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have been of such frag entary char
5acter that they are 81 meager value.
The drainage work Of l9O6-OD has
altered conditions materially for the
better but il IS still inadequate for the
experimental work, the value Of which
depends absolutely upon comfortable
factors. The seasons Of 1911 and 1912,
up to harvest time, have been favor
able on account Of less rainfall.
Experimental Work.
Crop Rotation. Minnesota No. Is
Corn in rotation yielded at the rate
9of as bushels per acre as compared
with yield Of As bu., secured by CON
tinuous cropping. In 1912, wheat in
"a three-year rotation yielded 32.l
bushels per acre, in a fve-year rota-
ton 34.8 bushels per acre and in a
seven year rotation 31.l as compared
with an average 81 20.2 bushels on
land cropped continuously to wheat.
There will undoubtedly be greater
difference between yields from the
rotation fields and those Of continu-
ously cropped as a result Of the effect
upon the soil through a number Of
years. .5 &
Rate Of Seeding. The 1912 yields
of wheat and oats are shown in the
following table: 81 /. III n
H Tx Vis1d pAr 8A rrA ~ Pat. rs Sn,u;r1#t'
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various lines mentioned elsewhere in
this report #5 u. .I
Live Stock Work. In the Live
Stock Department an imp ortant work
has been done in breeding up high
producing herd from common cows
and pure bred sires, and in distribut-
ing breeding stock. The raising Of
pure bred stock includes besides
poultry, two types Of cattle, two
types Of hogs, and one breed of sheep.
Two pure bred brood mares have
been secured also. II llla5F3 III "a #
a great deal Of correspondence.
from farmers regarding better bred
stock for their farms comes to the
station. At the present time a move
ments to ship in several carloads Of
|stocksis well under u. 4. Al.
@ Agronomy and Pure Seed Work.
/ The Agronomy Department was orga-
nized two years ago with an efficient
|agronomist in charge. During this
brief period plans have been ma tured
and partly carried out, Il which will
make Of the Northwest Experiment
Station a pure seed center. Seed plots
Iof pedigreed grains have produced
their first returns. The most promis-
ing seeds WILDE placed upon Gin
crease plots and within two years
the entire drained area Of the Station
farm will be producing pure bred,
lpedigreeds seed grain. This exp eri-
mental work requires skill, specialized
knowledge and patient work .=tIt can
besdone here for the farmers ofynortl1-
vest Minnesota. The pedigreed seed
will Be distributed to farmers who
wish to try out the best varieties upon
their farms. Report Of the agronomist
covers this matter fully. 558 III 55
Horticulture and Forestry. The
Horticulture and Forestry Depart
ment has laid the foundation for an
important departme Two years
time is too short to expect much in
the way of results, but the works. Of
great imp ortance to northwest Mime
sofa 5 Ii 3a5i n \, N IL 5. 345
General Crops. III 1911, 268 acres
and in 191 1871 acres were used for
grains, corn, u fodder corn, and hay
crops. In#1911 two mai or# farm rota-
tons were begun. IA total of 1886
bushels of grain and corn, iii l91 |, and
|8,94O bushels in 1912, including 4 ,OO6
bushels Of flax on breaking, besides
lhay and fodder corn, were taken off
! the fields. Seed of high quality was
raised. II II 1911 seed sales amounted
Ito $2,74O. Excessive rainfall inter
fered seriously with the work lin the
unframed fields during the fall Of
f1912, and the need Of perfecting the
drainage was keenly felt. Az he annual
reports to Dean a. F. Woods, Of the
University Of MINES sta, Dep artment
Iof Agriculture, give complete data re-
Igarding the yields condi tion, and
other imp ortant points. The financial
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-04-17

