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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
NEW YORK.

Widespread stormy weather has had the
effect of dulling distributive trade, inter-
rupting railway traffic and restricting the
movement of grain to market to the small
est volume in twenty-five months. In
addition floods in the Ohio and tributary
valleys have restricted industrial opera
tions for a time.
Jobbing trade, judging from the re-
ports received, continued as recently
noted. a good-sized aggregate of small or
ders for Immediate or near shipment be-
ing reported at leading markets. MILF
merry. dry goods and kindred lines are in.
chief demand, with staple goods preferred
TO novelties, which latter are rather neg
lected.
Retail trade is at a transition point,
and is quiet as a whole, responding to
the decreased purchasing of the wage
earning classes. Talk of reduction in
wages by railroads and others is wide
spread.
Industrial affairs show little change,
with shutdowns or short time about coun-
te~rbalancing assumptions. There is, for
instance. more doing in finishing lines of
iron and steel. but in crude forms rather
less is doing. and the leading producing
interest in wooden goods reports 60 per
cent of it's looms idle. Shoe shipments
are a little larger at the East, and full
time has been resumed at the leading
Western manufacturing center, but ship
ments are still well behind a year ago..
Cotton goods are no lower, but prices
are very irregular. with jobbers in many
instances cutting below manufacturers
prices. There is considerably more doing
in export trade in light weight cottons
for China, some prices reported being be-
low European Observation-Disclosures Re
port.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
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CHICAGO.
Discussing trade in Chicago and its Vi
cinlty, X. G. Dun & Co.'s report says
Allowing for the adverse effect Of un-
usually severe weather and difficulties of
transportation and communication, bust
ness us a whole has held up better than
might have been expected. Recovery is
now expedited under brighter prospects
and more animation appears in new de-
mands. although many outside buyers
have been delayed in reaching this mar
ket.
The exhibits this week of the State
banks came timely and the details of con-
dltion indicate that the lending power is
satisfactorily recuperated. Money re-
mains freely offered at 6 per cent for
commercial paper and the supply of the
Inter begins to increase, but general i'm
provement in the demand for funds is not
looked for until next month and there is
a feeling that borrowing will have to cost
less to stimulate the principal industries.
February settlements at the banks make
satisfactory progress and increasing cur
rency returns from the interior cause
more expansion of deposits here.
Additional gain is noted in machinery
and labor employed in the iron branches,
but outputs are YET short of normal and
new bookings make n meager aggregate,
although there is hesitancy in rails, struc-
tural shapes, wire and pipe. Orders for
hardware, brass and electric goods are
yet running Light, but there is fair activ-
fty in Notwithstanding and footwear.
Leading retail trade suffered some de-
cline from the severe storm and decrease
in purchasing ability, yet seasonable goods
were required and both local and interior
stocks of merchandise met with crafty
ing reduction where heavy winter lines
had accumulated.
Many visiting buyers made their selec-
lions in the wholesale district and there
was substantial increase in forward or
ders for dry goods, millinery, boots and
shoes and furniture.
The total business made a closer COM
parison with the high figures a year ago
and there is an improving tone as to the
outlook throughout the agricultural re-
gions.
Bank clearings, $2O4, sos, 800, are DO
per cent over those of the corresponding
week in 1907, which had only FIVE bust
ness days.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number Al, against 33 last week and
- a year ago. Those with liabilities
over $4,000 number II, against 16 last
year and ) in 1907.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
SITS winter Wheat Crop Realised
$3S Per Acrc-His Oats 3
Per Acre in Southern

