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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-03
soTUH DAKOTA LEADS.

Iowa, thought to be the most fer
tile state in the middle west for agri-
cultural products, is obliged to take
a back seat to South Dakota. South
Dakota's best eight counties last
year produced more corn, oats, bar
ley and wheat than the best eight
counties in Iowa, by $1,541 1855.
The figures show that as yet Iowa
is raising the most corn, while this
state grows the most wheat and bar
ley. 1t is we'll known that South
Dakota is the best barley state in
the union, and its product of this
cereal generally draws the top price.
The eight South Dakota counties
are growing more corn each year,
and it will be but year or two
before they will grow as much corn
as the Iowa counties, without any
appreciable dinution of the pronuct
of the other cereals.
1t is important, also, that the
South Dakota counties are not drawn
from one section alone, but that
Brown and Sphinx from the north
side are placed in the table along
with counties from the southeastern
part. For 1909 it is quite possible
that some OF the counties west of
the river will get into the best eight
class. In this there is ground for
jubilation, for Iowa has practically
got its acres under cultivation, while
South Dakota had only about half Of
its farm lands under cultivation in
1908. What will the future bring!
Who SO brave as to prophesys
The next ten years will see South
Dakota outstripping Iowa 80 far that
it will be left completely in the rear
mot even within approaching dis.
lance.
South Dakota's best eight coun-
ties are:
Brown-Corn 2,475,OOO, oats
l,2lb,S65, barley 1O1, 100, wheat
$4,000.
Bon Homme-Corn 100000,
oats l,l68,520, barley 86,680, wheat
$4,000.
Clay Corn 4.SO8, 45O, oats 1885,
700, barley 88,6S0, wheat 568 ,429.
Lincoln-Cor 4.67l, 400, oats
l,783,5O0, barley 974,8OO, wheat
588. 429.
Minnehaha- Corn 4,325,475, oats
2.6S6,50O, barley l,9OO.5O wheat
4l6,250.
Yankton Corn 4,327,60O, oats
l,654S60, barley 25,4OO, wheat
1929
| Turner Corn 4,l62,37O, oats
|l,548,S00, barley 265.5Oo. wheat
1916
| Sphinx Corn 1890, oats TO-.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-03

bought through the union at Is to
20 per cent below retail prices. A
further inducement is a medicine
cabinet for home veterinary prac.
tice. The farmer was asked to sign
a contract and pay So mailing
fees" The contract proved to be
notes for $53. 80 due in the fall and
drawing ten per cent interest.
Young tried to sell fifteen of the
notes in the Germania State bank at
DeSmet, but without success
Doland Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-03
70, barley 1923, 200, wheat 3,244,.

500, barley 1923, 200, wheat 3,244,-
500.
Total bushels 33, 423, sos,
oats 11,474,745, barley 5,753,370,
wheat 1891, 1923.
Price per bushel-Corn 47c, Oats
42c, barley Ate, wheat 00c.
Value Corn SIS, 708, 094.3 5, oats
A,819,302.9O, barley s2,7O4, O83 go,
wheat SIS, 092, 1870.
Grand total South Dakota,
S41,324,310.85.
Grand total Iowa, $50, 83,015.0O.
Balance favorable to South Dakota,
ST. ,541, 205. 90. Pierre Free Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-03
NEWS

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TO- his home
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bruises.
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enmity existing
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-06-03
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as we
hates.
Evening star., 1909-05-09

edge of all fruits. herbs balms and spices
and of ALL that Is healing and sweet i'm
fields and groves and saNory in meats. 1t
means carefulness. inventlNeneSs. watch
futness. Willingness and readiness Of ap-
pianee. II means the economy of your
great -grandmothers and the science of
modern chemists. II means much tasting
and no wasting 1t means English thor
oughness, French art and Arabian hos
pitaIity 1t means. in fine. that You are
20 be perfectly and always ladies uoaf-
giversp and are 10 see that every one has
something nice to eat.
At this season that last clause Is never
easier of application. With strawberries
coming on, asparagus at its best. the
finest fish in the world fairly begging to
be caught. mushrooms springing up in
every meadow crosses and other salads
tender abundant and inexpensive. no tar
if on food essentials and home grown lux
uries In abundance, who can complain.
Good and Economical Dishes.
Lamb at this season has almost many
possibilities and is as nourishing and
cheaper than beef. Where one has good
storage facilities or a large and hungry
family the most advantageous way is TO
buy in bulk hind saddle of twenty
pounds at 10 cents per pound a fore
saddle al Is cents. From the former can
be cut roasting saddle or chops and two
legs of seven pounds each for boiling or
roasting. From the Tore sadie weighing
twenty pounds can he cut a crown roast
of four and half pounds. two rack and
shoulder roasts of seven pounds each and
pound or so of trimmings and neck for
soup or a stew.
In recent lecture at Teachers Col
lege on the economical management OF
a fore quarter of lamb the following sug-
Kest;ons were given: For the crown roast
take out the ribs. scrape off the ends Of
the little rib bones. even them in length.
then fold I'm circle with the row of rib
bones sticking up. Protect these bones
while in the oven by bits of creased pa
per pinned around them with toothpick
Evening star., 1909-05-09
Well Known OratOry.

