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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-18
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-18

Mrs. j. w. Oliver. formerly of this
city but now Of Salina, Kan, who has
been visiting for a few days at the
home Of her sister, Mrs. J. NJ. Parker,
nephew, Percy Webster. and with num-
erous friends, will go to Chicago to-
night to remain for the rest of the
summer with her brother, Mr.. Will
Webster. and wife,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-18

Paul Williamson, Of Muscatine, who
has been at Mason City for two months
employed in a garage, arrived in the
city this morning for few days visit
with his brother, Ralph Williamson,
manager Of the Postal telegraph office!
Mr.. Williamson will go from here to
Oslxaloosa to take position.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05

The severe annual 'slashing" so COM
monty praCticed by unslilled persons on
many Of our city street trees should not
be tolerated by the authorities.
Evergreens should never be trimmed in
the fall and the older wood should not
be cut.
Vigorous growing vines. like the Vir-
ginia creeper. may have practically all
the secondary growth cut away during
the dormant season, as this dies of it.
self sooner or later thus forming lodg-
ing for dust. insects and sparrow nests
When pruning roses, the stems should
be shortened one-third TO one-half. The
gardeners rule is to cut back the weak
growing varieties severely. and the
stronger ones less.
The ideal street tree like the ash, To-
Gust. poplar. cottonwood or walnut, has
a well-defined trunk with lateral branch
es uniformly arranged about, and Is
headed high enough so as not TO inter
fere with those passing by. Such a tree
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05
RESTORES AGRICULTURAL LANDS

for agricultural purposes. should be re-
tanned within the national forests
8. Lands not either wholly or in part
covered with timber or underground.
which are located above timber line with
In the. forest boundary or in small bodies
scattered through the forest making
eliminate ton impra cticable. or limited areas
which are necessarily included for a prop
er administrative boundary line, should
be retained within the national forests.
4. Lands not either wholly or in part
covered with timber or underground. eX-
cept as provided for i'm the preceding par
agraphs, upon which it is not expected
to grow trees. should be eliminated from
the national forests.
On the whole the changes which are
found to be called for are of relatively
minor Importance, but in their aggregate
they open to settlement of 100000 acres
or more of national forest land.
Some of the land is suitable for dry
land agriculture, though the greater part
is grazing land. In Idaho, which has
large national forest area. about 100000
acres will be eliminated. of which 81 per
cent is tillable. Examinations in similar
proportion will be made i'm number of
the other western states which have
large amounts of land in national forests.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

GROWING CORN YEAR AFTER YEAR
a. J. C.. Dallas. Ga. writes: I have
a piece of ground which was i'm corn
last year and I want TO put e In corn
this wear II is n dark gray soil l am
breaking il this spring about eight
inches deep. breaking some Of the hard
pan. but leaving IL covered with soil
What kind Of commercial fertilizer ought
/ 10 use and how much? I will not have
any barnyard manure TO use IL is claim
ed by some that nitrate Of soda will i'm
poverish the land. that is. il draws more
food from the ground than the ground Is
able 10 furnish without leaving II poor
er Is this true2 1 was thinking OF us
Ing a 1872. though this might not suit
my soil. II il is necessary for me TO
do my own mixing TO get the proper fer
tilizer. please. state the proportions TO
use Could I get them from 4 fertilizer
plant OF factory?
II is good practice to break your land
thoroughly for corn, as this is a deep
roofing and gToss-feediug crop. OF
course extra deep breaking should as a
rule be done I'm the fall. There is some
danger % pudding the land from sub
soiIing In the spring unless soil cOndi-
tons are exactly right. good seed
bed will do as much TO insure a good
yield as the mere application Of fer
tiIizer This point has been mentioned
over and over again. and yet il seems
IL can never be brought home with the
proper force to many OF our farmers who
seem TO think that a little fertilizer and
Indifferent cultivation ought to insure
them a CROP II will take both to obtain
the best results In the absence OF farm
H. N
use a fertilizer containing a rather high
Per cent of nitrogen for corn. or else use
a 2-I0-2 as suggested in your letter. and
E top dressing OF nitrate OF soda at the
rate OF $50 pounds per acre some six
weeks or so after planting the corn NJ
trate OF soda is not any more exhausting
70 the soil than any other form OF nitro
genous fertilizer YOU may apply. OF
course, the nitrogen in nitrate Of soda
becomes very quickly available and the
plant is likely to take il all up. and We
all understand that when n plant is well
stimulated its growth is likely to be more
vigorous. and, therefore, its root sys-
TEN will develop and reach out into the
soil and CLEAN more plant food than IL
IL makes comparatively little growth, II
Is only from-this point OF view that il
can be justly stated that the use OF nj
soil. but nitrate would hardly be more
exhausting than the use of an equiva-
lent amount of plant food in some other
form. provided. OF course, il become
quickly enough available for the plant
10 secure the full benefit from it dur
ing the first growing season. You need
not hesitate 10 use nitrate a top
dressing. therefore. since IL supplies nj
trogen in one OF the cheapest forms in
which you can secure IL. You should,
however. use cottOn-seed meal, blood,
tankage or some other source of nitro
gen in the mixed goods which you put IN
your soil II IS not necessary for you
to mix your fertilizer. provided you can
buy il ready mixed as cheap as you
can prepare it at home. The best thing
for you to DO IS TO secure prices from
several different sources on the mixed
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05

