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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
GARDEN ana
FARM NOTES
Give the earth good seed to wosl

Give the earth good seed to work
with.
A silo built Of concrete will pre-
serve silage well.
Truck farming in this country is
not yet being o%verdone.
Rye may be cut for hay and used
for all classes Of livestock.
Most experienced melon pickers can
tell a ripe melon from the looks.
Plant enough lima beans for home
use. They are healthy and delicious.
A bushel of wheat weighs, on the
average, so pounds, and oats from SO
to 40.
The tool which usually follows the
n,ow in the course of tillage is the
harrow.
A ten-cent bolt now may save a dol
lars worth of time when the rush OF
work comes.
With the exception of the plow. the
harrow is perhaps the Oldest of tillage
instruments.
There is no reason why potatoes
should not be cultivated with a riding
| corn c%ultivator. !.
Frequent stirring of the soil is satc
&C. he a good preventive OF rust form
| ing on the r~ultivator.
A liberal application OF ashes TO the
sr;I where cabbage rlants are growL
is a preventive Of ciump root
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
BABY's ECZEMA AND BO!Ls

"My son was about three weeks old
when I noticed a breaking-out on his
cheeks, from which a watery sub
stance oozed. A short time after, his
arms, shoulders and breast broke out
also, and in a few days became a solid
scab. I became alarmed, and called
our family physician who at once pro-
ounce the disease eczema. The lit
tie fellow was under treatment for
about three months. BY the end Of
that time, he seemed no better. l be-
came discouraged. l dropped the doc
tors treatment, and commenced the
use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
and in a few days noticed a marked
change. The eruption on his cheeks
was almost healed, and his shoulders.
arms n breast were decidedly bet
ter. When he was about eve months
old. all trace OF the eczema was gone.
During his teething period, his
head and face were broken out in
boils which I cured with Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. Surely he must
have been a great sufferer. During
the time of teething and from the time
l dropped the doctors treatment, l
used the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment, nothing else, and when two
ears old he was the picture of health.
His cvIE ~1lexion was soft and beauti-
full, and his head a mass Of silky curls.
/ lad been afraid that he would never
be well, and l feel that I owe a great
deal to the Cuticura Remedies"
(Signed) Mrs. Mary w. Ramsey, 224
E. Jackson ST., Colorado Springs. Col,
Sept. "a, 1910. Although Cuticura
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug
gists and dealers everywhere, a sam
pie Of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept. L. Boston.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
Severely LOGICAL.

1t vas a Welsh minister who de-
scribed the devil to a little congrega-
ton in a remote Welsh valley. Said
the minister:
The devil is bound round the mid
die with chains. and round the arms
with chains and round the legs with
chains. But John Jones'" pointing to
a man in the front row.. "he can reach
you; and you, David Evans" pointing
tc one Of the middle rooms. "he can
reach you. and" pointing to one at
the back. John Williams. he can
reach you"
And then a man in the gallery call
ed OFT. why. he might as well be
loose."-London Globe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
Genuine Maple SUGAR.

There are few people outside the
maple sugar making districts, says a
writer in the Country Gentleman. who
really know what the genuine article
tastes like. The superior flavor thus
spoken of is probably due in a de.
gree to the same use that make
strawberries eaten off the vine and
cherries consumed on the tree SO de-
lectable. The writer quoted, however,
puts some of the blame for the poor
flavor of commercial maple sugar on
the willy wholesale dealer and mixer"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
Winged. and WingIess Corn-Root
Louise.

stance, known as honey dew" of
which the ants are very fond. For
this reason the root lice are very well
cared for by the ants, and especially
by one kind of ant known as the "lit-
tie brown ant" In the fall the ants
Wake the eggs of the O aphis down
into their nests and keep them there
throughout the winter. The next
spring, when the egsg hatch, the ants
place the young root lice on he roots
of the common smartweed, or some
other common weed, where he lice
begin to feed. Later on. if the ground
be planted to corn, the ants transfer
the root lice from the weeds to the
corn roots.
So the ants care for the root aphis,
and in order to fight the root aphis
the farmer must fight the little brown
ant.
A deep, thorough stirring of the soil
on old corn ground will tend to re-
duce injury by the root louise. This
stirring of the soil breaks up the
nests and scatters the ants. Conse-
quently the ants cannot give the lice
the proper care. The burrows of these
ants do not often reach to a depth Of
more than six inches. If the ground
is stirred at that depth, the attempts
of the ants to ecover their property
and reconstruct their nests are rem
dered largely fruitless.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
Ghost Talk.

