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Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-03

you begin selling grain, as you
have been doing the last two years,
you are selling farm fertility with
it and your soil account gets out OF
balance. If you keep that up a
few years, then instead of growing
40, so and 60 bushels of corn per
acre you will be growing 90, 80,
or 40 bushels. Where is the gain ?
Had you stayed by your live stock
you would have retained that fer
tility on the farm and your soil
account would have had balance
on the right side eff the ledger to-
day. Unquestlonably that balance
would be worth more to you today
than the few extra dollars you re-
ceived FOR the grain you sold on
the market in preference to sell
ing it in the form of beef or pork.
But that is not all. Had you kept
your usual number of live stock
you would now be in a position to
reap the benefit of high prices.
You cannot fool your soil, You
ought to know by this time that
merely tickling it will not cause
to bring you returns; it has to be
farmed. 1t cannot produce some
thing out of nothing. Nothing in
this world can do that. and soil is
no exception to the rule. Figure out
a scheme of farming that suits
your conditions and one that will
maintain the fertility of your farm
and then stick to that plan. Don't
waver. Don't worry if for a year
or two you cannot make beef or
pork and get full market price for
your grain. In such seasons be-
gin to think of the value of the
manure. You don't generally
figure that worth anything, but
you ought to. 1t makes no difference
what grain brings on the market,
manure is always worth money
and adds value to your soil. If
you can get 45 cents a bushel fol
your corn in the form of beef and
pork, and the careful manager has
been able to do that during the
past year, you are getting good
returns, especially when you con.
slider that YOU are keeping the sol
account in balance.
Crop statisticians tell us that
the spring wheat acreage this yeal
is much larger than it was last
yeaa, that the barley crop is larger
and that the corn acreage will bt
very heavy. There are but few
hogs and cattle in the count Y to
consume the increased acreage OF
corn, so the chances are that wher
it is ready for the market, no body
having anything to feed it to
! prices will drop. We don't eX
pect to see what used to be calleC
cheap corn, but it will no doub
pay and pay well to feed the com
ing corn crop to hogs if the latte
were available. As soon as a drol
comes in corn prices everybOd,
will be wanting to buy cattle an(
hogs, and prices in that line viii
90 still higher. Then more lan(
will be seeded to grass, grain viii
be forgotten and by the time TIN
average farmer is in line to fec
or to sell stock, there will not b.
enough grain available and grail
prices will 90 up again. Thos
who continue the game in that wa
will lose. but those who stick t
one plan without wavering, pre-
vided that plan is consistent wit
balanced soil account, will viii
They cannot help but win. Whe
will the majority of people realiz
the soundness of this prOuOsitiuD
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-03

Governor johnson thinks the
tariff should be taken out of
politics. The present indications
are that the tariff will be the
means of putting some politicians
out of the business.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-03

There is still some hope for a
navigable Missouri river, says the
Sioux City Tribune. The water
remains thin enough at certain
seasons of the year to drown those
who fall into it.
Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1909-08-03
A Clean Salye

Is desirable. DR.. Bells Antiseptic
Salve is a creamy snow white .oint-
ment and guaranteed for all skin dis
eases, such as eczema, salt rheum,
chaps, etc. 25c sold everywhere
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Needless Wear Of Roads.

A county surveyor protests against
the habit which many motorists have
of doing the majority of their driving
on the crown or centre Of the road.
This method Of driving means that
one portion of the road takes all the
wear, and naturally of course gets
worn into ruts and ridges.
If the traffic would spread itself
and make all that portion of the road
from gutter to the top of the crown
take a share of the wear, road sur
faces would last much longer and
would require less frequent repair.
In these days when roads are made
almost fiat there is no excuse for this
habit Of clinging TO the crown, but
where roads are made with great
deal of Gambler 1t is perhaps excusa-
BILE, as driving on continuous slope
is the reverse of pleasant.-Gentle-
woman.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Spiked Mexican Mountain.

