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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

q >o"s NAihh
An endless chain arrangement that
on its face appears to be the most
economical scheme ever devised has
been started by Prof. Err, of the Kan
sas State Agricultural College. Prof.
Err takes the milk secured from cows
on the college farm, converts it into
a powder and feeds 1t to the cows, max
ing what is declared to be the cheap
est of all the 10Y foods.
The food invented by Prof. Err is
made of buttermilk. He has perfected
a system of drying buttermilk and
then converting it into a powder. This
dried buttermilk contains about 10 per
cent of protein, twice as much as cot
ton seed meal contains, and be
manufactured for one and a half cents
a pound. Thus a food twice as rich as
cotton seed can be manufactured at
approximately the cost of the latter.
One hundred pounds Of butterinilz
will make from nine to ten pounds OF
the finished product and as the esti-
mated waste of buttermilk in the
creameries of Kansas Is 100000
pounds daily, it is figured that by the
adoption of this progress a saving OF
$780, 900 can be made yearly in Kan
saS alone.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

DR.. S. B. Partridge of East Bloom
field, n. Y, is raising celery on a large
scale on the bed of a reclaimed swamp.
He set $4,000 plants last year, Of the
dwarf golden self-balancing, and pro-
duces from 1900 to 1900 dozen
branches Of celery per acre, marketable
at from 20 to 80 cents per dozen. His
celery kept for winter market Is placed
in trenches made by means Of a crib,
lG feet long and IA inches wide, which
is placed in the row and filled with eel
cry. Then Il deep bank OF earth Is
thrown up on either side to the celery,
after which the crib us taken up and
moved forward it's length, and the
same process is repeated. The trenches
are left open at the top until the ap-
proach Of cold weather, when they are
covered with straw and earth.-New
England Farmer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
NEVER HUNGRY N HIS LIFE.
Man Lived Seventy-tvvo Years with
out I'm Appetite.

Man L1Ved SeFenty-two Years WIN
out I'm Appetite.
Archie Mcdowell, 70 years old. d;ed
yesterday Of heart disease at st. Mar
garet's Hospital, West Side. He had
been taken to the hospital from his
room in the Armourdaie Hotel last
week. Mr.. Mcdowell was also known
as Archie McGruder.
Mcdowell was known on the West
Side as a man who was never hungry.
" l was never hungry in my whole life"
he said recently. He had no family
and his only responsibility was his
dog, "Robbie Burns" Since food vas
the last thing he thought about, his
room rent, tobacco and a few clothes
were his only expenses. Friends sup
piled those. The Kansas City Star pub
lished the following interview with Nc
Dowell Jan. 81:
II know nothing of the pleasures Of
eating. A Thanksgiving dinner or a
Christmas feast have no attractions for
me. I have never been hungry in my
life. I have % eaten five pounds OF
solid food in the last three months. i.
never crave food and, strange as it may
seem, food hardly seems necessary to
my existence"
You surely got hungry when you
were a growing boy, did you not?" he
was asked.
NO, never. I used to go fishing
with my boy companions and after we
had been away from home all day or
the creek banks they would complain
of a hunger. but not I. l was
not bothered at all and never thought
Of food and when I did eat it was be.
cause my mother made me do 50.
ut was the same way when I went
through the Civil War;" continued Nc
Dowell. "Long marches and fatigue
did not give me a desire for food.
had three years of service and vas al
different times under Buell., Sherman
and Grant. During the retreat from
Cumberland Gap, when we marched
seventeen days all day n also nine
nights during that time, I saw men
almost dead from hunger, but I could
not sympathize with them because
experienced none Of the pangs. Some
times when l felt weak I would chew
q stick and be perfectly satisfied
Mrs. l.. A. Houck, manager Of the
Armourdale Hotel, where Mcdowell
lived, said about his appetite:
HE ate scarcely anything. I re-
member that he took soup a few times,
but he appeared to live almost entirely
on coffee and other stimulants."
Mcdowell went to Wyandotte Coun.
ty in 1879. He followed various pur.
suits, farming, the dry-goods business
and practicing law. OF recent years
he had not worked. His wife died
nineteen years ago. A grown son lives
somewhere in the East, but Mcdowell
had not seen him for thirteen years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

what is all the excitement?' asked
Uncle Jason Hardapple as he entered
the Chicago skyscraper.
why" replied a big broker, I'VE are
kicking about the ~eighteen-hour train
do tell! Well, that Is just what the
folks down to Bacon Ridge were kick
ing about when I came away"
What? Do you mean to say you
have an .eighteen-hour train down in
that out-of-the-way placer"
Certainly, ~neighbor."
"And r you kicking because it goes
too fast?"
mo, we are kicking because it goes
too slow. You see, it takes eighteen
hours to make fifty miles,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

