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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27

The death of MI. CoIager, former
American minister at Peking, brought
To- mind the services rendered by that
s9entleman at the terrible time Of the
Bn6xer uprising. A word of praise a
APPRECIATION is spoken by an English
mar in his book entitled, .The Siege Of
the Peking Legations Shut up to-
gether as the various foreigners were,
and living daily in the face of death,
It was Interesting to observe b differ
ent policies adopted by the heads Of
the several legations. Says the Rev.
Roland Allen:
1.-The American minister was always
very ready to communicate news, and
old his people everything which went
81. In this -Ais policy differed frsm
hat of the British authorities, who
ften suppressed news OF public inter-
st, and posted notices OF letters re-
eived several days after the event,
ind when it's general tenor was widely
Inown by rumor.
This caused great discomfort, and
sept the people in constant suspense.
70 doubt there was some reason for
kspici0n that news of affairs of state
light leak out to Chinese ears, but
Mere was no reason for delaying items
Which were intended to be published
Do all.
Such a policy of secrecy irritated
Minds and kept up a condition of anx-
lety, q state of affairs successfully
Noided by the American minister.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
Who'll Body Covered with Cuban Itch
-Cuticura Remedies Cured at Cost
OF SeYenty-EIve Gents.

Body Covered with Cuban Itch
n -uticura Remedies Cured at Cost
n of ~SeYs.nty-Ei Five Gents.
MY little boy, when only an infant
Il of three months, caught the Cuban
4 Itch. Sores broke out from his head
to the bottom of his feet. He would
itch u claw himself and cry all the
time. He could not sleep day or night,
and a light dress is all he could wear.
~ called one OF, our best doctors to
treat him, but he seemed to get worse.
He suffered SO terribly that my hus-
band said he believed he would have
to die. l had almost given up hope
when a lady friend told me to try the
Cuticura Remedies. I used the Cuti-
tcura. Soap and applied the Cuticura
Ointment Il he at once fell into q
sleep, and he slept with ease for the
first time since two months. After
three applications the sores began to
< dry up, and in just two weeks from
#the day l commenced to use the Cuti-
Scura Remedies my baby vas entirely
well. The treatment only cost me Toe,
and l wonld have, gladly paid 500 it I
could net have got it cheaper. i feel
eafe in saying that the Cuticura RENE
dies saved his life. He is now a boy
80f five years. Mrs. Zana Miller, Union
City, r. f. d. No. 1, Branch Co.,
s4ich., May II, 1906" e.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
TASTE OF HER OWN MEDICINE
Europe in Sad Straits with Horde OF
Returning Immigrants.

1t is a curious commentary ON the
economic conditions of the old world
that the turn in the tide of American
immigration is causing serious trouble
in Italy. Austria, Germany, Sweden
and Norway. If the industrial condi-
tons of the United States of America
threaten to be bad, they are infinitely
worse in the countries named. Italy
complains the loudest because the sit
uation there is the most serious. Her
returning hordes do not bring sual-
cient money to support them more than
a few weeks at most, while many land
practically penniless. The authorities
there confess themselves unable to deal
with the problem.
The Germans, however, are much
better provided with money on an av-
erage than the Italians. Business con-
ditions in Sweden and Norway I so
bad this unexpected influx is truly APP
palling and much distress is inevitable
in the severe northern winter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
MONEY IN PEcANs.
This Years Crop in Texas Will
Safely Yield $1,000, 600.

A million dollars worth of pecans is
the value that experts fix upon the
pecan crop now being exported frcm
spondent. One firm in San Antonio,
said to be the largest handler of pecaus
in the world, estimates the crop already
in sight ut 800 cars in this section. and
1t is conservative to say that there viii
be 700 or more cars from other parts
of Texas. There are "a Geo pounds to a
car, and the cheaper grades bring from
5 to q cents a pound, the higher grades
as much as 10 and u cents Il pound.
Consequently, the million dollar esti-
mate is an under, rather than an over.
valuation.
Although the wild crop is still inn
mensely profitable, pecan groves are be-
ing extensively planted. The trees are
put 40 feet apart, or Al to the acre,
and the land can be cultivated for the
first seven years, when the trees yield
q crop.
The first crop is on an average of SO
a tree, and thereafter for the naXt tea
years or fifteen years., the average value
of the crop increases 81 a tree every
year. Three or four hundred dollars II
acre are not returns, and
the crop, being easy and inexpensive to
handle, is growing in favor.
Rapid as has been the development
of this industry, the demand far ex-
ceeds the supply. Since the pecan
keeps indefinitely after shelled, and is
one Of the most healthful Of nuts, thsre
is a great and growing demand for it in
the big c~enters, especially New York
and Chicago. The United States has
practically a monopoly in pecan grow
ing, and the bulk Of the crop comes out
of southwest Texas.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
combination has about . per cent nitro
gen in its most available form, : per
cent phosphoric acid, and ~ per cent
potash. A ton Of it would cost in tho
neighborhood of So to $50.
Asrieslture,. Amazing Growth.