One of the most remarkable geo
logical freaks in Mexico is mount
ain situated on the outskirts OF Pach-
Vca, which presents the appearance
at distance of being covered with
spikes. The sides of the mountain
are closely studded with stone col"
umps or palisades. These. columns
are five to twelve feet long and as
large around as an average mans
body.
1t is a remarkable uplift of nature,
which has the appearance, however,
of being the handiwork of human be-
ings. One side Of the mountain is
almost perpendicular and the stone
columns protrude from the surface
at right angles, forming an impress
sive picture. The stone is as hard as
flint and has withstood the elements
for ages. The spikes form a natural
battlement that makes the mountain
appear from distance like some an
cient ort.-Indianapolis News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
BAD DREAMS
Caused by Coffee.


II have been coffee drinker, more
or less, ever since / can remember.
until a few months ago / became
more and more nervous and irritable.
and finally l could not sleep at night.
for / was horribly disturbed byI
dreams Of all sorts and a species OF
distressing nightmare.
Finally, after hearing the exper,
lence Of numbers of friends who had
quit coffee and were drinking Pos
tum, and learning of the great ben
eits they had derived, concluded
coffee must be the cause of my trou-
BILE, SO got some Postum and had It'll
made strictly according to directions
Il was astonished at the favour
and taste. 1t entirely took the place
OF coffee, and to my very great salts
faction / began to sleep peacefully
and sweetly. My nerves improved.
and ! wish could wean every man.
woman and child from the unwhole-
some drug-ordinary coffee.
"People really do not appreciate or
realize what powerful drug it is and
what terrible effect IT has on the hui
man system. If they did, hardly a
pound of 1t would be sold. would
never think Of going back to coffee
again. would almost as soon think
OF putting my. hand in fire after I
had once been burned.
"A young lady friend of ours had
stomach trouble for a long time, and
could not. get well as long as she
used coffee. She finally quit coffee
and began the use OF Postum. and 10
now perfectly we'll. Yours for
health"
Read THE Road to Wellville. In
Dkgs. "There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from dime to time. They
are genuine, true, and fun 81 human
interest,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Cultivation of Corn.

Corn may be drilled or checked.
We prefer checking for two reasons.
The corn can be kept clean with less
labor, and, after our heavy spring
rains the land can be more thorough
ly cultivated by blowing both ways.
1t can be checked on the double bed
by taking up the marker and driving
the planter down the centre Of the
bed. We use the double walking Gull
tivators. These do thorough work,
and the cost of making the crop is
cheapened. Corn should be culti-
waited often and thoroughly. Guilt
waite deep during the early part of the
season and shallow after the roots
get out in the row. After the corn. is
too large to permit the use of the
double cultivator, for the last plow-
ing, we use single cultivators. Guilt
vate late. This conserves moisture
and keeps the grass out. Sow one
bushel of peas per acre just before
the last cultivation.-J. w. Fox, Di-
rector Mississippi Delta Experiment
Station, in Bulletin No. 119.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
TO KEEP EGGS FRESH.

Simple Method Of Preserving Them
for at Least Eight Months.
Fresh eggs in cold storage at "a
degrees Fahrenheit undergo little II
any change, for this temperature lie
sufficient to limit the activities and
prevent the growth OF the more COM
mon bacteria.
The problem Of preserving eggs by
excluding air has brought forth NUN.
erous methods According to Ameri-
can Medicine, German Investigators
several years ago conducted a series
OF tests, keeping the eggs for about
eight months In some twenty differ.
ent ways, and found that
Immersed in brine, all were unfit
for as,
Wrapped in paper, 80 per cent. bad.
Packed In bran or coated with par
affine, 70 per cent. bad.
Immersed in sol. salicylic acid, so
per cent. bad.
Coated with shellac or collodion.
40 per cent. bad.
I. Packed in wood ashes. 20 per cent
bad. II
Coated with vaseline or immersed
IN a solution Of water glass or lime
water, none bad.
From these experiments, as we'll as
many others, 1t has been found that
a solution of water glass offers about
the best method Of preserving eggs,
aside from cold storage. Water
glass is the common name for potas-
sium or sodium silicate, and is OBJ.
tanned In the shops in the form Of
thick liquid something like glycerine.
One part Of this to nine Of sterile
water makes preserving fluid Of the
proper strength.
The eggs should be packed in q
clean, sweet vessel, and the solution
poured over them until they are well
covered. Preserved in this way in
a cool place, they will keep for
months and often cannot beN distin-
guished in appearance from the fresh
article. 1t is generally conceded that
they lack the flavor OF new laid
eggs, but are in no way inferior Is
nutritiye value. ssRE'
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
a Wide difference

