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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
;osr OF THE PANAMA CANAL.

A revised statement of Panama canal
finances shows the total amount eX.
pended on purchase and construction
to Oct. 80, 1909. as S1Sl,23l, o7l.S4,
This is practically one-half of the pres
ent authorized bond issue. Authority
has been given for bond issues amount
ing to S375,200, 0S0. The actual issue
to the first of this month has been
$S4, 631 800. From the sale of these
bonds $s7,3Oa, 594.S3 has been realized.
Deducting the proceeds of bond sales
from the total expenditure. there re-
mains 500, 921,477.0l, which has been
paid out of the general fund Of the
treasury and is reimbursable from fur
Their bond sales if such a course is
deemed necessary or desirable.
Authority rests with the treasury to
issue bonds to the amount Of S93,92l,'
|477.01 for reimbursement of money
already paid from the general fund,
plus further issues to the amount OF
$196, 647, 522.99 for the conduct and
completion OF the work. This makes
a total of $3.50, 569, 900 for bonds au'
thOrlZed but not yet issued.
Disbursements on constructive &C
count have been as follows:
During fiscal year 1905...S 3,91S,S1O.S9
During fiscal year 1906. 19,S19,373.i1
During fiscal yea 1907 27,19S,61S.f
During fiscal year 1905. 3S,093,929.Oi
During fiscal yea 1909. 31,419,442.4l
During first four months
of fiscal year 1910 II DAG 403 | 4.
The more costly work of construct
ing dams and locks is yet to come.
When that Is under way The monthly
drafts will probably show a considers
BILE increase. In 1880 M. de Lesseps es-
timated the cost of a sea-level canal
at about $12S, 100000 with eight years
as the time needed for its completion
Experience has shown his error, as
it has shown the errors and later esti
mates by American engineers. The
United States has spent about S12S,O0O,
900 in the last foul years, and is now
about half through with the job. =
New York Sun.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
rhe Plague Of Rn,.,

According to Popular Mechanics, ex-
periments show the average quantity
of grain consumed by a f%ull-grown
rat is fully 2 ounces a day, and a
half-grown rat eats about as much as
an adult. Fed on grain, a rat eats
IS to so pounds a year, worth about
60 cents If wheat or $3.50 If oatmeal.
Fed on beefsteaks worth. rs cents a
pound, or IN chicks or squads with
q much higher prospective value, the
cost Of maintaining . rat is proper
tionately Increased. Granted that mere
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

AN EXCELLENT REMEDY.

VIII Break Up "a Cold In Twenty
four Hours and Cure Any Cough
That Is Durable.
The following mixture Is often pre-.
scribed and is highly recommended
for coughs, colds and other throat an6
bronchial trouble. Min two ounces OF
Glycerine, a half-ounce OF Virgin OF;
of Pine compound pure, and eight
ounces of pure Whisky. These can be
bought in any good drug store and
easily mixed together in a large bottle
The genuine Virgin Oil of Pine com
pound pure is prepared only in the
laboratories of the Leach Chemica,
Co, Cincinnati, and put up for dis
pensing in half-ounce Walls.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
Idle Thoughvs.

The bitter end In cigars - The -
half inch.
Everybody Is anxious to serve . riaD.
man with a subpoena.
One boarder claims the fruit salo0'
Is just another scheme for servt1o
prunes.
When nice men are put up, hou
are we going to stop a woman fro0
voting for both candidates?
The insurance company agrees -
pay a certain amount to one widoW~
Washington Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

The foreign population of Morocco IL
diviied into the following classes. in
orde. Of their preponderance: Spanish
spea ing, including Jews. $4,000;
Ere h speaking. 10000; English
spe: ing. 1000; German speaking, l.
600: others. 1000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
Could Not rell sooner.

What. Suzanne, going to leave me :"
exclaimed the lady to her French maid,
who was INVALUABLE" Going to get
married? This Is most unexpected"
"Oui, madame. but eet ees not my
fault" responded the maid. APOLOGIZE
cally. "Eet was only last night Eat
your son proposed to me!"-Philadel-
mia INQUIRER.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

DR.. Frederick A. Cook, whose claims
as discoverer of the north pole We're
badly dashed by the decision of the
committee of the University of Copen-
hagen, was born in Brooklyn forty
four years ago and was educated in
the public schools of nat city n in
the medical department of the Univer-
sity of New York. Two years after
his graduation from the medical
school, at %, he signed as surgeon for
Peary's expedition of 1898. That was
his first experience as an arctic trav-
eler. In 1897 Cook accompanied an
expedition to the antarctic and brought
back a series of magnetic observations,
and a profile of the bed of the e
south OF Cape Horn. From 1898 till
1907 he was engaged in his alleged as
cent of Mount Mckinley, but his
claims that he reached the top of the
peak are also discredited. These are
the only important events Of his life
previous to his recent return from the
north.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

