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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-07-06

Minot had its first sane 4tth Of July celebration.
There was a noticeable absence Of senseless noise
and everyone had just good time and better
There were fewer accidents, and fewer headaches
We note that all the United States there was
tendency to celebrate Independence Day in a sane
manner and there were hundreds OF victims less
this year than in former years. This is step for
ward in the progress OF civilization.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-07-06

E. s. waterman of Des Laos has accumulated
$50 0Go worth of this worlds goods during the past
eleven years, according to The Observer. He had
seventeen cents left after he had filed home
stead and bought his farm machinery from Martin
Jacobson OF Minot time, paying cash for the
cevices He is still young man. and is able to
spend the winters in California He would have
Missouri And there are many Others There are
just as good chances to make money in North
Dakota today there years ago. 1t just
requires little more capital
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-07-06

Last year the farmers learned quite a severe
lesson, but 1t seems that they did not learn It ali
'hen This year many still having the lesson
taught them, expensive as It is Too many farm
ers try to farm too much land It is quite temp
taton for man to put in all the crop that he can
especially when he feels the need OF money so badly
out the day OF slip shod farming is at an end In
North Dakota for those who desire to succeed Some
farmers declare that they able to crop $50 acres
O land with one set OF machinery, but nine times
out OF ten they do not do their work we'll enough.
This year the weeds seem to have gotten the best
f many farmer This is not saying that the
farmer who has weedy wheat is necessarily poor
one, but practically every poor farmer has weedy
Grain. The farmers who try to keep their fields free
from weeds beginning to complain They have
just awakened to the realization OF what immense
damage weeds can do to their grain. Our farmers
must get rid OF these weeds in systematic manner.
II cannot be done in year Corn and potatoes
Will help Summer following will help. Seeing that
some shlftless farmer not allow great patches
CT weeds to go seed will help. Many farmers are
building fences to keep out the weeds which inyar-
iably blow over the prairies every fall and spring
The weeds must go If she North Dakota farmer
would succeed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-07-06
THE CROPS AS THEY AEE.

Probably the crops ABOUT the state attracting
attention just now than they ever did before,
because so much depends upon their outcome. The
Independent has taken constdera lie pains 10 earn
the true conditions II the crops in this vicinity,
both by per-onal observation and by talking with
many of our farmer friends. Tie month Of July
will tell the tale to great extent Just now, there
is no to believe that we will not get rom d
half to a two-thirds crop on the average. Many
farmers have Prospects &c full crop or nearly SO,
while others will not do so WELL even under the
most favorable conditions from now on in other
words, the crops through the northwestern part of
the state are spotted North of Mnot the fields
appear in excellent shape. Much OF the wheat
stands two feet more high and Is heading. Be
tween Surrey and .Minot and Sawyer and Mlnot
the outlook is favorable In the vicinity of Velva
it is good. In the Benedict and Russo
country the reports are not very favorable. Some
farmers soath Of Ninot are complaining. They
say that the hot weather of two weeks ago which
lasted day or two did not do; the grain any good
The conditions changed, however, for the better,
good rains fell and the aspects have frightened up
considerably The land which was plowed last
fall and sowed to wheat early in the spring. does not
appear nearly we'll as that plowed in the spring
and sown later. There are two reasons why this
is so. We all know that it does not do any good
to pillow land wken it is not in the right condition
to plow, and las. fall being dry, it mpos-
sfble to do the right kind of fall blowing. Then
the seed sown early in the spring did not germi-
nate evenly. That in the low wet places started to
come long before that on the high dry Spots
conseque emily many fields Of early grain appear spot
ted. Then again, fields appear to have been
cropped too long to wheat. Not enough attention
has been Maid to rotation Oats look fine Some
farmers they have prospects of getting 60 bush
els to the There never was better pros
pect for fax There many fields OF the finest
looking flax we ever saw, and the acreage is large
too. Potatoes and all garden truck look we'll Corn
is doing nicely, and it should be remembered that
many times as much was planted this wear
IS in previous yearA We remember four or five
as in previous wears. We remember four or five
years ago. the season was very similar to this
one. EARLY in July many fields did not look as
though they would ever be cut which finally Weld
ed eight or len bushels If wheat to the acre Ger
tain farmers may have reason to complain this
year, but we confident that the acreage IL m
ing to be fairly good -a..
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-07-06

