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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25
Farm School Letter
Interesting Information on Minnesota Agriculture
by Our Special Correspondent.
Make Better Roads.

Make Better Roads.
The farmer Is tbs greatest user Of
the highways, and the better the roads
are the larger loads he can haul to
market, and the larger will be his
profit. In some localities Progressive
Road Leagues have been organized.
Each farmer agrees to give personal
attention to road work along his
farm at all seasons. Farmers have
not regarded this as burdensome be.
cause they do the work at odd times
when other work cannot be advan-
tageously done. The King road drag
is the most useful implement for this
work. Each farmer can provide him
self with one for a dollar or two,
and after a rain he can go over the
road along his farm and improve it
for travel. Directions for making q
King road drag may be had without
cost, by writing the Division of Agri-
cultural Extension, University Farm,
st. Paul.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

Bull ThistIes, Common In Pastures,
cannot always be killed by moving.
Moving tends to prevent maturity of
seed. Cutting of the thistles Just be-
low the surface Of the ground, two or
three times a year, will efectually
eradicate them. Working thu ground
in rotation Of grass, grain AID corn
is very sure way Of eradication.
Manuring the Soil, the prime object
Of which is to increase the crop .iekt.
ing capacity, may be done with s<zAie
manure, commercial fertilizer, or 81
blowing under green vegetation, such
as clover, grasses, and weeds-before
their seeds ripen. To Justify the prac-
tice the increase in product from the
soil must be more than enough to
Offset the cost Of fertilizers and labor
employed. Good profits almost in.
variably result from the application
Of barnyard manure and blowing under
green crops.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

Art seemed safe topic; and I
steered for the open, and spoke in a
large way, out of my ignorance, of
Michelangelo's influence, winding up
presently with suggestion that Miss
Pat should have her portrait painted.
This was a successful stroke, for we
all fell into discussion Of contem-
poraneous portrait painters about
whom Sister Margaret fortunately
knew something; but cold chill went
down my back moment later when
Miss Pat turned upon Rosalind and
asked her a direct question:
''Helen, what was the name of the
artist who did that miniature of your
mother?"
Sister Margaret swallowed a glass
OF water, and stopped to pick up my
napkin.
Evan Arsdel, wasn't it," asked Rosa.
lind, instantly.
Yes; so it was," replied Miss Pat.
Luck was favoring us, and Rosalind
was rising to the emergency splen-
dldly. 1t appeared afterward that her
own mother had been painted by the
same artist, and she had boldly risked
the guess. Sister Margaret and l
were frightened into a discussion of
the possibilities Of aerial navigation,
with vague notion, think, of keep.
ing the talk in the air, and it suffced
until we had concluded the simple lun-
cheon. I walked beside Miss Pat to
the parlor. The sky had cleared, and
l preached drive at once. I had
read in the newspapers that a consid.
cradle body of regular troops was
passing near Annandale on a practice
march from Fort Sheridan to a rem.
devious at some point south of us.
LET us go and see the soldiers" ]
suggested.
Every we'll, Larry" she said. eve
can make believe they are sent out to
do honor to my birthday. You are a
thoughtful boy. can never thank you
for all your consideration and kind.
ness. And you will not fail to find
Arthur am asking you no ques-
tons; I'd rather not know where he
is. I'm afraid of TRUTH" She turned
her head away quickly-we were seat
ed by ourselves in a corner of the
room. II am afraid, I am afraid to
ask"
HE is we'll; quite well. shall have
news Of him tonight"
She glanced across the room to
where Rosalind and Sister Margaret
talked quietly together. I felt Miss
Pats hand touch mine, and suddenly
there were tears in her eyes.
II was wrong! I was most unjust In
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25
The Typhoid Fly.

