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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-07

| quiry for stock of the Fidelity Trust
Company at SIS, without any stock be-
ing offered. The stock Of the Federal
Trust Company was very much in de-
mand, and a large sale was made at
$50. A demand for more at this price
raised the offerings to 100. The West
Side Trust Company increased it's divi-
dend to s per cent, causing their stock
to sell at 1856, closing at that price, with
no offerings less than 100. Equal ad-
vances were made in the stocks of other
banks, the last bid being made for 100
shares of Union National Bank stock
at $50. The Essex County National
Bank closed at 800 bid. offered at 1886,
while the North Ward National Bank
was $50 bid, with offerings at 375.
The insurance companies showed
notable gains. The Prudential advanced
to $50 bid; the Newark Fire Insurance
Company was 225 bid. offered at 235;
the Firemen's Insurance Company, 365
bid; the Colonial Fire Insurance Com
pany was $50 bid, offered at 400. The
statement made during the past week
by the American Fire Insurance Com
pany, showing the earnings of the com
AMY for the past six months to be
over %iVUiUuV, CAUSED quite some dC-
tivity in the stock of that corporation
and caused the bid price of AIS of a
week ago to go to 47o. with no offerings
under 4S0. /.
Conditions Bcttering.
The general improvement in business
conditions and with good times grad
ually increasing its pace, have, of
course, been the chief causes for the
improved conditions existing in all the
markets of the United States, as well
as stimulating conditions abroad.
Within the next few months, and at
the latest by Inauguration Day, condi-
tions will be fully 25 to 80 per cent.
better, it is confidently expected, and
there will be no question that the
country will have been restored to its
former prosperity of two years ago.
There Is one thing sure at the present
time and that is that investors Will
not for many years, If ever, be given
the opportunities that present them
selves now This is especially true of
the local stock market and the real
estate market. Newark n its imme-
diate surroundings never before offered
the investing public such opportunities
in both fields. Many are taking adj
vantage of conditions in a quiet a
but thousands are not alive to the sit
uation.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-07

4 o The hnss sn5 gill Of $ years and under. $50 in prizes az follows: FRS
prke, S15; yecond prize 80, I've przcz Of az each; twcnty prizes of II eneh
To he boys and girls from s to 10 years. s5oi in prices asf follows, FRS
T o III boys Hnd ..iHs f~m 20 10 IL wears $50 in pfNe-. as follows Fra
prke S5: sccond prize. S5, Ave prizes of 81 cach, tvcnty prizes CT 81 each.
q he hoy n @frs from IL to "a years $50 In prizes. as follows; F~t
prks. S5s second prtzc. sos, Ave PRIZES Of 90 zach; iwe".y pTrs Of 81 encm:-.
g he boys ard rr. from IA ia 10 years $50 IN rrke-. as follows; First
pHzc. G5. second ~rsy.. sH Ave- rrcn % 60 Zach; tw~nsy prfyes of 81 each.
Any boy or girl not more than IS years OF age in n schoo in Essex
county and the West Hudson towns-H arrBon, Kearny. Arlington and East
car enter this competition AM work for N OF h prizes. The Inc
The Evening Star is read In cr home" may be WRITER on n kind of
paper. nut must be writer with pei and ink and must be attached to the fol-
lowing coupon.
All pupils to be eligible 10 prizes must have their SAMPLE Of handwriting
atteTed as genuine by their teacher. The teacher must sign the coupon her.
self The fact that the pupil writes IN the teachers name is not sufficient.
and will bar the pupil from winning a prize
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-07

