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We Have Over Half of the New Worlt

full and careful enumeration Of the
Brazilians would show about 10000
900 of them.
Mexico. only about Is per cent OF
the size of Brazil in square miles, is
safely established in third place
among all the nations of tho New
World, as far as numbers 60. In other
respects the Argentine surpasses Mex
leo, and SO does Canada. Their indus
trial output is greater and their for
eign commerce is larger in every way.
in growing so fast and with such as
surance of continued swift expansion
that they may overtake and pass Mex
leo. Their chief cities already surpass
the largest civic centers in the coun-
try which Diaz makes his footstool
But now neither is within 100000 Of
the Mexican total.
From these rivals, SO unlike in many
things, but so similar in their high
hopes and their rapid development,
down through countries like Peru,
Columbia, Venezuela and Bolivia, the
0ApSILS SOO6S CACA1 way ~ IA0 AAesAAJ
small states which maintain separ-
ate existence in Latin America. Costa
RIGA Is probably the least OF them all
in numbers, counting but 100000 resi-
dents. Cuba Is fairly well filled up,
ranking in density of population with
several of the Southern states.
AS a rule, with comparatively few
exceptions, Latin America il rich in
unsettled country. A worry large part
of the vast expanse of land south OF
the Mexican frontier, all the way to
the southern end of South America
lies open to settlement.
Some Jay such wealth in unused ma
tural resources must cause great
growth, but that is matter OF tho In
definite future. For the present it Is
certain that the United States will
hold its lead over the other countries
Of the New World, counting all Of
them together.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05

alone had seen the danger and who
had sought to avert it, could not be-
persuaded to leave her husbands
side. The grand dukes fled to Paris
and the grand duchesses dispersed to
the pleasure resorts of Europe. but
the cZarina remained at home, even
though it seemed certain at many
times that death at the hands of the
exasperated rebels would be the only
reward for her courageous determina-
ton.
Sometimes the terrible calm of her
profound melancholy is varied by
passionate fits of weeping, which hor-
rify and alarm the members of her
family and the ladies of her suite At
nights she cannot sleep, but sees aw-
full visions of the thousands of I'M
happy men and women who during
her husbands reign and by virtue OF
the death warrants signed by his
hand have died on the gallows simply
because they held political opinions
which were considered Objectionable
by the recognized and accredited rep
these terms are understood in Russia.
When she falls into f1tful slumbers
her sleep, such as it is, is disturbed
by gruesOme dreams and nightmares:
dreams of blood and awful horrors,
visions of an inferno created not by
the imagination Of a great horror, but
by the revolving realities of the pre-
dominant political system in Russia.
Since the first outbreak of revolu-
ton at the end of 1904 the czarina
has been living in bondage. Her pris-
on is gilded, but her Incarceration is
hardly less terrible than that of the
Siberian exiles. There has been NO
moment in which the danger of as
sassination was absent Plots and
conspiracies to murder the entire I'M
perial family were discovered and
!! frustrated. Bombs were found in the
imperial palace and poison in the
+! food destined for the imperial table.
, Day after day news came from all
parts of the empire of bloodshed and
! war between the old and the new or
der. Throughout the period of revolu.
|
continued to work with frantic energy
for the Introduction of progressive
measures and for conciliatory policy
toward the nation.
It is one of the ironies of fate that
this woman, who spared no effort to
save the country, should be the pri,
mary victim of Russian tyranny. She
is martyr to the cause of liberty and
civilization.
Future IL With the Car.
After all it is with the car himself
that the immediate future lies. It fs
no other mans fault that the outlook
is so dark. AS recently as a year ago
the upper classes were inclined to
speak Of him with some forbearance,
even friendliness. Now they will not
hear his name with patience.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05
Government Has No Hall of Record.

