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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

The black raspberry has its pecullarl-
ties, and among them is that of the
annual travel to now soil by means of
the tips. Stocks from the hill are COM
paratively worthless for new planta-
tons; and growers of valuable varieties
must obtain their plants from the tips
of the present years growth. The nrSt
part Of July, if it has not been attend
ed to sooner, when the growing canes
nave reached the height of 4 feet, nip
out the point with thumb and finger,
and soon branches will coIne out along
the cane, increasing the number to take
root, and adding to the productiveness
Of the plant the next season. Leave
the bearing ane in its place until fall.
Later, when it is time for the tips to
attach themselves to the soil, the root
ing can be facilitated by a slight COW
ering of dirt. In preparing for the
crop in spring head in the branches to
two or three feet, according to their
strength.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
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It has practically been decided by the
Navy Department, on the advice Of the
naval officers who have to do with the
preparedness of ships for war, to make
the dock at the new Pearl HarbOr sta
ton the largest of the naval structures
of that sort. 1t will be Of the granite
concrete type, which is best suited to
withstand the influences Of climate and
resist the encrOachments Of water, and
large enough to take in battleships
which may be designed in the next
twenty-five years. There is q differ
ence of expert opinion as to the ulti-
mate size Of ships, some officers be-
lieving that the battleship has attained
it's maximum size. Others maintain
that the 3O.OOO-ton battleship Is not far
off. At all events, the Pearl Harbor
dock will probably be nearly 0 feet
in length. 1t will be no mistake to
give the dock the largest possible di-
mensions, since a big dock cal be used
in accommodating several ships, and
the space is not wasted. 1t is also pur-
posed that the Pearl Harbor station
shall be a model of its kind. 1t will
cost in it's completed state about $1O,-
GOO, 900, since 1t will have elaborate
coaling, cold storage and handling IA
~cilities, as we'll as a plant for repair
ing ships.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

In the great corn belt of the Middle
West most farmers are afraid their
wheat will make too much top in the
fall and SOW very late in order to avoid
the Hessian fly. AS a rule, however, it
is better to SOW early enough to get
eight or ten inches growth. Harrow
the seed bed frequently, making a fine
dust mulch, which will conserve moist
ure and cause regular termination.
Wheat put in this way makes a strong
er growth in the spring and natures at
least a week earlier. If early and late
seeded wheat come through the winter
without injury the early wheat will al
ways outyield the other, although it
may have q tendency to lodge. Watch
your own wheat next spring and see
how it. comes out and then sow next
fall at a time to make it better the fol-
lowing wear,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

"Cook, sweep, dust and sew, these
four words Will never make n happy
home" writes the editor In Woman's
Home Companion. "They do not make
sympathy, and love, and ambition, and
faith; but they go a long way toward
making room for these things. The av-
erage bride has n trunkful Of ideals,
and maybe two trunkfuls OF clothes,
Her cook book-if she has one and the
leaves are cut at au-opens easily to
fudge But unless she has mastered
enough pages of this book to get three
meals a day, without ~exhausting her
W body and soul, and her husbands,
too, she will have little time for clothes
and none at all for ideals. She finds
herself involved in the mastery of the
merest technical details. In spite Of
her best ~endeavors, her husband loses
his enthusiasm for badly cooked food
poorly served. Perhaps she tells him
that he couldn't do it so well himself,
and then he tells her about what he can
do-perhaps it's soldering q joint or
adding up a column Of figures or draw
ing q straight line between two given
points-but anyhow he can do it, be-
c. it is his business and he has per-
fected himself in 1t, and If she-and
then the Cook and Sweep and Dust and
Sew fling wide the doors of that house,
and Sympathy and Love and Ambition
and Faith make their escape"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
SHE COULD Tot WALK

