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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-17
Shallow Planting.

Corn should be planted one and one
half to two inches deep. Experiments
have shown that whether corn is
planted one, two, three or four inches
deep the root system starts out at the
same depth from the surface. But if
the corn is planted deep it takes much
longer for the sprout TO reach the sur
face, and it is important to have the
corn come up as quickly as possible.
would plant corn just as shallow as
possible to insure moisture for its
termination. Listed corn withstands
wind storms and dry seasons much
better than level planted corn, but if
corn is listed the ground should be
thoroughly drained.-Illinois Farmers
institute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-17
Wooino the Tickle God.

81 have been troubled with insomnia
all my life" remarked the nervous
man. land, like most people similarly
afflicted, l have tried all the familiar
lodges to induce sleep. The results
were never particularly satisfactory
in the way of producing the desired eff
feet until one night thought had ac-
tually found a sleep inducer when ]
CHANGED to. grasp one of the rods al
the head of my bed with both hands
and practically hung the weight of my
body on it. That sent me to sleep
and it did the same thing for a few
times. when, to my extreme disap-
pointment, / found it had ceased to
work. / was as badly off as ever re-
Gently until one night. when l had a
bad cough. as we'll as an attack of
sleeplessness. l tried the well known
remedy of, trying to send myself off
into the land of Nod by taking long,
deep breaths. What it did to me and
has done several times since was not
to only send me to sleep. but to stop
my cough completely before lost con-
seriousness. Just why it did'so is not
of much consequence. That it did so
is the thing that concerns me most
New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-17

The sides come up high enough, you
see. to keep the child from falling ont,
while the whole thing is constructed
along the hygienic lines that are taught
down in the nursery department. You
can put it in the bedroom. use it for an
oven and window seat in the daytime
and for crib at night if you want TO.
You can fix It so as to put the baby to
bed in it while you are cooking if yon
want to. This perhaps is not advisa
bic in summer, as a very small amount
of heat is likely TO get through the
mat, but in winter it won't hurt him.
"NOw the summer has come. and
mother and the children are away to
the seashore. Father wants to enter
tain Il few friends in the apartment
some night or he wants something
cooling himself sometimes You see,
know all about these things because
know my father. and l also know my
brothers Simplest thing imaginable.
If heat can't get out, neither can it get
in. Bring your bottle mp cold from
shall l say the drug store? Place II
in here and put the mats around It.
1t keeps cool till you want to use it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-17

The army regulations of the United
States provide that the flag at every
post shall be raised at reveille each
morning and lowered each evening at
sunset. while the soldiers stand at sa-
lutte and the band plays 1.-The Star
Spangled Banner"
The flag is never left out overnight
for any reason. except perhaps one.
When fort or military post is actual
ly under fire from the enemy the flag
may wave defiantly until hostilities are
over. This was POLITICALLY exemplified
in Keys immortal song. wherein one
line has it. Through the night our flag
was still therev'
AT all army posts. moreover. there is
special storm flag. half as large as
the regular post flag, which is flown
in stormy and windy weather.
Another regulation is that on all oc-
casions when the flag is displayed at
half mast it shall be lowered to that
position from the top of the staff. II
is hoisted to the top of the staff before
1t Is finally lowered.-Harper's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-17
Names Wasted Wood.

There are $4,000 cords of wood at
modest estimate going to rot in York
county, Me. according to John Mer-
serve, the agent for the Biddeford Rec
ord, who knows every crossroad and
about every farm in the county This
wood is left by the portable mills in
the shape of tops. 1t is not cut up, be-
cause it would cost more than it i,
worth to haul it to market. so it lies
there rotting on lots stripped by the
portable mills. says the Kennebec
Journal. Mr.. Merserve says that he
was offered as much as he wanted of
oak. maple and beech tops for 80
cents a cord. In some cases, where the
stripped lots are near enough to make
1t worth while. farmers are saving
their own wood and cutting up this
refuse for fuel, paying % cents cord.
In one lot over in Lyman he estimates
that there are 500 cords of good wood
going to waste.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-17

