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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
WILL WINTER DAIRYING PAY?

A correspondent who has plenty of
timothy hay and a fine prospect fol-
corn, asks whether we advise him tc
dry off his cows this fall and sell his
crops, or feed his crops and keep the
COWS going all winter.
This correspondent does not state
how he happens. to have plenty OF
timothy n no clover or some like
crop. If he is trying to run a dairy
herd on timothy. With no provision
made for silage, i would sell the cows
and sell the crops, for 1t takes right
feeding to make it profitable to put
such high-priced foods into milk cows
| am presuming now that this CORE.
~spondent is in the same position as
hundreds of other farmers, who make
dairying a side issue to grain farm.
ing, and feed their COWS such stuff as
they happen TO have abundance of.
If / were making ~dairying a serious
business | would tackle this PROPOSE
ton differently. In the first place ]
would decide right now to milk every
one Of those cows through the winteN
Then | would put up enough corn fod-
der to run them till grass comes, sell
off the timothy and buy clover or al
falfa hay, and lay in a supply of bran.
1t will take close calculations this year
to feed out even, and where one has
stuff unsuitable for feeding milk COWS,
it will pay to know precisely what is
best to sell and what is best to buy to
make a cheap and balanced ration.
There are so many factors which
must be reckoned with in winter dairy
ing that ii is only the man who knows
every detail Of the business who can
make il pay. During the summer the
cows are OF cheap feed, but when 1t
comes to feed high priced grains ii Is
entirely a different proposition.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
LESS FARM MADE BUTTER.

The fairs this year give good evil
dence that farm butter making is on
the decline. There are good reasons for
1t, for while good butter is made on
many farms, yet SO much is SO inferior
that it really pulls down the price of all
homemade goods. Makers are TO
blame for the loss of this trade, for
while many consumers really prefer
farm-made butter, they ind that they
cannot depend upon supplies or guam
tity, and this has driven them TO
creamery butter. A farmer, who milks
four or five cows, complained to me
the other day about this very thing. He
has been supplying family trade for
several years, usually about eight
months out of the year. Last spring
when he was ready TO deliver butter
his old customers concluded they would
not take butter this year. They pre-
ferred to pay 80 cents for creamery
butter rather than to pay him % cents
Consumers went good, solid butter
They know they can always depend
upon the creamery-made article, and
the demand for farm-made butter Il
falling off simply because much of ii
is poor stuff.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
DON'T PASTURE TOO CLOSELY.

The early fall rains hav started up
a fine growth in the clover and alfalfa
fields, which We're seeded last spring
The first winter is always a very try
ing one on newly seeded fields, and
although the rich, green fields may
look tempting real injury may be done
by pasturing too long or in putting on
too much stock. When clover is pas
tured too late it will not recover and
one need not be surprised to see it win
ter kill in great patches. Don't pas
ture the alfalfa, and don't cut il too
late. 1t needs all the growth from now
on to protect the crowns during the
winter. IL there are low places in
either the clover or alfalfa fields, where
water is apt to stand n ice freeze,
better drain them out this fall. Clover
and alfalfa will not live long under ice.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
SOWING MORE ALsIKE CLOVER.

A correspondent living at Campbell
Hill southern ~Illinois) writes that
many farmers are sowing Alsike clover,
and that seeding done last year is
showing up fine. He a Y many SOW
timothy with it, n asks whether that
s the thing to do. This letter is along
he line Of many received by the writer.
Farmers are learning hat Alsike has
O. place, and that it will do well on soils
and in localities where red clover is
an utter failure. In regard To sowing
mixed seed. If the Alsike is being
grown for a seed crop SOW it pure. Ii
Is a very small seed and when sown
with timothy the two cannOt be sep
frated. 4 farmer in Ogle county, Hi
pois, was caught just that way. He
wanted q seed crop and thrcshed out
500 bushels. but il was SO badly mixed
with timothy that the whole crop was
sold at timothy prices. If Alsike is
grown for pasture with red top and
lescue IL will give better results.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
FIFTEEN YEARS OF ECZEMA.
Terrible Itching events Sleep
Hands, Arms and Legs Affected
Cuticura Cared in Six Days.