Never before We confronted with the needs
of city park as last Tuesday when Mnot visit
ed by ten thousand people. We did not hear a CON-
plant from the tired men, women and children,
nevertheless, how nice 1t would have been had we
park where families might eat their picnic dinners
ard the visitors rest and enjoy themselves. We no
ticed one and his little family eating their pic
mic dinner along the sidewalk just north OF the Me-
thodist church He - we'll hundreds of others
would have been only too glad to have spent an
hour or in some park We will never be able to
secure a park site cheaper than right now
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-07-06

The happiest man in the world 10 the common
everyday chap who makes his own living, pays his
own board and has the respect OF his neghbors,
says an unknown writer. He saves little money
he goes along, but doesn't try to get corner on
the local output, and he is not slave to ambition
nor society. He never expects to wear out the
seat OF his pants in the senate and when ne slides
into his pants in the morning he never wastes any
time trying to pick out the right tint of socks,
suspenders and necessities that will blend with the
general effect.
He 'biled" shirt when he feels like 1t,
and when his pet begins to jump he whips out
his jack knife and cuts four-inch cash in his
boot and nothing is said about it in the papers He
never has to sit up nights to poultice his con-
science. He believes in the doctrine of live and let
live. When he encounters one Of the needy he
doesn't stutter with his pocketbook This plain
plug OF man is happy, and doesn't spend the best
part Of his life yearnng for something about four
sizes too big for him.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
ON THE FARM.
TO GET BIG HOGS

A young farmer just entering the
breeding business asks this ques-
tion: How do they breed big
hogs?" says the Swineherd. The
answer follows:
The general rule, "like produces
like" is one of the laws that must
be observed in beeding. There
fore, in the first place, they have
selected the largest size that they
co';ld get and mated them to the
biggest, smoothest animal they
could get, so as to carry with the
size, quality. This plan of mating
requires much study and close OBJ
servation. 1t means the most sue
cessful are those who have given
considerable time and use all their
experience in continually improv-
ing their size, combined with quail
ty.
Then there is another rule that
must be observed to insure success
that is, thefeeding question. You
cannot produce size if you do not
feed them, and they must be fed
by one who is proficient feeder,
who understands his business, who
has made it study and proved a
success. There are some who take
to this naturally and so much easier
than others. Farming and stock
raising are now governed greatly by
intelligence, knowledge and efficien-
Icy.
BY system of poor feeding. or,
in other words, by half feeding you
can reduce the size just the same
as you can increase it, only quicker.
Of course when you have bred size
into the blood and bone by contin-
uous crossing and established it, it
will stand impoverishment from in
different feeding that much longer,
but it is sure to come.
Therefore, in breeding them big
they practiced selecting the best,
largest size that they could get, and
made Il speciality of those with best
qualify combined and then added
irst-class feeding to complete it.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
MANURE FOR HOTBEDS

Horse manure more or less mixed
with straw is best for hotbeds. 1t
should be collected under shelter
and left to heat for a week before
using, turning it often. A pit from
one to three feet deep, with good
drainage, is needed. Pile the ma
nure in the pit, cover with several
inches of soil and board up around
it with inch boards, making the
back s or 10 inches higher than the
front. The top should be roofe :
in with sash. A 3 by 6 foot size
is about right for convenience, and
the frame may be made of a size TO
require as many sashes as you
need. A space of several inches
should be left between the glass
and the dirt, although the dirt will
sink some as the manure fermants.
At night the glass should be cover
ed with straw or other material to
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
BEES HATE DARK COLORS

