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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22
ROOTS OF THE SUGAR BETS
One Great Lesson to Be Learned 10
More and Better Cultivation
Deep at First.

Last year we began to investigate
the root system of sugar beets, be-
lieving that by so doing we. could
more nearly come to some conclusions
as to the methods of cultivation.
AS soon as the small beet appears
above the ground, the top root has
attained length of three to four
inches; from this time on the growth
is very rapid plants one week old
have side roots two inches in length.
The top root grows downward con-
tinually unless it meets with some OBJ
struction, in that case it will either
grow sideways or become very
much sprangle rooted plant. 1t must
be borne in mind that the main root
or beet cannot draw any nourishment
from the soil; this must naturally be
done by the small or fibrous roots
that are found on both sides of the
beet.
AS we pull the beets, we find the
flbrous roots very short on the main
root; it was found however, that
these small roots at the time the
beets are seven to eight weeks old
run as far as Is to is inches into the
rows. Thus we found that by cult
waiting the beets too deep after the
seventh week we destroy great deal
OF the root system of the plant
The main root or beet itself appears
to have attained nearly all of its down
ward growth by the eighth week, that
is, after that time the growth in
length is very slow, whereas the ex-
pansion or widening out of the root
takes place.
| In many instances where we cut the
main or top root of small beet of
two and three weeks of age the plant
made but very slow growth after such
cutting, or died entirely; where the
same operation was performed on old
er plants no serious results were no.
tlced This in a manner proved that
during the early period of the plants
life the top root is the root that aids
largely in supplying the necessary
food, after certain period this func-
ton is lost and the duties of support
ing the plant falls upon the fibrous
roots.
To cultivate properly we should de.
stroy as few roots as possible; this
then means deep cultivation in the
early stages of the beet's growth for
purpose of loosening the soil, and a
gradual shallow cultivation toward
the later part of the season.
We have often seen fields where
farmers irrigate in order to keep from
cultivating; there is great difference
between the two; cultivation is not for
the sole purpose of destroying weeds,
but to loosen the soil so that the roots
may penetrate it more easily and to
get air into it. BY irrigating we OBJ
tain just the opposite of that which is
desired; We pack the soil and shut the
air from the roots.
The one great lesson that we must
learn more thoroughly than all else in
beet culture is more and better cult
walton; but not too late in the season,
as then we break too many leaves
from the plants and this is detrimental
for the best results.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22
Demand for Bacon Hou..

In meeting the demand for bacon
hogs the farmers should select some
one Of the breeds which produces d
large percentage Of lean meat When
the pigs are young they should be
allowed to range far and wide, eating
alfalfa and the grasses, skinned milk.
Gbuttermilk. oats and barley Toward
the end of the sixth or seventh month
when they are nearing the time for,
market they may be fed some corn.
/ BY selling the pigs at this period it
5willgbe found that It costs less to pro.
Sduce 100 pounds Of bacon which re-
tails at 20 cents q pound than 100
pounds OF mess pork worth 10 ar IL
cents y pound. \
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

ing summer and fall, will be able to
support the weight of the rfuit.
All this having been done, it will
nevertheless be important to pick
over the fruit after it has fairly we'll
formed. Break out all the small and
unsightly fruit; it is certainly more
profitable, be it from the commercial
standpoint or simply for home use,
to have one big, juicy, well-formed,
well-colored and well-ripened apple
than four or five small, unsightly and
unsaVory ones.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

A number Of women in Massachu.
sets pleaded with the police to give
4 up q baseball umpire to the crowd that
wanted to kill him. This removes the
last doubt that women are fully capa.
BILE OF entering, like men. into the prin.
ciples OF popular government.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22
CurOpean SOvereigL

Canada proposes a centennial cele-
bration Ia recognition OF the hundred
years Of peace that have followed the
var Of 1872 That is happy idea
and one that is likely to find hearty
fayor + in this country. And why
should there not be commemoration
sof q century Of peace and neighbor-
liness as well az Of bloody conflicts?
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22
Success in chieIen..l Y

II yon ara having success with anv
breed 8of fowls continue TO raise that
breed no matter what others say
about the merits Of their breeds; but
breed your own up TO something bet.
TER. Get new breeders o. eggs for
! hatcainE such, from others as' otter
sas necessary and keep heading "a.
I ward the front always. :,o not IS
content nth scrubs Oh dunghill s;s s,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22
Breed from Choice specIme ma.

