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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
EatteninS Chickens.

Fat is worth enough on market poul
ness of buying fowls from the farmers
and fattening them for market. 1t
is an indisputable fact that the aver
6 lot Of fowls marketed from the
farms has received little or no atten-
ton to fattening. The farmer simply
when the huckster comes around in
his wagon, and the birds are weighed
and sent off in a habitat condition.
The expert f%attener figures that if he
can make only 10 cents a bird profit
in the process it is a good scheme for
him, because he can pick up an I'M
limited number of fowls IL pccr con
dition and put a pound or two more
weight on them within a very few
days or weeks. Hence his operations
are limited only by the amount of cap
ital he has to invest, and the fatten.
ing business is a method of turning
over" honey rapidly. The lesson in
this for the farmer is that he might
as well be making this extra money as
the other man. In a limited way, no
special appliances are required for fat.
tening fowls, and if each farmer were
to make only a few dollars annually
in this way, considering the thousands
of them hat read this paper, the ag-
gregate amount would make a very
nice pest egg" Observation-Disclosures
EpitOmiSt
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
Louisiana. Great Resources.

Louisiana has extraordinary natu'
raj wealth in advance, l think, Of any
of her sister States" said Col. Warren
J.. Hill of New Orleans.
Its sulphur mines excel any in the
world, and it has the second largest
deposits of rock salt ON the globe. In
the amount of oil produced it leads in
this country, and it is likewise first in
rice and sugar. The cotton production
is heavy, and the supply of hardwood
timber is the greatest in the Union.
Our latest and most wonderful discov.
cry is natural gas. The location is in
the northern belt of the State, and ex.
perts claim that there is a supply OF
such magnitude as to surpass any
known fields. The gas will be piped
to New Orleans as soon as a rich st.
Louis syndicate can build a line OF
transportation, although the distance
is $50 miles"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
SHORT METER SERMONS.


The man who uses his Bible as he
,hould. learns to use his ballot as he
should.-Rev. c. G.. Pierce, Baptist,
Los Angeles.
Impossible ideals make for lawless'
ness rather than for Righteousness
and the betterment of. life.-Rev. II
Martin, Disciple, Brooklyn.
In this day of crime God is looking
for men IA women who will stand
out for Him.-Rev. j. o. Boswell,
Evangelist. Pawtucket, R. 1.
One of the most vital questions in
present-day politics is that Of obedi.
ence to laws of the commonwealth
Rev. M. B. Williams, Methodist, Chi
cago.
All sins begin by doubling God and
it always begins in a small way Men
go to the depths in a bound
Rev. J. w. Chapman, Evangelist,
Hartford.
VIVA. is it that really is hearts de-
sire? 1t is friendship, approval,
love; it is success, satisfaction, glad
ness of soul.-Rev. DR.. Leete, Episco-
palian, Detroit.
Better than stone buildings to take
care of prisoners are decent abodes
for children. that they may be kept
out of prison.-Rev. L.. M. thinner
man, Lutheran, Baltimore.
If we compare every Christian with
the Mohammedans or other heather
religions it does not always result
with credit to the Christian.-Rev.
Earl Cranston, Methodist, Washing.
ton.
AS a Christian nation, we pray for
peace and we labor for peace, but it
it's Christianity when it goes to War.
Rev. Charles E. Craik, E~piscopalian,
Louisville.
That religion which causes a per-
son to lose all interest in the move
ments of this world and causes him to
pine for heaven is too selfish and 90
narrow.-Rev. J. H. Vincent, Metho-
dist, Indianapolis.
The gift of Christ is the only ade.
uuate measure of Gods love. The
world contains many things to bless
man, but we cannot judge from what
we see about US the measure of Gods
love.-Rev. D. R. Rankin. P~resbyte-
rian, Denver.
Bring your justice and your mercy
and your love so close to SHINING,
suffering humanity that they
will come to believe in these first
and then in the God whence they
came.-Rev. A. G. Singsen, Metho-
dist, Providence.
We must obey the powers that God
has ordained. Each nation has It's
particular work to do-the same as
an individual. Kingdoms have gone
down, but each has taught the world
some lesson.-Rev. R. c. Kaufman,
Lutheran, Aurora.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
A Warming.

