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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
Perspirinq Statesmen Labor At the Capitol.

r. I'D you ever attend a Decoration
~ day celebration and e the To-
cal politicians rise up IN the platform
and deliver themselves of long and
fervid oratory? Did you ever notice
that they are always dressed In the
dignified and sober Prince Albert
coat? No matter how hot the day
none of them would ever think of rls-
sng to speak unless they were attired
in this emblem of American states
manship.
After the local dignitaries had
their say and the chairman rose to
Introduce the most important of them
all, the represe ntative in congress
from the district or one of the United
States senator's, were you not i'm
pressed by his distinguished appear
ance? Could you imagine him going
about In shirt sleeves, with vest un-
buttoned and a handkerchief tied
about his neck? No! A thousand
times No! You could not. But they
do.
It's warm In Washington in the
summertime. Some people say it's
hot and some people say some
other things about it.
One day the papers print an inter
view with some one Of the leaders
that congress will adjourn early In
August. The story arouses hope in
many hearts. A few days after they
print another interview with some
other man just as prominent who
says that there will be no adjourn
ment until the middle OF September.
So 1t goes. Meanwhile 1t is hard to
get together a quorum OF the faithful
to transact business. The other day
when an important bill was up before
the house there were not enough
members present and the sergeant at
arms was instructed to go out and ar
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
Proved That His Baby Was Finest in the World.

A BABY boy arrived at the resi-
n dence Of Thomas Fronesack a
few days ago. He Is a very remark.
able youngster. Any one who has
anything to say to the contrary does
SO at his own peril. Fronesack has
promised to lick" the man who dares
to tell lin to his face hat that boy
isn't the finest baby in the world.
And Fronesack makes good. too.
The other afternoon Fronesack and
his brother-in-law, Felix Wosnack.
were sitting together On the Frone-
sack porch. Fronesack was discus
sing the baby. He has done nothing
else but discuss that infant since he
put in his appearance.
Did you see the smart way he
doubled up his little fists this morn
ing?" said Fronesack to Wosnack.
My, that boy IS going to have strong
hands"
At this moment a casual acquaint.
ance Of Fronesack's passed at the
gate.
Hear you got a new baby. MI.
~Fronesack," said he.
You bet,"s responded Fronesack;
the finest lsttle baby boy in the
world"
The visitor was conducted into the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23

rest any members that he could find
and bring them in. They were
rounded up from their Offices and
from the long cool corridors and
cloak-rooms of the capitol where
they were basking in the breezes
from electric fans or in the solitude
of their offices where they had dis
carded their coats and were endeav-
oring to keep cool.
What is holding up the adjourn
ment?" was asked a representative.
Its that darn lazy senate" said he,
"and a lot of men who take up the
time of the sessions with long politi-
cal speeches that hold up the. business
that ought to have precedence" The
house could adjourn in three days."
he continued, "but they will have to
wait for the bills now before the
senate to pass that body and come to
them for ratification"
There are only two or three i'm
portant bills up before congress that
must be settled before the members
can go home. In the meantime the
statesmen will continue to swelter.
Most Of them would be glad of the
opportunity to get home and attend
to the work Of fixing their political
fences for their reelection this fall.
Some Of them feel. perhaps, that they
can't be reelected and want to stay
in office as long as possible. At any
rate they must continue to stay at
the capitol and swelter until the
close Of the session.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
GARDEN and
FARM NOTES

