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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05
Time Needed to Recover.

Time Needed to Recover.
 sat kind of still for three or four seconds after that, letting those words seep in with out letting Clarence see how they'd joted me How have they been written about Clar- ence?" says I. soft and ignorant like.
 Decidedly picturesque, you know" he yaps Fierce rivalry for the favors of the ladies Primitive attitude of the men toward their rivals Fierce jealousies, disorder, and all that"
 I kept lamping steadily at the floor and looking foolish.
 Anything about riot. murder, and sudden death?' says 1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

of thing, don't suppose that they really exist as they've been written about but if it's possible I'd like to take one in, don't you know, old top"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

pH<HE worst part about Four Eyed Clar'
 ence was that he was from New York.
 Not permanently from there, you
 know, old top," he says. Just for a
 little stay. A fellow can't really live any other place. you know, after he's lived there once"
 ''Or twice" says | "The second time ought to finish any decent, respectable sou: for good.
 70, now,'~says he. that's old stuff. However will order another one of these vile Chicago drinks, if you will permit"
 T will" says I; for. as I say, the worst thing about Clarence was that he was from New York.
 Outside of that he was almost as decent as if he'd been born just east of the yards Me and him was getting acquainted Clarence had come out west to see how we ran the stockyards, and they'd called me into the office and told me to take Clarence out and show him how the loading gangs worked didn't take him out the first day. because it was near o'clock, and l saw that Car ence was there with a wad of spending money that never had been used. Mat was how we came to be sitting in O'Learys back room, and Clarence was asking me did we ever have any good shows out here? and all those sort of questions that we spring when we get out at Sandy Point, Wye.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
RAvAGEs OF ::Loco' WEED
Experiments Prove concIusiveiy
stockmen Were Right In Ascribino
Poisonous Properties to Plant.

1t was evident that the first thing
to do in the field experiment was to
prove whether the loco weeds did or
did not produce the disease. That
there was some disease causing loss
there was no question. The pictures
show some of the animals at different
stages of the investigation. Horses
and cattle were furnished by the Col
orado Experiment station, which CO.
operated in the work, and at later
stage in the investigation another CO.
operative experiment with the Nebras.
ka Experiment station was carried on
in western Nebraska, writes c. Dwight
Marsh in American Review of Re-
views. Two similar pieces of land
were selected; one was freed of the
loco and in the other the loco, which
was there in an abundant crop, was
left standing. The stock was divided
and part pastured on the loco pas
ture and part on the loco-free pas
ture. Other animals were fed in the
corrals purple and white loco which
were cut for the purpose.
The results of these experiments
proved very interesting. The animals
in the loco pasture ate freely of the
weed; their coats became smoother
and they gained rapidly in flesh. Ev-
erything pointed toward the probable
ity of the non-poisonous character of
the plant. This opinion was strength
ened by the failure to find, in the
Washington laboratory, any evidence
of poison.
After some weeks of feeding, how,
ever, it was noticed, somewhat sud-
denly, that one or two of the cattle
stumbled as they walked. A series
of symptoms followed rapidly upon
those first noticed, and in short time
our animals began to die. Before the
end of the season nearly all the ami
mails to which had been fed any con-
siderable amount of loco were dead,
while those that were kept in the
loco-free pasture remained perfectly
well. The first seasons work proved
conclusively that the stockmen were
right in ascribing poisonous proper
ties to the loco plants. Loco would
kill, and the manner of death showed
those symptoms which the stockmen
claimed to be characteristic of To-
coed animals. Further work in Wash
ington laboratories was confirmatory
of the field work, and the demonstra-
ton was complete of the, poisonous
character of the loco weeds.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
CARING FOR BERRY BUSHES
Time for Tipping Raspberry Is When
Long, Slender Branches Incline
Toward Earth.

Many of our readers have Black
Cap raspberries as well as the pulple
Columbian and Schaffer red rasp-
berry bushes which do not produce
sprouts, but must be tipped to prop
agate new plants. The process is
so simple that anyone who can handle
a spade may succeed with the work
The opportune time for tipping rasp-
berry bushes is when the long, slen-
der branches incline toward the earth
and form roots on the terminals on
irrigated ground. Nature must be
assisted in the covering of the ter
minals to insure a full supply of
plants. A spade is the ideal imple-
ment to use for the purpose. Thrust
the blade into the soil and push the
handle forward which will open the
earth to receive the tips of the rasp-
berry bushes. With one hand grasp
the slender cane and hold the ter
minal in the opening while the spade
is drawn out with the other. The
soil will Immediately fill the cavity
which should be firmly packed with
the foot to keep the branch in the
new home, where roots will soon form
on each and every lateral twig or
terminal thus covered These root
ed ends will become independent of
the parent plants as soon as they
take food for growth from the soil.
However, 1t is best to leave them
undisturbed until they are needed for
planting next spring. II large num-
Der of plants are desired the parent
bushes should be pinched back to
about three feet when the growth is
well established. This treatment will
produce large number of lateral
shoots, each of which may be tipped
as suggested.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
DRY FARMING EAST AND WEST
Well Tried System Of Agriculture and
Can Be Relied Upon Where
Rainfall Is Scanty.

