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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

airy evening attire until the wearer
moved about. Then 1t showed at each
step the division of the skirt at the
bottom, but it must be admitted in a
much less revealing tanner than a
been advertised for the fashion.
1t seems the new-style dances OF
the season, the Turkey Trot," the
"Grizzly Bear" and the like have
come to stay In Washington, despite
the ban which has been placed upon
them by some OF the more c~onserva-
tive. After the dances at the
Barracks and Fort Myer a week or so
ago., some of the mothers Of debu-
tantes of this year and last, banded
themselves together for the purpose OF
eliminating these dances from the pro-
gram of any balls which their daugh-
tiers were to attend in the future, but
so far their campaign has apparently
been of no avail. Certainly the
Grizzly" the Turkey" and the
Spanish Boston" were much In evil
dence this week. The debutante who
can boast these accomplishments, has
no lack Of partners.
The president and Mrs. Taft occu-
pied the box set aside for them at the
ball Monday evening for more than
an hour.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
More Like Him.

"Yo' act me bout Mis- Johnsing an
her husban' las week, Miss LOU" said
Matilda, looking up from her ironing.
"Ah seen Mis- Johnsing on de street
las night an she says dey gone to
boa'din'. Her husban' been out of
wo'k TO de las six monts IN dey
cayn' ford to keep house no mo-.
All t'ink it mighty foolish COS dey's
sto'in dere furniture an it cos'es dem
fifty cents a mont to keep it in de sto'
house, an eff dey don pay it ebe'y
mont de money keep a-growin an
a%-growing, an a-bur-owin' into dere
bank count, jes' like a eatin' cancer.
All tol' Miss Johnsing dat, an All say
wy don she put her husban' to wo'k.
He right able body a Hitch de
reins to de mule All say, AN don yo'
wo'k yo' finger nails to de quick TO
dat niggah.' But she say he can fin
no wo'k he like, dough he out all day
an sometimes till - o'clock at night
a-lookin'. All reckon he don like no
wo'd he can fin, OATS w'ot's de mat
tab"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

those times, and said that / ought to
have an operation. would not listen to
that, and when a friend Of my husbands
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what 1t had done
for his wife, l was willing to take It
Now l look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. / can do all my w house
work, work in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them, and can walk
as far as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week. wish I could talk to every
suffering woman and girl, and tell them
what Lydia E. P%inkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. Mira.
DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Remember, the remedy which did this
was Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
1t has helped thousands of women who
have been troubled with displacementa,
Inflammation, liberation, tumors, irreg.
ularities, periodic pains, backache, that
bearing down feeling, indigestion, and
p~rostration, after all other means
have failed. Why don't you try it3
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Error On Cannon Trophy

built in Holland in l74T for Kin
George of England. 1t is a little under
six feet long and is about three and a
half inches in caliber.
Deeply cut along the barrel near
the muzzle end Is the following: Sur
rendered by the Capitulation OF st.
Johns. 1875" But or a large metal
plate sunk in the national shield, on
which the gun is mounted, is this con-
ficting statement: Revolutionary
Trophy; Surrendered at Yorktown,
1875"
Thus the little gun appears TO have
been captured twice-and, further, IT
would appear to have been captured
at Yorktown six years before there
was any fighting at that point. Inc
error remained for II years unde-
teCted.
Capt. U. S. Grant, third superinten'
dent of the building, has corrected the
error at last.
Beyond doubt" said Captain Grant,
the gun was captured on some OF the
adventurous expeditions made by the
early revolutionists in 1913.
A few days after Ethan Allen cap
tured Ticonderoga. which had no real
cannon, he and Benedict Arnold! then
the most adventurous Of the American
patriots, had a quarrel. Arnold took
a band of rihemen who adhered to
him and, going down Lake Champlain,
invaded Canada and captured as his
first triumph the town Of ST. Johns.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
" THE CARELESS GROCER
BIundered, and Great Good Came of It.