Rye may be GU for hay and used
for all classes Of live stock.
The demand for agricultural ex-
perts far exceeds the supply.
Poultry manure is particularly good
for forcing the growth of onions.
Stock raising is the best insurance
against an impoverished agriculture.
A clover sod turned down makes
an excellent foundation for a corn
crop.
Use nitrate of soda or liquid ma
nure for crops that are growing
slowly. !
Whenever a farmer gets the auto
fever he at once becomes a good-road
preacher.
"Worn-out" manure from old hot
beds is just the thing for mushroom
beds in the cellar.
Keep the stables and the yards
clean 80 that flies and insects have
no breeding place.
To kill Canada thistle In q field,
put the field in some cultivated rop
and keep the weeds down.
In a corn-growing territory COW peas
are mostly grown with corn, sowing
broadcast and otherwise.
Many growers say that weeds are as
valuable as fertilizers as clover and
COW peas II they are turned under
aSesfy year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23


lily, but I tell them Of my good friend,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and hat there will be no back
ache and bearing down pains for them if
they will take it as have. / am scarcely
ever without it in the house.
81 will say also that I think there is
no better medicine to be found for young
girls. My eldest daughter has taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for painful periods and irregular
ity, and it has helped her.
81 am always ready and willing to
speak a good word for Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. tell every
one I meet that I owe my health and
happiness to your wonderful medicine"
Mrs. j. G. JOHNSON, Scottville. Mich,
RID. 8.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotics or harmful drugs,
and today holds the record Of being the
most successful remedy for woman 8 ills
known.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
GOOD USES FOR WHITEWAsH
Purifier Is Needed In Poultry House,
In Barns, Hog Pens and Other
Places-it ls Cheap.

Everybody should know how to mix
a good ~whitewash. 1t is needed in the
poultry house, In the barns, looks well
on the fences. hog pens. etc. 1t is a
purifier because 1t is antiseptic and
deodoraat. 1t Is cheap, looks well.
and when rightly made and put on is
a good preserver.
The standard government white
wash" Is made as follows: Slack a
half bushel Of quick lime In boiling
water. keeping 1t just covered with
water during the process. Strain this,
then add a speck of salt dissolved in
warm water, three pounds Of ground
rice boiled In water to a thin paste.
one-half pound Spanish whiting, and a
pound of glue together in warm water.
Mix these thoroughly and let stand
for a few days. Apply hot. Coloring
matter can be added If desired. Dry
paint pigments are used for this pur-
pose
Another good outside whitewash is
made as follows: Slack a half bushel
of lime in boiling water as described
above. Add to this after straining
two pounds sulphate Of zinc and one
pound salt dissolved in water. If you
want a cream color, add three pounds
of yellow ochre, or any shade may be
given the whitewash by adding differ
ent paint pigments.
Another good whitewash is made
thus: Proceed as In second formula
above, but add half a pound Of whit
ing in addition to the zinc and salt.
Dilute to proper consistency with skim
milk. Apply hot. This wash will
stick we'll for outside work.
The best way to apply whftewash Is
with a spray pump. 1t can then be
rubbed in with a brush II desired.
though a good job Of spraying makes
an even coat.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
Practical Joke Causes Break Between Senator's

the action Of John Allen in allowing
his beard to grow out during a vaca.
ton OF congress. Throughout the ses-
sion he had gone clean-shaved. 90 that
on his temperance the following
winter with a full beard not even the
negro bellboys at his hotel knew him,
and he had to introduce himself to
the proprietor.
THE only other person to whom the
jocose legislator disclosed himself wal
Senator Berry Of Arkansas. and the
latter, at Aliens request, took him in.
to the presence of Coke and intro
duced the humorist as Mr.. Beeman. a
newly elected member from Missis-
sippi.
Very glad. Mr.. Beeman. to meet
you,' said Senator Coke, rising and ex-
tending his hand with great sauvity,
Shaking the proffered hand, the i'm
postor drawled out: Very glad also
to meet you. senator Senator Coke
OF Massachusetts, l believes?
"No, sir: not from Massachusetts
by a d sight answered the hot
tempered Texan, snorting."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
POPULAR SYMBOL OF VALUE
Young Man Evidently Was Lacking In
His Appreciation Of the Coun-
try's Statesmen.

