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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
FATTENING VALUE OF PEAS
For Use With Cattle Crop Probably
Is UnexceIled-Make Good Food
for Horses at Work.
nv PROM ruoMAs n SHAW,

CBy PROF. THOMAS N. SHAw.)
There is no kind of live stock on
the farm to which peas cannot be
fed with positive advantage when they
are to be had at prices not too high.
since they car seldom be spared for
such a use, but they make a good food
for horses at work, and for colts
during the period of development, If
given as a part of the grain food.
AS a food for fattening cattle, peas
are probably uneXcelled. Much OF
the success which Canadian feeders
have achieved in preparing cattle for
the block has risen from the free use
of peas in the diet.
During the first part OF the finish
ing period they will be found peculiar
ly helpful in making beef, owing to
their relative richness in protein, but
they are also a satisfactory food at
any stage of the fattening process.
During the first half of the finishing
period cas- will be found superior to
corn, but toward the close of the same,
corn could probably be fed with
greater relative advantage.
Peas with oats or bran make an ex-
cellent grain food for cattle that are
being fattened. Speaking in a gen.
eral way, peas should form about one
third, by weight, of the meal fed, but,
as every feeder knows, the relative
proportions of meal used should vary
somewhat as the season Of fat
tening progresses.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

ing erected at Arlington. These. with
the three huge towers, which, when
erected, will be visible from any point
within many miles of the nations capi-
tai, will constitute the most powerful
wireless station in the world.
When completed the station will be
able to communicate over the seas
with the Azores in the Atlantic, all
West Indian ports and South Ameri-
can coast towns as far south as the
mouth of the Amazon river. Aerial
disturbances, which are greater over
land than over sea-, will, it is expect
ed, make transmission over land more
difficult, but 1t is said that after al
lowances for impediments in trans
mission over land wireless communi-
cation from this station will extend
over half of North America.
The steel work on the towers has
been completed for some time. The
towers were shipped to Arlington
from the shops here in sections and
erected as fast as the different SEQ
lions were completed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
First Giant Wireless Towers Erected

r HE first Of three giant steel towers
/ to be used by the bureau of yards
and docks of the United States navy
as wireless telegraph stations has
been erected on a high hill overlook
ing the Potomac river at Arlington.
Va. Two of the towers are 450 feet
high, while the third is 600 feet high.
the latter being the highest in the
world built for use as a wireless tele-
graph station.
When the other two towers are
erected the three will be capable of
seeding a wireless message a distance
of 5000 miles over the ca and almost
hat distance over land. Had they
been completed and in working order
a week ago direct communication
could have been established between
Arlington, Va, and n of the vessels
within hundreds of miles of the i'll
fated Titanic.
The 60O-foot tower, when erected,
will contain an elevator, and the steel
work on the two smaller towers has
been SO arranged that elevators can
be placed in them at any time. How
ever, for a while at least, persons will
ascend from the bottom to the top of
the smaller towers by ean of a
stairway. The 600-foot tower rests o.
a base $50 feet square, while the two
450-foot towers rest on a base 100 feet
square.
A power and engine house, trans
mitter and receiving buildings are be-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
LIVE .STOCK
E@gR0HES-A

A hog simply will not be responsible
for poor fences.
There is no better place to raise
pigs than in a good pasture.
There is no animal that responds SO
quickly to good feed and treatment
as the pig.
How much per bushel can be made
from wheat by feeding to hogs? In
what way should 1t be fed?
Almost every wrong act Of the horse
is caused by fear, excitement or mis-
management, said a great horseman.
The individuality Of each horse
should be studied, and the feeds sup
piled to meet individual requirements.
Feed roughage to the stock before
giving them grain, as 1t invigorates
and excites the digestive apparatus to
action.
The pure-bred sire and a dam Of
the same type Of as good blood as 1t
is possible to get will usually bring
a desirable colt.
Be sure to have some disinfectant
to use on the young colts navel when
he arrives. A half minute at this time
may save the colt later.
Twenty acres Of corn put into a silo
is said to be worth more than 80
acres put in the crib. This is quite
an item, especially when feed is SO
high.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