Bloomingdale street, Chelsea, Mass
He says:
For five years | have sought re-
lief for indigestion, stomach trouble
and dyspepsia, spending nearly all my
wages with doctors and obtaining no
results. | had dull pains across. my
back, radiatingl to the shoulders
had splitting headaches, which nothing
seemed to cure. There was a gnawing
and rumbling in my stomach and
bowels. | was troubled with vertigo
and dizziness, and at times almost
overcome by drowsiness.
Il felt tired and worn out all the
time, my sleep was not refreshing,
and | would get up in the morning
feeling as weary as when | went to
bed. My appetite was variable-raven-
Gus at times, then again nauseated at
the sight of food Sometimes my face
was pale. at other times flushed !
was constipated and bilious. and had
catarrhal affection in nose and throat
which caused me to hawk and spit
a great deal especially in the morning
heard SO much of the Cooper rene.
dies that decided to try them. After
taking one bottle, a tapeworm so feet
long passed from my system. ! felt
better almost Immediately. All my
| troubles disappeared as if by magic
and my Improvement was rapid.
now feel entirely well and can honest
| ~ recommend Mr. Cooper's medicine
to anyone who suffers as l did,
We sell the Cooper medicines which
give universal satisfaction.-Har
House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-17
How to Start Crop of Corn

(Written for Illinois Farmers Institute
Press Bureau by Arthur ]. Bill)
w. II. Rowe and son Charles A.
Rowe of Jacksonville have been I'M
usually successful in mastering the de-
tails of producing large crops of corn
upon a small farm. Their average
yield for four years in succession has
been so bushels per acre. They are
thoroughly intelligent as well as prac-
teal in their work, and their expert
ence in getting a crop started as told
by the latter in several farmers in
stitutes is as follows:
If we are going to raise a great crop
of corn we must not despise the day
of small things. Besides using the in
struction that agricultural professors
can give, We must put a great deal of
hard work and attention to details
into the production of this crop. 1t is
not any one thing that makes the big
crop, but the combination of many
small things, well done. From start
to finish we must not omit single
thing that the crop demands. We must
do any thing that will add another kerr
mel TO the ear or another ear TO the
crop.
The production of a crop of corn may
be represented by the following equa-
ton:
With the best kind of soil, and the
most favorable season, and the best
seed, and the work done by the best
kind OF farmer, the result will be ii
crop of corn that viii nearly, if not
quite, average 100 bushels per acre.
But if any of these four factors be di-
vided by two. it will very nearly di-
vide that leo bushel yield by two.
Care of the Soil.
We begin the crop the first of Aug
ust by hauling manure which dairy
man gave us and spreading upon the
clover sod Without fertile soil we
cannot raise. corn. The farmer who
grows just, corn and oats and hauls
them to the elevator will not continue
to raise good crops of corn. The farm
er who feeds cattle on hillside and
lets the fertility from the feed yard
wash down the creek will lose a great
deal of his soil and his crop of corn.
He must put back the fertility that is
taken from the land by the crops. He
must adopt some system by which he
can permanently maintain the fertility
of the soil or he cannot keep up the
corn yields. A carpenter cannot work
without tools, and we cannot work out
a large crop of corn without fertility
maintained in the soil.
We know that the ground is injured
when soft by tramping of live stock,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-17

The farmer is great factor in the
production of the crop. If the first
three factors are all right, but the
farmer only half does his work, he
may get no more than half crop.
Two Ways of Saving the stalks.
One way to handle the stalks is to
chop them up and pillow them under,
saving their organic matter for humus
in the soil. Another way, in which we
have successfully managed a heavy
growth of stalks is as follows:
First we disked the stalks both ways.
the disk rollers being ground sharp.
Then spading disk was used and the
soil worked thoroughly four inches deep
while the stalks were left on top of the
ground. These stalks were kept out
of the way of the planter by two
limbs cut from tree and wired to the
OF it and push the stalks to each side.
We cannot prepare the ground any
too we'll In the above process the
ground was double disked each time.
making six workings before it was
planted. When the stalks are plowed
under, the method sometimes followed
is to disk and harrow first, then to
plow, harrow and plant. The harrow
follows the pillow very quickly, all the
freshly plower ground being narrowed
every noon and night.
Another form of spring preparation
which we have applied with good eff
feet is ds follows: The ground was
disked four times; that is, lap-disked
twice. using a spader the first time
and an ordinary disk week later, and
the land was narrowed after each dou.
bic disking. After several years ex-
perience in the matter, we prefer disk
ing to blowing. Sod ground, of course
1st h1. taln,I.od
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-17

