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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21

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out. work the ground thoroughly. !:
prefer disc harrow for this work
Then harrow well with common har-
last OF April or first Of May. when the
potatoes.
The seed should be free from sca,.
If such is not obtainable, then treat
with formaldehyde. 1 prefer cutting
by hand, but where the acreage is
large this may not be practicable. !
cut my seed Just before using. I cut
two eyes to the piece and plant one
piece to the hill. On big acreage you
will have to use the larger potato
machinery and plant accordingly. ]
prefer rows three feet apart and
twenty inches in the row. Some adj
vocate rowing both ways; have, no
experience in so doing.
Plant deep to eliminate killing. The
up-to- date grower does little if any
killing. 1t does in a wet season, but
in dry one the hill is too much eX-
posed to sun. After planting, harrow
thoroughly once week till plants are
three inches high, Their keep we'll Gull
tivated until potatoes begin to set,
when the crop should be in prime con-
dition to lay by.
In the meantime. look out for po-
tato bugs. AS soon as the slugs ap-
pear go over the patch with Paris
green, and if your section Of the coun-
try is troubled with blight, combine
Bordeau mixture with your Paris
green. Generally, two applications o.
Paris green are sufficient, altho it de-
Ponds on the season to some extent.
AS to variety, l prefer the Early Ohio
for early planting and the Rural New
Yorker or Carman for late. The Bur-
bank is also popular potato on the
market.
A movement is on foot here this
spring to get all the farmers to plant
the same variety, as it is well-known
fact that a community that raises one
kind of potatoes can command better
prices for their product than one that
has a mixed lot to offer. Great care
should be exercised in the selection of
seed. AT digging time l go ahead of the
pickers and select my seed. 1t must
conform in shape to the type of potato
rlanted, must be Of medium size and
must be free from defect. Seed thus
selected will never run out. I prefer to
sort my potatoes on the ground, pick
ing up the marketable ones first and
the small ones for the stock last, thus
saving the expense of hauling the small
ones to market and the time and ex-
pense OF screening them. A crop thus
handled can result in but one way;
bountiful harvest. Yields up to 400
bushels per acre We're gotten In this
county in 1911, and / feel sure with
proper care the yield may be materially
increased.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
IOWA AND PARTY OPPORTUNITY.

1.aFollette won North Dakota. It
IL said that democrats voted very nu-
merously for LaFoUette. Colonel
Roosevelt's friends say so and the re-
turns seem to corroborate the charge
to considerable extent.
However, that is not an argument
against the presidential preference ex-
preston but against the primary pro-
cesses where it occurs. There is no good
reason why either party can not provide
ers Of other parties taking part in it..
1t may be that democrats voted for
LaFollette If they got the chance.
There is no doubt that thousands Of
democratic votes would be cast for him
or for Roosevelt in the general cleo
ton were either of them to be nom
mated. Then, too, it is quite possible
and even probable that no great num-
Der of democrats took part in the re-
publican primaries. There is reason
able explanation for the short demo-
NDAAA
bined to create democratic apathy mad
keep democrats at home.
However it may be the dispute is be-
tween Roosevelt and LaFollette. There
was no question of Taft His candi-
dacy seems to find little to recon-
mend it to North Dakotans. AS be-
tween the factions Of the republican
party on the strictly republican vote
the Taft candidacy was lost in the
blizzard.
North Dakota is another indication
that the convention must make its
nomination with peculiar sagacity if
the party is to win. With LaFollette
Impossible in the east, Taft Impossible
in the west, Roosevelt with bitter
enmity to face Iowa should sit tight
and offer the solution OF winning
candidate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
Insult Added to Injury,

