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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
NOTES OF FOREIGN LANDS.
Furnished in Consular Report ana
II from Other Sources.

A limited stock company has been
industrial concerns for the manufac-
ture Of flying machines OF the Wright
system. Wilbur n Orville Wright
have conveyed all the rights for Ger
many to the new company. The Gen
eral Electric Company of Berlin and
New York is interested.
Schools are being established in ev-
cry part of the Chinese Empire and
are being put in charge of educated
Europe and the United States, says
consular report No. 1886. Popular
education is a strong feature of the
new movement in China for the gen
eral betterment of the country and it's
people, all tending toward a limited
monarchy in place of the centuries
old autocracy.
The new dealers annual license tax
Of sS1.1O imposed at Alden may injure
the sale of American kerosene in that
busy city, and force the natives to re-
sumo the use of candles. Next to cot
ton goods, kerosene has for years beer
the leading American export to Alden
after driving Russian and Sumatran
oil out of the market.
One hundred thousand dollars is to
be spent for improvements in the SER
vice of the fire brigade in the city
Of Sac Paulo, Brazil.
In the effort to reorganize the rub
Der factories Of Scotland on American
lines American experts are being put
ments of manufacture. The salaries
are much higher than the British
standard. The industry turns out
about 6,0O0,0 600 worth of rubber goods
yearly. American competition abroad
is forcing the change, says our consul
at Edinburgh.
Liberia, West Africa, is energetical-
ly calling for American goods ever
among the $4,000 aboriginal popu-
lation.
China buys $4,000 900 worth of for
eign-made printing paper every year.
The American share is insignificant.
Why? See consular report No. $685..
The Euphrates river will probably
be bridged at the three points where
the crossing is now done by ferries.
The first bridge will be constructed
next spring.
Mining concessions are being snap
ped up in Turkey. The new governor
of Adana is favorably disposed to con
cessionaries.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Meat Chart of Prime l ,1oO-Pound Steer Dressing 64O5 Per c
7O4.55 Pounds.

to a company of Englishmen. During
the French invasion the mine was
abandoned to be reopened by the crown
about 100 years ago. in 1873 English
bankers offered a good round price,
and the Spanish government turned
the property over to them; a public
company was formed and the shares
offered investors The yearly output
was enormously increased. and since
the English took possession gone $780,
900, 900 worth of copper has been
mined. In 1906 and 1907 dividends of
$40, 900, 900 were declared, the largest
ever paid by any copper mine in the
world. The steam shovel has added
generations to the life Of Rio Tinto.
AS the property has been entered
deeper and deeper the ore has become
poorer-rich ores were all Extracted
years Ago.. Six years since, when the
owners were pulling over mining the
low-grade ore at a profit, along came
an American with an idea. A few
steam shovels, he showed, would do
the work of thousands of Spanish
miners, and even though the miners
We're paid only 6 cents a day Gteam
shovels would save much money The
English tiInidly sen to the states for
two shovels; now American shovels
are grunting and snorting all over
Rio Tinto, within sight of the old Stag
piles of the Romans, Carthaginians and
PhRnicians.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

An Atlanta veteran was talking
about his first experience with a re-
Ieating rifle.
II was out on the picket line" he
tells it, land a lot of Yankees kept
shooting at us from the shelter of a
pine thicket. Finally we made a break
Cor the thicket and then W. had it.
Every fellow would pick out his man
and then load and shoot, taking advan-
tage of the shelter of the trees.
MY Yankee got the first shot, and
missed me. AS l was only seventy-five
or one hundred yards away, l thought
I would reach him before he could
load again, so 1 made a dash for him.
He stepped out from his tree and aim
ed, but l thought he was just trying to
bluff, so l didn't stop until he pulled
down on me.
"My Lord!' I thought, that's the
1 just halted, but thought the gun
surely must be empty now, so I start
ed for him again. Well, sir, he Just
stood there and bang. bang! bang! like
milking a COW. l jumped for a tree
mighty quick, l can tell you. I heard
hollering behind the tree. 1t tickled
him nightly. | didn't know what to
make of it. l put my cap out from
behind the tree and he banged! bang
ed. down Of it. 1t scared me. I
didn't know how long the thing would
hold cut.
Presently, though, l saw him bend
ing over. His head was protected, but
his back was showing, and 1 took good
aim. The ball ploughed through the
fleshy part of the thigh, and as he
hollered l made for him. He had
dropped his gun and started to run,
but he stopped and went back with
me.
Il carried that old gun back and it
was a great curiosity to our boys. They
never did believe that it could shoot
sixteen times, and I couldn't prove it
because he had only n load left, and
we couldn't get any ammunition to fit
the gun. So we broke up the gun to
keep the Yankees from getting hold q
It again."-Atlanta Constitution
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
ANCIENT COPPER MINE.
Deposits Found by PhOer,icinns Ncar
Gibraltar 5000 Years Ago.

