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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
Farm School Letter
Interesting Information on Minnesota Agriculture
by Our Special Correspondent.

Tho Goods Roads Proposition.
Good roads are an important fac.
tor in profitable farming. The Stats
tics routes, of which there are several
IN Minnesota, show that it costs the
farmer on the dirt roads as usually
constructed in the state from Is to
70 cents ton per mile to market his
crops, while on gravel and good dirt
roads the expense of marketing his
crop is from to Is cents per ton per
mile. These facts of themselves, say.
ing nothing Of the discomfort Of trav-
cling over rough and uneven roads,
should be suggestion to every farm.
er In the state to look carefully into
the system-or rather lack Of system
of road making as now conducted.
The substantial loss of labor and
money now expended in road making
should give way to a scientific and
practical method. Engineers should
be employed to lay out the roads, and
then competent men of experience in
the work should be put in charge.
Good roads to the farmer do not mean
satisfactory roads to the automobilist,
but roads on which the farmer can get
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23


bitches. Not only must top drainage
obtain, but the ground for a few feet
below the surface should be 50
drained that capillary action cannot
bring moisture to the surface. A hard
road cannot be made of mud, and nc
amount Of labor and money will make
a dirt road that will stay hard unless
some plan is devised to get rid of the
water. All that makes good roads
bad is water uncontrolled. When
rightly considered, there is little in
road making that is complicated.
Drainage is of greater value than
blowing and scraping when once a bed
is made. It will be better to spend
the taxes in making tile drains and
giving good under drainage, as we'll
as drainage by open bitches, too many
Of which are merely ponds Of stagnant
water along the roadside, soaking the
road bed and making it quagmire,
however dry its surface may appear.
Dragging roads after a rain will go
a long way towards making them
smooth. The drag assists the water
to run off the sides where it would
otherwise remain in puddles for thu
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
Modified King Road Drag.

to town at any season Of the year with
his crops with comfort and with as
little loss Of time, horse labor and
wagon depreciation as possible. Most
Of the farmers of Minnesota must be
content with good dirt roads. and
those can be had If Uniform and
intelligent system Of doing the work
Is adopted. Even under the existing
laws systematic employment Of labor
would mean better roads. With bet.
ter laws-laws requiring all road
taxes to be paid in cash and tho cash
expended under proper authority, de-
sired results could be obtained. Drain.
age is one Of the important factors in
road making. When we consider that
$4,000 tons Of water per mile fall on
the country roads annually, with no
adequate way Of carrying off the wa
ter, it is not surprising that we have
serious drawbacks in marketing the
crop. The water must be carried of
in some way, and the road bed made
oval so that the water, instead of stand
ing in puddles and softening the bed,
can run into bitches at the side and
from thence OF through the side
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23

wheels to press into and make ruts;
besides, dragging smooths the roads,
helps evaporation and has a tendency
to build the center higher, thereby
making sort of roof to shed the wa
ter into the bitches. A common drag
will help, but King drag may be
cheaply constructed of split log or
Of couple of pieces Of 3x8, held apart
by strong braces, with strips of iron
on the cutting edges. The horses
should be hitched to the drag a little
to one side Of the center, so it will be
drawn at an angle, thus pushing the
dirt into the center of the road. Such
drag will do excellent service If
used soon after a rain. Even under
present laws cooperation among farm.
ers might be established so that each,
after rain, would drag the road along
his premises, smoothing out the rough
spots made by traffic in the storms or
Immediately following, making the
road more passable for himself and
neighbors. For information regarding
road construction address the State
Highway Commission, St. Paul, MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
2ZlIHIEllKl21Zz 8IzENB[BlEZ
Discourse Not All RELIGIOUS
Secular Matters Mixed with Scottish
Minister'S Sermon.