ends, writes N. S. Widders in the Mis-.
souri, Valley Farmer. Make the usual
V trough and nail securely to the bot
tom board at one end of pen. Instead
of boarding up the pen tight at the
trough end leave an open space the
length of trough, with a board across
top and bottom, then make a gate and
hinge to the top board on the inside.
Take a short length of stout wood for
a latch and bolt to the second board
Of gate, with n bolt. When you
want to fill the trough turn the latch
until it misses the trough, push the
gate in till latch Is beyond trough, then
turn latch to upright position again.
The hogs cannot bother o while you
are cleaning the trough or pouring in
the feed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
SHOULD NOT NEGLECT COLT
# Younsster Is Properly Handled
From Beginning It Will Not Give
Much Trouble.

The farmer owning 40 acres or
more Of land, who does not raise at
least one colt every year, Is not doing
his best. The mare will do most kinds
Of farm work and raise her colt with
out much loss of time. If the colt is
properly handled from the beginning
1t will not gi~e much trouble. Never
allow 1t to run after ITS mother when
she is working.
This worries and frets the mare,
and 1t wears out the colt. Keep it at
the barn, loose in a box stall, and
tempt it with a little clover hay and
oats. Early colts will be weaned pref
y soon now. If they have been
brought up to this point right, wean-
ing does not mean much. Feed more
frequently with sweet clover hay, oats
and corn, and the colt will soon be
able to take care of itself. Keep 1t in
the barn at night and allow it t run
with other young stock in the pasture
during the day.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
Taking a Census of the Water Wells

One group of 10 states was taken In
the rectangle inclosed by Minnesota.
Ohio, Tennessee and Iowa. 1t was
found that this was representative OF
the general condition. 1t. was shown
that the water level was gradually but
steadily falling all yer the country,
so that the ultimate outlook, not next
year, but in a few centuries. Will be
for a vanishing drinking supply not
only on the farms, blu in urban COM
munities where the water supply Is
drawn from lakes and rivers.
Prof. MCGEE says hat the supply
could be increased by digging the
wells deeper, but hat this would be
merely a palliative measure. The real
remedy is in changing the system or
farm cultivation so as to conserve the
water supply.
He explains that when the country
is In a state of nature all the rainfall
and the melting snowfall sinks into
the ground and the rivers run clear.
With settlement and cultivation the
ground is broken up SO that 1t Is
washed into the streams and the rlV-
ers run muddy in the spring, and
there are intervals of disastrous floods
and bad drouths.
He says further that as lane be-
comes hore valuable the farmer Is
unconsciously applying the remedy by
more intensive cultivation and manag-
ing his land so that 1t is not allowed
to erode and wash away. The point
he brings out, however, Is that this
situation should be clearly put before
the people, 50 that crop systems and
methods of cultivation might be i'm
mediately improved and the waste Of
both land and water prevented.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

THE historic old ship Santee, which
recently sank at her dock at the
Annapolis Naval Academy, has been
abandoned by the naval authorities
and will be sold to the highest bidder
with the understanding that he re-
move her at his own expense. An in
spection Of the vessel shows that she
is waterlogged and beyond repair for
naval purposes. She rests on the
muddy bottom Of the Severn with the
water about twelve feet above her
water line and probably icy will
float again.
Naval officers have al affection for
the old Santee, based on recollections
of their student days At the academy.
For many years she was used as a
practice ship by the m~idshipmen, and
when no longer able to navigate. was
transformed into a prison ship for the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
PHYSICIAN ADVISES
CUTICURA REMEDIES

