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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-23
FIRE AT DOUGLAS.

Douglas, Ark, Aug. 2.-Firs| night, of unknown origin, destl the general merchandise store L. Granger. The building and tents, valued at about $1o,eoo, ' total loss. The residence whlel joins the store was saved.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-23
Tie Trials of a Traveller.

T am travelling salesman" writes D. D. Youngs, E. Berkshire, Vt., "and was often troubled with constipation and indigestion till l began to use pr. Kings New Life Pills, which I nave found an excellent remedy For all stomach, liver or kidney troubles they are unequaled. Only 25 cents at all druggiytu.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-23

Dr. J. I. Norris, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, left yesterday for Battle Creek, Michigan, where he will spend several weeks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-23

of Pythias he included in the entire estate, that all of his family might share alike from it as well as from k.he estate itself. Mrs. Gillespie is made executrix without bond.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-23

R., J. Mcbride, the we'll known con. tractor, spent yesterday in Hoi Springs on business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-23

Mrs. Grover Lytle is sick at her home on West Second avenue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-23
STOCKHOLDERS MEEll'c'

The Stockholders of the I. ,,' L.. Cotton Co.,, will hold thelr fesuMu, osM nual meeting Monday, Augus' sal ~ tween the hours of 10 a. m, ais ,s, m. at office of J. B. Speers ", .,asi ,s election of officers and to transaS. N other business that may conls z said meeting. nn sos 7-31 I'm.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-23
FIRST 1912 BALE
 IS RECEIVED HERE

Sold at Public Auction and, Bought by D. z. Rutledge for 24 Cents
 \ Pound.
 The first bale of cotton for the 1912 season made it's aapearance in Pine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-23

Moody will be held here until her ar
 :'iyal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-23

7-31 i'm.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

Yields not obtained In certain
years during which the trial has been
carried on.
From this table it will be seen that
the total yield per acre in the results
given for four a and for eight
years are in favor OF thick planted
corn.
Owing to the press Of work, analy-
SEES were not made Of the corn from
these different thicknesses of planting.
Such analyses would pr badly show
much more favorable to the thinner
planted grains. In all or these cases
the corn was planted fairly thSak in
the drill rows, a a stalk to every
six or eight inches.
In growing corn in this northwest
country one of our chief objects should
always be that of getting the land
we'll prepared for a crop of small grain
TO follow. This preparation consists
in keeping a soil mulch over the land
while the corn Is growing on 1t and
or destroying the weed seeds which
are in the ground.
Where 1t is thickly planted in the
drill rows, the crop OF corn evidently
takes out q vast amount OF moisture.
in fact i have a large amount or fig-
ures representing results which we
have obtained at the experiment sta
ton, Fargo, covering this very point
and 1 find that they show that thick
M 49, ky AN
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

When the matter was presented to him
as above, he felt that he was paying
q heavy tax for a poor road.
Roadestatisticss kept In Illinois, show
the travel was Approximately six
times greater in June than in March ia
'districts where there were poor. roads.
while in districts where there were
good roads, the travel was a little
greater In March than in June. This
alone would furnish a text for a long
paper on the value of good roads, The
country people could do their trad
ing at periods when they could not
work on the farm. which would balance
up trade conditions in the country
towns, lessen the congestion on. rail-
ways and in elevators, thus causing
farm commodities both bought and
sold to be handled at cheaper rates be-
tween the consumer and producer, a
part of this advantage coming to the
farmer.
State and federal aid in road build
ing should not be advocated too
strongly lest the land owner becomes
irnbued with the thought that in the
lear future good roads will be built
without expense to the adjoining land.
1t is entirely, within the province of
the state and government to maintain
road offices, to study methods and con-
duct experiments on road material,
that they may give advice and instruc-
ton for various localities, but on the
land owners must come the burden Of
building the great mileage of our
roads.
In conclusion:
The history of roads shows that they
pass through a state OF development
and ordinarily this general develop
ment should be encouraged and not
come to q stand.
The principles of road building
should be clearly taught as adapted to
local conditions.
Drainage should be promoted before
roads.
Drainage as related to roads should
be thoroughly explained.
The cash system should replace the
labor system.
The farmer element should be taught
that his roads a he bettered with the
material and money at hand.
Illustrations and facts should be US
ed that relate to that or similar To-
c%alities without taking them from
Europe or the older states in the
east.
The facts should be clearly brought
out that good roads can be had in
nearly all localities by sandwichfng
some vocal material between good
drainage and eternal vigilance in
maintenance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

