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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06
The Apple Tree Time is Here.

If there is any one thing that is
necessary to hammer into the farmer
where fruit growing is a part of the
farm it is to be right on time with
the work in the orchard. Here in
Idaho where we irrigate we can get
tree any time from March list to
July 1st providing we have place
in which we can keep the tree dor
mant. But then the tree that is
properly put into the ground not la
ter than April 18th viii have good
two months start of the one that is
put in June 10 even if we can make
the latter grow well from the time
that 1t is planted. There is not an
operation in the orchard that does
not pal better when it is well timed.
Take the matter of spraying for the
cooling moth and other moths that
may make he wOrmy apples. Most
of the eggs for the first Matching of
the worms and the ones that win
/ do the most harm are laid in the
/ flower or the calyX of the apple be-
fore the small apple turns down.
The spraying to have the best eff
feet must therefore be done between
the time the blossoms falls and the
time that the apple turns down for
the reason that the spray as a dew,
falls in the blossom end of the APP
pie and flows to the center of that
I en- dof the apple and stays out of
the spray the substance is left where
insect in its earliest stage of feed
ing will eat of the poison and die
before it has effected any damage
day to late. therefore. will mean
that all of the work that may be
done is lost. Again when the few thai
may have escaped in the first spray.
ing have Matched and passed the
worm stage and becomes full grown
moths ready to deposit the second
crop OF eggs which they put on the
surface Of the fruit that spraying
must be done in time to catch the
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06
To Read Lying Down Not Injurious.

To read while lying down is not
injurious to the eyes, always provid-
ed that the conditions are such as
they should be. In the first place,
the light should be so arranged as
to fall upon that which is being read
in such manner that the print can
be easily seen. The position of the
body should be such that no strain
comes upon the eyes in looking at
the book The trouble occasioned by
reading when the light is poor and
the print is difficult to see gives
rise to eye strain. The ordinary re-
suit of eye-strain is an inflammation
of the lids and of the eyes themsel-
YES. The eyes and lids, both upper
membrane. like cobweb, which car
and lower, are lined with delicate
ries tiny blood vessels. In that part
Of the membrane which covers the
eye ball it is invisible if he eyes are
no innamrd Any tax upol the eyes
causes the blood vessels to become
enlarged and the red appearance of
the eyes causes the blood vessels to
become enlarged, and the red APP
pearance of the eyes is the result.
This is called conjunctivitis. You ask
if there is any connection between
habit and a puffy, swollen appearance
above the eyes. If you mean that The
upper lids of the eyes are inflamed,
it would show that the eyes are be-
come infamed for this or some other
season. When the eyes are inflamed
ordinarily it is the lower lid which
shows it the most, and under the
eyes becomes swollen and puffy. If
however. you mean just under OF
above the eyebrows there is a puff
finess. it is probably occasioned by
some other trouble.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06
Agriculture.