The examination of national forest
boundaries carried on by the forest Of
ficers last summer and fall has resulted
in new information, which will make it
possible to restore to the unreserved pub
lie domain much land along the edges
of and within forests that is not best
suited 20 forest purposes.
This is TO be done under a plan approx
&c by President Taft. The plan was for
mulated by Secretary Wilson and Sec
rotary Balinger jointly. and recommends:
]. Lands wholly or in part covered with
brush or other underground which pro-
tects streamf1ow or checks erosion on the
watershed of any stream important to ir-
rigation or to the water supply of any
city. town, or community, or open lands
on which trees may be grown. should be
retained within the national forests, un-
less their permanent value under culti-
walton is greater than their value as
protective forest.
,. Lands wholly or in part covered
with timber or underground. or cut
oN er lands which are more valuable for
the production of trees than for agricul-
tCral crops, and lands densely stocked
with young trees having a prospective
value greater than the value of the land
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05
PRUNING ORNAMENTAL
TREES AND SHRUBS

is not difficult to get If one starts out
right. None but straight, healthy trees
should be planted. and these headed SIX
or seven feet high as soon as convenient
though this matter should not be hurried
a central leader should be kept and the
lateral branches cut back enough where
their growth is too open, TO secure
symmetrical and also substantial FORM
This latter is necessary because street
trees are subject to damage from wind
storms more than other trees. Interior
ing or scraggy limbs should be cut out
as fast as they appear, while large
branches that begin to bend down should
be- removed limb by limb so as not to
give the appearance of severe cutting. At
ter such trees come to be of some size.
little further pruning is necessary, other
than that of maintaining. generally uni
form development of the head Shade
trees about ones home or in parks are
II eated similarly, though they be allowed
a wider range In their development.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05

The American people are spending an
average of $1,000, 100000 a year. to con-
struct new buildings. The annual loss by
fire and expense of fire protection
amounts to 5OOO00,OO0. In other words,
we lose by fire i'm two years as much as
we gain by new construction In one
year This enormous loss is shown by
statistics gathered by government agents
and relates exclusively to buildings ana
their contents. If the forest fires were
included the total loss would be very
much greater.
The actual amount of property destroy
ed by fire in a year when there was no
great confagration was over $2l5,OcO,OOo.
Thin represents a total and actual loss
charged against the resources of the
country, for not one cent of that sum can
be saved IT is a total loss and economic
experts call il waste" The money paid
to owners of burned buildings by insur''
ance companies does not restore penny
Of the value of the property destroy d
IL merely distributes the loss among all
persons who pay premiums on fire In
Uurance policies.
To this huge sum, which would be fully
$780, OO0, GOO if all fres were reported.
must be added as a part of the annual
loss by fire the expense of fire protection.
Property owners pay to the insurance
companies annually s150,000.0OO over and
above the total amount paid to the peo-
pie in settlement of losses. This sum Is
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05
GOOD FOR THIS BOY.