so that missing hills may be avoided
as it is evident that with the best
work we have been doing q large NUM-
Der of missing hills must have occurs
red in the field or our Yields would
not have run so light as they have
done when a single ear of the size OF
this one will represent EOS bushels
per acre when one is produced by every
possible hill in the field.
These figures should bring us a
great degree of encouragement in corn
culture in this state for ] do not be-
Iieve there is a man present who does
not believe that he can produce the
equivalent Of one ear Of this size per
hill over his entire field.
There is only one way to be sure OF,
producing corn In every hill and that
is to have good, carefulIy-tested seed
and test each ear for itself, throwing
out the poor ears and weak-growing
ones from the seed lot. In addition
to this, 1t means that you must have
a corn planter that will drop regularly
and uniformly per hill as you set II
to do.
1t is not within the province of this
paper to discuss the selecting OF corn
ears, nor means of testing them, as T.
am certain that will be covered by
Professor Holden or someone else on
this programme.
The facts and figures which I have
presented, however, indicate that these
two things are vital in producing a
good corn crop in this northwest
country.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

The moun of starch per acre in
creased more than twenty-th three times
during this period of ffty-ive days.
Owing to the corr storing so much
starch and sugar, which is almost
wholly digestfbIe, during this ripening
period the percentage of digestible
matter per ton actually increases.
Results from thirteen trials show that
corn cut before the glazing stage con-
tains, as fodder siXty-five and three
quarter pounds of digestible food per
100 pounds of dry matter, as ensilage,
sixty seven and one-third pounds.
Results of ten trials show that corn
cut in or after the glazing stage con-
tains, as fodder, seventy and three
quarter pounds of digestible food per
100 pounds of dry matter; as ensilage,
seventy-three and two-third pounds OF
digestible food per 100 pounds of dry
matter.
This will be a surprise to many
men rather well informed on corn
feeding and is certainly a very i'm
portant lot OF facts.
I presume the reason the figures
favor ripe corn so markedly is thai
sixty three pounds Of digestible mat.
ter in 100 pounds of ripe corn is CON
tanned in the ear and only thirty-sever
pounds in the stalk, blade and husk.
The dry weight of the ear is almos
entirely formed after the tasselint
stage and the kernels or grains Of corr
are evidently very rapidly packed witt
starch during the last stages of ripen
ing, All this must meal that corr
that will get ripe or at least nearl.
so is the kind that should be PLANTED
in this or in fact, any other country
That more corn can be grown b,
thick planting in six-inch grain drill
or in twelve-inch grain drills by stop
ping each alternate crop in the dril
box is very clearly shown by the fol
lowing table:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
EVIDENTLY A aAaD TASK
Somewhat Humorously Worded Epistls
the Result Of Struggle With
English Language. 81.

AS the most delightful example she
has ever lei Of the English the Eu-
ropean uses In his correspondence. a
woman who has just returned from
the other side" is showing her friends
q letter that she declares to be her
most interesting souvenir"
After we left Amsterdam" she ex-
plains, my daughter discovered that
she had left her cuff-links in our room
at the pension. So ! wrote back to the
proprietress, whom ] knew spoke Eng
lish, asking her to look for them. Here
is the reply"
Then she shows IL. And this, word
for word, is how it reads:
Dear Mrs. Thomas Grant:
Immediately upon receiving your
lettre am going at once to looking in
every drawer. and found this two but.
ton in the table near her bed. Can it
be this two things what your daugh-
ter lost7
I'm that way | am very glad to
found II.
$50 not, be so good to send 1t me
back, for 1t might be of another per
son who perhaps win write me he lost
something"
9s EMN kE.AH sa
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
CORN CULTURE,
PROF SHEPHERD

