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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
PRUNING SHADE TREES.

Shade trees should be trimmed up
when young so the top will be at least
twelve feet above the walk. After
this all that is necessary is to cut out
the dead and superhuous branches.
The amount and kind of pruning will
depend a great deal upon the species
of tree planted. When planting it is
we'll to consider how much space you
have for a tree and how much light
you must have and select the kind OF
tree that will best fit your case. 1t
is argued that trees should be topped
to prevent the limbs from breaking
off, and to make them grow thicker
When large limbs are cut off decay
soon sets in and the tree dies. Spare
the tree No one admires a crippled
tree.-Indiana Farmer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
Indigestion of Mule.

Question: ! have a mule six years
old that has indigestion. She is poor,
but has been in rough hands for the
past two years. She has a rumbling
in her stomach all the time; does not
seem to be in any misery, but moves
about and won't eat anything. She
ate lot of grass the day before she
got sick. Her bowels are very loose.
and her action smells very bad all
the time. She has very large stom-
ach, anyway. She has not shielded
off good yet.
Answer-It may be that your mule
is naturally what is called "washy,"
being predsposed to 'scour." These
are usually those with long bodies,
long legs and narrow, fiat sides. They
are apt to scour if put to work i'm
mediately after feeding and watering.
The first thing to do is to look after
the feed and the feeding and water
preferably oats, or a mixture of corn
and oats, and forage should be given,
and the same should be divided into
three regular feeds per day. Always
water before feeding, and not imme-
diately after. Do not put such an an
imal to work within an hour after
| feeding The drinking water should
be the best attainable. These pre-
cautions will usually stop the diar-
rhoea, but if not. it may be checked
by giving wheat -four stirred in water.
starch water, whte-oak bark tea. 1t
may be we'll to first give a drench of
one and half to two pints of raw
linseed oil. The disagreeable odor of
the discharges may be corrected by
giving one ounce of sulphite of soda.
or one dram of creolin in water,
repeated twice a day. Then feed on
light foods and keep the body clothed
if the weather be damp and chilly
Colonel r. j. Redding, in Ccnstitu-
ton.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
ROUND BARNS.

Several years ago the Indiana
Farmer published cuts of the first
round barns ever constructed, from
the plans of an Indiana architect,
who is now in Kansas building round
barns in great numbers. The round
barn idea has spread from this first
publication till it has become almost
Western States. The demand for
round barns has grown now till the
agricultural colleges and experiment
stations have turned their attention
to the matter very generally. The
University of Illinois Agricultural EX-
pertinent Station has just issued a
bulletin on the subject, giving many
plans. illustrations and instruction for
construction. The station strongly
indorses this form of barn construc-
ton, claiming that it is far more eco
nomic and stronger than rectangular
barns. This is an excellent bulletin
and will be in great demand. In con-
GLIDING the bulletin and summary of
this whole subject of round barns the
bulletin says:
I'm summing up the data given in
this bulletin it is obvious that the ad-
vantages of the round barn are con-
venience, strength and cheapness.
THE round barn is the more con-
venient, because of the unobstructed
NOV, which reduces the labor in
moving hay, and because of the
greater ease and fewer steps with
which the feed can be gotten to the
cows, owing to the central location Of
the supply.
The circular construction is the
strongest because advantage is taken
of the lineal strength of the lumber.
All exposed surfaces are circular, and
withstand greater wind pressure, as
the wind can get no direct hold, as on
the sides or gable ends of rectangu-
lar barn.
In round numbers rectangular
barns require, according to their con-
struction, from thirty-four to fifty
eight per cent. more in cost of mate
rial than round barns with the same
floor area and built of the same grade
of material. Indiana Farmer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
SELECTION OF SIRES.

The selection of sire to head your
flock is a very important part of NUT
ton and wool growing. The Shrop-
shire breed is said to be the most
profitable for a small flock on the
farm. And when you buy, get a pure
bred from some good reliable breed
er. Select a good, blocky sheep, wide
through the heart, with thick, short
legs and neck and plenty of wool. A
ram of this type will cost you from
$25 to $35, but he will pay for him
self the first season. His lambs, if
sold in the fall, will bring from 81 to
So more than lambs from a grade
sire, and when put into the feed lot
to be finished for the block they will
fatten in much less time than will the
scrub lambs.-Farmers' Home Jour-
nal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
Profit i'm Live Stock .