L. T., Jefferson, Ga, writes: I am in
the corn contest for Jackson county. NY
father is a subscriber to The Journal,
the best paper 1 ever read though I am
just a boy Is years of age. 1 would
like information to preparing, ferti-
LIKING, planting and cultivating one
acre, which is fat. similar to branch
bottom, but not hardly considered so, be-
cause there is no branch or creek. TIE
drainage from the surrounding country
has accumulated and built up a rich,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05

TIC shrinkin, Of the shoulder muscles
5lOwn as sweeney" arises from great
number OF causes. II your mule is lame,
tire shrinking of the shoulder is probably
caused by the Ian cness The lameness is
uat caused by the shrinking so that the
ia,neness my exist in the lower part of
.he leg | would suggest that you ex-
anime the iCot and the leg, especially
from the knee down to the fetlock, care
fully for any tenderness that may exist.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05
Stops Lameness

Much Of the chronic lameness
in horses is due to neglect.
See that your horse is not al
lowed to 60 lame. Keep Sloan's
Liniment on hand and apply at
the first sign of stiffness. It's
wonderfully penetrating - goes
right to the relieves the
soreness limbers up the joints
. and makes the muscles elastic
and plant.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05
Here's the Proof.

Nr. 9. T. Roberts Of Reszcz, Ga,
RID. No. I, Box a. writes -" have
used your Liniment on horse for swee-
ney and effected a thorough cure. al
50 removed SPAWN on mule. This
SPAWN was as large as a guinea egg. In
ny estimation the best remedy for lane
ness and soreness 1.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05
SWEENEY" IN MULES.

II. r B.. Point Peter. Ca, writes: I
have been a subscriber to The Semi
weekly for seven years, and read the
agricultural columns with much pleasure.
| have a fine mule weighing about 1,0OJ
pounds that has the sweeney in his right
shoulder. and would like to know what to
do for this trouble.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05

Would suggest that you have the, fol-
lowing prescription filled and give to your
mare according to directions:
Powdered arsenic, ! drachm.
Powdered digiJal'S. | drachm.
RicarOonate OF soda. 2 ounces.
Mix together and make u powders and
give one a day In addition to this would
suggc5t that you feed your mare chief
~ on a grain food. Feed sparingly Of
hay or other rouChness and then only at
night. Avoid cry dusty or trashy hay
arC damien the hay or other roughness
a feeding time.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05

If you find lameness in the lower part
of the leg or in the foot, it should be
treated. and when the mule begins again
to use the leg normally, the shoulder will
again fill up. II the mule is not lame
the shrinking of the shoulder may be
cured by the use of a blister made as
follows:
Pulverized corrosive sublimate, l
drachm
Pulverized cantharadis, l drachm.
Lard, 1 ounce.
Mix we'll together. apply to affected
part au rub well into the skin. using
the ends OF the fingers and rubbing for
from five to eight minutes. After IS
hours wash the blister off with soap and
warm water. Then grease the blistered
place once a day. After the soreness
of the blister has left the shoulder, then
begin to pinch the skin of the shrunken
portion and knead it with your fist for
q half hour daily. This process of mas
sage will greatly hasten the effect OF
the blister in filing out the shoulder
COw-POX AND IT'S TREATMENT.
r.. X. H.. Cumming, Ga, writes My
COW has festered bumps all over her
sack, and / want to know what the
trouble is and what will cure it.
Your cow probably is affected with
cow-pox. The treatment would be to
wash the udder twice daily with an an e
tIseptic wash. A wash made by dis
solving a tablet of bichloride of lner-
curry in one quart of water is preferred
on account of it's having no oJor to
contaminate the milk.
A SUITABLE TONIC FOR COWS.
T. A. L., Woodstock. Ca, writes: l
have a COW which brought a calf some
two weeks ago. She did not do well
and has gradually grown worse. The
trouble seems to be in her legs, as she
seems to stagger when she starts to
walk She will eat all the roughness
she can get, but will not eat cotton seed
or meal.
For the condition your COW is in as
described in your letter, we would sug-
gest the following tonic:
Powdered nuX vomica -. ! ounce
Powdered gentian root e. II ounces
Powdered charcoal - ounces
Flaxseed meal to make one pound
Mix and give a tablespoonful three
times a day. If in addition to the symp-
toms described in your letter .mere is
any discharge from the COW. write us
again, for in that case she will need fur
Their treatment.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05
QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT

ANU ANSWEh UEFHn WENi
and $ information pertaining TO
breeding poultry raisnSand fact
published
published The
Ssusy Journa
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05
TREATMENT FOR SORE NOSE.