= Is ~
How can any country be hard W
whose farms i'll the last nine years
have produced fi~fty-three thousand mil.
lions of dollars. worth of crops?
No wonder that the report Of the
Secretary of Agriculture is full of
thanksgiving faver and that he is I'M
affected by causes for gloom that work
on other men. The value of the farm
products for 1907 is nearly seven anu
one+half billions of dollars; 10 per
cent above that of 1906, when all rec
Ords Of crops were broken; % per cent
over 1903, II 81 per cent over 1892.
More than 3.0Oo,o geo acres Of land
that used to be considered valueLszs,
"the home Of the cactus and tba prai-
RE dog" are now producing 100000
GEO worth OF crops evccy year; and
these crops are directly due to Sec
rotary Wilson, who imported h Med
iterranean durum whaats at a first
cost Of $1,000 and say that they were
planted there. Irrigation farming, n
wholly to the department, will this year
sell craRs for not less than $25e, $780,
WV, NA&~l lo A~ ohAtS~AHAIho LII vhL'
Of the fact hat the department OF Ag-
riculture costs only about $15,C0O.CC0
a year. >r
Yet the work Of the department is by
no mean on sue a scale as the nat-
uraI Of the country warrant
and will n day make possible. SIR
veyors declare that not one-half the
farms Of the country-426J ea& &
acres, to be eTact-can be classad as
improved land, and only ona-thlra, or
29Q.eeO,e eco acres. is fruitful. May
years will pass before all this ground
is put under cultivation. but the time
will come when it win be praduaipg
abundant craps and supporting hun
dreds Of millions Of human beings
Chicago Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
Points for Milking,

According to some experiments noted
by the Department of Agriculture, il
was found that where COWS we're milk.
ed three times a day, morning, noon
and evening, the milk was richest at
moo Inc poorest in the morning; and
when MIXED morning and evening the
milk was slightly richer in the even
ing.
Milk quickly, but gently, and at reg
ular hours. Cows must be made com
Portable to do well. Give COWS a chance
to exercise tn the open air when the
weather is comfortable. In order to be
a prolific yielder of milk the COW must
be a hearty eater, with good digestive
powers. In milking, get all the milk
each time, but do not keep on stripping
after you have got it
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27

corn stored in the crib, as NAT
.urally be expected, as h seed was
exposed to the widely varying tenn
peratures which prevailed during the
winter season. The termination was
practically the same with the samples
stored in a dry room and on racks in
a barn, though these methods of stor-
ing had but little advantage over the
use of the warming oven. Considera-
BILE difference was witnessed, however,
in the strength Of the examinations
from corn kept in the several ways in
Dictated. The grain from the corn
stored in the crib showed the least
vigor of termination, the best results
being obtained from the corn stored
IN the racks in the barn, followed
quite closely by that stored in Il dry
room. The corn stored in the warm
ing oven terminated fairly well in
all except two Instances. In n the
termination was remarkably low, due
either to a poor a or to the fact that
the corn may have been overheated at
some time.-Exchange.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
SiAa Reward. $40,

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
In allsits stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
constitutional treatment. Halls Catargh
Cure y taken internally, acting directly
up1n the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the founfattpn of
Che disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing it's york. The propfle-
tors have SO much faith In its cuEatiye pow-
eTs that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that 1t falls to cure. Send for list
Of testimonials.
ADDRESS +. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
Sold BY all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
MIscHIEF FLIES Do.
This Insect Is the yeritablc AaEcI
of PastiIence.

