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The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
Good Dry Country Advice.

One who has had long experience in
Montana says:
THE potato might possibly give the
best yield on new spring plowed lands.
Some seasons potatoes yield well on
sod land. Hulless barley is also
good crop to grow. where the moisture
is uncertain. But our counsel to the
beginner is to SOW Scotch Fife wheat
just as early as possible. II he gets
crop II will be saleable and II he does
not get crop Of grain he may get
crop Of grain hay. II our friend is
going to try to make home on dry
land, we would urge him to get five or
ten acres seeded to alfalfa as soon as
possible. Dry farming is largely a
wheat proposition for the man able to
operate on large scale. But II our
friend can get ten acres Of alfalfa
seeded he may soon get SO he can
keep four good COWS. few chickens
and good brood SOW. 1t will be
slow and hard work establishing ones
self on dry farm without money and
even money may fail. There are a
great many factors entering into dry
farming"
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
CARING FOR TUBERCULOSIS
ThIrty.Nine State and ia Local sana.
toria Provided, but These Arc
Only Beginning.

In spite of the fact that state sana.
toria and hospitals for tuberculosis
have been established In 81 states, and
ia municipal or county hospitals in
26 states, vastly more public provision
Is needed to stamp out consumption,
says the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of tuberculosis.
Nearly every state east Of the Missls.
sippi river has provided state sana.
torium, and west Of the Mississippi
river, state sanatoria have been es.
tablished In Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,
Arkansas. Texas, Kansas. Nebraska.
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana
and Oregon. There are IS sanatoria
provided by these states. Massachu.
sets having four, Connecticut and
Pennsylvania three and Texas two. In.
Guiding special pavilions and aims
houses. there are ia municipal or
county hospitals for the care of tuber-
culosis patients.
Apart from these institutions, how.
ever, and few special pavilions at
prisons, hospitals for the insane. and
svluy o,her puDIic Institutions, n grand
total OF hardly 200. the institutional
care of the consumptive is left to priv.
vate philanthropy.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
FARM NOTES.

Keep a close watch for the cut
worms
Coal ashes do not add anything to
the soil.
Moles In garden prove an intoler-
able nuisance.
For potato blight spray with Bor.
dearx mixture.
The secret OF growing good cabbage
lies In rich soil
A noted gardener says: Water the
garden with a rake"
Rhubarb plants once planted continue
TO yield well for eight or ten years.
Beet leaf spot Is one Of the most
comrnon diseases Of the garden beet.
Select and mark large and vigorous
hills OF potatoes for next seasons
reed.
To do their best all garden crops
must have regular, thorough cultiva.
tion.
Spraying vegetables should be
commenced the very moment the
Insects are seen.
Lima beans. either pole or bush, may
be rlanted early this month when the
ground is warm.
1t Is better TO give the crop a thor.
ough soaking once week than to
sprinkle lightly over II.
Wood ashes and lime should be
Hprinkled over the garden and among
the growing vegetables often.
Fine manure in tho COW lot may be
worked up and applied to the garden
between the rows Of vegetables during
all summer.
Sweet corn is one Of the wholesome
and popular American table vege.
tables. and It should be had for table
use from summer until after frost.
Arscnate Of lead Is death to the
beetles that injure asparagus. and In
fact may be used to advantage for
nearly all crawling things In the
garden.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
PEANUTS ON DRY LAND FARM
One Of Best Drouth Resisting PIant.-
Milo Also IL Crop That Never
Fails in Arid Regions.

The peanut ia one Of the best
drouth.resisting plants, according to
Prof. H. NJ. Cottrell. Last year in
some parts Of the southwest was the
dryest year that has been known
since the country was settled. In some
parts Of this section there was in
midsummer five weeks Of severe
drouth with burning hot winds daily.
The peanut stopped growing, but
lived; it wilted every day and fresh
ened every night. A rain came, the
nuts filled out and stockmen got 500
to 1000 pounds of gain on hogs for
each acre Of peanuts pastured. This
in one Of the dryest seasons known.
Milo is dry land crop that never
fails. Ten bushels Of milo has the
same feeding value as nine bushels Of
corn. Milo is starchy feed like corn.
In Nebraska, eastern Kansas and
eastern Oklahoma the feeder uses al.
falfa to balance up corn; the dry land
farmer can use peanuts for the same
purpose and secure equally as good
results.
All the regularly grown dry farm.
ing feed crops, such as Kaflr, milo and
sorghum. have been deficient in oil
and protein. the material necessary
for making flesh. milk and blood. The
peanut, one Of the best drouth resist
Ing crops, Is exceedingly rich in both
protein and oil.
The growing in large fields on every
farm with sandy soil in the dry farm
Ing sections Of Texas. New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado, and
milo and Spanish peanuts. will make
this territory a great producer Of beef
cattle. hogs and dairy products. and
the feeding Of these crops will insure
good profits. no matter how dry the
season.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
f. Covered smut.

