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Woodruff County news., 1907-11-07

Mrs. Ellen Nagle, A 4th street 9,,'''' nS,> Bay, Wis, writes: ''' 00'' 0reen
 II have often heard Peruna nr.;. and 1t is more widely known beTPo P'%isee aE seq any other medicine, but l neyer eiV l,na ,nan what what splendid medicine it really 1Vsv Ta, bnTl bad cald dew 1Nhni weeks ago when caught
 "Ihe doctor wanted to prescribo h.. 1 told him l was going to try e, Pemna, Uas and sent for bottle and tried if VI uua
 "l felt much better the next mornin, and within five days 1 had not ail,,Is traas of any lameness or any cough, ''''' edy." II ''in'
 PERUNA TABLETs:-Some peonIA rr.
 fer to take tablets. rather than to taIs piv medicine in fluid form. Such nenn1s IrIs can obtain Peruna tablets, which reurs. rr. sent the solid medicinal ingredients Ot Peruna. N1'' VI
Woodruff County news., 1907-11-07
Time Sometimes Flies So.

Mabel" asked the dear girls moth CT, what time did that young man leave last night?"
 Why" replied Mabel, q believe it was nearly II o'clock"
 What? am sure it was later than that" said the mother
 "How strange!" remarked Mabel, dreamily. We both thought it couldn't possibly be that late. The Catholic Standard and Times.
Woodruff County news., 1907-11-07
Odd Use for the Tonuue.

The brakeman groaned and sighed, cinder in his eye.
 'Tll tongue it out for you," said the conductor, and he bent over his asso- ciate, ran his tongue oyer the pupil of the mans eye, and in a jiffy had
Woodruff County news., 1907-11-07

prlsed to find it so large. It runs back half mile and the roof and walls are of solid rock. -Hunter-Trapper Trader.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

Investigated corn conditions in near
thus been able to familiarize himself
on every feature pertaining to the
planting of corn, and concerning the
check-rower he has this to say:
perhaps more corn is now planted
by means of check-rower than by
any other device. This implement is
adjustable, so that the spacing of the
rows and the distance between the
plants or hills in the row can be reg
ulated to suit the requirements of the
soil. By means of the wire chain
stretched across a field, one man and
both directions across the field, IL or
Is acres per day, thus admitting of
cultivation. Corn planted in
this way can be kept free of weeds
and well cultivated without costly hoe
ing or the cutting of weeds. A sum-
mary of numerous tests made by vari-
GUS state experiment stations shows
that there is practically no difference
in the yield of corn planted in hills
of several stalks each or drilled SO
that the stalks stand separately in
the rows, provided there is the same
number of stalks per acre in each
case.
uniformity in planting seed corn
is important. If man wants to plant
three kernels in a hill, he wants three
kernels every time. In other words,
he does not want many hills with
four and five and as many more with
one and two. While a machine can
be regulated with considerable &C.
curacy, it is impossible to get results
unless the seed is uniform. Given
this character of seed, and the plant
er can be set to distribute the seed
in the hills with great accuracy. The
farmer must not blame his planter
for failing to distribute evenly unless
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02
Disc ASE RESIST AllCE or DIFFER
i ENT VARIETIES OF POTATOES :
Summary Investigations by, Various Agricultural
:& Experiment Stations ~ :>.

There is much of promise in certain
new varieties under trial at the Yer.
mont station: =
ing and selection for increased resist
ance are under way. These results
have been correlated with information
recently secured by a circular of in
quiry addressed3to large number Of
potato specialists in the northeastern
states and Canada. From these it
appears that wide variation is shown
in disease resistance among the varie-
ties now in cultivation in America,
but that no one variety is preeminent.
Among those Which have been wide:
ly tested the following deserve men,
ton as of the resistant class: Da-
kota Red, Rustproof, Irish Cobbler,
Sir Walter Raleigh, Doe Pride and
White Beauty. Certain European va
rieties of the .disease.resistant type
seem to retain that character when
grown in this country-e. g., Professor
Maercker and Sutton Discovery
In tests made by w. Stuart at the
Vermont station in 1905 the following
varieties showed marked resistance to
blight on both sandy loan and clay
loan Soils, Keeper, American Won
der, Dakota Red, Doe Pride and Late
Blightless.
It was found that on both the sand
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