Deposits Found by ~Phoenicinns Near
Gibraltar 5000 Years Ago.
The most ancient copper mine in the
world is the Rio Tinto, in Spain. Three
thousand years g the PhRnicians
found Just beyond Gibraltar extensive
deposits of copper ore, says the New
York Times. Copper was one of the
most desired metals of those days, and
the Phpnicians, skillful artificers. set
to extracting it. When their sea trade
was usurped by C~arthaginians several
centuries later ore from the mine was
carried to the various ancient trad
ing ports. When Carthage fell, the
Romans took possession and worked
the Rio Tinto for centuries. Then
came Goths, and later Moors, digging
more gold out of the Iberian noun
tain side.
When Ferdinand and Isabella drove
the Moors out of Spain the crown took
possession of the Rio Tinto mine and
leased it from time to time to adven-
turers from various countries Of Eu-
rope; in the seventeenth century 1t
was leased to a Swede and later to .
Frenchman; in the eighteenth century
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
The Peculiar Snail,

The common snail has lungs, heart
and a general circulation, and is In
every respect an air breathing creature.
This Notwithstanding, he can live on
indefinitely without inhaling the least
atom of air, that which is usually con-
Stdered the essential to existence in ar
creatures supplied with lungs.
Leppert says: ITO all organized crta-
.ures the removal Of oxygen, wafer,
nourishment aud heat causes deata to
ensue." When that statement was
made he did not appear to considc- the
snail as one among the great hest of
organized beings" for the sxperi-
ments made by Prof. Spallanzani prove
that any or all the usual life condi-
tons can be removed in it's case with
out terminating it's existence or in any
way impairing its functions.
1t is a fact well known that the COM
mon land snai retreats into his shell
on the approach Of frosty weather in
the fall and hat the opening or
mouth Of the shell is hermetically
sealed by a secretion which is of a
silky texture and absolutely impervi-
Gus to air and water. In this condi-
ton it is plain that he is deprived of
three out of four elements of life
mentioned by Leppert-viz., air, water
and nourisnment.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Killing Weeds.

A great deal is heard about chemi-
cal weed destroyers and improved
methods for e~radicating weeds. Some
of the improved methods are worthy
of consideration and if followed will
be the means Of destroying many OF
the weeds. Many of them, however,
are not practical and should never be
considered by the farmer.
Professor Beal of the Michigan, sta
ton m forward with an entirely
new means of destroying weeds which,
if followed, is certainly the most prac-
teal of all other methods, except the
hoe. The professor says that where
soils are reasonably rich as a result of
the growth of legume, there are few
weeds. Lands which have been in al
falfa or clover for a number OF years
nave few weeds. For all weedy lands
the professor suggests that the farm
ers seed the land down for either al
falfa or clover and to make sure that
the seeding is sufficient to the
ground. Keep the ground in legume
for a number of years n the weeds
will nearly all be destroyed. This
sounds much more sensible than chem
ical ~destroyers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Farm Notes.

