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The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14
Ills Own UpIiiser.
The Tii.cr Of the Soil Beqin-
ming TO Receive the Rewards
of His Labor.
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In the general movement now in
progress for the uplifting of agricul-
! ture the farmer is simply coming to
his own. He it is who, from the be-
ginning, has been paying the major
portion Of the worlds educational
bills. His enduring industry and pa
tience have been piers on which have
rested the fabric of the educational
! system. But a perverted conception
OF the meaning and purposes of edu-
cation and an unjust apprisal of some
| branches CT learning as OF more value
and as deserving higher honor than
others-in the minds OF those who
have, through d reverence for tradi-
ton, been allowed to control the in
strumentalities of instructiOn-have
until recently given monopoly of
educational opportunity, beyond such
as was afforded by the little red"
schoolhouse, to men whose faces were
turned away from the farm. When
strong men began to challenge that
conception; when they began to de-
mand by what right the science of the
I forum was placed above the science
OF the field; by what right the youth
! destined for the pursuits of the city
were given opportunities greater than
those afforded the youth Of the coun-
] try-then the uplift began. We see
its fruit today in multiplying schools
Of agriculture; in the varied applica-
tion Of science to the processes Of the
farm; in a demand for trained farm
managers at high salaries; in the
more than doubling Of the wages of
the farm labOrer; in the vast improve
ment Of farm homes; in the fact that
| the farmer, more numerOusly than
any other man, is the owner OF the
automobile; and in the further fact
that he is today reaching forward to
such control of banking facilities in
! the United States as shall enable him
| to use, in the enterprises of the farm,
the capital he needs for their highest
development; and this without being
obliged to pay eXorbitant interest or
! to give mortgage security for every
/ loan.
But let it be remembered that the
| farmer was the first to attack the
false conception of education here al
luded to; that his have been the forces
which have brought about the ad-
vances named; that he has been in
the past. and is today, his own up
litter" While gratefully acknownedg-
ing the benificence of the co-opera-'
tive spirit recently shown by bankers
and business men, he would respect
fully remind them that they are quite
as much the beneficiaries of his en-
deavors as he is of Atheirs.-C. R.
Barns.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14
Farm Demonstrations.
Sy 0. Nj. OLSEN, Extension
Division, Minnesota College
cf Agriculture.
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It has been recognized for some
time that if success is to be attained,
in large measure, with the great di-
vecsity Of agricultural assistance that
is now being brought forward to ben
must at once be made to take shape
in forms both feasible and practical
The present day farmer appreciates
his need; but there is wisdom in his
demand that all who offer him assist
ance shall meet his problem under eX.
actly the same conditions as he must
meet them.
With the average mind seeing is
believing" and the intelligent farmer
is no exc option. That form of agri-
cultural aid which deals with prob
lens as they are and meets them un-
der existing conditions is sure to find
favor with Linn. An opportunity for
him TO inspect q well planned, well
kept stable and 10 find therein some
good grOod mares with foals by their
side, or some we'll fed, contented,
profit paying COWS, is an inspiration.
Especially does an opportunity Of this
kind carry weight when the farmer
knows that the results have been at
tanned under conditions similar to bis.
With this idea in mind a recent phase
of the demonstration farm work has
been to invite the farming public to
attend meeting at one OF the farms
and TO inspect and criticise the work
as it is being carried on. During the
visit soma one representing the work
discusses the changes in the cropping
Plan and the visitors are given an Op-
portUnity to visit the fields and note
the work. Along live stock lines dis
cussions Of one or several classes Of
live stock may be given and the live
stock of the farm used as material for
demonstration.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14
E7ONEY IN CAPOMS.
Bring Much Higher Prices Than When
Sold IS Cockereis.