The Typhoid Fly.
Prof. Washburn, chief of the en-
genealogical division Of the department
of Agriculture at st. Anthony Park,
says the house fly, better named the
typhoid fly, passing the winter as a
perfect insect, or as pupa, now ap-
pearlng in alarming numbers, is lay
ing her eggs which will quickly hatch
into maggots. These reach mature
growth in from six to seven days. and
after resting about the same time be-
come a perfect fly. It breeds in ma
nure piles, in decaying vegetables, in
F. sewage, in waste from the human in.
testines and in other filth. The ty-
phoid fly does not bite, but sucks or
laps up it's food in liquid state, and,
crawling over bread, pastry, candy,
vegetables and other articles of human
food, infects it with bacteria, which,
taken into the human system, causes
intestinal disorders, typhoid fever,
tuberculosis (consumption), &c. This
filthy insect is found to be a serious
menace to human health by the dis
covery of disease germs on its feet and
body. One hundred thousand bacteria
have been found under the microscope
on the body of a single fly, known to
have been In contact with matter void
ed from the human intestine. These
flies, crawling over human food, infect
it with deadly germs, and inoculate
wounds and abrasions on the skin
with loathsome disease. It may be the
cause of epidemics suddenly appear
ing in a community for which no
reason can be assigned.
The remedies are screened win
dows and doors, fly paper, sticky or
poisoned, doing away with manure
heaps, covering Of Stops, filth, swill
barrels, and through sterilizing Of in
testinal discharges from patients sui
.fering with typhoid or other fevers, or
infectious diseases, before being emp.
tied into sewer or cesspool or other
wise deposited where flies can have
access to them. Prof. F. L. Wash.
burn, University Farm, st. Paul, will
send without charge bulletins treating
upon the eradication of flies and other
household insects to all who apply
for them.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

Narrowing Corn after it is planted
is looked upon at the Experiment sta
ton as somewhat hazardous because
the harrow is sure to injure some OF
the hills. After the farmer has plant
ed his corn he cannot afford to lose
any portion Of his field through un-
wise cultivation. Planting corn more
thickly will not compensate for. tho
loss as the harrow does not strike all
hills alike. and rs too liable to leave
too many stalks il one hill and too
few in another. Narrowing boforo
planting Is the better practice. CuL
|tivate afterward. .=sss..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

Rape Quick Crop. Rape will pro.
duce pasture feed in from six weeks
to two months after sowing for all
stock that will eat it, and is available
earlier than most green crops as feed.
It may be eaten when young without
injury. It also furnishes pasture IN
til late in the summer if sown six
to eight weeks before wanted. Expert
ence at the Experiment Station, St.
Anthony Park, has demonstrated
these facts.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

Shallow and Frequent Cultivation,
with q liberal application Of manure.
together with continued selection Of
early maturing ears Of corn for seed,
have enabled farmers in Northern
Minnesota to produce from rs to 80
bushels OF Minnesota No. % corn per
acre. This variety Is known as White
Cap Yellow Dent and originated at
the state experiment station. To: sdu-
cate farmers II originating, develop
Ing and selecting their own seed
grains will be the object Of the Good
Seed Institutes next winter. 70 be held
= various parts az TIE state. ms
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

The Minnesota Experiment station
does not advocate the spending of
money for an incubator unless one is
prepared to devote enough time and
study to the Matching of eggs to make
it a profitable investment. If an in.
cubator is used it should be placed in
room specially prepared for it,
where it can be the least disturbed by
the changing temperature.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

Late Summer Pasture. Nothing in
the opinion of the Minnesota Expert
ment station produces more salts.
factory growth of swine, as late pas
ture food in Minnesota, than peas
sown at the rate Of two or three
bushels per acre. When the peas are
perfectly ripe the field may be
turned over to the pigs. They will
do the rest" !:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

The Minnesota Experiment station
has found through brief experiment
tation that pullets Matched in April
and May will develop into best win.
ter layers. It is easier to get strong,
fertile eggs during those months than
later In the summer. 49,.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25
Courage at the Counter.

success never yet came to the man
who lost courage at the first rebuff:
but many men have courted failure
by allowing the inevitable disappoint
ments Of an imperfect world to cksQl
their efforts. From ehe Grocer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

Rape For Hogs. A little rape may
be sown on the out-of-the-way places
on the farm for poultry and hogs. It
will pay the farmer better than weeds
which usually grow on such land.
Rape Is full OF nutriment. Pasture.
however, Of any nd,-clover. alfalfa
or any Of the grasses, affords good
food for pigs, and it is so much cheap
er than grain foods that it is surpris-
ing that more farmers do not fence
in tracts and SOW the land to grazing
crops for their swine. Beside furn-
ishing cheap feed, pastures furnish
the minimum amount of labor in car
ing for the flock. This is proven by
experience at the Minnesota Expert
ment Station. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