tAbCEtAs a|.." -
Coaldale. Alta, Nov. 10th, 1907
Sir--I beg to say hat this year we
had $40 acres of grain. consisting OF
1917 acres of spring wheat and 152 acres
Of oats. The average yield of whear
was IS bushels per acre n oats I,
bushels. We were offered $1.00 pei
bushel for wheat and so cents for oats
making the acre values for the tw
crcps $500 and $500, respectively
We also had so tons of hay wort.
$500 per ton. and 500 bushels of pc
~tatoes, worth 90 cents per bushel, tn
latter Off 2h acres Of ground.
Our best yields this year were II
acres of wheat. making Al bushels p,
acre at $1.0o per bushel, would |
$41.OO per acre; At acres of oats, yiel,
ing 90 bushels per acre were sold fl
so cents per bushel. Proceeds SAT-
per acre.
l might add hat so acres of OF
oats were stumbled in"
During the spring Of 1906 we hire,
about 800 acres broken by steam. w.
put in and harvested 80 acres of grain
last year, but did the remainder Of GU
breaking, worked up the ground ant
seeded this years entire crop put in I
acres of alfalfa, and 5 acres Of gar
den potatoes, trees, etc, all with on
four-horse team. During harvest WI
hired other teams; but, aside from this
and part of the breaking, the II team
did the work of raising practically 10,
600 bushels of grain, worth $4,000.
Yours truly,
w. H. PAWSON, JR.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
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Chicago-Cattle, to prime
$4.OO to 5000; hogs, prime heavy, $4.OC
to $4.52; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to 1925; wheat, No. 2, 94c to 96c
corn, No. 2, 56c to 5Sc oats, standard.
sic to SIC; rye, No. 2, Sic to S3c; hay.
timothy, $3.50 to $16.5O; prairie, $500
to $1,000; butter, choice creamery, &c
to BE; eggs, fresh, 2Oc to 23c; potatoes,
per bushel, &c to re.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $6.1O; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat. No. 2, $1O1 to $1.O2; corn, No. 2,
soc to SIC; oats, No. 3, 4Sc to SOC rye,
No. 2, 79c to Sic.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern
$1.O5 to $1.OS; corn, No. 3, SIC to SOC
oats. standard, Sic to 53c; rye, No. 1.
SIC to S3c; barley, No. 2, Ole to 93c;
pork, mess. $11.90.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$500 to S5.75; hogs, fair to choice, $3.50
to $3.50; sheep, Common to good mixed,
$4.OO to $5.25; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $40.
New Ynrk-Catt1e, $500 to $500;
hogs, $3.50 to $500; sheep, $500 to
$5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 99c to $1.OO:
corn, No. 2, &C to 63c; oats, natural
white, 5Sc to Gle; butter, creamery, &c
to SOC; eggs, western, 21c to 24c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 9jc to
DC: corn, No. ? mixed, sec to 5Sc;
oats, No. 2 mixed, sic to 53c; rye, No.
2, Sic to S3c; clover seed. prime, $11.55.
Indianapolis.Cattle, shipping, $500
to $5.75: hogs, good to choice heavy.
$3.50 to $4.55; sheep. common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 93c to 95c ;
corn, No. 2 white, 53c to 55c; oats, No. 2
white, SOC to Sic.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $40;
hogs. $500 to S4.65; sheep, $500 to
$500: wheat, No. 2, 97c to Csc; corn,
No. 9 mixed, SIC to SIC; oats, No. 2
mixed, SOC to sic; rye, No 2, S5c to SEC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500 hogs,
$500 to SAFE; sheep, $3.50 to $4.T5;
wheat, No. 2, Csc to 99c; corn, No. 8
yellow. .59c to COO oats. No. 2 white,
53c 70 54c; rye, No. 2, SIC to 50.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

When Commander Peary made his
first trip in search of the pole, he gave
a Prince Albert coat and Il weather
beaten sombrero to an Eskimo.
Years afterward, when again in the
north, the explorer received a cere-
monial visit from a native, and to his
surprise, set eyes nee more on the dis
carded vestments.
On the occasion Of the commanders
latest dash for the pole his former
native friends took him aside and
showed him a rude mausoleum. BY 1t
stood a disused s'edge. It's six dogs
had been strangled to make an appro-
pirate funeral Offering, and on the pile
of stones lay what was left Of the
prince Albert Dat n the som
brero.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
Pure water ON the Farm.

