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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22

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Alfalfa is an old plant.
New feed adds palatability.
Are you using a good strain OF seed {?
Don't allow the sweet corn fodder
to waste.
Peas are strongly recommended for
fattening sheep.
Sunlight for little pigs is almost as
essential as food.
Rape Is one OF the best crops for
temporary hog pasture.
Horses should be carefully handled
In cold. stormy weather.
Late Matched turkeys should never
be used for breeding purposes.
Clean hay cannot be obtained from
soil that is foul with weed seeds.
In broiler raising careful attention
should be paid TO the breeding stock.
Sheep ought TO be kept because of
the influence which they exert upon
fertility.
Keep the brooder houses In a clean
sanitary condition and never over
crowd.
More pigs are raised in Pennsyl-
vania than In perhaps any other state
IN the union.
In keeping cows never be without
clover. II is one of the foods essen
iial TO good dairying.
See that your brood sows get plenty
of exercise so that they may produce
large. healthy filters.
A man cannot work on boiled tur.
nips alone, neither can horse work
on diet OF straw and fodder.
The matter of spraying and pruning
Is important and vital in connection
with the apple growing industry.
Gentleness and patience are always
important in the dairy barn, but
loubly so when handling the young
leifer.
The busy hen Is the productive one;
hence she should be so fed as TO in.
luce the greatest activity. II in con-
fnement.
Weighing and testing n cows milk
will never make her give more. but IL
will make her owner appreciate her
real worth more.
Winter dairy!ng provides more care
and better feeding. but ii also comes
nj time when II is possible to give
this care and feeding.
Keep the hogs we'll bedded on cold
lights and provide sufficient shelter
or them so they will not be inclined
o crowd each other too much.
If market hogs are your specially
your aim Is OF course 20 produce from
your brood sows as large n number
Of strong healthy pigs as possible.
Lambs OF low vitality and ewes de-
icient in milk flow ut lambing time
ire usually the result OF improper
during the pregnant Pc
'iod.
When out In the barnyard or corral
the cows like TO keep busy picking ut
some corn fodder or other roughage
even IL they get enough feed in the
stables.
Clean pens, stalls. bedding, etc, and
plenty OF ventilation are important.
and without these things the hogs are
IN such weak condition they are like
" 10 take anything.
Goose eggs require thirty days for
and It Is customary TO
hatch at least some of them Win
hens. since the geese are heavy and
often not inclined to set.
When dirt from the COW or from
he mixer Is introduced into tho milk
here Is not only introduced the bad
iayor OF the manure. but also some
'erments common to the digestive
.ract
AS soon as fall plowed ground is
dry enough In the spring the disk
should be put on II and kept going
every week or ten days so that mos
,,ra xvtIl no stored IN which may
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
POULTPYNCTES
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Young chicks may be kept dry and
warm.
The early broilers always command
the best market.
Little chicks will not thrive II pen.
ned in small enclosure.
A hen needs nearly seven times
more fresh air in proportion to her
size than does the horse
Selecting the hens according to
their laying qualities is TO some pouL
trymen hard proposition.
Any one keeping poultry must, OF
course, have houses 10 protect them
from cold or stormy weather.
Fowls intended for market should
be cooped for week or two and fed
all the rich food they will eat.
Fine gravel is not the proper grit
for poultry. They want a sharp mate.
rial with which to grind their food.
The incubator should be located In
room where the temperature does
not vary much during the day OF
night.
Eggs will become fertile IN from
four to six days after mating. The
effect of mating will continue several
months.
It Is necessary TO feed the breed
ing ducks literally. yet at the same
time feed SO as TO keep them active
and healthy.
Poultry houses which have cracks
In their sides or leaky roofs should be
covered with some kind Of prepared
roofing on both roof and sides.
Chicks sheltered from the weather
and given plenty Of good water will
find much Of thei- feed. and prove the
most profitable crop ON the farm.
Remember that the early broods
must ut all times have a dry place
and room to exercise when tho wealth.
or will not permit them to 20 Out
doors.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
LEGHORNS ARE BEST LAYERS
None Other Found SO Strong and
Hardy and Consequently Easy for
PouItrymen to Raise.