~ and 44 bushels respectively on
ground not packed. On land ptowed
from IL 10 is inches deep, il yielded IS
bushels per acre as compared with IS
bushels per acre on land plowcd or
inches deep. Corn on the more
deeply plowed land yielded s. bushels
per acre asfcompared with US bushels
on and plowed only 4 or 5 inches
deep. s#. 81 81 & + 4
Corn. The work in corn consists in
the breeding and selecting OF Mime
sofa No. 23 and No. Is.
Alfalfa. The results Of the variety
test are shown by the following table:
Alfalfa Yield Per Acre 190o-f9ll.
variety ~ y lyiu III average
:, L .os,c Ids lbs, IDS Ids Ids so
DIy ;ahd ~ s olvo ky ~ ~ o -.
~ snsn .a ~ o %1no s aoo2 TEoa =
5G 1lonland e oe ~ e ev7o 2o5o,5
I'll. I.! 10 10 100 3 9rne 3 3e, %
4 ~ Z $3.50 - l.o 80. .a.i
! ~, 8 :, u :, - a.s Inr 800
s " d ~ ioms anu ip raslsi.s 80
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The policy of establishing expert
mental sub-stations in various parts
of the state which are sub-stations
both Of the state experiment station
connected with the Agricultural Col.
lege and of the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture, is a common
method Of securing valuable infornla-
ton regarding farming. The legal be-
ginning Of the Northwest Experiment
Farm dates back to 1895 It's work as
an experiment station cannot be said
to have begun at that date In the
first place the land selected was very
low. Many years passed before prop
er drainage was provided. This work
required the cooperation Of other.
agencies besides the state and was
necessarily slow. There is still con-
siderable work to do to provide a
complete system Of drainage. Until
drainage is provided the station will
not be able#t carry on the expert
mental work that should be done.
Organization. This reports brief
statement Of the work III investiga-s
ton, demonstration, and research that
has been carried on at the Northwest
Experiment Station during the years
Of 1911 and 1912. The station is orga-
nized with an expert at the head OF
each department.. l,s5 I'll. l
These men occupy teaching posi-
tions in the School Of Agriculture
combining Investigation and teaching
in very practical manner A Difficult
ty, common to all young institutions,
has been the lack Of proper and ade.
quate support for the work in hand.
A trained chemist in his field of in
vestigation demands proper facilities,
adequate pay. and the best opp ortuni-
ties for doing his work The sagricul-
tural worker requires the same. These
station departments have5req uired and
will continue to require the services
Fof the best Of trained investigators,
men who are familiar with their re
spective fields and who have time and
facilities for doing their work. This
substation enjoys III certain relations
with the central state station and with
the United States Department Of
Agriculture that make for efficiency
That more erimental work has not
been done here, has been due to the
lack Of drainage. At the present time
the experimental work is conducted il
accordance with the advice and sug--
gestions Of II the state and federal
authorities, and with suggestions from
leading investiga tors in other states.
Poultry. The Northwest Expert
ment Station has occupied a leading
position in the invests cations Of its
Poultry Depa rtment. q he infueIl nee .ofi
those Investigations cannot easily be
estimated. Minneso Bulletins No:
81 and No. 119 have been publi!slhet 2. J.
giving results obtained. d The poultry
work is being continued along tbs;
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Carter. Sask.

tall are. as sure to come IN the f,,t,,re
as ) they have been in the past. Proper
drainage on the heavy soils of the
Red BED River Valley will better insure
crops against these conditions thar
J! w'M any method Of tillage. In fact,
I |. Is only when proper drainage has
Deen estasph ISL d that methods Of till,.
~ s. san an pc pc properly carried out
age strikes s. at the very root Of
our most rs . pertinent field problem:
weeas, alkaii, gumbo, sour soils, prop
s preparation :. "a Of the seed bed, time
Y. J, seeing, certain harvest and proper
SOU Fertility Experiments. The
pans s, Tor this work were submitted to
! the y artment Of Soils Of the Uni,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-04-17
and the remainder will be furnished to
those who apply.

and the remainder will be furnished to
those who apply.
Value Of Drainage. We wish here
to emphasize particularly the fact that
the. results noted in the tables above
cover a period Of time too short in
duration to beaa safe basis for general
farm practice, that these experiments
must be carried on for S, 10 and bet
ter, IS years, to indicate conclusiyely
the right rnethods to be followed and
the best varieties to adapt under Red
River Valley conditions To this end
proper drainage mustsbe provided and
maintained in order to control the
most imp ortaat factor in agriculture,
that sof soil moisture. Seasons Of
drought and season Of excessive rain
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-04-17
E[r'laf1-ll ,e1S !.