Aunt Caroline came running into
the dining room, her kinky hair on
end.
Misses she gasped, Il done met
a ghost out dar by de we'll"
you must have bee mistaken.
Caroline" said the lady of the house.
There aren't any such things as
ghosts"
Aunt Caroline drew herself up
haughtily.
'Dey amt. Amt dey? Well. what
would you say If l told you this 'un
done spoke to me? Yessum. l heered
him."
why, what did he say?" -
Say" shifted the dusky mistress Of
the meals. how you specs ! know? T
neber learned desc here daid lang
wiches."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
WHITE PLAGUE LESS DEADLY
Decrease In Death Rate From Tubercu-
losis Means Saving Of 27,oco
ives In Ten Years.

In the decade from 1901 to 1910, the
death rate from tuberculosis in the
United States declined from 1869 for
each 1905 0 persons living to 1903, a
decrease Of 1877 per cent, while the
general death rate, including all cases
of death. declined only one-half as fast,
or at the rate of 81 per cent, from
1850 to 1888. according to figures
given out by the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu-
b~erculosis. The figures are based on
data distracted from the reports Of
the United States bureau of the CEN
sus, and cover the registration area
OF this country. According to the
statement, the tuberculosis death rate
has declined steadily since 1904. when
it was 201.6 On the other hand, the
general death rate shows a f%1uctuation
downward in general trend. but o as
steady as the tuberculosis rate. The
decline in the tuberculosis death rate
In the last ten years means a saving
OF $4,000 lives at the present time.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
Simplest Way Of All


The following story the Saturday
Evening Post says is told of Col
George w. GoetEals. who at the time
1t took place IA an instructor in en-
cheering at West Point.
One day. in a recitation he gave out
this question to a class of cadets.
The post fiagpole. sixty feet high.
has fallen down. You are ordered by
your commanding officer to put 1t up
again. You have under your command
a sergeant and ten privates Of the en-
gineer corps. How would you get the
pole back into place."
Each cadet, after long consideration
and much figuring over the derricks.
blocks. tackle and SO on, evolved q
different method.
NO" said Cocktails, you are all
wrong. You would simply say: Ser
geant, put up that flagpole!'"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

A New York dentist advocates
laughing gas as a substitute for the
police third degree. He believes that
this, the least dangerous of anesthet.
les. lays open what already Is in the
mind, unconscious of the search for
Its secrets. He believes that If a
man who has committed a serious
crime should be questioned about 1t
during a certain stage of recovery
from nitrous oxide, or laughing gas
anaesthesia. he would not only reply
and truthfully, but half a minute later
he would realize fully what he had
said.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
CataIpa Fence Posts.

Catalpa ]speciosa is a good tree. 1t
makes a post sometimes in eight
years, sometimes in ten. We have so
many better trees, however, that we
don't have to fall back on the catalpa.
says a writer in the Ohio Farmer.
/ have tried a little catalpa to see
what it would do In some sections
we have chosen the white oak. In
South Georgia we have an excellent
post, when we can get it, of long leaf
pine. Where we cannot get that, we
have the loblolly pine, and the short
leaf pine can be used If we treat 1t
with ~creosote to the amount OF Is
cents a post, and it will last Is to 20
years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
Best Business Creator.

AS a business creator. what is there
better than advertising? Have you
ever asked that question of yourself!
The millions that advertising has
made for merchants are u~ncountable,
yet there are business men who even
10Y don't believe in advertising, just
as there are people who still think 1t
Is safer and more convenient to travel
in a prairie schooner behind a pair of
slow oxen than in a Pullman palace
a I. Yet this type of business man is
seldom rated in commercial rating
books.-Exchange.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
Sprayinu Cucumbers.

A horticultural authority says that
spraying m~uskmelons and cucumbers
with Bordeaux mixture is not an alb,
solute preventive of the dreaded
blight, but it helps to hold the disease
in check. It must be remembered
that spraying is a preventive measure,
and not a cure, so that the first ap-
plication should be made about the
time the plants begin to throw out
runners.
Several applications should be made
before it is impossible to drive
through the fields. Four pounds Of
copper sulphate, six pounds of slaked
lime and fifty gallons Of water is a
desirable formula for this purpose.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
Racteria for Alfalfa Soil.

& Alfalfa needs a certain kind of bac'
terra in the soil to give the best re
suits. These bacteria live on the
roots of the plants, and give off as a
by-product the nitrogen which the
plant needs. This is an example OF
cooperation in nature.
In the soils where sweet clover mas
grown, these bacteria are usually
present. If they are not, it is some
times necessary to get soil from some
field where alfalfa is growing, OF
some sweet clover soil, and scatter I,
over the alfalfa patch. This Is called
':inoculating the SOIL"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
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RsAnaI&@ @R@
ANTS AID coRN-RooT LOUISE
= Little Brown Insects Care for In
furious Aphis Because OF Liking
for "Honey Dew"
(By r. l.. wEBSTER.)

