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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26
key TO FARMERS SUCCESS
Union Power Must Henceforth Be He
Fortress, Secured Only Through
Community Of Interest.

Among the occupations of man, az
Ficulture takes first rank. History
IN all ages proclaims 1t. In point Of
time 1t antedates all others. Insti.
tuted by command Of the Creator, its
history parallels the history Of the
race. It takes first rank, not alone
because it contributes to the physical
comfort Of man, but because 1t is the
chief producer Of wealth, writes H. C.
Nesbet in Field and Farm. AS reads
the history Of agriculture so reads the
history Of the republic. Unorganized,
the farmer plods along his weary way,
unmindful Of his power guided by a
master hand. Can any one foresee
the possibilities Of an organized, az.
gressive agriculture? Anyday might
witness an organization headed by
Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, ]. Pier
pont Morgan and others of their clan,
stepping forth with their millions and
controlling the worlds bread basket.
This day is a marvel of wisdom and
discretion, but individualism has
faded into the past. Business is a
swirl Of activity and aggregation.
With billion dollar companies, COM
mon carriers with a milage to go
around the earth, manufacturing and
merchants associations, wholesale
and retail, labor unions covering ev.
cry department Of labor, have been
organized. VIII the farmer of the
present day like Rip Van Wrinkle
sleep on and on until his condition is
no better than the serf? The time Is
gone when the individual farmer
fruit grower or gardener alone can
stem the tide against the consolida
ton of aggregation and association
Union power must henceforth be bis
fortress, which can be secured only
through community of interest and
associated effort.
The farmer as a rule lacks nerve
He Is isolated far from the center
Of trade, knows little of the laws oil
supply and demand; crop information
that comes to him Is usually trans
mitted through adverse interests
government reports are Greek to hin
because he fails to draw from it the
cost value of a barrel of apples; he
knows little Of the cost of production
venture to say there are few men II
the orchard business who know the
cost of producing box of apples Of
any other article of farm production
The manufacturer can tell to the
fraction of cent just what it cost!
to produce a given article. Wher
agriculturists learn to compute the
cost of producing bushel, barrel Of
hundred weight of any article an(
produce only such articles as show 6
reasonable profit, the news will sooI
90 around the world and market val
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26
SYSTEM OF FARM ACCOUNTS
Some Sort Of Record Advocated %
Farmer May Know What Crops
Are Raised at Profit.

We have never practiced nor do We
advocate any complicated form Of
keeping tally of different fields and
crops, although we believe such "a
system will richly repay the effort
But what we do advocate Is some sort
of a record whereby a man can tell to. {.
a practical certainty what crops are,
being raised at a profit and what ones
at a loss. The simpler this can bel
done the more practical 1t becomes
and the more likely to be continued
In most cases the original entry mayi
be the final. Copying accounts FROM
one book to another, posting tronI
day-book or journal to ledger, is not
often successful with a farmer, non
indeed is it a favorite with any mani
who keeps his own books. What
ever method one adopts must be perl
sistently and regularly followed to bd
of any value; the entries should bel
made daily, writes E. c. Fawcett In
Oklahoma Farmer. The book or sheet
or map or whatever is selected should
be very easy Of access, possibly hang1
ing in the barn. Next to simplicity
convenience is the most important.
Now what will an individual CROP
record or account show? In one CASE
II taught a man who started farming
with the presumption that certain
crop was profitable, that four years
out of seven that same crop on his
land with his methods failed to pay
for the labor, fertilizer, seed and inter-
est on the investment. That was all
he needed to know, not whether 1t was
highly profitable 10 his neighbors or
TO some one else but whether It was
profitable to him. In another case
crop the gross returns of which were
much lower than the first with but one
exception paid its own expenses:
Some difficulties arise in keeping
farm accounts. One of the most trou-
blesome is Just how much to charge
a crop when barnyard manure is used
as fertilizer. Manifestly gross-feed-
ing crop such as corn will use more
manure than will such crop as po-
tatoes. Also some soils will help re-
tain and continue the value Of manure
much longer than others. In this lat
ter case the cost can be divided among
more crops than in the former. EACH
man must work out system OF charg-
ing which be believes is Just. And 80
long as he is honest with himself and
his land and his crops he can do moth
ing more profitable than. keep &C
counts.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26