-Four years ago I had places break
out on my wrist aud on my shin which
would itch and burn by spells. and
scratching them would not seem to
give any relief. When the trouble first
began, my wrist and shin itched like
poison. l would scratch those places
until they would bleed before / could
get any relief. Afterwards the places
would scale over, and the flesh jim
derneath would look red and feverish.
Sometimes 1t would begin to itch until
1t would waken me from my sleep,
and I would have to go through the
scratching ordeal again.
Our physician pronounced 1t dry
eczema" I used an ointment which
the doctor gave me, but 1t did no good.
cura Remedies. AS this trouble has
been in Jul family for years, and Is
considered hereditary. I felt anxious
to try to head 1t off. l got the CUT
cura Soap, Ointment and Pills, and
they seemed to be just what I needed.
The disease was making great
Roadway on my system until / got
the Cuticura Remedies which have
cleared my skin OF the great pest.
From the time the eczema healed four
years ago, until now, l have never felt
any of its pest, and I am thankful to
the Cuticura Soap and Ointment which
certainly cured me. l always use the
Cuticura Soap for toilet, and I hope
other sufferers from skin diseases will
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment"
(Signed) Irven Hutchinson, Three Riv-
ers, Mich, Mar. 10. 1911. Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers everywhere,
a sample of each, with 32-page book.
will be mailed free On application to
"Cuticura," Dept. L, Boston.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

them better for several weeks and
flush the eve stock each fall, that .s,
before going to the buck, there are
more twins and more milk at lambing
time. Many of the troubles with weak
lambs and empty udders would be
avoided If your ewes were fatter when
brought in for the winter.
Try the plan Of flushing your ewes,
then follow with good pasture and you
will see from results that the plan
makes most profits. Have a dry, we'll
sheltered roomy yard, with deep shed
for the ewes. If you AVE neighbors
with dogs, have a tight, stout woven
wire fence with board at top and bot
tom around the sheep fold. Keep
the sheep In this yard at night-this
will save your sheep, as well as your
temper.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
Mulch Small Fruit Vines.

A successful West Virginia rasp-
berry grower gives the following rea-
sons for mulchfng:
It prevents the growth Of weeds.
It ads humus, M of the necessary
elements.
1t keeps the fruit clean and prevents
mud at picking time.
1t saves labor, the cost of mulchine
an acre with forest leaves or straw not
exceeding SIS.
It prevents deep freezing.
1t makes the fruit more solid for cul-
tivation and better for shipping pur-
poses.
1t prevents the baking of the soil
caused by tramping at picking time.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
Food for Pics,

An experiment on two lots of pigs
of the effect of feeding bulky as COM
pared with more concentrated food
during the early growth Of the pigs
on the general gain in weight, and on
the shrinkage of the pigs in dressing.
The difference in richness Of the ra-
tons was brought about by feeding
more or less corn meal in proportion
to the skim milk. Those on the mar
rover rations gained faster and ate
less dry matter per pound Of gain
than those on the wider r%ations, but
the shrinking on dressing was the
same with both lots.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
A Question Of Time.

Wouldn't it take some time to let a
Jungle grow dense enough to serve
as a protection for the Panama
canal?"
YES" replied the experienced states
man; 'but it would probably be COM
>plete a before we could get an
appropriation through congress SUM-
cient for some other arrangement"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
Feeding Hogs.

It is best never to feed hogs on the
ground. It is no more natural for a
hog to pick his feed up out Of the dirt
and mud than for any other animal to
do so, although circumstances have in
many cases forced him to do so. Have
floors on which to feed hogs, and not
only will you ave feed by using them,
but they will appreciate their rations
much more.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
MANAGEMENT OF EVE FLOCK
On Thrifty Condition Of Animals Dc.
ponds Success Of Breeder-Must
Have Some Attention.

By all ean keep your ewes healthy
and vigorous, for upon a healthy,
thrifty condition of ewes depends your
success.
The healthy eve is able to live on
rougher forage than your other farm
stock, but it is with sheep as with all
else. You must give them some at
tention If you expect profit.
Men, who every season make money
from their lambs, find that if they feed
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
castratino tho Lambs.