)"
A new bee disease is spreading
through certain parts of Europe. 1t
is caused by a parasite, a menace to
silk worms also, called Nosema apis.
AS many of our queen bees come from
the provinces now losing out heavily
in the bee trade by 1t, we could easily
get it transmitted with these bees to
this land. At first it was supposed to
be simply the same disease as that
causing what is called MAY dwind-
ling" Now it is known as something
decidedly more serious, because it is
incurable. and the death OF bees taken
with it occurs in from four to five
days.
The disease shows up with a diar-
rhea, because II is in the lower intes-
tines these parasites work. The para
sites belong to the kingdom of the pro
toaZas and are of sporelike formation.
1t has the power to. envelope itself
up by the bee. 1t is carried to the
intestine, to which it fastens itself
and multiplies rapidly. Before the
bee dies it has left these pores on
everything it touched for other bees
to become infected. 1t seems to be
akin to the protoaza, causing the
white diarrhea in chicks and other
fowls as well.
The intestine of a healthy bee is
semi-transparent and flesh, colored, but
when infected with this Nosema apis
it turns a milky color and is Opaque.
This is one way of identifying the
presence of this particular parasite.
The abdomen is also badly swollen.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
He Knew.

my boy. here's the place for you
Hours from 10 to q: Saturdays from
10 to IL; work genteel and light; ex-
p%erience unnecessary; salary, 500 per
week. How does that suit you?"
"G'wan! I amt got no $4,000 to in
vest in the Observation-Disclosures Chron-
icia.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
Fine Mind,

Everybody says that Jones has the
mind, insight. and sagacity he
ever ran across. How did Jones get
such a reputation"
Easy. Whenever you make e state
ment he says. by Jove. that's so! VIII
didn't I ever think Of that b~efore?'"-
Cleveland Leader. letH t
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
rh,. WIN interest Mothers.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren. cure Feverishness, Headache, Bad
Stomach, Teething Disorders, Regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. They break
up colds in "a hours. Pleasant to take.
and harmless as milk. They neuer fail. AT
all Druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy. N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

E. L. Poole, of Havana, Cuba, has
bought of the Philippine government
the San Jose Friar estate of $4,000
acres In the island of Mindoro, to be
used as a sugar plantation The pur-
chase price was $4,000 1t is under
stood the buyer represented the Have
meyers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

Robert S. Parsons, of South Ike
former auditor of the treasury for the
Interior Department, was presented
with a handsome gold watch, appro-
priately inscribed. by the $50 employees
of that bureau.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

Croutons for soup are most easily
made by cutting stale bread about half
an inch thick, buttering it thickly on
both sides, cutting in half-inch squares
and baking in the wen until brown.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

Tell me-" said the lovelorn youth,
whats the best way to find out what
q woman thinks of your"
Marry her" replied Peckham,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Times.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
Grow Corn.

NoLlSltlIiDlloI " Nolh Go 81 ~ "
of food. is annually on the increase.
In 1877 the annual consumption in
the United States per capita totaled
SOL bushels. The population of the
Northern States consumes more wheat
than corn, but corn products enter
largely into the food consumption OF
the people of the Southern States.
Corn bread is on the table regularly
i'll the best homes of the South and
nominally comprises the staff Of life
of the common and middle classes.
Corn is the basis of the meat pro-
duction industry, as 1t is eaten BY
cattle. sheep and hogs and transform
ed into the meat products that grace
the table Of modern civilized people.
While alfalfa is rich in muscle-pro-
ducing attributes, it requires corn to
round out the fat and marbleize the
choice cuts that sell at fancy prices.
Corn is indigenous to most of the
States, but particularly adapted to the
black loan Il alluvial soil of the
Western States and the Mississippi
Valley district.
Corn eXcels all other cereals in the
volume of production per acre and its
adaptation to domestic food consump-
ton has stimulated increased produc-
ton. In 1906 the acreage of corn in
Illinois totaled 9,G16,SS6 acres and the
yield aggregated 347,169,5S5 bushels.
The same year the acreage in Iowa
vas reported at 9,450,O00 and the pro-
duction 373.275,O0O bushels. These
are the two leading corn belt States,
although corn is grown p%rofitably in
the Southern, Middle and New Eng
land States.
Corn revels in rich soil and is q
voracious feeder of plant food. Corn
is particularly fond of stable manure
and responds quickly to fertilizer. II
the farmer has not manure enough to
spread thirty loads per acre and
wishes to plant forty acres of corn,
it would pay better to spread fifteen
loads per acre and supplement 9the
deficit with a dressing Of commercial
fertilizer. represented in $50 pounds Of
nitrate Of, soda, $50 pounds of acid
phosphate and SO pounds of muriate
of potash. If the season is late, acid
phosphate can be increased ~one.fourth.
The farmer cannot afford to risk
INFESTED seed, as the stand can easily
be reduced % per cent by using in
ferior seed. While it is desirable for
the farmer to select his seed from
his Owl field, many farmers favor
buying from growers who make a
speciality of raising seed corn and
guarantee their seed to grow. That
variety should be grown which is best
adapted to the locality. The white
and yellow Dent flourishes in the corn
belt States, while the smaller and
earlier maturing varieties are better
adapted to the shorter seasons Of the
Northern States.
A well prepared seed bed for corn
reduces one-half of the work Of cul.
tivating the crop. AS soon as the corr
is planted the field should be thor
oughly narrowed and cross narrowed
to kill all the terminating weeds and
| leave the ground clear when the corr
attains the proper size for cultiva-
ton. Rich soil and thorough cult.
| walton are essential to produce the
largest yield.-Goodall's Farmer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

