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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

of it's being hard TO start the plants.
A very successful way, however, is to
prepare the ground where YOU want
the plants. SON good fresh seed quite
thick in the row. but don't cover with
dirt. Next cover with burlap, laying
something on the edges to prevent the
wind from blowing it away, and sprin-
kle with water every day on top OF
the burlap. In from one to TWO weeks
the seed will sprout and as it begins
to grow raise the burlap gradually
and finally remove Plants grown in
this way will be very hardI II may
be thinned out and transplanted, leav-
ing the plants about five inches apart
in the row. The bleaching may be
lone as one chooses, with dirt or straw
mulching or boards.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
n Sounded unxrateful.

A frugal and industrious shoemaker
has two daughters, of whom he is very
proud. He provides q good home for
them, dresses them we'll, and is giving
them a good education. Not long ago
he drew on his modest bank account
for a sum sufficient to purchase n new
plano for them. What followed may
be described in his own words.
"Oh, yeg," he confided to n neighbor.
"they were grateful enough for it, of
course, and it's a great comfort to
hear EN- play and sing, but what do
you suppose was the first thing the girls
learned on it?"
I'm sure l don't know" said the
neighbor,
"'Everybody Works but Father.'r
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
increasing EEg product,on.

IN these days no one can afford to
keep deadheads on the farm. All farm
animals must pay for their keep and
make a good profit in addition. 1t is
an astonishing fact, therefore, that only
a small proportion of poultrymen actu-
ally know whether a particular hen is
laying or not. Some men can judge
more or less accurately by the color Of
the comb, by the CHEEKY song, and other
well known signs. A much more accur-
ate method consists in the use of trap
nests by means of which each hen Is
marked by a ring, or otherwise, every
time she lays an egg. 1t requires n
little time and patience, of course, to
operate trap nests 20 as to separate the
layers from the n~on-layers, but it pays
we'll in the end. When the test has
been applied to- a flock of hens, some
are found to be laying $50 to 100 eggs
n year, while others of equally vigor-
GUS appearance M happy disposition
lay not an egg. But the no~n-layers eat.
and are, therefore, expensive luxuries
to keep about the farm.
The chief value of any reliable sys-
tenn for picking u the best layers is
found in the fact that they may be used
as breeding stock to improve the egg
production of the whole flock to come.
In a careful series of tests in Maine,
Utah and elsewhere it has beer def
nitely shown that the hen transmits her
laying qualities to her offspring. With
this fact well established the poultry
man should use no rooster for breeding
purposes unless he M from a 20O-
egg hen, and should incubate no eggs ex-
cept those which come from a hen with
a record of 200 eggs a year. 1t is thus
possible to build up a flock of hem each
OF which will lay 200 to go eggs a
year. This is fully double the yield
of the average flock. Net only may the
number of eggs be increased by breed,
ing, but a great uniformity in the size,
shape and color Of the eggs is secured.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
RAILROADS EARN s2,s1e,76o,oso
Interstate COmmfssfon's RepOr Gov.
ers 22O.O 2 Miles.


A preliminary report of the interstate
commission on the income ac-
count of the railways of the United
States for the year ended June 30 last,
contains returns from companies operat.
ing 22O,O26 miles of lines, or about SO
per cent of the mileage that will be COW
cred in the final report.
The total gross earnings of the roads
were $3.50, 100000, being equivalent to
$1O,54 4 per mile. Passenger earnings
were $61S, 555,9 1884, or SSH per mile,
and freight earnings $1,64O,94 ,S62, or
SASS per mile. Operating expenses
we're 1882, 1853, 1853, or $6,963 per mile.
The net earnings of the roads were
$7S7, 597,S77. being $3.50 per mile, and
nearly $97, 100000 more than the CORE
spending amount reported for the previ'
Gus year. Income from other sources
than those of operation aggregated $780,.
624, 9S2.i The dividends paid amounted
TO $685. O6, 59S and taxes $3S,903,2SS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
THE PROGRESS OF THE CANA.
DIAN WEST.

