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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
SETTING TREES IN THE FALL
Vast Amount Of Work In Spring
Makes 1t Advisable for Grower to
Set Out in Autumn.

Prof. H. E. Van Deman, ex-pomolo-
gist of the United States department
OF agriculture, is of the opinion that
when at all possible the fall setting of
fruit trees is preferable to spring set
ting. He says: "The experience of re-
cent years has caused me to change
my opinion to some extent on this
question. When see the vast amount
OF work for the fruit grower crowded
into our late springs, have come to
the conclusion that it Is advisable for
him to do all that work that is prac-
ticable in the autumn. In visiting
fruit growers | find that many others
are coming to the same conclusion.
Trees, plants and vines properly
planted in autumn survive our winters
and are in better condition to make an
early start in spring than those plant
ed in the spring, after waiting for the
ground to become in suitable condition
for working, then preparing 1t and
planting. The fall-planted trees will
be In much better condition to with
stand the almost certain droughts OF
summer than the spring planted. A
light mulch of well-rotted manure
spread over the roots will help in re
sisting the effects of excessive cold
and do good to the plants.
Last fall received from the nur-
series 400 trees, for which l prepared
the soil carefully. plowed deep, thor
'oughly pulverized the soil, making
holes full size to admit the roots, cut
ting back all bruised or broken por-
tons, but not cutting back the tops
until the following spring. The soil
was packed firmly and raised in
slight mound about the tree, then
slight mulch added for protection,
after which the fall rains moistened,
and frosts further puiverized the soil.
Although some of these trees freeze
back during winter, only lost four,
and they have made fine growth
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. In
short time I had gained my average
weight and am now strong and well."
Mrs. SALL1E STEVENS, r. F. d., No.
B, Box 81, Waurika, Okla.
Another Grateful Woman.
Huntington, Mass.-"I was in ner
yous, run down condition and for three
years could find no help.
:" owe my present good health to
Lydia p. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound and Blood Purifier which / be-
lieve saved my life.
my doctor knows what helped me-
and does not say one word against it. .
Mrs MARI JEANETTE BATES, Box
lS4, Huntington, Mass.
Because your case is difficult one.
doctors having done you no good, do
not continue to suffer without giving
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound a trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
flammation, liberation, displacements,
fbroid tumors, Irregularities, periodic
palms, backache, that bearing down
feeling and nervous prostration,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
IOWA-BRED
WHEATS AT FAIR
Agricultural Experiment Station Will
Make Unique Display

Twelve of the best strains of pure
bred wheat developed on the farms of
the Iowa agricultural experiment sta
ton Will be exhibited at the Iowa
State college building at the state fair
this year. They will be shown in
every stage from the unthreshed grain
to bread, ready for spreading with but
ter and jam. There will be fine
sheaves of the wheat in the straw;
there will be the threshed grain; there
will be the finished -four and Its by
products. and there will be the bread.
The process of baking will be carried
on by young women from the home
economics department of the college,
in electric baking ovens. The college
is proud OF these twelve strains OF
pure bred wheat. They have been
thoroughly tested out for five years,
and are we'll established. They include
both spring and winter varieties and
have proved themselves good produc-
~ers and we'll adapted to Iowa soil con-
ditions.
There will also be an extensive
showing OF college strains OF timothy.
They are the result of years of expert
mentation and thousands of paintings
This years field plots at the college
contain 275 strains seeded for row
tests. The state fair exhibit will show
the difference of these strains with
their variation as to their stooling
power. their LEAKAGE, their length OF
head. and SO on.
Particularly interesting will be the
alfalfa exhibit, which will show con-
clusively that this crop can be grown
successfully on almost any Iowa soil
that Is properly prepared for it. The
feature of the display will be an al
falfa map, showing the alfalfa grown
In different sections of the state.
There will be complete information on
alfalfa, from seeding to harvesting,
with figures on the yields.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
No Need To Stop Work

When your doctor orders you to stop
work it staggers you. II can u you say
You know You ale weak, run down and
failing in health day by day but you
must work as long as you can stand.
w hat you need is Electric Bltters TO give
tone. strength and vigor to your system,
to prevent breakdown and build GU up.
Don't be weak, sickly or ailing when
Electric Bitters will benefit you from
she first dose. Thousands bless them for
their glorious health and strength. Try
them. Every bottle is guaranteed to sat
isfy. Only SOC at Winfrey & Chantry's.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
Remedy for Gapes.