of PastiIence.
One by one the plaques of Egypt are
being abolished by science. The frsSs
We're abolished long ago by the drsin
tile. The IDEAS are checked by insect
powder. and the darkness that could
be felt has melted away before the arc
light. The sixth plague still remains
in full glory. The fly is always with
US. The great DR.. Radcliffe used to
declare that the three worst annoy
anccs of life were smoke, dies and ir-
relevant questions. Humanity has
hitherto accepted these with a patient
shrug of the shoulders as among the
Inevitable.
At last the worm has turned. 1t is
proceeding slowly to put on smoke con-
su1lers, and has declared Il war of ex-
termination against the fly. The mo-
tivcS which whet hitherto easily
planted purpose are supplied by sci
eAce. They are, first, hat flies carry
disease; second, that their very pres
eEce is a sign of dirt.
That the lily is frequently the angel
of the p2stilence has long been suspect
ed. says Golfers in an important ar
ticle, but its most vivid and ina pres
sive demonstration was furnished by
h ~dissraceful death rate from ty-
phoid, one of the most scandaleuS Of
the many murders of official stupidity,
in our camps in the South during The
SpaniSh-American war. 1t was clear
ly proved by the eminent commission
of experts, who investigated the stu
alton postmortam, that the principal
means of the spread of this dreaded
disease was the flight Of flies from the
eXcreta of the earliest cases to the food
exposed in the camp kitchens, carrying
the typhoid germs on their legs and
proboSces.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
rhe Glaxel Gambler.

An American who visited Monte Car
10 was telling Of an incident there. In
one of the gold rooms" he said, ga
gentleman in lavender gloves was play
ing in wonderful luck, winning nearly
every stake. AS a great stack of
plaques-you know those beautiful, big
gold pieces called plaques-was pushed
to him by the roupier 1 heard young
lady whisper in his ear:
est is very odd, monsieur, to wear
gloves at play. What do you do it for?
Luck?'
THE fortunate player smiled grimly.
"tNot at ALL he replied. 4 promised
my wife on her deathbed again
to touch q card"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
BARKER. Hair Cut.

wished l had time to go put and get
my hair cut remarked a barber as he
removed part Of the lather from the
customers lips with his second finger.
thine to go out and get it cutY' re
peated the man in the chair, with the
mphasis on tout" Are you like the
man that won't eat in his own restau-
rant? Aren't you willing to trust one
Of your own men to cut your hair?"
"Oh, I'd trust them, all right" said
the barber. 1T isn't that, but you
hardly ever see a barber getting his
hair cut in his own place. The other
BARRIERS all like to go home promptly at
quitting time, and If n Of us gets
work done during the day there is sure
to be a rush about that time, and it
makes a customer sore If he has to
wait with two BARRIERS right here and
not waiting on him. He doesn't like to
wait around while one barber cuts an
other BARRIERS hair."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
Min
@D0hW

A %roofers' union was recently organized
in Lynn, Mass.
Brickmakers in New South Wales earn
about $40 a week.
Furniture making in Canada gives en-
ployInent to over 5000 people.
Ten women in the United States earn
their living in the capacity of baggage
men.
Among the organized women workers
i'll Germany, 1872 belong to the metal
trades.
Tinsmiths in Calgary, B. c., have had
their wages increased from 40 cents to
4211a cents an hour.
The strike of Vienna (Austria) omni-
bus employees is at an end, several con-
c~essions having been made by the manage
ment.
The iron Turing and metallic fathers
of Boston have recently had their wages
increased from AZ to AK cents an
hour.
The Fall River Textile Council and the
manufacturers have agreed to continue
the wage-establishment agreement for an
other six months. .
During the period extending from Janu-
airy, 1886, to Nov. 1 of this year., the
Iron holders Union paid in benefits to
lis sick member $1,397, 7G3. The union
has passed the 100000 mark and is still
growing rapidly.
At the Cancellation meeting, held re-
Gently, the request of the Welsh Golfers
granted. This now makes the rate at 60
~. ao,+ oIoro fho ~, y;r,,~, oooorJ;p- ~
tn; standard of 1879.
More than 80 per cent of the stereo-
typers and electrotypers of the United
States and Canada are within the ranks
of the union, while in some of the larger
cities every man at the trade is a mem
Der of the union.
The loss of time to employees through
trades disputes in the Dominion Of Can
ada during September of this year
amounted to 61,9OO working days. In
1906 the loss from the same cause was
99,SGO, and the year before, 97,14O.
The next biennial convention of the
Retail Clerks International Protective
Association will be held at Louisville.
Adelaide (Australia) warehousemcn,
shop assistants and clerks unions have
recently become affiliated with the local
Trade and Labor Council.
Unions in the clothing trades of Russia
number 1909 members. This refers to
strict trades unionism, free from any po-
litical utilization.
Patternmakers are voting on a plan to
consolidate the Office of national prcsi-
dent and secretary-treasurer, and thus
have but one permanent general officer.
The ministers of C~offeyville. Kan, have
adopted a uniform scale of prices for con-
Quoting funerals, and they propose to ex-
tend their organization to all parts of the
State.
Since the workmen's compensation act
came into force in Great Britain the mem
bers of the Dockers' Union lay received
by way ofalegal awards for accidents the
large sum Of $1S5, 3S1.26.
The British ambassador has suggested
to the Department Of State that owing to
the existence of Industrial depression in
Cape Town, persons seeking employment
be warned against migrating to that
place.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27

