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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01
PRODUCTION OF SUGAR BETS
DOES NOT NEAR MEET DEMAND
Manufacture Article United
Progress Of Culture An Past Few
Even Kept Paes with Increased
Of Consumption.

IS per cent could be reached, We
would have an average yield OF 1900
pounds Of sugar per acre.
Clay loans are very satisfactory for
sugar-beet production, provided other
conditions are favorable; but more
depends upon the physical condition
of the soil and upon methods of cul.
tivation than upon the particular kind
or variety of soil used. The soil, how
ever. should be well supplied with
humus and well drained
During the past few years there
has been a remarkable advance in the
price of farm lands, especially In
those localities where beet-sugar fac
tories are in successful operation.
The production Of single-germ beet
seed is a method of thinning beets be
fore the seed is planted. Commercial
beet-seed consists for the most part Of
from two to seven individual seeds
welded by nature into one mass.
II Is evident that plants produced
from such a mass of seeds must Of
necessity be very close together. and
thus far no mechanism has been de-
vised whereby the plants can be prop
erly thinned. Thus hand labor has
to be reGorted to.
Repeated efforts have been made to
break up the seed balls by passing
them through various forms Of rollers.
but the seed coats are SO hard that
any device that has been tried not
only breaks the coats but likewise the
seed balls, thus destroying the germ.
The department of agriculture has
been more successful in this line by
its effort to produce a single-germ
seed. and its scientists have within
the past year increased the produc.
tion Of single-germ seed from to Is
per cent.
The yearly consumption per capita
has increased s pounds during the
past ten years. that Is. approximately
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

cuItivating eeets With Electric Hoes.
GAS 100000 pounds. or $4,000 tons,
more sugar was consumed last year
than would have been consumed ten
years ago had the population at that
time been the same as II is today.
This goes to show that the manu-
facture OF beet sugar in the United
States, In spite of its wonderful prog
ress during the past few years. has
not even kept pace with the increase ed
rate of consumption.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01
Glazing the Pouitry.House

In replacing glass I'm poultry house
windows 1t pays to use putty. With.
out 1t the panes cannot be made tight
and are much more likely to be broken.
! remove all old putty with a thin
knife. scraping the wood well where
any has fallen out. For holding the
glass In the frame I use slim. headless
tacks-shoe tacks are good. says a
writer In an exchange. then take q
small portion OF putty. roll IT between
the hands until 1t forms a long. slen
der rope. press up against the sash
with the thumb. and smooth down with
putty or blunt pointed kitchen knife
More than 10 minutes are seldom re
Quired to put glass In In this way.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01
Bx 8. c. CLINTON. 1oxa.l


The first refined beet-root sugar
produced In commercial quantity was
made about 100 years ago. at a cost
Of approximately so cents pound.
The cost of producing cane sugar was
then somewhat higher than that of
beet sugar
The amount of raw sugar extracted
from the beet at that time varied
from to s per cent, and the amount
Of refined sugar obtained was from 1
to per cent Of the weight Of the
beet
The cost of producing an acre of
beets was estimated at approximately
$35. while the yield was from c to 25
tons per acre.
The advances that have been made
in cultural methods have been offset
to q very great extent by the in
creased cost of labor in the United
States. SO that the actual reduction
In the cost Of producing beet sugar
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

Europeans are getting tons Of Bank
sian pine seed from Minnesota for for
est planting. They have discovered
the value OF this hardy. quick growing
and useful pine. and are eager for It,
Americans have not yet walked up
to its value. although a nursery has
been started near Aitkin, Minnesota.
to grow this species exclusively and
make ready for the rush when Il
comes. Grown under the embankment
system this tree promises great things
for the Prairie farmer.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