A minister of Crosmichael, in Fife,
frequently talked from the pulpit to
his hearers with amusing, and, in
deed, irreverent familiarity. Expound-
ing a passage from Exodus one day
he proceeded thus: ":And the Lord
said unto Moses'-sneck that door!
I'm thinking If We had to sit beside
the door yerser, ye wadna be sac
ready leaving it open. It was just be.
side that door that Yedam Tamson,
thee bellman, got his death O. cauld;
and I'm sure, honest man, he didna let
It stay muckle open. And the Lord
said unto Moses'-I see q man aneath
the laft WI his hat on. I'm sure man,
ye're clear O the soogh O. that door
there. Keep aft your bannet, Thamas,
and If your bare pow be cauld. ye
maun just get a gray worsted wig,
like myself. They're no sac dear
plenty O. them az Bob Gillespie's for
tenpence apiece" The reverend gen:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
tleman then proceeded with his dis.
course.
Mental Suuoestion for Health

Mental Suggestion for Health.
Suggestible as is the conscious mind,
the subconscious is still more so.
Now we know that at least twice 4
day we all have brief periods during
which the subconscious is in evidence
and during which therefore, We are
especially suggestible. These two Pc
RODS are those Immediately preceding
and Immediately succeeding sleep.
We are then in a half-waking and half.
sleeping condition, and any suggestion
offered to the mind in that state is IN
some inexplicable way, taken up by
the brain mechanism and realized.
Let the worrier, then, use we'll these
few minutes at night and In the morn
Ing, by saturating his brain with sug.
gestions that make against worry ana
that make for peace, poise and nerv
Gus balance. Rev. s. 8. NoCoah =
HarperS Ba8aS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
8ests Westerner.

Splitting five dollar bill with a
waiter when you reach hotel, and
promising him the other piece when
you leave it we'll served is poor
game" said a veteran waiter In one
OF New York's biggest hotels.
"A western man tried it on me once
and It made me sore. l took pains to
serve him poorly, showing that did
not care for his money. I was so
careless that when he was leaving he
refused me the other half. l had him
sized up for a cheap skate, So point
ed out to him that the piece he had
was no good to him as it was, Snd Of
fered to buy it from him for two dol.
lars. He thought deeply minute.
and declin7d. Then l offered to sell
my half fof three dollars. Somehow or
other this appealed to him and he
bought it and seemed happy.
I'll bet he hasn't stopped figuring
out yet whether he won or lost, One
thing he's sure of, he didn't tip the
waiter" $3.50. &. -: $50,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
Future Of Calcium.

Future Of Calcium.
1t has been pointed out that. al
though calcium is the metal next Il
iron in natural abundance, chemist,
and metallurgists are only just BEGIN
ming to appreciate its possibilities
The ore costs but a few cents 4 too
for quarrying, since it occurs in inen
haustible quantity, as pure. calcium
carbonate in limestone, chalk. and
marble, and the production Of tia
metal is the special task of the cleo
tro-chemist.
At temperatures above red hot On,
cium is the strongest metallic haaa
and it is believed by many that by it,
use many problems may find theiI.
solution, such as the complete deort
datfon Of melted metals and the "a
duct1on of rare elements. The metas
calcium may also, as aluminium h.s
done, find many uses in the aria 8
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
Charts Of insects.

Charts OF Jh8ect8.
The Agricultural School has an ap-
preparation under which Prof. Wash
burn, Of the department of Entomol-
ogy is having drawn and printed large
charts showing the more common in
sects injurious to crops, and the use
eul bird enemies. These charts will
be. 35x46 inches. and given to every
school in the state. Nine thousand
copies are being printed and will soon
be ready for distribution. An artist
has been employed several months on
this work, and the iaseoes and birds
will be shown in their aatural coloro.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23

I went back to the launch and
sought far and near upon the lake for
the canoe with the single star. !
wanted to see again the face that was
uplifted in the flood Of colored light
the head, the erect shoulders, the
arms that drove the blade so easily
and certainly; for if it was not Helen
Holbrook it was her shadow that the
gods had sent to mock me upon the
face of the waters.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
CHAPTER XII.
The Melancholy Of Mr.. Gillespie.