THAT was adding insult to injury"
said Representative Mann, the minor
ity leader of the house, apropos of a
political squabble. ut reminds me Of
young links.
Late one night young links sat in
crowded trolley car and when girl
he knew got aboard and stood directly
in front of him he made no sign. His
face hidden by his newspaper, he pre-
tended that he didn't know the girl
would like to have his seat.
After while she spoke.
"'Good evening, Mr.. Jinks.'
"'Why, good evening"
give been to the Primrose Social
dance.
"Tndeed!'
"Then, after pause. she added:
Its a wonder, Mr.. links. you
wouldn't offer me your seat!'
links then got up. But he was very
angry. He said, as he hooked himself
to strap:
"I thought you wouldn't want It;
for, as you said you'd been to dance
knew you must have been sitting all
the evening"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
StraWpile

the most intelligent, domestic animal
we have. and it is held in the greatest
love and esteem. Those who have
horses learn to know their great value
on the farm in making a living, and
the joys and sorrows of these noble
creatures arouse a sympathetic chord
in the heart of the owner The man
who has any love at all for animals
is awake early in the morning when q
new foal is expected.
He is all legs at first, for his legs
at a day old are about as long as they
will be when he is thousand days old
Not only are his legs disproportionate-
ly long, but they are, as rule, very
crooked and wabbly, and they remain
so for several days. The young thing
is SO awkward at first that it reminds
one Of q. green boy on stills, ready to
fall backwards at any time over the
wood pile or forward into the pig pen.
But let the new foal get few rods
away from its mother, and you will
soon realize what she thinks it is
worth. If you are holding her halter in
the open lot or pasture you will sud-
denly begin to think that she is going
to scale mountain or kick a hole
instinct in love and consideration for
her young that has suddenly been
aroused. 1t is the kind that Kipling
speaks Of in his late poem, OH 1.-THE Fe-
male Of the Species" She at this time
is certainly more deadly than the
male" or at least, far more interested
| than anybody else.
The young foal, of course, is not
| worth his weight in gold, as all human
babies are. yet he is worth much in
, money value and interest to the owner.
The boys on the place will think that
the little colt" is the whole thing,
and their interest in 1t will grow as the
little animal grows. When it begins to
get steady on its long legs and holds
, It's head high in the air like a big,
proud horse full of spirit ard ginger,
! they will believe that 1t Is the most
interesting and beautiful animal in ex-
istence, and their belief will not be far
from right. The young foal at week
old and past can run, and run fast.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
Planting Low-Tested Seed Corn.

| In a circular issued by the Better
! Farming Association of North Dako-
| ia, on seed corn testing, the farmers
| of that state are advised not only to
| test their own corn, but those who
purchase seed are urged to buy it
, on the basis of a test and they are
further importuned to test the pur-
chased seed after they come in posses
sion of it, That farmers will encoun-
ter difficulty this year in getting seed
that is perfect in terminating power
is indicated by the fact that this as
ISOLATION recommends the use of corn
that shows as much as Is per cent
strong vitality. and even corn that is
so per cent strong is advised for some
localities. OF course such corn, it is
recommended, should be sown in drills
rather than checked in.
We are not prepared to say that
this advice should under no crcum-
tsances be taken, because it is just
possible that there will be farmers
somewhere in the corn belt who can
not find seed that will germinate more
than 75 per cent and possibly not
more than 80 per cent. At this early
date, however, we would advise no
man to come to this decision until he
has exhausted every means of obtain
ing seed that will not only terminate
SO or 80 but even 100 per cent.
To accomplish this end the matter
must be undertaken while the corn is
still in the ear. If four or six kernels
are tested from every ear the non
vital and weak ears can be discarded
without further ado. While there are
those who claim that supply of corn
bot 70
per cent is an unfit source from which
to take any seed yet we believe that
it is practicable year like this to
test and retest even where corn shows
as low as % pr cent strong. IN
other words, if 100 ears produce
twenty five ears that are good and
sound it win be quite worth the time
taken to do the work if a sufficient
supply is tested to get strong seed
enough to plant ones entire area.
The idea Of planting so per cent or
even 10 per cent corn is not good
one. because the stand can not be sat
isfactoriiy obtained by sowing one
quarter or one-half more seed. 1t is
true that by drilling the corn and by
sowing it thickly fairly satisfactory
stand can be obtained If so or rs per
cent OF the seed is absolutely good,
but as said before we do not endorse
this idea and only recommend it after
failure has crowned the most thor
ough effort to obtain good seed.
1t is too early to give up the fight
in the search for good corn. a few
hours and at the very outside a few
days spent in testing may mean the
difference between one-half and full
stand. To obtain half stand as the
result of planting poor seed means
throwing away practically one-half of
the labor of the summer and as some
one has said, it means also that the
good housewife throws away one-half
Of her labor because she has to cook
for men who are wasting half their
time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
AS TO WILSON.
Waterloo Times Tribune