J. ED. Lovette, Fla, writes: l have
a mare eight or nine years old, and she
has 4 running a. the nose and pants
and bellows.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05

Alfalfa has been grown i'm more or less
limited areas I'm various parts of the
state. Commercially and on a large scale
it has not been grown with success: we
DOUBT very much that this will he ac-
'Omplisked in the near future. Where
sufficient labor is expended il may be
grown on small areas to good advantage
as a source of green feed for poultry.
hogs and dairy cows and other classes of
stock. IL gives it's best results on lime
stone soils, and therefore may be grown
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05
TOP DRESSING WHEAT AND OATS
WITH NITRATE

]. c. A. Locust Grove, Ca, writes:
When is the best time to put nitrate of
soda on wheat and oats, and how much
IS needed per acre on fairly good land +?
What causes horses to slobber when eat
ing, and what is a good remedy? 1 have
a horse ten years old that is affected
badly in this manner.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05
SCRATCHES IN HORSES.

w. c. l.. Headen, Ga, writes; Is there
4 specific remedy for scratches in horses
Il is simply a cautaneous disease. or does
il finally enter the system and become
chronic? Is it generally understood u
be caused by standing in filthy quarters?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05

and unmixed goods and compare them.
BY mixing together 200 pounds Of cot
ton-seed meal containing at least o.iS
per cent of nitrogen. ? IL per cent OF
phosphoric acid and per cent of potash;
l.sO0 pounds of high grade acid phos-
phste and - pounds of muriate of pot
ash. you can prepare a mixture which
will give you approximately the percent
ages mentioned above. The total weight
would be 1870 pounds. and you. should
add 81 pounds of rich earth TO bring il
up to ECO pounds.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-05

]. F. H.. Rutledge, Ga, writes: ] want
all the information about alfalfa you car.
give me. VIII alfalfa grow here on dry
bottoms? when is the best time for
planting? How should the ground be
prepared?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-19
SUMMER PRUNING.

seasonabIe Suggestions Fer Use Of
Knife on Weak and Declining Plants.
Summer pruning IS the best for
shade trees. Use the pruning knife
freely on the tops Of weak ana declin-
ing plants in order 20 give them new
start
Don't prune after the blooming peri
Cd Nearly all lowering shrubs bloom
On the wood Of the previous years
growth
BY cutting back the heads Of young
plants. a thicker aud broader growth
is encouraged. Never cut downward
on a limb: d ragged wound Is usually
the result Of 50 doing
WREN planting shrubs cut baoi, the
branches one half, to balance the root
system. To produce low beaded
sfait tree, trim on All the branches
and cut back the t12 T. eighteen or
twan;v inches al planting time
70 avoiS crotehes In mature trees,
remove all limbs in two-year-old trees
thar form crotches with their neigh
bors Don't forget TO cover the wound
made by pruning with tar or common
paint preferably drab
DO not depend on winter pruning to
keep normal shrubs in shape, says SUI
burban life. They win never look
we'll Prune two or three times during
the summer.
kemember that summer pruning in
duces fruit bearing. while winter prun-
ing encourages heavy growth Of
wood. Summer pruning should be
light. however, aud pruning in winter
is often necessary In any case.
It IS much better TO cut away a little
wood each year than a large amount
occasionally Begin when the tree is
young, and sou can shape it any way
that you desire Remember that low
headed tree is easier to spray and east
er 70 pick the fruit from than one
whose branches are high 10 the air.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-19
EIeclrir $500 PaLlwar.
LIBRARY NEWS.
Gifts to Various Vermont institutions in
1000

