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Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1908-06-19
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&dabcn, OIL fan BRUCE / ct &j0Ol, Tiger
ct Ntu0Nlu lor &UmOer. Zen toloe,
oOerleguC StumbcO irrjtCrer Din iiaa-
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Situatjonn5 @eyre. CmliouoI9beoer
tpin9er big irmmc QiOer ino &jUOl
meO Neroncr, optrlOr bUcm Din Ggcn
itumme, megetli9eu0e @olonruQ Ulrier
mere ipienoe o9 irrlterenOe emo Sro.
o9 Ou ian tpoeli9 le Nirinin9cn pea
bin N}oOitnnOers glnligt, mcOCn@ bun
iorceycr &raitcn al fit NlunolUpcr.
Gu 9aar no al oct mto Ell mtcIlI-
gent 6plc!le Al at eGre Din mmore
O0nneoe NiOOlian0cr opetlc0Gn, % Din
c0eu Sutelli9cntc iortN0er big at OIL
pdnoi otn &, % on rr tIi'rcos.
Yin N}ooliunocr, Der fun bar WunO,
II 0crci at fOlc pao. quar- bart meO en-
inObilot Scir. ionl bum iclcr er en-
2o9n. Seq icircOc " li9cr bun til Ii9
ielo meO- {>OOit0cO, oa
Som plicli iCirer 10 Ogn Dumme BOG
moo Den, iOn tlOA CT % bc90nOig.
NbprIor! zen 0ummc Ell iaa Hog
at bNrc bOaO ban cr ilIONCnOi9."
9t Diloc pore ioy lopt ior dig q
bcnpttc ct ioruormcnOc Sprog ion
6cuors, % mcO GcnOcs &aabcn Ollo,
Ou tdbc 5logct oQ tabc JtriDcttcn Ip'
oj0 lclp. gu bar O0l9t Ot' rctte %oa
ben, operlcgen Stlm0eO
mco iaaOannc Narn
ian9t man iaaOannc 6iltc.
Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1908-06-19
) oct eanaoiife giorOOritcn.

&c Iiolle iaa 2lar 5o6n N}acGou=
SailS u9 z. IS. :. g8ar0s gin cr iul0e
ii 9Gpcntpr bette 9IoroOfNien 6oylt=
h0pnte CT Spu al &cD. Niotoou9NQ.
iom bar Den ipr'ie Nii9ionGr p0a De
Ganter. g)}r NjaCoou9ol bar 0bcl=
bet ior 9ubiou &0p &oMpaHiet &c
tor0li9c @gne, me0n2 .Q!r. Naro bar
oreOct GuitbGnoel m,o ,}aoidncrat
paa e9en Sa0nO.
8 bette piloc Qdn6iI0b Il oty 3anite
almiuoeliot for Ell GprsiangCr at tIl=
brin9e Maaneoer, uOen at ie ct Wfen=
neiieanligt, naar motdge9 brer @an9
Gottjereren meo line Sunot % I'm
SlGOe ojpr line 100 gtil lance 9a9S=
reiisr. c, oetts Oiloe gauoltab, boor
bisie "&rappcrs" OpbOlOcr ll9, er ott
fulot up al Glg, W}Oitu"orer, FoInr=
&0pe % aupet 8ilot - ct STGernes
Raraois.
s Suoten bertn9er for bet melis Sn=
bianere, iulo. pg 6aloblpOa, p9 De t]e=
her S0'pnen ira $500 til 1000
0per pso DC 9nreltino, De Ioar iat paa.
s Sommerm0OneOerne leUer De bolt
paa pisie Henge, motil DC lGr tilt ll9
IRA ben liolte Sent. $9eltc tjcnoes lite
III Hib og yeaper 5noiancrnc. Sunoe,
Sneito % Ganosr CT oeres enelie Te=
TorOrinssmiolsr. 6orls9 bar pGret
abort meo at lu9ge SNle paa Den
Iterte Gl9, % en- Gureian9cr oeO Napn
Vo06er Yurop bar ppnaaet at t0mmc
It Bar al Oi5le pru9ti9c Gpr, loa ban
hi fan ioreta9e tine rc9dmNa'l9c lIo=
ilu9ter SlUoe, forlpGnot meo n
tslgcrer. so bUiltet SDn! Set Ian
ltunopm bGnOe, ban tommer 1orl
rem.
Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1908-06-19