Pull and burn every weed you can
reach.
Provide plenty of ventilation for
your henhouse.
Pile potting soil in the sun to sweet
en-, turning often.
Proper feed and care is the secret
of healthy chickens.
Transplant shrubs n vines as soon
as the foliage ripens.
Remove all dead stalks and dried
leaves from the flower beds.
A ration of wheat and corn is bene-
fetal to the fattening turkeys.
Do not feed poultry too much bar
ley. A little will go a long way.
It is a great mistake to mark q hog
by mutilating its ears. Butter uss
metal tag.
1t is a hard matter to overfeed the
pullets at this time, for the extra ~
triton is put into eggs.
Ashes sprinkled in the nests ArUe
and two or three moth balls pue
the nests win keep lice awAy.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Small Farms.

The farm unit is gradually becom
ing smaller with the advance in the
price of land. A well known real es-
tate agent in a certain locality told us
recently that he had ten times as
many calls for 40 acres as for 100 acre
farms. The small farm Is the best
farm, all things considered, and peo-
pie are gradually coming to realize 1t
and to look for small farms when pur-
chasing. The farmer of to-day is be-
ginning to learn that it is better 10
tramp over less ground and grow more
to the acre. The taxes and fences on
a large farm sometimes amount TO
more than the crops. There is great
economy in all lines in the cultivation
and management of a small farm.
When the farmer knows that ne mas
but a few acres to plant to corn, or
any other crop he will use better seed'
fertilize more heavily and cultivate
better. If he grows seventy to elghty
bushels to the acre, say on ten acres,
he is much better off than the larger
farmer who c%ultivates twice as much
and gets only thirty 20 forty busheis
of corn to the acre.-Chicago Weekly
Inter Ocean.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

Lrosspieces, b., are of AKA oak, placed
about 3 TT. apart. Firm braces, c, of
2x6 scantling, will strengthen the
frame. The uprights, d. are IA or 1G
it. long, as desired, Of AKA oak. The
braces, e, may be 2x4. For the weight,
f, a wooden block may be used, which
is either square or round. 1t should
be about 10 inches in diameter and 2Ha
it. long. OF solid oak or hickory. Some
wood that will not split readily is best.
Grooves should be made in the side
of the weight to take in the full width
of the uprights. 1t is a good plan to
bore an inch hole through the rear
end of each runner, through which
a peg may be driven to hold the de-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
vice in position while the post is be-

vice in position while the post is be-
ing driven.
The working of this device is simple.
The weight is drawn up by horses
hitched to the end Of a rope, and when
it arrives at the top of the uprights 1t
is released by the hook, 2, striking the
block, l, unlocking 1t from the ring,
g, which is attached to h driver
block. Four or five blows will usually
drive a pointed post to the required
denth. Two men and a team will drive
one-half to three-quarters OF a mile OF
posts in a day. The cost of such an
implement is about s., and will pay
for itself in a short time.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
a Russian Scare in Australia.

Russian scares" were at one time
common in Sydney and Melbourne.
Once, when Australia was not yet con-
nected with the Old World by tele.
graph, a mail steamer from London
beat the record in smart passage, and
to signalize the event she fired off al,
her guns as she advanced VI the har-
Dor of Melbourne. But the Melbourne
authorities misconstrued this demon.
stration and, feeling sure thai the Rms.
SLAMS were really coming at last.
promptly modified all their military
and naval before they dis.
covered their mistake.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Nutriment I'm DRY podder,

The Indiana agricultural experiment
station has shown hat dry fodder
loses % to 50 per cent of it's nutrition
as compared with corn silage in feed
ing. That ought to commend the
silage method of saving the corn fod-
der to any one. If one was losing that
large a percentage in handling his
wheat, corn or other cereals he would
certainly change his methods to some
thing better when shown to him. This
is the plain truth about fodder and
corn silage, and such facts ought to
make any one feeding live stock take
notice.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Let Her Scratch.

