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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16

ssIts q good idea to have something
laid BY for rainy day"
~Yep,r answered Peter Cornt0ssel;
''only that kind o. cash IL good deal
Ike regular umbrelr. Some other fel-
Ter b liable to walk on with It jes' as
be shower starts. "-Washington Star.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16

Gladys-I am going to buy IN auto
mobile, and I want you to 60 along
and help me select one Cousin Jack
Not for me. little girl. Why. l even
wouldn't pick you out husband
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16

Buskin--I can't 80 on. l haven't any
makeup. Manager What are you play
ing tonightf Buskin-The fooIs IN
Manaser-0o right on Never mind
H. makeup.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-05-16
NOW GOES TO EMPEROR.
aslehstao Finally Approves CONNER
cIal Treaty.

Berlin. May 1.-THE reichstae.
without any further discussion. passed
he third reading % the commercial
modus vivendi between the United
States and Germany. The bill VIII
now % 70 the emperoF.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06

A load of fresh manure. one ton, con-
tains ten pounds OF nitrogen, two
pounds % phosphorus and ten pounds
OF Potassium. besides other elements
of plant food not so important in poinl
of provision. If figured at commercial
prices, the nitrogen at - cents a
pound, tie phosphorus at II cents and
the potassium at cents, a ton o. such
manure you'd be worth $2.34.
But bs re figures are not interesting.
unless t1eir relations to other thinss
which dc interest us are shown. Corn
fodder. for instance. has IL pounds OF
nitrogen, two pounds of phosphorus
and IL pounds of potassium. 1t IL
worth. merely as manure. when figured
as above stated, $3.50.
A ton of oat straw IL on the Same
basis worth S3.25. Wheat stray IN
worth S275; clover has, $40; alfalfa
hay, $40; cowpea hny, 50; timothy
hay. S5.35. Thus ton of manure
would be less valuable than ton OF
any of our ordinary field crops, IL the
WE'RE uStu dS Ohis' N"N
also supposing thens to be Immediately
available as plant food.
The fact that they require a longer
or shorter period for decay. while
manure is quickly available, accounts
for the more apparent value of the
manure. 1t is Interesting to note that
n ton Of manure contains sufficient nj
trosen for 10 bushels of corn; enough
potassium for $40 bushels. For wheat
there is enough nitrogen for bushels :
phosphorus for 1873 bushels, and potas-
SUM for .i6.3 bushels.
Manure has the effect of making the
soil looser and more easily tillable. Ii
gives better color and enables the sol!
to drain better and retain moisture bet
ter. 1t also sets free other foods from
the soil. Commercial fertilizers require
that other things, such as straw or
green manures, be added, TO prevent
the land from becoming killed" as the
condition is often termed.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
Flowing by steam.

According to the Springfield Nll.)
News, 1.-The high price of horses is re-
sIonsible for new interest on the
part of Illinois farmers in the use of
steam as "A motive power for farm ma
chinery and well-known dealer in az
ricultural implements said recently
that he had sold farmer over in the
edge OF Christian county an extra gang
slow for use in connection with his
traction engine.
'He was asked If it were not rather
expensive 10 use steam power where
the farms are cut up into comparative
~ small fields, and said:
at Is possible to do it conveniently
il the land is plowed the right way.
Remember that il man uses horses
.e will have 10 buy five additional
,lorses and another gang pillow any way,
and you know that under the present
conditions the cost of the horses alone
will run pretty well up to or beyond
81 600, and there is the pillow besides
Then you know he will have TO fee!
those horses through the cropping sea
son and run the risk of either keeping
them through the winter or selling
them az loss, with that other common
chance of one or more of them LYING
down and dying and putting him over
500 20 the bad for each horse With
the steam pillow he can break uD froin
thirty 20 forty acres day and brea 4
It good and deep so that with good lucA
lie can get mis- entire body of corn lanG
amounting TO $40 acres ready for plant.
ing in Il little over a week. Another
saving will he in the labor. Farrn
hands demand from S26 a month uIn
yards and board, and that means &
considerable expense for the farmer.
Just at this time of the year horses
are getting pretty scarce. and even
plugs are at a premium. 1t isn't nee
essary to have Dakota farm of sever
al sections in order to use steam
pillow. though, of course. it is more sat.
isfactory \ gang of ten pIows can be
Unanswered in forty-acre field to
good advantage by The man who knows
how"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
TIC pe,nised Corncoh.