Waterloo Times Tribune.
Why does he hold ono When Wilson
PASSED the nlaIh III length % service
in the cabinet, it wss hoped by his
friends that ne would resign. All the
honors were his: his ambition was
realized. But he held on and on. Grad
ually the office got away from him; mis-
age told on him; he was unable to keep
the organization Of the various depart
ments intact-the facts seem to be that
he scarcely realized what was going on
around him and, if he did, he lacked
the power to remedy the difficulties. AS
4 consequence. for several years past
the various departments of his office
seemed to be. not only disorganized.
out demoraliZed.
1t is too bad. Had he retired a few
years ago, history would record him as
the man who built up and made the
agricultural department great.
But now it may be compelled to say,
after Years of faithful and effective
service. he retired because he failed TO
bring results: because he had remained
in office too long and had outlived his
usefulness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
Topics of the Times

Evidences of an early spring in Iowa
are as scarce as Taft votes in North
Dakota.
This is no day for radishes, robins
and spring poetry.
The man with corner lot leaps from
the frying pan of the snow shovel into
the fire of the lawn mower.
1t is estimated that i would require
S4O,O 900 men all pushing together to
move an ocean liner at speed. Now
viii somebody figure the horsepower
developed by 100000 people all shovel
ing snow at 1880 a. m. this morning .
If all the coal miners were to quit
and all the factories cease for lack OF
fuel what would we do about it?
Kenvon's insistence that Sundance
with o75 population is not entitled to a
big public building will not add to his
popularity in Wyoming. But Kenyon
isn't looking for popularity in Wy
oming
The Cedar Rapids Republican with
uncanny perspicacity suggests that
Wiley worked up a row to get job
as editor somewhere Strange that the
idea struck the doctor only after nearly
thirty years of service in the depart
ment. Why doesn't Solicitor McCabe
seek an outlet in Journalism?
When the anthracite coal miner
strikes there doesn't seem to be any
great rush of other labor 70 fill his
place. Perhaps the job is of char
acter which needs good wages as an
Involvement?
North Dakota is the ponlpadour on
the crest of the LaFollette boom.
Roosevelt's manager says democrats
voted for LaFollette: but Roosevelt
once carried Missouri himself.
Mr.. Carnegie advises living within
ones income. Mr.. Carnegies or ours?
Two of the most widely read stories
published in Scribner's Magazine dur
ing the past twenty-five years We're
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom
Come" and The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine" by John Fox. Jr In book form
they We're long listed among the best
sellers" and their popularity goes on
year after year. Mr.. Fox's new story
which will run nearly thru the year,
vii commence in the April number. 1t
has a most attractive title" The Heart
Of the Hills" and its title is fair prom
Use of the charm of the story. This is
story of vivid contrasts. The people
of the mountains are brought in con-
tact with the people Of the blue grass.
main interest of the plot revolves about
boy and girl of the hills and a boy
and girl Of the plains. 1t is their de-
velopment from a crude childhood to
wiser maturity that enchains the read
err They are real people. as appealing
and lovable as Chad or June of Fox's
previous stories.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
Last Of schaatleoks Indians.

