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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
Farm School Letter
Interesting Information on Minnesota Agriculture
by Our Special Correspondent. s

Community Breeding-What Is It?
The question of Community Breed
ing is agitating breeders in some parts
of the state especially, and ought to
be discussed among the farmers gen.
orally. One gentleman greatly inter-
ested in this line of breeding writes
the department of Agriculture at the
University Farm in substance as fol-
lows:
by Community Breeding We mean
simply the getting together Of farm
ers, deciding upon some breed to
raise, then buying and using bulls in
partnership. This is neither an ex-
pertinent nor some foolish idea, but
it has been worked out in foreign
countries as well as in parts of the
United States"
He cites certain counties in Wiscon-
sin where the farmers have made
wonderful records as q result of this
method Of breeding, and gives in
stances where grades are selling at
high figures, and says that pure breeds
are in demand at fabulous prices,
drawing the deduction that If this can
be done in one locality it can be done
everywhere that the breeders are will
ing to adopt the method.
The writer argues rightly when he
says that increased production is the
real goal to be striven for, on the
ground that the man who can make
better stock grow where an inferior
quality grew before is a benefactor
to mankind.
With great practical knowledge he
says that "You may not have grade
cows for sale for several years, be-
cause you will want the heirers to
grow up, to have their milk tested,
etc., and Gull out the poor stock, leav-
ing only the best for future breeding.
The bull calves, he says, should not
be kept for breeding, but should be
sold for veal. Only the best pure
bred bulls from record producing an
cestors should be used. The scales
and tester should then be used to de-
termine the value Of their daughters,
since not every bull of any strain OF
cattle possesses the required merit,
and the only measure of his merit is
the record of his offspring.
Thus, says the correspondent, 4
group of farmers, when working CO.
operatively with other groups, can
use sire until his usefulness to them
is exhausted owing to his near rela-
tionship to the young females of the
herd, when he can be exchanged with
another group having similar sire,
and his valuable qualities preserved
so long as he is fit for service, thus
avoiding untried sires and reducing
individual expense.
Then, to sum up, the chief thing is
to select breed of stock, no matter
whether cattle, hogs, sheep or horses,
stick to the breed selected and breed
UP with intelligent purpose.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16

You young rascal!"' said the fathsFr
changing his tune, as he glanced at
the grinning boy. It'll see you after
dinner out In the woodshed, and may.
be I'll cook your goose for you"
"But, father"
"Never mind. I don't want any butts
from you now. Wait till we get to
the woodshed. Well take a look at
the cherry stump, too, and then we'll
see how things stack up"
Somehow the boy did not seem to
be much afraid. though his sister
looked at him compassionately.
"Well. sir, come along" said the
father, after waiting for his dinner
to settle. We'll see about this cher.
ry tree business now"
They soon reached the stump of the
tree, and the father looked at It and
groaned.
why did you do it?' asked the
father.
well, pa, you see I had read so
much about cutting down that cherry
tree, and being born on the same day
as Washington was, you know"
Cut It out. Give me good rea-
son, Or"
Sure thing, pa. You see, when l
was out this morning, and Towser
and I got the rabbit
"Yes?"
well, cut it down."
$50 see. Now take of your coat"
The boy did as directed.
"Take of your vest"
He took it of.
"Take Of"
mo, pa-not my trousers. It's
cold"
I'll make It warm for you"
But I was going to tell you why I
cut down the tree. See that stump
there?"
I'm not blind. Why didn't you cut
it closer to the ground, while you
were about it, and not leave such q
long, ungainly stump"
well, you look and see. See down
below where I cut?"
Eyes. What of it,"
"See where it's gnawed?"
Eyes. But it would have been all
right unless it was gnawed all the
way around"
well, you look and see If it fsa't
gnawed all the way around, while /
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
Proposals Made While Under Influence
Of Gas, He Declares.