Says NJ. E. Pruitt, in Gleanings
in Bee Culture: "On one occasion
we had dealings with an enraged
colony, and | thought would just
pull a couple of black stockings
over my hands (not being able to
find my gloves at the momenN, so
that | could replace a couple of
frames and put on the coverso that
they could'n not so easily detect the
scent of stings already received.
Oh, how | wished | hadn't! They
just simply covered my hands; and
when | retired from the field the
color of my gloves was changed
from black to pepper-and-salt.
THE year before lastI was wear
ing a navy-hlue skirt, and the bees
seemed to delight in puncturing it..
| changed the navy-blue for a light
tan, and all was peace.
"We have Holstein COW, and
every time she passes by the yard,
and the bees are irritated, they in
variably make for the black spots
"When we are hitching up the
sorrel and the bay horse | notice
they begin operations on The black
name of the bay. When we have
the black horse and one of the 9TH
ers together, the black comes in for
the most points.
"Our white chickens are not mo-
Tested when scratching in the yard !;
but the Minorcas are allowed to
stay hardly long enough to locate a
hunting-ground.
when bees want to sting per-
son they generally make for the
shaded parts, such as about the
eyebrows, behind the ears and in
the nostrils; and, oh, what Il tender
spot that isl"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
HOW TO DOSE A cow.
Directions For Administering Medicine
to the Animal

Directions For Administering Medicine
to the Animal.
The bottle most commonly employed.
and the best glass bottle as regards
shape and strength. is Il quart cham
pagne, but q better appliance still Is
the tin drenchlng bottle sold by the
agricultural supply stores. 1t cannot
be broken and Is provided with an air
hole which secures steady and even
flow of medicine from the neck.
In administering the dose the CON-
mon practice Is to straighten and
slightly elevate the head by grasping
the nose with the foreinger and thumb
Of the left hand. but this Is calculated
to interfere with respiration and is un-
necessary except In the case Of very
rough animals, which are certainly
rendered more amenable to reason by
this grasping Of the muzzle.
A much better plan with the quiet
animal is for the person giving the
medicine to stand with his back
against the right shoulder Of the COW,
slightly fix the head to the right and,
passing the left arm over the face,
place the hand In the left side Of the
mouth with the fingers against the par
ate. and give the dose with the bottle
held in the right hand. introducing
only the nozzle and allowing the con-
tents to run out with a continuous
steady flow.
Where an assistant IS necessary to
the holding OF the animal he should
stand on the left side and grasp both
horns. or II the beast Is very unruly
take the right horn in the right hand
and grasp the nasal septum firmly
with the left. turning the head in the
direction Of the administrator on the
right side Of the animal and avoidinr
too much elevation.
With very rough or wild cattle m in
strument for grasping the nasal sep
tum. called 'bulldogs." is employe
but a couple Of determined men can
generally give the drink while this In
strument Is being fixed. Generally
what may be called the quiet method
Is the easiest and most expeditions,
and the expert manipulation rarely
needs any assistance in the dosing
American Cultivator.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
Prosperity note from the sedg--
wick (Kan.) Pantagraph: 1t takes
only four bushels Of alfalfa seed to
buy a new tire for the auto.
Dairy Doings.

Good pasture is the cheapest cow
feed, and green soi:ing crops are next.
Don't expect a dairy COW to give
satisfactory results on half rations.
The half fe ccw never pays.
With the dairy farmer it should not
be Il question Of building one silo, but
whether or not two should be built.
4 mixture Of salt. two parts, and
ashes. one part. should be put in the
sailing box tit least once each week.
The ashes should be rich in charcoal.
The COWS require great deal Of
charcoal and cannot do their best
without 1t.
Pruniscuous cross breeding never
leads to desirable results. 1t is only
by persistent clingiug to the charac-
teristics of any Of the dairy breeds
and by careful breeding to fix those
characteristics that the herd is mate
rally built UP.
Do not oppose the cows appetite.
She knows what it takes to make q
balanced ration better than any feed
ing standard. If she does not like
bran and corn give oats and corn. II
she is tired of fodder by all means try
a little clover hay.
The thermometer should be used
while churning and the temperature
kent down to fr&m So to 60 degrees.
If conditions ara favorable the butter
should hc granular and should require
not mere than from twenty to thirty
minutes for ci;gruilg.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
VALUE IN CORNCOBS

Farmers who throw away or sell
corncobs probably do not know
that they are more valuable as fer
tilizers than almost any other kind
of farm refuse, says Journal of Ag-
riculture. Corncob ashes contain
from Is to 20 per cent. of potash
and everybody knows that potash
is one of the best plant foods OBJ
tainable. Every 1000 pounds of
hardwood ashes will give about 60
pounds of potash, or 6 per cent. of
the whole, and when compared
with corncobs, the latter are much
more valuable in the shape of ash
es. Corncobs should be saved and
burned with wood in the kitch en-
stove and the ashes scattered over
the orchard and lawn.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10