There Is plenty Of food for cynical
thoughts In the national capital, as is
shown by the following incident which
happened on a Washington street car:
A worldly young man, prone to crit
icise, was gazing at the advertise
ments which decorate the interior OF
the car. One advertised a new kind
of collar for men. The dome OF the
capitol was represented encircled by
n of the collars, and on the SEN
ate and house wings of the build
ing were placards giving prices and
sizes. The placard on the senate end
of the capitol read, Quarter size"
and that on the other end said. Two
for a quarter"
The worldly cynical young man
turned to his companion.
THAT" he remarked. "just about
expresses my opinion of some OF
these here congressmen."-Judge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
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NSANa1E@
PLAN FOR DERRICK STACKER
One Feature of Implement Shown In
Illustration Is That It Always
Drops Load in Center.

This drawing shows a derrick
stacker which is different from any I
have yet seen, writes Alfred Peterson
in the Farmers Mail and Breeze. 1t
will build a stack twice as long as
the length of the arm. as high as the
mast, and as. wide as the arm is long.
The skids c are made of 3 by IA inch
plank and the base is Z feet wide.
The braces are 2 by 6's and should be
still further braced by cross braces not
given in the drawing. The hole in the
platform H Is 8 inches larger than the
diameter Of the mast which allows the
mast to lean over towards the stack so
the load will carry itself to n place
on the stack. The mast is a telephone
pole So feet long and rests on a pivot
On the skids. The arm B Is a smaller
pole rs feet long at the inner end Of
which a crotch shaped iron holds it in
place against the mast. From this
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
Carrying 1t Too Far.


Scientific management, like any
other good thing, may be carried to
excess"
The speaker was r. Marriott
Thompson. the San Francisco scienti-
fc management expert. He continued,
says the New York Tribune:
we scientific managers mustn't go
as far as Hussler went
"Hussler was the proprietor of a
tremendous factory where scientific
management had reduced the mo-
tons of every hand from 500 to II.
Hussler attended a very fashionable
wedding n day, a wedding where
the ceremony was performed by a
bishop assisted by a dean and a
canon, and in the most impressive
part OF the writ Hustler, overcome by
his scientific management ideas. rush
ed up to the altar and pushed the
bishop and canon rudely back.
Here, boys he said. ones quite
enough for a little job like this"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23

crotch a rod passes up and around the
mast over the iron catches marked /.
The arm is raised or lowered by means
OF the rope F. At the upper end of the
mast is a large ring to which guy ropes
E are fastened. The derrick must be
solidly guyed when in use. The rope D
is for bringing the load In place on
the stack. G is the rope to which the
horse Is hitched. The feature Of this
stacker is that 1t will always drop the
load In the center of the stack wheth-
er at the ends or in the middle. A
stationary arm stacker will not do
this. This stacker may be- successful
ly used on a windy day and will han
die as much hay in a day as any
boughten one.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
Excellent Wire spIicer.

to turn to make the splice. A pair Of
large pincers or, a wise should be used
to hold the two wires between the
coils while turning the splicer. In
Fig. 3 the splice is shown as finished.
The length Of the handle may vary. If
the splicer is to be used for net wire,
Of course, the handle cannot be longer
than the width Of the mesh. Other
wise. six or even inches is about right
for No. 8 wire. the length Of the handle
should be reduced for the sake Of con.
Yenience.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
The Other Way Round.

England. is just now gaining Ameri-
can circulation. 1t has for leading
characters Rudyard Kipling and Doro-
thy Drew, Mr.. Gladstone's little grand
child. Kipling was visiting Hawar-
den. and, being fond Of children. de.
voted himself to little Miss Dorothy
until her anxious mother expressed
the hope that the child had not been
wearying the great author.
"Oh, no. mamma" spoke up Doro-
thy, before any one else had a chance
to say anything, but you have no
idea how Mr.. Kipling has been weary
Ing mel"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23

house and the Fronesack baby was
proudly exhibited. He did not seem
impressed.
Hes a nice enough baby" said the
visitor, but he's just like all kids"
Whats that?" demanded Prone
sack, you come into my house and
tell me to my ace that this is Just
an ordinary baby. I car lick the man
who says that"
We'll, ! said what l said" retorted
the visitor, land 1 amt taking /. back.
That baby of ours has got your baby
skinned to-"
Bang! Also bling, bin, and BAN!
Fronesack waded into the stranger.
The police came finally. They locked
Fronesack and Wosnack up at the po-
lice station. The visitor went 70 the
hospital. He was unable to gite his
name and address there. He wasn't
able to talk.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
cuIt,vatlno potatoe. late.