Following Mr.. Stewart, Prof. J.. H.
Shepperd OF the "A. C. gave a SPLEEN
did address on Corn Culture.
Professor Shepperd, said: 1t is not
an impossible, nor does it appear to
me a very hard task Cor North Dakota
to produce a crop OF corn equal to
the average grown in the United
States, notwithstanding the fact that
we are so near the North American
boundary. Corn planted in check rows
with the hills three and one-half feet
apart each way will have 4,40S hills
per acre. If we can grow an ear of
corn six and one-half inches long AID
proportioned reasonably for an ear Of
corn, sue as the one I hold in my
hand for you, we can equal the aver
age corn crop of America. This ear
weights six and one-half ounces and
if we could produce just one such
ear to the hill and one in every hill
Of corn we would have 20.6 bushels per
acre or four f1fths as much corn as
the average Iowa crop during the last
forty-seven years. The average corn
crop for the United States during that
time has been 252 bushels per acre
| or a little more than one-half bushel
| less than would be produced with the
size ear per hill and only one a per
hill. The following are government
statistics covering the years from 1866
to 1911 inclusive; for six different
states in the corn belt of America
Ohio. SS.5 bushels per acre; Indiana,
1922 bushels per acre; Iowa, 80
bushels per acre; Illinois, 30.9
bushels per acre; Missouri, 28.S bush
els per acre; Kansas. 24.8 bushels per
acre; United States, 25.2 bushels per
acre.
Indian corn increases in the amount
OF dry matter per acre is it ripens in
rapid and regular order. The follow
ing table gives the amount of dry
matter it contains in the five stages
from tasseling to fully ripened in
elusive:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

Ir EtE ErL 4AA N A
From this table it will be seen that
the yield Of fodder increased with the
thickness Of planting from one kerr
mel up to six kernels per hill which
were planted In rows forty-fnches
apart and the hills ct thirty inch in
tervaIs. This makes 1t a little thicker
than three and one-half by three and
ore-haif feet, but only a little thicker.
Taking the yield Of both fodder and
ears into account, these results In
dicate that four Or ave kernels per
hill of the varieties OF corn used Id
this district is the most satisfactory
rate Of planting. This is always in
dicated perhaps by the length OF the
ears and the height of the stalks.
1t will be noted that the corr plant
ed one and two kernels per hill had
had stalks four inches higher and ears
half an inch longer than where the
corn wa planted at the rate of three
and four kernels per hill and that the
height and length OF ears decreased
with I'VE and six kernels per hill
planting.
This set OF figures Indicate that
corn that will ripen should be plant
ed and that only Iii this state and
should be planted III check rows Sd
that 1t can be cultivated well ana
that above all the seed snovId be tested
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

The above table shows the yield Of
wheat on thick and thin planted corn
LAND for three years after the corn
grown. The yields from a con-
t~fnuously cropped wheat plat is also
given for comparison.
The extra yield as a result Of thin
planted corn is very marked the first
and second years. BY the third year
the moisture is about all given off and
the thick sown plat does a little bet
ter than the thin planted corn prob
ably owing to the rest period 1t has
had.
This experiment would indicate that
forty two inch rows are a good dis
lance apart for them to be planted.
The number of stalks per hill is
another question that must be decided.
On this question I present you the
results Of six years trial:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

The above table which represents
a. trial made by Professor Ladd Of this
station a number OF years ago indicates
that corn which has silked practically
twice as much dry matter per acre as
it had when 1t was tasseled.
When ia the milk 1t contains almost
three times as much dry material as
when in the tassei. When glazing ii
more than four times as much
dry matter as ii had when it was
tasseled.
When ripe, 1t contained just 1--WE
times as much dry matter as it did
when 1T was tasSeled.
The Increase IN the corn noted above;
from the time OF tasseling until fully
ripe Is chiefly glucose, sucrose, ltwo
kinds OF sagar)s and starch. Tho fol-
lowing table shows the vast amount
Of these three substances which are
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

planted corr does leave the land very
dry.
The effect of the following wheat
crop is indicated by the data which /
submit below;
Comparison of the yield OF wheat
after corn in six-ineh drills, and in
three and one-half foot rows with
continuous wheat for the same years.
Average-Fiye trials.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

The thimbie was originally known.
az a thumb bell. 'yarlet" is the same.
word as valet and each is an of.
shoot Of the feudal ~"vassal.1
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
An Ahsolutslx gree show.