Whoever counted the uses TO which
eorncobs ere put? They make shoppers
for bottles when the corks have been
mislaid, or for the bunghole of the
cider barrel: they are used to throw at
hens whca they scratch up the spring
onions; to ferrule the children with;
70 grease the griddle: to stop a cnink.
A corncob smudge gives ham and bacon
delicious flavor; one put on pole,
saturated with kerosene and set a-blaz-
ing Will destroy the caterpillar's nest.
Kindled, then set a-smoking, they make
good disinfectant, or rather, deodo-
rizer. You can black boots with them
or shell corn by rubbing the grains on
them. A corncob makes a good scrub
bling brush, and an ingenious woman
once hung out a large wash with
clothespins made of sleft corncobs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
The Dusy Rec.

When you eat a spoonful of honey
you have very little notion as to the
amount of work and travel necessary
to produce it. To make one pound of
clover honey bees must deprive $1,000
clover blossoms of their nectar. AMI 10
do this requires 2,750,O0O visits to the
blossom by the bees.
In other words, one bee to collect
enough nectar to make one pound of
honey must go from hive TO flower and
back 2.750,000 times. Then when you
think how far these bees sometimes fly
in search of these clover fields. oftener
than not one or two miles from the
hive, you will begin to get a small idea
Of the number of miles one of the indus
trious little creatures must travel in
order that you may have the pound of
hony that gives them 80 much trouble.
1t may also help you 10 understand
why the bee is unamiable enough to
sting you If You get in its way. When
one has to work so hard to accomplish
so little, it is quite Irritating to be in
terfered Philadelphia Record.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
COACHED TOO STRONG.

The Colonel War Not Used to Such
Language from subordinatcs.
Brig. Gen. Andrew S. Burt of the
United States army Is an enthusiastic
sportsman, whose hobby is baseball.
Prior to 1898, when he became briga-
der. he was the commanding officer of
a negro regiment of regular infantry
Each company had its ball team, and
the colonel was an enthusiastic rooter
at the games.
One day contest was on which was
married by the poor playing OF mem
Der of one of the company teams. Burt,
disguised, volunteered TO take the place
of the incompetent. No one objected.
At the bat the colonel was given n base
on balls. He noted that the men on
the coaching lines kept silent while he
was on the bases, and after he had
made the circuit he demonstrated
"See here" he exclaimed, slipping
out Of his coat. I've taken off my
shoulder straps now, and you fellows
want TO treat me just as il 1 was q
private"
Again Burt was at bat. He hit the
ball and started for first.
Run, you gimpy-legged, sawed-off
mud turtle Run, you - miser.
able - -" howled one of the
coacherS.
Burt reached first safely, turned and
regarded the coacher for an instant,
then left the base, walked over to
where his discarded blouse lay, and put
it on. He said nothing, but the ne
groes understood.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
The Silver Lining.

August Anderson, wealthy Mime
sofa farmer, brings his family into Du-
luth during the deer season. He holds
that hundreds of prowling huntsmen,
delirious with 'buck fever" then make
the country dangerous 10 human life
"But every cloud has its silver lin
Ing" said Mr.. Anderson in Duluth the
other day. MY family enjoys this year
ly trip to the city, and we manage to
get a good deal of shipping done So,
you see, our flight from the deer shoot
ers has its advantages. 1t is like the
case of the housewife who, at the
sound of a crash, started suddenly from
her chair and cried:
"'Therel Another Of my best porce-
lain tureens gone
Never mind, dear said her hus-
band. 1T has stopped the cooks sing
ing"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
Fighting Weeds.