Contest will close December Is, and prizes
will be awarded in time to be Christmas gifts to
the winners.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-07

sidered quite low The present yield
ing powers of all issues are in them
selves very tempting and inviting.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28
THE MANAGEMENT OF
ALFALFA in THE FIELD
letting a Good Stand 1t Should Be Guilty. ated Cara
a"Ay-By A M. TenEyek, Aaronomist Kansas

good stand of alfalfa is a variable
quantity as regards the number of
pants required per unit area I'm a
heWly'seeded field, where plenty of
SEED mas been sown and the conditions
nave been favorable to start the youns
plants, as many as 100 plants per
square root have been counted As
ie" as ten strong young plants per
square foot, fairly evenly distributed
may be considered fair stand-tbick
enough TO leave. 1t is questionable
"nether very thick stand is as good
as thin or medium stand. Those
VINO advocate sowing a small amount
OF seed claim that the thinner sown
aiislia starts stronger and will be
more productive and remain a good
slahd longer than that which is sown
,nickef' one advantage perhaps of the
thicker seeding on fertile land is tho
Tess coarse growth of stem which pro.
uuces inner quality of hay than the
larger coarser growth resulting from
thin seeding
Alfalfa plants gradually die out. so
mat very thick stand may show a
nuch smaller number of plants per
Will area Two or three years after
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28
PREPARES TO
INVADE AFRICA

Pa has had the hardest time of his
life in Paris, and IL ever pitied
man 1t was Pa.
You see, that last fly in the airship
pretty near caused him to cash I'm his
chips. and go over the long road to
the hereafter, cause he got blood
poison from the thorns that run into
him where he landed in the top limbs
OF the thornapple tree. and he
sprained his arm and one hind leg
while being taken down with der.
rick, and then before we left the
country town for Paris he drank some
goats milk, which gave him ptomaine
poison In his inside works. and peas.
ant woman who sewed up his pants
where they We're torn on the tree
pricked him with needle. and he
swelled up so he was unable To sit in
car seat, and his face was scratched
by the thorns Of the tree and there
were blotches all over him. So when
we got TO Paris the health officers
thought he had smallpox and sent him
TO pest house. and they wouldn't
let him in, but vaccinated mo and
turned me loose, and | went 10 the
hotel and told about where Pa was.
and all about II. and they put our
baggage in sort of oven filled with
sulphur and disinfected II. and stole
some of II, and they made me sleep
In dog kennel, and for weeks had
to Keep out Of sight, until Pa was
discharged from the hospital. and the
friends OF Pa ont AT the airship club
In the country got Pas airship that
he bought for government out of
the tree and took II 10 the club and
presented bill for 5000, and | only
had 81 so they held it for ransom.
Gee, but ! worried about PA,
Well, one day Pa showed up at the
hotel looking like ne had been In
railroad wreck, and he was so thin his
clothes had TO be pinned up with
SAFETY pins, and he had spent all his
money, and was burstod.
The man who hired Pa in Washing
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

attempt TO thicken up a thin stand OF
alfalfa on AN old field, since the
younger plants, even II they can be
started, vii hardly survive the season
III competition with the old. well.estab-
hshed plants. The old field which has
become weedy or full of grass had
best be broken and rotated with corn
or other crops for a year or so before
reseeding. In fact, the preferable plan
is TO seed down other fields. using the
alfalfa in rotation with corn and other
crops. rather than attempt to keep the
same fields in alfalfa continuously.
In the opinion OF the writer three.
fourths OF the failures TO grow alfalfa
successfully have been due TO lack OF
soil cultivation aud to wrong methods
or preparing the seedbed and sowing
the alfalfa. The cultivation OF alfalfa
after the plants are well established
may also benefit the crop
1t pays TO cultivate alfalfa just as IL
pays TO cultivate corn and other crops.
The next season after seeding, heavy
straisht.tooth harrow may be used in
the spring To loosen the surface soil
and as soon as the alfalfa has become
well established, the field may be
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28
One Type Of Alfalfa Harrow.