gets food by stealing from the grain
plant. The threads get into the grain
or leaf. and there grow very fast; and
finally they break up into the small
round spores again, and the smut
mass is thus produced.
In a word, then, the smut is para.
site composed Of tiny threads. which
live inside Of and steal their nutrition
from the grain plant, and finally re-
produce by spores (the smut-dust) {:
and these spores can each produce a
thread which may again start the
disease in another plant.
There are two common smuts Of
wheat-the stinking smut, or bunt.
and the loose smut These are easily
distinguished In the field. The stink.
Ing smut causes most damage. but the
loose smut is just as widely distrib-
uted. and in the aggregate causes con.
siderable damage every year.
Watch carefully for loose smut at
heading-out and Towering time Of the
wheat
Take your seed from fields which
have little or no smut. and thus keep
the disease from increasing. This at
least will help to keep down the smut.
Do not try to grow wheat clean Of
loose smut near another wheat field
which you know will have loose smut.
since the wind will carry the disease
some distance.
Raise your seed In a seed-plot, and
keep 1t free Of weeds and clean OF
loose smut by getting and planting
clean seed. and then by proper pre-.
cautions keep 1t clean.
There are two common smuts OF
barley which are similar In many re.
spects to the two smuts Of wheat.
The covered smut is distinguished
from the loose smut by the fact that
1t appears later In the season: the
smut-masses are harder and blacker;
the boards are usually not changed.
and the smut-mass breaks up less eas.
lily.
The smuts Of grains cause an an.
nual total loss to farmers of millions
of dollars Most OF this loss can be
prevented by simple and cheap treat.
ment Of the seed
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
Plant Some Popcorn.

Plant small patch In the garden.
Not only will 1t be source Of much
satisfaction for the children next win.
ter, but In n small way 1t can be
marketed, especially In country
towns and villages. Cultivate the
same as field Of sweet corn. Plant
somewhat closer. and do not allow
more than four stalks to remain In the
hill. or the two general varieties,
white and red. choose the white. as
1t looks better and II to be sold finds
more ready market.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
Catching Chickens.

Who has not seen the farmer, his
wife, the hired man. and one or more
children engaged In the exciting
chase for the chicken which is to be
served for the family dinner? All
around the yard. over the fence, under
the barn. through the garden. until
somebody luckily falls upon It. An
easier way is to make Ions. handled
net. using a sound. well.made barrel
hoop. An old hammock makes fine
net for this purpose. The net should
be about two feet deep. Lay 1t down,
mouth up. put few grains OF corn on
top. pretend you are looking the other
way. and when chicken steps on the
net, to pick up the corn, lift It sud.
denly. tip 1t slightly to one side, and
you have the fowl safe. II you are
particularly expert. the net may be
dropped over the bird.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
What Protein Ia.

Protein" is term employed to
designate the compounds containing
nitrogen In feeds. and Is a necessary
ingredient for the formation OF flesh.
ligaments. muscles. tendons. sinews,
hair. hide and all portions Of the
body which have strength. including
bones. which contain from 20 to rs
per cent. of a nItrogenous substance.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13

The smuts Of grain are diseases Of
parasitic origin. and are familiar to
every farmer They cause blackish.
smutty masses Of powder where the
grain Of wheat. oats or barley ought
to be, on the leaves, ears or other
parts Of the corn. This black mass
may be in compact ball. as in the
sinking smut Of wheat; or 1t may be
a loose, powdery mass. as In the loose
smut of wheat or in the oat-smut. In
wheat. the stinking smut-mass has an
odor like that Of dead fish, which ls
easily detected In the field. or In the
harvested grain.
The smut parasite is a fungus plant
composed Of delicate. colorless
threads, which live inside Of the grain.
plant. and which are SO small that
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
WRONG SORT
Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and
Bread May Be Against You
for a Time. II,
WRONG SORT