The advice given by poultry experts
to kill and market all superfluous
cockcrels as soon as they have at
tanned a reasonable size, retaining
only the few needed for breeding pur-
poses, is sound insofar as it relates to
present conditions in the poultry busi-
ness in Minnesota. More eggs are OBJ
tanned when the hens are left undis-
turbed by chasing rOosterS; and a
great many tests have established the
fact that the infertile egg is the egg
that keeps the longest.
But pCultrymen who have attained
to the upper air and solar walk" of
their profession-of whom there are
many in Europe and in our Eastern
states--have found a better use for
the cockerel than to sell him at the
low price he brings when marketed
as suggested. Convert him into a
-'capon"-that is, emasculate him, as
is done with other male stock which
one desires to fatten-and the bird
develops a remarkable capacity for
putting on flesh. He becomes gentle
and lazy-lazy everywhere, that is, eX-
cept in the way of eating. He eats
enormously, and assimilates his food
so well that he rapidly attains weight
far beyond that of the ordinary hen
or rooster. Some breeds, when capon
tied, attain the weight of the turkey;
and by epicures their flesh is deemed
superior to that of the "Thanksgiv
ing bird" In Eastern markets they
sell for % and 80 cents a pound. The
market has yet to be created in our
Minnesota cities which will afford
such prices; but even at the rate per
pound paid for the best dressed hens
there would seem to be large gain in
caponizing the surplus cockerels.
The instruments used in caponiZing
are inexpensive; the operation causes
little pain to the fowl, and it can be
performed by a boy. A book of in
structions is supplied with the instru-
ments, which can be obtained at el-
most any poultryman's supply hoase.
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The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14
Gaming ard
Preserving.
By C. P, 5tRf.s, Extension
Division, TMinE sso.a Uriver-
s;ty Farm.
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Upon the utilization Of that portion
Of the product which cannot be i'm
med.ately consumed OF marketed very
often depends the answer TO the ques-
tion whether q podt or 4 loss shall
result from the cultivation cf the or
chard, the vesotabla garden CT the
berry patch: OF this, tie fate which
befeil large portion o. t2e Mime
sofa apple crop last year affords a
vivid Illustration. There was 10 or
ganization for the proper handling Of
the crop. Most growers had yet to
learn the best methods of sorting and
packing; and, above all, they had not
yet learned to cooperate with one
another. There were few local can
neries or evaporating plants. So thou
sands of bushels OF excellent apples
rotted Cn the ground while fruit no
better, but packed and shipped by
organizations which knew their bust
ness" in the Pacific states and else
where was being sold at high prices
in the Twin Cities and other nearby
markets. 1t is safe to say that many
tons of small fruits and garden vege-
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tables went to waste from similar
causes. Had the apples been made
into apple butter or dried, and the
other products canned, they would
have brought neat return.
The processes of canning, drying
end preserving are SO simple, and the
apparatus for conducting them on a
commercial scale is SO comparatively
cheap, that practically all the waste
referred to is easily ayoidable. A cali
ming outfit with a capacity of 1000
No. 3 cans per day equally available
where glass jars are prepared) can
be purchased for S25 This includes
steel furnace, which car be set up
out of doors, large square boiler for
trays OF cans, trays, firepot and all
necessary tools and utensils for solder
ing, and a square copper boiler to take
the place of the trays of cans when
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14
MEANS MUCH TO STUDENT.
Methods of Instruction at College Of
Agriculture.

MetnooS OF instruction at CoiIege o.
Agriculture.
The combination, at University
Farm, of Experiment Station work
with the work of instruction in the
Agricultural School and College, has,
among other things, an admirable ef-
feet in giving students immediate ac-
cess to the new stores of knowledge
gained from current research. 1t
keeps successive classes out of the
ruts made by preceding ones. The
class Of each year carries home some
new learning that was not accessible
to the classes preceding it. The eom-
bination referred to gives to the insti-
tuition what is in effect graduate
school, of the highest type. What
President Van Hise recently said in
reference to Wisconsin's university
that "No efficient college professor is
content merely to absorb and teach
the knowledge which has existed be-
fore; it is indispensable that the uni
versity professor be productive
scholar, defines an idea at which
the Minnesota School and College of
Agriculture has aimed from its very
beginnings.--C. r. Barns.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14
THE BEE ON THE FARM.
Needs Little Attention but Produces
Good Results.