Gapes in chickens are due to a
threadlike throat worm. If you move
the coops to fresh ground and stand
them on board platform raised an
inch or two from the ground the
chicks will not contract the disease.
The cape worms come from earth
worms, which the chicks should not
be allowed to eat. Change the coops
every two weeks during the summer,
and sprinkle slaked lime on the
ground where they were. Every year
spade UP or pillow up the chicken yard.
For the ailing chick nothing is better
than a Topped horsehair twisted in the
throat of the chick carefully, thus
bringing away the worms
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
CORN SLOWER
FOR FEEDING
Ton for Ton it Is About as
Good as Timothy

Farmers who find themselves short
of hay will do well to remember that
corn slower, the crop left standing
after the ears have been husked.
has good feeding values. Ton for ton,
1t contains nearly the nourishment
for cattle and horses that timothy
hay does. Experiments covering a
period of four years have shown that
moderately thin yearling steers lost
only 33 pounds each when wintered
on whole corn slower alone, indicat-
ing that 1t will nearly furnish main
tenance ration.
But corn slower must be cut
promptly after the ears have been
picked. Experiments at the Iowa ag-
ricultural station at Ames show that
there is considerable loss in feeding
value If the stalks are allowed to
stand in the field after ripening This
loss on the Iowa station farm amount
ed to more than one-half in two
months time. Investigations show that
Al per cent. Of the food value in
slower lies in the leaves and stalk
below the ear, and these leaves are
dried out, blown away by the wind
or beaten into the ground by rains II
the stalks are left standing too long.
Farmers who need to make up for
a shortage Of hay should cut corn
as soon as the ears are well dented,
and later husk it from the shocks,
or else cut the stalks for slower i'm
mediately after husking. AS soon as
the stalks are fairly we'll cured and
free from outside moisture, they
should be placed under cover or
stacked and not left in the field to
lose feeding value BY such treat
ment the feed value of slower Is in.
creased one-third over what it would
be If left standing in the field. 1t is
not necessary to shred corn slower,
except to make 1t more convenient to
handle. Unshredded slower has prac-
tically the same value in nutriment
as shredded.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
Grain for Colts

Don't forget that your draft colts
need some grain this summer. You
may let them eat with the mares. but
1t is better to provide place where
they may eat undisturbed and get the
amount they ought to have. There is
nothing better than oats for young
colts, but 1T is a good idea. also. to
give little corn. Keep them grow
ing as fast as possible. That is the
way to make big horses out of them.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
First Church In America.

The first Christian church ever
erected in the new world was built
on the north coast of Santo Domingo
by Christopher Columbus. When he
returned from Spain on his second
voyage In 1893. finding the fort he
had erected at Navidad destroyed and
the garrison massacred. he retraced
his steps to small but sheltered har-
Dor near Monte Christi where he dis
embarked his weary men and NUM-
tons and provisions and built town
which he called Isabella. One of its
buildings was church. King Fer
dinand sent bell which hung in the
steeple of the church. which was dedi-
Gated to ST. Michael.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Statistics show Iowa to have about
100000 head of sheep on its farms.
This is very small number when
compared with statistics of many
other states with conditions similar to
those Of Iowa.
Profit from an investment or in 9TH
er words, dollars and cents. appeal to
the farmer. The principal advantages
of sheep are. first, they produce two
marketable products, namely wool and
mutton; when one Is low in price 1t Is
very likely that the other is high or
both may be high second, they are
the farm scavengers, consuming prac-
tically all Of the weeds that grow;
third, they are very easily cared for
II one has an understanding of them;
Fourth, the initial investment need
not be great; fifth, they are cheaply
maintained; sixth, they require mex
pensive buildings for their mainte-
nance; seventh, they restore fertility
to the soil.
Starting tho Flock.
At this time of year some may have
determined to start flock. OF those
who are making this start some may
have had experience with sheep; some
may not have had. For those who have
not 1t might be well to profit by the
experience Of others and go slow at
first. The flock increases very rapid
ly and experience in management in
creases about as fast as the flock.
Pure ereds.
If going into the pure bred sheep
business it is well to look up reputable
breeders and investigate their focks.
Buy sheep in breeding condition at the
age of usefulness, preferably from
yearlings to three-year-olds, and of the
approved type which that breed calls
for. Be careful to select sheep that
appear to be healthy with pure fleeces
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
Prayer on a Grain of Wheat.