Som tibli9ere nNUnt, bar man |
bort NabotDuntn, San, lau mlslOr=
heiet mco Den 9umle Ntaltnpolltll
meo oens Yaler. at SOrerne tp9 r9
tammen for at IruOrilic OisIe oubbfr
Ma9ten uco at nOminere andre Ot0no
bco Yrimcrpul9et. Sprcrne 1aO0e
epiten msO N9 "a bou ON republiton-
'te @al9Icooel til soften Ri non Ilnoe
1taone IOm GbaS. 2inOduili iot Sbe
HiIi, Is. Is. 8le3sn iom 9luOltor 6rnnl
2lnoerion iom StatsaOboiat % y. =.
Subnion iom Gleri Of 6Ourt, olle bra
pg paalioslige WlGno. VI 9roirlere'
&epubitanerne / Dan 6Olmtp mer
(lOIaloet.
Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1908-06-19
TcitDt YOieterne.

6noitlont Votetes0rpoe bliper
it0ntet linen Cpmcrtiombeo / Sam=
menll9nin0 mco en- 0Deoe0rsoc unber
alminOelige CmltGnOigbeOcr, er nn-
taQell9 allc eni9( ON, at bbis Der tom
ct glar, oa Yotets9reben iloo nlocles
'ell, plloe bet b!ius unieei lrm Ell
Ganosulptte. lspteier er ct Ndbitoi,
Iom brn9es buer cneite DAG / bpert
enelie Sus, bos ri9e % iattise. p9 oa
er bet tlnrt, bpilten YetBoning Ell
potetes9rsoe bar baaoe for Den entelte
% oct bele 0anD.
Wen Toteterne trues mtr % mer al
SD9oOmme, iOn, ON DC eno lite Ell
almiloelise lpr belle 2anoet, alligeOel
gjpr opbe Staar ben snteltes llobptte.
Sette bar Statvns Experimentation
ueo llnipsrliettet inoiset Og bar fore
ta9et Preper, lom 9pot9jsr, at man
tan fcrebpS9e oisie Spaoomnte. prpf.
z. 3. Green paaliaar, at Ell yebano=
ling meo georoeau.Mi pil bepare
Foteterne baaos ira "bli9bt" % "rpt
SlanOlngen beltaar al ; Euno "Guid
Sime", ) Funo al "Sulpbate OF Sop
per" % 45 ojallOner @ono. Ienne
Slanoln9 ltal man begnnoe at lprpite
Oper pOtetesplanterne, naar be er Otte
5pmmer beie, % oereiter en- 0an9
bpsr 10 Tiger, inotil Yoteterne er moone.
llOsiiten pli bliOe ira 50 til s. pr.
gltre.
Wloo Sturp paa Toteterne anbefalel
Green en- anoen Sur. Sturpen CT ct:
ilaSs Spamp eller Snplteplante, pQ
Sp0oommen ipreoes peo Spirer, oel
fan lepe SprOen ilere Mar % ipre.
De lig til laOere llggenoe Strpg mef
GGonpnnoet. llten bDis man bebano.
Ter S0opoteterne meo SpIosning al
Ct corpiiut (0iienOe) Sublnut enter
igr eller efter, man hGr ltaarpt Dem.
bill Der life bliue Sturp pna De MT
Fpieter. CplpsninQen bsr lnoebolo,
| Sci "6prollue SubIlmdte" til l0O(
Iele yuno. Splg.nn9en bpr baDe:
ct 5rUtar, /. Gts. Ell lsnoe eller tr
yalle, og SGOpOteternc lta1 pore
Splssnin9cn !! 3ime.
SllsoeiIor lioltn9unts EpiOsninl
fan man o9lOa BRUCE Ell 2 procent %
lpsnin9 al "6Ormaline", % | be99
Silfeloe er llo9i7ten omtrent osl
iamme % Oil life / noget ailIelo
ouerItrioe 90 pr. 9tcre inobeIatteno
9lrbeioe o9 bet Belle.
Selp ON Der itts ihnes at por
4 Sturp paa @oteterne. fan Der UGre c
tillirUtleligt 2ntal Al Spirer paa otn
til at ipolere en- bel @rpot Set sr
ocn @tuno, at SrepOteterne buroe be
Ganoles mcO ocu n0pnte Cplssnln0
igr Dc plantes.
Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1908-06-19