Says a writer in the Farmer and
Breeder: Il believe the bee and not
the chicken is the most clearly profit
able creature of the farmers keeping
Bees, after once they are purchased
and gotten ready for their labor OF
honey production, require only rea-
sonable amount of attention, although,
1t is true, knowledge of the habits and
care of the wee workers is in a de-
gree instructive and not quickly mas
tered by ALL
There must be- the love of the bee
to secure the best results just as there
must be the affection for poultry to
have the best luck with chickens.
with the increasing cultivation of
Towering grasses the outlook for the
sweetmakers becomes brighter and
brighter and the more we put honey
down the more it stays up"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14
THE BEEF RING. "
Practice Of Great Benefit to a Rural
Community.

Practice Of Great Benefit to a Rural
Community.
Like all cooperative enterprises the
organization of beef ring-which
makes daily supply of fresh meat,
at the lowest cost, an easy possibility
in twenty or twenty-five families,
where otherwise it must. be a rarity
has the effect of multiplying social
contacts, rubbing off the angularities
of disposition which result from isola-
sion, and bringing about pleasanter re-
lations between the individuals Of a
rural community. Indeed. it restores
the old meaning of the word com
munity." which was body of people
having things in common. The pool
ing of interests in this case places
upon each dinner table. say, a good
roast. a juicy steak, toothsome stew
or an appetizing beef pudding; and
who can doubt that the substitution of
such viands as these for the old tire
some monotony of salt pork or corned
beef, mellows the relations between
those by whose cooperation it has
been brought about and prepares the
way for still more advantageous
forms of cooperation. People who
have united in beef ring, for in
stance, will find it easier, ere long, to
unite in establishing cooperative
laundry, which shall lift the heavy
burden of washing day. from the
shoulders of the wife and mother.-C.
r. Barns.
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!. Orchard and
IS.
= Garden Notes.
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By LEROY CAOY, EorticuItur-
ist, Minnesota University
Farm.

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Sow seed of perennials for next
years bloom. They may be trans
planted early in autumn to cold
frames or other protected places and
left over winter.
The Russian Olive has been especial
ly good this season. Its white foliage
and small, yellow, but very sweet
scented flowers, are always attractive.
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The mock orange, rosa rugosa and
peonies were at their best the latter
part of June. The Japanese lilac is at
its best early in July.
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When applying water, apply thor
the roots of the plants. Follow with
thorough cultivation.
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Cotoreaster acutifolia. is one of the
AS Sl Shl uDo tHcI nave piONSu az
tractive again this year on account of
its foliage.
Thin apples and plums, if they are
fruiting heavily. Less fruit, but of
larger size and better quality, should
result.
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Water plants late in the afternoon
or evening this month. 1t saves water
and gives better results.
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The red Oriental poppy and white
Shasta daisy are two perennials that
add much to the garden.
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Look up a market for surplus fruit
and vegetables, if this has not already
been attended to.
Remove dead stalks from raspber-
ries and blackberries as soon as they
are through fruiting.
CannaS and Caladium must have
plenty Of water for best growth dur
ing hot weather.
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Renew the old strawberry bed if it
has fruited but once and in good con-
dition.
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Get bulb catalogues and begin to
order bulbs for fall planting.
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Stake glodioli, dahlias, ETC., that may
be broken over by the wind.
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Cut out strawberry runners not
needed for fruit next year.
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Keep good control of the potato
bugs and cabbage worms.
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Tie up califower so that the heads
may not be sunburned.
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Make sowings of garden vegetables
for late use.
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Keep the cultivator going.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14
Fresh Meat as Fly Bait.

A Montana fruit grower claims that
by the use of fly traps baited with
fresh meat he ''gets" practically all
the big "blue bottle" and other out
door flies Another gain is found in
the fact that they lay eggs in the
meat, and thus their numbers are di-
minished next season. About the
4th of July he changes the bait from
meat to sweetened bread and milk;
and this captiyates and captures the
typhoid" or house fly.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14


The primary roots are the fine,
fibrous roots which almost completely
fill the top two feet of soil, crossing
each other in the rows after the crop
is half grown. Deep cultivation prunes
off these feeding roots, lessons the
ability of the plant to take up plant
food and moisture and results in the
loss of considerable water from the
soil through evaporation. The second
airy roots are the tough, fibrous roots
usually extending from one of the low
er nodes on the stalk into the soil.
The sole purpose of these seems to be
to act as braces for the plant to help
hold it upright. Deep preparation Of
the soil before planting and shallow
cultivation afterwards is highly de-
sirable.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14

making apple butter, ketchup or pre-
serves.
The demand for canned and pre-
served fruits and garden produce is
practically limitless; and if the farm
er shall pVt upon we'll prepared goods
g pretty label giving the name of his
farm, and do little advertising, he
will find they will usually be given
the preference over those from the
factory.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14