There has been a greater growth
of interest in agriculture in the I'm
tied States during the last IL years
than in any subject engaging the
American minds. This is the con-
clusion suggested by a survey of
statistics regarding the publication of
books during this period. When it
is also considered that there is a
vast dissemination of knowledge by
means of technical and popular bull
letins of the department Of agricul-
ture and state experiment stations
that does not find expression in hese
agures. the intensity of the thirst
for information about farm affairs
becomes more impressiyely appar-
ent.
The past year was record break
er in book production. While the
.ircnease affected every important de-
partment, it was twice as great in
books Of fact as fiction. Expressed
in percentages, there was an increase
Of Sc in books of fiction. $50 in po-
etry and drama, 161 in humor and
satire. 2OS in political and social
science, PSF in biography. 906 in ge-
ography and travel and the astonish-
ing increase of 618 per cent in books
dealing with domestic and rural af-
fairs
Taken in the large sense; books
are not written to force beliefs upon
the public, but as the expression of
advancement in popular lines of
thought. and to supply a demand for
the kind of entertainment and infor-
nation that they furnish. 1t is fare
assumption that the greaer portion
of agricultural books are bought by
those having a business in terest in
farm affairs. This means that the
purchasers and readers of this type
Of literature are mostly farmers.
They have evidently awakened as
have no other classes of people to
realization of what they do not know
and hunger for complete informa-
ton about the principles underly-
ing the first steps of feeding the
world. Who can doubt that this pur-
suit of knowledge will bring magni-
ficent results in the next decade.
The enthusiastic welcome which
agricultural trains received in all
parts of the country proves conclu-
sively that there is a wide spread
desire among farm folks for a per-
sonal contact with those who are
scientifically and practically solving
perplexing rural problems. Many
farmers consider themselves too busy
to take from their work much time
for study. The work is pressing and
rewards are evident. The study is
/ optional and the rewards problemet-
/ ic.l. Farmers are right in their slow
ness to experiment in any large way
with new plans and processes whose
practical value has not been conclu-
sively proven. The farm special train
takes the proof to the farmers. They
welcome it with enthusiastic attend
ances and earnest questions at the
railway meetings. With faith in pro-
gressive ideas the railways expect
increased traffic to result from larg-
en- crops following the diffusion of
advanced knowledge about seed Sc
lection and testing, soil management
and live stock selection with care
full feeding. Farmers who think they
have not time to go after knowledge
are fortunate in having it thus brot
to them. Breeders Gazette.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06
RAISING EARLY cANTALouPEs
Article in Irrigator Tells How steph-
ems Bros. Have Made 5000
per Acre.

Stevens Brothers, Wapato' Wash
ington. have grown cantaloupe for
many years, with excellent success,
sometimes clearing $500 an acre and
going as high in net results as 5000
an acre. The first two years they
tried the crop brought them nothing
but failure. But they learned from
their errors, persisted, ana today
have cantaloupe growing developed
almost to perfection.
The methods these men persue in
the work are well worth examining,
since most people who attempt this
crop are discouraged by their first
failures and never try again. Know
ledge, skill and experience count
with cantaloupe to a large degree,
and while none of these advantages
can be transmitted from one man to
another either orally or by means
of print, the fact that these men
know how to grow cantaloupe, and
know WHY they know, will undoubt-
eddy assist others to avoid many pit
falls while gaining the experience
Tor themselves.
1--WE plant the Pollock strain OF
Rocky Ford" said one of the broth
ers when seen at Wapato ia few
days ago Last year the price av-
eraged for the first three weeks OF
picking SIS a crate. but of course
these were the early melons. Never.
theless, the price is held up well all
during the season. AT the end OF
three weeks, the price dropped &c
$3.50 a crate, and remained at that
figure for 10 days. Then it went
down still further. We figure on 15C
crates per acre. which is an Average
yield for us under our method OF
growing. Three years ago on vel
built land, under ideal conditions
with everything in our favor, we
made $1,000 on two acres. This Is
an unusual profit but as ! said, ev
erything came our way that year
Averaging the good years with the
bad, a man who clears $500 an acre
may be considered a successful
grower.
I'VE invariably manure the lant
to be planted heavily during the pre-
ceding fall or winter with 20 loads
or so to the acre. We take new grounC
just from sage brush when possible
as it is free from weeds, and the
manure itself will provide plenty
The land is plowed twice, the frs
blowing is deep. In our section, W.
plant about the 9Th of April bu
of course the lime of planting is de
pendent upon the weather, an,
should occur just as soon as dan
ger from frost is over
THE seeds are always germinat
ed before planting We put them il
lukewarm water for "a hours, in
fairly tight can or box, kept warn
during the night with a lamp. The
remain there until the seeds hav
sprouted pretty evenly. and some O
the sprouts viii be half an inch Ion
but it is best to plant when the ay
erage of the sprouts are just com
ing out. Care must be taken in plant
ing these seeds out in the field nc
60 bruise them. or allow the col
raw winds of the spring to reac
them. Never tramp the ground a.
ter planting; it bruises the seeC
Hollow out round hole with
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-21
The MinneWashta Spring