Buyers would rather have castrated
lambs. A ram lamb oon begins to
get coarse, and If not sold promptly
worries himself and the rest of the
flock. The work should be done while
they are from four days to three
weeks Did.
Keep a pail Of good d~isinfectant
handy for treating the knife. the
hands and the wound. Castrate in the
morning so that the lambs will take
some exercise and help wear off the
soreness.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

holes, inch or larger. In these put an
iron rod. or a fork handle to hold up
SO pigs can walk under and hogs a
not. The rod will hold up door and
prevent SOW from lifting door. Nail
boards on each side of 2x4s to slide
door in.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

fifty pounds it Is acknowledged that
the sudden loss of weight might at
feet an aeroplane greatly. Now the
inventor and Captain Washington l.
Chambers, U. 8. N, in charge of avia-
ton in the navy. are studying this
phase Of the problem.
Final tests of the gun will be held
soon at Indian Head under the super
vision of the bureau Of ordnance. It
will be fired from a frail structure to
represent an aeroplane and a dyna-
mometer will register the effect OF
the discharge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
HANDY DOOR FOR HOG HOUSE
Practical Arrangement Of Passage
Way to Keep Larger Animals in
and Little Fellows Out.

A simple method of arranging a
door for the hog house is given in the
Practical Farmer. The illustration
gives a good idea of its construction.
Use 2x4s, putting raw sides toward
the door. In the 2x4s bore a few
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

broke my rest. Nothing helped un,
til l used Doan's Kidney Pills anu
they did me a world Of good. nave
never missed a days work Since.
when Your Back Is Lame, henle
Der the Name-DOAN'S." 60c an s.oie'
Toster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. l.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

backache, TOO, VIII
some kidney disor-
ders, get Doan's
Kidney Pills. which
have cured thou
sands.
John T. Scant-
ling, Trin1d a d,
Colo, says: Il was
confined to bed
with rheumatism,
so helpless, | had
to be fed. My back
ached acutely and
kidney ~secretions
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
Not Serious.

II met a man today" said the popu-
lar author to his wife, who wanted to
take my life"
Good heavens" she cried. did he
try to murder you?"
mo, indeed, my dear. Merely asked
some notes to write a biography OF
me-"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

You may have noticed that about
the time a shoe begins to feel COM
Portable it looks like a candidate for
the refuse wagon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
MAKES STOPPING HOGS EASY
Pen so Arranged That Animals Cannot
Get at Trough While 1t Is Being
Filled or Cleaned.

I have a hog pen with trough SO To-
Gated that the hogs cannot get at 1t
while it is being filed. TO make such
a pen take corner posts of X and nail
on lengths of 1x4 or Ike for sides and
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
The Sheer Farm.

You can generally tell a sheep farm
by it's neat appearance. The sheep
keep the pretty well cleaned
uo.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
Use Aliens Foot-Eass

The a~ntiseptic powder to be shaken into
the shoes for tired, tender, smarting, ach.
ing, swollen feet. It makes your feet feel
easy and makes walking a Delight. Sold
everywhere, Csc. For free trial package,
address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy. N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

1t is just as well to remember that
a woman's shoe laces are almost as
easily broken as her heart strings.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
sAckAcHE AND ACHING JOINTS.

Together Tell Of Weak or Disordered
Kidneys.
Much pain that masks as rheuma-
tism is due to weak kidneys-to their
failure to drive off uric acid thorough
". When you suffer achy, bad joints.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

Many a woman who wishes she had
Deem born a man would be surprised
to know that her husband shares the
wish.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

Mrs. wfnslowg Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
ton. suays pain. cures wind collie. 25c . bottle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

That irritable, nervous condition due to q
bad liver calls for its natural antloote-
Garfield Tea.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
Matter Of Personal Pride.