EONORA OREILLY. who is perhaps
l. the most powerful orator among the
American suffragettes, was compl!mented
al a luncheon in Boston on her eloquence.
1T is my splendid subject" said Miss
O'Reilly, modestly, that makes me seem
to speak we'll My subject affords me
many telling things to say, and say
them simply. That is all.
She smiled
Il try to avoid" she resumed, the
sort of oratory that marks the average
political campaign. That is friShtfu
"One night on the East Side | saw
workinsman | knew lounging at the door
way of a public hall. and from inside
came a continuous and earnest below
ing.
do you know who's speaking? I
asked my friend. OR haven't you been
in"
Oh yes. I've been in. said he.
.AssemblNman BiagG is speaking.
What about" ! inquired
My friend sighed and shook his head,
lie didn't say, he answered.
Evening star., 1909-05-09

balanced, we'll cooked and attractive.y
served meals IS now generally considered
as a science. not beneath the dignity of
the most intellectual. Indeed, college edu-
cation nowadays, instead of making our
girls less resardful of the home. aims to
make her more eager for its development
along the best lines. There is hardly a
woman's club that does not include de-
partment devoted TO the study of home
economics, whose members are keen in
the intelligent advocacy OF pure foods.
pure milk for abies and cookery. not nee
eesarily fancy. but fine and in accordance
with Ruskin's beautiful and comprehen-
sive definition. which runs follows:
Cookery means the knowledge Of
chloe and Medea. and of Calypso and
Helen. and of Rebekah and OF all the
Queens Of Sheba, 1t means the kpowl-
Evening star., 1909-05-09

Roast and serve with boiled rice or green
peas in tho center. All the trimming
with the neck go into the soup pot 70
make a rich and nourishing Scotch broth.
Mutton Duck
To make the famous mutton duck, pull
out the lambs shoulder blade VIII .ch
leaves the shoulder in a soft and flexible
condition. with the long bone attached,
which curves on the end like bill. With
this bone set up vertically, the meat of
the shoulder arranged in a soft mass 10
simulate the body and the shoulder blade
stuck in behind for a tail You can have
the very counterpart of a duck III appear
ance. If preferred the shoulder can be
stuffed with good bread dressing then
" roasted on a rack set over the kettle
of broth. This utiliZes the steam ana
that without extra gas. After cooling set
away OH the ice. then when ready tor
dinner the next day or the day after.
put in the oven just long enough TO
brown. when it will come out with all
the delicious flavor of roast lamb. 1T is
a great comfort for the housekeeper
sometimes" said the lecturer. Ito know
that she can thus cook her roast In sec
tions. 1t is not in the least necessary TO
entirely cook a stew or soup at one time.
1t can be set away partially cooked II
time fails, and be ready for the n 9Nt Gay
improved by the wait instead of being
injured" After stewins the thin breast
piece In the big pot with the neck. tne
lecturer took it out pulled out the little
bones then cut the meat IN thin strips,
dipped them in egg and bread crumbs.
fried them in deep fat and served them
with a tomato sauce
These proved quite as delicious as 'amb
chops which are now costing - cents
ner pound and afford no more noursh-
inent than this 1o cent portion.
The Scraggly Bits.
As tor the scrags!y bits, scraps and
ends tkey can be run through the meat
chopper he made into hamburger steaks
or nodded and fried like little outlets.
Evening star., 1909-05-09