ugly as I am" said a dentist, II
have been proposed to by 70 women!"
''Impossible!" they cried, gazing
with ill-concealed repulsion on his
ugliness.
THE ladies did it unconsciously, i"
he fastened to add. 'They were I'm.
conscious in the grip of gas at the
time. And it was-excuse me-gas-tly.
Fresh-drawn teeth were scattered
about, and the declarations gurgled
forth amid stream of blood.
"They were all old maids. They all
meant business. In vino veritas-and
there is truth in gas, too. The things
said In my red plush chair are the
real and secret beliefs of the heart.
my wife-I don't mind telling you
under the seal Of professional secrecy
my wife proposed to me in tho chair
while I was pulling II teeth for her.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
put on my coat and vest. It's getting

put on my coat and vest. It's getting
cold"
"Oh, I see. And that Is why you
cut the tree DOWN.
Yes, pa-so to cook his goose for
him. And we got the very fellow that
had done the gnawing. 1 saw him
at it. But Towser and got his goat"
II wonder why he chose q cherry
tree instead of an APPLE" unused the
father, examining the stump more
carefully. "They most always take
the apple trees.''
Maybe he was sick, and wanted
some cherry bark for medicine" said
the boy slyly.
well, I'm glad didn't have to use
this" said the father.
$50 am I, pa"
But you came near getting into
trouble because you are a Washing
ton boy, didn't you?" said the father,
swishing the whip as though he still
had desire to use it, while Towser
whined and 'scurried out of the way.
But not as near as the rabbit did"
said Guy. Il wonder if he was a
Washington rabbit"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
Occasion Was One in Which Patriot
Leader Came Very Near Being
Captured.

did you ever know that Washing
ton had one of the closest calls Of his
life within stones throw of Times
square?" remarked a New Yorker to
an out-of-town visitor. There's the
record of tan adventure that came
near changing the history of the coun-
try"
The New Yorker pointed to bronze
tablet on the row of houses facing
Times square above Forty-third street.
It seems that in the revolution the
redcoats were Selling Manhattan and
the Americanc were getting out as
fast as they could, bag and baggage.
Times square was open farm land
then, and the fugitives came ul Broad
way or Bloomingdale road. Gen. Put
nam and his men were nearly caught
by the British, but got away and were
coming up the road when Washington
met them.
1.-THE Father of His Country let out
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
His Extensive Lands,

In his letters to his secretary.
Tobias Lear, Washington speaks Of
his lands lying on the Ohio, between
the mouths of the Great and Little
Kanawha rivers" amounting to 9,159
acres, and of land on the Great Ka-
nawha amounting to $4,000 and more
acres. These apparently were the
lands he obtained by patent for his
services in the French and Indian war
and added to by purchase, though
some Of the newspaper reports of the
claims of the Washington heirs make
it appear that part of the land OBJ
tanned for military services WAS in
what is now Ohio, and comprised the
site of Cincinnati.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
Rural School Lectures,

0CHOOI Lectures
Splendid reports continue to come
from the rural school workers under
the auspices of the Division of Agri-
cultural Extension. A feature of the
work at Glencoe was Saturday after
noon lectures in a building different
from the high school, where many
farmers attended. On one Saturday
afternoon, Prof. Olson lectured on
swine and on the next Saturday after
noon Prof. Hacker talked on dairy
ing. Evenings during the time were
devoted to work in the rural school
houses, where several districts would
joiI at a designated school house and
listen to Prof. Olson on swine, and
Prof. schnaidt, who is employed in
the Glencoe high school as instructor
In agriculture, talked on corn raising.
The .eachers in the several schools
where these evening sessions were
held provided programs aside from
the lectures, SO that all might be in
terested.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
Ruskin on. Art Critics

A. Stodart Walker tells Of Ruskin
throwing a large quarto at his head
because he had dared to question tho
artistic excellence, in thu matter Of
proportion, of Michael Angeles mo
ses" In Rome. After the throwing was
over he asked: "How often have YOU
seen it," ooh, half a dozen times. :"
Stodart Walker answered with conf.
dence In his side as to the result of
such a reminder. Good heavens"
Ruskin cried, no man should dare
to give an opinion on any work of art
unless he has seen it every day fol
six MONTHS" adding after q pause
and even then he should hold hte
tongue II he has used his eyes u ysv
seem 10 have used than"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16