When N. H. Miller took his
! homestead near the Grand, he
of course hoped to get a good
piece of land, but whatever he
did expect, surely he didn't bar
gain for a hidden gold mine.
Yet, fortune smiled on him, for
on getting better acquainted with
his quater he discovered on it a
strong spring of what even on
first taste appeared to be the very
best quality of water. Being a
man of discernment, he sent
samples Of this water for ex-
mination to the South Dakota
agricultural college at Brookings,
where it was pronounced to be
the very pufest and most whole
some that gushes from spring
anywhere in the Dakotas.
Analysis of the water shows the
following result per million parts.
Nitrates ola
Free Ammonia .O2
Chlorine 6.
Total of all residuary
matter 900.
This is a record that compares
favorably with any and all so
called pure waters that are now
being sent abroad from world
famous springs. The water of
Waukesha, Pokegama, and what
ever they may be called offer no
better safeguards, and distilled
water, if exposed to the air for a
while would soon absorb foreign
gases and dust particles enough
to equal the record of Mr..
Miller's Minnewashta water.
When it is considered, what
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-21
The Truth Of the Situation.

Bitter though it is, a candid
discussion of the situation invok-
ed by another crop failure and it's
consequences. must be admitted
to be in order. We have in past
years seen the throngs Of home
seekers pass from Lennon to the
homesteads, hopeful, buoyant
with new vigor, thrilled with the
expectation of bounty. And now
they are returning, to go
where? Let no one say that all
are leaving, or even most of the
new host of settlers. But it is
ever thus: we note only the
houses that burn, and fail to see
those t h AT remain. Perhaps
many are justified in forsaking
the country where they had
planted their hopes. But never
theIess it is plain that a large
number who now give up The
struggle, could safely remain
and await the turn Of the tide
And yet, it is sad to contem-
plate that hundreds are frittering
away valuable belongings for
almost nothing, and take the
money to leave the country with.
They expect mostly to come back
some time soon but will the
opportunity come readily? And
leaving, where shall they go?
Iowa offers nothing, for its fields
are a failure. The once opulent
harvest Of Nebraska has gone
down before the drouth there.
All South Dakota will have
empty granaries this year.
Southern Minnesota offers moth
ing. The greater part Of North
Dakota lies under the curse.
Letters written from Northern
North Dakota bring the response:
Stay where you are, here
thousands of idle hands are
waiting to pick up Jobs at 73
cents or dollar a day 1t is
plain, therefore, whoever wants
to better himself temporarily,
must go to great distance. and
If he expects to return after
while to take care OF that
precious homestead, the expense
of travel will be little fortune
IN itself, and more than sufficient
to support the family on the farm
during the season. Add to this
the wanton and reckless loss in
Cured in selling for trifle all the
valuable stock and machinery. or
leaving it behind to go to ruin
by neglect or theft, ana the price
that Is paid is too heavy.
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-21

great care the inhabitants of
many cities are forced to exercise
the matter Of spring water,
it is indeed fortunate that this
spring is so near. For instance,
all the larger towns of the Red
River valley depend for their
supply of pure water on a couple
of springs near Detroit, Mimi,
fifty miles east of Fargo, and it
is largely because of this careful
choice that there has been no
repetition of that terrible typhoid
fever siege in any of these towns
which the city of Grand Forks
had to suffer some Is years ago,
when in few months several
hundred of its people died.
One of the most powerful
means in the preservation Of
health and the lengthening of
life is the use of pure water an
abundance Of it. The drinking
of water saturated with alkaline
or alkoIoid matter is dangerous.
in the extreme, and will event
ually undermine good health. In
the face of this fact Mr.. Miller's
discovery is a boon to Lennon,
and the demand for MinneWashta
water is daily becoming more
pronounced.
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-21
Oppose Building Of Pounds