seeding. Some notes have been taken
on this point al the Kansas expert.
ment station. In the spring OF 1903
an area OF ten feet square was staked
out In an alfalfa field seeded In the
fall OF 1902. On June IS, 1903. 1.133
plants were counted In this plot, or an
average of ll.33 plants per square
foot. II will be observed that this
count was made some six months
after seeding. On June 20. 1906. a re.
counting of this field showed only go
plants, or 6.s plants per square foot.
On August Q, 1907. the number OF
plants counted was 400. or 4.03 plants
per square foot. This field was plowed
up In the fall OF 1907. The decrease
In the number OF plants between the
first and last countings. a period of so
months, was $50 per 100 square feet,
which is loss Of GA per cent.
Another plot seeded In the spring OF
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

disked or cultivated with the spike.
tooth disk-harrow regularly each
spring and perhaps during the season
after each cutting BY thorough cult.
walton late In the season. after the
third or fourth cutting, It is often
possible TO destroy many weeds such
as crabgrass and foxtail, the great
weed enemies OF alfalfa.
The same civilizations were re-
peated on each plot for the years 1904
and 1905. Another field was used the
first season. 1903. The fields disked
had been seeded several years and the
alfalfa was good stand and In thrifty
condition.
Cultivation by disking has apparent.
ly not given increased yields OF alfalfa
on these fields. The same results may
not follow under other conditions OF
soil and climate and should not be
considered as disproving the bene-
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

have got me in says Pa, as we went
To our room
What in thunder did have To do
about it?' says |; just like that. Il
WASH with you when YOU framed up
this job and let man in Washington
skin you out OF your money by giving
YOU a soft snap snap which has ex
pioded In your hands. Gee, Pa. what
YOU need Is a maid or a valet, or
something that will hold on TO your
wad.' Pa said he didn't need any.
BODY TO act as a guardian to him
cause he had all the money he need
ed In his letter of credit to the Ameri.
can Express Company in Paris, and he
knew how To spend his money freely
but he did hate to be buncoed and
made the laughing stock OF two con.
tinonts
SO Pa and | went down 10 the Tx.
press Office, and Pa gave the man In
charge a paper and the grand mailing
sign of distress, and he handed out
bags Of gold and bales of bills. and Pa
hid lot In his leather belt and phi,
some In his pockets. and said Come,
on, Henry, and we will see this town.
and buy IL IL we like It,"
Wei, we went out after dark and
took in the concert halls and things,
and Pa drank wine and | drank moth.
ing but ginger ale. and women who
waited on us patted his old bald head,
and tried TO feel his pockets. but Pa
held on TO their wrists and told them
to keep away, and thought Pa was
real saucy.
A head waiter whispered To me and
wanted TO know what allied the old
sport, and ! told him Pa was bitten
by wolf In our circus last year, and
we feared he was going To have nv.
drophobia, and always when these
spells come on the only thing TO do
was TO throw him into tank of water,
and should be obliged To them II they
would take Pa and duck him in the
fountain In the center of the cafe,
and save his life
Pa was making up with the girl he
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

ton 10 go abroad and buy airships for
the government told Pa to use his
own money for a month or two and
then draw on the secretary of the
treasury for all he needed, so before
Pa went 10 the hospital he drew on
his government for $4,000, and when
he came back there was letter for
him from the American consul in
Paris telling him 10 call al the office,
so Pa went there and they arrested
him on the charge Of skull digging,
They said he had no right 10 draw
for any money on the government
at Washington. Pa showed his pa
pers with the big seal on, and the
consul laughed in Pas face. and Pa
was hot under the collar and wanted
to fight, but they showed him that
the papers he had were no good. and
that he had been buncoed by some
fakir In Washington who got $500
from Pa for securing him job as
government agent, and all his papers
authorized him 10 do was To travel
at his own expense, and 10 buy all the
airships he wanted 10 with his own
money, and Pa had TT. All the mon.
ey he had spent was a dead loss, and
all he had TO show for II was pune.
tured airship, which he was afraid TO
ride in.
Pa swore at the government, AT the
consul, and az the man who huncurd
him, and they released him from ar
rest, when he promised that he would
not pose any more as a government
agent, and we went back to the hotel
Wei, this II fine scrape you
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

then take two pieces three inches wide
and ten inches long To be used as
Jaws. Nail one of these solid to the
tapering piece and hinge the other
TO the bottom board, as shown. Put
a bolt through the Jaws with a thumb
screw so you can tighten >or loosen
IL with your fingers. The crosspiece
at the bottom, explains the Farm and
Home, should be about six inches wide
and l6 inches long. You can place this
on box and sit on It while sewing, A
good swl and some waxed ends com
piete the outfit.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28
GROWING ALFALFA.
The Advantages Which This Crop Has
Over Other Hay Crops.