The importance Of exercise TOT pouA
try might well be placed subordinate
only to good housing and feeding. But
a writer in an agricultural monthly
pertinently remarks that scratching
to get a minutes peace from mites
and other pests is not the right KIND
of exercise" The truth is obvious.
Give the fowls plenty OF
ment to scratch for their grain FEED
by keeping a portion of each pen deep
ly bedded with leaves or straw. There
is nothing like it for promoting thrift
and contentment among a hock OF
fowls in the winter, and 1T is also a
great aid toward getting fertile, hatch
able eggs.
Swing for Loading Fodder.
There are a large number OF contri-
vances made for loading shock fodder
cnto a wagon, some better than others
The Illustration herewith shown is one
that is in use in some localities where
a good deal of fodder is cut up. The
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

ing piles or posts is shown in the
sketch. l consider a post driver one
of the most useful implements that |
have on the farm, writes j.. L.. Ma
comber in Farm and Home. This de-
vice is Of very simple construction, and
aside from the few pieces of iron, pull
legs II the rope, any farmer can
make it at home.
The runners, a, are 9 TT. long, made
of good solid oak 6X4 in. thick. The
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

real ladcer is substituted with a stout
post, we'll anchored to the rack, on
top of which is a pole so adjusted as
to be able to reach out to one side for
the fodder and the other with proper
leverage. A rope or a chain attached
t. the short end of pole is thrown
around the shock about half way up.
and a fork handle thrust through
above it so it will stay there and tha
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

for sport. Get the habit of opening your eyes and ears
to the many irregularities and wrongdoings of those
who hunt for riches alone, and learn to report violations
of the law made in defense of the helpless. Do not be
a case Of arrested development, but help establish the
fashion of hunting for truth, righteousness and justice.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

picture from Farm
w d, for the
Of moving
heavy logs. 1t will
save a tremendous
amount of heavy
lifting and one man
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

with a canthOOk a do as much or
even more than two without it. The
handle should be about 5 feet long and
the iron hook about u inches. Or If
very large logs are to be used, 10
inches. The hook should work loosely
on a bolt through the handle and the
business end" be slightly curved in.
ward and always kept sharp.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

less suffering he inhicts in order to satisfy a savage n
stinct inherited from past ages, and if he could further
realize how this same hunting instinct with its expendi-
ture of time and money could be directed into channels
of comfort and pleasure to his less fortunate associates
and with a thousandfod greater satisfaction to himself,
how glad he would be to make the change and how much
better off the world would be.
Come with us almost any day and join the hunt for
wretched, worn out, limping, sore and suffering horses
that may be seen on the city streets, especially in the
poorer quarters; do something to alleviate the over
worked, overdriven, and cruelty treated beasts OF burden,
and YOU will have the satisfaction of having done one
of the most unselfsh pieces of benevolence for which
YOU will not receive any thanks, but which will make
YOU feel far better than If you had hunted wild animals
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

vestment by producing butter and
cheese, which they place on the Euro
pean market in successful competition
with that produced in America on Ian
of less than one-ffth the value. The
secret is-cficient COWS, excellent care,
cooperation and superiority of butter
Il cheese.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
PLAN OF STABLE.
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The accompanying plan is a very convenient stable anseneh ma
economical of room. Rolling doors ire shown o. almost Ill thu openings,
but swing doors can be substituted if desired. Corrugated iron is recon-
mended fr the roof, as the wood covering to which roofing Is attached nay
be only 1hx3 inch strips spaced 20 to "a inches OF centers. About forty
n quares will cover roof and to give nicely proportioned building the
rafers exclusive Of projections should be the same length N both roofs
and the slope of tn lower should re 81 degrees from the horizontal while
that of the upper will be IS degrees 10 lraHhe am H"ose JAIN a""o
would cost bOu 500
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

men. born to the purple. 1t is because the women OF
America are loyal and patriotic citizens; because they
know the necessity of having good men in office; because
they want good schools and the children protected from
every evil that they may become good citizens in the
future; because they believe that they can do infinitely
more toward attaining these things if they stand on the
same plane with their husbands and brothers. with rea-
sonable human beings and given the ballot.
No one claims that all women are thoroughly con-
scientious or that their judgment would never be at
fault. Neither do think that all women would be
benefited by the privilege of the ballot. l do not think
that all men vote honestly or that all men should have
a vote. Yet they do have it, to the exclusion of women;
a great majority Of whom are thoroughly worthy and
capable.-Nor1h American Review.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
HUNTING IN ITS VARIOUS PHASES.
By Hugo krause.