break out in non-hreproof building.
The loss of government property in
this fire is thought to be less than
$1,000, but in the library over the fire
was unique collection of geological
literature containing more than 65
volumes, $4,000 pamphlets and SO 900
maps, the most complete collection of
geological works and maps in this
country if not in the world.
What the United States Govern
ment needs is magnificent hall of
records. where all the valuable arch
ives Of the government might be
stored Ia absolutely freproof vaults.
Some day after few hundred million
dollars worth of these valuable rec
ords have been destroyed congress
will give us a hall Of records.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05
THE INDISPENSABLE MAN

as clerk of the committee in 1873,
when Senator Morrill, of Vermont was
its chaidman, and continued to the
end of Senator Aldrich's chosen time
for retirement. He saw new senators
come and veteran senators go, and
alike he out-stayed them. They had
the honors and the victories and the
fame, but he WAS indispensable. The
sense Of knowledge and authority over
his superiors which such a man DOE
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05

shrub. These tuberous formations NAV he seen
during the dry season lying about wholly unan-
chored, as the slender roots dry up with the close
of the vegetative season, which lasts but a few
weeks.
In February, 1902, some Of these tubers were
taken to the New York Botanical garden, and
large specimen not treated in any way was
placed in museum case, where it has since re-
NAMED. Annually, at time fairly coincident
with the natural vegetative season in its native
habitat the major vegetative points awaken and
send up few thin shoots, which reach a length
OF about two feet only since they do not obtain
sunlight. After period of a few weeks they lie
down again and the material in them retreats to
the tuber to await another season. Seven periods
OF activity have thus been displayed by this speci
men with no apparent change in its structure or
size. 1t does not seem unreasonable to suppose
therefore, that the guarequi Is storage structure
OF such great efficiency that water and other ma
terial sufficient to meet the needs of the plant
for quarter OF century are held In reserve
in its reservoirs.
The morn1ngglory Qphomoea arborescens) is
here tree 20 to so feet high with smooth,
chalky gray trunk and branches During Febru.
airy 1t is leaess throughout while its large white
flowers open one by one ON the ends Of the naked
branches. From its white bark the tree is some
times known palo banco and from the gum
or res1n which exudes from incisions made in II
for the purpose and which is used as incense in
religious ceremonies, 1t Is also called palo santo
One of the striking features Of the Tehuacan
desert of southern Mexico is the extreme locali-
cation or strictness of colonization exhibited by
many species which found to cover an area
of few square yards the face Of slope. the
crest of a cliff or the floor of barranca, with no
outl1ers and with the nearest colony perhaps
many miles away.
The Cactaceae more abundant here than
IN any other part of the world yet visited, sew
eral of the species being massive FORMS
Cephalocereus macrocephalus is tall species
of the massiveness of the saguaro, and like it
having a central shaft bearing numbers of
branches which more closely appressed It
was seen only along the cliff near the Rancho
San Diego along the eastern edge of the valley.
Pllocereus fulvlceps of general distrbu-
ton on Slopes has series of branches, in many
instances 40 or so in number, densely clustered
and ariIng from short trunk, which barely rises
from the ground before it branches
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05

seused, aloof from political changes.
was perhaps his best reward. He was
neither an accident nor a great states
man, but a plain necessity. In the
various departments Of the govern.
ment such men are not infrequent
They are unknown to the public, their
services attract no attention outside
their sphere, but they are the infalli-
bic parts of the machinery when ad-
ministrations change. It is often hard
q to fill their places than to stop q
gap In the cabinet. Il.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05

Now and then a government clerk
dies in a secondary position and lit
tie note is taken Of his death beyond
the bare comment that he served vir-
tually lifetime in certain capacity.
In a way this may be q reflection on
his usefulness. Probably men like
.rhomas P. Cleaves, who was clerk Of
the senate committee on appropsta-
lions for 81 years. ind their relative
obscurity pleasant. He began work
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05
CA1Z5 or R4zNz5 ZNZ1zE 1zoz.zH ar Il E1Nzu%
L T1zlQ%10 DAcERT

function to this pur-
pose to some extent.
W lille the heshy
leaves of Agave
marmorata and 9TH
or species and Of
Hect1a, are Il essen
TALLY storage or:
gans for reserve
food and surplus
water. Hero is. also
a Euphorbia and a
Pedilanthus,k with.
thick upright = cylin:
drlcal stems, IN
which thes} storage
function IS made
more effective by
the possession of a
thick milk juice.
AS one proceeds
to the ancient ruins
of Militia, SO miles
to the southeast
uyor1 ~ 0avooo tho
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05