and will stay white Fine for iron beds bath rooms etc
MAZOLENE-the great furniture polish. It really reneys
the ustre Of furniture while the same time cleans the
surface We sell a lot Of this polish every year.
FLAT PAINT-Durng The last years many people have
taken to using Mimi Flat Paint for walls and ceilings instead
OF kasOmne You can flat paint the woodwork too
Clean same any other painted surface Per gal ST 90
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-04-17
ield Per Acre in Rate Of Sowing

Higher yield due to richer soil Of
part Of field. ..5s
Method Of Seeding. Winter wheat,
drilled on a plowed field, grain stubble
nd corn stubble, winter killed but that
drilled on standing corn from which
the ears were husked, yielded 43
bushels and 50 pounds per acre
n Tillage. On soil packed with a
subsoil packer barley yielded at the
vate Of 46 bushels per acre in 1911 and
AZ bushels in 1912, as compared. with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05


ESINI electrodes of lead peroxid and sponge lead,
'--"'~@ immersed in dilute sulphuric acid. The
action in producing current is similar to that of
ordinary primary cell battery; that is to say, chem
ca action takes place Both electrodes would be entirely
converted to lead sulphate, if the process con-
tinued sufficiently The action is usually stopped
certain point however, and the battery allowed en-
tirely to discharge.
The difference between the storage battery and the
primary cell battery is that in the latter the parts
have be renewed when the battery has down. while
venent is all that is required for complete
cuperation This charging current brings the
electrodes back into state of sponge lead and lead
peroxid and the battery again ready for operation
Thus is seen that the action that takes place
the actual storage of electricity but the conversion
of lead suphate to lead peroxd at the pole cleo
trode and sponge lead at the other which substances
give out a discharge current when desired
The lead peroxd is the positive eectrode, the
supplying current to the line.
The Edison storage battery that has recently ap
peared on the market uses nickel oXid and iron for
electrodes, instead of the substances Just mentioned
There are many other substances that theoretically
could be used; but SO far only few have proved of
commercial value.
current passed through water will cause oxygen
be given off at the positive electrode and hydrogen at
the negative, which gases may be collected suitable
glass receptacles If platinum electrodes be placed in
these gases current can be made to flow direction
opposite that of the original Thus storage battery
be made with oxygen and hydrogen as the active
elements Up to the present, however this method has
been a laboratory experiment and has not been
developed commercially. 1t is mentioned here simply
to illustrate and emphasize the chemical nature of the
action of the so-called electric storage battery
Harold C.. Ridgay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

wagon, and then went along the sidewalk like
gentleman while pushed my trunk.
By the time had reached Peck Slip thought of a
to prove my gratitude to my Irish friend. learned
that he made his living by getting odd jobs delivering
packages and offered to help him. He agreed to let
me try to drum up some trade,-he standing by the
wagon and going from store to store asking for work.
provided that become his partner for that day and
would let him split the earnings
guess had entered some dozen stores without luck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

Before the end of that year was getting hun
dred and fifty dollars.
l wanted the job
Always keep employed. Never question the wages
boy today has greater opportunity than any day in
the past Let him take of the that surrounds
him. and he will be successful enough to be good Amer
lean citizen and happy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

to the jibes of the
idlers as l passed,
and had proceeded
as far as Chambers
st. when | was ac-
costed by an Irish
man pushing an
empty pushcart in
the middle of the
street. "If you will
put your trunk in
my cart, you are
welcome to use it,
he said, and | was
glad of this oppor-
tunity. He helped
me load it into the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

North Tarrytown Here learned the value of the saying
that prophet not appreciated in his country and
also that pull is of little value when you depending
relative to exercise that pull. Those who knew in
my early boyhood thought would not make a
full teacher, and the disappointment received at the
hands of my uncle, who the board, that
l carried with me many day. thought this relatives
recommendation would be double advantage; but to
be of my position called upon all the trustees and
obtained their approval and consent. The board was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