Nearly $1,000 of an Increase in
anadi Immigration In 1906.
The progress of a new country cannot
be better ascertaihed than by noting
the increase of railroad mileage IN lis
transportation system, and judged by
this standard, the Canadian West leads
all the countries in the world during
the current year. Thirty years ago
there was not one hundred miles OF
railroad west of the Great Lakes, and
very little prospect Of a transcontl-
mental route for many years to come,
but by the end Of 1880 the Canada
Pacific Railway was within measurable
distance of completion, and last year,
twenty years later, fully 5000 miles OF
railroad traversed the provinces OF
Manitoba, Saskatchewan II Alberta.
In the past year the work of railroad
construction has been vigorously prose
cuted, and by the end of 1906, som
5000 miles of completed railroad has
been added, making a total Of fully
1900 miles in the three great grain
| producing provinces of Canada. Such
an increase in the transportation facili-
ties of the country Is bound to make
good times not only in the districts
where the railroads are being built,
but throughout the entire west. Allow
ing $4,000 a mile for construction, the
sum of $500, 900, 900 will be put in cir
culation, and this in itself should cause
good times to prevail in a land where
work is plentiful, wages are high, n
the cost of living is moderate.
But the building of new railroads
through Western Canada means a
greater benefit to the country than
merely the money put in circulation by
the cost of construction Additional
railway building means the opening OF
new agricultural districts and an addi-
tional area under crop, a largely In
creased output of grain to foreign mar
kets with consequent financial returns;
the erection of elevators and the growth
of villages, towns and cities ; and every
thing else that make for the progress
of national life and the opening up of
additional thousands of free home
steads so extensively advertised by the
Canadian government agent, whose ad-
dress appears elsewhere.
IL was stated on the uoor VI Ihe
Canadian Parliament recently by a
prominent representative that ten years
from now would see the bulk OF the
population Of Canada residing west Of
the Great Lakes, and if the work OF
railway building during the present
year is any criterion, the prophecy
made by the Canadian statesman may
be easily fulfilled inside of the time
stated. During the present year no less
than 1904 persons have found ZONES
In the Canadian West, OF whom 57,796
were Americans who have seen the
great possibilities Of this new West,
and have decided to cast in their lot
with 1t. Certainly, u n%eighbor north
of the 49th parallel is making Z great
record, and deserves the success, that
appears to be coming it's way.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

Ing was from renal collie. After I
began using Doan's Kidney Pills l
passed a gravel stone as big as a bean.
Since then / have never had an attack
of gravel, and have picked up to my
former health and weight. l am a
we'll man, and give Doan's Kidney
Pills credit for It."
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
Lookcd That Wnx.

"Come, Willie" said his mother,
"don't be SO selfish. Let your little
brother play with your marbles a little
while"
But" protested Willie, "he means
to have them always"
"Oh, I guess not"
II guess yes, cause he's swallowed
'em."-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

why are you late for breakfast,
slr?' asked Bobby's father. as the boy
slid quietly into his chair.
well. you see" eXpla' led Bobby,
when you called me l was having a
mighty funny dream II | just slept
Puck.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

Il suffered Il
long, long time
with my back,
and felt draggy
and listless and
tired all the time.
Il lost from my
usual weight, 90,
to ITO. Urinary
passages We're too
frequent and l have
had to get up Of
ten at night. l
had eadache and
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
Important business.

"Mistah Snow" said the caller, twirling
hin hat in an embarrassed way, lis yO'
ve'y busy this evenin'?"
mot particularly, Ephraim." responded
the Rev. DIR. Snow. rs there anything l
can do for you?"
Eyes, sub. I'd like TO have 70 come
ovnh to Mis- Walkah's and pull off a little
weddin' TO- me. suh."-Chicago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
save Money In Fertilizer.

It is possible to obtain more plant
food for a given expenditure of money
if unmixed chemical fertilizers are
purchased rather thar the ordinary
mixed fertilizers, says Farming. In
most cases, the same mount of plant
food as is contained in a ton of mixed
fertilizers can be purchased in the
form of unmixed chemicals at a cost
of about Sc to So less. The labor Of
mixing will not cost nearly enough to
offset this difference. Many farmers
will say, however, that they do not I'M
derstand the principles which should
govern in the selection and compound
ing of the different chemical f~ertiliz-
ers. This may often be the case, and
I cannot attempt to over the ground
in the short space of II article. /
wish, however, to say that If o de-
sire advice and assistance in this mat
ter, it will be gladly given if you Will
apply to your State Experimental Sta
ton.
Easiest Way to Start Celery.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
FOund Him So,

Ubett-The idea of Slikker claiming to
be a hard working man is the richest
thing I've heard of lately.
konmann-Well, he is, by George +.
He's the hardest man l ever tried to
work
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
One of the Two.

Ruffon Wratz Caboriously trying to
read fragment of newspaper)-What is a
"calumny?"
Goodman Gonrons-It's either n graju-
ate of a college or it's the stuff they put
in these bakin' powders. Wot about It'll
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

Next to a shredder an old thrashing
machine will put fodder in a good con
dition to feed. In fact some farmers
claim that it Is aver better.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

The man who had better stock and
farm products at home," than those
usually shows up, but he seldom eN-
hibitS any of the results of his labor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
@SS~~@SS

A close pen is a bad place for pigs,
when they might be out getting most
of their living for themselves.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

An agricultural axiom was written
as early as the year 1853, as follows:
1.-THE finer the earth Is made by tillage,
the more it is enriched by rain, dew
and air"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

Bran, malt, oats, hay, carrots ana
gNeen grass or clover are suitable for
sick or convalescent animals.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
rbi. WIN Interc.t Mother.,

Mother Gray's Sweet Powder for Chill
dren, used by Mother Gray, r nurse In Chill
dren's Home, New York, cure Constipation,
Feverishness, Teething Disorders, Stomach
Troubles and Destroy Worms 10000 testi-
monials Of cures. All druggists, csc. Sam
pie FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE
Roy. N, Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

A farmer needs a nice house that
will keep out the cold and he needs
an ice house that will keep out the
haat
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
Won Ret!

