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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING
Employers and Men Should Have Def
mite Agreement as to What IL
Expected Of Latter.
tBy A HIRED MAN,

fBy "A f1lfSESD MANI gGsr&
II employers and men would have
a definite understanding before ma
king an agreement as to who should
do the milking and other chores on
Sundays and holidays it would often
save hard feeling later on. When I
was sixteen years old | was employed
by a man to work IN his farm and
while I knew there were six c-ws to
be MIXED and a big lot of chores
to be done l did not imagine | should
have to work every day and Sundays
too. But I did. Every Sunday morn
ing the farmer and his two husky
sons would lie in bed half the fore
noon while | had to hustle out early
to milk, feed, curry and do every
thing else on the place. When the
boss and the boys finally got up II
was to the woods or the river for
them to stay till after dark and me
to the milk stool and the chores
again. l had a heart-to-heart talk
with the boss after the second Sun
day soon after which | was walking
down the road out of a job and
minus half a months wages. l never
got caught that way again. 1t is al
Ways better to talk and ask questions
OF this kind in advance and take ne
chances on misunderstanding.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
KRMn:z:;T
s. 5t'7NOTFS

The only really successful garden Is
the clean garden.
Good fruit and vegetables in clean
attractive packages need no salesman.
Turnips as a second crop more
than pay the time and work put in on
them.
Job. Do not leave the hard work to
the women folks.
With good equipments and willing
workers haying is not altogether a
d~isagreeable task.
Caulifiower can be grown cas-
lily than cabbage. 1t is always In de-
mand and at good prices.
Plant seeds of string beans every
fortnight, SO that there will always
be a supply Of tender pods.
Wagons. rakes. forks. racks, and
everything should all be in good or
der before the harvest begins.
Celery blanches nicely II q six-inch
drain tile is slipped over each plant,
when the time comes for blanching.
Make sowings once a week Of such
quick-growing vegetables as lettuce
and radishes. to insure . continuous
succession.
Any delay made to repair harvesting
tools not only subjects the farmer to
loss of money by hindering the field
hands, but subjects him to loss by
prolonging the time Of gathering his
crops.
AS soon as the grass gets into the
proper condition, 1t should be gathered
in just as early as possible, for when
allowed to fully ripen before cutting
a great portion Of the nutriment is
lost.
Clean out the chaH and hay seed on
the barn -four and scatter It over bare
| places in the lots and pastures. This
scattered seed represents good money
value and it should be put te good
purpose. ~ go
Clearing up and removing al
growths along the margins of a gar
den and fields with thorough, contin
uous cultivation will give almost com
plete immunity from cut worms
grubs. etc,
A hired man at two dollars a day
j can make good money for you b,
sprouting the corn field al the time
OF blowing. A days %spronting in thu
corr field will make it look five dol
lars better. The same is true Of tht
oats and hay field.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
LIFTING NE WAGON BODIES
Method Shown In Illustration HAS
Proved to BE Excellent and
Simple In Construction.

We all know how troublesome and
inconvenient 1t is to change the wagon
bodies, especially Then there is only
one to do it. The method illustrated
is simple but very satisfactory. The
piece used as a lever is IL feet long.
1t may be a 2 by 6 inch piece OF strong
timber, or even a nice. straight pole
will answer.
The posts are eight and twelve feet
above the ground. and should be set
deep enough to prevent pulling up or
careening and should be of sufficient
size to prevent bending or breaking.
The lever is bolted to the long post ten
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
IMPORTANT ESSENTIALS IN
COMFORTABLE CATTLE BARN
Enaenn, warmth and Convenience Are Among
"'ofs Go to Make Stable Paving
Investment. s
Plan of Stable Floor.

