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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-10-04
Tobacco Notes

Mr.. L. W. Scott returned to his home
at Boston on Saturday.
Cap. Campbell and W. L. Crump of
Chicago are visitors in this market.
Dwight LOOMS, leaf dealer of Spring
field, Mass, paid this state brief visit
during the week. He was accompanied
by his wife.
Mr.. Nathan Blur, of the New York
leaf firm of I. Blur & Sons, has been
spending the week in the state. The
1906 packings owned by his firm are now
being sampled.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-10-04
OTTO SCHMELING,

Otto Schmeling died at his home in
this city Monday after an illness of only
four days. Beginning with a stomach
trouble, general breaking down of his
entire system was the cause of his de-
mise. He was born in Tebs, Germany
July 10, 1910. In October, 1862, he was
married to Wilhelmina Nitske, also a
native of Germany. Coming to Edger-
ton in the spring of 1880, the family have
since made their home in this city. Mrs.
Schmeling died five years ago, since
which time a daughter, Minnie, has
main' aimed the home. Seven children,
Eve girls and two boys, survive them.
They are: Mrs. August Stricken, Mrs.
Chas. Stricken and Mrs. Paul Goeda, of
this city, Miss Minnie and Mrs. Anna
Thomas, of Madison. The sons are
Henry and George of this city.
Funeral services were held at the
home at 80 p. ne. and from st. Joseph's
church at o'clock Wednesday, Rev. J.
G. Spilman officiating.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-10-04
Obituary.
MRS. HIRAM WALRATH.

MkS. HIRAM WALRAIH.
Monday morning marked the passing
of one of Edgerton's pioneer women, Mrs.
Hiram Walrath, whose death occurred
at the home of her Youngest daughter,
Mrs. Frank Scholl, west Of town.
Mary A. Sweet, daughter of Ann Gift
ford and William Sweet, was born May
II, 1881, in North Hampton, Fulton
county, N. Y. She was united in mar
riage to Hiram Walrath Feb. %, 1847,
and went to Peterboro, Canada, for a
time. In 1854 they came to Edgerton
and settled upon farm five miles west
of town where they resided until 1874,
when they came to this city to reside.
Three years ago she went to live with
her youngest daughter, Mrs. Frank
Scholl, near the old homestead. In 1874
she united with the M. E. church and
two years later became member of the
S. D. A. church at Milton Junction. She
was the mother of ten children, six of
whom still survive. Funeral services
were held from the home at 100 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon and interment in
FaSSett cemetery.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-10-04
Monday Club Meets.

The Monday Club will hold the first
meeting for the coming year on Oct. 7th
at the home of Mrs. w. W. Morrison.
The following program will be given:
Presidents Address .............. Mrs. Morrison
Violin Solo, 'Traumerie" .....
........................M MISS kathleen CultOn
A Brief Survey of Germany Contributions to
Modern Civilization. ........... Mrs. Emery
Das Vaterland ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Mrs. Hopkins
Die Deutschen ........ ............. Mrs. Horton
Music, sDie Wachtan Rhein''. . Miss Sebell
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-10-04
New Books at Public Library.

The following new BOOKS went into
circulation at the public library last
Monday:
Children's Books.
Dorothy L ainty in the City.
Dorothy'S PlaymateS.
Two Little knights of Kentucky.
Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation.
Household of Glen Holly.
Wilderness Ways.
Secrets of the Woods.
Gypsy's Year at Golden Crescent.
Big People and Little People of Other Lands.
When Patty Went to College
Books for Adults.
Where the Tt all Divides.
When Love Speaks.
Pillar of Light.
Long Labrador Trail
Uncle Toms Cabin
Pearl of Orr's Island.
Call of the Wild.
German Ideals of To day.
Recent Industrial Progress in Germany.
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Unclaimed Letters.
Letters remaining uncalled for In the
P. O. at Edgertou. for the week ending
Oct 4, 1907:
Mrs. Olga Anderson Eugene Bowles
W. D Brown Floyd Foster
Herbert Lowe Mrs. M. Nation
Burr Peterson
Persons calling for any of the above
named letters please say advertised.
Fl. MCINNEs, P. M.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