reported a little further ahead, among
he lasncns and marshes of this region,
and the Dutch hunter therefore camped
for the night, ate a hearty supp'r by the
rearing fire and slept SoundlN TIL early
dawn. Before sun-up the party was
again stirring. In less than two hours
time the natives had led the way TO a
broad marshy lagoon or ''vlei,' the
Beers call it, surrounded by drier ground.
upon which grew bush. acacia trees and
few tall palms. Part of this lagoon
was shallow open water. the remainder
consisted of a dense bed of tall reeds.
which led 10 further swamps and la
sonns beyond. The sight that met the
DutcEman's eyes as he and the natives
crept cautiously toward the edge of the
''vloi'' and surveyed the scene from be-
hind a screen of bush was a wonderful
one In and about the ''vlei' stood a
troop of not less than 200 buffaloes. some
rolling in the shallow. some drinking
some standing belly-deep in wafer. dark
and motionless. The buffalo birds-a
species of startling -Buphaya Africana-
those watchful allies of these animals
and rninoceroses. were flying hither and
ing on the ticks and parasites which in
fest the buffalo. number of small
white herons. 100, were about the 'vlei.'
some of which were also to be seen ac-
tualiy perching on the broad backs of the
great game. In any case the stalk re-
''buffel-vogel'' about, extreme care was.
as the Boer saw essential Concealed
behind thick mass of bush to which he
and the Hottentot had crept. the Dutch
man waited patiently till the troop moved
and a fair shot offered
At last several fat cows. for which
he had been waiting. came. together
with tremendous old bull, within thirty
yards. Selecting the best COW, the Boer
aimed behind the point of the shoulder,
and brought her down. She fell instantly
to the shot. struggled little further. and
soon lay dead. The Boer had hoped and
expected to bring down another COW. His
intentions were frustrated. however. by
the bun, which charged upon the instant
directly toward the rifle smoke. Within
ten yards, the Dutchman. who was kneel-
ing. fired again. hitting the grim beast in
front of the chest. and turning it. Mean
while. at the sound of the firing the whole
immense herd foundered out of the ''vlei'
Evening star., 1909-05-09

three minutes. add the meat. stir few
seconds. then cover and let cook over a
slow fire for half an hour stirring fire.
dEently. Add Il half cIpfuI boiling water
cover and simmer gently until nearly
done. In the meantime melt two table
spoonfuls of butter in another saucepan,
aGd two spoonfuls of flour. and when
blended. quart of the broth, five small.
Willte onions and bouquet of seasoning
herbs When smooth and thickened, add
TO the meat cook a little longer. remove
the bouquet and every particle of fat and
dress on hot dish with the sarnish of
carrot balls, potatoes and peas or aspara-
gus.
The Aristocratic Artichoke.
Not to know the delightful possibilities
OF the artichoke. whose prickly calyx
closely resembles the Scotch thistle. ar
CUES yourself behind the times gastro-
nomicaly.
The large imported French artichokes
which sell mere for % cents each, are
quite the favorite bonne bouche wheth-
er served as salad or as an entree.
Much smaller but even more delicate
are the California chokes that NAV now.
be found In the eastern markets retailing
OFTEN as low as q or cents each In the
Italian and Chinese quarters they can
be found even more reasonable, for both
Italians and Chinese beat us all to pieces
In their insistence upon having the best
there is in vegetables. The head of these
artichoKes is composed of numerous oval
scales inclosing the fiowerets, which with
their feshy base are not only edible but
delightfully."- SO. These bottoms or cups
serve as the basin for various epicurean
dishes. AS the Introduction To dainty
course dinner the heart of cooked arti-
choke Is stamped out with fancy edged
cooky cutter. then chilled on thu ice Just
before the guests enter the dining room
Evening star., 1909-05-09

germs are introduced every time il ~
dipped into and IL spoilS more quickly.
Shad Roe Ell Brochette.
Another SeaSonable dainty l. Shad fos
Ell brochette To prepare this, parhoil
the roes as soon as they come from Tie
market in slightly acidulated water. cut
into inch pieces, dredge with flour. and
thread on skewers. alternating with tsfn
slices of fat bacon. Broil 10 delicate
brown on both sides and serve with
parsley and butter sauce.
EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD.
Evening star., 1909-05-09

Other WAYS of utilizing these left overs,
are in little cropuettes. in a mince on
toast. or you may line little crooks or
molds with boiled rice and pack the CEN
terS with the bits of lamb; then steam and
serve with curry sauce. Still another
good warm weather suggestion is to make
a tomato jelly in molds with bits of the
lamb in the center and serve on lettuce
leaves as a salad.
Haricot of Lamb or Mutton.
haricot of lamb or mutton is par
ticularlr nice now with a garnish OF
carrot ha! or peas or asparagus. To
prepare il. cut three pounds Of the
meat into inch sliced pieces. and season
well with salt and pepper. Place sauce
pan over the fire with a tablespoonful
of olive oil or butter and when hot toss in
the fat two small onions chopped fine and
IT liked half q Glove of garlic, Cook
Evening star., 1909-05-09