i warn my c~Ountrymen that the
great recent progress made in city life
is not a full measure of our civiliza'
ton; for our civilization rests at bot.
tom Oh the wtholesomeness, the attrac.
t~iveness and the completeness, as we'll
as he prosperity. OF life in the coun'
try. The men and women IN the
farms stand for what is fundamentally
best and most needed in our American
life.
Upon the development OF country life
rests ultimately our ability. by meth
DDS of farming requiring the highest
intelligence, to continue to feed and
clothe the hungry nations; to supply
the city with fresh blood, clean bodies
and clear brains that can endure the
terrific strain Of modern life; we need
h development of men in the open
country. who will be in the future,
as in the past, the stay and strength
Of the nation in time of war and its
guiding and controlling spirit in time
of peace.-Theodore Roosevelt in Out
look.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
Profits in DafryiNg.

The man who is carrying on diver
sified farming can not keep one COW
for Zach acre of land he tills, but a
dairyman can do so, and many Of
them do. They do not raise all the
grain used, but let their neighbors do
it for them. They know that they can
purchase grain for 100 cents on the
dollar and that their good dairy cows
will return So in product for every dol
lars worth of feed. They can better
afford to spend their time in caring
for the cows than in raising the grain.
In alfalfa sections the man with forty
good dairy COWS on forty acres of land
can furnish all the roughage required
the year around. He can not afford to
give his cows pasturage, but this is
the most expensive feed anyway I'M
less a fellow has open range close by,
and such things have become mighty
scarce around where civilization pre-
walls. We will assume that five acres
of a good forty are used for the build
ings, yards, roads. line fences, etc.
This leaves t%hirty-fve acres of land for
actual tillage, and by having a silo
and soiling in the summer time the
question solves itself.-Agricultural
Epitomist.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

A sensation in potato growing has
been created in the neighborhood Of
Ridgley, Md, or at Richardson, a sub
urb, by the discovery that potatoes
grown in a barrel yield enormously.
The experiment was put to a local
test there this year, and during this
week the experimenter, Oscar Needs,
invited his friends and neighbors to
come in and see what the barrel con-
tanned. Needs, early in the spring,
had planted the eyes Of one whole po-
tato in a barrel which had contained
lime, but in which he threw some fer
tilted earth. AS the vines grew,
Needs added dirt. and occasionally
added water when the lack of natural
substance of the mother earth caused
the dirt to appear dry. Potato bugs
could not reach it, and the paris green
men, it is said, were gloomy as the
experiment progressed. When his
neighbors arrived to see what the old
barrel contained on digging day"
Needs carefully removed the earth
from tire dead vines, and there, sure
enough, and all connected to the vines
by Dame Nature and not by a trick.
we're 125 prime potatoes. or enough
to fill n peach basket, and leave a half
peck of small unmarketable potatoes
in the barrel. Now 1t IS claimed at
Ridgely that N man has given an
order for 5000 barrels to be made for
him next season.-The Delawarean.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
SILHOUETTES OF WESTERN
CANADA.