Nel0enoe bemotratilte &ano0Oler
opnaaeoe 9(pmiuntion pcO Prip0r-
balget;
Statsicnntor, =. 9l Gobcrtlon.
observation-disclosures 06Os. Sino
% George Smith.
Gountptaslerer, SObn 2lnoerberg
(luoitor, SEQ German.
Sheriff, Il. 8. 6eenep.
StatsaobOtat, s. 5. yatterton.
GpuntDoommer, SioneD Sllber.
!. Gountptommisierer; $. u. 0'c
9ssper % 9lusult Senien.
Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1908-06-19

1rt aiija(coe Gegemc cl Stio Nn-
ocrion, en- al oc tn omaa9atter 'om
7rutncOe F.. SpGt siot 6rcet lOiie ll9e
100 pp til CuerfaOen ig0dr o9 lano-
les ct glot, iom par ipenot iroa peO
uolcbct al &nlIal i SiOur H'Oer.
Nau par..ilcnt 3ilrtot.
"6remao".
Cucrtaacnoe % li9ncnoe Serctlcl'er
! c5iour Salls glaoet mlnoer es llbp9=
oeliat ON Get 1eniOOeOe "SpO Spi0'a
eHp" buao Srto9rall an9aar. Yet
sr ior9clQt. at nOri'c SlaOe 9lor oct
til mart ia0t en- Re9el at raobrGt'e
nst Sprpo. De iremlor ale blIroc
pGrnc OH.
Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1908-06-19
Gm 0jsnllentrUn9er Crpst
SIG 9uit, Der tiger op
vi GoientrGets Snore
: oen aobnebe 0nOp.

5ra Sp9O iii SpgO.
sra Struno til Strdno
: beai9t &pr oct finger:
3ao on, o Guo. Dor 60orelanO
s % al oine Singer
03citi0rm oet@ 0Dtter ipm bets Slpt,
Nclil9n tIliammen SOFT % 9rOt,
can blpmlire ait, bpOo lljent p0 aOoi
Tin N0NOeipl irenlbrn0er.
Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1908-06-19

9ct CT spoe lloii0tcr til. at spen-
lien ,,ulu 81. 3o1nion bllr De 6Orcns-
Dc Stutct3 nUl!e YrNNOeni. n at Der
blir tre glOromon6 II. z. Scnat,
iiaer ct ipcni' %lao 2et tenpiicr iii
". d. 5obhfOn i N(oro 1ainta Os
9mop gee SNO 2atOta peo Sloen az
9mtc @ellOn.
Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1908-06-19
Geahers' Examination.

Notice is hereby given that the next
regular examination for Teachers GER
tifcates will be held at Sisseton on the
18th and 10Th day, of June, 1908, be
ginning promptly at 9 o'clock Thurs
day morning.
Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1908-06-19