If you notice your corn plants
dwarfing in patches owe the field and
the leaves of such plants turning vel
low or a reddish color, look carefully
around the base of the stalks for ant
hills. If numerous ant hills are found,
you may conclude that the corn-root
louise is sucking the juice from the
corn roots, weakening the stalks and
consequently reducing the yield.
It is the presence Of the ants mat
is the interesting part Of the story.
The root aphis secretes a sweet sub
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
The NEGATIVE.

The Questioner-But really, Mr..
Smith. if, as you say, you know
didn't love you, 1 don't see why you
expected me to marry you?
The Rejected-Well, I know you're
frightfully modern and cosmopolitan
and all that sort Of thing, don't you
know; and SO. Of course, /, thought
should come in on the marriage de
CONVEYANCE" ramp.-The Sketch.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
FARM CART is QUITE HANDY
Little Vehicle, Useful for Great Many
Purposes, Is Set on Two Dis
carded Buggy Wheels.

The Illustration shows a side view
of our hand cart which we have used
for ten years. 1t is on buggy wheels
which are high and yet the box is low
down, writes C. r. Bashore in the
Farm and Home. The axle is an old
buggy axle bent as shown at b. The
box, a., is about four fet long and two
feet high. It can be used for many
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
Handy Farm Cart.

purposes and the box can be made
any length and height desired. The
shoe at c, made of heavy scrap iron,
keeps the box level when the cart is
at rest. Two hardwood handles. d,
should be bolted on to push or draw
the cart.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
n You Are a Trihe Sensitive

About the size Of your shoes, you can
wear a size smaller by shaking Aliens Foot
Ease, the antiseptio powder, into them.
Just the thing for Dancing Parties and for
Breaking in New Shoes. Sample Free.
Address Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
POSTS KEPT FROM SPREADING
Cumbersome Braces Done Away With
by Connecting Roc Placed Be-
meath Surface of Earth.

Gate posts may be kept parallel YER
tically, without cumbersome braces,
by connecting them beneath the sur
face of the earth with a long rod.
When setting the posts, small rocks
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
When to Spray Potatoes.

In general, commence spraying pota.
toes when the plants are six or eight
inches high, and repeat the treatment
at intervals of ten to fourteen days in
order to keep the plants well covered
with Bordeaux throughout the season
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
GROWING Vegetables Quickly.

Vegetables to grow quickly and be
tender require a rich soil, either
naturally fertile or made so. II the
soil is rather steril. it should receive
a coat of well-rotted manure each fall
after everything is removed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

manure Crop" Equals Corn Value.
For any purpose on the farm. barn
yard manur is the best fertilizer TO
begin with. Some special kinds may
be required afterwards, but 1t Is al
ways in order. The manure crop OF
the United States is equal in value
to the corr crop, according to Dean
F. B. Munford Of the Missouri College
Of Agriculture.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
AZ to Coping.

Drink is the worst evil with which
We have to cope"
Yes, and isn't 1t remarkable that
so many people insist on coping with
1t regularly"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
Irnor+ant "a Motbar,
In Pompeii.

Look at all this smashed earthen-
ware!" exclaimed the tourist.
Things were pretty generally shat
tered" replied the guide.
II should say SO! A volcanic erup-
ton is worse than a hired girl"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

Mrs. wtnsiows Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. softens the gums, reduces iuhamma-
ton, ap1ys pain cures wind collie, 2A- = hottie.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
A Cold psv

Hewitt-so Gruet is to marry a Bos-
ton girl this week?
Jewett-Yes. he is harvesting an ice
crop.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

The Paxton Toilet Co. of Boston.
Mass, will send a large trial box of
Paxtine Antiseptic, a delightful cleans
ing and germicidal toilet preparation,
to any woman, free, Upon request.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

The most stubborn costiveness yields,
gently and naturally, to the persuasive action
OF Garfield Tea.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
LIFE Of h See.

We ice CT a bee during the brsv
reascn is vew short. Of'en during
10 h~rer season to- 20 not live
t>nger than SIX OF eight weeks.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

There may be crumbs Of comfort In
knowing that some people cast their
bread upon the water.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

More Important than the choice of Presi-
dent Is the selection of Garfield Tea es The
remedy for constipation and biliousness.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

There is no reason why you
shouldn't try again. wen though at
first o do succeed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

Garfield Tea is admittedly the simplest and
best remedy for constipation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

Be- ware OF Springs sudden changes; keer
Garfield Tea at hand. Drink hot on retiring.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

A woman can remember how a man
once mado love to her long after she
has forgotten his name.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
Paw Knows EVERYTHING.

Willie-Paw. what is a family cir
Gle?
Paw-A wedding ring. my son.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

The chronic borrower discovers that
,ome people are SO close you can't
touch them. '
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
Judaed by the Wires

Hostess Ito her little guest)-So
you don't burn gas up at your house
at all?
Dorothy-Oh. 40, indeed; every bit
Of light we use is sent by telegraph.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

German silver is an alloy Of nickel.
copper and zinc.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
bumen.