The Virginia truck experiment sta
ton has found that the best results
in growing potatoes are obtained
where the soil is kept level during
the earlier civilizations, but as the
season advances earth may be worked
toward the vines by can Of winged
cultivators in order to keep the tubers
thoroughly covered and free from sun
scald.
It has also been found best to con.
tinue cultivation as late in the season
rs possible. Many eastern Virginia
growers dc not stop cultivators until
two or three weeks before digging is
started.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
Carefully Selected and Prepared.


Of some new kind Of potatoes would
furnish seed for quite a patch next
year. One bushel of seed oats would
furnish enough seed for a number Of
acres the next ear.
This would give the seed an oppor-
tunity to become better acclimated
and he could select the best seeds for
home use, which is an opportunity that
seldom comes to a farmer who buys
seed from the seedmen who sell it
from the general crop which is raised
by farmers especially for them.
Then there is always an opportun-
.ty for a farmer to sell choice seed
oats, corn or potatoes to his nearby
friends for a better price than his gen.
eral crops will bring. The time is
coming when good seed will be better
appreciated by farmers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23

CIT HE lats Senator Coke Of Texas
and Fivate John Allen Of Mis-.
sissippi were warm personal friends
and for years dined at the same table
at the old Metropolitan hotel" said
Col. Charles A. Edwards. the noted
correspondent, the other day.
THE propensity Of Private John to
work on a joke even on as dignifed a
statesman az was Richard Coke came
very near creating a permanent break
In their amicable relations. I may say
here that tae Texan was an intense
southerner, naturally Of an irascible
temperament.
We'll, to get back to my story as to
the trick played him by the gentleman
from Tupelo. It all came about through
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
chiId,s Fear of the Dark.

II mothers notice that the brains Of
their little ones conjure up uncanny
sights and thoughts from the shadows
Of a room more or less dark, let the
light burn brightly. To force a child
to become accustomed to the darkness
Is a grave error, If its ervou system
is so organized that this forcing is
productive of a fright.
The system of a child Is "a
very susceptible organization and the
deleterious Impressions made upon 1t
will often make their influence felt
throughout its whole afterlife. II the
child asks for a light under such cir
cumstances do not refuse 1t.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
Took Slot Machine at Its

A Kansas City woman recently took
her two small daughters to make their
first visit to her husbands people, nv-
ing In a small Kansas town. Naturally
she was anxious to make as favorable
an impression as possible. So the two
little people, on going on an errand to
the depot, were cautioned to be on
their very best behavior. To the
mothers surprise. they returned Wig
orously chewing gum. AS they had
no money, she asked them where they
got 1t.
oh" explained the older one. 1T
said on the slot machine. Ask the
agent for pennies so we did"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
Moving Pictures Popular.

In a recent number of the Daily
Consular Reports are collected memo
randa from cities and towns in vari.
GUS distant parts of the world showing
the universal quality of the popular
interest which the moving pictures
excite. England, Japan, Turkey, Mex
leo, India, Australia and the islands
OF the sea all have the same story to
tell; wherever the cinematograph
goes 1t finds an instant and sustained
welcome.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
IMPROVED SEEDS ARE BEST
Ono Quart Of New Variety Of Corn
Would Grow Enough to Plant Big
Acreage at Small Cost.
(By M. W.

(By M. w. Kelley
I believe that every farmer would
find 1t profitable to devote a certain
portion Of his farm to growing seed
for the coming year. In this way he
could buy seed each year and plant it
on his test grounds and grow all hat
would be required for his next years
crops.
One quart Of some new variety of
field corn would grow enough seed to
plant quite an acreage and the cost
would be comparatively small. A peck
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
Helps for peas and Beans.