his seed is uniform. For instance,
some time since Miller, of Missouri,
illustrated three ears of corn common
in most fields; one had broad, round
ed kernels, another, deep, pointed kerr
nels; and the third with shape diff
fering from either of the others. No
planter can distribute such corn salts
factorily when they are all mixed in
the same batch of seed, but either
one alone might be handled satisfac-
torily. Here is what this writer says:
"A planter may be adjusted to plant
kernels from either of these ears
quite uniformly, when they are plant
ed separately, but not when the three
are shelled together. 1t has been
found, for instance, that after she'll
ing the butts and tips, if the kernels
from single ear are placed in a
planter box and the plate properly
adjusted, good planter will drop,
say, three kernels in hill IS times
in 100; but when corn from ears of
SUCH widely differing kernels are
mixed, no adjustment of the plates
will allow the planter to drop. over
Is to 80 Of the required number of
kernels. The Importance of selecting
seed ears which have as nearly. =; as
possible the same shape and size of
kernels is thus emphasized. 1 II what,
ever type OF ear one prefers, there.
fore ,5 let that type alone !: be. selected
for plan and I let 5the plates of atlie
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

During recent years the disease re!
sistance of potatoes especially has re-
ceived attention by several of the
agricultural experiment stations in
the United States, notably those of
Maine, Minnesota and Vermont. "A
recent bulletin of the bureau of plant
industry of this department, prepared
by l.. R. Jones, of the Vermont sta
ton, summarizes and discusses this
work and that along similar lines
abroad, as we'll as the experience of
practical growers on the same sub
ject. Summarizing the results, Prof.
Jones draws the following tentative
conclusions:
Disease resistance in potatoes is
relative, not absolute, no variety
known being wholly proof against late
blight and rot. 1t seems related to
general vegetative vigor, and is, there
fore, in measure dependent upon
cultural and development conditions
and tends to decrease with the age
of the variety. It can be restored
by originating new varieties from
seed, especially of hybrid origin. Not
all seedlings show superior disease re-
sistance- Il
Early varieties may escape the dis
ease by maturing before it becomes
epidemic, but when similarly exposed
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

something that will drop just little
more corn on clover sod. Not only
will the richer soil sustain more
plants, but we have found that corn
on sod ground is apt to meet with
more opposition in the way of enc
mics than even an old land, and in
planting we generally like to allow
little for' this"
In the accompanying illustration we
show graphically some of the results
by which George T. Petit, of Mamaha
county, Kan, determined upon two
inches as the best depth at which corn
should be planted. 1t will be noted
that he paid particular attention to
the first two sets of roots. After de-
scribing his work and the object that
he had in mind, he concludes:
To further test the matter, a cor.
respondent of the Prairie Farmer re-
Gently experimental by planting
large number of grains at depths Of
one, two and three inches. AS the
object Of this test was not to follow
the roots in their rami6cations, but
merely to note the depths at which
the first two sets of roots-about
which we hear so much-would start
under different depths of covering,
the plants were allowed to attain a
height of about six inches, when the
first ring of lateral surface roots was
we'll started, and they were taken up
and examined. A fair average plant
representing each of the three depths
of planting was sketched from life.
Fig. l represents the oneinch plant
ing, with first set of lateral roots start
ing directly above the seed grain and
scarcely more than half an inch below
the surface. Fig. 2 shows the early
results of two-inch planting, the lat
erals about midway between the seed
and surface. Fig. 3 illustrates the
three-inch planting, laterals practical
~ same distance from surface as in
two-inch planting, the. connecting
stem below these being necessarily
much longer. The fact that the lat.
erals in Figs. 2 and. 8 started deeper
than in Fig: ! shows that Up tosa.cer.
tain limit the depth OF, planting does
not affect the depth at, which the
1aterals start. + But as. Fig shows
no advantage a. this regard over rig.
q we may safely opine that i medi:
um depth Of planting will cause the
laterals TO start as deep down, g
deep planting, and ..is, therefore, ad.
$yisable. hi .::s s: =s5
consistency IS r. good trRit, unuless
AMMAN spersis tentl nv II.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