Il had eczema nearly fifteen years.
The affected parts were my hands,
arms and legs. They were the worst
in the winter time, and were always
itchy, and / could not keep from
scratching them. l had to keep both
hands bandaged all the time, and at
night | would have to scratch through
the bandages. as the itching was SO
severe and at times | would have to
tear everything off my hands to
scratch the skin. | could not rest or
sleep. / had several physicians treat
me. but they could not give me a
permanent cure, nor ever could they
stop the itching. After using the Cuti-
cura Soap. one box of Cuticura ONT
ment and two bottles of Cuticura Re-
solvent for about six days the itching
had ceased, and now the sores have
disappeared, and | never felt better in
my life than | do now. Edward Wor-
rell, Band Both L. S. Infantry, Fort
Crook. Nebraska"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
A human Cork,
From the Travel Magazine.
Bathing IN Great Salt Lake is an uniqu'

Bathing IN Great Salt Lake is an unique
experience.
Flights of steps lead down into the
water from the interminable platform
along which the bath houses are situated.
The water is quite shallow at first and
you find a rare enjoyment for a time in
wriggling your toes about IN the salt that
forms the bottom in place OF accustomed
sand. You are obliged to wade out some
distance before you experience the pecu-
Lar b~uoyancy Of the lake. First. you feel
your feet trying TO swim out from under
you. You find ii more and more difficult
TO walk. You begin TO float In spite OF
yourself. Then you realize you are nom
sinkable. You can't sink If you want to.
Throw yourself on our back or sit down
or try TO swim and you bob about like a
rocking chair Ia a freshet. You feel as
though you had been turned to cork. You
can't help looking at the phenomenon
subjectlvely. You don't see that there is
anything peculiar about the water. 1t
looks and feels like any other bathing
water-until you get some OF 1t IN your
eyes or IN your mouth. Then you wish
you hadn't come. Ocean water is sweet
In comparison. In fact, the chemists tell
us IL is eight times less salty.
You can't drown In the lake by sinking,
but you can be suffocated to death, which
Is Just about as uncomfortable and unde-
sirable. We found signs everywhere warn
ing us against being too laxative or too
frolicsome IN the water.
When we came out we brought with us
large deposits OF salt on our skin. As the
water evaporated we found ourselves COW
cred with white crystals. Only a strong
shower oath Of fresh water or a good
clothes brush can put you into fit condi-
ton to dress.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND
AMERICAN FOOD sTUFFS.
Contract for Canned Meats Placed
in Chicago-British War Office
Has Every Confidence in the
X odu

Contract for Canned Meats Placed
in Chicago-British War OGice
Has Every Confidence I'm h
StOckyard Products.
Another large contract for timed
meat for the British Army has been
placed with Libby, McNeill & Libby Of
Chicago, through the Director of Sup
plies Department of the British War
Office. This contract was a competi-
and Brazil entering with tenders. 1t
was quality and method of packing that
got the Chicago firm the business. Gen
eral Clayton of the War Department
in an interview, according to the Lon
don Standard, stated that the British
Government is highly satisfied with the
Foodstuffs supplied by Chicago. and
they have every confidence in the manu-
features entering Britain from the
Stock Yards.
THE foods for the Army will be
packed under the supervision of British
representatives at the invitation of the
packers" he said. Although the Gov
eminent is ready to rely upon the new
Pure Food Regulations recently inaug-
urated in the United States. All the
talk about the inefliciency of the new
law is sheer nonsense. British officers
In America have gone fully into the
matter and the authorities are per-
fectly satisfied to place orders in Chi
cago when conditions call for outside
supplies OF canned meats"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27