Prayers have been written and en-.
grayed on many very small objects,
but only one person has been patient
and painstaking enough to inscribe a
complete prayer on grain of wheat.
One day Sir Moses Montefiore re-
ceived a small tin box in the mail On
the cover of the box was written: "A
prayer for Sir Moses NlonteAore, by
Bauch Mordecai, son of Zezi Hirsch
Scheinemann, of Jerusalem" The
box contained single grain OF wheat,
on which were inscribed in characters
so small that they could only be read
with the aid of powerful microscope,
the 1856 Hebrew letters of the prayer,
and the date of the year (Hebrew
reckoning), 5645. Sir Moses kept the
prayer In his private desk until he
died, and 1t is now preserved with re-
ligious care by one of his friends.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

and well wooded 1t is well to pay at
tention to the wool, because more and
more Importance is laid on the fleece.
The ram will stamp his character on
the lambs. hence great deal of at
tention should be paid to the selection
of head of the flock.
Grade Flock.
In buying grade ewes one is enabled
to secure flock at very low cost In
order to have the best results from the
standpoint Of uniformity, conformation
and quality Of lambs, pure bred ram
should head the flock, preferably q
ram of the breed which predominates
in the ewes. 1t Is not necessary to
buy show rams at show prices, but
one should not let few dollars
stand between him and the purchase
OF a ram low to the ground. well de-
veloped In natural flesh, well wooded
and masculine in appearance.
Western Ewes.
A great many who raise market
lambs like to buy good grade ewes
from the west carrying a predomi-
nance of Rambouillet blood. Such
ewes can be bought very reasonably.
They make good mothers, are usually
healthy. shear good feeces and when
mated with pure bred ram OF good
type of some of our best breeds,
produce lambs that make rapid gains
and excellent market lambs.
Early Lambs.
The average farm flock would yield
more profit from the sale Of lambs II
they We're dropped little earlier and
forced along for an earlier market
The earliest lambs always bring an
extra high price because of the fact
that but few appear on the market
early. Good grade ewes will produce
lambs of the type desired in the early
lamb when bred to the right type of
ram.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
Forced To Leave Home.

Every year large number of poor
sufferers whose lungs are sore and rack
ed with coughs, are urged to go to anoth-
err climate. But this is costly and not al
ways sure. There's better way. Let DIR.
Kine's New Discovery cure you at home.
"It cured me of lung trouble" wsites w
r. Nelson of Calamine' Ark, when all
else failed and gained AZ pounds in
weight. It's surely the king of all cough
and lung cures +" Thousands owe their
lives and hea tn to it. It's positively
guaranteed for coughs, colds, lagrippe,
asthma, cronp-all throat and lung trou-
BILE. SOC and $l.00. Trial bottle free at
Winfrey & Chantry's.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
eooseberry Miidew.

