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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
Maple Strip and Sugar.
A Possible 3yproduct From
Minnesota Farms,
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Acct.:';g 10 the United States cen
sus r"pcrts Minnesota produced in
1909 over eleven thousand pounds OF
maple sugar and over seventeen thou
sand gallons CT strip. Many Mime
sofa farms possess woOdlots or groves
which might produce maple sugar.
Some OF these groves are large
enough to produce sugar for market,
while others can only provide sugar
and strip for home consumption.
Most OF the sugar groves In Mime
sofa need Improvement. Old diseased
trees should be made into cord wood,
competing species of trees that are OF
little value should be removed, young
pie groves thinned, or trails cut 10
aid In the collection Of the sap. Ali
Of these things can best be done in
winter or in early March.
This is also an excellent time to
overhaul and repair all old equipment
and 10 order new supplies, such as
buckets and covers. sprouts, cans, eyap-
orator and tanks.
In estimating the supplies Of various
sorts that will be required it should be
remembered that an average tree pro
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
Dual Purpose Kitchens.
BY JUNIATA L. SHEPHERD,
University Farm, St. Paul.
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1t is not wise to Use kitchen for
both laundry and cooking purposes.
Washing necessarily fills room
with steam from hot water used, with
odors from the soap, and with con.
taminatiOn from the soiied clothes.
In case the kitchen is in the body of
the house both Gampness and odors
permeate every room more or less.
il the kitchen is attached to the main
building on one side only, there be-
ing simply door between it and the
next room, the general effect may be
better, but when the washing is fin
ished there will be little. il any, per-
Ceptible difference in the condition OF
the kitchen and the room cormuni-
eating directly with it. This is espe-
cially true when there are children
in the family, because they are al
ways restless, going in and out fire.
quently, and thus filing the adj0il-
ing rooms with cold air currents. as
we'll as odors and vapors from the
washroom.
uclS dic idIiiilSS III WHICH CNti-
dren have colds practically all the
time in winter, because they become
chilled every washday and do not
recover from one cold" until the
next washday arrives and they are
again unduly exposed. Colds should
not be regarded lightly because they
are not in all cases trivial matters.
The chief business of all human be-
ings during childhood is TO grow and
develop in every way. Any condition
which impairs the health OF a child,
robs him Of a portion of his birth
right. that is, the opportunity to con-
stantly grow and develop. Nothing
but a cold" is common expression.
but such local concessions always re-
duce physical vigor and re1ard growth
by compelling nature to mend and re-
store health when she should be
building tissue and furnishing energy
for use in work and play. In some
instances permanently bad effects re-
suit from colds, and following close
upon them show their origin. Elk
amples of these bad effects are inn
paired hearing caused by gatherings
in the ears and catarrhal troubles
which follow the victim through life.
The above mentioned products OF
the Mushroom are neither palatable
nor sanitary admixtures for food ma
terials and they are pretty certain to
combine with the food somewhat
when confined with it in poorly
ventilated room in winter.
Laundry work in kitchen renders
1t very difficult to keep this room
clean. because walls. windows and
ceilings are liable to remain damp
for several days after washing has
been done there. hence any floating
dirt adhereS more readily to wood
work and plaster. Much more evil
dence against the practice Of wash
ing in the kitchen might be cited.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
LIme-SuIphur the Best Scale insect
eide Known.

LIme-SuIphur the Best Scale Insecti-
eide Known.
When We speak of winter spraying
We speak of a spray that is put on
the trees during the dormant season.
This spray may be put on just after
the leaves drop in the fall, or 1T may
be put on during a warm day in win
ter, or just before the buds break in
the spring. Probably the spring dor
mant spraying is the best.
There are several sprays that may
be called dormant sprays, of which
copper-sulphate, crude petroleum and
lime-sulphur are typical. At the pres
ent time, however, in speaking Of dor
mant sprays, we almost always refer
to the lime-sulphur wash. Lime-sul-
phur is the best scale insecticide
known; it also kills many eggs Of
plant lice. Besides being an insect
eide, it is also fungicide, killing the
spores of such diseases as scab, plum
pocket, etc. The dormant spray is
made quite strong The following is
q formula for dormant spray which
Is called the homemade boiled mix
ture:
Stone lime, fifteen pounds.
Flowers of sulphur, fifteen pounds.
Water, fifty gallons.
Stake the lime in a small quantity
Of hot water. add the sulphur gradu-
ally, keep stirring until it is thorough
ly mixed Dilute this mixture to fif-
teen gallons with water, and boil in
an iron kettle, or cook by steam in a
barrel for forty-five minutes. Add suf-
fcient water to make the required If
ty gallons. strain the wash through
q nne mesh straiRer and Apply hot
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vsrsity Farm. b. Paul
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
Tapping a sugar mapI