A careless grocer left the wrong
package at a Michigan home one day
and thereby brought a great blessing
to the household.
1.-TWO years ago l was a sufferer from
stomach troubles, so acute that the
effort to digest ordinary food gave me
great pain, and brought on a condition
of such extreme that I
could not be left alone. 1 thought I
should certainly become insane. l was
so reduced in flesh hat I vas little bet
ter than a living skeleton. The doc
tors failed to give me relief and I de-
SPARED Of recovery.
One day our groceryman left a
package of Grape-Nuts food by mis-
take, so 1 tried some for dinner. 1 was
surprised t find that it satisfied my
appetite and gave me no distress what
ever The next meal 1 ate of it again,
and to be brief, 1 have lived for the
past year almost exclusively on Grape
Nuts. 1t has proved to be q most
healthful and appetizing food, per-
fectly adapted to the requirements Of
my system.
"Grape-Nuts is not only easily d.
gested and assimilated, but l find that
since l have been using it l am able
to ca. anything else my appetite fam
cies, without trouble from indiges-
ton. The stomach trouble and ner-
vousness have left me, 1 have regain
ed my plumpness and my views OF
life are no longer Respondent and
gloomy. Z.
"Other members of my family, espe-
cially my husband, (whose old enemy.
the heartburn has been vanquished)
have also derived great benefit from
the use of Grape-Nuts food and we
think no Uorning meal complete with
out it." Name given by Postum Co,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason" and it is ex-
planned in the little book, "The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever rend the above letters A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of bnu1an
ANteTests
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
FEW RECORD BREAKING COWS
Remarkable Strides Made by Dairy
Cattle During Past Half Dozen
Years-Few Results.

1t would startle a dairyman OF 40
years ago to loo at some of the rec
ords established recently by leading
dairy breeds in America. Then a COW
that would produce 27,432 pounds milk
in a year would have been considered
as prosperous as the old world looked
upon Columbus idea of the earth be-
ing round. However, Colantha 4th
Johanna, the famous Holstein COW.
produced that amount of milk under
careful supervision. 1t tested 3.64 per
cent butter fat, being a total OF 1913
pounds butter fat for the year.
Another Holstein, Lunde K~orndyke,
was a close second, with 26,192
pounds milk to her credit for a year,
which tested 1888 per cent, or a total
Of S72 pounds butter fat.
However, all good cows are not
Holsteins. Readers will recall the re-
markable record of the Guernsey COW.
Dolly Dimple. She produced 1S,SOS
pounds milk in a year which tested
out S7S pounds fat.
Jersey breeders have something to
brag about. Jacoba Irene produced
1928 pounds milk in a year. which
yielded 952 pounds butter fat. Anoth-
err Jersey COW, Olga 4th's Pride, gave
1G,275 pounds milk, producing 81
pounds butter fat in a year. A third
Jersey, Sophie 18th, while giving only
1873 pounds milk, made S54 pounds
butter fat. There are a half dozen
or more well-known Jersey COWS that
have exceeded the S0O-pound mark for
butter fat in 3G5 days. When the aver.
age farmer gets a COW that will pro-
duce 800 pounds butter fat he thinks
he has something pretty good.
Then again, A%yrshires are not to be
ignored. Netherhall Brownie 9th, IN
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Greedy Hawk Damages Big Clock

THE hawk whose frequent excur-
sions from his aerie In Smithson-
ian park to the relay station for car
rier pigeons in the p~ostoffice tower
have furnished him prey and food IN
the winter season Of scarcity, has
tried to stop the post office clock.
Perhaps finding that the hour OF his
d~epredations was established, and the
clock watched by his anticipated vic
tins, SO tina they might evade his
sudden swooping down upon them, re
has thrown the plucked corpse OF a
pigeon which had satisfied his appe-
tie into the back of the dial of the
timepiece.
Had the body lodged between the
hands, the perfectly balanced mechan-
ism must have stopped. The body
appears to have stuck on the pin, in
the very center of the dial, which
holds the hands in place and operates
their movement round the face o: the
clock.
To remove the corpse from the
clock offers a big difficulty to the
keepers of the building. 1t will prob
ably be ~ecessar 10 remove n OF
the glass panels in the clock dial, to
get at the intruding substance, unless
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
"Grizzly" Danced By Capital Society