A farm is too large, no mat
ter what may be its size, when
the farmer is unable to keep it
reasonably free from noxious
weeds. The fact that it be-
comes overrun with noxious
weeds, bears testimony to the
fact that the man has under
taken to manage more. land
than he can handle. The pres
ence of the weeds proclaim
this fact to the world, no mat
ter what the views of the farm
er himself may be with refer
ence to this question.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14

Every year the acres that
provide for the dairy cow are
growing richer while those
that are devoted to exclusive
grain farming are growing
poorer and becoming less pro-
daotive.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14

Foods cooked in a fireless
cooker have excellent flavor,
never burn and do not require
frequent attention. Present
your wife and daughters with
a, fireless cooker.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14

Raspberry leaf curl is dis
ease fostered by general de-
bility of plants. Dig out and
burn any plants that show it..
Practice a rotation before re-
setting patches. Do not set
plants from an infested field.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-11-14
The Roots of Corn.

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-09
He Favors Program of
Two Battleships
a Year.
HOPE OF NATION
IN SEA STRENGTH
Virginia Senator Foresees Grave
Peril to United States if 1t
Drops to Fourth or Fifth
Naval Power and Can
not Enforce It's
Policies.

Washington. juno S.-A program
for increasing the navy by the con-
struction of two battlcships annually
was advocated in the Senate to-day
by Senator Swanson. OF Virginia, in
speaking on the pending naval APP
preparation bill lie said fixed
policy was necessary to maintain the
country's prestige as the second
naval power of tho world and that
tho necessity for an adequate navy
was greater to-day than ever before
in American history
Tho best defense we can have for
our immense line OF coasts is tho
navy, he said. 1t Is impossible IN
puild forts or fortiiicatious that can
slNe adequate protection to the
ceuntry's great stretch OF coasts
foris can only protect very limited
area Iney are stationary and must
wait the enemys attack. a battle
snip as effective as u fort. can be car
RED where needed for defense and
pFotectioh. America 5 safety from at
tack Hes far more in an adequate
navy than in fortincutions"
Increase OF Nuyies.
senator swanson called attention TO
inc tremendous increase In naval
strength IN all countries in compari-
son TO military strength. This was
seen particularly. ,he SAID. In Great
nrltaln, Germany, France. Russia AMI
Japan, The oceans. formerly BARRIERS
between nations, have become the
easiest means OF communication. ne
SAID. anu New York for all purposes
oil commerce on war is closer to
London than to San Francisco.
naval supremacy ultimately means
national pre-cminencc ana triumph
National safely and national success
are iAseparabie from naval strength
and power. The destruction of Span-
ish armada IN the English channel
was tho first and controlling cause IN
the bloody drama which ended A few
years ago when the nag OF crimson
and gold was banished from the West,
eFn world and Spain closed her gilt
tcr!nS career. Trafalgar was but the
prelude OF Waterloo
The heroic valor the superb mill.
thry genius, the splendid victories OF
me ConIedcracy during the civil War
al idded before Federal naval slIprcu-
icy. The shadows OF Southern gloom
rose slowly but surely from the pill
.tss sea. The tremendous superstruc
.urc or RUSSIAN power and IN litury
stfensth orumbled at Admiral Togo's
N,luWph' Dew~c guns at Manila nro-
Claimed alike tho liberation OF ne
philippines. CUBA and Porto Rico. the
Italian navy is the strong hand to-
Gay which seizes Tripoli from the fee
l!e grasp D: Turkey
The Making of EngInnd
IL was the great navy or Great
brita.n that enabled her to carry her
every continent, In every cline. and
among every people. 1t enabled h,r
10 wrest from France Canada, with
vast possessions stretching to the
North Pole; II has given to her col
onies in the far waters of the pa
cine exceeding In territory and rich
ness any domain ever ruled by the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-09
NEW STATE LAWS
IN EFFECT FRIDAY
Bulk of Statutes Of Last Lcgis-
lature Go Into Operation
This Week.