Aviation is the small boys delight
He can sit On a fence and watch the
show for nothing; nor does he have to
carry water for the elephant
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
Ahnua Twenty Per c.anIta

About Twenty Per Capita.
1t is said that the people OF Chicago
consume 40 900 pigs feet every
year. Perhaps that accounts for q
whole lot Of Chicago's p~eculiarities.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
Tr,rth 81 Renose

God ofers to every man his choices
between truth ana repose-Ralph WaA
do Emerson.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16
Finland AppsaIs q tourist.

Finland. with its thousand lakes. 10.
now considered attractive enough To
be on the general tourists list.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-16

tcontlnued From Page Eight,
The Delta independent., 1912-04-26
The Pink Marble Personal.

While the japanese are rapidly as
Stimulating western business notions.
they have not yet entirely Invested
themselves OF Oriental extravagance
Of expression In their advertisements,
especially those of a personal nature.
MS the following. which some time ago
appeared in q Toxic newspaper, will
testify:
81 am a beautiful woman. My abun-
dant, undulating hair envelops me as
a cloud. Supple as a willow Is my
waist. Soft and brilliant Is my visage
as-the satin of flowers. / am endowed
with wealth SUFFICIENT to saunter
through life hand in hand with my be
loved. Were to meet gracious lord.
kindly, intelligent. well educated and
OF good taste. l would unite myself
with him for life, and later share with
him the pleasure of being laid to rest
eternal in q tomb OF pink marble"
The Delta independent., 1912-04-26
oxyuen As a Cutting Tool.

A Jet of burning oxygen from blow
pipe may be successfully employed to
cut sheet iron. iron tubes, and small
bars. The cut made is almost as
sharp and thin as that made by a saw.
In earlier attempts difficulty was en-
countered in clearing the cut OF liquid
metal and In preventing the spread OF
the melting effect beyond the borders
OF tho cut In later processes two
blowpipes were used. The first has
an ordinary oxyhydrogen flame, which
heats the iron to redness at the place
where the cut is to be made. This 10
followed Immediately by the second
Jet. composed Of pure oxygen. which
instantly burns the metal without melt
ing. The liouidixed iron Is blown
swiftly from the assure. 30 that there
il NO serious spreading OF the heat to
surrounding parts.
The Delta independent., 1912-04-26
.)O(l>IR
$500
COLONY HOUSE is PROFITABLE
Possesses Many Decided Advantages
Over Permanent Houses-AII FIX
lures Made Removable.

Portable colony houses for the
farm flock possess a decided advan.
tage over the large permanent house.
1 make them. however. just as large as
the weight will permit. My aim Is to
haye them of such weight that they
can be moved anywhere on the farm
at any season of the year, writes }. L.
Campbell in the New England Home
stead. When hard and native lumber
Is used, the maximum size is 7x9 feet,
with rear wall 5 feet inches and
front wall 6 feet 10 inches. This per-
mits the use Of 12-foot boards without
waste. and buildings high enough to
work in with comfort.
If light lumber is used in construc-
ton the cost is increased somewhat.
and we secure the advantage of more
room. We find the farm team can
handle a 7x12 or Sx1O house OF this
kind. We use no upright frame at
all. The building is operated by the
vertical siding The runners on
which these houses rest are made
from AKA hardwood. and are placed
The longer way of the house, set I'M
der ~ inches from each side and
the ends flush. This keeps the run
ners from weather exposure, and IL
care is used to keep them blocked
they last as long as the building. The
one shown in the accompanying pic
ture is the latest model 1t is an OBJ
iect to provide for the admission of
an abundance Of fresh air without
The Delta independent., 1912-04-26