duces from ten to twenty gallons Of
gap in d fair season, and that this
amount Of sap will make about three
pounds Of sugar, or about three pints
Of strip.
Those having maple groves should
write to the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, Washington, ID.
C, for Farmers Bulletin SIC for full
information on the subtect.-H. n.
Flint, Minnesota College of Forestry,
University Farm, ST. Paul.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
INCUBATOR AND BRooOER
Necessities Where Fowls Are Raised
in Large Numbers.

Necessities Where Fowls Are Raised
in Large Numbers.
A good hen is better hatcher than
any incubator man has yet devised,
but for raising fowls in large numbers
an incubator is q necessity and wise
investment. Follow the directions
that come with tho incubator. always
with the addition Of common sense
and judgment The incubator should
10 disinfscted between hatchings.
The brsoder and pens should be per-
fectly clean when the chicks are put
In. and supplied with plenty OF fresh
air. The. brooder should supply an
opportunity for the chicks to select
their own temperature. They will do
this when day old. A chicken will
never forget the place where 1T has
found protection and comfort, and
will return there naturally. 1t also
instinctively seeks higher plane, SO
the source of heat In brooder should
be above the level of the floor. A
temperature of 100 degrees should be
maintained. More chicks probably
die from lack Of heat. or the inability
to get away from 1t, than from i'm
proper feeding.
. The floor OF the brooder should be
kept covered with dry soil and fine
litter.-Alice Merely.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
PRIVATE EXPERIMENT FARMS
Demonstration Work Must Be Brought
Closer to the Farmer.

Farms that are owned and managed
by the state or by any other similar
organization have this difficulty to
contend with, viz, that the average
farmer. that is, the man We are trying
ID reach. will come and look at it and
admire what has been accomplis she'd,
bat will feel in his heart and say to
his nsighbor: They couldn't do 1t
on my farm. My conditions are differ
snt. II they tried it there, it wouldn't
succeed. Furthermore, of course,
those fellows have a state apprOpria-
ton and a state expert and of course
they can do it, but We can't get those
things and consequently We can not
do it, | have heard that time and
again, and the government expended
pretty near a million dollars in extern
sion work before the fact was discov-
cred that a government experiment
farm demonstrated only what the gov
-srnment could do. not what the farmer
could do. So new method had to be
adopted, which is we'll exemplified by
the farmers cooperative demonstra-
tion work Of the South. 1t is one OF
the most magnificent pieces of agri-
cultural work ever undertaken any
where and one which has been very
successful. because it recognizes the
principle that the demonstration must
Do conducted on the farmers own
farm by the farmer himself under the
direction of an expert. Our expert
enCe is that not only the man himself,
but his neighbors learn rapidly from
demonstrations carried out in this way
That is what We are trying to do in
Minnesota. The State Federation of
Commercial Clubs has co-operated
with US in finding typical farms of
the class that need recognizing. The
farmer selected agrees to follow our
directions and We agree to give him
plans and advice free. The soil ex-
pert examines his soil. the drainage
expert makes drainage plans il need
ed The crop expert lays out the
fields and recommends the cropping
system adapted to his conditions and
type of farming and similar help is
given regarding the selection OF stock,
selection and testing of seed, etc. The
demonstration expert visits him once
Or twice month, to see that every
thing is proceeding according to the
plan agreed upon. The plan is to
keep in close touch with each coop
orator until he fully grasps the new
plan.-Dean A. F. Woods, University
Farm, st. Paul.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
What Does the Test
Mean?
BY J. O. RANKIN, University
t.. Farm, st. Paul.