Successfully to raise the best and
most profitable fowl the farmer must
plan and follow out systematic
course IN breeding and raising his
flock. Never breed from the entire
flock, but select the choicest speci.
mems, which must be carefully sepa-
rated from the more or less defective
birds. and from these alone should
the eggs for Matching be obtained
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

Business closed July 81 with cash
balance gof $3.50. 49,; 300 on hand in the
national treasury at Washington.
There are 70 be economy and retrench-
msnt which indicates wise manage
sfnent Of the peoples money. But
slInclA Sam has q consid erable surplus
ssprs hand and his credit ts pretty good,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

The car on his visit to England
was more like captive than king,
guarded as he was with battleships
and battalions Of plain-clothes men.
i It is safe to say the uncrowned Amer
4 lean tourist gets q heap more fun out
of his international jaunts than any
Euronean sovereign.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

It seems to be settled now that the
revolt in Catalonia will stop far short
81 revolution. But King Alfonso will
want his throne carefully examined
I for shaky foundations, at frequent in
teryais, for a long time to come.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

Returning from an unsuccessful eff.
fort to fly across the British channel,
2 French aviator was compelled to
3 kiss several girls. who threw their
arms around his neck This is no
way to teach aeronauts to be success.
full.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22
,..The Man u. the Hon I. J,

ssssNN With cattle, hogs, sheep, horses
and grain selling at top prices. with
generous spring rains and al abun.
dance Of water for irrigation. tha,
western farmer Ii the man 81 the
hour g. ,.5 b
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

The discoverer Of Cripple Creek has
Just died in poverty. When drunk he
sold for $500 property that has since
produced $23s,0OO,0OO in gold. Hard
liquor has often proved a great sol.
vent for gold.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

Strange how many men one comes.
across who will tell any size of fish
story without the CULVER of an eye
lash, and yet will refuse to believe
that any fish large enough to swallow
Jonah ever could have. lived.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

The vasaries and queer happenings
in Chicago are now fully accounted
for. They believe in that eiiy in pie
for breakfast,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

In her friendly overtnres. this com,
try desires to inform China that She
can go as far as she likes mitl. Us
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

The emperor of Germany has in.
troduced football, as it is played in the
United States, in the army as a good
exercise for temper and body: 1t will
give the troops some idea Of real war.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22
Cars or Stock.

breeding stock will do well OH FOOD
pastnrage with plenty Of fresh water.
hut hogs that are :to be MAKE: ga 81
sslx months should have some Srafr:
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22


A girl cashier has been poisoned
through handling money, Her aeci.
dent. however. is hardly likely 10
make the practice unpopular.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

Our pole discoveries will find the
exhilarating cup OF glory more 10 the
taste than an Eskimo bill of fare.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22


Since Berlin's population is incress-
ing. London should listen carefully to
see if German is crowding the English
language al headquarters.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

New York and London still cherish
horse cars. but the mule car has dis,
appeared from the face OF the earth.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

How fine the globe looks with the
stars and stripes at the top!
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

We should remember in the summer
season, that while some things are
rare and hard to obtain, the humble
ptomaine is always with us.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

The latest flying machine is the
ornithopter. which is based on the
flying methods of the eagle. AS a
success it ought to be a scream.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

The aeroplanes may need skypar,
lors or roosts. They certainly would
be misfits in garage.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

Vicious dogs should be kept at
home so they could practice upon
their owners.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

Some one says that submarine YES
sells are safe. They are at least bur
glar proof.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

Little did Spain think chat the
Moors had any such war up their
sleeves.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22
SOUTH DAKOTA

Meanwhile the frog in the railroad
yards continues to gather them in.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17
THE PRESS AND PEACE.

In all countries where the press has
reasonable freedom, it has come to
rave great influence ulon tie people
as individuals and as a nation. The
influence which it eXerts in directing
the minds of men into certain chan
nels of thought and of action is greater
than the influence of any other in
Stitution
Edward Cary. of the New York Times,
in an article on Journalism and In
ternational Affairs" points out that the
press has become powerful in two
ways-that of furnishing information
and that OF offering comment on the
same. By means of press associa-
lions, reports are received every day
by editors from al quarters of the
globe. By means of editorial com
n.ent public opinion is nodded and di-
reCted.
With such great influences behind
1t, the press obviously must be care
Iul that it present its views in the
proper way and that its comments
be OF the proper kind. The presenta-
ton OF news should be made in such
way as to prevent any excitement.
Give peace the benefit of the doubt"
says Mr.. Cary, land so address read
ers as to keep them cool, and fair,
and RATIONAL
The headlines of paper should also
be given careful attention, for they are
read by the whole public. Here it is
that the obligation to give peace the
preference will work the greatest
good.
Newspapers hearkening to these de-
mands cannot fail to do vast
amount of good, and to keep the
peace that should be, in both domes-
tic and foreign lands.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17