Money invested In land cannot be
easily lost.
A knowledge Of the way is a good
Dart Of the journey; study the way.
"A kindness done to the good Is
0sVer lost. 1t may return after many
NAys to help you.
II we give the truth a chance 1t will
NlWays take care Of US and save money
Q bitter heartburning.
Many farmers who do not live In
0e arid belt, had an opportunity to
VEactice "dry farming" last season.
California fruit growers were at the
mercy of commission men until they
SRGanized. Now they get fair prices.
Resting does not mean to sit down
ORa not even think. Some people try
. annihilate themselves for a time
ed call it resting.
The farmer who plays fair with his
vie sees that things are as convent.
0nk and labor saving in the kitchen as
Gay are about the fields and the
Earns.
There have been so many plans
OAIked up by different lecturers that
- membership are not to be blamed
~ taking one Of their own and work.
1ag up to It. Where every speaker
6As n plan, one plan is just as good
q another.
The Intelligent farmer in the south
NY not be making all that he Is en-
0E1ed to make out Of the soil, but his
UAterial condition is far better to-day
Tan It was ten years ago. In the
Sgtton belt the farmer would be still
more prosperous If he raised more
0sTn.
Everybody looks to the farmer to
supply the material to make the world
move, but everybody turns him a cold
shoulder when they have possession Of
his products. He must fix it so that
Chey will want his products all the
Nme and get it only when he lets
them have it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26
uss VIM ADJUST themselves 70 me
new order Of things.

ues wnI ADJUST themselves 10 me
new order Of things.
Cooperation on a firm, strong basis.
and with a sufficient capital win II
properly managed be a wonder worker
for the betterment Of the member
ship. But remember 1t takes nerve
and staying qualities to attain sue
cess. For example, the apple growers
Of the northwest through their asso-
citation have sold their fancy apples
at 1915 for a fifty pound box, but
wrapped up in that price is quality,
attractive packing and package and a
good guaranty. When the grower
gets so cents for his fruit and the
consumer has to pay 81 for the same,
where does the $3.50 go. 1t does not
20 into one middleman's hands but
into half a dozen. We must cut out
some of that. AS growers we must
get into closer touch with the COM
mon demand and with the consumer
so as to command attention. What
we most need is volume, quality and
information. packing endorsed with
the proper guaranty. Buyers have
been known to pay from 50 cents to
81 more for such fruit than the cur.
rent price. The selling of 10000
boxes of such fruit Is a one man, one
railroad fare, one day affair and home
again.
Other products of the farm than
fruit may be brought under co-opera.
ton. The southern strawberry
growers sell their product by the
train load at the loading station. The
association at Greeley handles from
5000 to 10000 cars Of Irish potatoes
each year. They are passed over a
screen with a mesh Of one and one
half inches and the same is done
with the cantaloup and melon growers
at Rocky Ford. They are graded and
nicely packed and their shipment
reaches into thousands Of cars each
year. BY cooperation the individual
farmer or fruit grower is transformed
from a bushel or central dealer into
one having carload dimensions. Or
ganization and cooperation is the key
that can open the door that will lead
to success in any line Of business.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26
DIDN'T TOUCH THE PLANTERS
Recent Sensational Break In Cotton
Had Little, II Any, Eject on
Southern Producers.