planter be arranged to drop accurate
ly the number of kernels desired.
IA second means of controlling the
uniformity Of distribution is found In
the custom of removing the butt and
tip kernels of the seed ears. It has
been determined experimentally that
ifall the kernels of an ear are shelled
together, good, planter will not drop
over 70 to IS per cent, with the prop
er number per hill, but when the ir-
regular kernels from butt and tip are
removed, the same planter will drop
as high as 80 to IS per cent with the
desired number. 1t is, therefore, al
ways necessary that butts and tips
be removed from ears before shell
ing"
After the uniformity of dropping the
seed comes the proper amount of seed
to be dropped in hill. There is no
rule that definitely fixes the proper
number, but some experimenters have
fixed on two or three while others
prefer three and four. Not infrequent-
ly a corn grower favors two kernels,
OCAACV1AE CuoI A0 SSIS OSCCCA OdA !.
For silage corn, four and five are fire.
quently advocated. While he does not
mention the number to the hill, a
writer in Coburn's Corn Book" drops
hint that may be useful to our read
ers:
where soil has been growing corn
for a number of years in succession,
three kernels per hill is, if anything
little thick. We realize that the
planting of three kernels per hill does
not always mean that there will be
three stalks found standing when the
corn is husked out, as certain
amount of the crop will always meet
with grief; nevertheless, where it is
known that the soil is impoverished,
we believe that there will be more
well-developed corn if it is planted
so as to make good average of two
kernels per hill.
I'VE would consider it great mis-
take to adjust the planter in advance
and use the same plates over the en-
tire area mentioned. It will be wise
practice to change the plates after
the poorer land is planted and use
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

they are, as a class, less resistant
than late varieties.
The source of seed tubers is a mat
ter of Importance, northern-grown
seed giving plants of superior dis
ease resistance in Europe. Seed from
crop that was not too highly fer
tilted is probably preferable. Posi-
bly, tubers are better for seed pur-
poses if dug before they reach full
maturity. High fertilization, especial
ly with heterogeneous manures, lowers
the power of the plant to resist both
blight and rot
Varieties relatively rich in starch
are more resistant to rot; those rich
er in protein are more susceptible to
it. So far as skin characters are an
index, the red varieties with thick
and rough skin seem more resistant
as class than the thin-skinned white
varieties. So far as stem and foliage
characters are concerned, the evil
dence favors the stem that is hard,
rough and rather woody at the base,
and the leaf that is small, somewhat
rough and dark colored.
The varieties rated highest as to
disease resistance in England are
Evergood, Discovery, Royal Kidney,
Northern Star, Sir John Llewelyn,
King Edward VII, Eldorado and Fac
tor. In Germany and Holland the fol-
lowing represent the best types:
Mohort, Irene, Geheimrat, Thiel,. Pro-
lessor Wohltmann, Bonca, Eigen.
heimer and Paul Kruger. In Belgium
and France no improvement as to dis
ease resistance has been made over
the best English and German types.
In America trials as to disease re-
sistance have been conducted at some
of the experiment stations, notably in
Vermont, where experiments in breed
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02
FIGHTING COCKS IN DEMAND.
Many Sent From England to Cape Col
ony-Spurs for Export,

Many Sent From England to Cape COL
ony-Spurs for Export.
The export Of fighting cocks to- the
colonies has been on the increase, says
the London Daily Mail, Almost every
liner that sails from Southampton for
Cape Colony carries a consignment OF
these feathered .gladiators.
: Cock fighting is not only permitted
by law in Cape Colony, but it has be-
come almost a national pastime, and
exhibitions of, fighting cocks are as
well established there as dog shows in
this country. A large number of Brit
ish fighting cocks are also sent to the
west coast states of America
s. Nor has cock fighting. become ex-
:tinct in this country, though forbidden
by law. In the Black Country. around
,Oldbury, w ednesbury and West Brom-
wich, it hourishes, patronized chiefly by
the: brawny5 pndd 1ers on Sunday
morning. Most Of the spurs, both sill.
yer and steel, are made at Walsall;
they are intended for export, and are.
not easily obtainable for home fights:
81 There still lives IN North, Warwick.
shire the epresentati tive of a family
for which zgenerra ions has been .aevo-
ted to the. breeding of Citing cocks
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