9Om.ral 3ebere pplDler, at lite mIn=
Ore enc 1000 Srlog.mUao gdl oeler=
teret unoer Niaaoens Cpbolo oernoe
peo StiIlCbupstnltCn.
Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1908-06-19
VritDjots Sa9a..
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500
s'"a %i"as nss. R'g
Nnlomanet Tole,
Stinoiore braecr w.
&acrioI al Soueu, mst tetlis enb ist {
NtcrsencnS S,roaIc
Sobbslt iaa in9cr,
Erasr '>uIlch - bet barter pac Icr
Sor9en ei opl0cr
$,an, iom inrtrrocr. r.Aet
eleS i'bber Monssh; itpn >nscbctas urpt
Sn.ier % bsl9sr
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slfitebsns speoe meo ,tynht HeH
y@Hsi' nj slsseaca. M - ,8bf}fg
Hinssrhe lGnssS ira Stranoen isisn.
llo oil ben pabe
Eou mna IN CHTem,
Nori ira II, VoEe % nu eiitcoe Nen.
,M9ebor9, kingen
tNir leg iilboge
Ne,ige Minoer bo trojan / ben.
~io ben til in9en;
Mitbloi u0a oro0c
Bort, ou ei ier bom paa ,,oresn i0ien
81 ital nit Iie
Soen ie 9lpos
lRcr oper 9iorris Manren ct Srrl Al
Norner be beie,
Sel9ernes 2be
Get CT nit Nrhunelano o9 min tNrop.
Saa e til Styauben,
oiinS, meo bin Mass,
Otinolt noor paa .Nmmclen liaamen toor
relt,
6dnlte paa Sanbsn
Stplles tlbaoe
6ritbioi ben IreoIeies bsssbs Sen.
aon9en nbbrpoer;
"&un9t er at bore
Monoen, ber tlaser Iis tlpntcnbe Ms.
Gebslanseu lpesr
alt nit 2re
'nuaO Ell bet mer2 Zen, iom ispteS, ifal be.
Nornerne raaoe,
9Ilbri9 be pi9e,
aIbri9 ior Irooien, ior sIaec % Vsn.
Gig sir is9 boaoe
Grooming os 6i9e.
2'rr IN bets NGn lor min porenoe Sen.
&e! bar leg prnftst
0reolGl 50len,
Gel bar le9 elitet ben splosne Sisp.
Scg bar ieg brnffei
yanbier (olen,
Gambler pou Sie og ei blssneb bsrprb
9iu oil ieg rite
Wetrsoo og bleoe,
Sonnin9en lemmer ei @Gntsbalms @ec,
CIoo e9 ben llolte
,iorGt ital msse,
Spn9re enb 0ipet CT BIZ ei, Sob"
<" ,'u' wv" "'''S'
Su''uO''' o'",'
SPosrineh opb ll9 pan Srpt % raa afm;
SloopGloet brrli9t
oute ira BRINE.
nrebe M bnoroofte sorriuoeborm
'"rii'9ef mig Nofie'
1taal lor OH 2Vte'
Staal lor OF Df'noe' on bet''9s 9'oro
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-12-24

the cross pieces c, c, c, which are
four inches square and 46 inches long,
six inches of each end being worked
down to a tenor. D is a short tongue,
The complete length of which is five or
six feet This frame is fastened to-
sether with bolts
Fl, H are two iron hooks to drag
fallen stalks into line. A round Inch
iron pin is driven into the center of
i A-inch holes in b, B.
The knives E, E, E, OF which there
are five, are 80 inches long and are
cut from a bar of stalk cutter steel.
F, F, T, two for each knife, are wooden
pieces holding the knives These must
be made Of hickory or other strong
wood, and are TX inches long, 3
inches wide and 2 inches thick. One
end, 2 u inches long, is made round to
At Pinch auger hole in the log The
sother end has a narrow opening to re-
Ceive the knife, which inclines forward
at an angle and is fastened with a
small colt passing through the knife
and the support T. The edge of the
knife should extend one inch from the
end of e
One-inch iron or wooden washers
are put on the iron pins between the
ends Of the log and the sides of the
frame. Remove the hind wheels and
coupling pole from the running gear
rof wagon and, putting D beneath the
round hound, couple to the front Wag-
;on gear. The driver sits on sack of
hay placed ON the wagon bolster The
knives must be made sharp to begin
with; afterwards they are self-sharp-
tening
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-12-24
ADD TO INSURANCE RISKS.
English Company Now Issuing Policy
Against Insanity.