Gifts to Various Vermont institutions in
1909.
In 1909 Andrew Carnegie gave Sl,72t,-
$40 to Libraries, Of which Bellows Falls
IN this state received 81 800. From other
sources, s3,lS2,ilo came into the service
Of the libraries Of the country, Of which
yermont's portion vas about 1875.
Burlington received gifts to the yalae Of
about $500; Lyndonyille, s475i Middle
bury, 5000 in books and moneys North
field had single gift Of $50 yolumesi
Reading was presented with $4,000 en-
dowmsntI Weston has gone in to new
quarters, which represent value Of
about $4,000; Wilmington is richer,
through legacy, by 81 900, and Winoos-
ki BY one gift Of 100 volumes and an
other OF sl00.
The Fletcher memorial library in Lud-
low has published a list Of agricultural
books Many Of the volumes belong TO
new purchase, and al Of them have been
selected with the idea of meeting the
practical needs Of the farmer, no matter
what his speciality. The list was pub
lished in the local newspaper and special
copies OF il were printed by the library
and sent to the masters of the local
oranges to be distributed among the
members Of the order This is quite in
line with the movement to arouse inter
est in more scientific methods OF farming,
upon which the state has set the seal Of
its official approval by sending an agri
cultural train into the railroad valleys
for the free instruction Of the farmers
In this instance, the library has recog-
nized that it is not enough to purchase
the needed books, but that It must also
take the pains to inform al possible
patrons Of the valuable addition
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-19
Thn Eirst Universities.

To fix precisely the date Of the rise
Of the FIRST universities IS impossible
for the reason that they were not
founded. but grew They were started
BY few able men who had something
they wished to teach and youths
wished 90 learn Gradually the free,
voluntary center Of learning became
the organized affair we know as the
university Among the earliest Of
these centers Of learning were Saler-
10. Naples and Bologna. Italy being
the first land to experience the literary
revival we may say that salerno
university was fairly established by
the year 1000. the University Of Bo-
logna BY 11G0 aud the University Of
Naples BY the year 1900. The Uni
versity Of Paris. which owes its ex-
lstence to the genius Of Abelard, was
founded about the same tIme.-New
York American.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-19
DECIDE YOURSELF
The Opportunity Is Here, Backed by
Barre Testimony.
Don't iake our word ioF i


Don't take our word for IT,
Don't depend on strangers state
ment.
Read Barre endorsement
Read The statements Of Barre citizens
And decide for yourself
Here Is one case Of it'-
NJ. I. Spaulding, painter, 10 Seminary
street, Barre, w. saysi 81 had more o.
less kidney trouble for four or five years
and I think il was the result Of The con.
dltions to which / am subject at my
work. AT night my back aehed terribly
and could not sleep we'll There wert
dark spots before my eyes az times and
too frequent passages Of the kidney Is.
erctions plainly proved that my kidneys
were at fault The contents Of two
boxes Of Doans Kidney Pills, procured
az y. A. browns drug store, disposed o.
all these troubles and | have only had
to take this remedy once since then. Al
that time | found prompt relief from az
attack Of baclSache ! take pleasure At
al times in youching for the merits Of
Doans Kidney Pills, and gladly confirm
the public statement ! gave IN their
favor some three years ago.
For sale by an dealers. Price 30 cents.
Foster Milhurn Co.. Buffalo, New York.
sole agents ser the United States
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no Other.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-19
WASHINGTON.

a. f. whitcomb was in Barre on bus.
iness Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. C. Metealf spent
sunday at the homo o. their daughter,
Mrs. i. G. seayev IN Nilliamstown.
Miss May Emerson 81 Lowell, Mass,
has bern spending q few days IN town
the guest Of her cousin, Mrs A. T. Wait
comb
Mrs. w. M seayer Of Williamstown,
accompanied by her cousin. AIRS Helen
Hobart. and daughter, 81 Essex juno.
ton visited at A. E Whitconlbs on sat
uday.
William 7 Downing died at the town
farm Sunday night tie Is survived By
one son, n. =. Downing of this town.
and one daughter. Miss Frances, who hal,
tenderly cared for her father during the
past four years, during which time he
has been confined to the bed. the re.
suit Of an accident IN which he sus-
tanned broken hip. Tie deceased was
% years Of age.