The Melancholy Of Mr.. Gillespie.
laughed moment ago when, In
looking over my notes of these AFFAIRS
l marked the swift transition from
those peaceful days to others of re-
newed suspicious and strange events
had begun to yield myself to blan-
dishments and to feel that there could
be no further interruption of the idyllic
hours I was spending in Helen Hol.
brooks company. still maintained,
to be sure, the guard as it had been
established; and many pipes I smoked
on St. Agatha's pier, in the fond belief
that I was merely fulfilling my office
as protector of Miss Pat, whereas I
had reached point where the very
walls that held Helen Holbrook were
OF such stuff as dreams are made of.
The only lingering blot in the bright
calendar of those days was her meet.
ing with Gillespie on the pier, and the
fact that she had accepted money
from him for her rascally father. But
even this I excused. It was no easy
thing for girl of her high spirits to
be placed in a position of antagonism
to her own father; and as for Giles.
pie, he was at least a friend, abundant
~ able to help her in her difficult po.
sition; and if, through his aid, she had
been able to get rid of her father, the
end had certainly justified the means.
I reasoned that an educated man of
good antecedents who was desperate
enough to attempt murder for profit
In this enlightened twentieth century
was cheaply got rid of at any price,
and it was extremely decent of GILES.
pie-so 1 argued-to have taken him
self away after providing the means
of the girls release. I persuaded my
self eloquently on those lines while I
exhausted the resources of Glenarm
in providing entertainment for both
ladies. There had been other break
fasts on the terrace at Glenarm, and
tea almost every day in the shadow of
st. Agatha's, and one dinner of state
in the great Glenarm dining room; but
more blessed we're those hours in
which we rode, Helen and I, through
the sunset into dusk, or drove canoe
over the quiet lake by night. Miss
Pat, felt sure, in so often leaving me
alone with Helen, was favoring my at
tentions; and thus the days passed,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
Hog Cholera.

Hog Cholera.
Few stock diseases give farmers
more anxiety than hog cholera. and
they will be glad to know that DR..
Reynolds, of the Agricultural School
at St. Anthony Park, is experimenting
with vaccine to determine it's value
as specific in hog cholera. A new
building has been erected for his use.
The results thus obtained are such as
to make the doctor confident that
within short time he will be able to
present the farmers of Minnesota
with a perfect preventative for the
disease. All those interested in swine
will find it to their advantage to com.
mun1cate by letter with DR.. Reynolds,
University Farm, st. Paul.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
Singer, Yankee Aviator. Falls.

Singer, Yankee Aviator, Falls.
Cairo, Egypt. - Mortimer Singer.
the American aviator, fell with an
aeroplane in which he was prao.
ticing here. Both of his legs and an
arm were broken. Singer had q mar.
row escape in May last when tho bal
loon in which he was rising at Sc
vile. Spain, dashed against tho rail
way station and bounding of struc1
a moving train. Ballast was ,lnloade&
In the nick Of time, however, and the
balloon shot upward. Last month
Singer contested for the Micholin III.
ct Mourmelon. Franco. ~"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
A State DistiIIery,

A State DistiIlery.
The legislature has made an appro-
priatfon Of $4,000 for a distillery for
the purpose of developing the possi-
bilities Of manufacturing industrial al
cohol, but before establishing a plant
Of this character the Station is wait
ing to see II something cheaper than
corn can be found out of which to
manufacture the fluid for power and
light purposes. Prof. Hoagland says
to make industrial alcohol Of potatoes,
that they would have to be sold for
Is cents bushel to make them as
cheap as corn, at it's present prices,
for distillation purposes. The chem
1stry division has therefore not yet
seen its way clear to spend the ap-
preparation.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
In High Schools.

Agriculture In High Schools.
An act Of the last session Of the
legislature provides that any high.
graded or consolidated school may
maintain department Of agriculture.
Such schools must employ trained in
structors in agriculture, manual train
ing and domestic science, including
cooking, sewing, etc., and have con-
nected with the school at least five
acres Of land suitable for garden and
purposes Of experiment and demon
stration. Instruction in these schools
is free to all residents Of the state.
These schools must offer instruction
in soils, crops, fertilizers, drainage,
farm machinery, live stock, stock
judging, animal diseases, etc., and
may receive state aid equal to two
thirds of the amount actually expend-
ed upon their department Of agricul-
ture, but in no case exceeding $4,000
In any one year. Only ten such
schools can be established each year,
nor more than one in each county
every two years. Rural schools may
become associated with high or grad
ed schools adopting the plan, and one
member Of each rural school board,
whose school thus becomes associated
with the central school, may act with
the central school board in carrying
out the provisions of the act.
Under this act the Glencoe high
school has established such depart
ment, and last year devoted five acres
to the experiment with such success
that 1t is now looking for tract of
fifteen or more acres, intending to
employ man and team through the
season to work with the students on
the plot. It is the intention to make
profitable disposition Of the crop to
aid in defraying the expense.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23