lA/v ~ AI ~. sN5y
1V1 writes:
81 have suffered with kidney
and other trouble for ten years East.
Last March l commenced using
Peruna and continued for three months.
l have not used 1t since. nor have felt
a pain.
Il believe that 1 am we'll and | there
fore give my highest commentator TO
the curative qualities of Peruna.''
Pe-ru-na For Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Geo. II. Simser, Grant. Ontario.
Can, writes:
Il had not been well for about four
years. I had kidney trouble. and. i'm
fact, felt badly nearly all the time.
This summer | got so very bad |
thought | would try Peruna, so | wrote
to you and began at once to take Pefuna
and Manalin.
Il took only two bottles of Peruna
and one of Manalin, and now feel
better than l have for some time.
Il feel that Peruna and Manalin cured
me and made a different woman OF me
altogether. l bless the day | picked up
the little book and read of youn Peruna."
1t is the business of the kidneys to
remove from the blood all poisonous
materials. They must be active all the
time, else the system suffers. There are
times when they need a little assistance.
Peruna Is exactly this sort of a REM
edy. 1t has saved many people from
disaster by rendering the kidneys SER
vice at 4 time when they were not able
to bear their own burdens.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
EE NEW GRAIN.

&C slow in feeding any kind of new
grain to live stock. Nothing will throw
horses out of condition quicker than
new oats. They loosen the bowels, in
duce collie, and If they do nothing
worse they will soften the horses down
and render them unfit for hard work.
New oats really should not be fed for
two or three months, after they are
harvested. If there are no old oats TO
be had, better feed old corn TO the
horses for a while.
New corr will be fed this season per-
haps earlier than it has for many years.
While there was a big crop last year,
farmers have been feeding more live
stock than for many years, n on ac-
count of the high prices many have
sold down very short; hence they viii
start in on the new corn just as soon
rs possible. Hogs usually get the first
roasting ears. If the feeding OF his
green stuff is done sensibly there is
not much danger, but if one undertakes
to crowd hogs on this fresh green corn,
look out for all sorts of trouble. While
the ears are in the milk. cut stalks n
all and throw them into the feed yards.
The hogs will chew up the stalks n
will not get enough of the ears TO hurt
them. By feeding in this way for two
or three weeks the hogs viii become ac-
sustomed to the change. and by the
time the stalks become tough they are
ready for the ears. For the first month,
after starting to feed ears, snap the
corn. The husks prevent the hogs eat
ing too greedily.
If some judgment is used some green
corn fodder may be fed to advantage
10 COWS. but it is not fit for horses. /
saw a farmer just a few days ago cut
Dip stalks and ears fine. put some salt
on il and feed il at midday TO his work
team. II is risky business. | would
prefer to feed any old stuff / happen to
have. Green corn is not fit for horses.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
Tum0RS CONQUERED
Overwhelming Proof that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Succeeds.

One of the greatest triumphs of
Lydia L. Pinkhaln's Vegetable Com
pound is the conquering OF woman's
dread enemy Tumor,
The growth of a tumor is SO in
sidious that frequently its presence
is wholly unsupported until it is well
advanced.
So called wandering pains may
come from it's early stages or the
presence of danger may be made
manifest by excessive monthly periods
accompanied by unusual pain, from
the abdomen through the groin and
thigh.
If you have mysterious pains, if
there are indications of inflammation
or displacements, secure a bottle of
Lydia Il. Pinkham,s Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, right away and begin its use.
The following letters should con
vince every suffering woman of its
virtue, and that it actually does
conquer JUNIORS.
Mrs. May Fry, of s36 w. Colfax
Ave. South Bend, Ind, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
II take great pleasure in writ
ing to thank you for what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. | also took the Blood
Purifier in alternate doses with the
Compound. Your medicine removed a
cyst tumor of four years growth,
which three of the best physicians
declared j had. They had said that
only an operation could help me. / am
very thankful that / followeda friends
advice and took your medicine. 1t has
made me a strong and well woman and
i shall recommend it as long as live"
Mrs. E. T. Hayes, of &c Ruggles St.,
Boston, Mass, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
Il have been under differentdoctors'
treatment for a long time without
relief. They told me / had a fibroid
1umor, my abdomen was swollen and
/ suffered with great pain. / wrote
to You for advice, you replied and |
followed your directions carefully and
today | am a well women. Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eX-
PEELED the tumor and strengthened my
whole system"
Mrs, Perry Byers, of Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, writes +:
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27