A change to the right kind OF food
can lift one from a sick bed. A lady
In Welden, ILL.,, says:
Last spring became bed.fast with
severe stomach troubles accompanied
by sick headache. got worse and
worse until became 80 low | could
scarcely retain any food at all, al
though | tried about every kind.
Il had become completely discour.
aged, and given up all hope, and
thought | was doomed to starve to
death, until one day my husband, try.
Ing to find something could retain,
brought home some Grape.Nuts.
ITO my surprise the food agreed
with me. digested perfectly and with.
out distress. began to gain strength
at once. My flesh (which had been
fabby), grew frmer, my health I'm
proved In every way and every day,
and In very few weeks | gained 20
pounds In weight.
II liked Grape.Nuts so we'll that for
four months ate no other food, and
always felt as well satisfied after eat.
Ing as II had sat down to n fine ban.
Quet.
II had no return Of the miserable
sick stomach nor Of the headaches,
that used to have when | ate other
food. am now n well woman. doing
all my own work again. and feel that
life is worth living.
"Grape.Nuts food has been n God.
send to my family; It surely saved my
life; and my two little boys have
thriven on II wonderfully" Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Greek,
Mich.
Read the little book. THE Road to
Wellville." In pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above lettsrs A sew
one appears from time t. tlnas. They
are Eesulns, tsss, and fall ef hunao
lntePsst.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13

they can only be seen by the aid OF
the high power Of the microscope.
The fungus does not produce seeds,
but reproduces itself by means OF
spores. The smutty mass, or smut.
dust. is composed of these spores. The
spores are single round cells. with
thick walls. so that they are well pro.
tected against drying up or other In.
jury. When the spores encounter
favorable conditions they germinate
and thus reproduce the disease. A
small thread is produced from the
spores. grows in length, and may
branch. One Of these fungus threads
gets into the grain plant, and there
keeps on growing and branching. It
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
SEED BREEDING PLAT
Should Be Planted ThickIy and
Then Trimmed to Stand.
Under Average Conditions II viii ee
Necessary to Cultivate Once
Every Week or Ten Days un-
eli Near September I.

(By ]. e. PAYNE, Dry Land Specialist
Colorado Agricultural College.)
Those who have had to buy seed
for planting their crops this year
should be able to appreciate the
value Of a seed breeding plat.
Those who have variety Of corn
which has been grown successfully on
the same farm for five or more years,
should plant at least one acre for
special seed. This plat should be
we'll prepared, and upon 1t should be
planted the choicest seed selected
from the seed corn. Every ear used
should be tested for termination be-
fore planting. In order to get per
feet stand on this plat. the corn
should be planted thicker than the
ordinary fields, and thinned to stand
after the plants are a few inches
high. While thinning. the strongest
plants should be left.
The plat should be given the best
cultivation possible, SO as to furnish
conditions for the proper develop
ment OF the crop. Under average
conditions, 1t will be necessary to give
the plat cultivation once every week
or ten days from the time Of planting
until near September 1.
The plants should be watched as
they develop. If some Of them seem
to withstand drought better than
others they should be barked, and the
soil about them should be examined to
see II the apparent drought-resistance
was caused by local conditions or by
some quality peculiar to the plant.
"A record should be kept Of dates OF
tasseling and silking. and the date
when the plat is beyond the stage OF
possible damage by frost should be
noted.
AS We must breed mainly for earli-
ness. record Of special plants will
be desirable. The height Of the stalk
height Of ear from the ground, nun
Der Of leaves on the stalk, relative
size of leaves and general appear.
ance Of the plants should be noted.
This work should be taken up by
the boys and girls who should be al
lowed time to study the plants. 1t is
probable that We Of the semi.arid re-
gion shall have to adopt standards oi
perfection for ears Of corn which will
differ very much from the standards
of the main corn producing regions
For corn grown here | would allow
larger cobs. shallower and broader
grains. and larger shanks than the
standard for perfect ears of eastern
corn would suggest.
In breeding plants for semi.arid
conditions. we must cut loose from
standards made for humid regions
and work out our problems independ
emily. We shall have to dream out
ideals of plants which are best suited
to our conditions.
The twenty-five years of experience
which settlers have had In eastern
Colorado. show that we can grow
grains. and a study of the grains
which they now grow points the way
to improvements which may be profit.
ably undertaken.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
Bite Each Others Feet.