The few survivors of the Ltchdeld
county (Conn.) tribe Of schagticoko
Indians own 800 acres of land and
five houses, valued at $4,000. besides q
little personal property. They subsist
by selling potatoes and other products.
cutting railroad ties and wood and
working on neighboring farms. The
tribe is reduced to ignorance and pov.
erty as a result Of leading shiftless
lives and by internarriage and mix
lures of races. The great event at the
reservation is the annual rattlesnake
hunt in the spring, when the palefaca
joins in the sport and furnishes all
the whisky antidote needed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
THAT FENCING CONTEST,

The University of Illinois has sent
the University Of Iowa an invitation 10
enter a fencing team in the annual
tournament to be held at Urbana Hill
nois.
Now this is something which will
appeal to father on the farm much
more than other athletic contests more
loudly featured. Just what the event
will include is not stated but presum-
ably it covers ordinary fencing with
cedar and cement posts, at any rate
that would be plenty to begin with.
Judgment would naturally be rendered
on rapidly, stapling, effective corner
bracing and even stretching Of wire
and proper tamping Of posts, straight
lining. ETC., etc.
Fencing used to be an art or at least
q skilled employment. A lot of things
20 to make good fence. There is not
only knack but somewhat more con-
cerned in digging a three foot posthole
straight and true without moving more
dirt than necessary. There must be
judgment displayed when the post Is
faced properly. Patience and skill COM
bine tn the tnmping. The long row OF
slcilkully set posts should look like
solid wall when sighted" and stand
hrm rooted and unshakable as an oak
nee.
Stretching the wire is no novice
Job. It takes muscle and brains. The
p~pe1dic,,Iar stays must point straight
W and down. The adjustment requires
% much skill Of Its kind as laying rail-
xuaa track does in its way. And wher
the fence Is finished it must be horse
hfgh. bull strong and hog tight. The
man who puts perfect fence about E
forty Il An engineer and deserves {
tnplmns.
YGaIv ago in those brave old day!
when trampG were knights and holdul
- wore barons fencing" referred t.
- ast az defense and attack witt
i nwcrds, but it is impossible that on
sAse..eaty !vnnll invite another in thi
- at corn knives to a contest witt
DroeAA And II 70 would not our Iow'
No. uaa re1use = part In a contest g
nfom6 10oaaw to this day when Spades
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
Iona Newspapers
FARMERS AND AUTOS.

[Hampton Chronicle.l
In proportion to population there is a
vastly larger percentage Of people In
the country than in the city who need
and can afford automobiles.
While farmers must have horses for
steady uphill land down-dale plowins
and general farm work, there is no
class Of men who can use automobiles
to such advantage. Take it in blowing
and planting and harvesting time, the
horses are not only too busy during the
day, but they are too tired at night for
use. Then again, a piece Of machinery
breaks, or some special supplies are
needed from town, perhaps twenty or
thirty miles away.
Horses can not be spared and never
could do the errand without long delay
of a working force. A good automobile,
however. could get to town and back
as quick as an express train could
make it-no horse-f flesh would be tired
out or worn out in the operation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
Tact.

Mrs. Smith and her little daughter
Margaret, aged two. were spending the
summer at the lake. The mother often
spoke Of the excellent quality of the
milk she fed the child. While out walk
ing with little Margaret one day, Mrs.
Smith happened to meet the wife OF
the farmer who supplied the superior
milk.
What do you say, Margaret, to the
lady for bringing you such nice milk?"
pro>n.ed Mrs. Smith.
:; the cow" asked Margaret
-omen's Home Companion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Cedar Rapids Republican decrys
Dr. Wiley and says: ITO have DR.. Wi
ley make the transit from the govern
,aent bureau to the editorial desk
quietly would not be good business
from the standpoint of the magazine.
To have the chemist retire as a martyr
TO bureaucracy is plainly, the better
way, as viewed from the counting room
of the ma gazine. But Secretary Wilson
has had too long and too honorable a
career in the service of the govern
rent and the people to be injured for
the sake Of boosting a magazine circu-
lation."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21