The man from Iowa began to talk
land before the train was well out OF
the G. N. r. depot in Winnipeg. The
talk began in rather wide circles. The
rush to the land, the bumper crop,
the system Of summer following pur
sued in the semi-arid districts, were
all discussed, and then, with a sort Of
apologize smile, the Iowa man said:
I'm a bit interested in this country
myself. Some of the men down home
got a few sections up here along this
line. and I'm going to have a look at
them. Never been up in Canada be-
fore" ct is curious how these mid
Western Americans pronounce the
name of the Dominion as If 1t was
"Can'dy"), but If it looks good we
will be up to stay next fall"
You see, it's like this" said the
man from Iowa, quite manifestly con-
tinuing an argument that had been
going IN in his min for some time.
dear. Anybody wanting to sell can
get $40 or $50 an acre for it, and ev-
cry farm that's offered Is snapped up.
In Saskatchewan We have just as good
land that cost us S11 and $i2, so that
a man can take up five or six times as
much there as in Iowa on the same in.
vestment of money.
ut isn't the money, though, that
brings most Of us up from Iowa. I'm
not sure that money would be enough.
The invasion is a family affair. We
have no chance Of keeping our sons
around us back home. They have to
leave the farm and go into the big
cities of the neighboring States to get
work. To keep them on the farm and
in touch with us, we come up here
n make little colonies with the chill
dren around us, On homesteads or
bought land. This makes it easier for
the farmers back there in Iowa to get
land for the st~ay-at-homes. The fami-
lies that come to Canada are kept to-
gether and the families that buy the
farms they leave are kept together,
too. There won't be any s%lackening
of the rush. either, for they still raise
big families back in Iowa"
n could almost see the mental
process of this typical American farm
er in defending a step that meant a
new flag, a new allegiance, a new land,
n new associates. To abandon "Old
Glory and the Declaration of Inde-
pendence for a good thing in cheap
land would hardly be playing the
game, but to go u into Saskatche-
wan to keep the family together" was
another and a quite higher motive.
Why seek 0 closely to analyze the
reasons for the greatest land trek in
the history of America? 1t is enough tc
know what the sons of the frontiers
men of Iowa, and Kansas, and Mime
sota-the best blood Of the midwest
are pouring into the Canadian West
in an ever-increasing stream, and are
learning that God Save the King" and
my Country, TITS Of Thee" are sung
to the same tune.-Toronto (Ontario)
E1pho
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
Record Catch of Fish.

A section Of the ieet OF schooner.
which came here from New York and
New England after bluetish struck
great luck one night recently about
three miles off Cape Henry, a Nor.
folk (Va.) dispatch to the New York
Herald says. They ran into a vast
school of striped sea trout which were
entering Chesapeake Bay and with
purse nets took thousands of them.
Louis Feuerstein, a dealer and eX-
pert. places the catch brought here at
about 1000 barrels of 200 pounds
each. The schooner Latonia had 600
barrels, and the Bertha and Pearl and
the Libbie each 200 barrels. The fish
weighed from four to eight pounds
each. Hundreds of barrels Of them
packed in ice were sen by express
to New York, Baltimore and other
markets north and west of Norfolk.
The Bertha and Pearl would have
taken many more of the fish which
were swimming nea the surface, had
not an able fisherman, Gus Delaney,
fallen from the seine boat into the
seine and caused his comrades to
loose the school while they were sein-
Ing him. When the net was hauled
and Delaney landed aboard he was
nearly all in, but is recovering.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
ENGLISH ROYAL LAUNDRY.
Linens Marked Ina Red Cotton with
Initial of Royal Residence,

VI ANosuA NesluehCes
There is a very general belief that
royal people never wear the same un'
dergarments twice, but this is a sim.
pie fiction. for on the borders OF Rich
mond park is situated the building in
which all the royal clothes are laun-
dered, Vogue says The entrance to
this building is protected by a lodge,
and there is a close guard kept on
the door. and no visitors are allowed
except by special permit, which is not
often given. The building is very in
teresting inside. Along the sides of
the passages are huge, well-aired cup
boards, in which are tons of soap of
different kinds, with chests Of soda
and carbonate of soda below.
The ordinaryhousehol linen, suchas
tablecloths, napkins, doilies, curtains,
etc, rs we'll as towels, sheets and pill
low slips. arrive in huge baskets and
are taken out. sorted and compared
with the lists sent from the various
rcga! households. The personal linen
arrives in wooden boxes, and is sort
ed in a special room. Each box has a
brass plate, bearing the owners name.
as well as a number. The machinery
is Of the most perfect kind. and any
improvements are adopted at once
All the work is conducted with the
regularity of clock work, and extreme
cleanliness and order are apparent
everywhere.
The clothes, when washed, are
placed in heaps, each pile represent.
ing those belonging to the various
royal residences. Most of the linen
Is marked in red cotton with the mi,
tails OF the royal residence, "B. P"
20. H." or "B. c." meaning Bucking-
ham palace. Osborne House and Bal
moral castle. Above these letters are
the initials ~. r. P"
The linen is of the finest and best
make, and the table linen is of beau.
tiful patterns, formed by the queens
atical designs of the rose, shamrock
and thistle. Royal underlinen is
beautifully made, and of the finest
materials, trimmed with real lace.
Some of the lace on the younger prin.
cesses' petticoats is almost priceless.
There are little ribbons run about
necks and sleeves of the garments,
and they are very French-like alto.
gether. The royal laundry bill for :
year is $4,000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
The Rock of Moses.