moment on the platform before the
shop, gossiping with the merchant of
village affairs. glanced down the
street to see if the ladies had ap-
peared, and observed at the same time
my team and wagon standing at the
curb in charge of the driver, just as
had left them.
While still talked to the merchant,
Helen came out of the general store,
glanced hurriedly up and down the
street, and crossed quickly to the post
office, which lay opposite. I watched
her as I made my adieux to the shop.
keeper, and just then I witnessed
something that interested me at once
Within the open door of the post-of1ice
the italian sailor lounged idly. Helen
carried number of letters in her
hand, and as she entered the post
office-1 was sure my eyes played me
no trick-deftly, almost imperceptibly,
an envelope passed from her hand to
the Italians. He stood immovable, as
he had been, while the girl passed on
into the office. She reappeared at
once, recrossed the street and met her
aunt at the door of the general store.
I rejoined them, and as we all met by
the waiting trap the italian left the
post-off1ce and strolled slowly away
toward the lake.
l was not sure whether Miss Pat
saw him. If she did she made NO sign,
but began describing with much
amusement an odd countrymsn she
had seen in the shop.
"You mailed our letters, did you,
Helen? Then believe we have quite
finished, Mr.. Donovan. I like your
little village; I'm disposed to love
everything about this beautiful lake"
Eyes; even the town hall, where the
Old Georgia Minstrels seem to have
appeared for one night only, some
time last December, is a shrine worthy
OF pilgrimages, remarked Helen. And
postage stamps cost no more here
than in Stamford. I had really ex-
pected that they would be a trife
dearer."
Quired, for those wonderful eyes of
hers were filled with something akin
to honest fun. She was proud of her.
self, and was even flushed the least bit
with her success.
AS we passed the village pier saw
the Stiletto lying at the edge Of the
inlet that made miniature harbor for
the village, and, rowing swiftly toward
it, his oars flashing brightly, was the
Italian, still plainly in sight. Whether
Miss Pat saw the boat and ignored it.,
or failed to see, did not know, for
when I turned she was studying the
cover of magazine that lay in her
lap. Helen fell to talking vivaciously
Of the contrasts between American
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
When Washington Sluore

a string Of curses and tried to stop
them. The man who wrote histories
hasn't the nerve to set down what he
said, but he could swear like trooper
when he got started. Putnam's men
were SO scared, though, that they kept
on running. Washington was wild
with rage, and galloped away with his
staff across the fields. Where Bryant
park now is, he ran into so redcoats
and would have been taken if his COM
panions hadn't pulled him back. What
would have happened if Washington
had been made a prisoner?"-New
York Times.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
MEREDITH S@e s
MCH0L5ONS
Xz&S7RA7zO/T5.5
nv WRITER'S
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SYNOPSIS.

Miss Patricia Holbrook and Miss Helen
x1olbrook, her niece, were entrusted to
the care OF Laurance Donovan, a writer,
summering near Port Annandale, Miss
patricia conf1ded to Donovan that she
feared her brother Henry, who, ruined by
Z bank failure, had constantly threatened
her for money from his fathers will, Of
game to Port Annandale to escape Henry.
Donovan sympathized with the two
women. He learned Of Miss Helen an
moving sutton. Donovan discovered and
captured an intruder. who proved to be
Reginald Gillespie, sutton for the hand OF
Miss Helen Holbrook. Gillespie disap-
psared the following morning: A rough
Donovan saw Miss Hoibrook and her "a
Their meet on friendly terms. Donovan
fought an Italian assassin. He met the
man no supposed was Holbrook, but who
said he was Hartridge, canoe-maker:
After short discussion Donovan left
surlily. Gillespie was discovered by Don
even az prsSenti,ng S9untEy church h, With WITH
brooks presence: Miss Pat :cknowledged
missing for g. few hours. While riding
In a launch. the Italian sailor attempted
to modest tho trio. but failed. Miss Pat
announced her intention OF fighting Henry
Holbrook and not seeking another hiding
place. Donovan met Helen in garden at
night. Duplicity Of Helen was confessed
by tho young lady. She admitted conniving
precautions, in q night meeting with Don
ovan. The three went for a long ride the
following day. That night. disguised as 9
nun. Helen stole from the house. She met
Reginald Gillespie, who told her his love.
Gillespie was confronted by Donovan.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
Refused First Mansion

The Pennsylvania legislature voted
a sum of money for presidential
residence, but when Washington saw
it he said indeed he wasn't going to
spend the money necessary to prop
erly fit up such big place, and it
didn't occur to congress that the pres.
ident's home should be furnished out
Of the public treasury. so he rented q
house from Robert Norris =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
Milk Testing At AnnandaIe.