The people of Iceland are so honest
that there are neither prisons nor po-
lice in the country. 1t is said that
there have been only two thefts in one
thousand years.
One Of these was that Of a native
who was detected stealing sheep; but
a. he had done so to supply his family.
who were suffering for want Of food,
he was not punished. the shame at
tached to his condition being deemed
sufficient degradation.
The other was by a German who
stole seventeen sheep. and as he was
in comfortable circumstances he was
sentenced to sell all Of his property,
restore the value Of what he had
stolen. and leave the country or be exc
cuted. He left.
There are courts Of justice; but 1t
10 not an inviting field Of operations
for lawyers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
Destroying Cuterpi11nrs.

For years I have used a torch for
destroying caterpillars on u fruit
trees, but have found that many of
them drop to the ground before burned,
II go up the trees again. A farmer,
writing to a paper, says: every year
I hear Of caterpillars destroying entire
orchards, and there is nothing which
can be more easily disposed Of. 1 bore
a hole in the trees deep enough to reach
the sap, fill it with sulphur and plug
It up. The result is magical. The
sap conveys the sulphur to every
branch and twig, and the caterpillars
are destroyed. I have never known Of
a tree being injured by it, and have
followed the cours for years."-H. L.
Lowden in Practical Farmer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

Managing the workers on a farm Is
a science in itself. 1t is a science that
few have studied sufficiently. Plan
ming out the work so that it may be
done in the best and in the
least time is equivalent to a saving in
dollars and cents. MOI only should the
work be properly done and at the right
time, but the time between different
pieces of work should be as small as
possible. Here is a point at which
great waste occurs. 1t is like a man
forgetting something at the store, and
having to drive back miles to get It, No
man "a properly manage a set Of
workers without putting some thought
on it, Thinking is not so Easy as it
seems. To think in a logical
requires effort. ~
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
ALGERIA wants our wnsn..

The American wasp is to be used In
a campaign of determination of the
horse fly in darkest Africa. BY re-
quest to the Louisiana crop pest com
mission, Abraham Rosenheim, assist
ant entomologist, is sending a consign-
,'ment of these "horse guards from
Cameron parish, La, where the wasps
attain unusua! size and %ferocity. A
band of embryo stingers will be ship
ped from New Orleans by way of
Havre on the steamship Louisiana July
10 in refrigerated baskets with the
DUDE of the insect
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

sDon'ts" Concernfnx the Cow.
Don't be unkind to the milk cow.
Don't allow COWS to sleep in a muddy
shed.
Don't permit the COW to drink i'm
pure water.
Don't use a club, but kind words In
stead.
Do not feed the milk COW "rotten"
or decayed corn.
Don't allow your finger nails to grow
long If you are a daily mixer.
Don't allow any loafers around when
milking, such as dogs, children or cats.
Don't fail to keep some sort Of salt
handy SO the COW may have free access
to it.
Don't, when milking, beat the cow
for stepping backward when flies are
numerous.
Don't expect a COW to give as much
milk when half fed as when roper
cared for.
Don't allow your COWS to be chased
by dogs or be hurried when going to or
from pasture.
Don't milk until dusk during the hot
months so as to avoid the presence OF
the flies which SO vigorously attack the
COW just before sundown-Indiana
Farmer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
How to Apply Fertilizers.