almost inv aria bly, hetake themselves in
flight as far from the pursucr as possible.
Ire usually retreats some distance into
the .denSest bush. and then either hides
up in scmc dark corner where the
shadows are deep ard dense o. turn
ing upon his line takes a paraIlcl pa I'll
back. and 50 waits for his foe: or he
will even follow back upon his own spoor
and conceal himself. Sometimes he will
stand luking amid the dark thickets; al
lie down; in either case prepared and
determined 10 infict bloody revenge for
the hurts under which he is smartnS.
Year after year fatal accidents happen
in South African buffalo hunting year
after year men. if not killed outright are
terribly mauled; and, until the buffalo is
completely eXterminated. he will be found
savage and dangerous as the lion
himself. and, withal. far more revenge
full.
I cannot better Illustrate the chara ter
Of these determined and pluckN animals
than by an adventure narrated to me not
long since in the hunting veldt by Boer
hunter from the TranSvaal. He had been
tracking with some other comDatriotS far
10 the northwesi Of Lake Ngami Flesh
was badly wanted in camp. and as tsetse
fly was preva lent i'm the marshv country
they were outspanned. and the natives
reported large herds of buffa loes. he lett
his horses behind him ferried across the
river and spent the next tWo days in
hunting He had with him his own
Hottentot servant. 4 good and reliable
hunter and fair shot. and he had as
we'll several natives of the district who
were anxious for meat and ready to show
him the game.
On the first day the Dutchman came
across some fifty buffaloes grazing in
fairly open veldt. Getting behind some
good and convenient covert and with the
wind in the right direction he had little
difficulty in shooting two fat cows and a
young, fresh bull. The cows were pretty
easily secured but the young bull. al
though shot through the lungs. jumped
on his legs from some long grass and
bush. then walked up. charged fierceIy at
the spcoring party and was only killed
within a few feet of the hunter. The
rest of the day spent in skinning and
cutting up the game. Part of the ma
tives We're sent back to the Boer camp.
laden with as much meat as they could
Evening star., 1909-05-09

What is it. ladies' that so often drives
men ou; TO clubs and leaves the domestic
hearth desoate. what bii, bad dinners ,
md whose fault is the bad dinners but
yours. yours. forsooth. who are too intelI-
gent 10 go into the kitchen and TOO del
cate To think about your husbands VIC
tuals '-Thac keray.
When the dinner is i'll got. there i
poverty. or there Is Incidence. or there is
ignorance.-Dr. Samuel Johnson
Evening star., 1909-05-09

the tumble of horse ard man and in his
blind fury knelt on them and stamped
on them. This happened in the fractio !
of a minute. of course. and was iermi-
mated only when Williams. mastering all
his strength. rose to his knees and be
gan pumping soft-ncsed pellets into the
bulls flank. raking him forward into
vital parts. The murderous creature fell!
on top of his victims, and when search
ers-attracted by Williams cries found
them horse. bull and Senegambian lay
dead in one heap.
1t is agreed upon all hands by ex-
perienced hunters in Africa that the
buffalo is one of the three most dan
gerous four-footed foes that man can
attack. Most men class this animal
with elephants and lions as game that
requires the highest attributes, of skill.
courage and caution to bring TO bag
AS matter of fact. it may he laid
down that more deaths and dangerous
accidents happen annually in Africa
in hunting the. buffalo than in the
chase of any other species of heavy
game. In regions where large numbers
of these splendid beasts still wander.
in troops of three hundred. fcur hundred
and even more. and where they have been
little disturbed. the hunter has no great
difficulty in shooting as many as he re-
aures. In fairly open country, where
scattered covert exists. and where they
can be readily approximation they are
by no means keen-sighted creatures-a
man may. he begins to think, shoot buff
falces as easily as he can shoot oxen.
But. directly buffalo is wounded and
his blood-spoor has to be taken up. and
the hunter has to follow him into the
dense coverts to which he retreats. the
business is entirely changed. Then you
may prepare to lock out for yourself, to
take up your heaviest and most reliable
weapon and to follow the track of your
game with every sense alert and your
rife handy for an instant and most dead
ly charge.
You will find. too. that the native
spoorer. who trotted in front of you
readily enough on the blood spoor of
elephant. and even lion, will now greatly
prefer to follow in your rear, and leave
Won to take I'M on Nour own nerSon the
Evening star., 1909-05-09

y these latter days
II is not the intel
lectual " o m a n
whose husband is
forced to seek prop
er nourishnent at
the club, but the
indolent or igno-
rant.
Home m a X n z
which includes the
daily service Of
we'll selected, we'll
Evening star., 1909-05-09
Sunday Menu.
Break fast.