Leghorns live and are profitable
longer than other breeds. Large hens
put on fat after the first year and do
not lay so we'll afterward. Leghorns
lay well until four or five years old
and Leghorn on free range will never
get fat enough 10 hinder her laying.
Like all other fowls they are at their
best during the first and second years
Of their lives, but as long as a Leg
horn hen looks bright and thrifty she
will lay proftably, says a writer in an
exchange. This in a great measure
Offsets the fact that their bodies are
too small to sell we'll as dressed poul.
try, however the buyers here pay as
much per pound for them as for any.
They are accused of not laying as
we'll during the winter as the larger
hens. If the houses are cold enough
to frost the combs of the single
combed varieties they will not lay un-
til their combs are healed. They hard
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
PURE BRED FOWLS FAVORED
They Will Realize Good Profits u
Properly Cared For-interesting
Work for Farmer.

II. In writing on the old. old subject
OF the advantages Of raising pure-bred
fowls ] can influence even one farmer
Of the southern or eastern territory 10
discard the old focks and in it's place
raise stock which will be a credit to
himself and the section of the country
In which he lives, will indeed feel
that / have not wasted time and space,
says a writer in the Atlantic Poultry
Journal.
There is no doubt as TO the stability
OF the poultry industry. The tendency
in all OF the large cities is toward SUI
burban homes and the pursuit of rus
tic labors as pastime. Poultry forms
one of the most pleasant diversions
for these small farmers, and the initial
stock must constantly be supplied.
Any man who produces birds good
enough to take premiums at the fall
and winter shows and then advertises
eggs and stock for sale, will meet with
little difficulty in disposing of them.
Any business. by careful attention
and intelligent management can be
made successful and the poultry In
dustry is no exception.
With a little careful reading any
farmer can learn how TO improve his
stock and profits, and he will soon
find that poultry raising is very IN.
teresting part of the farm work, as
we'll as one which amply repays for
the amount of labor and money ex.
pended.
The slow steady growth of flock
of poultry is more to be desired than
large investment in fancy stock
without previous experience. Study
just what line of the poultry business
is best suited to your local environ
ment and then get TO work and see
what can be done with the PROPOSE
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22

ly ought to be expected TO- and rose
combed varieties do better on this ac-
count, but given comfortable quarters
have no trouble in getting them to
lay In winter. Last December was
very cold month here, the tempera-
ture being below zero nearly every
morning during the month and some
mornings moro than 90 below. had
yearling hens laying, also pullets
Matched In June that had been laying
since September 1.
Other small breeds that have tried
all all these points except one. I
have found none other 80 strong and
hardy and consequently easy to raise.
and SO take them all in ali. the Leg.
horn suits me for an all-around farm
er's fowl better than anything that I
have ever tried.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
Too Thin.

The greatest curiosity | ever came
across in the course OF a long eXpe
riencc," said the first broker, lis a
man who comes into our Office every
day, watches the ticker like hawk
for five hours, and pays cash for
everything he buys"
Il can beat that by n mile" replied
the second broker. "a man came into
our place awhile ago and started to
trade actively In Reading and Union
on n five-point margin lie had $1,000
when he began. In six months he
had $4,000. Then do you know what
he did? lie put his money into first
mortgage bonds--and quit"
The first broker looked almost
dazed.- II hate TO do it," he muir
INJURED, "but Tyo Just got to. You're
n liar,'--Puck.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22

sized compartments, each holding
from four to six birds, as the case
may be.
The Stats or laths are IL inches
wide, placed one and a half inches
apart at the ends, sides and tops OF
the crate, but those in front are placed
vertically two inches apart.
The floor OF the crate is made of
Stats laid lengthwise. one inch apart,
leaving a one-inch space on either
side between the first lath and the
sides OF the crate. The crate should
stand on short legs or trestles, to
allow convenience in cleaning.
The trough is made the full length
OF the crate and should be three or
four inches deep. II s supported at
either end on notched boards. in order
that 1t may be taken away when the
coops are cleaned.
Never leave the feed before the
chickens more than 10 minutes. and
feed very little at the start. gradually
increasing the amount until the end
OF the week they are getting all they
can eat three times a day.
Some rGtions for fattening are given
below:
Equal parts bv weight of finely
ground corn. oats and shorts, mixed
with sour skinned milk
Same ration. except substitute
ground barley for the corn.
Finely ground oats mixed with
skinned milk
Equal parts of finely ground oats.
corn and low-grade -four. If beef
scraps are used. 10 per cent. is the
best proportion.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
A Convenient Roost.