Stranger don't like your weather. 1t
Il too %huctuating and uncertain.
Mr.. Olds-Port-Why, great Scott !
That's its charm. I've already made 81
600 this year by betting on it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

If the heart of a man is depressed
with cares. the mist is dispelled when
a woman appears.-Gray.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
spare U. This.

II was Just wondering what on earth
would happen murmured the timid citi-
zen, IF some contractor should begin
st."
Begin whatT"
Making frenzied disclosures in the
Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

Did you ever try to drive a ninety
pound shoat through a s~ixteen-foot
gate? OF course o have, and you
have had him stop before reaching the
gate, turn about, mediate, hesitate,
cogitate inc finally the combined efforts
of hired man and a dog can't put him
through that gate. Then you have had
the same pig approach the same gate
when he was not wanted and you have
slipped up along the fence in an at
tempt to- head him off and-and-well,
of course he got through first. 1t is
presumed that the average hog is pos
sessed of the spirit Of divination. He
can foretell what is going to happen a
good deal better than his owner.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
TORTURED WITH GRAVEL.

Since Using Doan's kidney pills Not
n Single stone Has Formed.
Capt. S. L. Crute, Adjt. VIM. Watts
Camp, u. G. ", Roanoke, Va. says:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

FARMS FOR RENT ~ SALE A.; ON
J .asTGIuAEEEE. sioUx GiTx. 'i II W..

California harvests about 10000 tons
Of grapes a year, worth $4,000, 900.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

Easiest Way to Start Celery.
One of the most difficult things to
raise in the garden is celery, because
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

1t pays to fertilize crops. If twenty
loads Of manure on an acre only in
creases the crop five bushels of corn,
there is a gain by it, for that fertility
will be evident on that acre for many
years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

Professor w. ]. Green says: apples
will thrive on a great variety Of soils,
will color better on high land, but
will hang to the trees better and ripen
later on lowground, but there is more
in the management than in the soil.
With spraying and cultivation they
can be successfully grown where they
formerly would not succeed. Thor
ough drainage is important, thing pre-
ferred. Mulching has produced good
results, but when commenced must be
continued. 1t may be employed where
cultivation is not practicable"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

A dark soil absorbs the rays of the
sun faster han the light soil and thus
makes it warmer. This difference in
and growth Of plants. In the spring
when the corn is coming up the rows
are usually seen first in the dark soil.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

A b~arbed-wire fence was heard to
make the remark: i've been in the
cattle and horse business for many
years, and I have observed that l al
ways got more horses and cattle when
I was down and out OF repair. l may
have to retire, however, as my neigh
Dor, the woven wire, is expanding his
domain" 1t is getting to be a question
whether n farmer who raises good
horses car afford to have a barbed-
wire fence.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

While it may be desirable for the
poultry keeper to know the points in
the standard for pure-bred fowls, and
to be able to detect a bad feather or a
fault at a glance, for practical purposes
he had better know the symptoms of
disease and be able to detect a sick bird
when he visits the yards.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

Carrots, parsnips n satisfy will
keep safely in the ground where grown
unless the winter be very severe. 1t
is always well, however, to pull and
store some of these roots in sand in the
cellar so that they may be available for
the table should the ground become too
hard frozen to permit Of digging or
pulling them.
The advantage of moderately low
headed, open-center trees are best APP
preciated when one is engaged in
spraying, thinning and picking the
fruit. This is a problem and good or
chardists are studying a deal to-day,
and it is very generally admitted that
it requires the greatest good judgment
to prune just enough to produce the de
sired effect.
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RAILROAD PLANTING TREES.
Catalpa Grown for Timber by the
Pennsylvania on a Tract in Indiana.