A field may be proitably cultivated
without any crop at all in order TO
clean It thoroughly of weeds. 1t will
re loss of crop and labor, but gain
III the end. Plow ii in the latter part
of the season, run the cultivator over
it every time it becomes covered with
young weeds and then follow with the
harrow In the spring. when the field
is covered with weeds. pillow it again
before the seeds can make growth. and
keep the cultivator and harrow moving
otcr ii the whole year The next spring
put it In corn. and still keep up the
cultivation. When the corn is off.
plow it in the fall, and SOW to oats
the following year. Such treatment
will effectually kill out the weeds and
save labor asterward. All the seeds
used for crops should be thoroughly
examined and cleaned, even If. in some
cases. certain kinds must be hand
picked. The manure should be rotted
in order to destroy the weeds, but this
cannot be done under all circum-
stances. BY handling the manure once
and sprlnkling every portion with a
mixture of one pound of sulphuric acid
20 FIVE gallons of water. the manure
will be reduced to a finer condition and
many weed seeds destroyed. If the
manure is spread on the soil early In
the season and worked in with a cul-
tivator near the surface. the seeds re-
naming will be induced TO sprout, and
the young plants destroyed with Blu.
little labor The rule for the destruc-
.ion, therefore, is "sprout the seed in
the ground and kill the young plants
Just as they appear out of the soil"
BY so doing they can never make suffi-
e.ent Roadway to multiply, and If pre-
tented from reproducing themselves
must necessarily disappear if the farm
sr does not introduce new seeds to
:ause him additional labor. Once pre-
Tcnt weeds from seeding and the ma
nure will be free from the seeds.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
Rapid FruitinC Cotton.

The investigations of the Texas Sta
ton have shown that early cottons have
short joints with the first fruit limbs
near the ground, and that late cottons
have long joints, with the first fruit
limbs a considerable distance above the
ground. For early fruiting in the plants
selected the first fruit limbs should
not be higher than the fifth joint above
the seed half joint, and the first pri-
mary or wood limbs not above the fifth
joint and not exceeding four in num-
Der. For rapid fruiting the joints on
the main stem, fruit limbs and pri-
mary limbs must he short, preferably
not over two or three inches The fruit
limbs should grow i'm succession at
each joint of the main stem and pri-
mS-y limbs and be continuous in
growta for continuous fruiting. and for
productiveness the bolls should he at
least one and one-half inches in diam
eter, the percentage of lint to seed cot
ton not less than 33 1-3, and the growth
rapid and vigorous. The rate of growth
is considered very important, and IL is
pointed out that the larger the plant of
the type the greater its inherent rate of
growth, its earliness, rapidly of fruit
ing anG yield.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
CHILDREN SHOWED 1T.
Effect of Their Warm Drink I'm the
Morning.


"A year ago l was a wreck from cof-
fee drinking and was on the point OF
giving up my position in the school
room because of nervousness.
81 was telling a friend about 1t and
she said, We drink nothing at meal
time but Postum Food Coffee. and it is
such a comfort to have something We
can enjoy drinking with the children
II was astonished that she would al
low the children to drink any kind Of
coffee, but she said Postum was the
most healthful drink in the world for
children as we'll as for older ones, and
that the condition of both the children
and adults showed that to be fact.
my first trial was a failure The
cook boiled it four or FIVE minutes and
it tasted so fat that | was in despair
but determined to give ii one more
trial This time we followed the direc-
tions and boiled it fifteen minutes af-
ter the boiling began. 1t was a decided
success and l was completely won by
its rich delicious favour. In a short
time / noticed decided improvement
in my condition and kept growing bet
ter and better month after month, until
now am perfectly healthy. and do cay
work in the school room with ease and
pleasure ] would not return to the
Notwithstanding regular coffee for any
money"
There's e Deason." Read the IA
nous little Health Classic" The
Road to MELVILLE" in pkga
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
roPsYTURvY is CHINA's RULER.
People of Flowery Kingdom Do Ev-
erythfug Backward.