/
Dry farming may be relied upon
where rainfall is scanty. 1t is a we'll
tried system of agriculture, and is
| based on scientific principles and the
] practice of ages. Mr.. Campbell has
| systematized some very old practices
and has preached them to the despair.
ing farmers of the semi-arid west, un.
til, aided by several seasons of exces.
sive rainfall, those regions have i'm,
bided hope instead of despair, and
successful farming seems likely to be
extended over thousands of square
miles where it would be impossible
without the dry-farming system. But
he has never preached it as substi-
tute for rainfall, nor has he ever held
out to those countries the deceptive
hope that the climate will ever change,
says Farm and Fireside.
The fates-or, as the ancients called
it, 'the stars"-have decreed that the
lands under the lee of the Rocky
mountains must always be content
with scanty rainfall. This does not
mean that great populations of happy
and successful people may not be
sustained there; but it does mean that
such populations must succeed in spite
of the aridity
In fact, the existence of this vast
arid region and the methods rendered
necessary by it's natural conditions
seem likely to prove a blessing to the
farmers of all the nation. Dry farm
ing has its lessons for the farmers of
the humid regions as well as for those
depending on irrigation. If twenty
inches of rainfall will mature crops,
why should more be used when re-
ceived through bitches? Or if Is
inches c;sl be made to do, why use
more? Why not use the excess to
help out the dried-up acres beyond
the present limits of the flow? In
brief, the conservation of moisture in
the soil has one of it's chief uses in
extending the irrigable area of the
nation by making one gallon of water
do the work done under more waste
full methods by two.
And over the entire country, where
rainfall Is relied upon, the season is
an exceptional one in which droughts
of more or less severity do not occur.
And whenever drought occurs, the
remedy is dry farming, whether the
location be in Iowa or Ohio or Colo
RADIO. This present season has been
one of widespread and long-continued
droughts in some regions east of the
Missouri. Crops have been shortened
up in yield-perhaps by just the amount
which turns profit into loss-by lack
of moisture. And yet there were co.
pious rains early in the season. Dry
farming would have held these rains
in the ground, and would have as
sured plentiful crops all over these
afflicted fields. Dry farming won't
hurt anything in wet season; and it
is salvation in dry one. Study it.
1t is worth your while.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
TOO MUCH WATER DISASTROUS
While Irrigation Is Good Thing, Il
Must Be Properly Handled to
Get Best Results.

While irrigation is a very good
thing too much water is very disas-
trous. We know one instance in which
an orchard of several acres was
planted Soon after the water had
been applied above it seeped out on
the slopes of the bench and rendered
the upper part of the orchard impass-
able for man or beast. In few days
the first three rows Of trees next to
the bench were practically all dying
or dead, except on small knoll Of
rising ground which was high enough
to escape, and the injury was extend
ing to the next few rows adjoining. a.
deep trench was dug SO as to inter-
cept and drain the seepage water with
the result that the land below the
ditch was hard and firm while that
above was impossible as before. The
trees below this ditch rapidly recov-
cred their vigor and it appeared that
the orchard was saved. A cave-in oc-
CURED, however, in this ditch near
one end, damming up the water for a
small distance, when 1t Immediately
appeared on the surface in the or
chard below the ditch and within
three or four days the adjacent trees
were brown and scorched as If, they
had been swept by fire. The ditch
was cleaned and repaired and the wa
ter soon subsidized from around these
trees and all but one Of them recov.
cred and put forth q new crop Of
leaves, the one next to the break he
ing the only tree that died.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
TO Make Arid Lands Fertile.

The main idea Of irrigation is to
make arid lands fertile. The attend
ant result has far greater interest to
the United States. For the cherished
thought of a nation of home owners is
getting steady encouragement wher-
ever this work is being pushed.
The word irrigation is full of mean
ing to the people of certain Of
the western states. Its story is
told in stages. There ia hopefulness
as the project is presented. There
is development as its effects begin to
appear. There is assured prosperity
as the desert blossoms as the rose.
And the desert is blossoming, not for
owners Of vast areas, but for hum
.dreds and thousands Of individuals
who are carefully cultiyating compara-
lively small farms with most salts,
factory results. 5-5.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
eIndlno, AlfaItfFa.

