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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
Or. J. EATON JOHNSTON.

DR.. J. EATON JOHNSTON
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
The only physician praoticing osts.
patny IN the county. The Smith.
sonian truss fitted and guaranteed.
.ns only truss that holds. Once
North side OF Main street, third door
ABOVE Fifth. Phone 90. Resldsnoe.
.sin.h and Webster. Phone 4s4. p.
y. LOCK Box Al. Warsaw, Ill
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
Minstrel Show.

Minstrel Show.
Last evening the final rehearsal
for the Old Time Minstrel which is to
was held in most successful man
ner. The program was rehearsed
twice from start to finish and each
time was completed without fault
thus convincing that each partici-
pant has thoroughly mastered his
part.
The opera house orchestra afforded
great addition in the rehearsal last
evening by their many instruments
which had not been used in previous
ones. The following is the program
in connection with the list of those
who are going to take part and their
positions:
Interlocutor-Ed S.. Lotion.
End Men.
Walter Nodler ....... John BRASIL
Smoky Miller 500. Trueman Scherer
Carl Hemmy =. Frank Westerhoff
DSoS SiHSSTS.
Fred Dressed, liner Carlson.
Tenor Singers.
Billy O'Brien, DR.. F. B. Smales, AL
len Lindsey, Carl Smith and Rob-
ert Hassett
Alto Singers.
Thomas Rogerson, Hugh Kellner.
JOHN Welsh, Patrick and Edward
Welsh.
Baritone Singers.
John Nodler and Fred Lindsey.
Musical Director-Frank Lowen-
stein.
Program.
/. Opening Chorus-Down In Ala
bama.
2. The Heart You Lost in Maryland
John B. Nodler.
8. You'll Come Back-Frank West
erhoff.
A. A Little China Doll-Thomas
Rogerson.
5. Play That Barber Shop Chord
John BRASIL
6. Love Makes the World Go
Round-John Welsh.
7. Dinah Dear-Walter Nodler
s. Asleep in the Deep-Fred Ores
sell
Q. The Dance of the Grizzly Bear
Smoky Miller.
10. To the End of the World With
You-Billy O'Brien.
H. How Do You Do Miss Mandy
Trueman Scherer.
-. / Wish l Had My Old Girl Back
Hugh Kellner.
Closing Chorus-cairo, by the en-
tire company.
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PHYSICIANS.
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Osteopathic and Electric treatments
a specially. Office 6001s Main Street,
over Scott & o'Reilly Drug Store.
Phone-Offlce. Iowa 21S Black, resi-
dence. Iowa, 9S5 black. Hub 1890.
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tears and repeated curtain calls at
the end of each scene. The balance of
the company, which was a large one
was capable and depicted each char
acter in way that made the audience
feel their presence.
In The Provider" Matthew Bar
ry, the author, has provided Miss Hol,
land wonderfully interesting play,
in which the little comedy, lovers
sentimentality. heart aches, tragedy
and final happiness are we'll inter
woven. A synopsis could not give it
justice. We can but say we are sorry
more people did not see it.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
Crowinu Potatoes,

In Ireland, in the best potato grow
ing localities, yield Of 400 bushels to
the acre is nothing unusual. 1t Is OBJ
tanned by the use Of about thirty loads
Of barnyard manure to the acre, sup
plemented by 500 pounds Of CONNER
cial fertilizers, proportional as follows:
One hundred pounds Of muriate OF
potash and 400 pounds of superphos-
phate. In England the best results
are obtained by the use Of twenty to
twenty-five loads Of barnyard manure
to the acre, supplemented with 100
pounds of sulphate Of ammonia, 800
pounds of superphosphate and 5o
pounds Of su.phate of potash. The
popular fertilizer for growing potatoes
In Maine, when planted where two
year-old crop of clover or grass has
been grown, Is made up on the farm
of 1876 pounds of nitrate Of soda, 600
pounds Of tankage, 200 pounds of acid
phosphate and 400 pounds Of sulphate
Of potash. making In all 1885 pounds.
One-half this amount is used In the
planter or mixed in the furrow and
the other half at the first narrowing,
when the plants begin to appear
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
FARM NOTES.