"The recent sensational and illogical
break In the cotton market as a result
Of speculative manipulation had little.
II any, effect on the southern pro-
ducers," .said Mr.. R. R. Little, prom
inent cotton planter Of Rockingham,
N. c., to a Baltimore American report
er the other day.
'In my state the farmers have sold
almost all the bales they made in
1909, although there Is stin a small
remnant Of the crop left in the fields
that is now being picked. 1t is too
valuable to let any 90 to waste, for,
aside from the lint, the seed is worth
so cents a bushel. So 1t does not mat
ter especially what the Wall street
gamblers do, so far as the makers Of
cotton are concerned. The terrific
slump of a recent Friday doesn't reach
the plantation owner, but 1t does harm
the jobbers and manufacturers. These
are kept In a state of suspense pend.
ing the subsistence of wild fluctua-
lions, and all commercial transactions
in their line are demoralized.
Cotton at IA cents a pound is go
ing to enrich the millions of southern
people, who alone Of all mankind have
the territory best adapted to its
growth, and who can produce 1t to bet
ter advantage than any competitors.
To make cotton and scarcely anything
else was the fatal mistake Of the
south for generations. Our people
have at last seen the necessity Of treat
ing It only as a surplus crop and Of
cultivating other things for their sub
sistence.
1T is very tempting when cotton
reaches Is cents to put all Of ones
land In It, but 1t Is bad policy, and
notice that the farmers Of our region
are sowing more grain this season
than usual. after raising their OWL
hogs and breadstuifs, what they will
get from the cotton will be largely
clear profit. Another point that Is
most encouraging when survey Of
the future is taken: North Carolins
and, indeed, the whole south, is awak
ening to the importance Of getting big
ger returns per acre planted. We ar,
going in for intensive farming and arr
succeeding. A generation ago yielt
Of four bales on a single acre woulC
have been regarded as mythical, bu
that has been done in several In
stances of late in the Carolinas."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26

Timothy sells for a higher price in
the market than other hay, and Is re-
garded as being particularly adapted
to horses. 1t is deficient in protein,
and for that reason should be fed with
a grain ration of a heterogeneous ma
ture. For horses no better basis for
a ration can be found than timothy
hay and oats. 1t is less valuable for
cattle and sheep. Clover hay is next
to timothy in common use, and the
two are more often found mixed than
either is found alone. The nitrogen.
GUS nature of the clover aids In supply.
plying the deficiency Of protein in the
timothy. Clover is more valuable
thar timothy for cattle and sheep, but
is not considered so satisfactory for
horses.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26
Strawberry Mulch.

Some strawberry growers, with an
eye to economy and convenience, have
at various times made the experiment.
Of growing strawberry mulch right
where 1t is wanted-in the patch With
this end in view, they have sown
oats along and between the berry
rows, In late September. hoping to get
a moderate growth before winter.
This growth is sometimes secured all
right: and the theory is, that the oats
will be killed by winters cold and
will mat down over and around the
strawberries, as mulch. But-and
II is a big "but"-such growth is so.
cured at the expense Of strawberry
growth, and we cannot indOrse the
practice. Better grow mulch In q
separate place, and then cut. haul and
spread it on the berry patch when
needed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26

A short speech is a good one; so -
a letter.
It's a good plan to hope for the
best, but it's better plan to hustle
for 1t.
The truth in nutshell is all right
In theory, but 1t would take a squirrel
to find 1t.
A cream separator pays for Itself
from increased profits. How many
other machines do this?
The merchants all buy where they
can do the best. Do you believe they
should deny that privilege to you!
Live at home on what you raise
yourself and at the end Of the year
you will find that you have saved
enough to go see the people back
home"
Only once have monthly cotton en-
ports from the United States exceed,
ed $50, 100000, and that was last
month with an aggregate Of $685.
$50. The total for the year will prob
ably go beyond s5OO,OOO.OOO. II moi
king, cotton is still a prominent sprie
Of royalty.
It is all right for the city man 10
say the farmer is wasting time Sitting
round on boxes whiting and talking
politics. The chances are that the
man who makes the remark Is d.
priving his family Of about two dol
lars a day that they need and which
he should earn by being out In the
field picking cotton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26
FARMER SHOULD JOIN UNION
There Is More Education in It Than
Anything Else Under the Sun,
Says Arkansas Man.