A good roost is a 2xi scantling,
placed broadside over two l2-inch
boards. These two boards form a
platform which catch the droppings,
and these are worth from 80 cents to
n dollar a barrel. Do not place the
roosts too high. for the hens will
jump, and in so doing will have leg
weakness or perhaps bumblefoot.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
His Preferences.

Winkleby gazed ut the new triplets
with fatherly pride. but not n little
apprehension in his eye. nevertheless.
What are you thinking, dear?" ask
ed Mrs. Winkleby. softly.
Nothing. dear. nothing" he said.
falteringly, only don't you think that
It would be wiser for us hereafter TO
build up our little family on the In
stallment ?"-Harper's Weekly.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
Pure Breeds.

We keep all the way from $50 &c
$50 chickens. divided into six flocks.
We prefer a pure breed to a cross or
mongrels, says a writer in an ex
change. There is more money in
them, and a flock uniform in color
adds very much to the appearance OF
a farm. Our breeds are Buff Plymouth
Rocks and White Leghorns.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22

Many regulations blow up when a
political campaign is In full blast.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
CRATE TO FATTEN POULTRY
Work Should BE Done Four Weeks Be.
fore Killed to Get Right Pro-
portion Of Fat and Lean.

Fowls should be fattened at least
four weeks before they are killed, not
TO make them as fat as possible, but
to give them the right proportion OF
fat and lean to make the fowls fat
and juicy when cooked.
The Interchangeable shown herewith
is feet long, 1G inches wide. IS inches
high and divided Into three equal
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22
Important 90 Mothers
Makinu Good.

Sire" expostulated Nero's conf
dental adviser. what do you propose
TO do 10 rehabilitate this burning city
OF Rome so that its inhabitants will
not hold the devastating confagration
against you?"
"Oh, fiddle!" retorted Nero.
Which he did.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22

ton. A mongrel hen might. in an oc-
casional instance, lay as many eggs as
one that is pure-bred: but the flock
will not live up to the standard set by
the pure-bred fowls.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22

Why suffer under the curse of Dyspepsia
when Garfield Tea can remove it?
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-03-22

Man may be the noblest work OF
God, hut only blind love can make a
woman think he looks like that.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-10-31
A MOVING PICTURE STORY.

With our daily press and magazines
filled with recitals of shortcomings of
trusted individuals, of obligations for
gotten in the mad rush for money, it is
positively refreshing to flash upon the
curtain of events even an occasional in
cident where gratitude stands supreme,
Really the world is not nearly so bad as
represented, for it seems to be a per-
verse element of human nature to mag
nifty the wrong and minimize the good.
Here is true story which came to me
unknown to the principal; In fact, l took
no chances on asking his permission to
print it, fearing he might refuse.
Some years ago young man with
more ambition than money went west in
search of fortune. Through no fault of
his he finally found himself far out on
the plains without friends or money. He
was fighting his way across the Rocky
Mountains, walking by day and catching
what free rides he could on the night
freight trains. At last he found himself
at water tank, miles from any habita-
ton, thinly clad, penniless, weak from
hunger and exhaus tion. Life seemed a
failure and not worth the battle.
"A freight stopped for water, and the
engineer seeing his pitiable condition told
him to climb into the cab. The dinner
pail was brought out and one of the two
had hearty meal. At the end Of the
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-10-31
Constipated, and Don't
Know e!
By 6x. L.