Peas and beans are checked in their
early growth when grown on soils
deficient in nitrogen and are benefited
by applications Nof heterogeneous fer
filters. Sodium nitrate is better
adapted to topdressing than ammo
mum sulphate on account of it's quick
action. Sodium nitrate is easily
washed into the subsoil, whereas the
ammonium sulphate is more firmly
held in the soil. The continued ap-
plication of sodium nitrate tends to
form crusts on the soil,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
How He Left.

The servants were discussing the
matter below stairs.
Master and mistress 'ad something
of a row last night. l ear" said the
butler ponderously.
you should have heard EN-" an
swered the parlor maid in a shocked
tone. ~"Scandalous is what l calls it,"
They tell me e al out. cranked is
motor car and left in It,"
NO." said the maid. positively. "he
didn't leave in his machine; | dis
tinctly heard the mistress say he left
In a huf."-LOndon Answers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
EXCELLENT AS WIRE SPLICER
Neat and Strong Splice May Be Made
by Use Of Little instrument
Shown In Illustration.

The neatest and strongest splice
can be made with this little instru-
ment. 1t is made Of a strap Of iron
one inch wide and one-eighth inch
thick. One end Is cut narrow and is
bent into a hook large enough to fit
neatly the largest wire to be spliced,
says the Iowa Homestead. At the
sides of this two notches are filed, as
shown in Fig. i. In Fig. 2 the splicer
is seen in position on the wire. The
arrow indicates the direction in which
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
Corn and Peas in FALL

Corn and peas seem doubly deli.
cious in the fall. And even if you
fail to harvest them you are out only
a few cents. So plant a little Of the
earliest varieties at once
Bush string beans, carrots, turn1p.
rooted chervil, collards, corn salad,
cucumbers (for pickling), endive and
lettuce, mustard (for salad, parsley.
satisfy, radishes, kohArabi and turnips
are other crops that realize August
planting ideals.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
Save the

Save all the and apply 1t
where it will do the most good. One
reason why there are SO many poor
farms is because there Is so little
manure to make the land richer. This
also explains why there are 30 many
Door farmers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
Instructive.

$50 you took your wife to the base
ball gamer"
yes" replied Mr.. Meekton.
did she enjoy TT"
"Only part Of 1t. She thought they
wasted a great deal Of time running
around the lot, but she thought the ar
guments with the umpire were quite
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
Birds on the Farm.

The farmer who invites his city
friends to go out and shoot quail on
the place would better present them
With a couple Of dozen shot on the
farm of some other man who prefers
Insects to the birds.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23

There are lots OF funny things to be
seer in this world. and among them is
a fat woman sitting on a little piano
stool.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23

Natica-You aren't thinking OF mar
rying Reggy, are you?
Evelyn-Of course l am. Hasn't
he a future?
Natica-Yes, to be sure. But why
jeopardize it?
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23
MOTHER OF
LARGE FAMILY
Tells How She Keeps Her
Health - Happiness For
Those Who Take
Her Advice.
Scottville, Mich. -"I want to tell you
how much good Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg

CapleCOmpound ana
Sanative Wash have
done me. I live on q
farm andhaveworked
very hard. I am
forty-fve years old,
and am the mother
Of thirteen children.
Many people think
it strange that / am
not broken down
with hard work and
tho roro IF NV fom.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23

The Paxton Toilet Co. of Boston.
Mass, will send q 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??, 1912-08-23

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces fnfiamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c q bottle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23

Appropriate Name.
"Why does that Doctors wife call
her husband, Duckie?"
why not? Isn't he a quack?"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23

A man knows more at 81 than he
can unlearn between hat and so.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23

A girl never boosts a ley love af-
fair by boasting Of an old one.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-23

It's easier to catch a husband than
to uncatch him..