land the animals should be kept off the
stalk field at such times. 1t is mis-
take to rake and burn stalks. We
should return their organic matter to
the soil, and this will help to keep it
in good physical condition.
Gathers seed in October.
The first of October we go into the
cornfield with sacks and gather seed
corn, taking the best ears from the
best stalks. This field selection of
seed is important. So much of the
corn falls down when the wind storms
come, but some stalks do not fall, and
seed should be selected from the lat
ter; that is, from the stalks that have
good root development. In selecting
seed ears at the crib, we cannot tell
anything about the stalk that produces
those ears. There is as much individu-
atty in ears of corn as there is in
people. 1t is very necessary to see the
stalks upon which our seed ears grow,
and We should select ears from only
such stalks as have the characteristics
that We desire in the stalks of the fol
lowing crop
Experiments in selecting seed from
tall and short stalks at the University
of Illinois have developed two types of
stalks. with an average difference of
20 inches in height Both kinds yield
the same amount of grain, but the
shorter stalk is much to be preferred.
Hence the advisability of selecting
seed ears from short or medium stalks
We tie the seed ears in string and
hang them up in an open shed, where
they may dry out thoroughly.
Four Important Points.
| am not so particular about all the
fine points of the score card. but |
consider as most important the size
and shape of the ear and the size ana
shape of the kernel, as called for by
the score card. If We are going to Sc
lect seed for extreme length of kernel
we must save the seed in the fall so
the ear can dry out; for the deeper
the kernel, the longer it talks to dry
out.
II Paid to Test Each Separate Ear.
Last spring | tested five kernels
from each car of enough seed corn to
plant 100 acres, rejecting every ear
from which any one or more of the
five kernels failed to terminate well,
and | know that it paid to do this
work The round kernels We're care
fully picked out of the seed corn. If
edge-drop planter is used, it is almost
necessary to grade the corn. and lit
tie shaking grader of zinc screens,
with elongated holes, seems the most
practical machine to use
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-17
Smoking In Clubs,

The question of smoking was burn
ing one in the midnineteenth century.
and it was not until 1915 that Whites
gave up a room to the users of tobac-
co. and in all clubs the smokers were
relegated to the most dismal apart
ments. 1t was King Edward when
Prince of Wales who broke through
the tradition. and when Whites re-
fused to extend the accommodation for
smokers started the Marlborough.
wherein smoking was permitted in ev-
cry part Of the house but the dining
room.-LondOn Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-17
OVER TWO THOUSAND
VISITORS A DAY
Cooper Explains Reason for Remarkable Average
of Boston Callers.

During l.. I. Cooper's recent stay
in Boston, it is estimated that $4,000
people talked with him and purchased
his medicine This is AN average of
over 1000 day.
His success was SO phenomenal as
To cause universal comment both by
the public and the press. There must
be reason for this. Here is the
reason given in his own words by Mr..
Cooper when interviewed on the sub
ject. He said:
THE immense numbers of people
who are calling on me here in Boston
is not unusual. | have had the same
experience for the past two years
wherever l have gone. The reason is
a simple one. 1t is because my medi-
cine puts the stomach in good condi-
ton. This does not sound unusual,
but it is fact the key to health. The
stomach is the very foundation of
life | attribute 80 per cent of all
sickness directly 20 the stomach.
Neither animals nor men can re-
main well with a poor digestive appa-
ratus. Few can be sick with diges-
ton in perfect condition AS matter
of fact, most men and women today
are halfsick. 1t is because too much
food and too little exercise have grad
ually forced the stomach into half
sick condition. My medicine gets the
stomach back where it was, and that
is all that is necessary"
Among Boston people who are
staunch believers III Mr.. Cooper's
theory. is Frank ID. Brown, of 81
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-17
Rank EooIishness.

when attacked by cough Or a
cold, or when your throat is sore, it is
rank foolishness to take any other
medicine than DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry" says c. o. Eldridge of Empire,
Ga. 81 have used New Discovery
seven years and know it is the best
remedy on earth for coughs and colds,
Group, and all throat and lung troubles
My children are subject to Group, but
New Discovery quickly cures every at.
tack" Known the world over as the
king or throat and lung remedies.
Sold under guarantee at all druggists
so cents and 81. Trial bottle free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-17
Wisconsin's Banana Crop.