Most OF the important acts passed
by the last Legislature will become
effective and In full force on next
Friday-ninety days after the final
adjournment of the General Assembly.
a good many new laws wore declared
TO be emergency measures. and went
into effect upon their approval by the
Governor. while others. such as the
Norfolk charter measure. have dates
far ahead when they go into opera
ton
The act dividing the rolling stock
taxes of railroads among the cities and
counties is to be put in force on Janu-
airy "a, 1913. in order to avoid any
conflict with the provisions OF the Con-
stitution. still other acts are Of
necessity only nominally In effect until
such time rs the occasion arises for
their use. Among these are the meas
ures concerning convict labor-putting
all male pcnitentiary prisoners, ex-
ceptng long term and desperate con-
Nicts. TO the number Sf not more than
800, ana all jail prisoners, on the pub
lie road forces upon the expiration of
the convict labor contract with the
Thacker Shoe Company.
H., l.. & l.. Bills.
Among the most important bills
under which proceedings may be had
after next Friday are those designed
10 permit the merger OF the railroads
making up the Richmond Washington
system and their Incorporation under
II new charter. \ commission is to be
empowered to make compromise
covering tho immense sum OF back
taxes held to be due by the Richmond
fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-09
IN MEMORlAM

loving memory Of our
VINO died one year ago. the nth day
Of June. 1911.
. Thy labors are ended, and sweet,,.
to rest
We lay thee where sorrow can mover
modest;
But stlli. mid our sorrow ono
thought will remain,
Phy spirit aud glndnesS shall bios.
som again
Then rest. father and mother from,
toll and care.
At home with our Master IN man
sions so fair;
Thy harvest Is gathered sway ,ror
lies pain
We hope we will meet thee, father
and mother. again.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-09

Caesars. Egyptand the greater part OF
Africa Brita!n's naval supremacy has
given her one-tfth of the habitabie
globe. Each year Will witness the
increase OF national safety, power and
prosperity from the possession OF
naval strength. The world Is on the
eve OF material development far eX-
ceedinG anything which the magma
ton OF the past has thought posi-
bic
Senator Swanson said that the trop-
les We're destined soon TO have a prod
igality OF production and an Increase
OF wealth almost unspeakasle, and
that nations must be prepared to par
ticipate in the wealth which would
accrue from tho vast commerce that
the future held In store for those
parts OF the world. Nations unpos
would be either excluded or discrim-
mated against In that great trade.
. That nation is foolish TO-DAY" sad
national safety and independence 30
paper parchmcnts. ] hope the day
will come when peace will dominate
the world and national disputes viii
be determined by principles OF equity
and Justice. promulgated by n proper
~ constituted tribunal. But that day
is far distant. All the frst-class pow
ing their naval ornaments. Can we
he deludcd into believing that these
great battleships are being buided for
the mere purpose OF complimentary
show and parade?''
Predicts Sudden Wars.
Senator Swanson predicted that
wars in tho future would come like
lightning bolts from almost clear skies.
while 1t took prncticsiiy three years
to plan. construct. man and commits
sion n modern battleahlp.
II this country should become a
third or fourth rate naval power, he
urged, it's commerce would be joop-
ardizcd. tho Philippines would be a
prey Of superior naval power our
foreign policies would become tim'd
and vacilating." the Monroe Doctrine
possibly challenged and the American
policy OF controlling tho Panama Ca
nal disputed
IT shall support the naval program
heretofore adopted OF construct ng
two battleships year" said Mr.
'-arscn. in conclusion. "Germany's
naval program consists of building
either two batdeships or one battle
ship and one battle cruiser each year
We should make this our annual pro
gram, and should add to our navy
such additional ships as Germany adds
TO hers. If we build no battieships
for several years our navy will soon
become inferior 10 that of Japan Fur
thermore. our present battlesh ps soon
will be useless for naval warfare. not
so mich on account OF the decay of
the shin as The marked 'mprovern erlt
Of later battleships. If this nation
is to attain the summit of her pos
sibie usefulness and greatness. st must
come through her navy--!ts power. It's
triumph and Its success"