There are certain advantages in
growing alfalfa over other crops OF
like nature. One of these is that II
does not quickly run out. The length
Of time that alfalfa will stand de
ponds on the conditions under which
II is being grown. In South America
II Is claimed that fields 200 years
old exist. In this country no such
results are obtainable. Some re.
port fields that have stood for ten
TO fifteen years. and 1t is probable
that II we could have reports from
California, we would learn OF fields
that have stood for a very much
longer time. But as q common prop.
osition here the alfalfa plant may be
regarded as permanent.
Another advantage, says Farmers
Review, is that II withstands drought
much better than red clover. This is
OF course after II has made it's first
growth and become established Its
ability to withstand drought comes
from its ability to send its roots deep
80 that II gets at moisture deep in
the soil, far below the moisture the
clover could reach.
The third advantage is that Il has
such big root that II has stored up
In II great deal of plant food and
of moisture and is ready TO send NJ
its leaves at the first opportunity in
the spring. II makes an early growth
and furnishes one cutting very early
In the season,
II must be remembered that when
alfalfa Is TO be sown on land In this
part of the country, the land should
be prepared thoroughly in the fall,
so that the plants can get good start
In the spring while the spring mois'
ture Is abundant
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28
The Clover Crop.

Glover is rich in protein and is a
crop which should be grown by every
farmer wherever possible to raise II
Next to alfalfa, II is the best rough
age crop grown, Even with alfalfa II
is advisable to have some clover to
feed as a variety. All classes OF cat
tie and sheep and hogs like II and
thrive upon II, II Is rich in muscle
building material and Is better To feed
than bran al $50 ton Good clover
hay should be bright in color and
clover and in selecting seed buy only
from reliable dealers and be governed
by the experience of those YOU know
have made success of growing this
hne hay.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

1904 contained l,130 plants on June
20, 1904, on an area Ave feet square,
or 452 plants per square foot. On
May l. 1905, the number OF plants in
the plot had been reduced To 403, or
16l plants per square foot. On May
20, 1905, the plot contained only l4S
plants, or an average Of six plants per
square foot Only 10 per cent, of the
plants counted in the original seeding
survived four years after seeding. Al.
though the number Of plants as sh own
by these counts was greatly reduced,
yet these fields did not decrease in
production and the stand OF alfalfa
was, apparently, as good as ever, This
Is explained in this way As the plants
decrease in number, those that re,
main increase In size. sending out
more shoots or stems, thus occupying
the space In time, however, as the
field grows old, the stand of alfalfa
becomes too thin to produce a maxi.
mum crop, when It is usually advisa
BILE 10 break up the old field after
seeding down new field,
II is sometimes possible and adyis.
able TO thlcken up thin stand of
newly seeded alfalfa by reseeding,
This may best be accomplished by har.
rowing early in the spring the field
which was seeded the previous fall or
spring, sowing little seed, and GOV.
ering II with the harrow, The earlier
this work can be done the better The
difficulty In starting new plants among
the older ones is that the plants which
are well started will exhaust the soil
moisture aud plantfOod and shade
the younger, more feeble plants, often
destroying them, especially II period
al dry, unfayorable weather should oc-
cur.
, II is not advisable or practicable to
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