Absolutely pure water is not to be
found In nature. The amount and tie
nature of the impurities vary widely,
depending upon the source Of supply
and other conditions. Nor are all Of
the impurities harmful In a water in
tended for domestic use (and, very few
of them may be), but owing to the fact
that water may be the agent for
spreading certain diseases, It is essen
tial that are be taken to get a supply
that is free from harmful constituents,
says Robert w. Gray, of the Colorado
Experiment Station.
Impurities may either be dissolved in
the water or carried In suspension by
1T; and they may be Of animal, yegeta-
BILE, or mineral origin. Hardness in
water is due to the presence of com
pounds Of lime or magnesia. Iron may
be present in quantities large enough to
make a water unfit for laundry pur-
poses.
The greatest danger to which a do
nestle supply is subject, however, Is
the possibility Of contamination by de-
caying animal matter and wastes. Ty-
phoid fever and other diseases result
from such contamination. 1t is, there
fore, important that any source of SUD-
ply Should be guarded. In these cases
where the water comes down as rain
and Is caught upon roofs, to be carried
to a c~istern. the first part Of the rain
fall should be wasted. MS it is full of
<Jirt frN,,, %l,a VnNF H Dat 4 = - =
cisterns are not so efficient as they are
generally supposed to be.
When the water is drawn from n.
well and IN up cool, clear and
sparkling, it is very difficult to con-
vince anyone that it is possible for any,
thing injurious to be present; but such
is sometimes the case. No well or
spring should be used which is located
within several hundred feet of a harm
yard and in lower ground. The barn
yard filth will find its way beneath the
surface of the ground and flow for
some distance before it becomes harm
less. What is said of wells is also true
of springs. They ia appear t. come
out Of the solid rock, but there is a
crevice in which they flow and there
NAV be other %crevices which will nor
NIT the entrance Of the d~eath-dealing
sewage.
The examination of a sample of wa
ter to determine it's goodness or its bad
ness for any use is possibly Only to
those who are specially fitted for that
work, so reliance must be placed prin-
cipally In doing away with all visible
sources OF harm.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way 20 cure deafness, and that Is
caused by an inflamed condition Of the mu.
cous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inf1amed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when 1t is
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever !; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an iniamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by Catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars. free.
+. J.. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. T5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
mutton DODGE Gr..a.

Most remarkable grass Of the century.
1ood for three rousing crops annually.
Dne Iowa farmer on 100 acres sold So
1000 worth of seed and had 800 tons of
besides. 1t is immense. Do try it.
f# FOR 10c AND THIS NOTICE
end to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Qrossa, Wis, to pay postage. etc, and
ley will mail you the only original seed
4talog published in America. with sam
go OF Billion Dollar Grass. Macaroni
heat, the sly miller mixer. Sainfoin, the
"a soil luxuriator. Victoria Rape, the
q q ton green food producer, Silver
tNec., etc. etc.
And if you send lac we will add a
DAckaSe of new farm seed never before
zen by you. John A. Salzer Seed Co,
a Crosse, Wis. G. n. q.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
To Cure

Women have been known to try many
postrums to cure wrinkles, but they
seldom make the effort to avoid having
chem In the first place. Late hours
make comparatively young women wrin-
tiled, and the habit of thinking Of the
things n has not got that she would
like to have and failing to give thanks
for those she has will also add to the
premature wrinkles. The wrinkles OF
age are honorable and are not easily
removed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
Her choice of Prayers.

A mother told her child, a boy Of 5
Kneeling before her, the little fellow
asked:
Mother, shall | say my pre- er or
nurses prayer?"
The mother, not being aware that the
nurse ever said any morning prayer,
became curious.
"Say nurses, DEAR she answered.
Whereupon the little fellow began
solemnly:
Lord, o Lord, have I got to get
up?"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
Snow for Poultry.

H
The possibility of lessening the labor
instead of water has been studied at
the Connecti~ at Storrs Experiment Sta
tion by G. K. Graham. When pullets
and hens were fed wheat screenings
land beef scrap from hoppers in col
ony houses on low ground frozen dur
ing most of the experimental period
and covered with snow during part Of
as many eggs o. appear to be in as
good condition as the younger birds.
The old hens were apparently af-
fected by the snow, the egg production
being smaller on the days when snow
was on the ground and also consider
ably less when the ground was frozen
that is. on the cold days when water
do not seem to have affected the young
er birds, and they show an increase In
eggs Immediately after each snow
storm, gradually dropping back as the
snow disappears.
In the case Of other lots kept under
much the same conditions in houses on
higher and drier ground the cold
weather did not affect the egg produc-
ton materially, but there was a no
ticeable increase in the amount Of
grain eaten during the cold weeks
when comparison is made with the
very mild ones This, however, may
have been caused by the birds forag-
ing more during the milder periods.
These birds did not appear to mind
the cold, and there vas not the slight
est sign Of frosted combs among them,
nor were there any colds"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
Goe. without saying.