One of the greatest fallacies of the day is
that we must hunt for large opportunities
alone while countless smaller chances for do
ing good are constantly passed by unnoticed.
A large city like Chicago offers an unsurpass-
ed hunting ground for philanthropic people,
both rich and poor. If the man of means who
annually betakes himself to hunting game in
neigbboring states could but realize the ruth
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
THE APPEAL OF POLITICS TO WOMAN.
By Rosanond Lee Sutherland.

1t is just possible that if political equality
had been ours from the beginning of this
country, without the long and bitter struggle
for it, we might have priced it less keenly.
So all the more for the effort, when it comes
and it is SO right that it must come-suf-
frage will be held a dearer privilege and more
sacred possession by the women of America
than it ever has been, or ever can be by the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

carnation, implying that man can become master of his
destiny, he being the result of his own individual past,
being what he has made himself.
The savage of to-day is the saint of the future; all
tread a similar road; all are destined to ultimate hui
man perfection. Pain follows on mistakes and is ever
remedial; strength is developed by struggle; we reap
after every sowing the inevitable result; happiness
growing out of the right, sorrow out Of the wrong. The
babe dying shortly after birth pays in the death a debt
owing from the past, and returns swiftly to earth, de-
layed but for brief space and free of his debt to gather
the experience necessary for his growth. Social virtues,
though placing a man at a disadvantage in the struggle
for existence, perhaps even leading to the sacrifice of
his physical life, build a noble character for his future
lives and shapes him to become a servant OF the nation.
In every case the individual past explains the individ-
ual present, and when the laws of growth are known
and obeyed a man can build with a sure hand his future
destiny, shaping his growth on lines OF ever increasing
beauty until he reaches the stature of the perfect man.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

On every farm where there is tim
Der of large size there ought to be a
canthook, an implement shown in the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
No Words Wasted.

Nora vas a treasure of a servant,
whose habit of speech was often indi-
rect, but was frequently picturesque
and unexpectedly expressive. One even
ing "the master was sitting in the IL
brary when the doorbell rang. Nora
answered it, and on her return through
the hall the master" inquired who it
was.
1T was a young man, sor." replied
Nora.
well, what did he want?" was the
question.
"Oh, he was just lookin' for the
wrong number, sor." Lippincott's
Magazine.
IVY don't you reduce der price on
does Atwood suits?" vat! vos you
Grassy? vid cotton 50 high?"-Puck.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

A good many people who believe
they are Indignantly protesting against
sin are really gossiping.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
,Dairyins and Price Of L..a.

Dairying in Holland is the principal
occupation. The land Is worth from
$500 to $1,000 an acre. yet the people
pay their rents or interest on the in
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
REMUNERATION AND ITS NECESSITY.
By Annie BeSanf.

There are but three explanations of human
inequalities, whether of faculties, OF oppor-
%tunities, of circumstances: l. Special crea-
ton by God, implying that man is helpless,
his destiny being controlled by an arbitrary
and incalculable will. II. Heredity, as sug.
gested by science, implying an equal helpless
ness on mans part, he being the result OF a
past over which he had no control. Jul. REIN
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

The city is always in the situation Of
a poor man with very extravaEant
tastes. 5
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

dependent creatures, because We have TO depend on oth-
ers. If society will profit by our effort to attain mans
level in these matters, it is our duty to strive towards
that end. If the time is not yet here, we serve the race
best by staying where we are.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

whole shock is lifted on the rack
Farm and Home.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
IS WOMAN FITTED TO RULE?

Some of us talk and think a lot of the suf-
ferings of the woman through the historic
period. Suppose we have suffered some; we
came through, didn't we? We aren't exter-
minated yet. If it hadn't been for the good
of the race that we should have adopted a
subordinate place in the civilized world, it
would never have happened.
We are behind man in civilization. We are