TTrom left to right: A stub with giac:!il-.
tool in place when split read; 10 laser
scion. The same Sub wiki sc!ci,- y.
cleft. A side view of same after Benz
waXed.-From American Cultivator.l
ed by Fl. d. Hemenway Of Haaip.
shire county, Mass, for the state
board of agriculture:
With clean. sharp saw remove the
end of the branch to be grated 1t a
point where the stub will not be over
two inches in diameter. Much care
should be taken to prevent the bark
from splitting down on one side when
the branch is cut off.
Place the grating hook so that the
chisel part is over the center Of the
cut and drive it down with the ham,
mar, splitting the stub into two parts
through the center. Remove the tool
and drive the wedge part into the end
Of the split stub. so as to hold the
edges open. Select Il scion and make
a double wedge shaped cut on the low
er end Of 1t. Make it wedge shaped
lengthwise. so as to- fit into the cleft,
and wedge shaped horizontally. so
that the inside Of the scion inserted
In the cleft is almost cut away, while
the outside which comes in contact
with the cambium layer Of the stuJ
forms an arc Of the original circle Of
the twig.
l,a CTR 1C
inches in diameter place a scion on
each edge of the cleft. SO that the in
ner bark Of the scion and of the stock
will coincide. Remove the grating
hook. When the stub springs back it
will hold the scions firmly in place.
All exposed surfaces should be we'll
covered with grating wax to prevent
evaporation. Let the wax cover the
upturned bark below where the scion
is inserted, as well as the top of the
cut. When the stub is one inch or
less across but one scion should be in
serted. In the second season one Of
the branches should be removed II
both scions grow. If. both were al
lowed to grow a fork would be form
ed, which would weaken the tree. The
scions should be wrapped in moist
cloths to prevent them from drying
out. Cleft grating is successfully
done in the spring when the buds are
swelling. 1t is most successful on
bright, warm days. free from cold o.
drying winds.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10

flesh is good to eat at any age, is as
good as the sheep, their skin Is worth
from Is cents per pound to 50 per
pound, their horns are worth $500 per
ton, and If farmers will give the same
amount of care to goats as to other
domestic animals as an investment,
dollar for dollar, the goat is much
more preferable.
The farmer must not think that the
common goats are not Of value. for
they are. They are something like the
common COW. Goats run in value from
$40 to 500. and some Of my goats
would not sell even for 500.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
IN REAL MODERN LIFE

Danville, Va, March 3.--Found
after a search which has extended
over a period of more than thirteen
years, and right on the eve of re-
election, Chief of Police R. f. Nor
ris, an escaped convict, was arrest
ed here yesterday on Georgia
warrant charging him with murder.
As cold as fish, without quiv-
er, he threw aside the mask when
confronted with the requisition,
and quietly admitted that he is
Edgar STRIPPING, of Harris county,
Ga, the murderer of William Cor
nett, that he was given life term
in the penitentiary, and that he es-
capped jail through the aid of friends
and a jailer, who was bribed. Then
in that same cold manner he step
ped into his private office and dug
into his desk for official papers,
which he delivered to Mayor Wood
ing, his only request being that he
be permitted to 90 by his home to
say 'good-by" to his wife and his
ten children.
Hardly had Morris been put un-
der arrest before the news jumped
back and forth in Danyille that the
Chief of Police, elected to office by
the prohibition faction, was going
back to Georgia to answer for his
crime. Except for the sensational
twist of fate he would have been re-
elected tomorrow night for another
term.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
A MUD PICNIC.
written for the RECORDER J


In the summer of 1885, the writ
er was visiting at Waverly, Va, 2l
miles east of Petersburg. The rail-
road then known as the Atlantic
& Danville runs through the place.
1t had been newly built and the
track was VI bali4sted. The length
was orl, alb ut 50 miles, the equip
ment WIS rnen&er. and the freight
was chiefly IuntI.cr. Tie road ad-
vcr;ised IN excursion to the NOtto-
way river, Tie train for the pur-
pose consisted # t! rec fiat cars
with new pine boards laid across
to answer for seats. The one be X
car contained the ice cream appa-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
Our EARN Machinery Abroad.

