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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15
A HORSE GOES ON A STRIKE
Ingenious Tricks of a Former Polo
Pony to Avoid Her Daily
Work.

st. Louis.-Nellie, a delivery horse
of Clayton, either is an expert dis
sembler or her ailments are such that
they battle veterinary surgeons. After
completing a vacation of three weeks
she pulled the light delivery wagon
willingly until she was about to be
taken over the route again in the
evening, when she lay down on the
ground and groaned.
A veterinary worked with the ami
NAL two hours, took her temperature
and looked for symptoms of various
ailments, but found none. He de-
clared Nellie was Sailing but she
refused to get up. Several spectators
then helped roll the horse down a
small embankment.
This aroused Nellie's anger and she
jumped up and kicked her heels about
the barn lot. Her owner, William
Schoepker, a grocer, announced that
Nellie's vacation will not be extended.
Nellie was once a polo pony One
of her specialties has been to pretend
to be lame in order to get a holiday
or extended vacation. Sometimes the
limp was in the left hind foot and
occasionally it shifted to the right
hind foot. On each occasion a veter-
mary said the animal was in good
health.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15

lier print in the Grace collection show
ing that the business of a butcher was
hen being carried on there.
A year or two ago Ye Olde Dick
Wilmington and other quaint relics in
Cloth Fair were threatened with de-
struction, for the surveyors were busy
taking measurements for a new thor
oughfare from Long Lane to Alders-
gate street. AT that time the Daily
Graphic published drawings of one or
two Of the wooden houses in the
neighborhood, which have since been
taken down.
There are still many relics of fif-
teenth and sixteenth century London
in Cloth Fair, %clinging about the
splendid church of st. Bartholomew
the Great. The earl of Warwick's
house, let out in single apartments,
bears to this day the Warwick arms.
Hard by LIE Soeur, King Charles
sculptor, lived, and Milton hid there
for a while awaiting the act Of OBJ
livion.
Ye Olde Dick Wilmington, which
with some of it's neighbors, recalls SO
much of London's history. is still so
picturesque as to be well worth a
visit.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15
CENSOR FOR PRIVATE DANCES
Kansas City, Kan, Will Extend Cru
SADIE Against Raegera In
Public Halls.

Kansas City, Mo.-Hereafter the
home life Of girls under age found
dancing IN pubic hahs in Kansas
C1ty, Kan, viii be investigated by the
welfare workers of the police depart
ment Of that city. Rev. j. M. Dun
Aevy, municipal dance Inspector, said:
Heretofore we have sent these
young GIRLS home with a repYimand,
bat we have determined upon a new
method. The girls names WITH be Ia
ken, their parents visited and their
stories Investigated. Moreover, we be-
gin today a crusade upon private
dances. In public halls we have en-
Sorced the rule that partners must
stay at least eight inches apart, but
in private dances there has been no
limit, and the sqseezy, Raging dance
prevails TO q djsgxacefnl extent"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15
FARM
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NEW CURE FOR SWELL-HEAD
Let the Fowls Go by Themselves,
Separating From Others, II 1t
a Be Done Conveniently.

(By MRS, b. NJ. STETSON. California;
There is a practice among poultry
people to catch a tow with swell
head and squeeze the white matter
out, thinking THAT this will relieve the
bird of it's corruption and cause 1t to
get well.
This is entirely wrong. A sac or
covering surrounds this white matter,
keeping it from going any further
than the one organ. When this sac
is broken, as 1t must necessarily be
by the breaking of it's outside covering
In order to eject it from the eye, the
c%ontagion is allowed to go down the
nose and spread to the whole head.
The bird Is then a hopeless case, for
there is no remedy now but the ak.
The matter which will be found in the
blood Of the fowl is also of a very
contagious nature and contact with
other organs will cause them to take
on similar conditions of corruption and
decay.
II the bird is kept in a warm. place
n is fed on highly stimulating and
right itself, but it cannot do SO IL
idI 6ely Ie-ilieCteu, oT VdCCludleu Will
the. virus of the disease throughout
the entire head.
The proper way to do is not to
touch the head. just letting the fowls
go by themselves; this is better than
the squeezing treatment, but separate
them IL convenient from the other
chickens and keep warm and feed all
they will eat.
II the eye is not pecked by the other
chickens, as in fighting over food, or
the sac Is not broken, there is no
special danger OF the other birds catch
ing the disease, even IL they are allow
ed to run together.
We spent severa dollars for roup
medicine, worked necessarily, causing
ourselves n the poor chickens I'M
told misery by trying the squeezing
out method, and always lost the cases.
Now we let them FUR and, save for a
blind y e, we seldom eve lave m
die.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15
MACHINE FOR TESTING EGGS
Electric Daylight" Tester Has Inter
esting Automatic Features-Age
May Be Determined.