I N SPITE of the intensely cold
i winter weather the social sea-
son in Washington was at It's
height New Years week, which
was an exceptionally gay one, begin
ming and ending with a dance, the
Charity ball Monday and the second
hop of the season at the navy yard
Among the many other important
functions of the week were the dlplo-
matte reception at the White House
on Tuesday night, which went down
In the social annals Of the national
capital as one of the most Respondent
eyer held there, and the many dinners
and several receptions in honor OF the
American ambassador to Great Britain
and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, who are be-
ing extensively entertained during
their stay.
A remarkable assemblage of social
lights from other cities graced the re-
ception at the White House Tuesday,
and conspicuous among them was the
famous Mrs. Jack Gardner of Boston.
Mrs. Hugh Roland French created
something of a sensation that emil
in the first "harem skirt to appear at
a social function in Washington. Hith-
erto this somewhat startling 1nnova-
ton in feminine attire has been re-
stricted to the stage.
Mrs. French, who is the wife of
Captain French of the British army,
was formerly Miss Ida Wynne, daugh-
ter of the former American consul
general at London.
Her gown on this occasion was OF
black velvet and white lace, n pre-
sented no unusual feature for custom
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

long. Make the knife, c, out Of a
piece OF sheet iron sharpened on both
sides. 1t should be two inches wide
and 8 inches long. Nail sheet iron 8
inches wide on top Of the slide frame
and put the knife in place as shown.
Fasten a bow made from the end of
an old buggy shaft, as shown by d.
Hinge it to the slide and fasten it to
the handle, e, with a bolt. Nail W
cleats on the side of the legs, as
shown, by f. The slide will operate
on these.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
DAIPT NOTES
T.-N~ $a5sEsS

The dairy increases the crop yield.
AS a soiling crop for milk and brood
sows alfalfa is superior to the clovers.
One way of increasing profits in
many dairy herds would be to sell
some Of the COWS for beef.
Three feeds a day for the new calf
are better than the same moun in
two feeds.
Doesn't it look as though the COWS
would never get enough when hay is
up to SIS or SIS?
Why not find out just how many Of
the herd are %boarders, and then get
rid of the ~boarders?
In keeping COWS never be without
clover. 1t is one Of the foods es-
sential to good dairying.
Clover anad corn furnish a fodder
ration that al not easily be i'm
proved upon for dairy cows.
Every upto-dfte dairyman knows
that it is absolutely impossible to get
clean milk from a filthy COW.
Dairy COW fed for records in cold
weather generally receive their water
with the edge taken off of it.
Sometimes it is well to improve the
man with the COWS while working for
improvement among the cows.
Why should the horse be curried
and brushed any more than the cow
that produces a part of what we eat?
Treatment, especially of the COW
with a disposition, has a
great deal to do with getting best re-
suits.
Get the buttermilk out of You're but
ter. Anything but a package OF but
ter with brine drizzling out every
where.
Cows giving milk should have one
quart of corn chop and one quart of
wheat bran mixed with the cut fodder
three times a day.
Selecting the best heifer calves from
the best COWS and keeping a first-class
sire, are methods of building up a
dairy herd within the reach of all Of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

VKyASHINGTON.-Ldke a 1aunty lit
w tie watchdog at the right Of the
God Of War there stands at one or
the entrances to the war department
a trim little annon 1t is a pigmy
among the giant trophies of mighty
guns that surround the building. but
it has some history of its own.
1t was the first cannon captured By
the Americans from the British In the
Revolutionary a though it has not
been SO officially placed upon the rec
ords. It was captured by the great
patriot-traitor general. Benedict Arm
old.
1t has, in a dozen years been passed
by more army and navy officers and
other notables of high mark and dis
tinction than any u in the United
States. Yet in all this time that lit
tie gun has borne a marked error o.
history hat 1t Haunted boldly on a
large name plateau error SO plain
that it should have been detected i'm
mediately by any passing high school
cadet.
The gun is a bronze s~ix-pounder.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