Many farmers operate on Jacks plan
In regard to the use Of their valuable
machinery. They work hard to get the
money to buy piows. reapers and other
labor-savers. and then deliberately
squander their savings by leaving their
machinery to be destroyed by the
weather.
On one farm the writer saw at least
$500 worth Of machinery which had
been rendered practically useless
within two years by exposure to the
weather. A fine reaper which was only
three and a half years old was left
standing after the last wheat cutting.
and II already so rusted and warI.td
and weather-be.;en that 4. cas ne. ~
again be used
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

tain three times as much sugar per
acre as is produced on an average at
the present time.
The present average yield OF beets
Per acre In this country is about 10
tons. and the percentage OF sugar
actually extracted and refined does
not exceed l2. making the average
yield Of sugar per acre approximately
2,400 pounds.
Yields of more than 30 tons Of beets
per acre are sometimes obtained, and
yields OF more than 20 tons are COM
mon.
From 20 to % per cent of the sugar
In the beet has been reported SO fire.
Quently that II is safe to assume that
an average sugar content Of IS per
cent Is within the limits of possibility.
II an average yield of 20 tons per
acre and an average sugar content of
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

A great many farmers are like the
Timber Jack who. after working hard
all winter in the woods without seeing
the face Of any human being except
bis fellow workmen. came out in the
spring with his seasons wages intact
in his pocket.
After two weeks Of drunkenness and
debauchery he woke up one morning
with Is cents In his pocket. the last
cent he had. Walking into a saloon.
he threw the coin on the bar. ordered
two drinks and quickly disposed Of
shem.
"All in?" said the barkeeper.
"iis. yis." said Jack: mo matter.
aisy come, aisy CO." and he walked or:
% 3oia . saaS hack 70 the woods.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01
Potatoes In Eurooe.

There are three or four times a.
many potatoes grown In Europe as
In this country. Regular shipments
OF European potatoes arrive In New
York and occasionally reach as far
west as Chicago.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01
Stoo the Pain.

The hurt OF n burn or cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve Is applied. II heals
quickly and prevents scars. &c and 50c by
druggists. For free sample write to
j. w. Cole q Co.. Black River Falls, Wis.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

mans nature runs either to herbs
or weeds; therefore let him seasona
bly, water the one and destroy the 9th.
er.-Bacon
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

Mrs Windows Soothing Syrup for Chiidre.
teething. softens the gums, reduces innsmms-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, Csc . bottle
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

has been due to the improvement of
the beet or to less expensive opera
tons In extracting and refining the
product.
Thorough cultivation il another
factor in producing good sugar beets.
It is a common saying among the
Germans that the sugar must be
hoed into the beet
In no time of its life should a sugar
beet be allowed to stop growing. for
II 1t once becomes stunted 1t is doubt.
full whether It will ever make as good
a beet as II would have been under
conditions of continuous growth.
Another way the beet has been i'm
proved Is by increasing its sugar con-
tent. This has been done without in
creasing the size of the beet.
II largely increased yield of beets
Is combined with a much higher sugar
content 1t Is entirely possible TO OBJ.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

The microbe of love is often destroy
ed by the germ Of suspicion.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01
Raliea AZ aarheri.m

Relics Of 6arberis
Hewitt-Speaking OF relics of bar
barism-
Jewett-I noticed them: you ought
to shave yourself.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-01

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinins Tableta
Drrggisis efund money IL "a fails 10 cure. n W.
GkOVks signature IL on each boz 2Sc
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-09

West Raleigh.
"A LIKELY STORY. BY VIM. De
Morgan. New York: Henry Holt
& co. 1911. S1.35 net.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-09

North Carolina used certainly Jess
Tjjiinn gallons, and believe a fair
nstima1e is that t~hree-fourths Of hel
I4 40 , 1sad and sold IN the state IS
received in this way. New Jerses ;
Ionulation is just = little more than
North Cardinals population.
statistics also show that CnlcaHo
used last year t6 million sdiioh9,
therefore we must cohclaut .i't
Tnrth Carolina under prohibition has
e.ved millions OF dollars and nuch
manhood as compared with the
licensed places. My judgment is that
North Carolina today is not using
more than 20 per cent Of the amount
of LIQUOR tina she was usins III leo''
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-09
"a LIKELY STORY" By
WILLIAM DE MORGAN
As Wholesome and Pleasing a Book
As the Authors Somehow Good
and ..JOseph