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In a recent number we gave direc-
tons for making Q termination test
of seed corn. BY this time OUR read.
ers no doubt have the test under way,
and the next question is one Of inter.
prsting the test or knowing just what
ears to discard.
1t is pretty generally agreed that
1t will not pay to plant any ears I'M
less at least nine out Of every ten
kernels terminate strongly in the
testing. II the test has been careful
iy conducted. there is a better chance
for strong termination in the box
than the seed is likely to find under
field conditions where. temperature
and moisture and seed beds are not
SO thoroughly under control. The
next question is what kernels in the
test we regard as strong. The &C
companying- photograph will help to
answer this question. The kernel on
the right has terminated as it should
and shows good development Of both
stem and root. The one in the mid
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10

die has no stem and it should be re-
gardsd as strong in development. The
one on the left cannot be regarded as
strong, because no root has yet ap-
peared. OF course, all three of the
kernels shown here will sooner or
later show both roots and stems, but
only that which makes prompt, Wig
orous start should be counted among
the nine or ten strongly terminated
kernels. which we demand of the
ears which we intend to use for seed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
PURE SEED.
Red River Valley Farmers Should Sc
cure Seed From Crookston.

Red River Valley Farmers Should Sc
cure Seed From crookston.
The farmers of the Red River val
ley and Northwestern Minnesota may
secure pure bred pedigreed seed
wheat. oats and barley from the North
west Experiment Station at Crooks
ton for starting pure seed plots on
their own farms. Send to the station
for information regarding this pure
seed work. Nothing will repay the
farmer so well as to use the best seed
possible and to improve his seed by
selection from pure seed plot In
three years time it will be possible
to have your farm sown to improved
seed. The Northwest Experiment Sta
ton is ready to assist farmers in that
part of the state to do this work.-C.
G.. Selvig, Superintendent, Northwest
Experiment Station, Crookston. Mimi.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10

sonable probability that it is caused
by udder tuberculosis. There are OF
er enlargements of the udder not du
to tuberculosis, but those that de-
velop in the way mentioned abov
are very suspicious and usually show
tuberculosis on careful examination.
Such cows should be examined by a
competent veterinarian and tested
with tuberculin as soon as possible.
Udder tuberculosis probably consti-
tutes the worst>form of the disease SO
far as its spread is concerned, and
udders that develop any such condi-
tions are permanently damaged as q
rule.-Dr. M. H. Reynolds. Veterinary
Division, University Farm, st. Paul
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
Which Class?

At the Wisconsin state fair visitors
were arrested by the sign, In Which
Glass Are Your Cows" over four piles
of butter. one of which represented
the yearly product from an exception
ally good cow and included thirteen
sixty pound ,ubs of butter and twenty
pounds besides. Next, was pile OF
six tubs for good cows, three tubs and
twenty pounds for the average COW
and two tubs for the star boarder,
who produces eighty pounds less, thar
enough to pay her feed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
Hog Cholera Notes
BY DR.. M. n. REYNOLDS,
University Farm, st. Paul.

