Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-10-16

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The world admires n good fighter and
/ cheerful loser.
Did you know that turpentine applied
lightly with a brush on floors and walls
Of closets will destroy MONS?
II you buy seeds from the grocery
man make him swear that they are not
left over from last years stock.
The farm wives Of America have
done more toward paying the national
debt than all the other women put to-
gether.
Push the lambs along as fast as you
can. The sooner you get them to mar
ket the more money there will be IL
them.
It is estimated tina the honey pro
duced in the United States last year
would load a string Of freight cars
from Chicago to New York.
A New Jersey farmer says that chop
ping wood will be made easier and
with better ogress If the cutting Is
done mostly with the inside corner OF
the ak.
Next time you paper the house scrape
every particle OF loose paper from the
walls first, then cover with n thin coat
ing Of glue water before putting on the
new paper.
Hens and chickens like alfalfa. 1t
must, as usual, be clipped several
times first year. TO prevent 1t being
dug up cover with a lattice. through
which It is picked by the fowls.
Animals OF vicious habits should
never be used for breeding purposes.
as vices are transmitted. BY careful
breeding in this respect the disposition
Of the animals can be positively con-
trolled.
Wyoming experiments In preserving
fence posts show that when the posts
were dipped III crude petroleum and
burned Off 50 that the charred portions
come above the ground when set they
will keep indefinitely.
The tremendous rush of unit hogs
10 market hast fall resulted in a great
depression in h mutton market. and
sheep and lamb feeders have been
greatly discouraged. However. busi-
ness In both lines is rapidly improving.
Some folks use their ireless hay
cooker in which to raise bread and find
1t works to perfection. as it keeps the
dough at exactly the right temper
AZURE. OF course first warm the nests
BY placing kettles of boiling water IL,
them.
We can starve q COW into e tfng most
any old thing On the place. but. Hike
the IrishmRn's horse. whose owner fed
him shavines and put green spectaclGs
on him to make him believe It Was
grass. she Is hkeiy to die rs o as
she gets used 10 it.
II 0 have had any contagious dis
base In the house follow the directions
Of your physician Implicitly In the mat
ter nj f%umigating the after the
patient has been removed. 1t Is gen.
orally cheaper to destroy all bed clothes
and clothes worn by the sick one than
70 run the risk Of another outbreak of
the disease.
An ever and tractable disposition I
q horse is often spoiled by Improper
handling and training. as Is often the
case with the strong willed and wide
awake boy OF girl. The very qualities
which make the child or horse most
useful and valuable II properly trained
make them the more difficult to man.
age If they are not properly handed In
the early stages.
There t a type of folks that are ss
tender hearted as can be IN tfleiY re-
lations to md treatment OF dumb sni-
mails who are seemingly ~callouscd
when it comes to hurting the feelings
Of their own folks Or circulating a false
repor which may besinirch the GOOD
name Of a neighbor or acquaintance.
The first named trait is a most COM
mendable one, but should not be di-
vorced from the higher type Of benes-
olence.
While having a seemingly hard and
Tough bark, trees, especially the fruit
.~,f-~ Is,I - o-nS1Is,~l =, e,1cppnJf
bic to damage by fire. This Is due to
the fact that the life layer Of the tree,
the light yellow canlbiuin layer, Is
Just beneath tho outside bark and, be-
Ing so near the surface, is easily affect
ed by an extreme Of heat. One learns
the truth Of this to bis sorrow at times
when a fire gets away from him when
hurninq litter In the garden or when