WHILE on an expedition for the
w Smithsonian institution in the
Aleutian islands for the purpose OF
gathering material for the continual
ton of the Life History of North
American Birds" A. G. Bent discover
ed a subspecies Of ptarmigan, to
be known as the Tanaga ptarm1gan.
The ptarmigan belong to the same
general group with the domestic fowl.
They are circumpolar in Distribution
but are found principally in North
American, and are represented by
some IS known species and sub
species.
A striking seasonal change OF
plumage which is perhaps more pro-
nounced thai that exhibited by any
other birds, takes place among the
ptarmigan. In most species there are
three, or even four, complete changes
of plumage; that OF winter being
chiefly pure white, while in other a
sons it varies to brown, buff, gray or
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

the movement of the hands finally dis
lodges it. This explains the antics of
the clock recently.
Severe cold and the d~epredations Of
the hawk have brought death to many
pigeons who have sought shelter in
the high tower. Bodies of four pig
cons were found in the snow when
it was recently removed from the
s'anting glass roof over the court of
the big building.
Wirging their flight for the refuge
promised by the tower in a half frozen
condition, it is probable that the
pigeons struck their heads against the
stone upright of the tower, were
stunned by the impact n fell help
less to the roof below, freezing to
death before they could recover. the
power to move.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Jersey HeIfer.

Ayrshire COW, has a record Of 1910
pounds milk which produced 500
pounds butter fat.
Other breeds like Brown Swiss and
the dairy strain of Shorthorn have in
teresting records back Of them. When
a dairyman gets out of sorts with the
world and thinks little progress is be-
ing made let him contemplate some Of
these facts and note the really re-
strides dairy cattle breeding
has experienced the past half dozen
years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Quite So.

The teacher in the primary depart
ment of a Philadelphia school had been
holding forth at some length with ref
erence to the three grand divisions of
nature-the animal, the vegetable and
the mineral. When she had finished
she put this question:
"Who can tell me what the highest
form Of animal life isl"
Whereupon the pupil nearest her
fastened to supply the answer as fol-
lows:
"The giraffe."-Lippincott's.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
RreWer,s Rule,

It was common knowledge that at
twelve o'clock noon the wealthy brew
err called in all the poor men in the
neighborhood who warmed themselves
over store and factory gratings and
made them small presents Of food,
clothing or money. The brewery graf
ings alone possessed no occupants.
I'VE don't dare stand there on &C
count Of the fumes" said one unfortu.
nate who had been requested to va
cate the trunkmaker's grating. He
won't give to anybody who smells
berry"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
EXCELLENT AS ROOT CUTTER
Homemade Affair Proves Equally Ef-
fective as Fancy Priced Implement
-How II is Made.

have a root cutter that | made
which does the business just as we'll
as n hat would cost a fancy price,
says a writer in the Orange Jodd
Farmer. l can cut a bushel of roots
In less than two minutes. Anyone
handy with a saw and hammer can
make one like it.
: Make a box, a, SX1Ox12 inches. For
the slide, b., use two pieces OF inch
boards 1h inches wide and % inches
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Cleaning the Separator.

In cleaning the separator be sure
and e that the parts are dried rap
idly 80 they will not rust; still the
drying should not be done with a
cloth, as much lint will be left, and
on this will be large number of bac-
terra. Boiling water will cause the
parts to dry rapidly and evenly, and
will be death to many of the bacteria.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
canno% Feed for Butter Fat,

Though careful feeding will to some
increase the amount of milk,
the butter quality cannot be improved
much except by breeding up the herd.
The way to do this is to select cows
which give large quantities of milk hay
ing a higher per cent. of butter fat
than that contained in the milk from
the cows you already possess.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
HOMEMADE FEEDING TROUGH
Easily and Cheaply Constructed by
Using Common Lumber-ExceIIent
for Giving Roughage.

A good trough is easily and cheaply
constructed by using 2x4s, a feet long
for corner posts set 2 feet apart, and
a 4-inch trough 1 foot from the
ground, using twelve Pinch boards
for the bottom of trough.
Common 6-inch fencing boards
serve for the Stats, set 8 inches apart;
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
He Ought to Get 1t.

ION what grounds do you seek a d.
vorce from your wife," asked the law
yer.
Simply because of a pun" replied
the long suffering husband. "You see,
she's a sculptress, and it gets on my
nerves to hear her remark twenty
times a day, VIII you love me when l
mold?'"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Should Get Separator.