Testing eggs outdoors or in a room
having ordinary light, where eggs may
be sorted and Grated at the same
time, is possible with the machine
here shown. The outfit is about three
feet long, with a roller at each end
over which an endless canvas belt
moves About six inches apart on
this belt are small metal saucers, each
of which holds an egg, say the Popu-
lar Electricity. Centrally located
above the belt is an electric lamp, re-
ceiving current from a regular light
ing circuit, or from "a dry batteries.
and over the lamp Is placed a hood
having IN opening in the top.
The belt is run by turning a crank,
and the electric lamp automatically
lights when an egg asses over 1t, re-
vealing the condition Of the egg to
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15
THE WORLD GROWING BETTER
Biblical Patriarchs Not Fit for Church
Membership, Says Chicago
Minister.

Chicago.-"David and Solomon and
some other patriarchs were excellent
men as Judged by the standards of
their own time but they would not be
admitted to membership in the Church
of today" said Rev. John Thompson
Of Chicago, at the Desplaines camp
meeting, illustrating his contention
that the world is growing better.
There seems to be more crime and
evil than ever" he continued, but this
is because, through the w~orld-search-
ing enterprise of the newspapers we
hear more about it."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15

sufficient stamina in all the seeds to
reproduce like the parent. The corn
reverted not only to the one-eared but
to the ~eight-rowed type.
This is one of the mysteries that
will have to be solved, no doubt be-
fore a highly-productive two-eared
type of corn can be raised with the
qualities of the parent so fixed that
it can be relied upon to maintain a
big average yield. 1t may be due to
a weakness of i~nbreeding,
Some of the ears weighed over a
pound each, making over two pounds
to the stalk. If this could be aver
aged for an entire corn field it would
yield over ten ons to the acre.
Such may seem an ex~aggeration or
an impossibility, but 1t SO only In
comparison with what we have been
accustomed to. Even If by judicious
selection of two-eared seed each
year still the type could not be ixed
so as to produce even yields of the
maximum amount, yet if 1T ave an
increase of 20 per cent. as it did in
my experiment, the return would be
a big one for what is Involved. 1t
uCSS Iot Imply aOoSO SCSl, III no pio
duction, but only a greater care and
interest in ones work.
Another thing to be kept in mind
in breeding up a type of corn for high
er productiveness is that the number
of kernels to the ear and their size
has an important bearing on the yield
of grain.
A corr expert once figured out that
If the productiveness of corn could
be increased by only n kernel to
each ear, on the entire crop it would
mean a gain of so ons of grain!
Even though the figures be not abso-
lutte there is no gainsaying that the
increase of yield would be a very big
amount in the aggregate. The point
is made very clearly in the accom-
panying photographs which show
eight, ten and twelve-rowed ears of
corn. Each ear was exactly the same
in weight, being II ounces each. The
e~ight-rowed ear gave seven ounces OF
grain, and had a cob weighing four
ounces, the ten-rowed ear weighed VI
eight ounces Of grain and had a
three ounce cob. Tie twelve-rowed
ear gave Sk ounces of grain. A diff
ference of an ounce and a half to the
ear of actual grain is ar ~appreciable
gain worth striving for. But that
does not mean that such is the limit
of the gain to be obtained. 1t would
be quite within reason to obtain ten
fold hat increase.
The chief requisite to substantial
progress in the growing of a more
productive corn must be the skill and
Judgment of the worker. The first
essential is no doubt seed selection,
but this does not merely mean the
picking out of the best looking ears
either at harvest time or in the husk-
ing. 1t is necessary that the grower
shall watch the corn from the first
start of the seed and through the
growing.
Vigor, productiveness and early
ripening should be noted, not merely
in the mind, but in a book, and the
stalks should be marked SO that they
can be identified at n time. My
method is to snip out little bits Of
tin; punch a hole through them at
one side and put a bit of thin wire
through and twist this loosely about
the stalk when marking it. On the
tin 1 scratch a number with a sharp
awl. There rs not likely 10 occur
any accident that cam destroy this
tag or erase b figures.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15
OLDEST TAVERN IN LONDON
License Of Ye Olde Dick Wilmington
Inn In Cloth Fair, SmlthfieId,
to Be Abolished.