am a Farmers Union man, and
why all farmers don't join is a mys-
tary to me. When we started this
great organization there were lots of
6rmers said: 81 am in sympathy with
you all and will join it as soon as see
Il Is doing good" Now, brother farm
era, you are bound to go back on your
word or help fight this battle, writes
r. Hardin of Holland, Ark, in Co.
Operator. We have made thousands,
yes, millions of dollars to the south,
out can multiply this fact if all will
Aelp fight for our rights. That Is all
that we want. Have we got that? |
cay no. Why have we not got It? The
bankers caused a panic in "a hours.
Why was that so quickly done? Just
Vimply because they were organized as
close as they were. Now, let US sup
pose we would organize as close as they
we're, We would burst every panic in a
week OF less. Come now farmers all
who are looking on and doing nothing
% help us in this struggle. Ask your
self, is it right for us to get all this
benefit and not do hands turn? |
think sure you will say no, no." am
ashamed | have been benefited so much
as have and fought against our in
Serests. ! want 10 tell you you can't
say you have never been benefited, and
It Is a cowardly shame for the farmers
70 let every other class do more than
We do. When we first have the weapon
In our hands and throw it down, we
will sup sorrow, just as sure as we
Don't stick. We will regret the day we
called to do it. Farmers ask yourselves
u the world is organized? You are
bound to say yes. Then ask yourselves
who is it against the farmers? OF
course then is it reasonable that we
can win the victory with a popgun
when cannon is in front of us?
think not hear farmers say: Il can
raise cotton at ten cents" Poor fellow,
he needs a double dose of education in
the Farmers union Farmers is it righl
Tor you to keep up four drones that
don't work lick? You are doing this
as sure as you live. Now let US sup
pose awhile. Say farmer had a phone
In his house and wagon manufac-
turer 400 miles away had the other
end of the phone line, can't you talk
through to him? Yes, of course. Well,
Is there good sense in paying four 9th
er men double our profit to set be.
tween us and this wagon factory and
tell us what We can get wagon for
or anything else? say no, no. But W.
have done this so long some think we
would not understand what the factory
man would say. know, farmer, Il
you did understand what us union men
are doing and what we can do, you
would join US if We had two bull dogs
tied at the door, so come right along
farmers, and join your organization
It will do you good and your children
There is more education in 1t thar
anything under the sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26
scaId the Drinking Vessels

Scald out the drinking vessels oft.
en- to prevent the spread Of disease,
Provide hens with a dust bath, and
keep plenty Of water, grit, shells, cEar
coal and green feeds near them at AZ
times. Corn as an exclusive diet q
not good for laying hens. but 1t Il
good to mix with other feeds, and
should be given daily, preferably al
night.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26
Feed for Horses.

Many farmers feed too much hay.
What a horse will eat in an hour is
a great plenty, also enough bran and
middlings or ground oats to keep them
In good condition. Use a little salt
once or twice a week, or better, Il
you can get it, keep a good-sized lump
Of rock salt in the manger all the time.
Occasionally a hot mash with a little
oil meal added is a good thing. Heavy
or excessive feeding is not necessary
II the horse Is In fair condition.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26

Is enough. ana Ieeo ~ 70 IL times
daily for the first two or three days
After that feed six or seven times q
day till the pigs are two weeks old
always a very small amount at each
feed. Feed fresh milk direct from the
COW or with perfectly sweet milk that
has been warmed to nearly blood
heat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26
Raising Pigs by Hand

If you want the little pigs you are
raising by hand to live, distinctly re-
member one thing and that is, feed
only a very small quantity of milk at
first and feed often. A teaspoonful to
a feed for each pig for the first day
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26
Tobacco Pool.

It is estimated that the Burley to
bacco Of Kentucky, southern Indiana
and southern Ohio has all been pooled
md the farmers will receive prices for
~ this value.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26
Nitrogen Fertilizers from the Air

Several Representatives from Euro
pean concerns interested IN the man.
'ufacture Of heterogeneous fertilizer
from the air are in this country look.
ing for options on good water power
for hydro-electric development in con.
'nscuon with the fertilizlng Industry.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-08-26
A Good Dairy Heifer.