Should fertilizer be applied in the
hills or broadcast? 1t may not be a
mistake to apply very little over each
hill as a starter" but it is better to
broadcast. All fertilizer must be dis
solved before 1t a be utilized, and
the greater the surface over which it
is spread the more water it will re-
ceive. The roots Of nearly all plants
spread and grow e a the surface, and
have as great feeding capacity off from
the plants as near them. To apply fer
tilizer in the hills is to concentrate it,
and much Of it will be unused or lost.
The best results T obtained when it
is distributed over the surface and har-
rowed in to be carried down by the
rains.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

down near the ground. The end of the
pipe is four or five inches from the
ground and nearly on a level with the
bottom of the stove. 1t works finely.
The cooled smoke rising from the
ground conveys no heat to the meat,
though quite a little fire is kept in the
stove. The fire needs but little atten-
ton, as the stove is kept o closed
all the time. 1t is very satisfactory
Kansas Farmer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

Before using Doan's Kidney Pills !
suffered everything from kidney trou-
bles for a year and q half. had
pain in the back and bead, and almost
continuous in the loins and felt weary
all the time. A few doses Of Doan's
Kidney pills brought great relief, Z
/ kept o IN taking them until in q shor
time / was cured. 1 think Doan's Kid
ney Pills are wonderful"
Fol sale by all dealers. so cents n
box. Fest r-Milhlrn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
The American Carria Se Horse.

The development of the American
carriage horse at the Colorado Agri-
cultural College and Experiment Sta
ton is progressing very favorably, says
Prof. w. L. Carlyle of the Colorado
Agricultural College, in the Twentieth
Century Farmer. At the present time
twenty-five brood mares are to be
found on the farm, and of these nine
teen are expected to foal this year.
Fourteen very high-class yearling colts,
by the stallion Cannon, are e~xemplify-
ing the success of the work undertaken.
At the present time seven very fine
foalS have come to hand this year and
the indications are that they are supe-
rior to their brothers and sisters of last
year. The station and college, in CO
operation with the government, will in
crease the brood mares to thirty-five
head during the summer, and only
those of the very highest class will be
secured.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

Twenty years ago hundreds Of North
Dakota farmers bought butter, eggs
and even potatoes and cabbages at the
village stores, but they were not real
farmers, merely wheat raisers. They
depended entirely upon II crop, and
when that failed, distress followed.
James j. Hill quickly taught them the
folly of that kind of farming, and to-day
the States diversified crops are equal
to those of any other Northern State.
The educational movement was not
that Mr.. Hill had any love for the
farmers then, nor has now. but he had
a big railway to feed and was forced
to teach the farmer how to produce the
freight. Now the experiment stations
are carrying on the education COM
menced by Mr.. Hill and are doing it
better.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

Seeking Som ching Easier.

"Why did that great %tinancier want
to get into political lifeT' asked one
Wall street man.
"Well,' answered the other, "condi-
tons are becoming peculiar. It's hard
er for a man to stay at the head of a
railway system than it is to hold a big
government ofice."-Washington Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
Back to the Hay.

The foreign nobleman was keenly dis
appointed.
81 was hoping, monsieur" he sighed.
shat you might possibly install me in
your glorious family"
The wealthy mine owner laughed.
Install you?" he echoed. "Why, GER
tainly. You will find our family sta
BILE to the left Inc If you don't dis
turb the horses you may have a stall
all to yourself"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
Room for the Friend,

you'll have to excuse the disorder
here" said the fiat dweller, "all these
bundles are our summer clothes that
we had to take out Of the hall closet
Surely, you don't need summer
clothes this weather." said his friend.
mo, but we had to put up a Get in
the closet for a friend who spent last
night with us.".Philadelphia Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

ivy SSS Wv
it causes backache,
headaches, dizziness,
& and distress
ing urinary troubles.
Keep the Kidneys well
and all these suffer
ings will be saved
you. Mrs. S. A.
Moore, proprietor OF
a at Wa.
faruilla Mo. SAYS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

There will be one good thing about
being an angel" declared the girl witt,
the number six foot.
What's that
"A number one sandal viii come a
good deal easier than a number tive
sboe."-pittshurg Post
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
Experiment. in Cultivation.

Deep cultivation of some crops is
equivalent to pruning the roots. This
is especially the case with corn, which
sends its roots in every direction, close
to the surface of the soil.xssExperl-
ments in ~cuItivat,slg show that when
the roots we're cut 2 inches, 4 inches
and 8 inches below the surface the In
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
Real Gamer.