That is one thing the boys like. They
will begin to plan an to how fast they
will ride on its back when 1t is q s.
year or a 4-year-old. The rapid
and graceful motion is what they love
above everything else in the animal
line. A boy that is given colt to
own Internationally is about the
proudest and happiest boy in the
world. And most farm girls love little
colts almost as we'll as boys. Watching.
feeding. watering and petting the little
horse is part of their education, which
will be worth much to them in later
life.
The young foal does not need to be
artificially fed when it is young, hence
it's care is simple and easy. For the
first week or two after it is born, 1t
and it's mother are allowed to rest and
take it easy in a comfortable and
roomy stall in the barn at nights, and
in bad weather, with an outing in the
pasture every nice day. If anything
should happen to the mare the young
foal can be raised on cows milk.
slightly diluted with water and
sweetened with sugar. In the absence
of mothers milk. it will thrive on this
diet if fed regularly on good milk.
warm from clean vessel, three times
each day until it is old enough to be-
gin to eat hay and grass. when the
daily feeds may be reduced to morn
ing and evening.
The young foal has no market value
at birth, and will have none till after
weaving time when. if a good one, it
will be worth in money from $50 to $50.
Each year thereafter till it becomes 3
or 4 years old it can be made to in
crease at least $50 in value with rea-
sonably good feed and care
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
rhe "child,s Welfare. movement has

The "Child's Welfare" movement has
challenged the attention Of thoughtful
people everywhere. Mothers are natur-
al supporters, and will find in Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound most val
liable aid. Coughs and colds that un-
checked lead to Group, bronchitis and
pneumonia yield quickly to the healing
and soothing qualities Of Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound. Mcbride & WIN
Drug Company. g
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
The
Pruning Fruit Trees.

The time for pruning all fruit trees
is when they are young. Then is the
time when most wood growth takes
place, and then is the only time to
train the trees to the desired form.
The most severe pruning of a fruit
tree should be when it is set in the
permanent orchard. At resetting. many
Of the feeding roots will be destroyed,
hence pruning and severely cutting
back the top are necessary so that the
young tree will live while new roots
are forming and becoming established
in the new soil home. The top Of the
young tree set out in spring should
be cut back to about two feet Of the
ground, with some root pruning at the
same time. The following spring cut
out all but five or six main branches,
and begin to shape the head accord
ing to your ideals for heading. The
following spring cut back these main
branches somewhat, and cut out all
surplus and interfering small branches
Continue pruning every subsequent
spring for removal of surplus and in
terfering branches SO that it will never
become necessary to cut out large
branches.
Altho pruning may be done at any
time when the tree is dormant-in late
fall, winter or spring-yet the best time
is in the spring just before new
growth begins. Then the wounds be-
gin to heal Immediately and are least
exposed for decay.
| Use d sharp instrument to make a
smooth, clean cut Cut close so that
| long stubs will not result. Avoid as
much as possible the cutting OF large
branches. Prune some every year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21

are trumps and battleaxes are in the
discard? No, this must be contest
of tamping bars and wire stretchers
The need today is to keep the cows in
the pasture and out of the corn. For
swords are useless things and knowl
edge of swordplay in 1912 only one OF
the denser forms Of ignorance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
Growing Potatoes.

would cover my ground well with
good manure (Which the dairy end Of
the business suplies,) pillow deep and
plant to corn, says writer IN the Ag-
riculturalist. The next year sow to
oats, with good seeding OF medium
red clover. The oats act as a nurse
crop to the clover.
The next year cut a crop of hay, AMI
if good year, you will get crop of
seed later. Late in the fall pillow deep
and leave rough. Some advocate har-
rowing in the fall. do not, for find
the frost acts on 1t better and the land
works up in far better shape in the
spring If left rough in the fall.
In the spring, as soon as frost is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
Law Will 30 Hard to Enforce

For lower Austria q new law con.
tanning various regulations concerning
servants has gone into force. It de-
crees that servants must no longer
be called servants" but employees"
The employer must feed the servant
properly. and the servant is forbid.
den to chatter or gossip to other serv.
ants about the private affairs Of the
family. 1t is not stated how this pro.
vision shall be enforced.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-21
What I. the Fo.l worth?

The time will soon be here when the
spring foals will begin to arrive on
farms all over the country. Not much
stir is made over the; birth Of baby
pigs or calves, but when young horse
or mule is 5c::: c: The place all turn
out to take a look Of admiration at 1t
in the warm and well bedded box stall
with its mother. The horse IL the
largest and most valuable, ~ well ~