had padded with the silver tray, buy
some OF II himself out of her slipper,
when The head waiter called half a
dozen frcnchmen who were doing DO
lice duty, and told them 10 duck Pa
In The fountain, and they grabbed him
by the collar and the pants and made
him walk turkey towards the foun
tain, and he held on To the girl. and
the Frenchmen threw Pa and the girl
into the brink with flock Of ducks.
and they went under water, and Pa
came mp first yelling murder. and then
the girl came up hanging to Pas neck
and she gave French yen Of agony.
aud Pa gave the grand hailing sign OF
distress, and yelled to know II there
was not AN American present that
would protect an American citizen
from the hands Of Paris mob. The
crowd gathered around the circular
fountain basin and one drunken fellow
Jumped in the water and was going
To mold Pas head under water while
the girl found his money when Pa
yelled Hey, Rubo," the way they do
IN a circus when there rs a fight. and
by ginger II wasn't second before
half dozen old circus men that used
belong 10 the circus when pa was
manager in the states made a rush for
the fountain, knocked the Frenchmon
galley west, and pulled Pa out Of the
water and let him drain of and they
said Hello, old man, how did you
happen to let them drown you?' and
Pa saw who the boys were and he
hu---d them, and InyiilA 4"m to all
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

Sunshine in the Dairy stsble.-A
farmer whose cattle have always
been kept In stable on the north side
OF the barn, well lighted and VENT
ated, had occasion to enlarge his
stable, building the extension with a
southern exposure, into which the d.
rect rays OF the sun were permitted TO
enter with no obstruction. He dis
covered by accident, what he subse
quentiN demonstrated by repeated ex.
perience, that the same creatures in
the sunlight took on flesh more readI.
~ ate less and produced more than
when kept in the stable where the di.
rect sunlight never entered. More
than this, he proved conclusiyely that
creatures suffering with various dis.
eases, or reduced physical condition
from divers causes, recovered more
readily when afforded the energizing
influences of the sunshine.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

take something and then 20 to his
hotel
When Pa paid the check for the
drinks they charged in two ducks they
said Pa killed in the tank by falling
ON them Hut Pa paid II and was so
tickled TO meet the old circus boys
that he gave the girl he went in
swimming with 2O.franc note. and
AFTER staying until along towards
morning we all got into and on top
OF a hack and went to the hotel and
sat up till daylight talking things
over.
We found the circus boys were on
the way To Germany TO go with the
llagenbach outfit to South Africa to
capture wild animals for circuses. and
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

made wide. so as to shed all possible
water. The heighth, length and width
may suit the farmers convenience. A
convenient width is about Ave feet at
the floor widening to seven feet at the
caves Owing TO the very open nature
OF this crib corn dries more quickly
than in Stat crib, and as there is less
chance for water to lodge in the
cracks, the crib will be more durable
than If built entirely of wood.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28
NS,!|yNl@A
&lSNANlIN
WIRE FENCE CORN GAIA
u 10 inexpensive But Il win Keen
Out the Rats.

In the drawing is shown handy. in.
expensive corn crib. which possesses
several advantages not possessed by
the ordinary slat corn crib, says the
Orange Judd Farmer. II is made on
AKA posts, with pans at their SUBMITS,
to prevent rats from climbing in. The
stills are AKA, scantlings 2x4, and two
feet apart. The fencing is nailed to
these on all sides. and the door frame
Ia similarly covered. The roof /.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

holding the strap'
to be sewcd. TAKE
"A piece of har,
wood, a, three
inch cube and 10
per IL pc inchei
wide al the top
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28
MeNplNo BROKEN HARNESS.
Make a Harness Horse and Learn to
Sew the Leather.

Quit patching your harness with
with wire and Irvine and learn to sew
and rivet Il. Make horse for hold
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28
Men Predominant.

Ellis island statistics show that nine
male immigrants are landed in New
York city Ia four females.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

What Is Paying cow7-When II.
IT, Dean of Ontario found that the ay.
erage COW of Ontario and Quebec only
averaged about 5000 pounds of milk
a year, according to estimates OF test.
ing associations, he was led to oh.
serve The first thing | want TO en-.
phasize In the production Of milk is
that we must have a good COW. What
is good COW? One that will produce
at least 5000 pounds OF milk, or make
not less than $50 pounds OF butter. I'm
one year, al cost of not more than
$50 for feed. Such a COW as that is a
profitable animal
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

fits, described above, which may be
derived fromo cutivating alfalfa.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-11-28

Good Feed for Hens.-Bran and but
termilk is a very good ration for hens,
particularly II they are laying.