draft In our earlier buildings we
were compelled to use a curtain to
keep out the storms or snow. We
found this curtain more or less Of a
nuisance. and have gotten rid of it
IN the type of house shown.
The roof projects over the open
ing feet and acts as an awning. 1t
keeps out snow and rain. but admits
plenty of air. Three sides of the
building are lined under with cheap
grade of twoply roofing felt. which
prevents any wind blowing through
cracks and causing drafts. Single
board floors are used. Perches are
in the back part of the building. with
dropping board under them. Nest
boxes are under the dropping board
to economic space. The water yes
sci is placed on a shelf IS inches
from the floor. / prefer to have all
the fixtures. such as nest boxes,
perches and dropping boards, remov.
able. One of these little houses &C
commodities 80 to 35 Leghorn fowls.
The Delta independent., 1912-04-26
DOULIM NOIF[

Feed lime and charcoal literally.
Do not breed from fowls that are
too old.
Millet seed is an excellent egg pro
ducing grain.
Many poultrymen raise lettuce just
for hen feed
An incubator will not trample on
and break the eggs.
A few undesirable eggs will lower
the price OF whole crate.
Cut clover hay has helped revolu-
tionize the poultry business.
Feeds rich in protein should make
up large part of the ration.
A male bird Is past his best stage
after he has seen two breeding sea-
sons.
attention should be given to keep lice
and mites down.
Alfalfa, green or the dry leaves, pro
duces an ideal color in the yolk when
the hens have an abundance OF It.
All eggs used for eating should be
from hens that have no male birds
running with them. Such eggs are
infertile.
1t will pay the poultry grower to
make a careful study of the color and
quality of yolk that is demanded by
the high'class trade. and then learn
how to produce It.
The poultryman should endeavor to
feed all that the hens will consume
and return profit for It, and skill
and experience are necessary to de-
termine this amount.
Eggs are bought by the dozen. but
the poultryman who always markets
large. heavy eggs soon gets a premi-
UNI OF cents or more a dozen above
the price for ordinary eggs.
The wisdom OF giving the fowls
well balanced ration may not appeal
to many. but q practical demonstra.
tion Of what the we'll balanced ration
will do will convince the most skep-
teal.
The Delta independent., 1912-04-26
Eaas From Pure-bred Fowls.

II took some of us good many
years to discover that there was more
profit in selling eggs from pure bred
fowls at $3.50 and 81 per dozen than
from the barnyard variety at 25 cents.
1t is easy to figure that 25 pure breds
will earn more money than 100 barn
Yards.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-11
BY THOMAS TAPER.

WRITER on educa ton has re-
~ Gently said that We kill and
IA stilc more real geniuses than
L y we train. And ne expressed
the opinion that we make the
bIund ering mistake because We either
do not know genius when we have
one In the house or because we have
heard for so long time that
gcniuses are so rare that we be-
lieve IL.
Some girls who 80 TO college ben
eft themselves and the world by 1t,
AS for the rest of them, you would
never suspect they had had college
training.
But lot of others never get the
chance. Probably great number OF
them would be of greater service III
the world il they could get an edu-
cation.
Many girls do not think 1t possible
because OF the expense.
An examination of thirty or more
college catalogues shows that there
are several that offer girl splen-
did college training at reasonably
low COST ~ SOME VI lHSSS ''lSSto
a girl can earn her own tuition,
sometimes as low as $50. and all her
living expenses. The colleges aid
the students TO find the work.
on this basis it would seem as II
any girl could get n college educa-
ton IL she has enough cash 10 pay
her fare to the place and enough am
hition to work four years for the
sake Of changing the contents OF her
mind.
a GOOD many girls get a college ed
uca,ion In this manner. attending the
classes with the girls OF wcll-to-do
families, and with the sons of the
same who wear the latest neckties
and get a. regular allowance from
home.
in some OF the smaller colleges
young men and women VINO work
their way through need fear no So
cial ostracism from those who are
better off. 1t is A point OF honor In
some schools TO treat "a young man
or woman who is working for all the
college offers as "a reasonable human
being,
This democratic spirit is probably
more In evidence In some of the