Yesterday the officers of Fill
more civil township. of Harding
county were before Judge Car
nenter, in chambers. the issue
bping whether or not certain
writ Of prohibition should be
allowed, made by some ranchers
Of Harding county, restraining
the township board from having
pnund enclosures built.
fillmore twp. consists of four
cong. townships, 21 and 20,
ranges s and 9. Last spring the
township almost unanimously
elected four poundmasters, and
instructed the town officers to
order four impounding corrals
built. To make sure of the
public animus the town off cials
recently asked for a second ex-
preston of opinion, unofficially,
and in the vote taken, Sc were
for the action of last spring, and
no le against it.
Meanwhile the officers had OF
expressed no definite plan, and
no direct action was taken by
them looking for the expenditure
Of large sum of money, or, fo1
the matter, of any money what
ever.
Then, with the presentation OF
the petitions asking for a re-
ferendum vote on the odious free
herd law, some ranchers got busy
in Harding county, and asked
for writ prohibiting the boarc
from building the pounds, al
leging at the same time that the
town officers were about to spenG
Iotof money in building them.
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-21

Thursday the matter was ex-
haustively sifted in chambers by
Judge Carpenter, and an alter
nate writ, prohibiting the board
from making the improvements,
until final judgment can be pass
ed on the subject. Just when
Judge Carbenter Will be able to
render final opinion on the case
is uncertain, but it may be ex-
pected in a short time
However, the question brings
face to face the whole problem
of the free herd law, hinging
as it does, upon the point of
the constitutionality of the law.
Should Judge Carpenter decide
for the homesteaders, he will
probably have to do so by decid-
ing that the herd law is uncon-
stitutional, thus by a word
throwing the gauntlet into the
arena. If he decides for the
ranchers the question will
through other agencies be
brought before the supreme
court, but as this will take time
the main object of the ranchers
for a few years more time will
have been accomplished while
the honyak's s meager growth of
pasturage will be open to spolia-
ton.
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-21

| am on the market for some
good quarter sections. If prices
are reasonable your money is
ready for you. T. @. Ramsland.
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-21

The only man who makes mon
ey these bloomin' days is the
fellow that runs final proof sheet
down south.
Times are surely getting hard
behold a good old fashioned
train robbery near Tower City in
the best populated part of the
north state.
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-21

g +. LENNON, Pres.
w. f.. BRIGGS, Vice Pres
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-09-01

Aside from the fact that the tele-
phone directory is often referred to
rs city guide. it is used for other
reference purposes on the average of
many hundreds OF times daily. and
This makes il one Of the most valu-
able advertising mediums that can
he obtained. All business concerns
should take advantage OF the Com
panys offer and secure information
concerning advertising space in our
telephone directories. Call ND the
pfices Of the Company, or address
Advertising Department. Nashville,
Tenn.
CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
tIncoroorated.)
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-09-01

| Weather conditions have been
the prime i1Afleunc M work b.
the cotton industry during the
past week. Taken atlogsAho.. b
week has not been a favorable
period for the cotton crop fr, m
a weather standpoint. During
the first part of the week the
drought and high temperatures
continued thrOg,ihoait the west
ern part Of the belt AMI excos-
sive rains were experience in
the cmral. Will cotton In.rrio
rated rapidly from the heat and
drought Texas and Oklohcmi, b
deteriorated to almost as great
an extent i'm the central belt from
shedding and insect pests due
to an excess Cf mOiture.
Towards the close of the week
weather conditions improved ma
teriaHy. Texas and Oklahoma r.
ceived good rains, which will do
"A world Of good to the crcp ia
those states. whiel the rainfall
in the central belt diminished ma
terially, holding ont the prospect
Of dryer weather and'a omre rap
id maturity Of the crop. While
daterioration has been extensive,
| il IS probable that the reports
have h n .m,ish exaggerated aud
that the settacks td crop pros
poets have not been GREATER thar
the usual August average.
The rains which have been too
much for cotton and rice, have
been favorable for sugar cine.
particularly as the showers wene
alternafed with high tempertnre
and good sunshin.. The cn,s
have continued to grow rapid,
and there is- now every ind.ca
ton that at the harvest season
a heavy tonnage will be avnilable
for the mills. Preparations ar.
in progress on all plantations f.
the prompt handling of the crop.
and the variOsu factories are
being overhauled and put in or
der.
The Louisiana Planter and
Sugar Manufactures of Saturday
last says editOrially.
Rain, Sunshine, and heat. the
three factors In which the grow
tn and welfare Of cane crop
are most vitally concerned. have
combined during the past week
to promote the development Of
the cane throughout all the Louis
lana sugar district. The already
excellent appearance of the crop
has been enhanced and its size
and weight increased, and that
there will be a heavy tonnage 10
transport from the fields 10 the
factories is now assured. and spec
ulatlon now turns to the char,c-
ter of the weather in store fo,
us druing the grinding. which
everyone hopes will be such
as to permit the succ. s,ful and
expedNous handling of the big
crop. As September approaches
the sugar planters, AZ usrsl. are
keeping their weather eyes on
the barOmtr, and watching for
storm signals. A West Indian hur
ricane would Lay low some very
magnificent stands Of cane.-N.
o. Piayune.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-09-01
sELr-sAcRu1cnso wo,GXH