AS result Of observation mada.
while with the shackleton antarctic
expedition an Australian geoloRtat ~
decided that at one time there ~
practically continuous land from Ana
tralta TO the south pole. much e q
covered with pine forests. So 80 IS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
Identification Of Weeds.

t0StdSt1VdIIO1I OF VeSUSs
In the Identification Of weeds the
division is attempting to acquaint the
farmers Of the state, first of all, with
the kinds Of weeds as they grow on
the farm. It also attempts to assist
them to identify these weeds at any
stage of their growth. The division
endeavors to discover and warn
against any new intruders in the way
OF foreign weeds that may enter the
state. Send seeds and address all
communications to DR.. E. M. Free.
man, University Farm. st. Paul. Mimi
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23

Botany and Plant Pathology.
Dr.. Freeman, chief Of the division
Of botany and plant pathology of the
School Of Agriculture, states that the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23

Happiness is not that which you are
doing, but the motive at the back Of
the do1nG-D1la Wheeler Wilcox.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-02-16
Cheese Keeps Longer.

faction to his customers. This de-
vice consists of an automatic shield,
adapted to close over both sides of a
wedge of cheese or to fit into the
opening of cut round cheese. 1t is
fitted with spring which causes it to
keep always pressed over the cut sur
face of the cheese, thus preventing
the air from reaching it and drying 1T
out. The difference noticed between
cheese bought at one store and that
obtained at another is not always a
matter of quality, but often matter
of method in preservation. The dealer
who takes proper care of his goods
will find that they keep fresh longer
and the protector shown in the cut
will give him invaluable help In this
direction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-02-16
R. N. HOSKINS' SALE.

Having rented my farm, known
as the James Miner farm, 6 miles
northeast of Bloomington and 4
miles southwest OF Mt. Hope, for a
term of years, will sell at public
auction on
THURSDAY, FEB. "a, 1910,
Commencing at 10 o'clock sharp,
the following property:
Horses-One grey mare sound,
5 yeals old, weight 1900; one brown
mare, sound, 5 years old, weight
$780, one brown mare IL years old,
weight 400, bred to Honest Tom;
one blind horse IL years old, weight
1400-a good work horse; one grey
mare colt coming 2-Percheron; one
bay mare II years old.
One Span of Mules.
IS Cattle-10 COWS, some good,
some poor, some Gamers, come and
see them sold; heifers coming 3
years old, coming in early in the
spring; Is head coming 2years old
heifers, some with calf and some
not; 20 steers coming 2 years old;
ID calves.
81 Sheep So ewes, 1 buck.
Machinery Binder, mower, hay
rake, new corn plow, seeder, har-
row, new disc.
Harness. sets double harness,
set light harness, with collars and
names, pair new open brides brass
mounted.
Wagons-2 low wagons, high
wagon.
Grain and Hay 800 bu. corn, 400
bu. fine Oderbracher seed barley,
200 bu. oats, 10 tons hay.
Large kettle holding about a
barrel, chairs, table, cook stove,
and lot of stuff we used when on
the farm.
A DeLaval separator, good as
new.
Terms as usual. Lunch at noon.
r. N. HOSKINS.
r. N. Hoskins, Andrew Roberts.
auct'rs.
M. f. Woodhouse, Clerk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-02-16
DAIRY NOTES.

Cows that give the richest milk are
more apt to produce offspring that
will do the same.
For his own good the farmer should
be sure his herd, whether beef or
dairy, is free from tuberculosis.
Immediately after separation the
cream should be cooled to the tenn
perature of the water direct from the
well.
If in any milking part of the milk
is bloody or stringy or unnatural in
appearance, the whole mess should be
rejected.
Separators have become commonly
known through the use of power ma
chimes at creameries and separating
stations.
A COW that gives rich milk and is
kept in good condition will produce a
butter that does not need coloring
matter at all.
If after churning the butter is not
firm try leaving it in the buttermilk a
few hours. This often makes won
derful change.
The breeder of Shorthorns to pro-
duce mixers must actually engage in
dairying at least in so far as the
handling of his cows are concerned.
The well bred special purpose dairy
COW is supposed and expected to do
little better with the feed she con-
sumes than the ordinary cow con-
Stunning the same ration.
Milk quietly, quickly, clearly and
thoroughly. Cows do not like unneces-
sary noise or delay. Commence milk
ing at exactly the same hour every
morning and evening, and milk the
COWS in the same order.
The dual-purpose COW will produce
only about one dollars worth of milk
for one dollars worth of feed. The
successful dairyman must have the
COW that is especially built for the
production of milk; the COW that will
produce two dollars worth of milk for
one dollars worth of feed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-02-16
ENORMOUS INJURY TO
TOBACCO BY INSECTS
Estimates that from so to SO Per
OF Value of Crops Annually