Sunday Menu.
Break kfast.
Strawberries Cereal
RrOiled Shad Water cress
Rolls Coffee
Dinner.
RRdishes CDyiare
PURGE of Tomato and Celery
Curried Breast of Lamb with Rice
Mashed Potatoes Aspnraxus
ArtichOkex with French Dressing
Chocolate Pudding with Cream
Coffee.
supper.
Individual Strawberry ShOrtcakes
Veal Loaf
Custard Sponge Cake
Evening star., 1909-05-09

y incident highly
indicative of the
extraordinar rily dan
Serous character of
the African buffalo
is related by Mr..
.Ainsley Williams,
the & ent | e m a II
scout of the fa-
nous Niger water
shed e yplorin n e
party. | had miss
ed him from his
Evening star., 1909-05-09

first and dangerous risk in the dark and
shadowy thickets into which you are ad-
vancing. He knows-none better-the
dark, evil fury and the lurking. noiseIess
way: of the beast of which YOU are i'm
search. The buffalo, soon AS lie is
wounded. seems. indeed. to think of little
else than a bloody revenge. Unlike most
other game, which, when wounded will
Evening star., 1909-05-09
A Nubian Lion Hunt.

BY Baron Heinrich Albert. the famous Austrian
Swiss Adventurer This thrilling narrative by
Baron Albert will appear the next OF this
series, together with article entitled
Lion Hunting in the Molopo Country
By Percy Selcus. member of this famous tam.
jly of hunters is accompanying ex-Presdent
Roosevelt into tie junges of East Africa on
his much heralded hunting trip.
Evening star., 1909-05-09
Save the Fat for Frying.
To Care for Soup Stock.

Here is a point that every cook should
know. In setting away soup stock made
in quantity, il should he put int" glass
jars so that the contents Of one can be
used without disturbing the others. II
all the stock is put in one large bowl
Evening star., 1909-05-09
ING AHEAD OF ROOSEVELT U1z&&A III
hunting the Dangerous African Buffalo
By H. A. Dryden

h@ nth Percy ud ~
indeed fayaa aVaude eohm ii
Evening star., 1909-05-09
Matemba, the 0ne-Eyeo
Rogue Elephant and
His Deeds.

. HE story of the great one-eNed
rogue elephant of Matemha ana
j his deeds is one that Is still tod
around African campfres. Capt. McGil-
Evening star., 1909-05-09

accustomed stations and on his reap-
pearance he was generally bandaged up
ana one leg was In spints. 1t appears
that one late afternoon when the shad-
"Ws in the brush We're growing to tine
pom OF almost complete darkness, though
the sun still Illuminated the tops of the
trees. he re; ;urning to camp alone
save for Senegambian gun-h bearer noted
Tor his bravery. Both were mounted on
native ponies. Wiry and keen of senses
Suddenly Williams pony began TO snuff
fe and snort. and both stood stocksill,
refusing to advance into the darkness
Of tie foliage-arched trail. Williams
quickly unsluns double ba rreIed ten
gauge Parker with which he had been
after fowl He meant 10 slip in a buck
shot cartridge. but before he more than
had mis- gun across his pommel with a
sruntng below the huge form of an old
bull buffalo rushed out OF the darkness
ahead and charged the two with all fe-
rocity.
It was impossible to turn out of his
way and all that Williams could do was
to lean forward and pull both barrels
po!ntblank. The massive horns and
frontal bones must have shielded the
beast from any injury, save enough TO
nfura.e IT more than ever The next
instant Williams pony was dsemboweled
with side swipe of the bulls horns
and the rider was pitched into the brush
with a broken leg. On over the dying
pony rushed the buffalo and his charge
drove the second pony end over enu on
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ton Of his Scnegambian rider. The two
rifles he carried flew into the brush and
one fell near Williams. II Was the Win
chester fOrtS-foGr. Williams dra gged
himself over 10 il and found il uninjred
but tragedy was transpiring meanwhile
Giving the poor gun bearer no chance for
MS life, the bull swep; first one Tip Of
his mighty horns and then the other into
Evening star., 1909-05-09

and went off, crashing through angle
Of the reed beds and thence far into the
bush AS they fed. the Boer showed in
another cartridge, took aim at a retreat
ing COW eighty Yards off and by Il lucky
shot broke her back She fell believing
and was quickly dispatched. Leaving the
natives to skin and cut up these carcases.
the Dutchman now took up the pursuit