Young chicks. especially young
Leghorns, often get into the habit Of
picking the feet Of other chicks In
the flock. and the moment the blood
is drawn there Is regular stampede
and unless detected In time they will
pick the entire feet Of the victim to
pieces. The only remedy is to catch
the chicks that are being attacked
and coat the feet with carbolated
vaseline or some similar substance.
The taste OF It will at once discourage
any further attempts.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13

keeping poultry can get as gocc ~
suits by doing as did. put my
hens In a warm place with tempera'
ture Of about 60 degrees. Their food
consisted Of buckwheat. cracked corn,
whole corn. oats and baked potatoes.
] gave them three quarts Of grain q
day with two quarts Of potatoes.
would occasionally give them scrap
meat. and kept grit and oyster shell
where they could reach them. found
that the hens needed fresh water and
their food 1t regular times.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
What a "ereen" Duck ls.

The market term green duck, is OF
late innovation. The cognomen is
applied for the reason that the bird
has not yet matured. 1t should
weigh not less than four pounds and
be not over ten weeks old. eight
weeks would be better. and should
never be allowed bathing water. AS
an article OF diet, II provided by a
chef. the green duck resembles the
famous and fast disappearing canvas
back duck.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13

Last December bought IL Silver
Laced Wyandotte pullets. The 14th
Of that month they commenced to lay.
and up to April 6 they had laid 72S
eggs. I sold the eggs at the average
rate Of 80 cents per dozen. giving me
$40.
One Of these hens the 4th Of April
laid . double-yolked egg that meas.
ured Sk BY Z inches and weighed 3A
ounces. says . writer In an exchange.
believe that tbs was no freak rec.
ord In laying. believe that all men
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
The Deadly Flea.

Tho hunt for squirrels and such ro-
dents as carry the deadly flea that
spreads the bubonlc plague is to be
carried into tho Monterey national
forest, California Since July $4,000
squirrels have been examined In the
suspected districts. Tho governwaut
has spent 100000 on this work and
the state and counties Of California
100000 more.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13

Mrs. Benham-The paper tells about
a man who stole head Of lettuce and
then went back and got another. be-
ing arrested on the second trip.
Benham-I'll bet you cant make that
fellow believe that two heads are bet
ter than one.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
Just So.

why do they call bell boy In =
hotel 'Buttons?'"
Because he's always of when you
need him most, ! guess"
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-13
Exports Of Sheen.

In 1908. $4,000 sheep were exported
from the United States. while in 1910
the exports Of these animals amounted
to only 3S,60O head.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-03
'DE|Tz7R|AL .
HAS STARTED
0peniog Address to jury was
Made This Morning
Will Try to fasten Only One
Crime on Deitz
(6y Associated press.)

Hayward, Wis, May Sin three
days at the outside District Attorney
S. J. Williams expects the Dietz muir
der case to be in the hands OF the
jury.
Speaking this mornins}of the results
of the long conference Of the prosecu-
tion attorneys yesterday Eafternoon and
last night, he said: I'VE have decid-
ed. to limit our case to the Harp kill
ing and not to entef into earlier
troubles. We shall geti through as
quickly as we cam
At 9:05 o'clock Mr.. Williams began
his opening address to the jury. He
declared that the duty, of the state
was simply to present the evidence and
that the state was in somewhat the
same position of impartiality as the
court. He told the jury the state in
tended to prove that no deputy could
have fired the bullet that killed Oscar
Harp and that Harp's body was found
after three shots had been fired from
the roof of the barn. accompanied by
a flash of sunlight on what appeared
to be rifle barrel.
In a brief opening. address John
Dietz charged the state, with having
false testimony, and the ''lumber trust
with having its heel on Sawyer county.
Tom Pomerlo, who was with Harp
when he was shot, was the first wit
ness. and Dr. Guy Grafton, county
physician. testified to the fatal wound.
Sheriff Madden, under cross examina-
ton by all three defendants, was taken
to task for not trying to serve his
warrants before Walter Hard of Su-
perior, a newspaper man, and Ernest
McWhorter, deputy, were the other
two witnesses. a.,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-03
Man and WOMAN BOUND
over TO THE MAY Term
MARY WEY AND FRANK KRAFT
CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL
cohAejTA1lON.
Husband Of Wife Traced Her From
Former Home in Minnesota to Bis.
marek and swore out Complaint.