SVOsbbS ~ 7UuAT0AtVs
The Dairy Division of the Agriculj
tural Extension Department has estab-
lished milk testing station at AMMAN
dale, Wright county, where a group
OF 10 farmers have agreed to test their
milk for one year. The testing will
be done at the Albion Creamery, al
Annandale, and the record kept at the
dairy department of the University
Farm. The Farm has sold two jersey
sires to the Annandale people and
loaned one bull to them. Co-operar
tive breeding is the rule among those
people. There are number Of Jez4
sey herds around Annandale and tho
experiment is going to be tried with
thoroughness. This is the only prae-'
teal way of developing the best dairy
stock, and the farmers are entitled to
encouragement in their effort to ad.
vance the growing dairy industry o1
Minnesota.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
Business Men at Short course.

AS evidence of the growing interest
In agriculture among people of affairs
generally it may ae said that a num-
Der OF business men of the state are
attending the Short course for farm
ers at the University Farm, at St..
Anthony Park, which opened Jan. IL.
The registration on the 25th of jan
uary reached 235. Men of all ages
are in attendance, several Of whom are
rom SO % 20 years old, but by far the
greater number are young men whose
lives are spent on the farms Of Min
kes0ta. p. +. .s... +. =..@.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
Good and Bad BREEDING.

An interesting feature Q: the recent
meeting of the Stockholders Associ-
alton at University Farm was the lee
ture by Prof. Grout, on the subject
Of selecting dairy stock. Several an
imals were in the ring, among which
were some Guernseys, whose records
Of butter were stated by the pro-
fessor. The best and poorest dairy
cows on the farm were in evidence.
The best COW, with record of 405
pounds Of butter last year, was
shown, together with her daughter,
whose record was only one hundred
and ten pounds during the Same Pc
Rod. The mothers average for five
years past has been 325 pounds year.
ly, but owing to her bad habit Of milk
ing herself it is not definitely known
what her record might be. though
Prof. Circuit thinks it would easily
reach to over five hundred pounds II
she were crowded. The heifer is kept
as an object lesson to show the value
Of breeding. One would naturally
think that such a mother would give
great value to the offspring, and pro-
duce a good record-maker. The sire
Of the daughter, while having good
points, failed to get a calf of value,
and was disposed of as soon as his
failure was discovered. In this case
the scales and tester were applied to
the heifer's milk, with unsatisfactory
results, proving that only through the
daughters can the value of the sire
be determined. So it ie maintained
that when sire shows good results
he should be kept in tho community
so long as it is possible to avoid in
breeding. Then he can be sent to
some other community and his value
be preserved until his service is no
longer valuable.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
CHAPTER lx-Conttnued.


It was plain that he saw nothing
out Of the way in thus conniving with
Helen Holbrook against her aunt, and
that he had not been struck by the
enormity of the girls conduct in ta-
king money from him. He drew In his
canoe as I debated with myself what
to do with him.
you've got to leaye the lake." l
said. you've got to co."
Then I'm going. thank you!"
He sprang into the canoe, driving 1t
far out Of my reach; his paddle
splashed, and he was gone.
rs that you, sir?" called lima be-
hind me. II thought I heard some one
talking"
1T is nothing, lima"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16

and English landscapes; and 80 we
drove back to St. Agatha's.
Thereafter, for the matter Of ten
days, nothing happened. I brought the
ladies Of st. Agatha's often to Glen
arm, and we went forth together con-
stantly by land and water without in
terruptio2, They received and dis.
patched letters, and nothing marred
the quiet Uder of theirl lives. The Stillet-
to vanished from my horizon, and lay,
so lima ;earned for me, within the
farther laie. Henry Holbrook had
made no doubt, gone away with the
draft Helan had secured from Giles
pie, and sf Gillespie himself heard
n0thing,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-16
Many Would Marry Dentist