Scarcity of labor in many countries
is forcing the farmers to adopt labor
saving machinery, according to the bu-
reau Of manufactures. A bulletin it
has issued shows that nearly 3O,GOO.-
GOO worth of agricultural machinery
was exported from this country III the
fiscal year recently ended. Russia anu
Argentina being the best markets.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
Public Sale of Personal Property

l will offer for sale at public auc,
ton on
MARCH Is, 1911
at my home near Meadow Dale,
Va, the following personal proper
ty:
Three good brood mares in foal,
| five years old bred to Blue Grass
Percheron horse, and other two,
seven and nine years old, are both
bred to Kentucky Saddle Horse,
and are safe to be driven by any
woman or child; l fine, three-year-
old Percheron horse, broke to work
any where and weighs 400 pounds;
3 three-year-old Percheron colts
all three have been worked; 2 fine,
three-year- old saddle horses, broken
| to ride; 5 two-year-old colts; / year
ling Clydesdale colt; l yearling
driving colt, sired by Monitor and
took blue ribbon at the Stock Show;
l yearling colt sired by Royal King;
seven-year old Kentucky saddle
mare; l pure-bred Hereford bull, 3
years old; l pure-bred Hereford
COW; l registered Hereford COW; 4
good Shorthorn COWS, all will be
fresh by day of sale; 4 good, two
year old heifers, will be fresh in
May; l full-blooded Jersey COW,
giving milk; l full-blooded, Here
ford bull, yearling yearling steers;
5 good yearling heifers; 90 good
ewes; Poland-China shoats; l
good Poland-C China brood SOW with
ten pigs by her side, nearly three
months old; some hay; new sur
rey; l new, 3-inch Lansing wagon;
l buggy; l good sleigh; | pr. bug
gy shafts; l big sled and l block
sled; l Farmers Favorite hillside
plow' l iron-beam single plow; l
double-shovel plow; l A A spike
tooth harrow; l good grindstone;
| Johnson buggy rake; | Johnson
tedder; l new McCormic mower,
and one Deering mower; l big, new
cast iron cider mill; 2 cross-cut
saws; l wheel barrow; 1-half barrel
of cider vinegar; l set single buggy
harness; l good saddle; 2 post-hole
diggers; l steel crowbar; 2 iron ket-
ties; l wire fence stretcher; 3 heavy
horse collars; garden plow; a lot
of forks, picks, mattocks, scoops
and hoes; a lot of bacon, a tub of
lard; 20 bushels potatoes; pair
grabs; l can't hook: pr. spreaders
and l pr. double-trees; 2 goo d
washing machines; l good 10th S
Clarion steel range and utensils, l
new parlor stove, 2 heating stoves;
3 cottage bedsteads, two iron bed
steads, bed springs and mattresses; !;
l new Singer sewing machine, new
couch, l dresser, l writing desk, l
extension table, 2 presses; tele-
phone and l share stock in Mead
ow Dale Telephone Company, and
also share of stock in Blue Grass
Percheron Horse Company; organ,
l parlor suit, 2 parlor tables, a lot
of chairs, some carpet, lot of ap-
pie butter and apple jelly, a lot of
dishes, fruit jars, crooks and many
other things too tedious to mention.
TERMS: For all sums amount
ing to S5 or less cash will be re-
quired, and for all sums amounting
to more that S., the purchaser will
be required to execute his negotla-
bic note, with two approved en-
dorsers, payable 6 months after
date at either the First National or
Citizens Bank of Highland, as the
maker of the note desires.
Dinner may be had on the ground
at a reasonable price.
PIT |. Q. SIMMONS.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-03-10
CLEFT GnAFTINa.
For Performing This Use

Directions For Performing This Use
full Operation on Fruit Trees.
Cleft grating is practiced on the
tops of trees which are more or less
matured. Wild apple trees Of good
size are often grated so that they
will produce desirable fruit. 1t should
be practiced on branches not over two
inches in diameter. 1t is best to graft
only one-third or one-half Of tree in
a single season. so as to have enough
ton TO leave out well. A saw, Il prun-
ing hook, knife and hammer are
necessary, us we'll as scions and graft
ing wax. The process is thus describ-