There Is more Catarrh In this section or
the country than all other diseases nut to-
Sether, and until the last few years was
supposed 10 he incurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced IL a local disease
and prescribed local remedies. and by con.
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced II incurable. Science has prov.
en- catarrh TO be 4 constitutional disease
and therefore requires constitutional treat
inent. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
hy +. ]. Cheney & Co. Toledo. Ohio. iS tho
only constitutional cure on the market. II
Is taken internally in doses from 10 drops
20 n teaspoonful. 1t acts directly OIL the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the system.
they offer one hundred dollars for any case
II falls to cure. Send for circulars and ties.
timonia!s.
Address f.. j CHENEY & CO. Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists, T5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constitution.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
The Literary Mans Chickens.

from LippiiSott "aSaNAhS'
An Indiana man tells of the efforts Of
m author belonging to the Hoosier school
OF historical novelists to put in his leisure
time as a hen farmer" in that state. The
literary PERSONS venture afforded his agri-
cultural neighbors no end of amusement.
During the first year the amateur farmer
discovered hat all his little chickens.
which were confined in coops, were Ian
gushing at the point of death. The novel
ist went over his hen literature" to To-
cate the cause of the trouble, but TO no
avail.
Finally he called upon an old chap
named Rawlins, to whom he put the ques-
ions:
what do you suppose is the matter
with those chickens?"
We'll, / dunno" said Rawlins. What
10 you feed 'em?"
Feed them!" exclaimed the novelist
farmer. why, 1 don't feed them any
hing"
Then how'd you s'pose they was
l-goin to liver
II presume" replied the literary person
that the old hens had milk enough for
them now
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
Sympathy.

Harry and Charlie, aged s and 3 respect
'veiy, had just been seated at the table for
dinner. Harry saw that there was but
one orange on the table, and Immediately
set up a wailing that brought his mother
20 the scene.
why, Harry, what are you crying for %
she asked.
Because there wasn't any orange for
was the reply.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
A Pardonable fault.

DR.. Edward Everett Hale, discussing a
rather finicky attack that had been made
on certain recent statements, smiled and
said:
But who or what is blameless? II is
like the case of the Scottish hen.
AN old Scottish woman wished TO sell a
hen to a neighbor.
But tell me-, the neighbor said, fs
she a thegither a guild bird? Has she got
nae faults, nae faults at all?
"tANeel, Margot,' the other old woman
admitted, she has got one faut. She will
lay on the Lords day"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27

Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
Il was told by my physician that I
had a fbroid tumor and that | would
have to be operated upon, / wrote to
you for advice, which L followed care
fully and took Lydia f.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. | am not only
cured of the tumor but other female
troubles and can do all my own work
after eigh years of suffering"
Mrs. S. J.. Barber, Of Scott, n. Y.
writes /:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
Sometime ago / wrote you for
advice about tumor which the doctors
thought would have to be removed.
Vegetable Compound and to-day am a
well woman"
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Funk, Vandergrift, Pa,
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
Il had a tumor and Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound removed
it for me after two doctors had given
me up. | was sick four years before |
began to take the Compound. | now
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Veget-
able Compound far and near
Such testimony as above is con-
vincing evidence that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound stands
without a peer as a remedy for Tumor
Growths as well as other distressing
ills of women, and such symptoms as
Bearing-down Sensations, Displace-
ments, Irregularities and Backache,
etc. Women should remember that it
is Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound that is curing so many women
Don't forget to insist upon it when
some druggist asks you to accept
something else which he calls lust
as good"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27