The Experiment station at Unlver.
sfty Farm has never been able to. dis.
cover q way Of telling, before placing
in an incubator or under q hen.
whether an egg will hatch or IL it
will produce rooster or pullet.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

In setting hens, or in incubatine
artificially, the Minnesota Experiment
station has found best results by Sc
lecting eggs Of uniform size, with
smooth shell and as perfectly formed
as possible. e. a.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25
Hay For the Horse.

The agricultural authorities both Of
North Dakota and Of the Minnesota
Experiment station agree that a pound
of hay per day per hundred pounds OF
weight of the horse to which it il
fed IL sufficient. Over feeding of hay
results frequently in heaves and IN:
digestion. It is advised to limit tho
amount Of hay q work horse is given
to avoid serious results consequent
upon working on too full a stomach.
Colts, however, may be fed all the
hay they viii eat. - :
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

Relation Of Hay and Manure.
Wheat. corn and other crops are no
more improved by rotation than hay.
The Minnesota Experiment Station
shows that plot continuously cut for
hay the past fifteen years has given
an average yield Of 1.73 tons per acre.
while on a plot under a three-year
rotation Of wheat, clover and corn,
hay has yielded the past ten years
an average of 80 tons per acre. In
a f1ve-year rotation Of wheat, timothy
and clover, pasture oats and corn the
hay has yielded an average of 80 tons
per acre since 1900. Eight tons of
manure were applied once in five years
on the five-year rotation plat. There
is money In manure. =,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-25

mat Cney naQ leIC ANYBODY IN Norway.
AS your majesty has said, the Nor
wegians in America love the land of
their birth and they love the country
Of their adoption. A man can love
his wife all the better if he loves his
mother great deal"
King Haakon and Queen Maud went
to England to attend the funeral of
King Edward. They were met at the
station by King George and Queen
Mary, and young Prince Olaf threw
his arms around his uncle's neck.
The party drove Immediately to Buck
ingham palace, where they viewed the
body of the late king.
About 100000 is said to have been
subscribed to the capital stock of the
proposed Norwegian-American steam.
ship line. .
About 900 silver coins from the Mid
die Ages were found in an excavation
at Kalfaret, Bergen.
Former Premier Knudsen got into
trouble on account of misquoting Elk
President Roosevelt. The latter ex-
pressed himself in favor of conserva-
ton of natural resources on general
principles; but Knudsen stated in a
newspaper that Roosevelt sustained
the Knudsen policy in Norwegian poll
tics, which Roosevelt afterwards de-
nied emphatically. III. ..
Tradal, a member Of the storting,
has challenged the government to
justify its granting OF certain priv.
leges to q branch Of the Standard on
Company. # I. ..s z3.s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-02

quired consciousness that is lost in
tile depths of the Garth. and that at
the most insignificant of our acts our
ancestors arise. not in their to1nbs
where they move not, but in ourselves,
where they always live.
Thus are we led by past and future.
And the present, which is the sub.
stance of us, sinks to the bottom of
the sea. like some tiny island at which
two irreconcilablc oceans have been
gnawing. Heredity will.
destiny. all minelle noisily IN our soul;
but, notwithstanding everything. IL is
the silent star that reigns. No matter
with what temporary labels we may
bedeci the fnonstrous vases that CON
tain The invisible, words can tel us
be told. Heredity, nay. destiny Itself
what arc these but y ray of this star
a ray that is lost in the mysterious
might? And all that is might well be
I'VE give the name of destiny to all
that limits us" says one of the great
sages of our time; wherefore 1t be-
llooves us to be grateful to all those
who treinblingly grope their way this
side Of the frontier.
"le we are brutal and harbarous
| he goes on fatality takes form that
| Is brutal and barbarous, As refine
| ment comes to us. so do our miShapS
become refined. II We rise 10 apirie,tal
| culture, antagonism takes upon Itself
! q spiritual FORM
|
| soul scars aloft SO does it purify dcs-
tiny. although ii is also true that We
! are menaced by the selfsamc sorrows
| that menace the savages.
i But we have other sorrows OF which
4 they have no suspicion: and the spirit
as it rises, does but discover still more
| at every horizon. fWc give the name
| of destiny to all that limits u.s. Let
us do our utmost that destiny become
4 not too circumscribed. 1T is good to
enlarge ones sorrows, since thus docs
! enlargement come to our conscious
ross aud there--therc alonc--do VIC
! truly feel that we live Aud 1t is also
the only means Of fulfilling our SUI
/ IRENE duty towards other worlds:
| since 1t is probably on us alone that
it is incumbent to augment the con-
seriousness of the earth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-02
The Depths at the Soul
By MAURICE. MAETERLINCK