Few farmers know the names OF one
tenth the weeds and grasses that grow
on their farms. More knowledge In
this direction would help.
When you give the boy q calf to
raise don't pocket the money as soon
as it is sold. That might teach the
little fellow to be dishonest.
A prominent dairy journal declares
that the dual purpose COW is failure
In the dairy herd. The dairy type cow
Is decidedly the most profitable.
1t is better for both mare and colt
for the latter to come in the spring. Ii
Is the natural growing season and
causes less friction and hardship.
A hog that weighed 1,6OS pounds
alive and 1886 pounds when dressed
was recently slaughtered In England.
II was a Jersey red boar, two and one
half years old.
Market products must be viewed
from the buyers side and not your
own. You think to sell two pound
male chick Is waste. but the Gust omer
will pay more then than after ne ID
fed two or ilree additional months.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
WHEN FOOD WAS CHEAP

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune:
THAT prices of food in Cincinnati
were not always as high as they are
now is the testimony OF a little
musty volume of poems and facts
complied by Moses Guest, who
came to Cincinnati from the East
in 1923, and when he got here took
careful note of many things ne saw,
including the market. He jotted
his observations down in his jour
nal, which was later published by
LOCKER & Reynolds, of this city.
The journal was resurrected by
Philip Hinkle, of the Central Trust
and Safe Deposit company, and
this interesting bit of information
culled from its pages:
"Markets in this (CincinnatD city
are abundantly supplied with the
best kinds of meats and vegetables.
Beef, mutton and veal sell from 2
to cents a pound, pork from l l z
to 2 1-2 cents, butter II IL to lst
cents, cheese 6 to s cents, and eggs
4 to 10 cents per dozen. Wheat
-four costs from 81 % to Sl.75 per
hundred weight, buckwheat costs
the same, corn meal Is 3-4 to 20
cents per bushel, wheat 45 to 81
cents, corn IS ga to 25 cents, and
oats from II IL to Is ga cents.
Chickens sell for 10 to % cents per
pair, turkeys for 3 to 4 cents per
pound, potatoes rs to 37cents, and
turnips IS ga to cents per bushel, "
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
Reatino Horses Feet.

Every farm horse should If possible
be allowed to 60 without his shoes at
least two or three months every year.
In fact. it Is hardly necessary to shoe
a horse on the farm unless he Is to go
on the hard roads or work on the hard
soils where lie is required to DO much
heavy pulling. Without shoes horses
hoof will grow out, regain Its natural
shape, which is always more or less
changed by continuous shoeing.
Many city horses with hoofs bound
and cracked and otherwise injured
have been taken to farm, their shoes
pulled of and turned out to pasture
and thoroughly cured within SIX
months. In fact, the farmers around
the large cities used to find In this
class of animal cheap supply. many
of which turned out to be first class
horses. showing that all that was need
ed was rest on Mother Earth without
their shoes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17

[By courtesy of Iowa State college.I
you to do is to buy less OF them, a
very simple and logical solution OF a
grave difficulty.
We are not in the swine business TO
use up all the waste and wastefui
products of the mills and food facto-
ries, although at proper prices many OF
these wastes in their use mean ma
terial wealth to the farmer and pro-
ductive wealth to his land. But we
are rather associating with hogs that
we may induce them to turn the gross
unstable farm products into disable
coin Of the realm.
The answer to the feed question IS.
Buy less Of 1t. A well constituted hog
will eat almost anything that Is GOOD.
AS q matter of fact, he often has to
secure bis livelihood largely from al
most everything that Is not good. But
this rs not just square deal Tor the
hog or always net profit for his
owner
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
Bee Notes.

One must be deliberate and not per-
spire when hiying bees. The bees do
not like the smell of excited persons.
Always have an empty box hive
about the apiary properly set on
floor board. This will often catch
swarm that might otherwise be lost.
1t is never good business policy to
sell customer bad honey or honey
with an undesirable flavor. This will
in.ure future sales. .'-fa
1t is well to keep all vegetation
down around the hives, so that 1t Will
not interfere with the fight OF the
working bees between their hive and
the feeding ground.
The number of colonies which any
locality will support depends on the
fora of the vicinity. There are but
few places, however, that will not sup
port from ten to twenty-five colonies
to the square mile, and many locali-
ties will support greater number than
this. Bees fly long distances for for
age, averaging at least two miles.
Smoke is the best agent known
among beekeepers that can be used
to make bees submit to their wishes
All sorts of material may be burned
in a smoker, such as cotton rags, rot
ten wood, etc. There is a great differ
ence In the disposition OF bees, how
ever, some requiring more smoking
than others.-Farm and Ranch.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
STOCK CHUTE.