1t seems odd, but it is true, that you
may be constipated and not know it.
You can see why it is. Take a glass
and pour in water until full. If you keep
on pouring in water after the glass is full,
it will run over, but the glass stays full.
Just so with your bowels; they get full
of waste matter, and then they pass off or
expel from the body only about the same
amount that goes into it in the form of
food.
So you may have movement of the
bowels every day and yet there will remain
waste matter that ought to be removed.
Give your bowels gentle but thorough
cleaning out and you'll feel great.
The prescription used for this is put
up and sold under the name of DR.. True's
Elixir. Doctors and druggists use it in
their own families. Costs but little and
brings health to men, women and children.
Tastes good. Works gently. Remem-
Der the name, DR.. True's Elixir. Price,
35c, soc and $1.0O
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-10-31
Fourth Class Postmasters Under Civil
Service.

WASHINGTON, Oct. "a. Plans for the
administration of the executive order of
President Taft placing all fourth class
postmasters under civil service were an
counced today.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
divided the Sc, 1926 offices affected by the
order into two classes, A and B. Glass
A will embrace all post Offices at which
the compensation of postmasters is $500
a year or more; while Class B will IN
clude offices at which the compensation
is less than $500.
Appointments to all Class A offices
will be names certified by the Civil Ser
vice Commission after competitive ex-
animation of the applicants. Vacancies
in all Class B offices will be filled on the
recommendation of postoffice inspectors,
after personal investigation. This meth
cd has been followed in several States
with success.
The order of the President is now in
effect.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
recommended that all postmasters, If
respective of class, be placed under civil
service.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-10-31
THE DOOR HE MISSED.

A good illustration of the wit of Bishop
Weldon, the popular Dean of Manches-
ter, is afforded by the following story;
Once at a luncheon given by the Lord
Mayor of Manchester, the Dean sat next
to Sir Herbert Tree.
well, Mr.. Tree, what have you been
doing today" he asked.
Il went for long motor-rlde this
morning and lost bet," replied the
famous actor.
Indeed, -" said the Dean. "And may
| ask what the bet was?'
Il made a bet that we would pass
through four hundred different odors,
and we only encountered three hundred
and ninety-nine.
All, replied Bishop Weldon, prompt
y, you missed the odor OF sanctity. y
From the November Strand.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-10-31

WALDO Ssh Court OF Probate. held at Bel
w fast. on the 9Th day of October. 1912,
Herbert I. Field, administrator, with the will
annexed, on the estate OF Fred G; White, late of
Belfast. in said County. deceased. having pre-
sented his second and final account of admins
tratiOn of said estate for allowance.
Ordered. That notice thereof be given, three
weeks successfully, in The Republican journal,
a newspaper published in Belfast in said County,
that all persons interested may attend at a Pro
bate Court, TO be held at Belfast, on the 18th day
of November next, and show cause, if any they
have, why the said account should not be allowed.
GEO. E. JOHNSON Judge.
true copy. Attest:
43 CHAs. P. HAZELTINE, Register.
EXECUTORS NOTICE. The subscriber
u hereby gives notice that he has been duly
appointed executor of the last will and tesla.
ment of
WILLIAM q. THOMAS,slate of Belfast.
in the County of Waldo, deceased. All persons
having demands against the estate of said de-
ceased are desired to present the same for set
tenent, and all indebted thereto are requested
to make payment Immediately.
WILLIAM EARL THOMAS.
Belfast, October 8, 1912.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-10-31
And nailed there He knew of old

And nailed there. He knew of old
The human heart, and mine is cold.
And | know now, that all we gain
Until we come to Him is vain
Thy hands have never wrought deed,
Thy heart has never known a need
mat went astray in his great plan
Since far off days when youth began.
And in that vast and perfect plan
Where Time is but an empty span
Our Master waits. He knows our want,
We know not His-till pale and gaunt
With WEAKNESS of life we come
And say to Him, What shall be?
o Master, smite but make me free:
Perchance in these far worlds to know
The better thing we sought to be.
And then upon thy couch lie down,
And fold the hands which have not sown,
And as thou liest there alone,
Perhaps some breath from seraph blown
AS soft as dew upon the rose,
Will fall upon thee at Lies close.
And thou wilt say, At last! At last!
All pain is Love, when pain is past.
Then to the Master once again
y keep my heart, too weak to pray;
l ask no longer questions vain
VI Life and Love, of loss and gain,
These for the living are and strong
! go to Thee, to Thee belong.
Once was l wakened by Thy light,
Long years have passed, and the night
Takes me to Thee. l am content;
So be it in Thy perfect plan
A mansion is, where am sent
10 dwell among the innocent"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-10-31
A GRAVITY CLOCK.