Admirers Of William De Morgan
and their name is legion-will la
Lad to see that he has published an
other novel. And most or them Viii
probably sincerely hope that it is more
worthy of his pen than IAN Affair If
Dishonor' which preceded It. a
Likely Story" will surely reinState
the author wherever he may nave lost
favor, for it is as wholesome and
pleasing a book as somehow Good
and Joseph Vance In An Apology
in Confidence a ~self-revealing and
| very entertaining dissertation which
Mr.. De Morgan appends to this latest
novel, he states that this time he
strove to please all classes OF his
readers, those who liked a Victorian
setting, preferably early Victorian.
those who leaned toward a suburban
one, and those who object TO the
great length Of his other books. He
says that the shortness OF this story
ought to cover q multitude OF sins.
And so we have what might, from
q mere outline, appear q patchy story
really three stories in one. There
is the Chelsea artist and his wife,
who does not quite appreciate the
sartistic temperament. and that i'm
portant adjunct to their donesticity-
the "gurl SairaD" who "knOWs her
place. and whose inability to see 4
joke causes all the trouble. There is
the portrait that talkS-an utter i'm
possibilityNas Mr.. De Morgan admits
and tells a tender tale Of fifteenth GEN.
fury love in italy, q p~reSent-day girl
and her Boer war soldier lover manage
to get their story wound aoout the
artist and the talking portrait and
make everything quite connected and
plausible.
1t is not the theme that gives in
terest to "A Likely Story for the
plot is Slight. the thread Of a love
story running through, nor is il the
characters, just ordinary people pick
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fog mostly
but the authors iniIpitable handling
Of theme, people and atmosphere that
makes a most belieNtble as We'll as
likely story, full Of humor and Cos
Sipy cheer. a book for coZy. deliberate
enjoyment. There is not q hint of the
problem noyel which infests the fic-
ton OF today, nothing deep, nothing
sOrdid, it is a book without q motive
but to entertain. Rile perhaps not
quite as worth While q book az
"A Likely Story is undoubtedly ono
Of the best novels Of the year.
+. NJ. Mel.
West Raleigh.
a LIKELY STORY. BY VIM. Tie
Morgan. New York: Henry Holt
& Go. 1911. St.35 net.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-09
CEW -
Barrie's Story of Prof. Chry,,aI.

BY the death of Professor Chrystal
the numbe Of Mr.. Barrie's famous
edinburgh eleHen" now surviving is
reduced to twoE Lord Rosebery and
Emeritus Professor Campbell Fraser.
In his sketch of Chrystal Mr.. Barrie
mentions h admiration with which
the mathematical professor was re-
garded by the students Of his time,
but he makes the amusin" confession
that for himself he never had any
passion for knowing that when circles
and triangles try to do Impossible
things the result is absurd.
It is Of Chrystal that Mr.. Barrie
tells the story that one day while he
was working at the blackboard with
hsi back to the class a student at the
end Of bench ten, to relieve the mo-
notony Of the proceedings dropped a
marble, which tOppled downward to-
ward the professor. At every step il
took there was q smOthered outlaw.
but Chrystal did not turn his head.
When the marble reached the floor
he said, still with his back to the
class, Will the student at the end
Of bench ten who dropped that
marble stand up" He had counted
the falls OF the marble from stem
to step. The students admiration for.
Chrystal was increased by this very
practical demonstration of the value
OF mathematics Westminster Ca
zette.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-09
Minor Imperfectiops

hat" ny ne"
Hubby.'Ner pr"tts. hope it'll sat
Wifey-'Of course it will. The color ia
l3ot lulte what ! like. and the trimming
uoeSlt come up to my expectations. and
Inc shape is not as good as if ouoht 70
be. but otherwise the hat ia = snInnd;I
I3pGaln. and | like it awfully VEIL
ne widow promised TO give me her
tiiSWer tomorrow. Gee. don't 500 now
1 can sleep tonight" ~"
20 to sleep aud don't worry, old chan.
5 bar t no.f me when | introduced you to
houston Post. ~ t""-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-09

phiiosophical;y?" things
poweI-"le but he doesn't part
Win Them philosophically."-Decem
Der Woman's Home Comnaninn CEN
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-09
PATENTS
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LAST OF Inventions Wanted
nenu sketch or model for search. H;ei,est
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-09

mink st thou existence doth denend
on timeo
II do'n' bat actions are our epochs
-Byron.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-09