Turkeys are for the most part now
well on the way to maturity. At least
lhCy are well u Of the dangers COM
non to baby turkeys. From now on
you may be reasonably sure Of the
Qumber you are to be able to mar
ket this fall. From now on all turkeys
should have free run of the farm dur
ing the day. They will, for the most
part, find their own feed, but should
pc given a bit OF wheat or oats each
night TO encourage them to come home
1t night to roost. Frame is what we
are after from now to November /,
therefore very little corr should be
given unless the weather starts in
severely cold early in the season.
Wheat is the very best feed to get
rame work on your birds and If a
wheat stubble is not to be had for
heir range. they should get wheat in
the night feed. II wheat IS not OBJ
ainable, get shorts or middlings and
bran TO feed in Il mash. Feed the
nash dry, or at the most only damp.
Alfalfa or clover pasture is invaluable
IN building frame.
Don't have the turkeys roosting in
:lose, warm buildings or coops they
30 best outdoors entirely until very
sold weather. If November weather
is extra severe they might be given a
light shelter when you commence to
atten them for market. II you have
Al open shed that is little more than
/ roof under which the turkeys have
been taught to roost from infancy
you have an ideal place. They will
pc sheltered from cola rains n sieet
hen when the weather commences to
get very cold, 1t is an easy matter
10 make the shed more OF a
protection against winds and cold
without seriously disturbing the hab-
is of the birds. After the market turk
sys are off hands there is no better
place for the breeding turkeys TO win
ter han under the roo of a warm
rooted, open shed. II is their nature
10 want TO fly up high and If they
ire dry and protected from piercing
winds they are comfortable in the Sc
yerest weather. The first of November
s the best time to commence to fatten
your turkeys. They will then be ready
Tor market a few days before Thanks
giving when the price is highest. Save
ihe best and incest hens for breeders
and sell the rest.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Women.

Women suffering from any form
of female weakness are invited to
write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass,
for advice. She is the Mrs. Pinkham
who has been advising sick women
free of charge for more than twenty
years, and before that she assisted
her m~other-in-law, Lydia e. Pink
ham in advising. Thus she is especially
well qualified to guide sick women
back to health.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27

lion was disordered and passages of
the secretions too frequent. On the ad-
vice Of my husband l began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. Since using two
boxes my trouble has not r%eappeared.
This is wonderful, after suffering two
years."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27

Following an oper-
alton two years ago,
dropsy set In, and my
left side was so swol-
len the doctor said he
o have to tap
out the water. There
was constant pain
and a gurgling n s
ton around my heart,
and / could not raise
my arm above my
head The kidnay az
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27
DAIRY NOTES.

o. COWS and weedy pastures make
q bad combination. Poor COWS are us
ing UP feed which better COWS will
turn into profit for YOU; and weeds
are using up fertility which ought to
to making more feed.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27

Every man who sells milk should
know how testing is done, and test
ing at creameries should be open TO
every patron. And then just as a check
against the creamery records test your
own cream at home once a month.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27

am glad to see many farmers break
ing away from timothy as u pasture
grass. There are many grasses better.
Timothy makes good commercial hay,
because it is the only kind hat city
buyers know anything about. There
are other good grasses which viii give
double the yield of timothy.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27

The profit of winter dairy work will
depend upon the preparation you make
for it this fail. Clean stables and
plenty OF Matchmaking foods insure
GOOD profits during the winter months.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27

Have you cleaned UP the barnyard?
[ noticed one the other day where the
horses. had to wade through manure
up to their hooks TO get TO the stable.
Now is also a good time to clean away
the manure which has accumulated
about the feed hunks.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27

Orchard grass, red top. oat grass and
alsike clover are being sown in many
sections whore other grasses have not
been giving best results. IL IS about
time tina we learned that there are
many kinds of grasses that will do
better on many soils than timothy.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-27

There a be no permanent success
of dairying without good pastures.
Don't ruin your grass ldnds by paSLur-
ing too late this fall and then put on u
top dressing TO protect the crowns
This mulch will also make a good
spring protection.