peiSe ior desert vegetation, the installation
Nnu CONSTRUCTION OF telephone, light and power
oonnectlons, and of a road to the site of the lab
oratory, about two miles from, Tucson This
sp'rlt OF nearly cooperation has animated every
organization IN the city, and has enabled the lab
oratory to gain control of domain of $50 acres
OF the greatest usefulness for general experiment
tai work
Extending northward for rearly 100 miles
from Ell Paso IS the noted Jofnada del Muerta
Tourney OF Death), which has q width of 30
to 40 miles. 1t formed portion Of the route
connecting the earliest settlements along the Rio
Grande, and here the traveller was compelled to
leave the stream far to the westward In its
deeply cut inaccessible canyon. and toll for two
or three days IN the burning heat without water
1except such as might be carried It was for three
centuries one of the most menacing and hazard
Gus overland journeys to be encountered in the
American desert. Recent Investigations however,
have shown that the region traversed is In real
Aity basin, and that water is to be found, as in
many other deserts. within a reasonable distance
4 of the surface
Beyond lies an equally remarkable DESERT the
Otero basin, which is the bed Of an ancient lake,
and is noted for great salt and soda fiat, salt
lake, and, most striking Of all. the white Sands"
area Of about 800 square miles covered with
dunes OF gypsum sand rising to maximum
height OF 60 feet.
The surface Of the dunes IL sparkling white,
but few inches beneath It IL Of yeowish or
buff color and Is distinctly moist and cool to the
touch. even when the air Is extremely hot.
The most characteristic plant OF the dunes is
the three-eaf sumac (Rhus trilobata), which oc-
cure In the form of single hem1spherical bushes
four to eight feet high, the lower branches hug
ging the sand. The plant grows vigorously the
trunk at or beneath the surface often reaching
diameter of three inches. The binding and pro.
tecting effect Of this bush Is often shown in a
striking manner when In the cutting down Of an
older dune by the wind q column Of sand may
be left protected above from the sun by the close
covering of the branches and leaves, and the sand
in the column itself bound together by the long,
penetrating roots, One Of these columns was
about IS feet high from It's base to the summit
of the protecting bush and about feet In diam
eter at the base.
A marked peculiarly of the White Sands is
that cottonwood is occasionally found in the
lower dunes, reaching foot In diameter, but SEX
dom more than Is feet in height; yet at the same
time not mesquite was SEEN The mesquite Is
tree requiring less moisture than the cotton
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05
Gives No Money for Road Building

experiments in the use of materials
are conducted by the specialists OF
this bureau. Here the government
stops, for the reason that dominant
view in congress has been that this
properly delimits tho governments
function.
Representative Anthony OF Kansas
introduced bill in the house last win
ter for the construction Of a military
highway between Fort Leavenworth
and Fort Riley, 100 miles, by convicts
in the two federal penitentiaries at
Fort Leavenworth. The bill was lost
after a debate that developed into a
general discussion of the good roads
movement.
The measure had the Endorsement OF
President Taft, the chief of staff OF
the army and the quartermaster gen.
eral. General J. Franklin Bell, then
chief of staff. stated in letter to Rep
resentative Anthony that the proposed
road would unquestionably be of
great military value and convenience"
Farmers of many townships through
which the proposed road would run
offered to supply all the rock and
other material to be used in its con-
struction.
Like others of its kind this meas
ure was wrecked upon constitutional
rocks. The opponents OF the bill con-
tended that General Bell did not claim
the road to be military necessity,
and that. If not done for this purpose,
the government could not build it, be-
cause the constitution authorizes the
construction of only such roads as are
required to meet military necessities
and post roads.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05
Raised Skyward.