Fourteen per cent Of the egg is al
human
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

or bricks should, be packed tightly on
the inside of the lower ends, says a
writer in the Popular Mechanics. This
construction will make a substantial
brace, which will be out of sight and
will effectively prevent the posts from
spreading.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

as Touch is"
Whats his latest grievance"
He found a five-dollar bill this
morning and is grumbling because a
man to whom he owed 81 saw him
pick it up"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31

Powell-It is : fat failure.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-31
The Flat That Failed.

Howell-How do you like your ne,
home?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-24

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
 The folders in the shock, the lamp light gleams yellow in the evening, but where are the splendid rousing romances to while away the winter hours? It seems centuries since a real book, with love and action sweeping to a heart-stirring end, broke the gray fog of our present literature Has any one sat up till dawn to follow the ad- ventures of any prince of fiction late ly? If so, let him share his joy. Nova days everything that isn't laden with a uper-dreadnaught moral is absolutely immoral, and the simple man nnds nothing 10 take him out of his hum drum world for ride on the skirts of happy chance
 Are there no magicians of the pen like Conan Doyle in the golden nine- ties, before he won his knighthood and lost his youthful fire? Will somebody write for hungry world a new Sher- lock Homes. or tell the joyous adven- lures of another White Company? Why does Kipling dawdle in his ivory tower and write mystic cryptic studies instead or once more thrilling us with the mad ambition of the Man Who Would Be King" or tickling us with the diplo- matic deviltries of Stalky & Co.,, or just taking us wandering through the Indian forest with Mowgli of the Jun gle books? Those were good days, when every month brought some new fascination from Tom Page or Cable or Mark Twain Then magazines really knit the sleave of ravaled care, while now they make us frown over the hor- TOTS of Schedule K or the Shame of the Pities. Who wants more acrobatics of Bennetts Five Towns? Has the golden strain of English fiction lost the flavor that came sparkling and clear straight from Chaucer's sprightly tales? The chair and fire and pipe are ready; who will write a book to make the heart young again?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-24

ten years hence. They are certainly low enough for good speculative in- vestment. Within the next two or thnee years there will be large gain in the agricultural population, but what is of most concern is the in- trinsic value of our lands. The more small farms we have, the more produc- tion, and the more production, the greater prosperity for everybody.
 The congress at Mobile is being held under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce and the Business Mems league of that city. It will be com posed of railroad officials, landowners from every county and representatives from commercial organizations, and the Alabama Polytechnic institute. Good results should result from the meeting. New ideas in advancing the agricultural interest of the state will be brought out and considered, and Jefferson county as we'll as the rest of the state should be represented by men imbued with state pride, men who hold broad and practical views. The congress will be one of the really im- portant events of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-24
Alabama Land Congress

The State Land congress to be held in Mobile November 12, 13 and IA is of much general interest. The off cial call for the congress begins with the assertion that Alabama has "more to gain through the development of her agricultural resources than in any other field of endeavor."
 No state in the Union has the varied resources of Alabama. Northern Ala hama abounds in minerals. Not more than three other southern states have timber of as much commercial value as Alabama. For many years Ala bama has been the fourth cotton state in the Union and will soon be the third. It is fast coming to be great corn state, and great hay state, and . great truck farming state.
 Alabama is attracting homeseekers in larger numbers than any other state south of the Mason and Dixon line Farm lands are enhancing in value steadily, but they are yet very low compared with the values we will have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-24
MRS. FIskE ON IBsEN

Mrs. Fiske is no worshipper of loser as a moral philosopher, writes Wen- dell Phillips Dodge in the October Strand, but she admires his powers as a craftsman and a builder of plays
 She deplores the fact that his won derful gifts are not enlisted on behalf of the beautiful and the noble things of life;" adding that play is of nc real consequence unless it reveals the things that lift humanity"
 Speaking further about Ibsen, Mrs Fiske says that 'Ibsen is splendid prac
 tice for the actor. He makes the in tellect alert, and one must study care fully to reach any of his depths. Thus aside from all else, he is a, benefit te the actor.
 Tn one sense Ibsen is like Wagner He must be studied by those who would appreciate his work as well as by those who would interpret it. One cannot oth erwise get below the surface. We may not understand Wagner's music. but il vet exerts it's fascination upon us. An6 Ibsen, as I have said, fascinates the in telligence."
 Does Ibsen pay--to touch upon { commercial question:"
 "Yes, it does," emphatically replied Mrs. F'iske. Ut is a mistake to think as so many do, that Ibsen does not at tract the public; that he is affected sole ly by a strange cult, that has dis tinguishing features by which it ma,
 be recognized.'