Unlike the initiative japanese. their
aeighbors, the Chinese insist on doing
things in their own peculiar way If
they are to do them at all. They have
been forty centuries earning the repu-
tation of the most conservative folk in
the world. Reform is busy in China I;
but reform in such land has no easy
task. Chinese love their habits as
strongly as their life itself.
The Chinese do everything backward.
They commence their dinner with
dessert. and end up with soup and fish,
Their compass points to the south
instead of the north.
The men wear shirts, and the wom-
EN- trousers; while the men wear their
hair long, the women coil theirs in a
knot.
The dressmakers are men; the wom-
en- carry burdens.
The spoken language is not writ
ten. and the written language is not
spoken.
Books are read backward. and any
notes are inserted at the top.
White is used for mourning. and
bridesmaids wear black-instead of be-
ing maidens, these functionaries are
old women.
The Chinese surname comes first, and
when a gentleman of the Celestial En-
pire meets and saiutes an acquaintance
each of them shakes his own hand in
stead of his friends
Vessels are launched sideways, and
horses are mounted from the off side.
In shaving, the barber OPERATES on
the head, cutting the hair upward,
then downward, and then polishes it off
with small knife. which is passed
over the eyebrows and into the nose
to remove any superhuous hairs, and
the performance is completed by remov-
ing the wax from the ears with a bit
of cotton wool on wire.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
NJ 81 s 7g41s, q ss ~ 20 r.,
! lEge!ls }& s ii 60 1 T;TT5E;jl
&sss sSss ~ I@sSNY gSssss@sssss:ss ~

COW the first year of her milk prOduc
ton determines her value as a mixer
ever afterwards.
1t is just as much scrub farming 10
waste or give away part of the fat
from Il high-bred milk cow as it is to
waste fat by feeding a scrub.
The best way to keep milk sweet Is
TO separate it Immediately after it
comes from the COW and keep the tenn
perature down as near the freezing
point as possible.
If the churn is stopped while the
butter is yet in the granular stage
there cannot be any such thing as over
churninS, and with butter in THAI con-
dition there need be no overworking.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
rhackerax,s Pantomime.

William Makepeace Thackeray was
always too genial, too generous, too
open handed, to be an Accumulation of
this worlds goods, and in spite of the
large earnings of his pen he died a
poor man. Shortly before his death his
friend, John Leech, the clrtoonist, cali
ed upon him and found him in his
study withdrawing and signing at
the monotony of his work.
"Why don't you have a holiday"
said Leech, "and take your girls to the
seaside:''
The great novelist made no verbal
answer, but, rising slowly, plunged his
hands to the very bottom of his peck
cts, brought these receptacles out,
shook them vigorously without eliciting
a rattle of coin, replaced them and then
resumed his seat
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
Crea mIets.

Economy of land means the fewest
acres and the most cows.
In proportion as the cows are fed
will the Increase be assured.
One Of the great advantages in
dairying is that j. is cash business.
The DAIRY cow must be kept COM
Portable if she yields a profit after pay
ing for her board.
Ii is the comfortable COW which fills
the pail with milk and the milk with
butter fat
or all products sold from the farm,
butter takes the least fertility and re-
stores the greatest amount to the
farm.
Kindness is an important factor in
the dairy, aud one cannot begin too
early to accustom the calves to being
handled.
A rule Is to feed the growing heifer
designed for a mixer very much the
same as is best for q milking COW.
The man who has the milking of a
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
CYPRESS KNEES.
How They Are Formed - Trees |
Curious Blunt Roots.