For Notwithstanding Humor On
AnkIes-opintcs Alone Brought
Sleep-Eczemn Yielded to Catt-
curn.
AZ had eczema for over two years.
/ had two physicians, but they only
gave me relief for a short time n I
cannot enumerate the ointments and
lotions I used to no purpose. My an
kles were one mass Of sores. The Itch
ing and burning were so intense that
I could not sleep. I could not walk for
nearly four months. One day my hus-
band said | had better try the Cuticura
Remedies. After using them three times
| had the best nights rest in months
unless | took an opiate. l used one
set of C%uticura Soap. Ointment, and
Pills, and my ankles healed In a short
time. 1t is now a year since l used
Cuticura, and there has been no return
of the eczema. Mrs. David Brown,
Locke, Ark, May 10 and July 13, 1907"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

the knife cut lengthWiSe of h branch,
Just through the bark, a slit about IL
inches long, and at the top of this
slit cut across about u inch, as shown
at a. Next remOve from a branch
of the same seasons growth of the de-
sired variety one of the strong, healthy
buds by cutting from below the bud up
and under it. Start about l inch be-
low the bud and come out again l inch
above the bud, as at b. Cut deep
enough into the wood so as not to In
jure the bud, and cut it so as not to
have too much wood under the bud.
Then place the bud, C, on the end OF
the knife and push down into the Silt,
as above described. Push securely In
place, so that the bud is about l inc
below the upper cut. Then wrap care
fully with yarn, as at d.. In W or
three weeks examine and see if the bud
has grown fast and 50 that the yarn
is not injurinS it.. Should the yarn
be loose, retie. The bud should start
to grow the following spring.
Success largely depends upon wheth-
er the stock is growing vigorously OF
whether the bud is healthy. The bud
serves the same purpose as the scion
III grating. From it springs q limb
which will produce the kind Of fruit
borne by the tree from which the bud
was taken.-W. II. Underwood, In
Farm and Home.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
The COME AND SEE SIGN

This sign is permanently attached
to the front Of the main building OF
the Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean?
1t means that public inspection on
the Laboratory and methods OF dolngs;
business is honestly desired. Itmeans'
that there is nothing about the bGs-
mess which is not "open and above
board.".
1t means that a permanent invlra-
ton is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound;
Is it a purely vegetable COMPOUNDS
made from roots and herbs with
out drugs?
Come and See.
: Do the women ofAmerica continu-
| ally use as much of it as we are toldt
Come and See.
Was there ever such q person as
Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to write?
Come and See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential?
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents?
Come and See.
| Have they proof that Lydia T.,
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has.
| cured thousands of these women?
Come and See.
This advertisement is only fol-
doubters. The great army OF women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia i. Pfnkham,s
| Vegetable Compound Tor female LIS
will still go on using and being ben.
Gifted by it; but the poor q. biting
suffering woman must, for her own
sake be taught confidence forsne also
might just as well regain her health
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
Budding Fruit Trees.

It Is sometimes desirable to bud or
inarG trees at IL time when cleft graft
ing can not be done. The work can be
done in late August, September and
carly October. The purpose of budding
trees is very much the same as that
Of grating. The apple, plum and rose
bush particularly, may be operated up
on to advantage and with good results.
The work of budding can be done by
a sharp, round-pointrd knife and a
ripcc OF warn. Usually the best results
follow by selecting n place where the
branch is from q to - inch in diane
ter, and where the bark is smooth and
healthy. With the rounded part OF
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
CHICAGO HAS BIG FIRE;
WHOLE CITY MENACED
Spectacular Elevator Blaze Causes
Loss of Over One Million
Dollars.
DEPARTMENT IN HARD FIGHT
Huge Grain Storehouses Are De
Stroyed and Fire Boat Is
Sunk.

One of the ~fiercest and most spectnC-
ular fires that has ragged in Chicago in
years, which left 4 property loss or
S~1,5JS,O6O in its wake and threatened Il
repetition of the ConfagrAtion of 1SIl.
started Monday afternoon in the dock
freiglthOusC Of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad at 10th street and
the river. Two grain elevators, hun
drcdS|Of thousands Of bushels of grain,
Il freight depot. fifty freight cars and Il
number of buildings and sheds were de-
Stroycd.
During the height of the blaze hun
dreds Of burning boards Il shingles
we're carried on the breast of a strong
southwest wind, and the situation be-
came SO critical at one time that Fire
Marshal Koran prophcsiCd a general
conflagratiOn throughout the city, if the
fire crossed the river. Desperate work
by the fireulen kept the flames from
spreading.
So intense was the heat at one time
that the tiremen could not approach
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
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8ip@R1r