Executive Committee OF North CARO-
lima t~nti-SaloOn League I1ane Tor
a Great Convention at Which Vital
Subjects Will BE Discus~cu-u AZ
ranges 10 Put i'm the Field in West
,rn North Carolina an Assistant Su-
pcrintcndcnt.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
CHEAP OIL POWER ON CANALS
Crude Product Reduces Cost of Haul
age from 25 Cents to Cent Mile.

London. April 6.-One OF the optimistic
features during the coal strike was the
resumption Of activity on the inland water
ways of England. The kingdom is covered
with network Of natural and artificial
canals. Ii IL now believed by transporta-
tion experts that these canals can be prof
itably operated by the use Of oil in the
power plants Of the canal boats
With freight trains standing empty on
the sidings for lack Of fuel, shippers had
their attention called to the long neglected
waterways, and the railways will now find
powerful rival in the canals. Already
large Midland firm OF carriers has started
motor barge service between London and
Birmingham. The boats are fitted with en-
gines using fuel OIL One firm. which has
had two barges in service on the canals
for some time. has placed an order Tor ten
new vessels, and rush orders have been
given for their equipment. These new car
rers will cover the distance between Lon
don and Birmingham In forty-eight hours,
or half the time usually taken by the or
dinary canal craft Using crude oil. the
cost of power in the boats VIII De ABOUT
one cent mile.
Experiments have shown thst tne cost
Of the ordinary horse-draNn ana steam
driven barges averages roughly % cents
mile. which gives some idea Of the econ
omy oil the new system.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
NEGROES WAIT ON KNOX
Refrain, However, from Laying
Grievances Before Him.

Santiago, Cuba, April ga negro delega-
ton. composed OF thirty men who are inter-
ested in procuring an amendment OF the
constitution to permit the straight colored
party" TO have electoral rights experienced
difficulties to-day in endeavoring to obtain
an audience OF Secretary Knox
The delegation travelled from Santiago
TO Guantanamo Yesterday, but only arrived
at the naval station about the time the
Secretary Of State had reached Santiago.
The delegates Immediately hurried back 10
Santiago and appeared this morning at
the hotel where the Secretary OF state Is
staying just after Mr.. Knox had left Tor
q drive They left word that they would
return at noon TO present their petition
asking the State Department to exercise It's
influence in order TO secure their party
rights at the polls.
Later in the day committee of SIX from
the Independent Colored Party called at
the hotel. After talking with the American
Consul. Ross f. Holiday, however, the
committee abandoned its purpose and sim
ply greeted Secretary Knox IN behalf OF
the party
A committee Of the veterans. headed hy
General Castillo Buany, called at the
hotel this afternoon, but as the Secretary
was absent the veterans declined 10 &C
cept the invitation Of the military aid to
await his arrival
Mr. Knox to-day drove through the
suburbs, but did not go to FL Caney as
he had intended He sailed for Guam
tanamo at o'clock in the afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
DE LA BARRA BACK HOME
Former Chief Executive Wei
coined at Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Vera Cruz. April 6.-Francsco de la Barra
who arrived here yesterday from Europe,
received several delegations to-day, the
members OF which came to extend to him
their welcome back 10 Mexico. Among
those who called were Federico Gonzalez
Cara. secretary OF the President, and
Manuel Urquidi, Under Secretary Of Com
munications representing the administra-
ton. Commissions from various cantons OF
Vera Cruz, student bodies from the capital
and the State Of Queretaro, commercial and
Industrial interests were all represented
In the course OF an interview Sehor de Ia
Barra declared in reference to General
Pascual Orozco's alleged proposal Of him.
self for the Presidency that lie could not
accept any post in opposition TO the prin-
clples OF the constitution. He said that he
was not affiliated with the Catholic party
and simply desired 10 work with the sane
elements OF the country in behalf OF peace
and order. He did not announce the date
OF his departure for the capital.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
COMMITS SUICIDE OVER COFFIN
Sweetheart of Girl Who Poisoned Her
self Shoots Himself.