London--A novel departure has
been taken by an English insurance
company-that of issuing policies
against insanity. Seeing that one in
every 2S0 persons in the United King
dom is certified to be insane, the COM
pany is of the opinion that it will find
& large number of clients anxious to
insure against melancholy contin-
sency in their own case.
For premium of $3.50 per annum
the company will guarantee payment
at the rate of $500 a year during the
period OF insanity up to five years, or
for premium of SIS to pay $500 a year
for an unlimited period.
There are few contingencies in an
ordinary persons life that can not be
insured against. Among the risks
which can nowadays be insured
against are:
No issue to marriage.
Increase of income tax.
Injury to servants.
Loss by bad weather.
Riot involving loss.
Fire or burglary.
+ Twins. q
Unemployment.
Servants dishonesty.
Loss of trade
Loss of keys or season ticket
Depreciation in mortgage value.
Delay of important documents in
transit
Loss Of motor car, horses, dogs, etc.
Musician against injury to hand.
Playwright against failure to play
Novelist and composer against non,
success of work
War, death, accident, illness.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-12-24
Saws Man Could Live Forever.

New Workman should live forever
if the proper spirit life" is cultivated
according 10 Charles Brodie Patterson
who has made special study of Ion.
gevity. This rather startling state.
inert he made at the Waldorf-Astoria
at meeting of the Medico-Legal so
ciety. Authenticated cases CT extreme
long life he pointed out to support his
theory, adding that with proper care
even the longest spans of life as now
measured might be increased 20 OF &C
years, or even Indefinitely.
Another speaker said he knew Of q
man in England who lived TO the age
IF $50 years and that those who
wished might 90 the same.
Alcoholic stinulants. declared an
other speaker. cut short many life
that would otherwise be long
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-12-24
PRACTICAL SOIL TREATMENT.
What One Farmer Did with One Piece
of Land.

The proper and profitable treatment
of soil comes only by actual expert
ment. Mr.. Frank 1. Mann, a practical
farmer of 1roquois county, Illinois,
gives bit Of his experience as fol-
lows:
When ten tons per acre of manure
shipped at SIS cents per ton were ap-
piled to land, increasing the yield ten
bushels Of corn which sold at so cents
per bushel, the result was not very
profitable. So little science was ap-
piled. An analysis OF the soil showed
a deficiency of phosphorus, an ample
supply Of nitrogen, large amount of
potassium with no acidity of the soil.
Test plots on which different elements
of plant food were applied gave no
material increase in the yield from
any treatment except where phos-
phorus was applied. The increase from
SIS worth of nitrogen was one bushel
per acre, while four dollars worth of
phosphorus Increased the yield II
bushels, worth $3.50, while there was
left in the soil available for future
use enough phosphorus from this
treatment for $50 bushels of corn.
Nothing was left from the nitrogen
treatment but surplus of nitrogen
which proved to be an injury to the
following crop.
To treat this 80-acre field with 1875
pounds of phosphorus per acre would
require one Acton car Of rock phos-
plate at cost of 1920, or 5000 tons
of manure at a cost of $4,000, at so
cents per ton. But the nitrogen in
this field had been we'll kept up by
a crop of clover every fourth year
since the land was virgin SOLOS
years.
Science will suggest procedure
for each field or type of soil according
to its individual conditions, and not
the same treatment for all. Science
would have applied the manure to
another field, one that was in need
of the nitrogen, thereby economizing
both the manure and the natural sup
ply of nitrogen.
Science gives economy in showing
the amount of treatment necessary
as we'll as the kind of treatment. A field
may have one type of soil containing
700 pounds Of phosphorus to an acre
in the plowed soil, ard another type
with nearly 1000 pounds. 1t will not
be economy to make the same amount
OF treatment for both One field might
require one ton of lime to correct
acidity and another require five tons.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-12-24
BROKE ALL PIANO RECORDS.
j. M. Waterbury Plays Twenty-Ei5h'
Hours Without Stopping.