In the Century Magazine Richard
Watson Glider is contributing some
conversations and letters of the late
eX-PresiGent Cleveland and, after stat
ing that Air Cleveland's friends have
any number OF stories about his kind
heartedness TO beth men and animals,
he cites the fact that when fishing Mr..
Cleveland limited the number OF fish
caught with view to some reasonable
use, and that he killed his fish as soon
as they were caught. Mr.. Glider adds:
He told re the story of the old darky
who risked his life when out fishing to
save small darky. He was asked
the boy was his own. oh, no,
san; he not my SON. Well, was he
some relative that you risked your
life for him?' No, sab; he no relative;
no, sah.' Then why did you plunge
in that reckless way and fetch him
out? Well. sab, the fact is, sab, that
that boy had the bait
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17
The USE OE The RIVER.

Take the river seriously. In our day
of transcontinental railroads we are
prone to neglect the waterways of the
United States. In this part of the
country the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers have furnished material for
story writers and poets who picture
the past glories of the river trade.
Naturally the general public regards
the river in this light. and the efforts
of the few aggressive men to utilize
our waterways are meeting with little
response. The river is not being taken
at its true worth by the railroad travel
ing public. President Roosevelt was
farsighted enough to see that much
good could be accomplished by a Gulf
TO Lakes waterways commission. But
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17
DOWN WITH THE DiScOURAGER

Listen to the man who is always
saying that it can't be done. He is
not a knocker in the true sense of
the word for a knocker condemns
openly. Whenever great enterprise
is to be undertaken. the discOurager,
as we shall call him for want of d
better word, is always on hand with
the cheerful advice that it can't be
done. He harps upon this statement.
but offers no explanation as to why
he believes the task impossible. If
he does, his replies are usually so
vague that practical men take no ac-
count of them They go right ahead
and the discourager remains at their
elbows repeating his ill-omened dec
laration. The nearer the finish, the
surer he is that something will turn
up to spoil the scheme. Not until
success has been unquestionably DEM
onstrated does he grudingly admit he
was wrong. and turn his attention to
something else. No one believes him,
yet he seeks to palm himself off as
an authority whose word could stop
the progress of the world.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17
1T WAS A JOkE-BUT.

Although the recent haZing in which
d freshman girl at the university fig
ured was largely a joke, it certainly
is time to stop when hazing is eX-
tended to university women. 1t may
be highly humorous to leave a girl
who is away from home for the first
time. by herself in lonely place at
night, but it is hard to convince
leave her, but it is hard to convince
her parents it is a joke. 1t is also
hard to convince other parents who
contemplate sending their daughters
to the University of Missouri that
such matters are jokes and harmless.
They can see the possibilities in the
case. which the perpetrators of the
joke can not. The Womens Council
and the Student Senate should see
that this sort of joke is stopped imme-
diately. If they have not the power,
they should step out of the way for
the Discipline Committee, which has
the power.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17
Wordsworth Up to Date.

She was a Phantom of Fright
When first she cleaned upon my sight
A shaPeless shape in scanty dress
To haunt. to startle, to distress.
saw her upon nearer view;
The things that woman had TO do.
She had to breathe certain wav,
And walk and walk for miles each day
She couldn't eat thing that's good
For human natures daily food,
But just some hygienic stuff,
And stop before she'd enough.
You'd think no one, however thin.
Her sheathlike garments could get in /;
Fen if you understood the cult
You'd be surprised at the result.
A perfectly woman nobly gowned,
With hips scarce thirty inches round {.
\ slot-like form, a halting gait,
And something like an angels weight!
Carolyn Wells, in IFarper's Magazine.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17
University Calenda,

October % Football: Missouri VS..
Amcs. at Amcs, Iowa.
October 81. Football: Missouri VS..
Iowa at Iowa City, Iowa.
October 3l-Dedication of new Y.
NJ G. A. bUiIdirg.
November &. Football: Missouri vs..
Washington. at st. Louis.
November p. - m, to November %.
a m. Thanksgiving holidays.
November l3. Footballs: Missouri VS..
Drake. at Columbia.
November p. Football: Missouri VS..
Kansas at Kansas City.
December -. P. m., to January 4,
S a. III. Christmas Holidays.
January 81 to February 5. Mid-year
examinations.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17
Ready for Pastinc.