The three-mile open professional bicy-
Gle record was broken at Salt Lake City
by f. a. Mcfarland, whose time was
5:33.
President Roosevelt has sent a con-
team on its victory at the Olympic shoot
at Bisley.
Reports that James r. Keene will ship
his stable to England this fall unless the
turf situation improves are. current in
New York.
At Latonia. VIII Fizer still leads the
winning owners with a comfortable mar
gin, Pinkola being the nag that is re-
sponsible for it.
Allison Jack. we'll known throughout
the Southern States in recent years as an
all-around athlete, died from injuries re-
ceived during the track meet at New Or
leans, when he was struck on the head
by a thrown hammer.
V. Powers has no trouble holding his
| place at the head of the jockey list at
Latonia, and his record shows a winning
percentage of "a.
Col. Milton Young of Kentucky has
decided to sell his famous McGrathiana
| stud and to dispose of the 100 weanlings,
yearlings, mares and stations now on the
place.
President Bryce of the Columbus, Ohio,
baseball club and one Of the founders of
the American Association. dropped dead
of heart disease in front of 5000 people
ut tho Columbus ball park.
At Peoria, Ill.,, Amy Brooks won the
| 2:19 tret in straight heats from Spanish
Queen, the candidate for the Detroit, NJ.
and NJ. stakes.
The Michigan Supreme Court has sus-
tanned the Circuit Court in refusing to
issue an order prohibiting Sunday base
bail in Detroit.
For the first time in many years Du-
lut1 will be wei, represented in the big
harness races that will be pulled of at
| the western fairs this fail.
James G. Lathrop for twenty years
coach of the Harvard track team. has
been dismissed as the crimson's coach by
| the Harvard athletic committee.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

within half q block of the flames and
the paint on the boat Chicago, which
was nearest to the scene, was scorcheG
in several places. The grain stored i'll
the elevators was attacked by fire on
every side and its destruction gave adj
ditional alarm to members of the board
of trade. who are exercised over 4
threatened crop shortage.
Wall Sinks Fire Tug.
The steel frebOat Illinois. the pride
of the Chicago fire department, was
sent to the bottom of the river at $50
d. III. Tuesday as the spectacular cul-
minatiOn of the disastrous blaze OF the
day before. The tireboat was sunk by
the collapse Of the east wall of eleVa-
tor F, near 10th street and the river,
and a number of firemcn were slightly
injured and narrowly escaped death by
drowning when the crash came without
anything to indicate that danger was
near.
Two engineers and four stokerS. to-
gether with Capt. Lyons, were on board
the boat and were rescued with difficult
~. y pipcman. who was standing on
the docks. was knocked SenSClesS by a
hail of flying debris and was severely
cut on the head.
The boat, valued at 100000 received
the full force Of tho terrific crash and
was crushed in by the falling wall. The
engine room and the i~re-Gghting ma
chinery were reduced to Il tangled mass
of steel and the craft sank Immediate
ly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

Judge Thomson in the Federal Circuit
Court at Cincinnati, granted a temporary
injunction to stop the enforcement of
the new internal revenue rules against
the local distillers. He. holds that the
system Of branding which has prevailed
for many years has not been abrogated
by the new pure food law, and that the
marking of certain products Spirits and
others alcohol is still lawful, though
contrary to tho new rules of the depart
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

On the boundary line of two farms
IL an Austrian village there is a large
gooseberry bush, from which the two
farmers have for years gathered the
product. What grows on my / q Is
mine. and you may lave the rest" was
the agreement.
Three years ago the n%eighbors had a
misunderstanding, and this came TO q
climax when the gooseberries became
ripe. A lawsuit followed. and appeals
were made TO higher judicial bodies.
The final decision has just been record
ed i IN an Austrian paper.
Each party is to have the rlSht 10
pick the berries which grow on MS slae
If the line. just as it was originally
put neither may destroy the bush. Inc
costs are charged half to each litigant.
Each farmer had to pay two hundred
and twenty-five krone. The yearly
Weld of the bush is worth about one
half krone. and the judge told the Ms t.
ing faEn,ers:
with good duck, it will a k you
only eight hundred years to make tns
bush rag. Take good care OF 1t"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