Invalid thought this sanitarium
was a health resort Why, 1 have lost
twenty pounds since 1 have been here.
Attendant-Well, there is one man
around here who is getting stouter ev-
cry day.
Invalid-And who is he?
Attendant-Why, he is the proprie-
tor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease
A powder to shake into your shoes. It rests
the feet, Cures Corns, Bunjons. Swollen,
Sore. Hot, Calleus, Aching. Sweating fer
and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens Eoot-Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted,
Le Roy, n. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

crease of crops was greatest when the
cultivation was shallow, the greatest
harm being done by deep cultivation at
the last stages of growth of the plants.
The object should be to simply loosen
the top soil when cultivating corn and
to avoid cutting the roots as much as
possible.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
Omissions Of History.

vespasian had begun to build the
Roman Coliseum.
For holding national political conven-
tions,' he said, sit will be worth a dozen
wigwams on the lake front, but we ex-
pect to use it mainly, of course, for wild
west shows"
C~ourteously dismissins the inquirer
with a wave of the royal hand, he turn
ed to his press agent and instructed him
to advertise for bids for the popcorn and
chewing gum privilege.-Chicago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
Effective Wagon Jack.

A is of oak 2x4x33 inches; B is 2x4x
Il inches; G is - inches long, and
lever D is 5 feet long, the short end
being l foot The drawing explains
itself.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

81 vitus' Dance snd all Nera1s Diseases
Permanently Cured by DR.. Khas', Great
Es,s Rsstorcr. Send for Free se trial bottle AID treatise.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
TIRED BACKS.

The kidneys have a great work TO,
10 in keeping the blood pure. When
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

Guns, Traps. Decoys, etc. Lowest prices.
Write for free catalog No. 1. N. w.
Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, Mimi.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
ZIG came Home Ear1x.

~You needn't sit up for me tonight,
Maria
II wont, dear. I'll be standing lust
inside Che door for yon."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-13
BAILEY SPRINGS.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
Feb. 10, 1907.
Let some one else Ego it" now, for
a while
Will Koppen and the Nesheim boys
were out hunting wolves last THUS
day.
The basket social in school No. 4,
was quite successful, the amount made
being over SIP.
A large number of the young people
attended the masquerade at Hesper
Friday night. 1t was the last dance
there for this winter.
Albert Nesheim is putting in a
telephone this week
Miss Koppen entertained party
of friends a week ago Sunday.
Misses Clara and Myra Halsey of
Hesper visited their cousins here for
few days.
n. Halkesvik has been quite Ill for
the past week.
G. j. Steno went to Mabel, Mimi.
last Wednesday morning on important
business.
Miss Emma Nesheim is going t.
have tea party at her school neal
Ellis next Friday evening, and wouls
like her friends from Bailey Springd
TO drive, over aud attend.
Rudys entertained party of friend.
after the basket social Feb /.
Knut Iverson has been hauling log.
to the saw mill the past week.
Miss Rudy was pleased to see sc
many Bailey Springs people at the
depot to see her off for Iowa City last
Saturday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-13
BURR OAK
From our regular correspondent
Enl II

From our regular CORRESPONDENCE
Feb. IL. 1907.
A new girl at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Tillapaugh.
Miss Ruth Sharp spent a couple of
days last week in DEBORAH.
Mr.. Meyer came up from Arlington
Wednesday to oversee the store while
Mr.. Thompson is visiting home folks.
Several of our young people attended
the show at DEBORAH Tuesday night.
An interesting teachers meeting
was held at the school house Saturday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Kline arrived
last week from Kansas to attend TO
business matters and expect TO return
there this week, where he has pur-
chased home.
Miss Myrtle Darling and Mr.. Elmer
Kippe are both out of the store enter
tanning the grip.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Britteudall
came up from Button yesterday and
remained until this morning with
home folks.
Miss Milly Bucknell. who has been
spending some time at the Frye
home, returned TO Pleasant corner
near Bluffton yesterday.
T. L. Roberts has been under the
DOCTORS care for several days and is
yet in poor health.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-13
Notice of Incorporation of the
NOrdneSs Telephone Company

Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned
have formed "a corporation under the laws OF
Iowa, under the name and style OF the
NORDNESS TELEPHONE COMPANY,
with its principal place of business at Nord-
ness, Winneshiek County, Iowa.
The principal business OF this corporation
shall be to erect maintain and operate mu-
tual telephone line in said county and state
Said corporation will commence bus ness on
the first day OF April, 1907, and continue I'M
less sooner dissolved, twenty years. It's ar
fairs shall be conducted by all the officers ana
directors, To be elected on the second Tues
day In January 1907, in each year during the
life of the corporation, VIZ: president,
manager, who shall be the secretary and
treasurer electrician, auditor and one direc-
tor for each division containing not less than
ten members, who shall be elected at the an
nual meeting on the second Tuesday in Janu-
ary i'm each and every year. The highest
Indebtedness which this corporation shall be
allowed at any time shall not exceed the sum
of two hundred Nifty l250l dollars. The pri'
vate property of the stock holders shall be eX'
empt from corporate debt. The. apital STOCK
is In the sum of fifteen hundred dollars.
Until the annual election in January, isOs,
these are the orcers and directors duly
elected by the shareholders: President. d. D..
Lommen; Manager, secretary ana treasurer.
Julius Brown; Electrician, Il. ii. Orvella; Aud
itor, G. j. Thorgrimson: Directors, Theodore
Thonnp son. Ed Lynne, c. J. Thorsrimson,
George Johnson, N. III. Gjevre, d; %.
Rodvang. q. NJ Kiel, q. Syyerson, j., r.
Haugen o. T.. Hamrc. q. y, Lomen. NJ J.
Carter. 4. III. Orvella, +, w. DIESEL, a. jacob
son.
Nordness, Iowa, January IL, 1907. Of
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-13
CLAY HILL
From on. regular correspondent.

From on. regular correspondent.
Feb. 10, 1907.
st. Valentines day next Thursday.
Miss Allie Seegmiller entertained
company from DEBORAH last Thursday
| evening.
Jim Glover spent several days last
week in DEBORAH at the home of his
grandparents.
George and Nellie Rastetter were
among those from here who attended
the basket ball game in DEBORAH last
Saturday evening.
J. J. Seegmiller was business
visitor in Union. Iowa, the fore part
of last week.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Chas. Glover very
Hospitality entertained their many
Clay Hill friends at cards and dane
ing last Friday evening. A very nice
time is reported by those who were
present.
The ice hauling bee at VIM. Will
liams' last Monday was we'll attended
and good supply of the Iowa rivers
product was stored away for the
scorching days of next July.
hdstcI ncRludlu EcdISOu Is blic
proud owner of a beautiful young
colt, which his father purchased for
him.
Several flom here attended dance
in DEBORAH last Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob J. Hove and
family spent Sunday with relatives
sOuth of town.
A number of our young people at
tended party given at the Williams
home last evening. Dancing and
playing cinch was enjoyed by all
till midnight when an oyster supper
was served. after which the merry
party dispersed reporting jolly good
time.
Several of our young people at
tended the reception given at the
Gross home Saturday evening in
honor of Mr.. Nick Johnson of Thomp-
son, Iowa. The evening was spent
in dancing and playing games till
midnight when supper was served,
after which dancing was again par
ticipated in and continued until the
early hours of morn. All who were
present report the occasion as being
among the best of the season.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-02-13
From our regular Correspondent

rom our regular correspondent
Feb. IL, 1907.
Mrs. Ralph Johnson went to Alden,
Mimi. this week.
Miss Ringeon of Ridgeway was the
guest of Ella Sandager over Sunday.
Miss Helena Dostal is visiting Mrs.
Arthur Martin in Mason City.
Miss Libbie Ryan is visiting in
Mason City this week.
Miss Elizabeth Millward returned
from Minneapolis Sunday night.
Nellie Barker of DEBORAH came over
the latter part of the week to meet a
cousin.
Mrs. Edwin Peterson and Mollie
Severson entertained at cards Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. E. G. Walker has gone to
Fredericksburg for visit.
j. @. Morris has moved his jewelry
stock into the building vacated by
Edwin Peterson.
Mrs. Becker entertained the Spin
sters Thursday evening.
A business meeting of the Epworth
League will be held with Miss Kaye
tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Theodore Olson has a sister
visiting her from DEBORAH.
A masquerade ball is to be held in
the opera house tonight. Music by
Thaler's orchestra
Miss Floy Hazelton spent Saturday
and Sunday at home from Monona
this week.
Mrs. Holtz and little son returned
to their home in Tilden Friday after
an extended visit with the Tom
Ryan family.