Nuncie, Ind.-Practicaiiy exhausted
by % hours Of continuous piano play
ms, net once stopping for any purpose
and kept awake part of the time by
he fumes of ammonia sprinkled on the
floor and by stimulants. J. NJ. Water
bury broke the worlds record for
niano playing, according to his own
statistics. He had a previous record
OF 2i hours.
He began playing the piano at eight
o'clock in the evening and played
continuously until next midnight.
Just to see that he was fool
ing nobody, might owls" dropped
in upon him at the theater
at various times, and all were con-
WINGED that the man was honest and
was faithfully at work In addition
10 food and water given to him at va
sions times, Waterbury had two rub
downs" in order to keep him awake.
but his fingers never left the piano
keys
Almost the entire repertoire of popu-
lar music was exhausted by his per
fCrnlance, and he repeated selections
time after time when his memory OF
new thiags failed him
Waterbury got 4 cash prize from the
tl.eater management for his perform
aflce
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-12-24
CANCER FROM GARDEN WoRM7
Buffalo Physician Has New Theory as
to iiideous Maiady.

Buffalo, NJ Y.-The Buffalo Acad.
theory as to the origin of cancer. DR.
Hiram D. Walker Of this city said in
q paper On the subject that seven
years of experiments had proved to
his satisfaction that cancer was q
parasitic disease and that the common
garden worm was the source of the
parasite in question. The transmission
of the parasite from the worm to the
human being came from the worm
crawling over vegetables.
eff l am correct in my conclusions,
added Dr. Walker, 'all the suffering
and death caused by cancer can be
prevented by refraining from eating
such vegetables as cabbage, celery
onions and lettuce which have been
infected by these parasites"
Or. Walker elaborated on a series
Of 60 experiments on various animals
feeding or injecting the parasitic
germs obtained from earth worms into
guinea pigs, mice and dogs, was fol
lowed in many cases by the develop
ElSut vi Ic1iC1o VI Ne]ANNf7- ~ 60
most every case infection was fata
to the animals.
DR.. Walker presented a series Of mi
croscopic slides, showing cancer cells
produced under these conditions
These cells were examined by promin
ent specialists and pronounced can
Ger cells, though the specialists were
not told from what animals the cells
were taken or how produced.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-12-24
A SUITABLE SEED BED.
Prof Thomas Shaw Tells How to Prs
pare Suck.

Tie Impotence CT a good seed bed
cannot be easily overestimated If the
seed bed is not suitable for receivine
The seed when it is sown, growth viii
b Handicapped right at the start, ana
when yoUB9 plants DO not start well.
on'y the most favorable weather con-
ditiols cen result in p good crop.
Wien clay lands have been plowed
in the autumn, they should not BE-
stirred ia the spring until they have
dried cut so much that they will not
rack when cultivated or narrowed. To
stir them at an earlier period would
mean ;Eat they would socn become SO
clCd6y that the young plants coald
make no headWay. Even though wait
ing should mean late sowing. those
lands should not be stirred until they
are dry.
On the ether hand, certain sandy
soils and also soils OF the prairie will
dry mere quickly if they are stirred.
even before they are dry enough tc
SOW. To str them up with the cultiva-
tor CT harrow will put them in con
Gition for being sown earlier than
wculd otherwise be practicable. As
early s0wn cereal crops are usually
the best, the advantage thus obtained
by advancing the sowiagstwo or three
days may be material.
When clay lands are plowed in the
spring. it Will be fatal to the cfop for
the season il they are plowcd while
possessed Of too much water n tie
sell. When they dry the clods VIII
be brickiike in their tendency. BIZ:
though s1ich lands should be a little
underdry when plowed, if they freeze
more or less for several nights in sue
cession they viii. be brought to q
crumbiing consistency.
OF course, prairie lands in the north
western states may be sown in many
instances as soon as the frost is oil
far enough below to admit OF furnish
ing q good covering for the grain
Moisture IS then supplied from beiow
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-12-24
RARE OLD BOOK IN DETROIT.
"Young Mans Companion" Printed
Nearly Two Centuries Ago.