The banana crop in Wisconsin is re-
ported to he fourishing. and full
yield is certain. says the Washington
Post, The crop is of six years growth
and is Enclosed within the limits of one
room in the horticultural station of the
University of Wisconsin. In other
words, the one tree in the university Is
also the only one in the state. and it Is
growing nicely. There is one small
bunch of bananas on il.
Eat anything you want, don't starve
yourself, fearing it won't agree, for
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea cleans
the bowels and stomach, and makes
digestion easy. 35c, tea or tablets. T.
II. Thomas pharmacy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-17

resented T. w. Babcock and D. C. Richard
son OF WATERFOWL, We're there with the
barred Rocks. q. H.. Washburn OF Water
1 - Ra showed some elegant Bun Rocks. L.
Misener. Goodwin. $. D.; John S. pyle.
Huron, S. d.; w. b.. Mallory, Lennon s
p; had the goods with the White Rocks.
As with Durham cattle, the popularity OF
the White Rocks shows the tendency OF
the Dakota farmer to the combination or
dual purpose breed. A. C. Morehouse, OF
WATERFOWL. showed Silver Laced wyandot-
Ashton Of Watertown, showed Bur Wyan-
dottcs- W.. $. Snyder, Ethan, s. ID. and /.
J: stick. Sioux Falls. showed Partridge
Wyandottes. The White Wyandottes Were
L. e. spicer of WATERFOWL. J. e. Shuttle,
Lebanon. s. D., showed the only lot of
Rhode Island Reds. e. NJ. Thomas of
Langshans. 4. +. Ritchley of Huron. exhib-
tied a few Cornish Indian Games. c.. NJ.
Atwood of Dundee. Mimi. probably had the
largest display, consisting of light, dark
and Partridge Cochins. VIM. r. Vinegar
of Brookings. showed some very fine English
Salmon Favorolles and Houdans. Turkeys,
geese and pets of various kinds. We're
an attractive part OF the display but space
forbids further mention.
Financially the Fair was a great success.
much money remaining TO be ut into
Improvements for next year. Everyone left
exhibition free from the old time gambling
devices. free from drunkenness. well policed
by Company A of Highmore and other
picked men of the Fourth Regiment. They
had listened to the beautiful music fur
ished by the Fourth Regiment band and had
been entertained on the street at night by
the Huron band and a good carnival COM
pany.
The whole atmosphere OF the Fair was
typical of South Dakota as she is today.
busy and %bustling. solid and substantial.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-17
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE FAIR
Proves to Be a Success In Every
Particular
THE WEATHER WAS PRoPITDuS
The Exhibits We're The Greatest
Ever Shown In State

That South Dakota is growing and that
things grow in South Dakota is no longer
a matter Of doubt. AS a criterion of a
state or nations prosperity, there is nothing
to compare with the Agricultural and indus
trial exposition. The State Fair at Huron,
just closed was an unparalleled success.
Weather conditions were ideal throughout
the week and between fifteen and twenty
thousand people visited the fair every day.
The races and special attractions, including
an airship ascension, claimed the spectators
attention in the afternoon. but all found
time to examine the displays of farm and
factory that form the educational back
bone of an exhibition of this kind.
Immediately after entering the grounds
the dairy and horticulture building was ex-
amined. Entering the north wing, the dis
play from the State college at Bookings,
together with an exhibit of grains from
the Highmore and Eureka sub-stations oc-
cupied the entire left side. Highmore was
chosen for the purpose of dry land forage
and cereal testing. The display was luxuri-
ant, being a collection of eighty-fve varie-
ties of grain and nearly fifty varieties Of
grasses and legumes, including seven hardy
varieties of alfalfa. The grain exhibit
from the Bookings station was arranged
in the form OF a map OF the state. Each
grain was ticketed showing yield per acre.
The hybrid plums and small fruit original
ed by Prof. n. e. Hansen were the center
of much interest. The dairy department
showed a very instructive collection of dairy
novelties including a set of Jars showing
the average composition by analysis Of the
various feeds and of the body of the dairy
COW. The State Buttermakers' association
held a butter scoring contest, reamerie
competing from all parts of the state. Fol-
lowing are the scores obtained by those
whose buffer scored above ninety:
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-17
whose butter scored above ninety