When you see a calf that is every
thing that could be asked for in tie
way Of gentleness, there is every pros
pect that she win make q good dairy
COW. A wild calf can hardly ever b
made At for the dairy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17

the big Bemidg" bunch. And
when his team got started this way
he couldn't come.
Verify, there are some ways of
Providence that surpassetb all under
standing, thinketh our friend George.
But we will send him copy Of the
Pioneer containing an account Of
the games-which will help some.
Joint Installation, Rebekahs and Odd
~, = Fellows.
Wednesday evening, there will be
joint installation of the newly
elected officers of the Star of the
West Rebekah Lodge. No. 1873, and
Bemidji Lodge, No. 119, 10: O. F.,
and it is the intention of the men,
bers of both lodges to make the
occasion one of the most enjoyable
in the history of local secret orders.
The members of the Rebekah
lodge will serve supper, and there
will be a social session, after the
installation services.
All Rebekahs and Odd Fellows,
whether members of the local lodges
or not, are urged to attend this joint
installation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17

Wade of Fairmont, first vice presi-
dent; Andrew Davis of Elk River,
second vice president; w. L.
Brooks of Bemidji, third lvice
president, and Frank J. Meyst Of
Minneapolis, treasurer"
Thomas R. Browne of Crookston
was named as the Ninth district
member of the executive commit
tee, which had been held for
year by C.. J. Pryor, ex-secretary
of the Bemidji Comm 7rcial Club.
w. J. Brown of Warren, Thomas
J.. Johnstone of Crookston, w. L.
Brooks of Bemidji, o. H. Neill of
St. Cloud. and L. H. Bierce of
Winona were appointed by President
Neill committee to urge the state
investment board to comply with
the recommendations to buy local
bonds.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17

The team is under the direct
management of E. P. Neill, who is
also coach. Mr.. Neill understands
all the fine points of basketball.
Four years ago, he was coach and
organizer of the famous Red Men
team of Red Wing. He took that
team on a tour of the western states,
defeating every team they met. He
acts as travelling refree, and is
advertising manager of the Billings
Gazette.
Joe Markham, the old Bemidji
boy, is captain and forward of the
Billings Booster Basketball Bunch,
and the other members of the squad
are Willard Salisbury, John Todd,
Carl Wickstrom, Charles Dudley and
Ben Donette. The players are all
amateurs, most of them being high
school students.
Big Bemidg" will put in the
strongest team it is possible to
obtain against the noted Montana
bunch. With Nord, formerly of Co.
1, Superior, McElmeel, Brown and
Gill. there are four PLAYERS who are
very fast. Heffron has been bothered
with bad ankle, but is insisting on
playing in the game..ss-as.s..sss.s-s-~esass%ssss
1t is possible that the team may
play someone else in his place.
However, he hopes to have the ankle
in shape, in which case, Big
Bemidg" will line up very strong,
and will undoubtedly give the visitors
a hard struggle"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1910-01-17
SECOND ENTERTAINMENT
FOR Benefit F|REMEN
Will Be Given at City Opera House
Wednesday Evening, January
19.-Good Company.

- The second number in the series
of entertainments which are being
given under the auspices of the
Bemldji fire department to help swell
the tournament fund will be given
at the City Hall Wednesday evening
of this week by the Eileen Mcguire
company, under the management of
John Hutchinson.
This company is composed of
three entertainers, and is spoken of
very highly.
The leader of the company is
Miss Eileen Mcguire, the great con-
tralto soloist of the City Temple
London, England, who has won
international fame as soloist, and
she is assisted by Miss Lucy Web
ling, entertainer, and Walter Nc
Raye, hrmorist. ....
Of Miss Mcguire. the Edinburg
Scotsman says:
The young singers clear bird-like
notes won approbation-at at once. Her,
superb contralto voice thrilled the
audience and her style was revela-
ton. The range and quality of her
voice are quite out of the ordinary,
whilst she shows evidence of the
best training and natural voice pro-
duction.''
The Lundon Daily Telegraph
says of Miss Lucy Webbing:
She has the quaintest knack of
telling stories in a way calculated to
make the most serious laugh. :"
The Vancouver World says of
Mr.. McRaye: H.. =.
Mr.. McRaye's rendering of
Little Bateese' was one of the
daintiest and most humanizing bits
of stagework we have seen for many
a day."
The proceeds of these entertain.
ments will be given to the fund for
holding the fremen's tournament
in Bemidji next June, a very worthy
object, and they should be literally
patronized. The firemen have more
season as we'll as single tickets which
they desire to sell, and the public
should respond literally.