Every Southern farmer odsL- to
turn his attention to increasing the
number of live stock of all kinds on
his farm. The time has come when
consumption has overtaken and
passed production, and, in our opin-
ion, it will be years before we see
again the low prices for food animals
which have been the rule in the past.
At prices now current all kinds of
we'll bred live stock can be profitably
produced in the South, and this with
manifest advantage to the productive
capacity of the soil. What our soils
most need is humus, and this in its
highest productive form is to be had
from keeping live stock. More stock
means greater crops and less reliance
on bought fertilizer. We never saw
land that did not respond to barn
ya"t n&1ure.-Southern Planter.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
GOAT MILK.

B. II. Van Raub, of Texas, an en-
thusiastic mich goat breeder, has the
following to say in the American
Sheep Breeder concerning goat milk:
Zone of the most easily digested as
we'll as nutritious foods for human
consumption is goat milk. The most
eminent medical authorities hold that
it is the most dependable of all foods
for the production of adipose tissue,
and for this reason is ideal for dys-
peptics and emaciated people. Where
others fail it succeeds. Although di-
gested more rapidly, goat milk con-
tains nearly twice the amount of but
ter fat, i. e., the quality that nour-
ishes, than is contained in milk OBJ
tanned from the cow
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
Humbled.

"There are times when even the
w;sest and most studious man is com
no,,ed to feel how little his share in
the vast store of human knowledge
must be-" = .,
,ovs practical; {" feel that way ev'
NV time | ask questions of the infor,
nation clerk at railway s'"''oi''
Washington Star.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
- arm Topics
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SEED POTATOES.

Here is the most approved
method of treating seed potatoes to
prevent a scabby crop: Soak the
whole seed for two hours i'll a mix
ture of one-half pint of formalin (o1-
ten called formaldehyde) and fifteen
gallons of cold water; dry the seed,
cut and plant in ground that has not
recently grown potatoes. - Farmers
Home Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08

A young officer who was drilling the
awkward squad delivered himself Of
this command: Nov, my men, listen
to me- When l say Haiti put the
foot that's on the ground beside the
one that's in the air, and remain mo-
tionless.''
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
Need Amusement.

Oklahoma women have 3S 5000 names
attached to a petition asking that
they be granted the voting privilege.
Let us hope they win. Women who
have to live in Oklahoma should have
some sort of amusement,-Toledo
Blade
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
Age of Fowls.

When the age of fowls cannot be
told by the legs, there is often a dull,
heavy look under the eyes Of an old
bird, which an experienced poultry
up-to-date poultry yards the birds
are banded, and a record kept of
them, SO that there can be no mig
take.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
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Rockefeller Foundation
Suggestion for the Use of Part OF the f""o
for Immigrants and Poor Folks
By Joseph ". Francoiini

connection with the O. John D. kocheie.
following plan as nnee'ne i'
of a rm land adjacent TO Id Wv.
vded house and horse, COW ana lelin
the ground cohul'ohe -
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08

In Germany merchant was re-
Gently heavily fined for using a quo-
tation from the Bible at the head If
an advertisement.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08

The first company in the world to
,,.sartake the production of radium
tn commercial way is building lab
opatory at London
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
HedOen on Earth
Ey Uinifred Black