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Only, veterinarians in state employ
are allowed to use hog cholera virus
In Minnesota. Amy competent veter-
marian may use the serum-oniy
method.
Pregnant sows may be safely treat
cd by the serum-only method to pro-
, tect against cholera, up to within a
few weeks of narrowing Such sows
should, of course, be handled quietly
and yaccinated while in a standing
position.
Hog cholera does not depend upon
, kinds of feed or methods of feeding,
excepting that overlooking seems to
favor development Of the disease.
Show hogs and fat hogs in general
are especially susceptible Slightly
undertaking is probably a little
safer than full-feeding, when cholera
il near.
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The state veterinarian of Ohio. who
has had experience in managing
large hog cholera serum plant for
several years, estimates that his state
would require an appropriation OF
several million dollars annually and
for period of several years to &C
! complish anything like actual eradi-
cation Of cholera.
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Kansas has a state hog cholera
serum plant in operation that is capa-
! BILE Of producing about $4,000 doses
per week and there are over twenty
commercial plants in and around Kan
sas City. All combined have been
unable to furnish the amount Of
serum needed for that section of the
country during the past two years.
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The losses from hog cholera in
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois.
Iowa. Kansas. Missouri, Nebraska,
Minnesota and other states, have
been SO serious during a period Of
several years that it must materially
affect the hog supply in the country
and prices for the near future Sew
cent annual losses by the millions OF
dollars.
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The germs of hog cholera are not
| readily destroyed by mere cold, but
appear to be injured more by fire.
quent changes of freezing and thaw-
ing. Infected yards and pens are not
| usually considered safe except after
most thorough disinfection, or at
, least six months after the last sick
hog has died or fully recovered. 1t
should also be borne In mind that an
animal may carry in It's body and dis
! tribute the germs of a given disease
without being sick itself.
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! Serum-only treatment of healthy,
unexposed hogs, gives immediate pro
| lection against cholera, but protec-
ton which lasts only a very few
| weeks. Serum-only treatment in sick
herds gives permanent protection, as
a rule. The only way to get rerma-
nent protection for healthy, unex-
posed hogs by the serum method 10
by serum combined with virus inocu.
lation or serum with close pen expo
sure with sick or dead hogs; or by
virus. With the serum-vtrus method
| there is always a possibility OF pro,
ducing an incubation cholera. the
loss In healthy herds averaging about
"a per cent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
Silage for Sheep

Corn silage is every bit as valuable
in the sheep menu as it is in the dairy
ration. 1t should not be the principal
ingredient in the sheep bill of fare,
but should be supplemented by feeds
that are rich in protein, such as clover
or alfalfa or wheat bran or oilmeal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10
UDDER TUBERCULOSIS.
Cows Suspiciousiy Affected Should Be
Examined by Veterinarian.

When hard mass slowly develops
within a cows udder without much
apparent heat or tenderness and no
evident Inflammation there is rea-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10

The old rule of improving
the human race by beginning
with the grandparents applies
also to poultry raising.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-04-10

If l were a hen. how / would
hate to creep into some nest
boxes l have seen.. Wouldn't
you? Keep 'em clean. Use
plenty of good, clean straw.
You'll find that the hens will
appreciate it.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-12-19
HORsHE 81 YEARS OLD
IS STILL AT WORK

Mohall, N. D.-A Williston man re-
Gently boasted of 26-year old horse
still in active service. That animal
is "a mere colt compared to the one
owned by S. H. Elliott, of this place.
He owns one "Cricket" that is 81
years old and active and lively. Dur
ing the past fall it took it's regular
place on the pillow and has worked
steadily since it was 2 years old. Mr..
Elliott purchased the animal 25 years
ago from man named Walker near
Devils Lake, who had used it for a
driving horse for four years and
claimed it was six years old at that
time.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-12-19

all in township one hundred fifty.
four (l54) range sixty.four (e4) in
the county of'Ramsey, North Dakota,
containing four hundred and eighty
acrea. @
There will be due upon the said
mortgage on the day of sale the sum
Of $500 and interest thereon in the
sum Of 1894 and taxes in the sum
Of 1851 making . total sum Of
$l64.25, besides the costs Of forec4o-
sure.
Tho assignee Of the mortgage be-
ing the duly elected, qualified and act
ing sheriff in and for the county of
Ramsey, N. D., said sale will be made
by the coroner Of said county.
JOHN MCLEAN,
Assignee of Mortgage.
Middaugh, Cuthbeqt, smythe & Hunt,
Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgage.
SCOT.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-12-19
Nor1oE OF MORTGAGES SALE.