Conan Doyle had just notified Sherlock
Holmes of his approaching marriage.
of course" he said, Il need not tell
you that / have selected you as my best
man. The position naturally belongs to
you"
quite so.'' assented Sherlock Holmes,
absent mindedly shooting a charge of
dope into his left arm.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
Not Even the Clock,

1.-TWO ladies were being shown through
he State hospital for the insane. AS
they entered a ward, one turned to
HE other and said: Il wonder II that
lock il right?"
in Inmate standing near overheard
er and instantly replied Great
eott. no! 1t wouldn't be here If it
sI"-Lippincott's.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

MISS 6ESSlE tAHHEII
lNFISS BESSIE FARRELL. 1O11
I4V1 Third Ave-, Brooklyn, n. T., II Pres
ident of the Young Peoples Christian
Temperance Association. She writes
"Peruna is certainly q valuable nerve
and blood remedy, calculated to build up
khe broken-down health of WORKOUT
women. 1 have found by personal ex-
lperience that it acts as a wonderful re-
storer of lost strength, assisting the
stomach to assimilate and digest the
GOOD. and building up WORKOUT tissues.
An my work I nave had occasion to
Recommend it freely, especially to
women.
II know of nothing which is better to
build tip the strength of a young mother,
In fact all the ailments peculiar to
women, SO I am pleased to give it my
hearty endorsement"
DR.. Hartman has prescribed Peruna
for many thousand women, and he never
tails to receive a multitude Of letters like
PIE above. thanking him for the wonderful
benefits received
Na1-a-Lta the Ideal Laxative.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
Winter Wheat 20 to 30 Bushels to
The Acre I'm Southern Alberta.

Winter Wheat 20 to 30 Bushels to
The Acre In Southern Alberta.
Warner, Alta, Jan. 9th, 1905.
Dear Sir-This is tie first year Of
farming in this settlement. Mr.. A. l..
Warner raised twenty-five hundred and
fifteen bushels of fine winter wheat on
one hundred acres Of breaking. and
Tenny Brothers had sixty acres that
went thirty bushels per acre. The
winter wheat that is in this year looks
fine.
Spring wheat here went thirty bush
els per acre oats, fifty to eighty bar
ley. fifty, and fax ten to fifteen on sod.
The settlers here are all well pleased
with the country. The stock have not
required any feed except the grass up
to this date and are all fat.
Yours truly,
f. s. LEFFINGWELL.
Information as to how to reach
these districts can be secured Of any
agent of the Canadian government,
whose advertisement appears else
wlprp-Ed.1
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
a Map of the orchard.

Several years after planting an or
cEard it is not unlikely that the farm
er, unless he has taken proper precau-
tions, will be unable to distinguish one
variety from another, except, of course,
where there is q wide difference in the
habits Of growth and color of bark Of
the trees. And it is well that the fruit
grower should know the name of every
tree in his orchard. Several methods
are employed for this purpose. Many
orcEardists use labels, but they fade
out, and if attached by strings are Of
ten lost, while wire fastenings work
into the wood. \ convenient plan is to
make out a rough map of the orchard
with good paper and ink, showing the
location Of all varieties, with age. date
of planting, name of nursery and other
useful notes. If such a map is kept
with the same care as other valuable
papers it will prove a great help
Twentieth Century Farmer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
Modern Fruit without seed.

At present the fruits in common use
that have few or no seeds include ban
anas, pineapples and a certain kind of
oranges, together with some other trop-
ical fruits that do not reach the mar
kets of the world in great quantities.
Yet c%uitivators do not greatly despair
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
Value of the Trap Nest.