A farmer who lives too far from a
good market for whole milk should
get a separator. He should feed the
skinned milk to the pigs and calves.
Not only does a separator save labor
for the women folk, but also for the
men. And the returns are greater in
the long run than if the whole milk
was sold.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Records Are Essential.

1t is impossible to build up and
maintain a dairy herd except thorough
discriminating selection, and this
can only be attained where careful
records are kept and a high standard
of excellence sought.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
SEVEN YEARS
OF MISERY
How Mrs. Bethune was Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Sikeston, Mo. "For seven years I
suffered everything. l was in bed for

four or five days at
time every month,
and so weak I could
hardly walk. I had
cramps, b~ackache
and headache, and
was 50 v and
weak that I dreaded
to see anyone q
have anyone move
the room. The doc
tors gave me medr
cine to ease me n
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Frozen Pumpkins No Good.

Pumpkins will freeze if you don't
watch out and frozen pumpkins are
of no good to anything. Good, ripe.
sound pumpkins are enjoyed by the
COWS and help the milk flow very
much.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Biouer Than Mobile.

Ella-Don't you think she has a mo-
bile mouth?
Stella-More than that; it is as big
as the whole of Alabama.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Variety of Feeds.

A variety of feed for cows will tend
to correct bad favors and other objec-
tionable features of certain kinds of
feeds, such as turnips, oil meal and
the like.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Test for Quality.

When you test your COWS for guam
tity, you must also test for quality in
order to determine definite results.
Some COWS give a greater per cent
of butter fat than others.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
IF YOU ARE A RIFLE SENSITIVE

About the size Of your shoes, you can wear q
size smaller by shaking Aliens Foot-Ease,t the
antiseptic powder, into them. Just the thing for
Dancing Parties and for Breaking in New Shoes.
Gives instant eliefto Corns and Bunions. Sam.
pie FREE. Address Allen s, Olmsted, LeRoy,N.Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Best Bull None Too Good.

If you keep a bull, keep him for
breeding purposes, and have n
worthy of that part.S The other bulls
either dispose of when they are calves
or else convert them into steers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. Constipation is the cause of
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. Easy to take.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
One SiIaue Question Settled,

The dairy farmer who does not build
a silo usually has some reason which
is satisfactory to him, but he cannot
longer use the excuse hat silage has
a detrimental effect on milk quality.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE."
That Is BRONO QUlNINE. Look for
the signature of T.. W. GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure a Cold In one Day. 25c.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Works Either Wav,

Tatterdon Torn-Wot drove you to
drink, thirsty?
Thirsty Thingumbob-Me love for a
m
Tatterdon Torn-Did she turn you
down or marry you?
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

Eventually every IN discovers
that her mirror isn't what it once
was
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

An Interruption. 80. 49,
Gerald-With that end in view
Geraldine-Stop looking at my feet
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

Old Grouch-So you had a fight with
Clarence. He claims he licked you.
Cholly-Oh! the boastah! It's twue
he wumpled my cwavat ~dweadfully,
but when it was all ovah his collah
was fwightfully wilted.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

Most men would rather give their
wives credit for what they do than
to give them money.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Butter Worked Cold

Butter worked cold will contain
less moisture han when worked
warm. The food laws allow a certain
percentage of both salt and water in
butter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

In planning for the future don't
overlook the present.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Precarious Industry.

Ostrich feathers, dependent almost
entirely for their value upon the
fashions of the day, are Il of the
most important products of Cape Col
ony.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09

M. and Nine. Varay, aged 81 and
70, both died of old age at Correze,
France. the other day. The late was
the anniversary CT both their birth
days.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-02-09
Homemade Feeding Trough.

thus each sheep has 4 inches of feed
ing space, and thirty sheep may feed
at a 16-foot trough. Roughage will
feed nicely from this trough.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-08-31

TILE GEFNMEY Private Board
 
  n style Try around yourself m ou s 70 Take Bus at direct house fare will be refunded board 10 ROLTNNE NELL NIXON. Propletora