Women know the worst of poy
erty. 1t is the wife who h i the
spending Of insufficient income.
who learns all the bitter ways OF
scrimping and pairing and ssv
ing. The husband mus. pras II
a decent appearance for poll
cy s sake, when he goes to hns
mess; certain things are necess
ties for the children and SO the
heaviest of all deprivations fall
upon the woman, who SAYS a.
home and strives to make on.
dollar do the work of five. Tn =
is the way of the ordinary wo-
man; and what sacrifices she
makes, what tastes she crncifi S
what longMgs for pretty things
and dainty things she smOthers
not even her own family guess.
They think it rs an eccentricity
that makes her choose the neck
ola chicken and the hard end
Of the loaf and to stay at home
from any little outing. All, If
they only knew.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-09-01

Occasionally, says an exchange
we are asked why we do not pub
lish all that happens. 1t is f0rtu-
nate for these particular indiyid
auls that discretion occasionally
demands the Ommission of m-
pleasant items. Should we publish
all that i I'd ~ xs.1xgels ~
with The angels In about ~ min
utes after our papers were mail
ed. We try to print all items
that are news, or that will in
courage, help or cheer any of
our citizens along life s rugged
road. We all doubtless would
enjoy reading "all the news -
when hts about the other fellow.
but we never cared to Lend aid
to the gOssips in the spreading
Of scandal that only leave sor-
rows in their trail.-Newton Re-
cord.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-09-01
1he Agricultural wealth of the
0outh.

Recent reports OF the Agrlcul-
tural Department as to crops,
confirmed as they are by various
state and private reports, empha-
sisize IN . remarkable way ths
fixed CONDITIONS of the agricultur
al districts Of the Southern
STATES. North and South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Arkansa, Lonnana and Texas,
present so much better results
from cultivation than do the
states of the trans Mississippi
section that they cannot now
fail TO attract still greaer mum
bers of people to the tillage Of
their lands and the enjOymen;
of their fine climates.
In every class Of production
vegetable, fruits and cereals, all
of these states hav made new re-
cords, and at this writing there
seems little or no doubt that the
cotton crop viii prove the larg-
est ever made 1t is fOrtun.tc
for the business men Of CMrin-
natl that this favored region rs
SO close to their DOORS. and that
their commercial and financial
relations are bound UP with the
inhabitants of section who's
entire acreage is such a constant
and certain producer of natural
wealth.
The thousands Of millions Of
dollars that will be realized by
the people of the south from the
crop production of this single
year will become a stimulus to
them FOR still larger productions
in the future, and will draw to
them hundreds of thousands OF
willing and energetic workers
from other pnltiOns Of the Union
and thousands from foreign ma
tions.
In view Of the shrinkage in
volume of our crops of oats, hay
anu other products of the North
ern States this year and conse
quent lessening of our exports of
such, the hundreds of millians
of dollars that the cotton crop
of the South will bring into the
United States from foreign lands
i matter for national cmgrat
ulati0n.
The South has taken the ad-
vanced place in producing ma
tiOnAl wealth that her rich fer
tile lands, her magnificent eli
mate, her splendid water courses
and coast line, heA, self,reliant,
PERSISTENT, OPTIMISTIC population
As4lkftiF sfss:-tC take sAi1 Tow the
flood of new settlers and new
producers i'll enable her to main
tain 1t for centuries to come
Vicksburg Evening Post