IFrom the Kansas Farmer.]
lots. but they are often made so that
they can be transported from one part
of the farm to another. When q chute
of this kind is built heavy and strong
enough to support the weight Of a ma
ture hog or a large calf it becomes a
clumsy thing to move. r. j. Linscott
of Holten, Kan, has solved this prob
lem of inconvenience In very happy
way. according to the Kansas Farmer.
The wheels and axle used are parts OF
old machinery found on the farm, the
wheels being taken from an old now
er. The upper end Of the chute Is pro
yided with two strong iron hooks,
which are sharpened so as to engage
the bottom Of the wagon bed and pre-
vent slipping after the animal starts
upward. With such an arrangement
there Is no difficulty in building a
chute of ample strength. because the
question of weight has relatively little
Importance. The chute can be hooked
on behind the wagon and hauled to
any part of the farm. and 1t Is com
paratively easy matter to put 1t In po'
sitIon by hand.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
IJNVIEL TABLET To JACK JOUETT

Charlottesville, Va.-The bronze
tablet given by the Virginia Antlq-
uities Society to commemorate the
heroic ride of Jack Jouett from
Louisa Courthouse to Charlottes-
Vile to warn Governor Jefferson
and the Virginia Assembly OF the
approach of Tarleton, the raider,
was unveiled Thursday afternoon
at Red Lands Club, upon whose
outer walls the tablet was affixed.
The tablet was presentedby Pro-
lessor Richard Heath Dabney, OF
the University of Virginia, and ac-
cepted for the club by Judge r. L.
w. Duke, Jr. Master Jefferson
Randolph, son of DR.. William M.
Randolph, descendant of Cover
nor Jefferson, unveiled it. Among
those present at the exercises were
Edward Stockton Jouett, descen-
dant of Jack Jouett, and Mrs. j.
Taylor Ellyson, of Richmond;
Monticello branch of the antique
ties society, and Albemarle Chap
ter Daughters of the American Rev.
olution
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
MAKE YOUR STACK COVER.
Here's a Suggestion That Will Do
Good on Any Farm.


Eve try your hand at making q
stack cover? No. Well, here's sug-
gestion that will strike the industrious
farmer favorably and may be the
means of saving him considerable
money before the summer passes.
A heavy wire Is rolled into the edge
of the crimp, the wire being longer
than the sheet-say foot longer at
each corner. This long end Is to be
used to make loop, also cross brace
for the sheet of the roof. Holes are
punched in the edge close under the
wire stiffener. A l by inch WOOD
piece Is nailed across the top side OF
the upper end of the sheet and the
underside of the lower end. tn" long
ends Of the side stiffener wires are
bent around. forming loop and sta
pied to the by 4 inch wood pieces
and the sheet is ready to be placed Oh
the stack "a long stack or rick. a
straight pole or 2 by Inch IL T.
be placed along the ridge and by 4
inch or l by inch along the SIDES
Fasten the roofing TO the ridgepolt
with wire, and the edges Of sheets are
TO be wired close and the whole roo
fastened to the stack by wiring dOwl'
to weights or stakes driven into lhi
stack. A few heavy soft wires cut Il
length and all ready and stack coulC
be covered quickly and safely or hd
up stack covered and opened again.
The cost should not be much mor'
than good lumber and would surely
be cheaper when convenience ana last
ing qualities are considered. In cas'
some roofing company does not put i
on the market lin knOckdown form
local talent could be utilized to prepare
test quality. See that the side wire
is strong and long and when two
sheets are placed together they form
a reasonably close joint which Is high
enough so that water running down
the roof will not run In at the holes
punched under the stiffener side wire
Use heavy soft wire to hold the sean
close-say one foot long for each place
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
TESTING SUGAR BEET SEED.
Upon II Rests Ability of Roots to Pro-
duce Maximum Quantity of Sugar.