Carl Hartwig, Castlewood, S. D......96.5
A. III. Wilcox, Boomer. Wis........96.0
Carl Nelson, Hanson, S. D.........95.5
A. p. Ryger, Milbank, S. D.......95.O
l.. p. Holgerson, Troy Center, Wis...94.O
F. Madsen, Summit, S. D.........94.O
Carl Jensen, Tulare, S. D...!.......94.-
Albert Anderson, Savo, S. D.......93.5
Henry Suhr. Calmar, a.............93.5
c. w. Sly, Mithcell, S. D...........93.5
chris Rogers. Astoria. S. .........93.
Alvin Fenstad, Beresford, $. D.....93.5
George Hagberg, Kidder. S. D.....s3.5
Alvin Schroeder, Adams, Minn.....93.
NJ. F.. Bull, Alcester, S. D.........93.0
+. A. Paulson, Webster. 5. D.......93.o
f. H.. Baldwin, Letcher, S. D.......gS.
VIM. Douglass, Willow Lakes. S. D..93.-
chris Hansen. S. D......92.5
Leroy Marsh, Parkston, s. D.......92,-
+. F. Smith, Salem. S. D.........Si'5
u. Peterson, Sherman, 5. D.......9l.5
w. d. Chrysler, Harrisburg, 5. DID
j. NJ. Rasmussen, South Shore......9l.5
O.. c. Beck, Britton. S. D.........9l.5
*. O. Fossum. Baltic, $. D.........S0.5
Thomas Bang, Lynn. S. D.........9o'5
w. S. Leonard. Canova, s. D.......90.0
w. T. R~idgeway, Toronto, S. D.....9O.0
]. l.. Jensen, Canova, S. D.........9o.O
NJ & Trautman. White Lake, 5. D.. sou
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-17
Hogs.

Duroc Jerseys are becoming more pepu-
lar every year. This breed was represent
ed by r. J. Weiland. Canistota. s. d.. A.
L. Mossman e. Son. Radcliffe. Iowa; Hen
niger Bros. Geneseo, H.; r. II. Dunklee.
De Smet, S. D. and Geo. A. Smith. De Smet.
s. d.
Poland Chinas as usual were well repres-
ented. H. p. Kinyoun. Huron. S. d.; A. TT.
Berry, Armour, S. D.; Frank l.. Minis. Cam
ton, s. D.; P. E. Murphy. Oldham. s. d.
and o. s. Jones, Madison, s. D., all showed
good herds.
Chester Whites were shown by Henniger
Bros, Geneseo, Ill; J. L. Barber. Harlan,
Ia. and T. f. Van Denmark, Hartford, s. d.
Three exhibitors. c. l.. Johnson, Nashua.
Ia; d. F. Mackay. Madison. S. ID. and
August Anderson, Valley Springs, S. d..
showed Berkshires. With the widening of
the corn belt the number of hogs handled
increases. Many Dakota farmers have yet
to make their start in hogs. An exhibition
of such quality as this should help them
start right.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-17
sheep.

The Shropshires had II all their own way
in the sheep pens. Four good focks were
shown. II; G. Skinner OF Brookings. won
ner is a graduate OF Ames and for many
years was assistant in animal husbandry at
nized as the best authority on sheep in the
Northwest. Robt F. Daley OF Flandreau,
and +. p. Van De Marx. OF Hartford 3.
D. also had good locks of Shropshires.
Blanchar Bros. showed a few pens Of
Hampshires and w. r. Dussell Of Monte
video. MINI, showed some exceptionally
good Oxford Downs.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-17

Poultry. the great side issue OF the farm
and suburban home. the annual producer
of a vast amount of wealth, was well rep
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-03-19
Alleged Proof Against Firman

Port au Prince, Haiti. March IT,
The Haitien governments ACTIVITY p
summarily dealing with number OF al
legged conspirators In threatened up
rising has had the effect of causing
anxiety In the hearts OF many, for II Is
not known where the next blow may
fall, or how far.reacbing the revolution
AIRY trouble may be.
The statement is made officially that
the government. having come into pos
session of proofs that General Firmin.
the leader OF the late unsuccessful revo-
lutlonary movement, who Is now a ref
ugee In the French consulate at Coma.
ives, had organized. through CORE
spondence, a new Instruction in Port
au Prince, decided upon the arrest OF
the principal consprators. This upris.
ing, the statement continues, had as
It's object the overthrow of the govern
ment and the assassination of the
president and II was discovered through
the lnterceptlon Of letters sent by Fir
min TO a number OF his adhefents and
others In an attempt TO enlist them IN
the new movement.
The consplrators were taken by sur
prise with arms and munitions In their
possession and were executed forth
with The chief conspiraior, Massillon
Coicou. before he was executed, gave
the names OF several military officers
who, he declared, We're implicated In
the plot The men have been placed
under arrest and will be given trial
Il is stated. before a regular court.