Visitor-I have always understood
the only thing you couldn't use wal
the squeal from the hog?
Manager-It used to be so, but since
the tariff agitation started, we have
an unlimited demand for the squeai
from the Infant Industries, so we pre-
serve it in these phonographs.-Puck
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

Hamlins Wizard Oil will knock the
spots off q sore throat. It's use makes
tonsilitis, quinsy and diphtheria impossi-
BILE 1t is simply great for the relief OF
all pain, soreness and inflammation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

Jay Gould. youngest son of George
J. Gould, was elected a director OF the
Wabash Railroad at the annual meet
ing of the stockholders in Telodo. He
succeeds ex-Judge William b. Sanders
Of Cleveland, who declined reelection.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

PILES CURED IN q TO n DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
cas- of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles in 6 to IA days or money refunded. ac-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
Fair Warning.

Young Golightly (to pretty girl)-1s
the seat next to you engaged. miss?
Miss-No: but I am! And he's go
ing to get in at the next station!-
Comic Cubs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

Nearly forty paintings recently ac-
CURED from the collection OF King
Leopold of Belgium have been brought
to New York. Paintings by Van Dyck,
Goya, Rubens, Ruysdael and Teniere
are included.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
Morning Talk.

Il can't get those two explorers out
of my mind"
II suppose you're strong for one OF
the other"
mo. I feel kindly toward both Of
them. Every time l look at the icy
radiator in my Office I think what an
awful time they, too, had in the arctic
regions."-Boston Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

~ Constipation causes and seriously
~aggravates many diseases. 1t Is thor
oughly cured by Dr., Pierce's Pellets.
Tiny sugar-coated granules.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup for
children teething. softens the gums. re-
duces Inflammation, allays pain. cures
md collie. 25c a hottie.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
Calling Her Down.

The little boys mother had acciden-
tally dropped a book on his head.
Mamma" he said. after waiting .
and hearing nc apology. you
should say excuse you!'"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
the Soil.

Make it a point to never allow any
soil to get out of your field. The
fence which crosses the lower levels
ting posts, driving stakes, placing
brush or planting grass or trees where
the most water flows through 1t. It
may be noticed in n field where a
fence crosses a drain that the bottom
portion of the fence becomes in its
downward journey. By making the
fence extra tight in these places and
reinforcing it to prevent giving it
will serve the double Office of fence
and soil builder.
Along these low places in the field
where soil and other matter settles
a succession of dams or brushy ar
r~estors, may be placed to catch and
to some appreciable width, allowing
the water to spread over wider areas,
and hence 1T will have not only less
erosive power, but in it's slow flow will
deposit all Of the substances held in
suspension as 1t flows onward. This
will make rich valleys and will tend
to fill and widen them with time.
The hillside may be held from wash
ing by planting it to fruit or nut
trees and keep the areas among the
trees in grass, which may be pastured
to a limited extent in the case Of
hardy trees, and mown and left on the
ground as a mulch in the case of fruit.
Many hilIslopes which wash away and
become barren and useless in a few
years under the pillow may be made
to become beautiful and profitable,
with a perpetual earning power, when
planted to chestnuts, walnuts and q
variety of trees useful either for their
fruit or for their wood. Nuts are
coming into demand more, and more
every year, and the timber supply is
diminishing. A hillside may be made
as productive as a rich valley and far
more beautiful by setting it out to
useful trees and keeping the surface
in grass.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo ouirine Tablets.
Druggists refund money II it fails u cure. e. w.
GROVES signature is on each box. 2sc.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