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It's Cornela n he pententay the
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M l And the she died they took her body up TO
I village in o.
a a Whee
l coffin and
flowers little country chuic
6 preached a and the village cnol
sang IN Disconsoate as
to
They inside OF prison any
of OF h ~
famous criminal ever Pacific Caost
There village where Mrs Botkh ou
and mother lived day accounts Oh tne ~ ~
the
the old read the paper anu
the even dehu '"' ~
accused" .,o old
the
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through. .ouut,ir-
to of
green, smiling California; Wohuel Il WV
not down t and smle.-New York American
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-07-08
No Danger of Ouer=
Population
Ey Eoit0n Hall

will be
+ INT those either forgotten or nave
the cultivation OF the land
! = land O the south of England IS
to M length and about four miles
of 41OOO and
+4|I#H+*v* supports ABOUT
*"""""*" garden stuff little less
worth to the acre. Is prouu'eu "NAN'' WIN ' ~ ~
under cultivation. ~. -.,..o.., go ..,o.a, 49,
yield annually $15OOOOOOO
far and 233G41 3 peope-ha
"o United States Wherein
monopozing and holding
t1eh idle
from the land by labor
will responble-Practica
Ideals
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-14
STATE CROP OUTLOOK.

From all that can be gathele ed
by talks with the farmers says a
Pierre dispatch, and general reports
from all over the state the crop situa-
ton is peculiar. Spotted" is about
the only word which will effectually
cover the situation as it appears to
stand. The reports all range from
splendid to failure, and this is not con
fined to any one particular portion of
the state. Practically all of the rains
have been "l0cal," and the crop con-
ditions depend upon where they touch
ed and the amount of rainfall they
brought. There are strips of country
in which the local rains were heavy,
and came at the right time, and the
crop In that section Is in splendid con-
dition. In the same township there
will be another strip in which the To-
cal rains were light, or did not touch
at all, and there the situation is
shaded off, depending upon the range
of moisture, ranging from the good
down to the practically nothing. The
grass and small grain have been most
seriously affected by this condition.
The hay crop promises to be very short
and light, and the prices will likely
range high for the coming winter. The
small grain, while affected largely by
the rainfall or lack Of it, has also been
affected by the manne of seeding.
Where it was drilled in deep it has
stood the lack of rain far better than
where it was b~roadcasted and dragged
in, and the failure is generally in the
shallow sown fields. But where the
showers missed entirely the manner OF
seeding did not help much.
Corn is generally in fair condition,
and in many localities in first class
shape. While the situation means a
short crop for the state, the situation
is far from what it was in the old
drought" years, which affected a large
part of the state. The situation means
that grain for shipment will be far
below the average for many years.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-14
IDENTITY LAW CASE.

Judge Garland of the United States
court in Sioux Falls, has taken under
advisement a case which is expected
to determine the constitutionality Of
what is known as the double indemnity
law, enacted by the state legislature at
its 1907 session.
The suit was instituted by the
United States government, the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
company being the defendant. The
government seeks to ecover from the
railroad company damages in the sum
of SAP, 793 for the destruction Of tim
Der by fire alleged to have been start
ed by sparks from a locomotive be-
longing to the railway company on
its lines in the Black Hills.
The actual value of the timber de-
stroyed by the fire was $~20,517.42-
lone-half of the amount sued for less
the interest. N. X. Griggs, an attorney
of Lincoln, Neb., argued the case be-
fore Judge Garland for the railway
company, while the argument in be-
half OF the government was made by
United States Attorney E. E. Wagner.
The railway company based it's de-
Tense on the contention that the
double indemnity law is demonstrations
al, for the alleged reason that it is
in conflict with both the state and
federal constitutions. Owing to the
Importance Of the case 1t may be sew
eral days before Judge Garland rend-
, ers his decision.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-14
ILLEGAL TO
BLEACH FLOUR
SAYS THE JURY IN KANSAS CITY
CASE.
PROF. SHEPARD IS UPHELD
DECISION is A BIG VICTORY
FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