!idu iilolley W leliu W ollieI struggling
boys.
AFTER graduation thought of
"a taking up teaching as profession,
and applied for the principalship of the
school that | attended when l was
working for that farmer for fifty dollars
year. At the same time l applied
for similar position in a school at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

that night remained with my uncle to get the
first possible news; for confident of my selection
for the place.
l came down very early, and found Uncle reading
paper. He gave me peculiar look and knew better
than to question him, but went straight to the president
of the board to hear the result discouraged, and
started for New York City, where friend of my fathers
told of a vacancy in New Jersey, and that they
would select principal that very afternoon.
When | arrived at the schoolhouse there about
forty ahead of me. The president of the board sat
in little classroom with the other members, and
ranged to pick out the applicants in the following way
"The first man on the second row, come forward.
After few minutes in the classroom he would come
out and take his seat again in the schooroo followed
by the president who would again make the selection
"Thrd man on the fifth row, come forward"
1t September and hot, and stood by window in
the rear of the room, tanning myself with my hat and
thinking what useless effort had made to try for
place here, when l heard the president say:
young man at the window, YOU applicant?n
l answered that l
"PleaSe come forward"
went with fear and trembling, and he began
"Young man, what do you WANT"
IL want work"
"What wages do you WANT"
IL want work"
do you know the salary paid here last year?"
ayes, Sir"
"Wou1d you come for that salary of nine hundred
dO1lars2o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05
THE STORAGE BATTERY

|HE term storage battery" is misnomer,
as it implies the actual storage of electricity
which of course is not the true condition.
Most storage batteries on the market have
electrodes of lead peroxid and sponge lead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

oeAAA
The president then
turned to the other
members of the board
and said, "Did you ever
hear anything like that
before?"
l was engaged right
on the spot, and three
times that year my
wages were raised.
This, of course, was
only the beginning. All
beginnings are alike: it
is the ends that differ.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
STILL OBSCURE.

Why don't you try to amount to
something in the world?' his wife
petulantly asked.
II an trying to do that, and think
/ hare reason to believe am succeed
ing. / have made myself important
enough to be invited to lay corner
stones; | have won considerable
prominence as an after-dinner speak
err; have done q number Of things
that my children will have reason to
refer to with pride after am dead.
and think / am justified in saying
that there is no man in this com
munity who has q more honorable
record than mine is.'
What OF that? You can't amount
to r,uch. notice that you haven't
been asked to testify before the Pujo
committee"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28

CleNan Admiral Porter, William "A. Seward, Pres
ident Pierce, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Ste
phen a. Douglas Archbishop McClosky, not for
getting the famous one Of President Lincoln.
So much for the other boaster
Many Of these portraits were shown at the
Chicago Art Institute exhibition, having been
loaned by their owners notably the Queen Eliza
beth of Roumania. the Lincoln, the Grant, the
Clay, the Calhoun, and others. While his vigor-
GUS handling and strong effects made him par
ticularly successful with public men, he vet had
equal success with the feminine character, as
may be noted in the Queen Of Roumania and
other noted women; and one of the most re-
markable pictures of the late exhibition is that
of "Girl With Pitcher which was painted at
sitting at the studio of Baron eros, in Paris,
in 1885, when he was but twenty-five years of
age. the color being marvellous. something like
an echo 1t might be said, Of Thomas Couture,
then also young man, but afterward a famous
one.
piano, with rapt musical expression, Is the
List that the world knows--the musical and
general world: the "Liszt Holding Candle" be-
trays rapt religious expression quite another
expression, such as this wonderful artist could
discern and depict; the painting showed the
great musical genius during his temporary re-
ligious madness, so to speak. when it VIII be
remembered he renounced the world, and de.
clared he would end his days in monkish insti-
tuition, which of course he did not do but came
forth again the musician par excellence.
The romance of the two artists is really quite
a remarkable one, and the paintings they have
produced illustrate most grandly the lives OF two
earnest boys who were inspired by the high mo-
tives that urged each to most honorable ca
reer, and made the dreams come true" that were
born of the boyish boastings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
NAPOLEON AND LETTER en-