How They Are Formed - Trees
Curious Blunt Roots.
The cypress knee is a familiar object
In all the lowland forests of the South,
but there are thousands of northern
people who have never seen them, and
there are many southern people. too
who have not seen them till they stun
bled over them some dark night. The
knee is of solid wood, has no limits
or leaves, is anywhere from inches
TO 6 feet in height. and it's rounded
top and fiattened sides give il very
much the shape OF human leg bent at
the knee till thigh and calf are brought
together; hence the appropriate name
of knee"
For number of years / was curious
as TO what part the knees played in
the life Of the cypress tree. writes a
correspondent of Forest and Stream,
for they are part of the root system
and do not grow independently. They
were not sprouts, trying to grow into
trees, for they never developed
branches; and the final conclusion was
that their only use was for people to
stumble over. How and why such use
less appendages to the tree were form.
ed was mystery until one day, when
drifting down deep channel which
had been washed through cypress
swamp, the secret was exposed.
The earth had been washed away
from the roots of some of the trees
and roots in all stages of growth were
in sight. None of these roots was less
than 2l3 inches thick and of uniform
size clear TO their tips, Or rather clear
to their blunt ends, for there was nc
tip.
Nature intended these roots to grow
in soft mud, and they were all right
for that purpose, but when the blunt
end of a root encountered something
too hard to push through it bent or
buckled in the line of least resistance,
and this was generally toward the top
CT the ground, and the continuing
growth of the root pushing the bend
further upward made the bend closer,
until finally the two arms OF the bend
were close together and they grew to-
gether, with one shoot of bark enclos
ing both.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Something was always the matter
with Mr.. Jordan. When he was not
suffering from excruciating pains in his
back or chest, or grooming with an at.
tack of Indigestion, he was threatened
with inflammatory rheumatism, appen.
dicitis, or something equally terrible
He could talk by the hour about his
miseries, and frequently did.
Il know what will cure you of all
these ailments you have been telling
me about" said his friend. DR.. Sim
mons to him one day; but it wouldn't
do any good to recommend it to YOU"
I'll promise to do anything you sug
gest," vowed Mr.. Jordan, IF it's some
thing that isn't beyond my powers"
Il will answer Tor that. You go to
the big brickyard just outside of town
Tell the superintendent i sent you
there, and that l want him to give
you a job among the boys who lift the
soft clay bricks from the moving plat
form or belt, just as they come from
the machine, and place them in the
racks. It's lively work, but there is
something in the atmosphere of fresh
clay. or in the handling of it, perhaps,
that's just what you need Take what.
ever he offers You, if it's only dollar
a day.
I'll do it,
1t was several weeks before Dr. Sim
mons saw him again.
Hello, Jordan." lie said. when he
met him. You haven't told me any.
thing about your ailments lately
MY SilmentsT exclaimed the other.
GOOD land. Do you know what kind
of job that brick-jerking is? / haven't
had time 10 talk about my ailments,
or even think of them, for whole
month, and every last one Of 'em has
left mel'
Il thought SO. You may quit now.
You're cured. Youths Companion
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
Nursing Mothers and
Oyer-bUrdenel Women

In al stations Of life, whose vigor and
vitality may have been undermined and
broken down by over work, exactinp
social duties the too frequent bearing of
children, or other causes, will find in DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription the most
potent, invigorating restorative strength
gIver ever devised for their special bene-
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~ valuable IN sustaining Nbeir strength
and promotIngSn abundant nourishment
i ior the , Child. Expectant P0tSers too
s WI ma III II pricelessSosa1t0 PrepaSe the
system Tor Daby's coming and rendsxing
the ordeal comparatively painless IL
c.1AlQo DO h2rm u any state, or condition
q Inc female system.
lJeilcate. nervous, Weak women, who
suffer from frequent headaches, back
acne, dragging down distress low down
IN the abdomen, or from painful or irreg-
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nOatlng before eyes. have disagreed BILE,
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DIR. Pierce'S FavOrite Prescription.
This wOrld-famed specific for woman's
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You can't afford to accept as substi
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