The jury in the government cases
against the bleached -four manufac-
turere:S at Kansas City last week
brought in a verdict declaring the
-four to be adulterated and misbrand-
ed. There is considerable local inter
est in this case, as Prof. Shepard, who
is recognized as one of the foremost
authorities on pure food, was one
of the governments principal witness
es at the Kansas City hearing and his
contentious that bleached -four was
adulterated and injurious to the hui
mar system were upheld.
A Kansas City dispatch says: The
verdict returned after seven hours
deliberation was a complete victory
for the government which prosecuted
the suit under the national pure food
and drug act.
The government charged that the
-four was adulterated in that it was
bleached by the Alsop process, which
means use of peroxide nitrogen in
bleaching -four.
Misbranding was charged in that
the -four seized was labeled fancy pat
ent flour, and the government contend
ed it was not a fancy patent -four be-
aus it was not made from a first
grade hard winter wheat.
Millers say that the bleached flour
decision will handicap the farmers of
the southwest to the extent of from
SIS, 900, 900 to SIS, 5000, 900 a year. They
say the old differential of five cents
per bushel in vogue in Chicago and
ST. Louis markets five years ago be-
fore bleached -four came in will soon
appear again.
They further say that the farmers
of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and
Nebraska will lose five cents a bush
ell IN their present crop and that hard
wheat will 500 be selling at twenty
five cents a bushel less than at pres
emf Already millers are considering
the establishment. Of bleaching sta
tons in states where the use u
bleached flour is not prohibited.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-14
FARMERS.

Harry Newcomb, who buys cream
for the Hanford Produce company of
Sioux City, was proven guilty of cheat
ing farmers on the test of their cream
and fined $40 and costs, which mount
ed to $25, before Judge Carter last
Wednesday afternoon.
1t was proven that a can of cream
weighing SO pounds and testing SO
per cent butterfat was brought to
Newcomb by Will Bennett and he
weighed and tested it at SO pounds
and 20 per cent of butterfat. State
Dairy Expert A. P. Ryger made the
first test and then sent Mr.. Bennett
over to the Hanford station with the
can Of cream Newcomb made no
defense, but Attorney Warren who APP
peared for him argued that there
might have been a mistake. The Judge
however, did not look upon it as d
joke or mistake and fined him.
This is one Of the companies doing
business in the Northwest, and the
method followed here is no doubt the
method by which it and other monopo-
listic concerns have put the creamer-
les all over the country out of bust
ness, A few farmers are at first given
u bis test 10 get them dissatisfied
with the creamery and secure their
patronage. Through them the neigh
bors are reached. Then the test man
ipulation is commenced and the farm
err is skinned while the creamery is
killed. After the creamery is gone
the farmers are at the absolute mercy
of the trust, and will have to take
the price and test it gives them or
feed their cream to the hogs.-Flan-
dreau Herald.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-14
ADJUST PASSENGER RATES.

The hearing in the case by which
the state of South Dakota seeks to
secure a reduction OF passenger fares
the railroads having lines within
the state has been resumed in Chicago.
an interval OF a number OF
J. Howard Gates OF Sioux
Falls, special master appointed TO take
testimony in the case, together with
William Wallace of Aberdeen, steno-
grapher and p. w. Dugherty of Dell
Rapids, assistant attorney general and
counsel of the state board of railroad
commissioners, have departed for Chi
cago to resume the hearing. Before
his departure Special Master Gates
stated that at the present adjourned
hearing an effort will be made to
have all the remaining testimony
submitted before the hearing takes a
final adjournment. When all the tes-
timony has been submitted, the spec
ial master will make a report to
Judge Garland Of the United States
court, in Sioux Falls.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-14
DRY FARMING CONGRESS.

Governor Wesley has given an Off
cial endorsement to the work Of the
dry farming congress which Is to be
held at Rapid City the IS and 10 of
the present month. He says: "Be-
lieving that this meeting is n which
will result in great good to South Da-
kota, inasmuch as the same Is to be
given over to the discussion of var
ious subjects of vital interest to the
state, relating to the general improve
ment of farming methods, climatic
and soil conditions, irrigation, dry
farming and other germane topics and
realizing that too much Importance
cannot be attached to such a meeting,
/ have therefore issued this proclama-
ton, indorsing the work and manage.
ment of the dry farming congress and
urging that as many as possible Of our
citizens attend the conventions at Rap
id City, follow its workings, and take
part in the discussions"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-14
EGAN FILES A PETITION.