ment the car plunged down the steep
~embankment, t~hirty-five feet below.
Mrs. Mccormick was the wife Of
Thomas Mccormick, president OF the
Mccormick Iron Works Of San Francis
co. and Mrs. O'Brien's husband is the
proprietor of the keystone Manufac-
turing Works. Saturday afternoon
Mrs. Frederick Marriott, the wife Of a
prominent San Francisco publisher, and
James ID. Gilbert were killed in a SINH
lar accident.
At Hutchinson, Kan, Judge George
A. NandCrveer, candidate for the Re
publican nomination for Judge of the
Ninth Judicial District was killed when
q Rock Island train struck the automo-
bile in which he was finishing his cam
paign.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
A IOul. Ahead,

Queen Alexandra, of gracious pres
encc herself, attended last springs an
nuaI Mansion House fetc in London.
and because of that suspicious fact
there Is a tale to tell. says a writer In
Harper's Weekly, and worth the while.
One Of the d~iminutive flower maidens
was both pretty ana plump, and when
her majesty stopped for an instant to
smile down upol her, what did she do
but put up her wee mouth for q kiss,
which she received.
molly !" gaspcd her astounded moth
er, after the distinguished visitor had
passed on. How could you?'
Molly gave good reason. Il fought
said she, at 'ud be interestin' to tell
nv grandchildren"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
CHlCAGO's HEAT RECORD.
Temperature Rises to 96.4 Degrees,
Highest Since July 81, 1901.

Temperature Rises to 96.4 Degrees,
Highest Since July 81, 1901.
A heat wave that killed, Frustrated,
sickened, crazed and irritated struck
Chicago Monday. The thermometer
ie.,,i,vG 0G.f DEGREES. There We 22!y
one place in he United States warmer
than Chicago. and that was Kansas
City, Mo. The federal thermometer
there registered 9S degrees as Its high
mark. but even with this record 1t Is
not certain that different wind and hu-
Nudity conditions may not have made
the Missouri city much more endurable
than Chicago. The odd part Of 1t all
WIS that there was Il wind Of from
twenty to twenty-five miles an Il
most of the day. Not since July Il,
1901, has Chicago had n higher ther-
momctcr. ON that date he mark SHOW
I'd 1O3 degrees.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
AUTO BRAKES SNAP AND S DIE.
Huge Tonneau Plunges Down EN-
bankment, Killing Occupants.

Huge DoWu ILL
bankment, Killing Occupants.
The second disastrous automobile &C
cident within forty-ciGht hours, lnvolV
ing prominent San Francisco people,
occurred Monday afternoon near Bur
lingamc, the fashionable suburb OF the
city, when Il huge tonneau occupied by
five women and two children plunged
down n steep e~mbankment as the re-
suit Of the Swapping of the brakes and
caused the death Of five of the occu-
pants and injury to two others.
Coming down a steep grade near
Crystal Lake, Miss Ethel Mccormick,
who was at the wheel, ~endeavored to
check tho speed of the car by applying
the foot brake. 1t failed to hold the Al
tOmobile, and she hastily threw on the
brakes. They snapped.
Then the young woman endeavored to
steer the car against the high bank OH
the right. The front wheel, however,
struck q large rock, and the next mo-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
Science vs.. SupcrstitiOn.

rod achievements is pointed out by q
British engineer as a serious injustice
to meteorological experts and artesiar
engineers. The mysterious twig shows
water no cftener than ordinary guess
ing. Science has a far better record,
and in his own experience water has
peel found in hundreds Of places all
over Great Britain by the study of geol-
ogy and physical geography, not ne at
tempt in fifty having failed where sue
cess was confidently expected, and
hardly a success having been recorded
whore conditions seemed adverse.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

or any of the houses may be varied to
suit the builder. The front Of this
house consists of a curtain on a frame
hinged in such Il way that it may be
swung to the roof to allow the sunshine
to enter. The plans of the curtain
front houses lend themselves to he
construction of an enclosed house by
using lumber instead of cotton.
The roosts, nest boxes, drop boards
and in fact all interior fixtures, should
be constructed and put up in such a
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