8. Don't rail- TO make careful ex-
animation of both guarantees and
physical condition before ordering.
6. Don't forget that If you are a
large consumer, you can prepare a
first class mixture for s1.50 hundred
pounds.
Chick feeds are composed of finely
cracked wheat, corn, hulled oats, kaffir
corn, and often millet seed, grit, and
charcoal. They average in the vicinity
of II per cent. protein and or 4 per
cent. fat. A reasonable quantity Of
grit 90 to Is per cent? is not OBJ
jectionable, but it is generally more
economical to purchase 1t separately
than to pay 21a or more cents a pound
for 1t. These mixtures have been
found to be sweet and of good quality
in most instances. While from the
standpoint of nutrition they must be
considered expensive, yet the profit
to the manufacturers is probably not
excessive, because of the cost OF
cracking, screening, and putting up in
small packages. They furnish, with
the addition of little meat scrap, a
very desirable food for the first four
to six weeks of the life Of the chick.
Poultry grains have been found to
contain corn (whole and cracked),
wheat, kaffir corn, barley, oats and
sunfower seeds Other constituents
frequently observed are buckwheat,
millett seed, peas, popcorn, screenings,
charcoal, shells and grit In some
cases the corn was noticed to be of
poor quality, and the wheat shrunken
The average price was $1.S5 hundred
pounds. The consumer should care
fully observe before purchasing that
the mixture is sweet and free from
screenings and grit. The writer pre-
fers to buy core, oats, barley, and
wheat separately, believing it to be
more economical. Mixtures Of the
above grain of good quality can be
had for $50 hundred. From the
standpoint of economy, shells, grit and
charcoal should likewise be purchased
by themselves
Alfalfa and clover meals are fire.
quently found in the market The for
mer will contain IA to Is per cent. pro-
tein and the latter about IL to 10 per
cent. Ground alfalfa tops will test is
to 20 per cent. protein, and ground
clover tops Is to 16 per cent. The tops
are much to be preferred for poultry.
Poultrymen should grow their own
clover, cutting and curing it when in
the bud.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

6cient length Of time to thorougury
wet the soil, the canvas dam is pulled
out and reset farther down. the lateral.
and the water is stopped by blocking
the heads Of the irrigated rows with
soil. In large fields the water 10 run
In alternate rows.
The head of water let into the rows
depends upon the slope and length Of
rows. II the rows are short ana the
incline steep the head must be small
or the stream will reach the far side
SO quickly that enough water will not
be used to Thoroughly wet the soil.
On the other hand, II the rows are
long and the land nearly level the
head of water is increased so az to
force 1t along the rows faster, or q
transverse ditch is cut through tho
middle of the field, so as to shorten
the distance that the water has to
flow. If ridges occur in the field trans.
verse bitches are run along at their
top and irrigating Is done both ways
from it. When the water has run In
the bitches till 1t seeps through to the
unirrigated row, the soil Is sufficiently
wet. At the second irrigation the
water is run in the rows not irrigated
the first time. AS the vines become
large. the irrigation becomes more dlf.
ficult owing to the lodging Of the vines
In the bitches, till at last considerable
trouble is sometimes experienced to
get the wafer through. On the other
hand as the vines grow larger the soil
is more protected from the sun so
that the evaporation becomes less and
the plants suffer less from want of
water.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

the potato is cooked in such way as
to leave the center hard. The children
call this hard part the bone OF the
potato and will cry for 1t IL the potato|
should be well cooked. Tho hail|
cooked part of the potato is hard or
digestion and consequently remains|
longer in the stomach than WE'LL
cooked potato would and so prevents
the sensation of hunger. AS the di1
gestibility of the potato depends upon
its mealiness, very old or very new
potatoes are Objectionable as they will
be soggy, no matter how well they
may be cooked. Very .oid potatoes
that have long sprouts develop conf
siderable amount of sugar, but the
potato is waxy and unwholesome.
BELINDA COTEY.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
POTATO CULTURE BY
THE AID OF IRRIGATION
A Colorado Industry That Psys-By
e. r. Bennett, Colorado AerI-
cultural College.