AS the putting in of the crops is
completed farmers will be repairinp
n remodeling and otherwise i'm
proving their cattle barns, many will
be building new ones. The average
cattle barn is not usually laid out for
comfort. and without comfort the dairy
COW will be far from doing her best.
Convenience is also a most important
factor in those times of high-priced
farm hands.
Light ventilation and warmth-also
CONFERENCE.-The the essentials in a
cattle barn. Windows of ample size
must extend on every side and end.
The barn should be at least SO feet
wide, and length to accommodate what
stock is expected to be kept.
So-called hangers are to be avoided,
The cows face the sides of the barn,
and for purposes of ventilation and
general sanitation, this is the only way
a stock barn should be made.
The general construction of the
floor plan is we'll shown in the illus
tration with deals of measurements
The driveway is 8 feet wide between
the COWS. This is two inches below
the general level of the stalls. A gut
ter, six inches below the driveway an6
s inches below the stalls, is 16 inches
wide. This must be watertight to re
tain the liquids. The stalls vary from
4S inches to 81 inches from the edge
OF the drop to the stanchions to fl
cows of different length. A space o
% inches is left for a feeding place. 4
slope rise of IL inches forms all tn
manger needed, a space of 5 to Z fee
is left in the front for feeding. Thu
slope partitions should come to within
IA inches of the gutter. The part
tons in front should be between ever,
other cow. This allows a water SUP
ply for every two COWS to drink from
The platform should have a slope o
* inches to the foot to drain the l
quid to the gutter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05

conditions to be met, and likewise
how to select the sand and incorpo-
rate 1t with the clay SO as to obtain
the best possible results.
All forms Of hard roads should
have a good crown. varying from
side to center. The slope OF the
crown should be greatest at the sides
and fiattened as It approaches the
center. Only a sand road requires
no crown at all. Where nothing but
deep sand prevails, the surface should
be concave for the purpose of con
serving, as far as possible. the mois
ture. Sand alone is improved BY
water.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
Record Onion Crop.

1t IS claimed that Charles Volz OF
the Mission community, Mission, Tex,
holds the worlds record for profits
from intensive farming. He recently
sold his bermuda onion crop on "a
acres for $12,9S2. Deducting the ex.
penses of planting. ~cultivating, harvest.
ing and marketing. the crop left him
a net return of $ ,0S3. The onion yield
from these "a acres filed % cars. The
product was shipped to northern and
eastern markets. The land could have
been bought ten years ago for one dol
lar an acre.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
SCRATCHED so SHE COULD
NOT SLEEP

ST write to tell you how thankful !
am for the wonderful Cuticura REM
edies. MY little niece had eczema for
I'VE years and when her mother died
I took care of the child. It was all
over her face and body, also on her
head. She scratched SO that she could
not sleep nights. I used Cuticura
Soap to wash her with and then ap-
piled Cuticura Ointment. / did not
use quite half the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, together with Cuticura Re
solvent, when you could . q change
and they cured her nicely. Now she
Is eleven years old and has never been
bothered with eczema since. MY
friends think It Is just great the way
the baby was cured by Cuttcun.
send you a picture taken when she wal
about IS months old.
"She was taken with the eczema
when two years old. She was covered
with big sores and her mother had ail
the best doctors and tried all kinds o.
salves and medicines without eiRec'
until We used Cuticura Remedies. Mrs
H. Herman. 663 Quincy St. Brooklyn
n. T., Sept. q. 1902"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05

tardy arrivals: Some were in a pocket
of dry earth Of a field not properly
and promptly leveled and narrowed;
others will be found growing from
very small seed pieces-pieces perhaps
broken from the others by the plant
err: but the most of the runty plants
will be found coming from rotten OF
rotting seed pieces. Thus, moisture
good-sized seed and sound seed are
necessary to a vigorous stand. The
best crops are secured in years wher
the seed stays sound until digging.
And back of all is the planter, and
the right size of ever cut seed for II
to handle. Seventy-five per cent. is 6
fair stand; 95 per cent. is far more
| profitable. Your planter should no,
miss more than three or four per cent
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
Habits Of the Mole.