and clay soil the Dutch, German and
English-Scotch varieties showed much
less rot than did the French and
American varieties. Il, In gen.
eral, varieties having a strong, woody,
moderately branched> upright haulm
and medium sized, rather thick, more
or less crumpled, firm, hairy leaves
were found more resistant to disease,
especially late blight, than those pos
sessing rather weak, partially woody,
much branched, decumbent haulms,
with rather large, thin, smoothish, soft
leaves. In brief, varieties having an
upright habit of growth, moderately
branched, with firm, hairy, medium.
sized leaves are much more likely to
prove resistant to late blight than are
those with large, smooth, f1abby leaves
and decumbent stems
Prof. Jones calls attention to the
fact that several new sorts Of pota.
toes of .reputed disease resistance
have recently been placed on the mar.
ket by American seedsmen, e. g..
Harris SNOWFALL, Dibble Ionia Seed
ling, Burpee Vermont Gold Coin and
Johnson Norcross, Star of the East
and Babbitt, and recommends those
who have opportunity to carefully OBJ
serve the relative disease resistance
of these and also of other new varie
| ties.
The evidence at hand seems to justi
| fy the hope that the coordinated eff
/ forts of potato specialists working
/ from both the practical and the sci
entitic standpoints may soon result
in the development of varieties of po
tatoes combining general excellence
with a high degree of disease resist
ance. All who can do so are urged
to- aid toward the accomplishment OF
this end. -: -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

composing the tower Finally all were
destroyed except one. This tree is Of
the aspen variety, and whether in
storm or sunshine its branches wave
defiance to the elements, while the
tree continues growing heavenward
like the beapstalk OF Jack the Giant
Killer.
Travellers on the trains of the neigh
boring railway can hardly believe
their eyes when they catch sight of
real tree growing from the dome Of
the court house.
1t is now about ten or fifteen feet
in height and about ten inches in cir
conference; but standing 1875 feet
above the street, it may be called one
Of the tallest trees of. the neighbor-
hood, and it is a curiosity worth Wis
iting.@
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02
Make the Home Bright

IN the evening be prOfuSe in light.
placing lamps in corners and wherever
they may make a spot of warmth and
brightness. A fire on the hearth
whenever the: chill evenings make it
possible, is a veritable household fairy
in sunless home. It may be only a
gas log, which has as it's recommend:
alton convenience and cleanliness, or
1t may be a driftwood fire or a fire
OF soft coal. The latter, however,
cannot be absolutely recommended in
room where the furnishings are very
dainty and delicate. It's soft hiss and
crimson glow and leaping fame are
beautiful but they are rather for coun-
try homes and old-fashioned fireplaces
than for the sunless rooms of city
apartments. On the whole, the gas
log suits these best.
The excessively high rates of rent
and board and the increasing cost of
modern life force thousands to live
in quarters that, though elegant, are
not hygienic. It would be hun
dred times better for us to live in the
greatest simplicity, in the smallest
cottage by the side of the road, where
sunshine and wind have free course,
than to reside in palatial quarters
without the sun.
But, if our means compel us to
spend part of our lives in sunless
back rooms or anywhere else where
the outlook is dull and dreary, the
part of philosophy is to make good
fight. We may surround ourselves
with what brightness we can. If we
can do nothing more we may at least
have a growing plant in the window
and have yellow curtains against the
pane. To keep outdoors as much as
possible and to cultivate cheerfulness
when within are the wisest rules for
those who live in sunless rooms.
One such apartment recall. It is
house. There is a grocery on the
ground floor and the entrance to the
apartments is on side street, the
house standing, on a corner. There
are seven rooms in my friends fiat
and only one of them has any sun
shine, but the effect is very cheerful.
The hostess, for the woman who lives
here is so given to hospitality that
one never thinks Of her in any other
way, welcomes her friends with an
air so gay and a cordially so spon-
taneous that she makes her own sun
shine. She has not tried, as my other
friends did, to make everything white
and gold; she is fond of a certain
delicate rose color and it predominates
in her furnishing. One room is pa
'pered- in apple green and here she
has managed to get together her
books, her piano anG divan, so
sumptuous that to look at it conveys
a feeling of rest. After all the life
is more than meat, and the body than
raiment, and the woman who lives
in a house has more to do with it's
cheerfulness than the house itself.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02
HATED ALL OF HUMANITY.