The preparation Of the land for 20
tato growing is probably the most i'm
portant item of the work. The diff
ference between new land broken for
potatoes, old land and alfalfa land Is
most marked. The new land pro.
duces very clean grade OF potatoes,
but does not give SO good yield as
land either preceded by potatoes or
alfalfa. Alfalfa land gives the
largest yields and is less liable to dis
ease than where potatoes succeed po-
tatoes. The universal practice is to
rotate SO as to precede potatoes with
alfalfa
The most common rotation Is alfalfa
two or three years, potatoes two years
or where beets are grown, potatoes
one year, then grain two years. Some
times wheat or oats are only grown
one year, but experience has shown
that in the majority of cases, the first
year of grain following potatoes or
beets produces SO much straw that the
young alfalfa is smothered out If
grown. The grain, owing to the re-
duced fertility of the soil, is not so
large the second year and makes a
better nurse crop for the alfalfa An.
other rotation practiced has some pos
sibilities in the way of blight con-
troll which will be spoken of later in
this report. The number of years al
falfa should be allowed to grow to get
the land in the best condition for po-
tatoes is an open question.
All planting is done by machinery.
Among the different makes of plant
ers used are the Aspinwall, the Evans,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

Before using fertilizers in large
Quantities 1t Is well to experiment
with several different kinds in plats.
The above diagram shows plots OF
uniform size which should be sep
arated by space of at least LIZ
inches. The squares marked O are
not fortified and are used for COM
parison with the tertilized ones. II
the squares are made 20 by 20 feet
an application of one pound of nitrate
to each one of them will be equivalent
to almost one hundred pounds to the
acre.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
Plowinu Hjllv Land.

In the blowing of hilly land. 1t is
necessary to take into consideration
the possibility of its outlying. 1t is
impossible to lay down rules for this
as the character Of the soil will regu.
late to considerable extent the
amount of washing that is likely to
occur. 1t Is mistake to plow such
land UP and down the slope, as the
burrows become the beds of torrents
If the blowing is done crosswise of
the slope the chances for washing are
decreased. II the land is very sandy
and the slope long, unplowed strips
of sod can be left at intervals. These
will prevent washing to considerable
extent.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
DO NOT MIX BREEDS OF CATTLE.
Experience Of One Farmer Was That
1t Did Not Pay.

The temptation Of farmers not es
pecially interested in dairying to cater
to meat production as well as milk Is
very strong but If they will follow
the experience of others who have
endeavored to carry on dual purpose
stock raising, believe they can save
themselves some costly experiments
] refer in particular to the mixing Of
different breeds of cattle in order to
obtain an animal that will be valuable
for both milk and beef.
! met tho other day farmer. con.
tinues this writer in Orange Judd
Farmer, who had used no less than
four different breeds of bulls in the
last six years. He said he had ar
rived at the point where he was de.
termined to sell out everything and
start again, this time to breed one
kind Of stock and keep them pure.
The demand to-day is for animals
that are able to do certain class Of
work a little better than the ordinary
or common kind. To do this we must
use special purpose animals. There
is no lodging the fact that such ami
mails will in the long run perform
their work with greater economy and
greater profit. There is no objection
to grading UP with one line of stock.
In. fact, this is a good method to pur.
sue, and certainly practical one, but
l believe It is a great mistake to use,
in this grading up, animals with
great difference of type and conforma.
tion.
As competition grows sharper, and
1t certainly will, we will feel the need
of getting the best service from not
only our live stock, but also our fields.
The Importance Of making two blades
of grass grow where one formerly did,
or to make cow produce as much
butter as two Of the common sort, or
a steer to fatten a year earlier and
with less feed than his scrub cousin.
Is growing more urgent every year.
Don't be satisfied with average results
for the average is always poor, and
certainly one should have an ambition
to do better than poor.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

inner square represents the exact
area occupied by one tree, which area
is one square rod. 1t is now evident
that when planting the same distance
apart 1856 acre will contain as many
trees set out by the deltoid system as
one acre will where the trees are set
out in the form Of squares, or S6.6
acres in the first case equal 100 acres
in the second case. Or II tract of
land would contain under the present
system Of planting 1000 trees at
given distance apart, 1t would under
the deltoid system contain 1000 .S66 or
1,154 trees the same distance apart, or
an increase of 1874 per cent.
With suitable machines the farmer
might utilize this system in planting
his corn and have this percentage In
his favor.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
FARM GLEANINGS.