Al lorg.winded, prosy counselor wa9
arguing technical case recently be-
fore one Of the Judges Of the Superior
Court. He had drlfted along In such
a desultory way that 1t was hard to
keep track CT what he. was trying to
present, and the Judge had just vent
ed a very suggestive yawn.
II sincerely trust that am not
unduly trepassing on the time Of this
court" said the lawyer, with sus-
picion of sarcasm in his voice.
There is some difference" the
Judge quietly observed, between
trespassing on time and encroaching
on eternity. New York Times.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Money in Peavine Hay.

Special attention of farmers is
called to the money and feeding value
OF peavine hay. Look at it in this
way: Take an acre of land that with
the aid of So worth of Fertilizer win
make 1000 pounds of seduction At
ten cents a pound the lint and seed
Will be worth $3.50 To raise and
market that cotton will cost five and
a half cents pound, or 1880 for
the acre, leaving net $3.50. Use
the same guano and plant the acre
IN oats as soon as the ground is dry
enough. Follow with peas sown
broadcast. The yield should he
twenty bushels of oats and a ton and
q half of peavine hay. The oats at
sixty cents, and hay at SIS ton and
straw at 81, would bring $41.00. The
expense of both crops, including bal
ing the hay, would not be exceeding
$50, which would leave net sal
Land would be improved to the value
OF So an acre besides. Well-cured
ipeayine hay is the best milk pro-
ducer we know. Ton for ton If is
worth more than genuine wheat bran
and twice as much as some of the
mixtures sold under the name of
bran. Let farmers make their own
supplies, live at home and they will
prosper and be happy. Charles Pet
", Spartanburg Co., S. C.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Keep the Hogs Free From Lice.

In summer some do this by sup
plying place where they can make
a wallow. do not believe in the
common hog wallow. 1t will pay
better for any man who keeps from
fifteen to twenty-five hogs to provide
a dipping vat and use it regularly to
Keep his hogs free of lice. The great
losses resulting from the ravages of
lice are not appreciated. A dip com
posed Of any one of many cheap and
excellent coal tar disinfectants, in
the proportion of one part of the dis
lnfectant to fifty parts of water, can
be made at trifing cost. II this is
not done, the hogs should be thor
oughiy sprinkled with the solution
every week or creased with a mix
tune Of one part kerosene and three
pats Of any non-irritating oil suf-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Considerable.

Fcur old Scotchmen, the remnant
Of club formed some nifty years
ago, were seated round the table In
the club room. 1t was q. M. and
Dougal looked across at Donald and
said in a thick, sleepy voice:
Donald, dye notice what an awtu'
peculiar expression there is on Jocks
face?"
"Aye," says Donald, Il notice that;
he's deead! He's been deead these
four hours"
What? Dead! Why did We no tel
me
"Ah, no-no-no," said Donald,
"Am no that kind O. man to disturb
q convivial evening. -Tit-Bits.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Give the Boy His Chance
by e. RUSSELL.