Secretary Borland Of the Signal and
Train Control Board of the Interstate
Commerce Commission says it will be
worth S. 100000 to the person who in
vents an automatic train stop to be re-
lied upon and which can be installed at q
reasonable cost. After going over the
plans of many inventors, the board has
found none altogether acceptable, but it
was decided to give a trial to the lsowell-
Potter system on the Burlington road
over a period of several months.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

ally examined in the horse on the cord
which passes over the bone of the lower
jaw in front Of its curved position, or
in the bony ridge above the eye; ana
in cattle over the middle of the first
rib; in sheep by placing the hand on
the left side. where the beating Of the
heart NOV hn felt
Any material variations of the pulse
from the figures given above may be
considered as a sigh of disease. If
rapid, hard and full 1t is an indica-
ton of high fever or Inflammation; If
rapid, small and weak, low fever, loss
of blood or weakness. If slow the pos
sibilitics point to brain disease, and If
irregular to heart troubles.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

The farmer is liable to forget his
bird friends. i wish to tell some
of my farmer friends what l awe done
his spring, in regard to II quniIS'
When our assessor came around l
gave in some quailS. as vel as 40
nestle fowls for taxation, as knew
about how many we had on our farm
when winter was over. Some Will say
that you could not tell how many
birds YOU have, because they Will De
on our farm N day, and on your
rCighbOr'S the next. While tina Is
true, do not our domestic fowls 80
over OH our neighbours place, also,
il you give them opportunity TO 90
so: Which most people do that |
know of. But do they not come back
home every evening to rooSt! IL Is
the same with the quail, and he VIII
roost on the farm where he was Drcd
and Matched, providing he is unmoiest-
ed by hunters, hawks, etc. II you
were to chase your domestic fowls
with dog and gun one-tenth as much
rs YOU do the poor little quail, in the
fall of the year, do you think h Il
there would be many chickens on the
roost In your chicken house at night!
The writer has known cOveys that
after being chased and shot at all
dav. would be whistling h call just
at dusk, and after getting back TO-
gether would fly to roost.
\ I think that anything that is rs
valuable as the quail and stays with
you through such circumstances,
should be protected better than most
of our farmers are DOING. II. r., in
the Indiana Farmer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

way that they may be easily removed
for cleaning and disinfection. The dla-
gram Illustrates how they may be ar
ranged with advantage in any house.
The roosts should rest in sockets, and
the drop boards should not be nailed
in place, but simply rest on the cleats
ar thc ends.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

Wife-Why did you give that phon-
ograph away just before we were mar
ried? Didn't you think 1 could use it?
Husband-My dear, I gave it away
to keep peace. Don't you know that
no house is big enough for two talking
machines?
And at the last report he was still
irving to square limself.-Detroit Free
Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
LARGEST Duck Farp,.

Australia t said to have the largest
duck farm and tho largest incubator in
the world The incubator has a capaci-
ty Of 11,440 duck eggs or 1860 hex,
eggs. Tbs machine is, in fact, a hot
house, 1t stands in open ground and is
constructed Of ordinary pine boards,
with corrugated iF&n roof. The egg
trays zach hold 100 duck or 100 hen
eggs, and there are four Of these trays,
end to end, In clever tiers, n above
the other on each side OF the room,
making a total Of eiEhty-eight.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

disordered. | was completely worn out
and discouraged when l began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, but they went
right to the cause Of the trouble and
did their work well. | have been feel
Ing well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
Pioneers to Celebrate.

Thu executive committee of the Mime
sofa Territorial Pioneers Association is
planning for special exercises as a golden
Jubilee celebration at the fair grounds
during State fair week this year. The
secretary Of the association has received
a donation of $500 from the State Argi-
cultural Society for use in the eelebra-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
How He Got the Iden.

NIT
Eyes, dearest; what is it,"
did you get my baby sister at the
grocery"
"Of course not. Whatever put such
an idea in your head?'
"It says on the grocer's wagon, Fam
flies supplied.'"-Judge.