A practical demonstration Of the
value Of the trap nest in breeding up
the laying average Of tens has been
made by the Maine experiment station,
where the trap nest system has been
in operation for several years. Two
years ago the average production was
120 eggs per hen for the year and last
year it vas 1874 eggs per hen, which
means that they had a gain of about
IA eggs per hen owe earlier records.
I think that Pref. Gowell, of the sta
ton, states that ne males are used In
the breeding pens that have not been
produced from hens that produce 200
eggs per hen per year. All the hens in
the breeding pens have been bred from
hens that laid 16O eggs per year, SO
they might be termed strong producers.
No hen Is used for breeding purposes
until after her egg record has been
known for II months.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

The best security against chronic i'll
health is Garfield Tea! 1t insures n
normal action of liver, kidneys, stomach
and bowels. overcomes constipation and
purifies the blood.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

WE PAY HIGH PRICES FOR FURs
and hides, or tan them for robes, rugs or
coats. NV. Hide & Fur Co.. Minneapolis.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

Milton was plain in his eating, % q
everything else. His breakfast was 4 BIZ
Of bread and cheese or . chop and Q
glass of milk.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

PILEs CURED IN . TO IA DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any
case Of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or protrud,
Ing Piles In g to IA DAYS or money refunded
E1c aA
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

The world uses $1,000 tons OF rubber
yearly, and the demand exceeds the sup
ply.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

1t is estimated that Great Britain
spends $4,000 per day in theaters.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

Germany has taken great interest in
bee culture Of recent years, and the CROP
, about 10000 tons per yer. Spain is 4
se5ose second OF the European countries,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Child
rem teething. softens the gums. reduces in
ELIMINATION. allays pain, cures wind collie.
2Jc q bottle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
X

Knicker-My son, this hurts me
worse than you.
Johnny-Aw, gwan; don't be a mol
lycoddle.-New York Sun.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

That a horse well bedded, and 1t
might be added, groomed daily, is half
fed is SO nearly exact that it approx
mates a full truth.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
Testing Butter.

( There are several ways to tell rem
waited butter, and oleomargarine from
fresh butter. One is by the simple boil.
ing test. This can be lone in n home
with no other apparatus than an oil
lamp and a tin teaspoon. Take a lump
OF the butter the size Of your first
thumb joint and place it in the tin
tablespoon. Light a common oil lamp,
remove the chimney and hold the spoon
containing the butter over the light so
that the fame reaches the bottom of
the bowl of the spoon. Hold it in this
position until the butter boils. Oleo
and renovated butter boil noisily, sput-
tering like a mixture of grease and
water, and produce but little, If any,
foam. Genuine butter boils with little
or no noise and produces usually an
abundance Of foam. This is one of the
most simple as well as the safest of
tests.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

Unless the heifer calf has well-shap-
ed bag and teats it is better to sell
her for veal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
Natural Enough
Adynntare.

An Advantage.
There is one thing to be said In L.
vor Of a boy going to a circus with hise
rather" remarked the Observer a.
Events and Things; h don't have ~
crawl under the tent."-Yonksru
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

At the price that year-old mules have
been and are now selling for, mule rails
ing seems like a pretty attractive mo-
~ney-raising proposition.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

The best of anything always costs
the most, though it isn't always safe to
argue that the highest priced article or
commodity Is the best.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06
S~SSSSSSSSSS

Salt. sulphur and charcoal is the
requirement of healthy hogs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

Boys who forget to comb their back
hair and brush their boot heels often
turn out to be the kind Of farmers
that have a big cocklebur patch on the
back forty. So beware, boys.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

! An uncultivated field will lose its
moisture very quickly, while a soil
which is stirred to the depth of two
OF three inches so that a surface mulch
is formed keeps its moisture because
the upward movement Of h moisture
Is checked.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

The parts of an old harness that are
to be oiled should be carefully cleaned,
placed in a convenient vessel or covered
with a good grade Of harness oil; after
soaking a couple Of days, the straps
should be taken out and hung up to
dry.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-03-06

A man ought to have the sign, BE
ware tackled up at the gate of his
brood SOW quarters 30 that when he
started in each day to shovel their corn
to them he would use a little more
judgment than is commonly used.