holes depends upon the size of the in
sect and the strength of its mouth
parts. The holes range in size from
the minute holes made by flea bugs
to the almost complete destruction OF
the leaf by full-grown horn worms.
Bud worms riddle the leaves before
they have completely unfolded from
the bud Grasshoppers, crickets, tree
crickets and katydids eat larger or
smaller holes in the leaf. The spotted
melon beetle or corn bud worm often
eats small, irregular holes in the leaf
and various worms, such as cutworms
and cabbage loopers, eat larger or
smaller portions of the leaf.
Usually virgin soil is selected for
the seedbed and such selection has
but very little influence upon the crop
of insects found in the seeded. The
usual situation is in the woods and a
southeasterly exposure should be Sc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-02-16
FRANK OTIS SALE.

Having sold my farm, situated IL
miles southeast of Potosi, will sell
at auction, commencing at IL o'clock
noon on
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd,
the following property:
Horses sor1el mare, weight 1900,
with toal, Is years old; sorrel horse,
weight 1850, 10 years old; sorrel
mare weight 1900, II years old; /
dark bay mare we'll broke, weight
1900 lbs, years old.
10 Head Cattle-11 milch cows
fresh COW and calf; 1 short horn
Durham bull calf, we'll bred; l fall
heifer calf
Duroc brood sows.
Poultry-2 duck rens; 1 drake /;
about $50 Plymouth Rock CHECKERS.
Hay. Grain, Etc-About 20 tons
good timothy hay in barn; about 100
bu. corn; 100 blu. oats; 30 bu. mixed
grain.
Observation-Disclosures binder, good
as new / cut-a-way IL shoe disk,
with seeder box attached; VIM. Gal
loway Wagon Box Manure Spreader.
almost new; Tiger seeder, hay rake !;
2 section steel harrow 8 Ain. stubble
plows; 16in. plow 1 rolling Golfer;
cultivator; tanning mill; cider
mill; wine press; bottle Babcock
tester; spraying pump; some mining
tools.
Vehicles, Harness, Etc. new
wagon; truck 2-seated road wagon !;
spring wagon with rack; l top
buggy, good as new; one seated
buggy bobsled; cutter; road-cart; 2
basket racks; hog rack; wood rack 1
single harness, double harness.
Household Goods-Cook stove; 3
heating stoves and other articles too
numerous to mention.
Terms-All sums of SO and under,
cash; on all sums over that amount a
credit Of one years time will be
given on approved bankable notes
bearing 7 per cent.
Lunch at II o'clock a. m.
FRANK J. OFT.
Robert Travis, Auctioneer.
E. M. Wilmott, Clerk.
All purchases must be settled before
removing from premises.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-02-16
HENRY FUERsTENBRG's SALE.

The undersigned, having sold his
farm and intending to move to Col
orado, will offer for sale at auction
at the farm, 81 miles northeast OF
Lancaster, beginning at 10 o'clock
a. m. on
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY %
The following described property:
Four Horses Ore brood mare 5
years old, weight 400; one percher-
on colt coming l year old; one black
mare 4 years old; one blind mare 1 4
years old.
Fifteen Head Cattle - Eleven
choice mich COWS, one fresh and
the otherscoming fresh in the spring;
two 2-year- old heifers; one Durham
calf and one full Blood Jersey calf,
both 1 yt ar old.
Five Head Swine-Five Berkshire
brood >sows.
Fifty to IS chickens.
Hay and Grain-20 tons choice
hay; 600 bushels oats; $50 bushels
corn; one bushel clover seed; Is
bushels potatoes; IL bushels peas;
one bushel seed corn; some Yankee
seed corn,