The suburban man was all sym
pathy.
What's the trouble, my dear!" b,
asked as he came home and found hi,
wife in tears.
'T-trouble enough" sobbrd Els
young wife, you k-know that Eve
d-dollar incubator the man sold mo,
Well, it exploded today and Blew
all the chickens through the roof!
"Oh. well, cheer up, Martha. TN
man said it would raise chickeas. ~
you see It did, s=i.5
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05
Shy on Material

Mrs. XII despise that woman: she
tries to make q cloak of religion.
MIS-. Yes. and she hasn't enough
OF It to make her : decent bathing
,s,sitt. So.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05
'fess Up!

Why are you so indignant because
people talk about matters that do not
concern them? You do it.-Atch:sou
Globe. .@
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05

wood. Apparently the presence of an excess of
gypsum is prejudcial to the growth of the mes
quite
The bottoms among the dunes have a. dense
vegetation as compared with that of the dunes
themselves. 1t is characterized especially by the
presence of a grama grass (Bouteoua), forming
almost turf, and by frequent cumps OF Ephedra
OF graylsh purple color at this season and with
three scaled nodes These bottoms usually show
no sign of moisture but in two places we fond
water holes the water so alkaline that the horses
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05
On LoavJno Eden,

b Eve" Shall We take the snake with
rs !" Adam-----''Well. guess not:
.psopls will think We are oeang into
vaudeville. !"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05

would not drink it at
the end of their first
days drive.
Probably the most
extraordinary product
of the Sonora desert,
west Of Torres, Mex
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05

UCSON has q cl1-
mate of a thor
oughly desert char
acter, and a flora,
including noun
tains and plain,
rich in species and
genera. In addi-
ton to it's situa-
ton in the heart
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05

Tucson.
Not the least of
the advantages of
Tucson as a center
for the activities OF
t q g government
desert laboratory is
t b e broad-minded
comprehension of
the Importance of
the purposes of the
institution evinced
by the citizens, &C.
companied by an
earnest desire to CO.
operate in it's estab-
lishment. This aD-
probation was ex-
pressed in the prac-
teal form of subsi-
dies OF land for the
site of the building
and to serve as a
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05
A2aee Ra~1zgaz0om 9f&e A7a1e,s -:

IMPRESS ALEXANDRA of Rus
: STA, the cars wife, is the un-
happiest woman under the sun.
- Her fate may well excite the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-10-05

OF the desert OF Arizona, it is CEN
trally located, both as to position
and transportation, with reference
to the deserts of Texas, Chihua-
hua, New Mexico, California and
Sonora.
The University Of Arizona, with
its School of Mines, and the Ari-
iona agricultural experiment sta,
fiOn ara 1oco%o1 ~
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-14

The calf must be made comfortable
in warm as well as cold weather. If
he is not failure will result Let your
feeding arrangement be such that
each calf will get his share.
Do not as / nave seen on many
farms. pour the milk into q tub or
a trough and let the calf fight for
his share. There is no chance for
disagreement on this point. This IS
not feeding.
1t will be found advisable summer
or winter to arrange that each calf
can get his individual share Of the
food, in a yard in the summer time,
or in a pen in the winter
If you have plenty of time it will
be found advisable to tie each calf
at each feeding. Tie around each
calf's neck a ring two inches in dia-
meter with light rope.
Give each calf place at post and
staple to the post two feet above the
ground rope not more than eight
or ten inches long with a swivel snap
in the end.
Have these ropes far enough apart
to prevent the calves from reaching
each other and you will have no trou-
BILE from the calves sucking one an
others noses or ears Keep the calves
tied until the milk is licked from their
chops and noses.
If the calves be of about equal size
in which is the grain food.
Do not permit calves four months
old to be loose in the same pen with
calves two weeks old. Separate the
calves into pens according to age and
size.
Under this plan of handling calves
there is nothing which will prevent
a careful farmer from rearing the
best skim milk calf, but it involves
Continued on Page Two)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-14
RA|5Inoo. To- IVES ON SKINNED MILK
BY F. A. B0ARMAN