Matter OF Personal Pride.
What makes you insist on taking
a curtain call after you are supposed
to have been done to death in a hand
to-hand encounter"
Il nav a reputation to sustain at
the athletic club replied the actor.
you couldn't expect me to let the
I actually had been put Town and
out?"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

Even when a bill collector finds 9
man in he is apt to find him out.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24
'Aeroplane Gun Fires from Both Ends

TESTS Of another invention designed
! to make war in the clouds" pos
sible are being prepared by the United
States. 1t consists Of an a%eroplane
gun that discharges a ~projectile from
each end. One Of the pr~ojectiles is
designed for destructive work and the
other as a dummy, to neutralize the
recoil. Commander Cleland Davis, U.
S. N, is the inventor.
! The p~racticability Of the weapon
has been partially demonstrated in
tests at Fort Wright. Two light can
wings, corresponding to those of
an ~aeroplane were rugged up close to
the gun. Delicate springs and recoil-
ing discs were placed under the
stanchions t o record the vibration and
%concussion and recoil. The results in
dicated that its use on an aeroplane
hundreds Of feet above earth Is pYac-
ticable.
As the two ~projectiles weigh about
Too Busy.
Lets see, you live in Sewickly,
don't you?"
Yep"
"Got a little piece Of ground attach
ed to your house?"
quite q lot"
"Going to make a garden this
spring."
mo; I'm busy experimenting that
al m1 next door neighbor."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

For liver or kidney troubles, nothing Il
quite 20 reliable as Garfield Tea.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-24

Even a love match may have It's
narerups.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

you ever stopped
n TO think, when you
whistle the air of a
popular song, that some
where there is a man who is
spending his life over the
problem Of making your lips
puckcr, and that, in so far
as you are concerned, he has
succeeded? You probably
have heard often Of the
creative art Of Whistler; but
have you heard even once OF
the art Of creating whiStlerst
Almost every stranger |
have encountered in the lat
ter part Of my twenty-five
wears Of song writing has
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
BY CHARLES K. HARRIS

the distance, unless it is
accompanied by a catchy
lyric.
| do not say that this
is the only way to pursue
in the effort to capitalize
the great US. A. pucker;
but, as far as | am con-
cerned, | believe it is the
best way. Results have
proved this much TO me.
One of the best songs |
ever wrote, in my own
estimation, failed COM
pletely, because | fool
ishly tried to prove TO
myself that it was
not necessary ALWAYS to
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

science but as sort of credentials, may submit that
have TO nv credit more song hits than any other native
composer OF popular ballads that have made great
deal of money out of what will call application to
song writing OF what term science and that nave
composed twenty popular dttes whose sales nave ex
ceeded the anillon mark and at least twelve whose
sales have topped three hundred thousand. .
The biggest secret of success in the song writing
science" according TO my own method and system Is
the following out songs Of ideas current in the national
brain at the time My biggest song successes nave al
ways reflected the favorite emotion Ut may use the
phrase of the people of the day. How do gage TINS!
Through the drama! The drama moves in irregular
cycles and changes in character according to the specc
tastes of the public The yearly mood of the nation IN
other words is reflected by the drama and theatrical
entertainment of the year. At least, inquire 1t OUT III
this way and compose my songs accordingly.
Let me show you how it works. Many years ago,
during the vogue of J. X. Emmett and W. J. Scanlon,
due in no small degree to the presence in their COM
panes of a leading child actor, figured out that the
public loved Emmett and SCanon not less, but the chill
dren more The popularity Of the full grown performers
rested in great measure their youngstcr co-players
Why not baby songs? thought |. Accordingly, COM
posed a couple of baby ballads called Creep, Baby,
Creep" and "Mudpie Days" They scored wide popu-
arty. and made up my mind on the spot that my SyS
TEN Of gaging the popular taste the correct one
Following the vogue of "baby plays, there came at
later date the widespread favor OF pastoral plays like
"rhe Old Homestead" and an Old Kentucky" saw
the situation of the national mood and wrote Mid the
Green Fields of Virginia and "ln the Hills OF Old Caro-
lima" Again my system worked out satisfactorily.
When Augustus Thomas caught the fancy OF the
country with alabama" and "In Mizzoura,' | intro
duccd the Southern angle" in my songs and composed