing
prices, the press Of this country
presents that justification at this
time. When you come to study the
IN alter there is much in what
this contemporary says. The cost
of turning a paper out from the
press is much greater than it was
ten years ago, and yet the price of
the paper to the reader is the
same. The facts are very clearly
stated by our contemporary in the
following:
"The white paper aloneo on which
many papers are printed, cost
more than is paid by the purchaser
for the printed edition. The cost
of white paper has been advanc-
ing for years. Printing ink never
cost more than at the present time
and wages were never higher; yet
the price of the output has been
retained.
Newspapers of the country in
their columns seem to poi1t out
everything in the news line per-
tanning to the formation of trust, in
oil, sugar, paper, coal, steel and
almost every commodity in general
use, but they entirly overlook the
fact that they could and should
point with great interest to the fact
that newspapers are supplying the
public with the news of the world
under greater expense of produc-
tion than at any time previous
while the comparative cost of
advertising has not been greatly
increased.
"The newspapers have been in
the front rank in the development
of American civilization and today
they give more to the purchaser for
the investment than it is possible
to receive in any other channels OF
expenditure. Any thoughtful
person, who will carefully consider
the increased publication cost OF
newspapers and the vast amount
of information and pleasure the
people derive from them at the
old-time prices, will agree with us
that the posgage on them, as well
as on letters, should be reduced. D
columbus Ledger.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08
FIoradOra LOnq
Staple Cotton Seed.

| have sold this staple for three sea-
sons at Is cents and better, now selling
for % cents, [ raised four bales on five
acres ordinary land year 1906:
am trying to get up car shipment of
pure seed direct ON originator which
is necessary in order to grow cotton of
good staple; this staple is no FAKE.
have grown it for several
years in small quantities, Other
farmers in this section have grown
it and have given orders for
more pure seed. The price of the staple
is not affected by spectators and is
not fluctuating like short staple, it is
easy picked, can be ginned on our ordi-
nary gins.
Owing to scarcity OF Sea Island, Flor
adora is growing in popularity. Wake
up, experiment with it if you like, give
a fair test and you Will be pleased with
results. Write or see nee at once in or
der that we can be supplied before sur
plus stock has been disposed of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

Mrs. StoneYall Jackson's refusal
to accept pension of larger sum
than that given to the widows of
other soldiers of the Confederacy,
was as heroic as the acts of her
distinguished husband.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

The talk of war between the
United States and Japan caused
a heavy decline in Japanese bonds
In the London market. 1t takes
credit as well as men and ammu-
nition to finance great war.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

A Georgia judge thinks bridge
whist bad as craps. Bridge has
been passed upon by experts in
every other game, and we are glad
to complete the records with this
iudment of an expert on craps
Valdosta Times.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

"Salome' was too tough for New
York, and now the suggestion is
made that it be put on in Pittsburg
or Atlanta. They could stand it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

Young John D. Rockefeller says
he never had an impulse to do
wrong in his life. What an insig
nificant figure Ananias would cut
>;n this world ifhe were living today!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

John Sharp Williams has just
perpetrated a pregnant summary
of recent political history: "The
country is tired of you and afraid
of us.n
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

AS a medico specialist Jerome
would have got a line upon
millions long ago. He knows
medicine as well as he does criminal
law.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

Cardinals Mistake refuses to
believe that his tank system is
turned down. Carolina should now
redeem herself by repudiating the
Mistake.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

The thermometer is forty degrees
below in Wisconsin. But Wiscon-
sin is not "away down South in
dixie.' More's the pity for Wis.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08
AMER.cus. Ca, FEs. 8. 1907.

Americas is Shedding" her old
fogy ways and her old fogy sheds
and awnings, too.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

And now Pennsylvania has a
weeping tree. No doubt it has
been subjected to the grating
process. Constitution.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

Carrie Nation is still busy in
Atlanta. If she can make that
town good, twill be about time for
her to retire on pension.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

The Savannah Press is authority
for the statement that 100000
Bibles were sold last year, and asks:
Chow many were read?n
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-08

An Atlanta woman drinks a
gallon of rye whisky per day. No
wonder the poet observed that
woman's work is never done.