George w. Egan, the defeated in
dependent candidate for governor, has
filed a petition with the supreme court
praying for reinstatement to practice
in the courts of the state. In his Pc
tition he apologies to the court for
anything he may have said or publish
ed in any way against that tribunal
or any Of its members. AS several
Of the members of the court are eth
er taking vacations or preparing to
do so it is not likely that any action
will be taken upon his petition until
it can be acted upon by the members
of the court later in the summer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-14

are to be fed and the best stage is
when the grain is in the soft dough
stage. Feed with care when first
beginning.
Rye
Winter rye can be sown during the
latter part of August, or even earlier,
and if the conditions are favorable
will furnish some late pasture. It's
value, however, is in that it will come
very early in the spring and is greatly
relished by all stock. Sow with a
drill as you would wheat, oats or bar
ley. Winter rye sown at the rate of
five or six pecks is recommended.
Taking time by the forelock cannot
be too strongly emphasized. Now is
the time. This is the critical period
to- prepare for emergency, Do not say
tomorrow but do it today.
Where to Get Seed
Secure seed at the nearest source of
supply; the neighbors, stores or seed
houses.
Dakota Improved Seed Co., Mitchell;
o. D. Jones Seed Co, Sioux Falls;
Quincy Seed Co., Yankton; Loeb Seed
Co., Aberdeen; Spicer Seed Co., Water
town.
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attending the entertainments.

attending he entertainments.
a debate or the question of woman's
suffrage attracted a large audience on
Tuesday afternoon and they were we'll
repaid for their time and trouble.
The ladies side of the question was
defended by Miss Gertrude Won Pet
zold of London, while Senator Shirley
Gillilland of Iowa, threw cold water
on the suffrage arguments. Both
speakers were a little warm in their
expressions at times, which made the
debate all the more interesting 20 the
audience. Miss Won Petzold has not
been in America very long, and is
handicapped by a lack Of mastery Of
our language, but at that she kept
Mr.. Gillilland very busy, The out.
come of the debate is a matter Of
opinion, depending principally upon the
hearers sympathies with or against
the suffrage movement.
Tuesday evenings programs was
opening by the Tennessee Jubilee sin
gers, after which Miss Rita Rich en-
tertained the audience for a about an
hour with a very pleasing program OF
Indian songs and dances, Irish melo-
dies and juvenile representations. She
was especially good in the latter, al
though all her efforts were warmly APP
plauded. She has a sweet and clear
voice and costumes appropriate to the
different characters added to the eff
feet.
Prof. NOelker, the platform superin-
tendent, paid a deserved tribute to
the citizens of Brookings, particularly
Rev. Hugh Robinson, who have done
so much to make the chautauqua pos
sible and the cheers which he pro-
posed for them were given with a
right good will.
One of the best public addresses evel
given in Brookings was delivered al
the afternoon session yesterday b!
Senator Norris Brown of Nebraska
hC SCHdtOI oDOhC " dh hOul IL
half and held the closest attention o
his audience throughout. Senate
Brown is an orator with few equal
and those Of Jul citizens who faile
to hear him missed a rare treat. Hi
principal topic was the propose
income tax amendment to the constit'
ton, which he introduced in the Unite
States senate and which is now b,
fore the state legislatures for ratii
cation. He explained the amendmel
thoroughly and in an interesting wa
and urged the people Of the state
use their influence with the legislatul
to the end hat South Dakota may raI
fly the amendment. The gentleman W;
introduced by Hon. Philo Hall.
The afternoon program was opene
by Norton's band and orchestra an
in the evening they were the attrat
tion that drew a big house, havini
the program entirely to themselves
They proved to be we'll able to do al
the entertaining and furnished the bes
music of the week and received many
deserved compliments. They will ap'
pear again on the two programs today
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-14
PETTIGREW TO GO ON STUMP.

Former Senator r. F. P~ettigrew, who
vas one Of the most conspicuous figures
at the democratic state convention at
Redfield, 1t Is understood, will deliver
thirty or more speeches in behalf OF
democracy in South Dakota cities dur
ing the coming campaign. These
speeches will be under the direction
of the democratic state central COM
mittee.
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