10y Ne 1AOoCELLs
There is one particular point in
which the average farmer is con-
temptibly mean with his boy. He
sets himself up as standard. II he
didn't want so and SO, why should
his boy?
If he had to turn out of bed at
o'clock a. m. and work until dark,
why should his boy be spared? He
did not have a decent suit, or fine
boots, or any spending money; why
should his offspring go into such ex-
trayagance?
The farmer who reasons that way
has a selfish motive under it. He
knows as we'll as other people that
the boys of to-day cannot be and
are not treated like the boys of fifty
years ago.
He will admit that his father wore
a hickory shirt without collar, to
meeting, while he must have white
one, well starched and adorned with
collar and necktie, but he won't adj
NIT that his son has any right to inn
prove on him.
If boy feels enthusiastic to learn
to be a printer, harness-maker, or
wood engrayer, no father with any
sense will command the boy to learn
the trade of a stone mason.
Why, then, should farmer decide
that his. son who has exhibited a
+o.+o Por -, onbor;nc onon hic xuholo
life by ordering him to stick to the
farm?
If a boy, who wanted to learn the
carpenters trade, is made to learn
to be a harness-raaker, and thereby
become a botch workman, why should
not farmers son, who ought to be
an architect, make poor farmer?
He certainly ~will, figure as you
may. Let the farmer seek to discover
what his sons taste runs to. If to
agriculture, he should be given fair
show. He should have the best Of
agricultural papers and every chance
to improve the system his father
has worked under.
Some of the land and live stock
should be his and he should be to a
certain extent a partner. No man
vii, dig and delve for YOU without
pay as ali incentive.
A boy who is expected to put his
best efforts on the farm, because the
law says his father is entitled to his
services, will certainly disappolnt
you.
If his taste runs to trade or pro-
fession the father must argue the
matter as reasonable man would.
He has no right to cucumber the
earth with another botch farmer.
He has no right to condemn his son
to poverty when he might be rich by
his own exertion. If he is wise he
will even encourage the boy to follow
out the bent of his inclinations.
Nine times out of ten where you
hear of farmer boy being set down
as "a hard case" you find his father
to blame for it.
He has been too harsh and arbi~
trary. He has gone on the idea that
his son was a drudge. His idea has
been to make money out of his tired
muscles and backaches, and give him
the least possible reward.
All farmers are not SO, but too
many still are, no matter how much
other classes have improved. The
results have been and will ever be
disastrous. IT. ,s,e41s .~r.::.+a
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Modern Farm Methods
AS Applied in the South.
Notes Of Interest TO Planter,
Fruit Grower and StOckmara

Let Grass Make Money For You.
One of the essentials of successful
stock raising is good pasturage: and
one OF the greatest handbags to sue
cessful stock raising in many sections
OF the South is the lack Of suitable
pastures.
A good pasture means, first of all,
plenty of grass; but there are other
things necessary to make a really
good pasture. 1t must have water
and shade as well as grass; and in
any section where cultivation has
succeeded range conditions it must
be enclosed.
Now of shade and water there is
no scarcity in the South, and we have
the grass, too, If we would only real
( lie it. But when it comes to fences
we are tremendously handicapped.
1t is safe to say that there are
thousands of farmers in every South
ern State who would grow many
more and much better cattle and
horses, hogs and sheep, if they had
good pastures for them to run in.
Yet it is easy to find all over the Cot
ton Belt fields grown up to Bermuda
one of the finest pasture grasses
In the world--in which the owners
plant corn or cotton year after year
and spend all summer fighting the
grass only to have a poor and very
expensive crop at the seasons end.
We heard not long since a farmer
talking Of how he was going to kill
out the Bermuda on a poor hillside
preparatory to getting it ready to
SOW in grass. All that he needs to
do-and all that thousands of other
farmers need to dds to put good
fence about that field and some stock
on it and give it little attention for
a few years, keeping down briers and
bushes and giving it an occasional
narrowing, and he would have a pas
ture which would pay him ten times
as much as he is now getting from
these acres.
A good permanent pasture should
be one OF the established institutions
on every farm; and in the despised
and neglected Bermuda we have a
grass of which Professor Spillman of
the u. S. Department of Agriculture
says that mo other grass bears pas
turing better or yields more herbage
in the form Of pasture. With our
winter growing grasses and legumes
it would be easy for US to supple
ment it SO as to have pastures practi-
cally the year round.
Yet we go on fighting it to grow
sorry crops of low priced cotton and
tobacco to pay for the butter and
beef and lard and bacon this same
grass would make for us if we would
let it!
Only another one of the south's
neglected opoprtunities.-Prof Mas
sey
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
CATERING TO HER FoIBLEs.

Customer-"This novel bought of
you yesterday is imperfect. 1t is put
into covers with the last chapter
first.
Bookseller-"My dear sir, pardon
my carelessness. That's one Of our
special editions for ladies. ~ Boston
Transcript.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
KEEPING IN STYLE.

Butcher-"What can 1 send up to-
day, Mrs. Styles?"
Mrs. Styles Send me a leg Of
mutton, and be sure that it is from a
black sheep; we are in mourning, you
know" Red Hen.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
A NEWER FAIL1NG suPpLY.