A unique timepiece has recently been in
vented by Mr.. Eugene Waser, watch
maker IN Los Angeles. Four years of
work has perfected clock which keeps
accurate time, but is without a spring in
its entire makeup. The motive-power
is gained by the clock rolling down an in
cline, regulated by wonderful arrange
ment OF weights on the inside of the
clock. There is no winding to be done,
but every thirty days the clock is lifted
to the top of the incline and begins to
slide downward. The dial does not re-
volve with tine case, but remains as an
ordinary dial with the figure IL at the
top. The incline is of polished wood,
sixteen inches long, with an eight and a
third per cent grade. There is no rela-
ton between the wood and the clock-it
is simply matter of properly-a d iusted
weights which move the hands and con-
troll the downward motion of the time
piece. From the November Strand.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-10-31
A MAN WHO INCREASED THE WEALTH OF

"A MAN " HO INCREASED THE WEALTH OF
HIS STATE BY $30,0OO,OOO.
In the November American Magazine
appears an article about Professor P, G.
Holden, of the Iowa State College of
Agriculture, who taught the people of
his State how to raise more and better
corn. Since he began his work nine
years ago, the average yield of corn in
Iowa has increased 27,00O 600 bushels
annually. The following is an extract
IF you We're told that one man had in
creased the wealth of one State by
thirty million dollars you would be in
cllned to be skeptlcal, yet that was the
declaration OF Governor Cummins, of
Iowa, with reference to the contribu-
tons of Professor P. G. Holden to the
knowledge of corn raising in that State.
Professor Holden occupies a chair III the
Iowa State College of Agriculture, and
outside Of this holds unique position,
which has been aptly characterized as
that OF the evangelist Of scientific agri-
culture. He has done more than any
one man to popularize the work
of the Iowa Agriculture College
among the farmers. He soon discover
ed, IN his college work, that the farm
ers were not going to the colleges or to
college men to learn how to farm; but,
on the other hand, had very little use for
the scientific farmer. 10 change this
condition became the professors am
bition. His thinking on the subject
evolved big ideas. which resulted in the
establishment of the farmers short
courses, special seed-corn trains, the
county demonstration work on the
county poor farm, the State Corn Show,
and finally the National Corn Exposition,
These have made it possible for him to
go to the farmers instead of waiting for
them to come to him
Professor Holden IS an enthusiast
whose enthusiasm is contagious. His
convictions are deep-seated and any.
thing he believes in he can make others
see as he does. For this reason he was
able to go to presidents of railroads and
convince them that it was to their inter-
est to run special seed-corn trains and
pay all the expenses.
''These special trains would have been
failures if Professor Holden had not
known how to tell what he knew, He
did most of the speaking, until his as
sistants had learned how to talk to farm
ers in their own language. Farmers will
accept scientific facts from Professor
Holden as readily and gladly as children
will take sugar-coated pills.
Part of his success is due to the fact
that he exploits only one idea at time.
When he went out on his first seed-corn
train his slogan was Test your seed
corn, saying nothing about the prepa-
ton of the soil, fertilization, or cultiva-
ton. He asked the farmer to study his
own cornfield and he would discover that
about one-fourth of the stalks were
loafing around all summer, doing moth
ing This was due to poor termination
of the seed, and the latter required as
much cultivation and care as the thrifty
stalk. The effectiveness of this sort Of
teaching is shown in the increase of an
average of 27,000,O0O bushels annually
in Iowa, since Professor Holden began
his work in that State,'