Does any man ever paste a memor-
andum in his hat? The San Diego
Union requests all and sundry to paste
in their hats that that city is going
to have an exhibition in 1915 celebrat-
ing the opening of the Panama Canal
that will be worth seeing. To that end
an exhibition company has been in.
corpcrated which promises to devise
and arrange in the next six years a
great show the equal of that now in it's
closing weeks at Seattle.-Boston
Transcript.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17
American Novels Are Fewer.

LONDON-An English publisher who
has just been visiting American states
in trade publication that there has
been almost as great slump in fic-
tion in the United States aS i'll England
One Of the leading publishers in New
York furnished him figures showing
that the number of novels issued in
1901 was 1924; in 1904. .S2l; in 1907
panic no attention is paid to the fig
ures of that year. OF the novels is
sued in 1907 the percentage of authors
by nationality was-American, 81 II
per cent: English, 4S - per cent
New York Times
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17
Golf the Coquette of Games.

A game which takes four miles of
country for the playing must always
have majesty of its own. 1t is surely
a great testimony to the qualities of a
game when man can be both enthusi-
astic and inefficient Golf is the CO.
quette of games. It always lures one
on and always evades one. Ten years
ago | thought | had nearly got it. /
think so today. And ten years hence
may still have the same delusion.
But my scoring cards will show, fear.
that the coquette has not yet been
caught. The middle-aged lover cannot
hope to win her smile.-Strand Maga-
Zine
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17
The Withered Staff of AescuIpius.

Aesculapius was always represented
with a staff, symbol of the support
needed by the sick; around it was
entwlned the ancient symbol of etern-
lty, the serpent. Throughout succeed
ing ages physicians carried a stick,
which during the Middle Ages was
usually surmOunted by a small metal
box containing aromatic herbs which
the doctor shifted as he contemplated
his patient to counteract infection and
the universal stencil of the sickroom
then prevalent. Later on the stick
shrunk into cane, and during the
Regency had above the handle an
eyeglass, a survey of the invalid
through which must have conferred
an lneffable look of wisdom and pro
foundity. In early Victorian days a
climax of bad taste was reached in
the use of carved ivory or bone skulls
as cane handles, an example of the
ethical advertising of the period.
FINALLY the doctors cane has followed
MS black coat and high hat into oD-
llylon. and more and more must the
practitioner rely upon his brains for
York Medical Journal
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17
Musings of the Gentle cynic.

The man who does his level best
isn't going down hill.
Some men are born fools, and the
rest of lis acquire foolishnesS.
\ woman never considers Il man
lacking in intelligence if he has enough
To admire her.
Some bachelors have never married
because Of heart failure, and others be-
cause of cold feet
The hardest thing in the world to
manage is wife. The next hardest
is a husband.
The people who run up bills are gen
orally run down by the collector.
About one woman i'm a thousand is
logical. and then she is invincible.-
New York Times.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17

Congress did not listen long to the
fourteen-feet-throug song.
More pressing matters were at hand
to consider preparing for canal that
would not be completed before 1915.
Meanwhile a few determined citizens
in Kansas City and st. Louis are TAX
ing our rivers seriously and laying
the plans for the time when cargoes
from the Orient shall find place in
the warehouses of Missouri river
towns.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17
"Gray Pants and Spats" in OMAHA

"Gray Pants and Spats" in Omaha.
Omaha papers are having fun with
the towns male citizens because of
the varied costumes worn by them
at the exclusive swell" $20-a-plate
banquet given in honor of President
Taft. Some were in full dress, some
wore dinner jackets, some appeared
in gray trousers and most any kind
OF coat, and some appeared in the
traditional Prince Albert" which still
serves with some men as suitable for
all "dress-up" occasions, from a wed
ding to funeral. But the Omaha
papers know what's what in good
society and are grieved because not
all their citizens have the same knowl-
edge. And yet these same papers
were much irritated a few years ago
when an Indian novelist, in tale
whose scene was laid in Omaha, init
mated in friendly way that it's peo-
pie were better acuainted with some
things than they were with
fashionable etiquette. But, of course.
when an outsider says such things it's
Observation-Disclosures Star.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1909-10-17
Most Exclusive Train in World.

1t is said that the Shasta Limited OF
the Southern Pacific, running between
Portland and San Francisco, is the
most exclusive train in America up
to the installation of the Shasta Limi
ted the Twentieth Century Limited on
the Lake Shore held the record for eI'
clusiveness. But the Twentieth Cen-
tury takes on passengers at Rochester
n. T., and let's off passengers at Elk
hart. Ind, which are only five hundred
miles apart. The Shasta Limited
however, doesn't take on or let on
passenger between San Francisco ana
Portland, 112 miles, which is the long
est distance for a through run Id
America-or the world -Portlano
Journal.