The wedding came of the day her full
gold set was done. NJ wife may not
be beautiful, but she is a very good
and rich woman"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-29
NUMBER 10.
year and as captain the third

second year and as captain the third
year
The year following her graduate
she did post graduate work at Trinity
college, Washington, d. c. Through
the courtesy Of North Dakota senators
and representatives she enjoyed ex-
ceptlonable opportunities to see and
profit by the life of our capitol city
The year 1907-0S was spent at home
assisting her father in his business
matters as she had done during the
summer for several years.
The fall of 1908 she took up her
duties as principal of the first class high
school at Cavalier The following spring
she was reelected to the position.
At the meeting of the Pembina teach
ers' association last November she was
unanimously elected secretary and
made a member of the committee on
debating. Her many friends feel that if
elected she would make an energetic,
efficient and tactful superintendent y
Grand Forks Herald.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-29

"We have been informed that Miss
Helen Sullivan, A. B. 'O6. has recently
announced herself as candidate for
county superintendent of Cavalier
county.
Miss Sullivan entered the university
in the fall of 1903 and graduated in
1906, having with the addition of two
months summer school completed the
four years course in three years.
During her course she paid special
attenrio to the science and art of teach
ing.
The friendly disposition and the Wig
orous way IN which she attacked her
work and entered into the university
activities soon made her a favorite with
the students and professors and led to
her being recognized as a promising
student
Her ability as a debater was early
recognized By the end of her first
year place on her societys team in
the Gansl medal debate was assured
For two years-until her graduation
she was member OF the winning teams
in this debate. She took a great dea
OF interest in basketball, playing as sub
stitute on the girls team the first year
as regular member 0. the team the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-29

Milton public schools have been fur
nished with sanitary drinking cups made
of waterproof paper.
There is considerable threshing to be
done around Sarles yet The scarcity
of help makes the work slow.
Nekoma has a barber since VIM. J.
Dundon, of Bemidji, Mimi, opened a
shop at the old location and is all ready
for business.
Mrs. Creiman of Concrete passed to
her rest on Thursday last at their farm
located one and one-half miles southeast
of Concrete. Mrs. Creiman was born
in Germany in 1888 and came to this
country in 1861 She was married in
1868, and along with her husband be-
longed to the noble band of pioneers
who first broke the sod of this western
country.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-09-29
'R'4z2 4s2 Ceunty.

Wheat around Nekoma is reported as
averaging about 7 bushels per acre.
Osnabrock Presbyterian church now
has a new steel ceiling and other interior
Improvements.
Over five hundred hunting licenses
have been issued to residents of Cava-
lier county this season.
Around Osnabrock the 1910 crop is
started by the Independent as likely to
bring as much money as any crop OF
former years.
Burdick's farm threshed wheat over
Munich way that averaged bushels.
Most crops are reported from that
locality as running from to bushels
In Osford township Reuben Beatty
raised and harvested crop of 100 acres
of wheat which last week threshed out
1900 bushels, pretty good result for an
"off" year.
Rev. S. T. Simpson formerly of Wal
halla and late of Sarles has gone home
to Newfoundland. Mr.. Simpson has not
been in the oest of health lately, and he
thought change of climate would be
best
The bell used in the Methodist church
in Langdon before this structure was
destroyed by cyclone year ago, has
<lo
ton of Osnabrock and will be installed
as soon as they get around to it.
DR.. Cory, former Hannah medical
practitioner is making visit with
former friends after two years spent at
Vancouver, B.. G. Another former
Hannah resident now located at Van
couver is Merchant W. j. Faris. Both
are reported as prospering IN the vest.
Rev. c. A. Armstrong, a divinity
student, who has been in charge of the
Methodist church work at Osnabrock
and Easily several months goes to the
state university to resume his course of
study. During the university school
year he will still continue holding Sun
day services on his charge
Ii company With his cousin, G. K.
Bowers, of Bellville, Wis, 81, Gunhus
made trip to Langdon during the for
mer's visit here. From Langdon they
went to Iona, and Fairdale and thence
to Dewey township where Mr.. Gunhus
owns several quarter sections of land.
The trip was made with the view of
showing Mr.. Bowers some of the best
agricultural land on earth, and hesaw it
ana he is not going to hide this fact from
his friends and nelghbors on his return
to Wisconsin. He saw things that he did
not expect and he said SO. Mr..
Bowers is wealthy land owner himself
and knows good piece OF land when he
sees it, and he thought Walsh and
Cavalier counties little the best Of any
thing he had ever seen.-E Edinburg
Tribune.