A study of this mans face by an
expert physiognomist would probably
disclose not few virtues. 1t might,
indeed, be calculated that this man
possessed a kindly heart, that he was
endowed with imagination and even
might be poet. But all of this would
be wide of the mark if one must Judge
the man by his deeds. M. Marcel did
not lack the artistic sense so common
to the French when, wearying of the
world, he hanged himself. He not only
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

wearied of the world, but bitterly did
he hate all humanity. Of all the
millions that make up the families of
the earth he was the most miserable,
the most isolated, savagely resenting
Fellowship and wary and suspicious
as q wild animal.
In preparing for his death he de-
creed that all of his bonds and bank
notes should be buried with him, say
ing that he hated all humanity and
he did not wish any man, woman or
child to benefit by his fortune. But
man on the brink of eternity proposes
and the litigious heir disposes.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

ron RETr y HORSES 20 sLet the
farmer who wants good colts select:
the t 81 best grade mares and breed them,
+ annually to ore good type y horse:
zO j course the quality ofs the dam al
/ ways has more. or less Sinf luence upon
the progeny, AZ !, ina 81 how good:
:o q 81 the best sire:
BE
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02
What Nourishes This Tree.

Indiana is already famous in poll
tics, literature and other things. A
citizen of that state sends a photo
graph published herewith of a wonder
full tree. growing on the rounded
dome of the court house tower in the
thriving town of Greensburg. Several
years ago sprouts and saplings took
root and have since been nourished in
the seams of the limestone blocks
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02
SOME OBSERVATIONS AS TO THE
PLANTING OF CORN = :,
What c. Hartley, Department Agrieul
t,are, and Others Have Discovered.

The growing season is a good time
for study and observation of crops,
and noting Of points which will
prove valuable another season. The
manner of planting crop has much
to do with it's subsequent develop
ment, and this is especially true Of
corn. !,
Prof. c. P. Hartley, of the United
States agricultural department, has
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02
FOR SERVING FRUIT AT TABLE.
Three Accessories That Combine
Beauty and Utility.

In the way of table accessories
there is a constantly increasing list
of high-priced novelties, many of
which combine beauty and utility in
the most effective way. To this class
belong the fruit baskets here por-
trayed-a combination of silver and
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

G. a. TEST, OF FEED q, FOR ) (. cows $
= II a recent test, compris Using distillers'.
dried l' grains with cottonse meal as
feed d for dairy. cows, the former was
shown g g to produce more mil The,
milk al K also contained more tat, he.
5bu y IS rated Ightly lower an that
from ottonseed meal 5S.S
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

The soil is. warm, friable, rich, and,
well suited to the growing Of tobacco:
The % bulidingsaat the right Of the pic:
ture are the sheds used III curing the
leaf: I at E. .>,. 51=s55 j, \ s .
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

= Il
; The, above Illustration was. made
from a:photograph Of a. field Of tobacco
in IN Eau: Claire county, Wisconsin, and
was taken about the middle Of July.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-02

A t llys2 beet ends BEE
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-30

ture reservation. and had built It
within two and half miles of the
proposed site of Eschite. At the TEN.
porary termination of the line a town
lined along the right of way, sprang
into existence, and became a -four
ishing burg by the time Eschite was
offered for sale.
The purchasers OF lots In Eschite
felt aggrieved because OF the rise OF
the rival town and the vagucness OF
prospects for a railroad. They felt
that the government should protect
them. Hence the application for In
junction against the railway COM
pany.
The government lots were pur
chased on the installment plan and
the purchasers have made but one
payment Many OF them now de-
clare that they will not make further
payments and that they will abandon
the town Of Eschite.