The mole is a stout, thick-set. ami
Indicating insect. living underground.
where it burrows with wonderful facil-
ity and constructs galleries often OF
great extent and completely. The
mole il the most voracious Of mann.
mails, and if deprived Of food is said
to succumb in from 10 to IL hours.
Mplea have been seen by various OBJ
server, ~ II maddened by hunger. "a
attack@Animals nearly a. large -
themselves, such a. birds. lizards
froGs ~ even snakes. II two moiea
are eoo1ned together without food
tie Woaboe 10 Invariably dovous0a q
~ sseponGW. They taks ToaAlly Il
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
ROAD and FARM
FACTORS FOR ROAD BUILDER
Climate Is important Matter to Con-
sider-AIl Road Forms Should
Have Good Crown.
tBy w. l. spooN.o

(By w. l. sPoON.)
The climate is a factor OF impor-
lance for the road builder to consider.
In the eastern sections. where the soil
is plastic, the rains are most abundant
while in the western sand hills the
climate is semi-arid and quite strong
south winds prevail. These conditions
introduce. an important matter for con-
s%ideration. Sand roads are best when
wet, and clay roads when dry, but eli
matte conditions operate adversely
and must be taken into consideration
seriously. The rains maxi the eastern
roads muddy. while dry weather
makes of the western roads deep shift
ing sand. The suggestion offered by
this natural condition is to add sand
to the eastern clays and clay to the
western sands in order to bring about,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05

The best s%tanchion is the swing
stanchion fastened at the top and bot
tom with a chain hat allows about two
inches of play back and front. For
ventilation a space is left in front of
the cattle. under the breast-girth (3
feet high), and p%artitioned off three
feet high and three feet wide, SO that
cold fresh air can pass to the stable
from the floor above to second story.
These boxes may be 15 to 20 feet
apart. Over these openings slide doors
control the thrush of the cold air. The
air escapes through the roof. These
openings serve for throwing hay down
to the feeding alley before pitching to
the COWS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
Lifting tho Wagon Bed.

feet from the ground with four feet
projecting over the wagon. To the
end of the lever are fastened the rope
swings, -four of them. with loops on
the lower end to hook over the bottom
cross frame of the wagon body.
The short post is eve feet from
the long one and has a row OF pins
set in the side of it to hold the end
of the lever after the body has been
lifted.
The different pins correspond to
the different heights OF the wagons.
The plan is suggestive Of many
changes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
Wife and Country.

Paul D. Cravath. the noted New
York lawyer said at a luncheon at the
Lawyers club: Vacation time is
here, and already that dreadful song
about the wife gone to the country
is being resurrected. But a variant
to the song was furnished by a con-
%versation I heard the other night.
Hello, Smith said n man TO
another, I'm glad to see you BACK
at the club again, old fellow. WIFE
OF to the country. EN-?
mo growled Smith. She's got
back"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
The First Creamery.

So far as known, the first creamery
built in the United States was at Mid
dletown, N. T., in 1868, the second at
Binghampton, that state. The cream
ery business was for a good many
years confined to that part of the
country. Not until about 25 years ago
were any built out through the west
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
The Ready Theorist.

The Ready Theortst.
"You see," explained the scientist,
house flies are dangerous because
they carry germs on their. feet"
"Ah!" exclaimed the ready theorist;
then the remedy Is simple. All you
need to do is to make them wear
overshoes and leave them on the
porch when they come in"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
Not His Fault.

"Oratory Is a gift. not an acquire
ment," said the proud politician, AZ
he sat down after an hours harangue.
II understand" said the matter-of-
fact chairman. We're not blamin'
you. You done the best you could"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
MathematlcaI Request.

Little Mary, seven years old. was
saying her prayers. And. God" b
petitioned at the close, make seven
times six forty-eight."
Why. Mary, why did you say that?'
asked her mother.
Cause that the way I wrote 1t IN
Examination in school today, and l
want It to be right."-Lippfncott's.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05

Do not attempt to raise fall pigs
without having first prepared a per.
feet system of housing for the win.
ter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05

BY a patient loving endurance Of
annoyance are we preparing our
selves gradually for the discipline q
trials-E. M. Goulburn.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05

Dr.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar
coated, easy to take as candy, regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bow.
els and cure constipation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
Wa.se. 2. Goleman,wssh-
IAI est seieEsncea sess results.
q: s%': 80. vi. s.s ThomPson's Eye Water

Freedom doesn't always bring hap
piness, but you'll notice that 1t is the
tied dog that bowls.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05

Size is not the only thing that
reaches the home base when the Ques-
ton Of championship is about to be
settled.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05

The supply Of talk always exceeds
the demand.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05
AN INSURANCE EXCEPTION.