SaIdApd NToWn Ior A1upeT Dy tho
Pennsylvania on Tract in Indiana.
From Arboriculture
The Pennsylvania railway west Of Pitts
burg has entered upon a careful expert
ment in forest planting in Indiana.
The company owns farm Of sixty-ive
acres in Kosciusko county, which has been
set aside for a thorough experiment with
the catalpa speciosa for the production Of
timber for railway purposes.
The tract Is about three-fourths Of q mile
in length along the north side Of the Pitts
burg. Fort Wayne and Chicago tracks and
adjoining the right Of way grounds.
In the summer of 1905 I was requested
by the Pennsylvania railway officials to
make an examination of this Kosciusko
county farm and report upon the practical
bility Of planting it with catalpa speciosa
trees. AS 1 advised in favor of the project
the land was plowed and preparation made
for work.
In the spring of 1906 90, 900 yearling trees
feet apart. Upon the outer edges of the
tract three rows were doubled to serve as
q windbreak. They were thoroughly culti-
waited during the season and the worst Of
the weeds and grass sods were destroyed.
On November we visited the tract and
found that, excepting q remarkably small
number Of trees broken down and torn out
by the pillow, all the trees were living and
had made a very satisfactory growth.
Many measured three inches diameter at
the ground, the average height being five
or six feet.
Upon the gravel knobs the height was
quite regular and about four feet growth
during the season, while the muck lands
showed an average of about six feet. Prob
ably one-third Of the trees were straight,
upright with single stems, while the re-
mainder had sent out several branches
which divided the strength of the trees
and will require considerable pruning Of
side branches to make them grow into
straight stems.
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The Knave of Hearts.

II all happened because Mildred was
chosen Queen Of Hearts. Or rather she
wasn't chosen, It just happened to fall to
her lot Genevieve had expected that the
guests would vote for the queen, and she
felt sure she would be chosen, because she
always was-she was general favortte.
That comes Of counting your chickens be-
fore they are Matched. all Of the children
invited to the party were expected to come
in fancy dress, and they all did, down to
little Teddy Roberts as a cupid.
Instead Of choosing an for May queen.
Mrs. Saunders had placed two wonderful
crowns on the hall chandelier, and from
them hung many streamers of ribbon-pink
and blue. Each girl chose a pink one and
each boy blue; and every one of them
was sure his or her ribbon was attached
TO one of those crowns. When at signal
the ribbons were pulled Mildred and Robin
had the crowns, and every one else had
very pretty little valentine. Anu one little
girl a heartache because she had wanted
10 be queen. Each valentine had half a
verse on IL, and when every boy had found
the little girl who had the other half of his
verse the procession moved by twos into
the parlor There they ranged in rows and
danced what Mrs. Saunders called 1.-THE
Cupid Quadrille," which was nothing more
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with its white. steady light. made ghostIy
shadows of the leafiess trees along the
banks and down the beaten woodland path.
The girls removed their skates and start
ed through the woods. Suddenly Bertha
stopped and grasped Mary's arm.
Mary" she whispered. what's that, Did
you hear?"
Yes" Mary whispered back. and their
eyes scanned the woods either side of
the path. For a moment all was quiet then
they heard the swapping OF twiRs in the
underbrush and q low 'Ge-gew ge-gew." as
from the shadows of the trees a huge black
waddling form emerged. With one accord
the girls clasped hands. then a terrified
Shrek rent the air and two pairs OF legs
were flying over the frozen ground. But
alas. the fatal skates which dangled from
each girls arm had played havoc with the
usually agile feet. and these numbed
members now refused to do their duty as
the girls stumblingly dragged each other
forward. Steadily the animal was gaining
upon them and they could almost feel it's
hot breath upon their legs.
The ground hog! The ground hogl Oh.
Mary! Mary!" Bertha walled through her
chattering teeth.
Mary glanced back over her shoulder
then loosening the strap of her skates she
stopped for a moment and took aim. They
hit their mark and frightful succession OF
"ge-gaw' grunts and squeals rang out IN
the darkness. The pursuer stopped long
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GWEN make It AM right somehox-s

We'll make 1t all right somehow-and
know you're sorry"
Genevieve would not be comforted. She
knew the boys, specially Tom and Robin,
would hate her meanness; and she resolved
then and there to punish herself. So. when
all were gathered together to stab the big
heart pinned on the curtain with little ar
rows made of pins, and Bessie Bobbs was
about to be blindfolded, Genevieve stepped
into the middle Of the room. Her cheeks
were very red, and her hands were clasped
very tight, and her eyes were on the floor.
Mrs Saunders" she said, so all could
hear, I've done very mean, deceitful
thing, and l want you all to know how
wicked l am. I stole two Of Robins hearts
when his bag dropped. and that is why Tom
and 1 won.'
Her voice grew very husky. and as she
finished you could have heard pin fall
'-Oh, my dear" said Mrs. Saunders, and
then she stopped as Miily whispered to her.
Robin and Tom both stepped toward Gene
We've.
You're a brave girl. now, even IL you did
wrong them" said Robin. admiringly, land
I'm sure we all forgive you. Genevieve"
Tom put his hand protectingly on her
shoulder. 'The next best thing to being q
real hero II to be sorry when you've done
wrong and have the courage to own up to
It. You'd make a soldier, We've, know"
And so Genevieve atoned her fault She
and Tom insisted upon giving the tarts
to Mildred and Robin: and it was Q happy
troop who tried to pierce the heart viii