upon II nests HOiliIy VI NoSeS ~ ~
duce Maximum Quantity of Sugar.
Testing the roots is one Of the most
important steps in the production or
beet seed, since the value Of the seed
depends not only upon its quality from
the standpoint of termination, but also
upon the ability Of the roots produced
to store maximum quantity OF sugar
with minimum quantity OF salts.
With our present knowledge Of seed
production the standard Of high grade
seed can be maintained only by the
most careful and rigid testing and
elimination Of all roots that are not OF
a satisfactory quality. Having select
ed roots of suitable size and shape,
typical core is removed by means OF
drill which Is passed through the
beet at an angle, as shown In the Illus
tration. This core Is tested for sugar
by the usual polariscOpe methods. The
ability Of a seed grower to maintain
high quality In the root is one OF the
most important conditions In the es-
adjustment and maintenance OF the
beet seed industry, says the year DOCK
Of the department Of agriculture.
There is great deal Of confusion In
the minds Of plant breeders regarding
the real purpose Of the selection OF the
roots from the standpoint Of sugar con-
tent. Careful observation would seem
to indicate that breeding and selection
for high sugar content have to do
mainly with the elimination Of those
Individual roots that will not respond
readily to favorable conditions Of soil
and climate with respect to the forma-
ton and storage Of sugar and the pres
ervation and perpetuation Of those
roots that will respond to those condi-
lions. High sugar content, therefore,
does not seem to be fixed character
in the same sense as are color, form,
ETC.. but will vary to q marked de-
gree when the conditions of growth are
changed. For example, seeds from the
same plant when planted In different
parts of the country have been known
to produce roots having a difference OF
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
ALL WILL BE CRAZY INSIDE 256 YEARS

Boston, Mass.-"If the increase
in insanity keeps up at the present
rate, we shall all be insane 256
wears from now," said DR.. }. ID.
Kellogg, professor of surgical path
ology and superintendent OF the
Battle Creek (Mich.) Sanatorlum,
addressing the graduating class oil
the college of physicians and sur
geons.
physical degeneracy and chronic
diseases are increasing" continued
DR.. Kellogg. Heart disease has
increased 1876 per cent. in the last
thirty wears. Kidney disease has
increased in Massachusetts almost
1877 per cent. We are not making
the advance that we ought. Can
Ger is increasing. One-eighth OF
the adult women who die today die
from cancer.
Insanity has increased 100 per
cent. in the last fifty years. Fifty
years ago there were 5000 insane
people to every million. Today
there are $4,000. There are "a 600
idiots and lunatics to every million
people in the world. 1t is due
largely to the increased physical
degeneracy originating from our
manner of living.
"Women particularly are show
ing the results of this degeneracy
in the decreased birth rate and the
thriving of the concerns manuiac-
turing infants foods. Only three
women out of four nurse their IN
| fants, owing to physical degeneracy
which makes it impossible.
Seventy-fve per cent The DOT.
tle-fed children die before they are
year DID,"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
Notes on Horses.

Do you want balky horse? You
can easily have one by giving him too
heavy loads to draw.
The whip needed to make horse In
crease his speed is In the manager.
Good treatment Of a horse will NOT
soon be forgotten. Neither Will poor
treatment. The way horse Is ham
died makes the animal what he Is.
Some men beat their horses TOT
things for which they are not respon'
sible.
After hard days work In the heid
the horses will enjoy few moments
to roll in the yard or about the straw
pile. Your horses will scratch them
selves more in FIVE minutes by rolling
than you can scratch them with cur
rycomb In thirty minutes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17

GOOD SPECIMEN OF DAIRY COW.
IBy courtesy of Iowa State college.l
him to produce good mixers. no mat
ter how fine or how ideal he may be
as an individual.
Another matter Of prime Importance
In the successful management OF
dairy herd is the keeping OF record
of the milk and butter fat produced by
the individual cows Of the herd. The
keeping of daily record OF the weight
of the milk of each COW Is very SIM
pie and inexpensive task.
All that Is necessary Is to have
small scale and ruled sheet OF paper
upon which to record the weights OF
milk morning and night. The daily
weighing of the milk from each cow
is valuable also In serving as a check
upon the work of the mixers.
The milk from each COW should
be tested about once month during
the whole period Of lactatiOn. A salts
factory way Of doing this is to collect
what Is known as composite sample,
which consists in securing about one
half ounce of milk from each OF six
consecutive milkings and placing this
in half pint composite sample jar
containing a small amount Of preserva-
tive.
The test of this composite sample
will represent the average amount or
butter fat for the period during which
the sample was taken and will serve
with sufficient accuracy as an average
test during the entire month.
By keeping record of this kind 1t
will be found that the owner OF prac'
tically every herd is keeping cows
which do not pay for their feed, and
the only sure way Of locating these
cows is In keeping records as outlined
above.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
Insects and Alfalfa.