Tests made in Germany TO control
the American gooseberry mildew with
so per cent. lime-sulphur mixtures, S
per cent. solutions of cucasa and 10
per cent. solutions of carholineum.
showed that one treatment with any
of these sprays proved unsatisfactory
in controlling the mi:dew 1t is re.
ported that the most satisfactory
method SO far known of combating
the disease is a careful cutting back
during the winter months of all plants
infected with the mildew.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21


The Iowa experiment station demon
strated the feeding value of rape long
ago and proved it to be one of the
cheapest fattening foods for hogs and
sheep that can be grown on the farm.
Rape Is naturally rugged and requires
little pampering. 1t may be sown any
time after the ground becomes warm
In the spring. or as late as August 1.
Excellent results have been secured
by sowing rape on fall wheat stubble
If the ground is fairly moist when
sown In late July. rape should be
ready for pasturing early In Septem-
Der. Live stock must be limited in
feeding on rape when first turned out,
because 1t is very succulent and may
cause bloating.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
Best PAYING Cows.

Cows that are brew to freshen In
October or November can be turned
dry during the hottest part of the
summer and thus save their owners
the work of caring for them during
the worst of fly time. Another ad-
vantage lies In the fact that they
will yield the heaviest production
when prices are best and still another
is that their calves will be ready to
so upon spring grass.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
Ancient Coffee Found Good


While tearing down the century.
and-a-half-old Fisher mansion which
had gone to ruin through neglect. in
Jamaica Plain. Boston, the workmen
the other day came across a $50.
pound canister of coffee stored away
In blind attic. which they discoy-
cred on removing the roof. The work
men distributed the coffee among the
neighboring residents, who declared
that a small spoonful Of the coffee
was sufficient for family of ten The
I, mayor the residents declared was de-
llcious. In an alright canister, the
coffee had increased in strength and
hayor 1t has been stored away for
probably over 1875 years, the early
dwellers in the Fisher house probably
laying in a supply at the time of the
tea tax, which helped to bring on
the revolution.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
RAPE FOR FRESH PAsTuRAeE
One Of Cheapest Fattenlns Foods for
Hogs and Sheep Grown on
the Farm.

The value of rape for fresh pastur-
age for hogs, sheep and cattle should
impress itself rather deeply on Iowa
farmers who will have to contend with
this years dry weather conditions in
feeding. Where rape WAS sown with
the last cultivation of corn, even, 1t
has generally made good growth and
will furnish excellent pasturage when
the corn Is picked, or balance the ra-
ton In lots that are "hogged down"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
Digestion And Assimilation

1t is not the quantity of food taken
but the amount digested and assimila-
ted that gives strength and vitality to
the system Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets invigorate the stomach
and liver and enable them to perform
their functions naturally. For sale by
Winfrey & Chautry.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
sPoIey's kidcey Remedy Liquid

~ is great medicine of proven value for
both acute and chronic kidney and b ad
der ailments 1t is especially recommend
ed to elderly people for it's wonderful
tonic and reconstructive qualities and
the permanent reliefand comfort it gives
them. For sale by all druggists.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
For Rent

The West Extra Store and dwell
ling in back part of building, two
stories and large rooms. Good bus
mess location tor proper person.
All who have done business in this
building have made money, who
had email Capital to start with.
Call on Theo Patty or s. Weinstock,
Granger, Iowa. If
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
Common Colds Must Be Taken
Seriously.

For unless cured they sap the vitality
and lower the vital resistance to more
serious infection. Protect your children
and yourself by the prompt use of Fol-
ey's Honey and Tar Compound and note
it's quick and decisive results, For
coughs, colds, Group, whooping cough,
bronchitis and affections of the throat,
chest and lungs it is an ever-ready and
valuable remedy. For sale by all drug
uisfS
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
For Rent

Good farm, 800 acres. Good build
ings. Six miles from Greenfield, 9
miles south of Casey, Iowa.
Peter Thuesen,
kimballtop, la,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
AFTER
I YEARS
SUFFERING
| Was Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
Waurika, Okla.-sI had female trou-
bleS for seven years, was all run down.

a nd so nervous +
could n OF do any
thing. The doctors
treated me for diff
Gerent things blu t
did me no good. I
got so bad that I
could not sleep day
or night. While in
this condition I read
of Lydia E. Pink
hams V e ge table
9 o mpoun d, and
began it's uSa and
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
Steady Even lAI - 1IAn nlPV siaoo
vv III III IA
NMhI ..ss - Size andFMsb
Women Vote In eaIize.