The Rock of Mo~ses''slies in the
wild valley at the base of Jebel Musa
the Mount of the Law, in the PENN
sula of Sinai. The rock is eighteen
or twenty feet high, slightly inclined,
a rough in%dentation running over
each side, which is intersected here
n there with Sits, and the stone is
worn away in places as II from the
effects of running water.
1t Is beyond doubt the Oldest known
legendary object in the vicinity. The
Koran refers to this rock more than
once, and from these illusions arose
the reverence of the Bedouins, who
hold 1t sacred. From the middle ages
onward it has been visited by Chris.
tian pilgrims, who have carved rude
crosses in it's side. OF all the objects
in the desert it is most closely bound
up with the simple faith of its wild
inhabitants and of its early visitants.
The Strand.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

The breed of chickens one keeps is
a matter Of personal choice, for any
of the standard breeds we'll cared fo,
will return good profits. Among the
American breeds. usually termed gen
eral purpose fowls, the barred Ply
mouth rocks are very popular.
The barred Plymouth rock chicken
has many good qualities for making
it an ideal farm fowl. 1t is a fairly
good layer and the eggs are large and
Of a beautiful light brown color. In
dividual members of this breed, under
expert care at the Maine experiment
station, have beat the worlds record
for egg laying. The hens are excellen.
settlers and good mothers. Young
barred Plymouth rock chicks develop
rapidly. mature early, are of beautiful
texture and flavor and they command
the highest price on the market for
broilers and roasters. Capons OF the
breed are unexcelled and are prearrred
on some markets to all other breeds.
Cockerels from 10 to IL months old
are of the fine flavor and make ex-
cellent roasters. Both weigh
heavy for their size, hence the breed
is one of the best market fowls. The
breed is popular among fanciers and
eggs and stock of high scoring birds
bring high prices for breeding pur
poses.
All Of the rocks take on fat readily
when given fat forming feeds. which
makes them ideal for market purposes.
but hens for laying should be given
plenty Of -"~e and their grain feed
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
CA, TN. eu,.

At the first sign Of rheumatic pains
or backache. or = feeling Of being
generally RUIZ down and weakened, the
following simple prescription should
be used:
One ounce compound syrup Sarsa-
parilla; one ounce Toris compound;
half pint high grade whiskey. Mix
them and take a tablespoonful before
zach meal and at bed time. The bot
tie must be well shaken each time.
Any druggist has these ingredients
, or he will get them from his whole
vale house.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

AS from 700 to 500 people are killed,
twice as many injured and an i'm
mense amount of property destroyed
by lightning every year, Prof. Henry
of the weather bureau thinks more at
tention should be given TO protection
from lightning. The professor has re
Gently prepared a paper on this sub
ject, and it has been published as
Farmers Bulletin No. 1857 of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture,
and will be sem free. .
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
flows IhlS2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fol-
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured ~
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known T. ].
Cheney for the last IS years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business trans.
actions, AID financially able to carry out
any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, INN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

Doesn't it seem strange that Mr..
Roosevelt suffers from none of the pesti-
lential influences that surround him in
equatorial Africa?"
Not at all. For seven or eight years
before he went there he was thrown in
to almost constant association with poll
ticians, and his svstarn hn"ane immune"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
Nerve.