Tuesday afternoon Mary Wey and
Frank Kraft were arraisned before
Police Magistrate w. s. Casselmann
on a charge of unlawful cohabitation.
The complaint was sworn to by the
husband Of the accused woman, John
Wey, of Chaska, MINI. After hearing
the evidence Magistrate Casselman
the defendants over to the May term
of the district court in the sum of
$3.50 each. Bail was furnished and
they were released from custody.
The case is pitiful one in one way.
1t is said that Kraft came to Bismarck
two years ago and has been working
here ever since. He lost an arm about
a year ago while working on a farm
north of the city, and has been work.
ing around one of the local hospitals.
The woman in the case, Mrs. Wey, 10
alleged to have deserted her husband
and six small children. and run away
to Bismarck In November, 1909. It
is claimed that she has been living
with Kraft as his wife and that she
had child by him. The husband has
been quietly working on the case try.
ing to learn her whereabouts and he
finally succeeded and came to Bis.
marck Monday and swore to the com.
plant. He has left it to the state to
mete out punishment.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-03
COUNTY SEAT MATTER
TO Be SETTLED SOON
NAMES or PETITIONERS WILL aE
READY FOR GOVERNOR
TODAY.
Lists Are Being lndsxed and Now
Being Checked Over For EIinnina'
ton Of those disqualified.

Tuesday night the two committees
which have been working on the
names of the signers of the petition
ers for Fort Yates and for Selfridge as
the county seat of Sioux county finish
ed listing them and Wednesday morn
ing they commenced to index them
and check them over. A joint commit.
tee comprising members both fac
tions will go over the lists carefully
and eliminate the names Of persons
who are said to be disqualified, ON &C
count of being non.residents, un'
knowns, and for other reasons. II
is expected that the revised lists will
be in the governors hands this after
noon or the first thing Thursday morn
INK and it will be but short time
before he will announce his decision
after he checks up the lists.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-03
That viii be First Work Of
Mexico Peace CoInmiSi0l
InsuffeCtoS Declare federdlS
Broke Their Promises
More Territory to be l0clad'
ed in the New ArmiStiCe
=. Associated F-ese.'

Ell Paso, Texas, May 3-Judge
Francisco c Carbajal, envoy of the fed
eral government, accompanied by Sen
ors Oscar BraniAf and Esquibel Obre-
gon, go-betweens in the peace negotla-
tions, called on General Navarro at
Juarez, Mexico, across TIE river early
today and arranged the details of pro-
cedure for the peace conference with
the revoutionsts. The conference IS
expected to begin this afternoon and
will take place in ten half way be-
tween the Madero camp and the ted
eral stronghold at Juarez.
Ell Paso, Tex, May 3.-With Judge
Francisco Carabajal, the government
peace envoy, already on the ground
and Governor Nigel Ahuma OF Chi
huahua, who is to act in an advisory
CAPACITY expected to reach here be-
fore tonight, actual peace negotiations
bid fair to be soon in progress.
The first move will be the extern
sion of the armistice which expires
at noon today. Dispatches from Mex
leo City last night announced an ex-
tension of five days but no official
word has reached General Madero
who yesterday offered a three day
extension, including in the territory
affected by the truce the town of Ojin-
age which had been beseiged by insur-
rectos and to the relief of which fed
eral reinforcement, was declared in
dispatches from Presidio, Texas, and
Mexico City last night, is being rush
ed.
Insurrecto leaders declare that fed
erals have violated the terms of the
armistice by bringing reinforcements
into Juarez disguised as labOrers. Ma
dero called the attention of General
Navarro to the matter today but Gen.
eral Navarro denied the reports.
FL Paso, Texas, May 3+The insur-
rectos leaders we're in conference dur
ing the morning shaping their peace
proposals. Looming up large in their
hands is the question of the resigna-
ton of President Diaz and how it
should be handled. There was some
difference of opinion today among the
leaders as to how best to deal with
the problem.
Some think it need not be included
in the peace agreement, while others
believe a secret clause would accom-
plish the desired result. There is one
element, however, which believes that
if the resignation of Diaz is not made
a condition of the agreement and made
public, the rebels in the south will
not be pacifed.