One thing we have always noticed:
A good corn year nearly always has a
dry spring for starter.
There is no great loss without some
small gatp. If it is too cold for crops
to do well we can console ourselves
by thinking that the weeds are getting
setback, too.
In dry time 1t is always a good
plan to get the seed down on solid
ground. Planted in the loose ground
left by the sub-soiler, it is apt to dry
out If the weather continues dry II
the planter puts it down to the bottom
1t is pretty certain to come.
If hogs are kept in dry pen thew
are either kept at loss or else the
bill for shorts is big one. Shorts at
$40 per ton are high, in price com.
pared with corn, but they must be
fed in a dry pen or the hogs will be at
a standstill Corn alone will stunt
any growing pig. /.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

Flat-headed Apple Tree Borer; a fiat
headed larvae; b, the mature beetle; c,
head of mature beetle; d, pupa All twice
natural size. (Chittenden, Circular 80, U.
s. Dep. of Ayr, Div. of Entomology
remedy is to remove each borer by
hand, using knife of some kind
White-wash will often protect the tree
If applied in late winter or early
spring.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

Pig PhiIosophy.--It does not follow
that because one litter of pigs will
bring SO much money, 20 filters will
bring 20 times that sum. For the
beginner, in hog raising three or four
sows may be enough to start with.
Try to get good ones, however, and
the boar should be as fine as you can
afford to buy. For brood sows during
the CESSATION period equal parts by
measure of corn and oats ground fine.
and an equal measure of good mid.
dlings will give good results. Alfalfa
Is also excellent when one has access
to It, For finishing hogs ration com.
posed of so per cent. corn and 20
tankage is good. Never feed brood
sows heavily on corn.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
FLAT-HEADED
APPLE BORER


This is one of the most common of
the wood-borers Of the apple tree. The
eggs are laid on the bark in early
summer, and the larvae or borers'
reach maturity in from one to three
years. The borers are whitish grubs,
living just beneath the bark of the ar-]
pie, and other trees, and are recog'
nized by the large fiat head. The only
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
SHED PROTECTION FOR BARN..
Floor Joists Extended Six Feet Be-
You'd Sides Of Barn to Support Roof.

An Iowa correspondent sends a
sketch of his method of attaching a,
shed roof to the side of his barn in
such a way that it protects the doors
and enables the owner to pass from
one door to another without being
obliged to expose himself unduly to
severe weather, says Prairie Farmer.
When the barn was built the CORE
spondent says that he had the floor
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

The Rea! Roup.-The forerunneu "a
roup are canker, sneezing, distemrar
heavy cold, swelled head. ulcers r.
mouth, discharge from nostrils-but :,
only becomes case Of roup wbe, =
fci,a stencil accompanies these sym.
lOTs.A
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
Cold Soil Poor for Seed.

1t is useless to plant seed until the
soil is warm, expecting speedy ger.
mination, but beet and onion seed
will lie in the ground a long time and
not be harmed. Beans and corn soon
decay when conditions are not right
for termination.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

Have Clean Place for Calvinq.-
When the calf comes see that 1t ar
rives in clean place. Many dis.
eases start as result of filth, carrying
bacteria into the navel cord. One OF
the worst of these is white scours. A
good plan is to wet the navel OF the
GALE at birth with 1000 to 5000 so.
luton of corrosive sublimate, repeat.
Ing daily until the navel is healed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
The Shed Protection.

joists extended six feet on the out.
side of the barn so as to enable him
to erect this shed roof, as shown in
the illustration. Rafters were used
to connect the outer end of this joist
with the siding so as to permit half
pitch roof. He is well pleased with
the idea.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

sively, which area is equal to that of
two of the equilateral triangles formed
by the trees. Since the sine OF go de-
grees equal 1866 1t Is evident that this
area equals .S66 square rod. Figure 2
represents nine trees planted one rod
apart in the form of squares, and the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
MORE TREES
TO THE ACRE
by H. G. DUNLEvY