there is something we can keep bacls?I
DO not great hazards lie dormant that
a too sudden movement of ours may
awaken on the horizon: and would this
misfortune have befallen you today but
for the thoughts that this morning
kept too noisy festival in your soul?
Is this all that our wisdom has been
able to CLEAN in the darkness? Who'd
would dare affirm that in these regions
there be more substantial truths? mi
the meanwhile let us learn how tol
| smile let us learn how to weep, in the
silence of humblest kindness. Slowly
| there rises above these things the
| shrouded facerof the destiny of to-day,
/ OF the veil that formerly covered IT. 4
minute corner has been lifted, and there,
where the veil is not. do we recognize
to our disquiet on the one side, the
! power of those who live not yet, on
| the other, the power Nf the dead.
The mystery has again been shifted
further from us--that is all. We have
enlarged the icy hand of destiny and
we find that in its shadow the hands
Of our ancestors are clasped by the
hands of our sons yet unborn. One act
there was that We deemed the sane
tuary of all our rights, and love re-
rlained the supreme refuge of all thos.
on whom the chains of life weighed toe
heavily Here at least in the isoia-
ton OF TINS secret tellplu W. tpltl GU
selves that no one entered with MS
Here, for an instant we could breathe
there. at last, it was our soul tina
, lreigned, and free was its choice in tina
: which was the centre OF liberty itself.
. But now We are told that 1T is not fo
o our own sake that we love. VIC ar,
i told that in the very temple of love w
o do but obey the unvarying orders o
+. an invisible throng. We are told tina
i'll a thousand centuries divide us From
Ri h,N
!, NO love, and that the first kiss of TIL
!, betrothcd is but the seal that thou
! sands OF hands craving for birth, i'm
!. press upon the lips OF the mother the.
,. desire.
81 And. further We know that tho deac
:, do not die. We know now that 1t /!
= mot in our churches that they are Il
y bo found, but in the houses the habit:
: of us all; that there is not a gesture. :
: thought, Il sin a tear, an atom of ac
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-02

Mankind is to-day in the abyss 81
night where 1T awaits what has to be. !
There Is no longer a question OF free |
will. which we have left thousands OF
leagues beiow wc are in a region |
where the will Itself is but destiny
ripest fruit. We must not complain |
something is already known TO us,
and we have discovered a few of tho
WAYS of fortune. We lie in wait Hike
the bird catcher. studying the habits OF
migratory birds. and when an event -
signaled on the horizon wc know tuli
,Ycllgthat 1t Will not remain there alone,
but that its brothers will nock IN
troops 10 the same spot, NaSueiS
have we learned that there are certain
thoughts. certain souls, that attract
events: that some beings there arc
WHO divert events In their flight, as
there are others who cause them 70
congregate from the four quarters OIL
the globe.
Ideas arc fraught with extreme danger;
that do we but for an instant deem
ourselves i'm safety, this alone suilices
10 draw down the thunderbolt. We
1Snow that happiness creates void'
into which tears viii speedily be
After time. too we learn some
thing of the preferences % events.
lie soon horne home TO ms that II we
faEc q few steps along the path of life
h, the side OF this one OF our buothers.
tho ways of fortune Will no Longer be
the same, whereas with this other oui
existence will encounter uuvarylnf
events coming in regular order. W.
feel that some beings there are WIN
protect in the unknown: Others VIII
drag us into danger there; We lee
thai there orc some VINO awaken IN
future; others who lull IL INTO SiuIupci
we suspect. further, that things
their birth are but feeble, that they draN
ri,eir force from within us and that, i
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-02
Patriotism
By LANDoN CARTER