Notice is hereby given, that that
certain mortgage executed and deliv.
cred by Louis H. LaRue and Bessie
LaRue, his wife, mortgagors to Nick
Ketch, mortgage, dated the 9TH day
Of December, 1908, and filed for re.
cord in the Office of the register OF
deeds Of the county Of Ramsey and
State Of North Dakota, on the 10th
day Of December, 1908, and recorded
in book 81 Of mortgages on page PAS
thereof, win be foreclosed by sale
Of the premises in such mortgage aud
hereinafter described at the front dool
of the court house in the city Of Dew
ills Lake in the county Of Ramsey and
state of North Dakota on the gath day
Of January, A. D., 1914, at the hour
of o'clock in the afternoon of said
day, to satisfy the amount due upon
said mortgage on the day of sale. The
premises described IN said mortgage
and which will be sold to satisfy the
same are Described as follows: Lots
Four (4) and Five (5) of block twenty
six (26) of the city of Devils Lake, ac-
eording to the plat thereof on file aud
Of record in the office of the register
of deeds of said Ramsey county,
North Dakota.
And it was among other things
stipulated in said mortgage that if
said mortgagors failed to pay the tax
es levied and assessed against said
premises when due tken and in that
event said mortgage might if he 50
eject pay the same and any and all
sums SO paid should constitute lien
on said premises aud Become parS CT
said mortgage debt and bear interest
IL. the rate Of twelve per cent per an
1nm and further that failure to pay
such taxes VIE. due by The mortyag
e's and payment by the mortgayrs
should cause the whole Of the debt
secured by said mortgage to become
immediately due and payable at the
election of the said mortgage, and
the said mortgage having paid on
December 6, 1913, the sum of $517.2O
for and on account Of taxes, penalty
interest which the said mortgagors
failed, neglected and refused to pay
pursuant to the terms and conditions
of said mortgage, the said mortgage
does hereby declare the entire debt
secured by said mortgage due and pay
able.
There will therefore be due on
such mortgage on the day of sale the
sum of $1752.96, together with the
costs of safe and the statutory attor
ney fee.
Dated December 10, 1913.
NICK KETCH,
Mortgages
Cowan T. Adamson,
Attorneys for Mortgage.
P. o. address, Wineman block, Dew
lis Lake, N. D. 500
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-12-19
MRS. S.A. HAM
GIVEN HONOR

Last Friday evening the Degree of
Honor held their regular annual cleo
ton, and owing to the fact that each
and every officer had given valuable
service during the past year, they were
honored by being re-elctd for the com
ing year.
The following is the list Of those
receiving the endorsement:
Chief Of Honor-Mrs. S. A. Ham.
Lady of Honor-Mrs. VIM. johnson
Chief of Ceremonies--Mrs. Chas
Osburne.
Financier-Mrs. VIM. Hines.
Recorded-Mrs. Frank. Schultz.
Treasurer-Mrs. G. E. Gray.
Lady Usher-Mrs. L. P. Dawson
Asst. Usher-Miss Ida Nelson.
Inside Watch-Mrs' Chas. Lyons.
Outside Watch-Mrs. Glen Iycan.
Pianist-Miss Isabelle Stenson.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-12-19
CODWARD IS
REMOVED

New Rockford, N. D., Dec. 13.-As
result Of charges preferred by the
preceptress Of the institution. Miss
Kathryn Sanderson, alleging advances
of undue familiarity towards herself
on the part of President W. A. God
ward,of the New Rockford Collegiate
institute, the board Of directors at a
meeting held here yesterday demand
ed his resignation as head of the
school. Godward has complied with
therequcst.
The late president stoutly denies
the charges and says thatthese have
been brought about as the result Of
poitica prosecutions. He maintains
that thorough investigation will
prove his innocence.
Prof. R. L. Campbell, member of
the faculty of the institute, was ap-
pointed by the board to act as presi-
dent until successor to Prof. God
ward has been secured. Rev. j. Kirk
err was also appointed by the trustees
as director of religious education
The work Of the institution will go
on as usual without interruption.
Out of town members of the board
at this meeting included Dr.. r. H.
stickney, D. D., of Fargo; Rev. j. W.
Anderson Of Darlington; Sylvanus
Marriage and Rev. W. K. Bloom. of
Minot.
Prof. Godward has been prominent
in state political circles for several
years and known as a leader in reform
circles. He formerly was the head
of the Devils Lake schools.