Now" said the chronic quoter, -
man is known by the company he
keeps"
Say, I'm an insurance policy hold
er! Please don't class me with the
company l keep"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-05

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The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-08-26

1t is shown that the Japanese
rapidly substitute American food
articles for the rice and fish of
their native country. While rice
is still the basis of his food the
records of the dealers show that
the demand for this staple by
the Japanese has decreased ap-
proximately so per cent in the
last seven or eight years. It is
the opinion of the Japanese
themselves that the adoption of
American diet has increased their
capacity for labor. Tea, how
ever, remains the chief bever-
age and beer comes next. Jap
anese laborers, it is found, drink
whisky and are able to drink
more of it and with less appar-
rent injurious effect than do
white men in similar conditions
Of labor. Exchange.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-08-26

were either Japanese employers
or their employees, engaged
principally in supplying the
wants of the Japanese popula-
ton throughout the state; 5 per
cent were engaged in miscelane-
GUS pursuits, such as officials,
professionals, students, etc.
At the time of this investiga-
ton 54.4 per cent of the male
and IA per cent of the female
Japanese had only been in the
United States for five years or
less. Sixty-three and three
tenths per cent of the wives of
the married males resided in ia
pan, while only 36.7 per cent re-
sided in the United States. Of
the wives residing in the United
States 61.2 per cent had children
and 1873 per cent were without
children.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-08-26

Sixty.six all tw Ca / er
cent of the rural japanese popu-
lation were agriculturalists before
coming to the United States.
There were BIT japanese chill
dren attending the public schools
in California in the year 1909.
Personally the Japanese is
clean and has a high regard for
appearance. He does not battle
the whole body as often as the
Chinese, but his hands, feet and
head receive daily attention upon
the completion of his work.
The report as quoted in the
Journal of the American Asiatic
Association, points out that the
Japanese practice economy on
the basis of his earning power
and does not permit his expendi-
ture to increase in the same ratio
as his earnings may increase.
The Japanese earning from ST.
to $3.50 a day will spend from
20 to 30 cents a day for subsist
ence, for those earning from
$1.75 to $3.50 is 35 cents. The
highest rate recorded by the
whole inquiry was 60 cents a day
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-08-26
WISE AND OTHERWISE

Sunday week ago prayers
were offered in every church in
Greater New York for the recov-
cry of Mayor Gaynor. These pc
titions represented The hope of
practically 5000, 1000 people. and it
seems they are being answered.
When it is learned that the
Pasteur Institute in Paris has is
plated the bacillus of a fever
communicated to canary birds by
an insect known as the codex
and that serum has been made
to inocculate other canaries it
appears that the time to despise
not the day of small things is
really with US.
1t is rather a pity since the
hobble skirts must come that
they did not arrive before tn
summer season began for then
we could have pulled off hob
BILE skirt races at all of the pic
MICS and barbecue thus relieving
the fiat women's race" and the
tugs of war" which have al
ready been working overtime.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-08-26

1 made a discovery of queer
condolences lately. " What
was it?" I'm the poultry journ-
al you mention, it was a hem
pecked poet, egged on by need
of cash, who wrote that lay about
the setting sun. - Baltimore
American.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-08-26
FRIDAY August 26, 1910
JAPANESE IN CALIFOR-
MA ENGAGED IN
AGRICULTURE