In case of the steer calf which will
become a feeder while he should be
growthy, he should be kept reason
ably fat He is the calf which should
have the corn and should have the
faI-making foods.
He should be reared in Just the op-
posjte direction, as compared with the
heifer calf. 1t will not hurt the steer
calf even to have his drink of skim
milk when he is six or seven months
Old, If there is a surplus but skim
milk cannot be utilized to as good
advantage as in the case Of the heifer.
The best skim milk calves are those
which are born in the fall of the year
Their young life is spent In a moru
favorable season. The milk they get
as rule will be in better condition
than the milk which the spring calf
will get.
If you select dairy blood for your
herd, one of the things which should
attract your attention when you make
your final decision IS the vitality of
the breed you select.
This shows up particularly strong
in the calf during the first few months
Of his life. Dairy breeds. as you know,
are not all equal in vitality. MY ex-
perience in raising calves on skim
milk has been confined principally to
the rearing of Holstein calves.
I want to say in this connection in
our own herd a calf never sucked
it's mother and in this way, after ten
or twelve yearse of breeding, the suck
ing instinct was largely bred out Of
the calves. These calves were easily
taught to drink.
Not all Of the success of rearing
skim milk calves depends upon the
feed or upon the breed. Very mucn
indeed depends upon the care Of the
calf, and feed without proper shell
ter will avail but little.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-14

damp. To prevent the chicks from
getting it too soon, and to prevent too
rapid evaporation, the bed was cover
ed with burlaps sacks until the wheat
began to throw up green sprouts.
Then the chicks were turned on
and they would eat nothing else as
long as they could have this wheat.
In the course of termination the
starch in the wheat is changed to
sugar of a sort which chicks like.
This process also partially digests
the starch, making it easily digestible
by the chicks.
I think sprouted wheat, barley or
oats make about the best com bina-
ton of green feed and grain that the
poultryman can use and they thrive
beautifully on it.
Preferably, I feed cracked corn and
cracked wheat for the first two weeks
At two weeks Of age l begin to feed
good quantity of dried beef scrap
and always I keep grit, charcoal and
clean water where the chicks can
help themselves.
If any one tries to argue with me
that ground grains, moistened enough
to make a. thick dough, is better than
cracked grains, fed dry, l dot not ar
que the case. because I do not believe
it is worth while
On principle. feed sound and
sweet grain. because 1 would not
WaNI 10 eat QuSIy lecO myself
The chicks that run at large around
a farm yard pick up a lot Of grain in
the course OF the year that is anything
but sound and sweet but I haven't
noticed that this interferes with their
health.
Feed often and feed plenty and the
chicks will do the rest.
An average OF one pound Of grain
a week will supply a chick for the
first ten weeks of its life.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-14
THE PROPER FEED FOR LITTLE CHICKS
BY MILLER PURViS

Do not allow any one to convince
you that there is only one way to
rear little chicks successfully. Some
methods may be better than others
but the fact is that there are half a
dozen methods, any one of which is
as good as many of the others.
Several times l have known some
young and enthusiastic fancier to set
out to show that feeding dry feed
WAS better or worse than feeding
1noistened feed. In not a single in
stance has the trial proved anything
I was called upon to decide which
Of two flocks Of chicks were the
best, after one Of them had been
brought up on moistened feed and the
other on dry feed exclusively, and
found it impossible to detect any diff
ference worth mentioning. In point
Of economy there does not seem to
be any difference.
The result in my case has been that
I feed dry feed all the time because
it is easiest to do so. When chicks
are fed dry feed there is on mussy
work of mixing mashes nor is there
any fermented feed left over.
The whole secret Of rearing chicks
successfully, as far as feeding is con-
cerned, seems TO be to see that they
are kept full all the time.
reared a flock of chicks last sum-
mer on wheat and rolled barley ex-
clusively. The only feed beside those
two grains they got was some green
mustard tops and sprouted wheat. IS
green feed was exceedingly scarce.
The mustard tops grew UP al1n& an
Irrigation ditch and were fed to the
chicks. No beef scraps, no milk, Just
wheat and barley. Nest Of the time
the chicks had sprouted wheat to dig
for. Wheat was scattered thfci11y.
covered lightly and the soil kept