A woman went to the telephone
office with a kick. She said she tried
for half an hour to get the answer
to a telephone call and she wanted to
know the reason why.
What is your NUMBER" asked the
manager.
ooh, we have ne phone ourselves"
was the astonishing reply. Il was
using my observation-disclosures City
Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
sauce without the supper.

Ragsen Tatters-Dere amt any
doubt but hunger is de best cure.
Fringey Dudds-Dat's so, but We
haln't got anything ter go with it,
Dogton Transcript.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

about the size of your shoes, many people
wear smaller shoes by using Aliens Foot
Ease, the Antiseptic Powder to shake into
the shoes. 1t cures Tired, Swollen, Ach-
ing Feet and gives rest and comfort. Just
the thing for patent leather shoes. Sold
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for
children teething. softens the gums, re-
duces Inflammation. allays pain. cur res
wind collie. 25c ;; bottle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

About ee,e00,G 09 barrels (of 1876
pounds each) of wheat tisur are con-
sumed annually in the United King
dom Of Great Britain and Ireland.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
VngucI, uMu.rstod 1t.

Sunday School Teacher-Clarence. do
you know the meaning of the word
.amen?"
Little Cla rcnce-Yes'm. 1t means
ring off"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regu-
late and invigorate stomach, liver and
bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules.
Easy to take as candy.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

N automobile stopped on the stree,
to day, and attracted a crowd. when
the doc on thing does go,". said a
bra KEENAN,. you're liable to get killed"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

Photographic records of eminent actors
are used in the Eiennese schools in teach
ing defamation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

There was a decrease in Ensland's
drink expenditure last year of over seven
and q half millions.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

To get rid of daughters. East Indians
marry them to flowers. When the flow
ers are lead the girls are widows, and
widows can be sold-cheap.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

b best time to lift old grapeyines
for transplanting is in the late fall or
early winter, while the vines are in
dormant condition. The work must
not be delayed till late winter or early
spring, as the necessary cutting back
Of the branches is very likely to cause
the plant to bleed or lose sap at the
fresh cuts.
In lifting and transplanting old
g~rapeVlnes dig up the plant with a
ball Of earth holding the roots together
two or three feet in diameter. Start
to dig we'll out from the base of the
vine and pry the roo mass up in one
solid piece. If the ball of earth hold
ing the roots together has a tendency
to fall apart it may be bound together
with canvas or old grain bags. The
more fine roots that can be taken up
and preserved from exposure the bet
ter chances there will be for the vine
living. If the work of lifting can be
lone when the soil is frozen from six
inches to a foot deep nearly all of the
small roots can be secured unframed.
Have the new hole for the reception
or the III prepared beforehand and
fortified at the bottom with well de-
composed stable manure. Old shoes or
old leather makes a good fertilizer for
g~rapevines. Place the roots Of the
vine with the adhering soil mass in
the new hole and fill about with as
fine soil as can be secured, pressing
down firmly as in the planting Of or
binary vines for the first time. When
Old grapevines are lifted and moved
they should be trimmed back severely,
and no fruit need be expected the fol
lowing season, owing to the shock of
tra~nsplanting, but after the vine be-
gins new growth and becomes re.
established good results will follow.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

DO NOT ACCEPT SUBSTITUTE
When you want Perry Davis Painkiller, as nothing
10 - good for rhenmatism. neuralgia and siYniIar
HoLoleA years In constant use. Csc, ac md bOc.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

We PAY 1919 FOR cow HIDES
Furs are also very high. We sell traps
oheap. Ship to and buy of the old reliable
n. w. Hide & Fur Co, Minneapolis. MINI.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

Smart little frocks for semi-dessy oc-
casions are numerous and the very popular
top coat makes it possible to wear them
right along through the winter.
Homespun is a good material for the
more tailored dresses, bu, silky crepes and
satins are adorable for the much killed
ones, and Irish or cluny lace makes ,
charming neck finish.