The Italian government is making
efforts to divert the tide of emigration
from the United ,tates to Africa.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

In Cuba the State telegraph offices
have been combined with the postal
department.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
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than half the food of rats is waste, the
average cost OF keeping n rat Is still
upward of % cents a year.
If an accurate census of the rats Of
the United States were possible, a
reasonably correct calculation of the
minimum cost of feeding them could
be made from the above data. If the
number of rats supported by the peo-
pie throughout the United States were
no more thai equal to the number of
domestic animals on the farms
horses, cattle. sheep and hogs-the
minimum cost of feeding them would
some such enormous total every farm.
or, and every householder who has
rats upon his premises, contributes a
share.
The futility of past efforts and the
lack of permanent results indicate that
the real cure for the rat evil in cities,
especially %seaports, lies in preventive
rather than curative methods. The
extraordinary success that has attend.
ed the rats struggle for existence Is
to be explained largely by the abund-
ance of food and shelter furnished by
man. Preventive measures should be
directed to withholding these advan-
tages. The curtailing of food is less
important in it's effect upon the pres
ent rat population thar in it's certain
result in lessening population. Abund-
ance of food means many young in
litter and many litters in a year;
a restricted supply means fewer young
and fewer litters. The most important
steps. therefore, toward the suppress
sion of the rat are the enactment and
strict enforcement of municipal ordi-
nances providing for the disposal OF
garbage and the protection of food
supplies, and the rat-proof construc-
ton of dwellings and other buildings.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

There IN q union Of hatmaksrs q
LIE Mans, France, In which tho ONCE
Of president. vice president, sscrstAE1
and treasurer are held by one man.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

A ma can do what he ought . 90:
and when he says he cannot, - vul
nok--Fichte.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

BREAK UP THAT COUGH
with Aliens Lung Bnlsam, the popular family
remedy. It cures where other remedies fail. Al
dealers. Csc, Soc, 81 90 bottles. mF
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
Would Have to BE Labeled.

ner-stonesT'
20, current coins, literature, and the
like. We want posterity to know
about our peculiar customs"
Then why not include one OF the
current hats?"-Kansas City Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
oANoNoooooo

The rank of rear admira has been
conferred upon A. c.. Dillingham; and
Hugo Osterhous by the Navy Depart
ment.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

FERRY DAVIS PAINkILLER
has an enyiablc reputation of over seventy years MS n
reliable remedy for lumbago, sciatca, pleurisy
stitches, ETC., 2Sc, Csc and SIC. At all druggists.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

In Norway the longest day lasti
from May 81 to July % without inter.
ruption.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
Why the boat Upset.

Why the boat Upset.
Helen-Of course he clasped you In
his arms when the boat upset?
Hazel-No; just the opposite.
Helen-Just the opposite? What do
you mean?
Hazel-Why, the boat upset when
he clasped me in his arms.-Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
the Colt.

The loss Of flesh at weaving time
colt is taught to eat grain with it's
dam before it is weaned. 1t is not
the best practice to feed the colt large
quantities of grain while with the
mare, but rather to get him to eating
small amounts. Teach him to stand
tied with a halter before weaving, so
that he will not fret when taken
away from the mare. Colts that are
accustomed to being led and tied are
much easier to manage during wean-
ing time than those that have never
been handled.
About 6 months of age is the proper
time to wean a strong colt. Many
good horsemen prefer to wean them
at once, while others wean them more
gradually, allowing them to suck once
a day for a number Of days before
they are taken away entirely. After
the colt has been removed from the
mare it is essential that she have good
care and her udder should be bathed
at least once every day with cold
water and spirits of camphor to pre-
vent it from becoming caked and
feverish.
When the colt is taken from the
mare he should have a box stall that
is we'll lighted and ventilated. The
box stall will afford him more exercise
than a single one. After giving him a
box stall do not think he should have
no other exercise, but turn him out
once a day when the weather is favor
able and allow him to run around the
yards. Bran and oats make a good
grain ration and clover and timothy
hay make excellent roughage.-Agri-
cultural Epitomist.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

20. they're o really quarreling
They dispute that way every night
George is a monoplanist and Mr.. Stig.
gins is q Observation-Disclosures PlaiE
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
English NJ. Prs.

F.. h OF England's members Of Par
liam 4.,t represents on an average
&c, 975 persons. y. - S~ssrsss y
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
Just nm Argument.

Good gracious. isn't that your u
band across the street there quarrel.
ing with the maj on h opposite
porch p,