uprights and place the bolt through
this board so it will work easily. Cut
his board in a half circle to fit the
sack. Drive nails through this board
around his half circle to fasten sack
to. This board can be raised or low
cred to the height of sack and Is held
In place by means Of an iron rec which
Is fastened on the uprights about two
feet from the bottom.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27

heavy Hay
7 "By methods that are perfectly prac-
ticab1e to you we at the college are get
ting ffty-four tsns Of hay from twelve
acres. First we have our land we'll
titled" said Professor Gilbert, Of the
Maine station, in addressing a recent
farmers meeting. why is there so
much rundown land, is it low in fer
tiIity? No, it has been lying in grass
too long. There are let's Of fertility,
nitrogen, phesphoric acid and potash ;
what it needs is blowing up and rota-
tien.
"Plew poor land In the fall, and by
spring there will be air in it, harrow it
well in the spring. pulverize 1t by har-
rowing it over and ever again. Then
seed with oats and grass, and the next
year ysu will have a good crop Of
grass, and clover the next year. A
good rotation Of potatoes on sod land,
using ~csnlnercial fertilizer; the next
year cover with stable dressing, then
oats and grass with no fertilizer; the
next year, grass and clover, with top
dressing of fertilizer. Our mixture Of
grass seed to the acre is eleven pounds
timothy, six redtop, four red clover and
four alsike.
"For the top-dressing $50 pounds to
tie acre Of a fertilizer carrying 3 per
cent nitrogen. z per n phosphoric
acid. 6 per cent potash. The grass
should he cut while in bloom After
explaining why it should be done, he
continued, "Atter the first crop is cut,
80 pounds of the same fertilizer to the
acre should be applied"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
What "a Jubilee Is.

Some years age, before Queen Vic
toria's death and about the time that
the queens jubilee was to be celebrated,
the following conversation between two
old Scotchwom0n was overheard one
day on q street corna in London:
It they call a jubilee?"
We'll, it's this" said her neighbor,
when folk has been married twenty
five years, that's 4 silver wuddin', and
when they have been married fifty
years that's a golden wuddin;, but If
the mons dead then it's a jubilee
Uarper'S Weekly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
No Hurrx.

. NO t1nETys &G
The American traveller who endeay-
ers to hasten the comfortably gated
0rient against it's wish soon comes to a
halt. That was the experience of "A
Woman AlSne in the Heart Of Japan"
make the Eikman hurry. I have a
date, and can't wait here all day. she
said to the .sboss rikman' Mt the sta
ton. He hlazed like a fiery dragon
"Veu, you get SO mad, you no can
wait fer dis, you go find 'nodder rik.
sha," he said.
She answered very meekly:
Dear friend, you do not know me.
I am not the least bit mad. This is
only a gentle American hustle. II you
want me to be rea mad, I will show
you the difference
"Vell, you a almos' mad" he insist
ed. "You seem JUS like mad when
you say, No can wait; mus have rik-
sha quick; hurry up!'"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
a swellea Head.