Detroit, Mich.-Among the treasures
which have just come into the hands
of Edward Young of Detroit is a vol
ume Of 400 Pages that has come down
through his family for nearly two cen
turtles, having recently been sent him
by a relative.
The book, old and yellow, and much
the worse for wear, is 'The Young
Mans Companion; or, Arithmetic
Made Easy" The Introductory an.
nounces that it contains plain Direc.
tons for Young Man to Attain to
Read and Write True English, with
Copies in Verse for Writing School,
and Inditfng of Letters to Friends ~
The book was written by w. MatheT
Gin an easy Stile, that young Man
may attain the same without tutor
That the Young Mans Companion
was popular in its day is indicated by
the fact that this was the thirteenth
edition, with many Additions and Al
terations, especially of the Arithme
tick, to the Modern Method"
The "Companion" was printed in
London for S. Clarke, the corner OF
Exchange Alley, next Birchin Lane
1927"
Adjoining the fly leaf are the names
of several into whose possession the
book found it's way, beginning with
Anthony Linnis, in 1870. 1t is fairly
bursting with information, although in
this day and age it is difficult to sec
how a considerable portion of it pos
sessed any especial interest for young
men.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-12-24
MEANING OF GOOD cORN.
Much Depends Upon the Selection Of
the Best Seed.

In profitable production of corn the
farmers Of Minnesota sections are
largely concerned. A maximum yield
means much, especially when it is the
last few bushels that makes the great
est profit. It takes about all of the
average yield to pay the cost OF rails
Ing the crop. The total cost of grow
ing and harvesting an acre of corn
is between $40 and $15. 1t therefore
1UrGinarily takes from 20 to 40, or DC
bushels at the average price to cover
tie cost Of production.
The yield of corn depends, first,
upon the fertility Of the soil; second,
method of tiilage and cultivation:
third, character of seed corn; fourth,
weather conditions. Three Of these
conditions farmers can control Char
;lcter CT seed is the most important
factor Of all.
One ten-ouace ear per hill viii give
. yield Of % bushels per acre; two
ten-ounce ears SIS bushels, and three
81 bushels. The average yield of corn
Mn Minnesota is about so bushels per
acre. We are growing about one
LII u Vi ~ spSA AStI SlttIiC ne SuSCSSS-
ful corn grower can control the stand
OF corn, and with a "nearly perfect
sand can secure so to IS bushels of
corn per acre with average methods
>of cultivation. The stand of corn de-
bends upon the quality of seed corn
aOne Of the most desirable places from
which to get seed corn for any farm
is from the field of corn grown on the
farm. Select at husking time a few
zoY the best ears as they are found
ION good stalks, and place them in a
basket or sack. If it is desired to
get variety to ripen earlier. go
through the field before all the corn
is ripe and select good ears that Tipen
first. This viii probably reduce the
size of the corn, but it will make It
earlier AS shown by the above fig
ures, large ears OF corn are not nee
.essary to get a large Yield. A. good
yield depends on 3 good stand o!
stalks that VII bear ripe ears.
When seed corn is selected in TIE
fall, it should be placed where it viii
dry ont quickly, where it cannot ieat
and where it VIII not freeze. TIE
attic over kitchen IS FerF gooG
place for seed corn. Every corn grow
.er should have his aim set for zoo
bushels per acre.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-12-24
STALK CUTTER.
One Which Will Chop Them Up on
the Ground.

The accompanying illustration is a
sketch Of 8 stalk cutter which I have
used for two seasons and have found it
entirely satisfactory, writes a farmer
a Prairie Farmer. The knives and
bolts cost about two dollars. The tim,
her cut in the woods, shaping it with
IN ak, and 90 cost nothing except the
labor
A is a section from log, and is 80
inches long and IL inches in diameter
z and e are timbers inches square
ard az feet long, mortised to receive