It has been discovered that the honey
bee is Of even more Importance to the
alfalfa than the alfalfa is to the bee.
The wonderful strength and speed OF
the bees take them long distances for
their food. and they have recourse to a
great variety Of plants. But the pecul-
lar construction Of the alfalfa blossom
renders 1t unable to fertilize itself, and
its shape makes cross fertllization-yery
difficult.
At the Kansas experiment station
small plot of vigorous alfalfa was coy
cred Just before coming up into bloom
with mosquito netting supported on
sticks. It was therefore known that
no bees or other insects could come
into contact with the blossoms. Later
A careful examination disclosed that
the pods which had formed were en-
tirely without seeds.-COburn's THE
Book of Alfalfa"
There were imported into the United
States In 1909 1.479,63l bushels of fax
seed as compared with Abb bushels
~
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
MANAGEMENT OF
THE DAIRY HERD

Following Is very valuable article
ON the management Of the dairy herd
by an expert on matters pertaining to
dairying which those interested In the
subject will find useful and impor-
tant:
Whether the cows be grades or pure
breds, it is of the highest Importance
in building up dairy herd to secure
pure bred sire Of outstanding dairy
merit. Unless the sire is descended
from good mixers It is folly tCAxpect
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
For Cows on tho Pasture.

Under average conditions 1t is rather
doubtful whether 1t pays to feed grain
when cows are running in good pas
ture. If It seems feasible that they
should be fed some concentrates at this
time, feeds rich in carbohydrates will
supplement the pasture better than
those containing a high percentage OF
protein. Grass is comparatively rich
in protein, and therefore a feed or a
combination Of feeds rich In carbohy
drates supplements it better than a
mixture rich in protein.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
PLANTING Watermelons.

Watermelons should not be planted
until all danger Of frost is over and
should be planted in hills about ten
feet apart each way. The more mod
ern method Of watermelon culture Is
to plow out the rows one way. fill the
trenches with manure, thoroughly mix
the manure with the soil in the
trenches by running back and forth
with scooter plow. then throw the
soil back again and plant the seed on
the bed thus formed.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
RATl0NS FOR SWINE.
Means of Avoiding tho Present High
Prices of Feeds.

Just now there Is some very attrac-
tive money In the swine business
Feeds are high, Of course; but, bless
your dear soul, where do the feeds
come from? Don't we raise them all
on the farm? Well. yes. I suppose
that is true In the abstract, but there
are feeds being sold today at quite
high prices that no man save the mixer
of them knows where they come from
But In the main we must not COM
plain about the high cost OF feeds as
long as their cost is only relatively
high to the selling price Of the animal
product. We must not complain be-
cause we are the producers OF the
feeds or the grains from which the
feeds are made.
Moreover, If these feeds at the mills
are so unreasonably high the thing for
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
A Few Helpful Squeals.

Insist on everything being quiet
about the breeding pen.
As q rule, a well fed SOW is not so
nervous as a hungry one. and she VIII
not get up and down so much. Thus
she reduces the danger to the pigs.
There is such a thing as making too
careful preparation for the expected
litter of pigs. If too much straw Is
put in the narrowing pen the mother
will make the nest so deep that the
little fellows will get entangled In the
straw, where the mother will lie upon
them.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
Good Way to Wash Stable Blanket.

A stable blanket that has been In
use ali winter is usually badly soi!ed
and heavy as well as disagreeable from
sanitary standpoint. To wash the
blanket is no small task. but by wise
means 1t may be cleansed with little
trouble and labor. Simply spread the
soiled and saturated blanket on sod
ground during heavy spring rain.
and If one rain does not cleanse put 1t
out during another. AS soon as the
rain ceases and the blanket can be
raised hang 1t up. dry it and take 1t in.
While not ranking with California or
Florida In the production of oranges.
Louisiana produced 141,TO0 boxes In
1909
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-06-17
A DREADFUL WOUND

from a knife, gun, tin can, rusty
nail, fireworks, or OF any other ma
ture, demands prompt treatment
with Bucklen's Arnica Salve to pre-
vent blood poison or gangrene. It's
the quickest, surest healer for all
such wounds, as also for burns,
boils, sores, skin eruptions. eczema,
chapped hands, corns or piles. 25c.
at DR.. K. H. Trimble's,