Women Vote In BaIize.
Women will vote in Balize, the capi.
tai Of British Honduras. the city coun-
Gil having granted them that right.
Scores Of women have applied for reg
istration papers since the council de-
cided that women owning property or
being householders should have the
right to vote for members of that
body.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

II have world of confidence in
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for have
used it with perfect success" writes
Mrs. NJ. l. Bastord, Poolesville, Md.
For sale by Winfrey & Chantry.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

We still have lot of Ladies' and
Oxfords at a discount.
If r. D. Cotton.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-01-19
Solves a Deep Mystery.

81 want to thank you to the bot
tom of my heart" wrote c. 3. Ra-
der of Lewisburg w, Va, "for the
wonderful benefit | got from Elec.
trio Bittcrs, in curing me of both
a severe case of stomach trouble and
Of rheumatism, from which | had
been an almost helpless sufferer for
ten years. 1t suited my case as
though made just for me-" For
derpessia, Indigestion, jaundice and
TO rid the system OF kidney poisons
that cause rheumatism, Electric
Bitters has no equal. Try them
Every bottle is guaranteed to salts.
fly. soc at all druggist.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-01-19
The country's Farm Products for 1910,

Thereport oI Secretary Of Aeri-
culture Wilson just made to the
President and submitted to Con.
gless is calculated to open the
eyes OF city bted people who have
never grazing, a field oiw heat
or q potato patch.
The value of one ecrop ofcorn, is
fifteen hundred million of dollars
this year. Secretary Wilson in
his report writes:
Gone billion five hundred mill
ion dollars, q sum sufficient to
cancel the intprest-bearing debt
OF the United States, buy all Of
the gold and silver mined in all
OF the countries OF the earth in
1910, and still leave to the farm
ers a little pocket money.
"Tbe corn crop lis a nationalas-
set in more than one sense. 1t
is not merely wealth in exlsteuce
for the time beng hut it is an as
set OF perpetual recurrence. Year
after year, throughout the ages,
n stup"ndous amount of corn
with incredible value, can be pro-
duced.
"The cotton crop; including
seed, is worth this year only
three -ffths OF the value of the
corn crop; the wheat crop only
two-fi,hs the hay crop less than
one-half. All Of the cereals, ex
cept corn, are together worth
only threee- -fOnrths as much. The
great allied iron and steel indus
tries had in the latest census
year for which results have been
ishpd, 1904, IA production
worth only 60 per cent, of the
value OF this years corn crop"
Nothing short of omnisciencs
can grasp the value OF the farm
products Of this year. At no
time in the worlds history has a
country products within one year
with a value reaching $685.
600 coo, which is the value OF the
agricultural products of this
country Tor 1910 This amount
is larger than that of 1910 by
$305, 600 coo, an amount Of III.
crease over the proceeding year
which is sin Ill lor the more Recent
years"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-01-19
DO ASDSAY.
Two brothers ouce lived down

Two brothers ouce lived down
this way,
And one was Do and one was
Say,
Ifstrpets were dirty, taxes high,
Or schools too crowded, Say
would cry:
Word, what a town!" but broth,
er Do
Would setto work to make things
new.
And while Do worked, Say still
would cry,
"He does it wrong! | know that |
Could do it righJ." So all t h e
day
Was heard the click Of Brother
Say.
But this one fact from none was
hid:
Say always talked. Do a lw Us
did.-trederic Almy.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1911-01-19

The eovPrimpn printing Office
is nov tnrnlng out postal cards
at the rate Of about thr million
a day whi'h just ab0nt supplies
the demand 4 l'litionni presses
nill soon he pnt in 50 as to in
crease tie output to four mill
IONS a day, as it is evident that
numle" will soon hp required. 1t
seems har'i'v y posi- lle lha ,000,-
900 postal ,aris could lie Us, 81
in Il day, but this is great roup.
try and tn. ear is n popular in
stitution. Michigan Tra1fsmail