Berlin. March 26-The last act OF a love
tragedy was played recently In the church
OF the Stegitzer Cemetery here. Many hun
dreds OF persons had assembled 10 pay the
la st honors 10 Martha Stachovsky. a young
girl who had poisoned herself because she
believed the man TO whom she was be-
trothed was faithless. She had been great
ly beloved by the family she had served as
housemaId. and. in spite OF her humble
position, her gentleness and beauty made
her many friends.
The news Of her death made so deep an
impression that many who had not actually
known her followed the body TO the grave
After the chaplain had begun the burial
service a young man. who proved to be the
fsithless lover was observed to be pushing
his way through the crowd standing In the
aisle until he reached the coffin.
Here Is my place: by her VIII die" he
cried. The sound OF a revolver shot rang
through the church, and the lover fell
dead on the coffin. A scene of great con-
fusion ensued. Many women tainted. and
others ran wildly from the building.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
FORTY KILLED IN AMBUSH
Federals Take go Prisoners Near
Necaxa-Colonel Suarez Dead.

Mexico city. April 6.-Forty rebels were
killed and sixty prisoners taken by force
Of federais to-day near Necaxa. in the
State of Puebla, where the city electric
power plant Is situated
Colonel Hernandez, In command OF the
federals. having learned OF the approach OF
the rebels, placed a number OF rapid FIRE
guns so as to command their route to Ne
caxa, which Is one hundred miles to the
northeast Of this city. The ambush was
successful, and the federals, besides caus-
ing great havoc In the rebel force. capt
ured a large amount Of arms. ammunition
and dynamite, according TO the report
which reached here to-day.
Colonel Nestor Pine Suarez brother Of
Vlce-President Jose NJ. Pine Suarez, has
been killed In battle near Perlcos, about
forty miles from Culacan. capital OF the
State OF Sinaloa He was leading force
of four hundred federals against large
number Of rebels Of whom more than one
hundred were killed in the battle, while the
federals also had fifty killed.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
7RIRUNF' FOREIGN NEWS
S'BRITISH PRINCE IN PARIS
Heir Apparent Of George V. Enjoying Himself immensely
Passing About Unnoticed in the Streets.

The Minister Of Public Works has de-
cided that on and after July ! next the
rew time notation OF twenty-four hours
shall go into operation on the French
railroads and in the postofiices. Conse-
ouentIy American tourists arriving In
France during the summer VIII nave 10
repulate their movements by new
schedule of time and become accus-
toned to hearing and saying IL o'clock,
1S o'clock, half past 2l a quarter 20 20,
etc.
The system has been in use in the
French telegraph administration lot
several Years, and for nearly decade
has been the official method Of comput-
ing time in Italy.
The police are making an interesting
experiment in the hope Of bringing some
thing like order into the chaos OF the
traffic in Paris streets. A species OF rail-
way signal has been erected on an ISL
and in the centre Of the roadway where
the Grand Boulevard is crossed by the
Rue Montmartre, one Of the most con-
gested traffic centres.
The semaphore, which is illuminated
at night like a railway signal. has arms
showing in every direction and signals
to the waiting stream Of traffic when the
way is clear Hitherto policemen a,
each crossing have signalled TO the
traffic with whistles or with white
truncheons. The new railway signal Is
being tried only as an experiment, but
it seems TO be successful, and there Is
talk Of extending the system to every
ccngested point in Paris, notably the
Place de rOpera.
The increasing danger Of the Paris
streets has long been occupying the at
tention Of the authorities, and the need
for reform Is illustrated by the fatal ac-
cldent TO the late Amiral de Cuvervllle
who was run over by cab last week
and killed