labor in California is analysed in
recent report of the Labor
Commissioner of that state. The
report does not suggest solutions
of the problem; it merely pre-
sents actual conditions.
The investigation of Japanese
in agriculture covered visits to
A, 102 farms scattered over SO
counties and growing almost ev-
cry crop common to the state of
California. Of this total num-
Der Of farms visited 1,733 were
operated by Japanese farmers
as owners, cash lessees and share
lessees. The remaining 1859
farms were operated by white
farmers, being equally distribut-
ed between those employing
white help exclusively, and those
employing mixed races, includ-
ing Japanese.
These 4, 1O2 farms contained
697, 236 acres and produced crops
valued approximately at $28, 000,-
900 annually. On these farms
there were employed during the
past year an aggregate of 8O,982
persons of all races, 9,452 of
whom were women, the length
of employment varying from a
few days to year.
On the 1850 farms operated
by white farmers, employing a
total of 60, 1853 persons, 53.4 per
cent of the labor employed was
white, 1854 percent, japanese
and 1912 per cent various other
races, including Chinese, Mexi-
cans, Hindus and Indians.
On the 1,733 farms operated
by japanese farmers, employing
1874 persons, SO per cent of the
labor employed was japanese,
while 872or 4 per cent was equal
ly divided between male and fe-
male white; in other wosds, on
the basis of number employed,
the Japanese furnished practic-
ally 80 per cent, or one half OF
the labor necessary to grow and
harvest the crop, Waited at $685.
100000, produced on the farms
visited in this investigation.
The farms on which Japanese
were not employed were as a
rule much smaller than those on
which they were employed, the
former averaging 159 acres, the
latter 357, demonstrating the ne
cessity of a class of temporary
laborers on large acreage.
Another important fact devel-
oped by the investigation was
the relation between the char
acter of the crop grown and the
employment Of japanese. On
the farms where whites were
employed exclusively no berries
or nursery products were grown
and very little vegetables outside
of beans.
The average wage paid by
white farmers to white help was
$1.38 a day with board and $1.80
day without board, and to the
Japanese 81. 40 a day with board
and $1.54 without board.
This however, cannot be taken
as the average earnings of the
Japanese, for 1872 per cent of
the entire number employed
were working by contract or
piece work, under which condi-
lions the errnings of the Japan
ese are much larger than those
of the whites.
The average wages Maid to
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1910-08-26

THE government of Prussia re-
Gently established system of steel
tubes, boiler riveted into which
coaches may be backed and ex-
teriors and interiors rendered
germless through a treatment of
formalin. The sooner America
adopt that or a similar system
the better for the general health
and personal bodily comfort of
her passengers.
Lancaster, Pa, has a lively
war on for and against Sunday
phoning. The question is: Is it
a sin to use the phone on Sum
day? Such questions make the
average Seattleite give pause to
what those dear people in Lam
caster, Pa, would say and think
did they ssspend a few Sabbaths
in the Queen City of the west.
~ ~ It is estimated that the pur-
suit, capture and trial of DR..
Crippen will cost the taxpayers
of London $25, 900 which is more
than was ever spent before in
the pursuit of any criminal. The
good effect of the expenditure
will be forthcoming, however,
as this case will be an example
of the already we'll established
certainty of the execution of the
English laws.
The Kaiser is broad minded in
regard to the women's education
yet narrow in keeping with the
prevailing idea which most men
entertain. He believes in tech
nical education for women and
the invasion of the different bus
mess and professions by women.
Women lawyers, women doctors,
women dentist and women in
many other branches of activity
meet the Kaiser's approval but
he is a resolute opponent of
women in the political world.
A keen interest is awakening
all over the country among coll
lege men in affairs aeronautic.
A dozen clubs have already been
formed and club meets loom up
in the near distance. Doubtless
TIE time is not far off when great
annual intercollegiate airship
races will elipse rowing and even
throw a glamor over foot ball
and baseball. These sports will
be for those in the higher walks
of life, however, but the poor
and lowly will be permitted to
read accounts of it of course,
and then there's all of the beau
tiful poems about the aeroplane
to which mere mortals will fall
heir.
Some of the aristocratic ladies
of Munich have formed a society
whose Objects the cultivation of
big feet. The hardest part of
the reform will be educating the
people up to the idea of appre-
ciating them. The society has
several hundred members who
have pledged themselves to ap-
pear everywhere in the biggest
possible shoes and to bring up
their children along the same
lines. Now if the ladies in some
other country would only start a
small hat reform movement,
there might yet be hope of
thwarting the advances of even
such absurdities as the hobble
skirt.