Figure / represents seven trees
planted by the deltoid system, and we
will suppose them to be one rod apart.
The inner hexagon represents the ex-
act area occupied by one tree exclu-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

Cattle or Fesd.-When cattle are
III their feed 1t merely means that
the ration Is not balanced or elss the
iced Is not In good condition.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
Halt the Livina,

Those who do not have 4 gardea
iuAe a great deal. for . good gardss
furnishes half the family living.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14

''"i0 VI IVV pOuuuS COTH mcdl OV
pounds wheat bran. SO pounds -four
middlings, so pounds gluten feed, and
b. pounds beef scrap; 1t contains 20
Ter cent. protein, per cent. fat, 5
Ter cent. ash. 4 per cent fiber, and 81
Ter cent. starchy matter, and costs
= 10 q hundred unmixed at retail.
scrap may be omitted and mixed
with the grains as often as 1t is.
med necessary. Such mixtures
y be fed either dry, or made into
liable mash with skim milk or hot
.er together with little salt.
her OF the above combinations will
tainly be productive Of good re-
Is, and will cost less than the aver.
ready ration.
.fter chemical and microscopic
dy of the various poultry mashes
the market, the writer suggests the
owing dou'ts:
Don't buy a feed that contains
CHI In excess of 5 or per cent. ash.
Don't buy q feed that has notice.
Whether the yolk can be formed as
ly from the starchy matter and pro-
has not so far as the writer Is aware.
a scientifically demonstrated.
but of the market; substitute gluten
4. "a.
Q quantities of grain huiis, hay or
ID seeds.
Don't purchase one that is guar.
eed to contain less than Is per
t. Of protein
Don't purchase a food that Is bit
mouity or sour.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-05-17
MORTGAGE SALE

DetauIt exists on a mortgage executed by
John Walklin and Edna L. Walklin, mnrtQagors
to George Baldwin, mortgage, dated Jan. II. 1904.
and recorded in the Office Of the Register OF Deece
n Grant county, State of South Dakota. in B,ok
the North West quarter of Section 81. Township
lis. north ofrange 50, west of the Fifth Principal
Meridian. in said Grant county. The amount due
IN sai"smortgage ts S2155. 80 and statutory Attor-
ney,s fece. Notice is hereby given that said mort
gage will be foreciosrd by public sale ofsaid prem.
ises on June Is, 1907. ut one O'Clock, p. m. at the
front door of the court house in Milbnnk in said
Grant county.
Dated A berdeen, S. D., April y. 1907.
GEORGE BALDWIN,
Brown Bros Mortgage
Attorneys.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-05-17
Hear Senator TilIman Tonight.
Old Settler Dies

Andrew Madsen quietly passed away
last Friday evening, May 3rd., after
an illness of about two weeks, with
tOxemia. Mr.. Madsen was "a years
of age. He spent the last 20 years Of
his life near Summit, he was we'll liked
and has many friends who will miss
him very much. The funeral S held
Tuesday, May It'll, in the Norwegian
Lutheran church. We extend our
sincere sympathy to the bereaved
family Summit Signal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-05-17

L. Copyright %janitor at eighth grade
examination. 8 CO
American Book Co. school kooke..... 8 So
WIS. Nixon, 10 90
Chae. McW aters. box rent l 90
G.. w. Sine, clerk to Co. Supt........... 9 90
Vogslgang & Erlcs son, wood for Co..
Olive NJ. Ralph, examination blanks
and pens Z Is
j. n. Englund, court SCRIP. 10 70
Ar abatement of $l4.91 in favor OF
D. N. Kirk for the year 1905, he not
being the owner Of any property at
that time.
BE 1T KNOWN. 1t is hereby agreed
by the parties interested in the ques-
ton Of constructing a railway cross
ing over the Great Northern railroad
and the hearing thereof may be and is
adjourned to May %, 1907, at the hour
of 2 O'Clock p. m. by consent of parties
and their attorneys and the board and
the matter will be further considered
at that time.
Board adjourned to May %, 1907.
CHAS. MCWATERS,
Co. Auditor.