In recent ears some prefer to bind
the alfalfa in bundles and shock the
same as wheat or other grain. The
advantage claimed for this method is;
that 1t requires less help, since one
man may do the harvesting and put
the crop into the shock If help is
scarce; the alfalfa may be cut little
,greener. and the straw may cure and
keep better than when put up loose.
When bound and shocked the alfalfa.
should stand two weeks or SO until
dry enough to thresh. II put into the
stack, threshermen prefer to have it
loose. as bundles are more apt to be
damp and tough, but II fully dried
when stacked alfalfa should keep well
Ia the bundle: It is suggested to
stack with layers Of straw between
layers Of alfalfa, IN order to take up
the moisture. NH ss
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
DRY FARMING SOILS
Careful and Proper TiIlage In
sures Success with Cereals
and Vegetables.
Large Areas Of Land Popularity Sup
posed to Be Worthless Except for
Grazing Purposes Converted
Into Prosperous Farm
Communities.
BY CONGRESSMAN +. w. MoNDELL
OF WYOMING.

Experience, extending over a long
period of years, has demonstrated be-
You'd a question of doubt that with
careful and proper tillage, all of the
cereals, and large variety of vege-
tables, may be successfully and profit
ably grown in loan soil where the
average rainfall does not exceed Ia to
is inches annually.
The dry farmer should select loan
soil. Personally | should select for
such purposes what might be called a
sandy loan, and this being done, sue
cess, with the rainfall indicated and
thorough tillage, is reasonably certain.
My experience with dry farming ex-
tends over a period of 20 years, in
which time | have seen areas popu-
larly supposed to be practically worth
less except for grazing purposes, con-
verified into prosperous farm commune
ties. Some of the crops | have seen
raised have been phenomenal. Where
the location has been carefully select
ed and the cultivation has been thor
ough, recall practically no failures.
1t is my opinion that there are very
large areas which are still open to
homestead settlement quite as good
as those which have been settled up
on heretofore.
My own experience in dry farming,
has been under the ordinary annual
crop system, but am firmly Of the
opinion that ultimately, in this land of
limited rainfall, we shall adopt the
biennial system now SO successfully
practiced elsewhere. This system
consists of cropping one-half of the
farm each year, and summer tilling
the remainder. Under this system,
dry farming, so called, is safer and
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

more certain than crop raising in
many localities usually having an
abundance Of rain; and under this
system much land still open to the
homesteader will produce as many
bushels of grain in a given number
years as much of the high priced
wheat lands of the country.
Biennial cropping, while 1t gives the
farmer as high as double the yield PEI
acre which he would otherwise OBJ
tain. calls for larger farm, as it
reduces the number of acres under
crop, and it was to meet this condi.
ton that we secured the passage Of
the 320-acre homestead bill.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
DRY FARM CONGRESS CALLED
Be Held at Billings, Mont, October &c
to %, to Discuss and Compare
Methods Of Utilization.

" 3 E . -
A dry farming congress is called to
meet at Billings, Mont, October 26 to
%. ITO discuss and compare methods
by which the great area of arid land
can be profitably utilized.
To encourage the use of methods
by which, in districts where rainfall is
slight, or irrigation water is limited,
the actual productive acreage can be
increased.
To create closer cooperation be-
tween the government and state ex-
perts in charge of dry farming expert
mental work and the actual farmers Of
the arid districts.
ITO enlarge the plans for carrying
on great educational propaganda by
which, eventually the arid districts of
the entire world can be populated by
prosperous and contented agricultur-
ists
ITO encourage legislation looking to
increased federal and state appropria-
tions for the establishment of more
experimental stations.
ITO study methods and results Of
dry farming operations. Among the
rules of the congress are the fol-
lowing:
All farmers living where rainfall is
less than 20 inches per annum depend
ing solely upon rainfall to grow and
mature crops, are eligible to compete
for premiums at this Dry Farming
congress.
Exhibits shall represent crops sea-
son Of 1909 and shall not have been
grown upon irrigated, sub.irrigated OF
seepage land
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
When to Mix Heller.

a heller should be bred to freshen
at "a to 80 months old, depending on
the size and condition OF the heifer at
the time Of breeding. It Is held by
the best breeders that it is well to
milk the heller at least IL to 10
months before permitting her to 60
dry, as the first period of lactation
tends to establish the length OF the
3lactation periods that follow. The
sheifer should be bred, however, so
that she would have about two, and in
some cases three. months rest, de-
pending upon the size and growth Of
the animal.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
Faith and sioht,

I hear men praying everywhere
for more faith: but when listen to
them carefully and get at the real
heart of their prayers. very often It Is
not more faith at all that they are
wanting. but g change from faith to
sight Faith says not: Il see that 1t
is good for me, and SO God must have
sent II, !" but God sent 1t. and 50 It
must be good for me- Faith walking
in the dark it'll God only prays aim
TO clasp it's hand more closely. does
not even ask him for the lifttng 81 the
darkness 80 that the man may ma
the way himself Rev. PHILLIPS
Brooks.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
WILL TRY AMERICAN PLAN
Much Land in Arid Regions Of Aus.
traIia May Be Utilized for
Agriculture.