Both Napoleon and Napoleon III attached a
most superstitious importance to the letetr IN"
Marboeuf was the first to call attention to the
genius Of the young Bonaparte at the military
college Marengo was Napoleon's first great vic
tory. Melas was the name Of the general whom
he superseded in the command Of the French
army in Italy.
Mortier was one Of his best generals It was
Moreau who betrayed him. Murat, King Of, Ma
Pies. was the first martyr to his cause. Marie
Louise shared the eliminating point OF his sue
cess. Moscow was the scene Of his greatest dis
aster and It was Metternich who defeated him
in the leId Of diplomacy
No fewer than six OF his field marshaRs and
twenty-six Of his best generals had names begin
ming with M" and Maret. Duke of Bassano. was
his most trusted confidant His very first battle
was that Of Moulnotte, and his last that Of Mont
Saint JEAN subsequently and more universally
known as Waterloo.
Among his victories were those Aof MiIIesimo
Mondori Montmirail, Montereau and Montmartre.
His first chamberlain was NJ de Montesquieu.
His last residence In France was at Malmaison.
He surrendered himself to Captain Maitland, OF
his British majesty's ship Belerophon. and his
attendants at St. Helena were Montholoh and
Marchand.
The superstition attached by Napoleon III to
the same letter may be accounted for BY the hct.
that his wife was a Countess Of Montiio that his
most intimate friend was the Duke OF NORM.
and hts most dreaded enemy Mazzini The most
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
Hard 10 Tell.

"Old Rocks, the mu1ti-millionaire,
10 feeling awfully depressed"
What's the matter?"
Why, he made a bad investment
last summer and viii lose $4,000. it
breaks him all up. Says he knows he's
on his way to the poorhouse. i point
ed out to him that he could lose $1O,-
600 year for 1900 years without com
ing to the end OF his pile. And what
do you suppose he said?"
Give it up.
He said And what will happen to
me then!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
This i Called Happiness.

They had been married only q few
days and the golden glow Of their
honeymoon had not vet begun to
wane. He had a lively imagination.
and this is what he said:
Dearest. even il we are very for
tunate, our married life can hardly
last more than fifty years"
"Yes?" she said, wonderingly.
Just think! Only fifty years in
which to love each other. Kiss me
quick. We're wasting timel"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
Wasn't stronc Euouoh,

.sDid you struggle against the conse-
quences of temptation?"
Sure did,"
"Ah, but you should have fought q
little harder. If you had fought a lit
tie harder you wouldn't be In JAN
now"
Il done the best could, Teddy. It
took seven policemen to git me to the
station."-P. /. P.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
Partially WRONG piacnosls.

Doctor" said the responding
youth. pointing to his chest, my
trouble Is here"
Angina pectoris. perhaps"
you got her nrst name, doctor" re-
sponded the gloomy caller; ''it's Ahge-
lima, all right. But her other name Is
Higgins"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
Glad Tidinqs.

well. Uncle Rastus. how are you
getting along?"
'sFust rate, sub, flst rate. An Use
still keepin' one OBJ my yeah's ter de
ground, sah.'
"oh. the political campaigns are
ended for while"
Il knows dat. but Use JUS er-elis-
TENN ter hear dat big fat 'possum
when he fall, an Use sho gwine ter
git im!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
FavorIte Fiction.

Dear Sir"
Esteemed Contemporary"
You VIII Pardon Ne. Know, for
Interrupting YOU
"Old Chap, If Had Known You
We're In Town. Should Have Hunted
You Up at Once
II Am Glad You Corrected Me, Doc
tor; I'll Not Use the Expression
Again"
II Shall Be Awfuiiy Uneasy. Maria.
Until Hear From YOU"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
Sentimental.

Cook-And how did your majesty
find. the august outlet OF your honor
able grandfather?
Cannibal King Frightfully fought
II 1t hadn't been for the sentiment
OF the thing I should have thrown it
to my dog.-Pele Mele.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
successful Expedient.

Il tried to sing my youngest boy to
Sleep" said Senator Sorghum. "but it
wouldn't work. Then l told him .
story. and that wouldn't work, either
"How did you get him to sleep?"
my wife came to the rescue with
one Of her clever suggestions. de-
livered one of my speeches to him"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
Hls one plot.

Where do You get the plots for
your plays?''
i have never used but one, replied
the noted dramatist, land ! swiped
that from 4ngomar the Barbarian, /
have used that plot in q war play. two
rural dramas, problem play, and now
I'm working it up into q musical
comedy"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
arIufa.l

MARY" he pleaded, 9will you please
quit talking for a few minutes? I'm
trying to think
Il can talk and think" she peevish-
~ replied. II can't understand why
you are not able to listen to me and
think"
Il can. Only the things / think
while I'm listening to you don't get me
anything"