makes life dreary' is the want of mo-
tive power, and patriotism, duty and
sentiment arc the centre of moral
life
The idea OF duty, that recognition
of something to be lived for beyond
the mere satisfaction OF self Is to
tho moral life what the addition OF
Il great central ganglion is to the ami
NAL life"
Every ono who is willing to learn
has been severely enough taught that
our civilization, taken as a large ma
without tho higher guard of ideal |
feelings and it is this Intangible but |
mighty power which as a community
we should strive to maintain in CT |
In the great wheel OF Life" Their.
are many coEs, but none more inn
portant than patriotism. which Is the
living. force In common that makes
a national consciousness.
There is of course, much In inherit
| tancea community, "A nation a peo-
| pie arc not made in day. Civiliza.
tion is the outcome of centuries of
work and development, and Just as.
the sins of the fathers are visited
| upon the children unto tho third and
fourth generation" so also are vir-
tues inherited; and what greater mo-
for preserving every good sentimental
| heritage?
True sentiment and Its accompany-
ing pride, even In connection with
| death does not weaken but becomes
| an inspiration to make our life
| stronger and more worthy of our love.
| Patriotism stirs every human feel
ing. by which nobleness, and all that
| is true, tries to get the upper hand
in us whenever 1t has the slightest
| chance,
| Sentiment is tho subtlcst of all re-
| | timing Influences for even in the
| hasest and most dissoute man doea
not the mothers grief find certain
| | solace IN the memory Of her once
| cherished child? And In the man
| / whose childhood has known gentle
| ness and love--no matter how de-
J graded he may have become In after
. life thoro is always fibre In his
!, memory that can be touched to gentle
il issues. and even In tho hilarity of
II intoXlcants there is rarely time
Il when his patriotism may not be
II awakened.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-02
nunAL SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
Two Hundred established During Past
L., North GnrnlInn

ISpecial to The Times Dlspatch,l
RALEIGH, N. G., January 1,--During
the year Just closing zoo new rural
schools libraries were established, max
in 400 In the State averaging over 100
Volumes each, There have been l59
local school tax districts voted, MAX
ing 9a7 in the State. This Is signifi.
cant in connection with the fact that
seven years ago there We're only thirty
az there local tax districts in tho State,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-02

Patriotism inspires activity and a
keen appreciation of duty! What
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-11-26
Is BURNED TODEATH
In FACTORY FIRE

recovered, persisted in the fire.
Although the fight was appar-
emily hopeless, the firemen worked
heroically to save the victims.
They fought each other to be first
to enter the building, and many of
them were dragged insensible
from the main doorway by their
comrades.
The building occupied by the
box company wasNvery old. The
police and firemen say that the
fire escapes were old and of an
obsolete pattern.
The bodies of the victims were
piled in High street, in front of
the building, and many of the in
jured lay on the sidewalk while
the firemen worked to extinguish
the fire.
One girl leaped from a fourth
story window and struck a tele-
phone pole For a few minutes
her body hung, swaying in the
air, then plunged to the sidewalk.
When the Mortified spectators
reached her she was dead.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-11-26
AFRAID
|. To TRUST ARMY

RIO JANEIRO, Nov. 2G.-Bra-
zil's warships reappeared in Rio
JaneiTo harbor to-day after the
mutineers had sailed cut of sight
yesterday and negotiations for
their surrender ito the government
by the mut.nCus sailors en- board
were resumed. An emissary of
the gcyernment, sent to arrange
for the surrender, was courteous
.ly received on beard the muffin
GERS flagship, which flew a red
banner from its mainmaslt.
Indignant expressions which
followed the announcement that
the senate and chamber of depu-
ties had extended the olive branch
to The rebellious sailors and had
guaranteed them immunity from
punishment if they would surren.
der their ships, were ct todap by
the explanation of high officials
who said the government distrusted
it's army and had no other way
out of the difficulty.