Australia resembles the United
States not only in size but in the fact
that large area has long been CON
5sidered unfit for agricultural purposes
owing to the meagerness of the rain
fall. The proof given by a Nebraska
farmer that a railfall of IL inches I'M
der his system would produce better
results than one Of double that amount
under the ordinary method. is of i'm
mense importance to both countries,
where 80 many million acres are in
the arid zone. 81.
The American system has been
tried here by p. Pascoe. the apostle
and pioneer Of dry farming in South
Australia. who speaks Of 1t In the high
est terms. A method OF dry farming,
or. rather, as It is called here, Of
soil culture. has been practiced In
this state for the last 10 years
by r. w. Peacock, the manager
Of experimental farms at Coolabah
and Bathurst, and an extended trial is
TO be given to the two systems the
American and the Australian almost
at once. An area of 1000 acres is to
be devoted to the former. while three
lots OF SO acres each are to- be- set
apart to try the latter !
There does not appear to be much
difference between the two systems.
The American method consists In keep.
Ing the surface nnde cultivation loose
and finely pulyeriSed 30 that the rain
u ~
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

& the proposed oiling OF roadways
/ a the parks affords relief from the
dust IL these pleasure spots, why
4 would Y not give comfort on resi-
dence streets which have the nature
of sbouleyards? The cost Of the oil
and the application Of 1t might be of
set to g large extent by reduction
"A the cost Of sprinkling service due
~ the absence Of dust on the oiled
sstreeta. e.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

me state department at Washing
tor has been notified Of the estab-
Eiishment sof steamship service between
Acaiatia Salvador and salina Cruz,
ezico. the Pacific terminus Of the
Teh1af tepec railroad that Will. re,
luce the time 81 the mails from New
to Salvador from Is to 8 days.
I IA Nill facilitate business, and dem.
3sonRtt ate that imp movements In the
mails ana Al shipping viii Increase
slra ~ bet ween North and South Amer.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

That tho barnacle is a bothersome
beast has been In evidence before and
since Dickens used 1t as an illustra-s
stion OF certain human qualities. The
big battleship South Dakota was dry
!. locked ct Mare Island navy yard re.
Gently and 900 tons of barnacles were
scraped from the bottom. It is such
Accommodations that hinder the speed
sof5 many Of the swiftest warships.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29
Provtd Tor comfort.

In raising chickens for profit, do not
waste money In making houses and
equipments look like pictures, but pro-
vide plenty of comfort for the birds.
and do not overlook that caring for
them ought 70 be- though of when
building or furnis hing the house, to-
the end that the work can be done
and with ease. Z
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

Mexico Is now getting more than Its
share Of earthquakes and tidal waves.
The losses Of life there have been
very large and the destruction of
property tremendous. Italy is again
going through the same experience
and the people Of both countries live
In fear that the worst has not yet hap
gnanpd
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

A few pounds of
bronze in TIL e
shape of a bell
with a crack in it
were some time
ago p a r a d e d
through the streets
of Boston and
gazed upon by
thousands. T h e
bronze was not
especially valu.
able, but it was
associated with a
great event in his.
tory. This bellrang
4,,% fo~ lsLo,&-
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

The speed nuisance has become so
bad n Chicago that It is seriously pro-.
posed ito equip the street crossings
with Bumps to jar the autoists into
some recognition Of the life, safety
and right to the streets Of others. The
remedy IL drastic, but a trifle print
tive. few speed maniacs serving
workhouse sentences would doubtless
dispose Of the nuisance.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

One national government is Install
I ing an expensive wood-testing bureau
at the University of Wisconsin, evil
IDENTIFY being willing to hope that
there will be wood to test for some
time vet,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

While the constitution follows the
flag under most circumstances it may
find difficulty in following the flag to
the pole and camping out permanent
sly on moving hummocks of ice.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

Those who missed the occultation OF
Mars recently did not miss much.
It was less exciting than some of the
things one hears in the airshaft of an
apartment house.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

A Brooklyn girl has gone through
Hell Gate, an aquatic feat attempted
by many men who have failed in it.
The gentler sex is just now decidedly
in the SWIM
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

There seems to be no such thing
in the world as an automatic and in
violable polometer to ring a bell when
man reaches the boreal climax.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

The pole has claimed it's full quota
Of human victims. Now that it has
been found, aviation is going to take
! its place in the sacrifice of life to gain
victory
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

Peru is sending its presidents son
to learn scientific farming in Wiscon-
sin, though llama raising is but indif-
+ ferently taught there.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

Like the}north pole, the HALEY com.
ct is billed for discovery by process.
sion of scientific scouts
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-29

There is many slip between be-
ing talked of for a federal appoint
ment and the actual seizure of the
plum.