The fond husband was seeing his
wife off with the children for their
vacation in the country. AS she got
into the train, he said, But, my dear,
won't you take some fiction to read?D
"Oh, no." she responded sweetly.
II shall depend upon your letters
from home. "--Tatler.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20

f1ciently often to keep the lice of
them.
Good shelter is needed in this cli-
mate as well as any other. Not to
protect the hogs from cold, for the
hog is not an animal that suffers
much from cold, but to protect them
from rain and wind and to furnish
comfortable sleeping quarters.
Man With No Money and His Chances
A correspondent says that he would
like to farm as we advise, but is not
able to do SO. He never will be able
so long as he follows the old planting
method and buys fertilizers on credit
and depends on these to help his poor
land make crop and grow poorer in
the making of it. He is better able to
buy plain acid phosphate for the peas
and clover than to buy the poor rs
2 fertilizer to make sale crop. He
is better able to grow peas and feed
them than to grow cotton or tobacco
merely with the aid of fertilizers.
And as, little by little,-he adds to the
fertility of the soil, he will be getting
better and better able to farm right.
He is better able to grow peas
and clover with only acid phosphate
and little potash than to buy nitro
gen that the peas will give him in
abundance. If not able to farm in all
respects as he should with more
means, he can at least make a begin
ming and grow into the ability to farm
as he improves his land. He will ce-
tainly never be any more able if he
.foAows the old hopeless plan.-Pro.
gressive Farmer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
AN HEIRESs.

"Eow can one become a conversa-
tionalist?" <~a
" 1t ought to be easy in your case.
Just start off by mentioning what
your father is worth. louisville
Courier-Journal
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
CURTAIN TALK.

"Will you take me tonight to
What Every Woman Knows?,"
Husband MY dear, if you could
suggest play called What Not a
Woman Knows. would go in min
ute. Harvard Lampoon.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
PLENTY TO SAY.

Hilton-"My wife is matter-of-
fact woman. She only speaks her
mind"
Chilton-"So does mine, but she
changes her mind SO often that it
keeps her talking all the time. -
Chicago News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
NONE LEFT IN BILL.

"A college education" declared
the enthusiastic mother, brings out
all that is good in a boy"
"Yes," retorted Williams father,
sand in Bills case wish a little oft
could have stayed in. Cleveland
Press.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Variety in Feeds.

The farmers must learn to grow a
variety of feeds. We feed too much
corn, especially to young stock.
Economy in the use of farm feeds
must be studied. rs. III. Gown.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
NO oFFENsE INTENDED.

Usher Ito absent minded Judge
about to leave the court) You've
forgot to sentence i'm, my lord"
Judge Dear, dear! beg his par
don. The Taller.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
TWO GUEssEs.

How did his lecture go?"
"Very well. He introduced some
quotations that couldn't recognize,
but I gathered from his manner that
they were by either Shakespeare or
himself. cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
TRUTH ATE NO APPLE.

She" Some people have absolutely
no respect for the truth. .
He-"Well, if what they say about
Truth is correct, the lady-er-hasn't
much respect for herself. '-B Boston
Transcript.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
Repairing Buggy Wheels.

Make a box eight or ten inches
square at the bottom and six inches
square at the top, 27a to 8 feet tall,
as shown in Fig. l. Have your
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
-Lippincott's.

NOT IN THAT CATEGORY.
"Your wife used to be very fond OF
gentlemen's society, remember"
Yes, but when she married me
that ended that, / tell you. Boston
Transcript.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
THE SITUATION.

Everybody ought to marry for
love-"
That's all right in theory"
"Well?"
"The trouble. is that most of us
can't afford it. Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
MIKES DEFINITION.

Pat-"And phwat the divil is a
chafin' dish?"
Mike Whist! Ut's fryin' nan
that's got into society. Boston
Transcript.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20

the Prairie Farmer, place the box
over it, catch the >eyebolt into the
hook, place the wheel on top of the
box with board washer and tight
en- the nut on the eyebolt to hold the
wheel while at work, as in Fig. 2.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20
TRUE.

Sunday-school Teacher - Now,
Johnny, what is meant by the first
shall be last?'
Johnny-"The end seat hog. -
New York Times.