"A typical Englishwoman, when some
one spoke the other day Of a certaiD
man having a "swaaled head" lookeA
dazed. Really! You don't mean itlr
cried the EnGlishwoman. Sim very
sorry" A day or SO later the English
woman, happening to meet the wife OF
the man In question, observed that she
was so sorry to hear lhat Mr.. Blank
was Ill.
"Bnt he isn't!" cried the wife. He
was never better in his life"
SIS that SOP said the Engllshwoman.
''Why, what could Mrs. Dash have
meant the other day when she said b.
was suffering from a swelled head?"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27

feet long which
the upright pieces
are fastened to.
About four or five
inches from the
top bore two holes
e x actly opposite
each other and
p l a C e through
these holes a long
bolt. Take a piece
Of plank or board
and cut it to fit
hNf-10~ kI k-@
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
Getting RID Of white CRIBS.

These suggestions regarding white
grubs were made by the Missouri Ex-
pertinent Station:
It is very difficult to do much in de-
stroying white gruhs where they have
once gotten a good footheld. Aheut
the only plan is to put out a new patch
and plow and cultivate thoroughly the
ground where he infested patch stands.
These white grubs are the larvae Of a
group Of beetles known as May beetles
or June bugs. They feed for three
years as white grubs before changing
to adults, so that you will find various
sizes Of these grubs at the same time
in your patch. Some Of these will ma
ture n year, socce the following year,
and SO on. Cultivation is about the
only remedy for these grubs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27

rear end of a a q we AVE tried to IL
Iustrake how the task Of alimbins into
the rack niskt be made easier. But
little extra wepk and material will be
required and at the same time the con
tents Of the ack are held very nearly
as good as if the end pieces extended
clear across.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27

Until recently the most convenient way
getting from England to Japan was by
y Of Vancouver, a journey of twenty
4 days. This time has been cut down
seventeen days by way of Russia. It
expected to still further cut this time
en- the Russian government lays q
ible. track across the country.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
proper Fr-lt Packin,r.

A great many farmers and fruit
growers seem to ignore the conditions
attending the journey which their
wares must take before they reach the
hands and eyes Of the consumers. The
methods of transportation, customs of
the trade, the markets fashions as re-
CARDS style, size and form Of package.
all must be well understood, for they
are as important as the growing of the
crop.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
Horrible Example.

"My dear" said Mrs, Strongmind, Il
want yeu to accompany me to the town
hall tomorrow evening""
what forY' queried the meek and
lowly other half Of the combine.
IL am to lecture on the Dark Side Of
Married Life',' explained Mrs. s., "and
pose as n Of the illustratious."-Chi-
cage News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27

Cd of storing grain
becomes Il matter
of vital interest to
all corn growers.
A test was made
last year to deter
mine what the eff
feet of storing
corn in a dry
room, on racks in
the barn., in the
warming oven OF a
stove and in a
w o u l q
have on the ger
minating powers
of the seed the
following spring.
The per cent Of
termination was
lowest with the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
Fertilizer for Onions.

Professor John B. Smith, the Ento-
mologist Of the New Jersey Experiment
Station, in a bulletin on the cabbage
and onion maggots, just issued, refers
to the necessity Of a quick-acting fer
tilizer in conjunction with planting at
the right time, and replenishes the fol-
lowing formula, recommended in ear
lier reports: Nitrate Of soda, 700
pounds; acid phosphate, 1000 pounds ;
muriate Of potash. 300 pounds. This,
he said, in the case of radisl1es, can be
applied as a top dressing along the
rows, before they r planted or just
after they are up, at the rate Of 500
peunds per acre. Similar applications
can be made ON t1rnips or onisns. I
believe that a fertilizer coMrnunded
after this formula, sr the aoAeatiam
Of the three Ingredients separately, az
prepsrtisnate rate, weuld in most
eassa b followed By Reed rssaiA Tts
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-12-27
Roots of Plants.

The roots Of plants require air, and
when they do not get the necessary
amount Of air a~sphyxiation or suffoca-
ton takes place. This plainly shows
the Importance of breaking up by cult
walton the surface of land in crops, the
good farmer OF gardener doing this ev-
cry time during the period Of active
growth Of the plant or crop the soils
surface gets hard or baked.