1t is said that the license of Ye
Olde Dick Wilmington tavern, in Cloth
Fair, S~mithfield, is about to be abol
ished under the compensation act.
One has read that the license dates
back to the fifteenth century, but this
is quite misleading, for, although this
interesting wood and plaster building
is over $50 years old and is almost
certainly the oldest building in the
city of London occupied as n tavern,
its present license does not go back
more than sixty years, If as much.
Shepherd has a print of It as a hair
dresser's shop, and there was an ear
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15

1t is not in the soil, or the fertilizer,
or the weather, nor in any other fac
tor, important though each may be.
The first essential is to breed up
corn for points with the same care
given to animals or fowls. Type,
quality, stamina, productiveness, ETC.,
must be known, must be sought for
and improved with each season. 1t
is not enough to pick out perfect ears
or such as may be attractive at harry
est time. 1t is necessary that one
shall know the plant that produced the
ear. and all the conditions of its
growth and environment.
There are many mysteries to be
solved in this question of seed selec-
ton with the view to breeding up a
more productive type of corn. My
own experiments in his direction will
indicate some Of the difficulties to be
met with. In husking the corn in
the fall Of 1908 l came across just
n stalk containing two ears. 1t
was the first 1 had ever met with,
though upon inquiry l find that farm
ers do frequently come across such
two-eared stalks, though they eve
pay any attention to them, but throw
them in the crib with the others.
1t occurred to me, however, that it
would be well to plant from those W
ears and endeavor to raise a two
cared type. One ear was of good size
and the other about two-thirds as big.
Weighing them the large one weighed
Ia ounces and the small 9k ounces.
The large "a was an average a
such as every stalk carried. Thus
this particular plant gave 9h ounces
more than any other plant. This gain
would lei almost a ton more to the
acre If the corn could be bred to
yield two ears. 1t would mean even
more If the two ears could be made to
attain a good size instead of n be-
ing large and one small as In this
case.
The corn was of a variety called
yellow-fint, obtained originally Of a
nearby farmer. From these W ears
1 selected $50 kernels, discarding the
butts and tips. The field in which
this was planted was fall plowed and
dressed during the winter with a
liberal application. of a high quality
Vi SldUle LlduuIc dS 1 hocP ouCh III a
cement-bottomed pit. The two-eared
seed was planted at one end of the
main corr field. 1t should. of course.
have had a separate plot, and 1t may
be that the tendency to revert to one
ear was due in part to it's contiguity
to the ordinary corn.
The $50 kernels made 210 hills.
Fourteen failed to come up, probably
being eaten by worms or mice. The
termination showed very strong vital
ity. However, of the GIG stalks, all
from the two-eared seed. only 1876
stalks produced a double ear. About
one-ffth.
Another interesting point, showing
clearly the tendency to ~reversion to
remote ancestors, rs found in the fact
that while the two-seed ears were of
IL rows about rs per cent. OF the
yield was Of one e~ight-rowed cobs.
Although this variety of flint corn
will show frequent ears Of IL and IA
rows, it may be considered properly
an e~ight-rowed type of corn. Tins
We see that after throwing the sport
of a tvo-eased stalk, there Is not
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15

cure and prevention of disease, 1t
might have been thought hat there
was little left for surgery and medi-
cine to accomplish, but the report
comes from New York Of an operation
hitherto deemed impossible, which
bids fair to be successful and to pro-
long a life practically given over.
The spine of Vito Tasaquika had
been affected by dorsal tuberculosis,
and he was in imminent danger OF
death. The spine is N OF The most
delicate portions CT the human anat-
omy, and tubercuiAr affection Of the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15
An Electric Daylight" Egg Tester
Having Interesting Automatic Fea-
lures +.

the person locking into the hood. An
other interesting feature of the ma
chine is the automatic turning Of the
egg upon the belt. thus enabling the
tester to examine 1t on all sides. The
g may be determined by the way
the egg has settled in the shell. A
perfectly fresh egg shows a clean,
deep orange color, while a bad one is
almost black.
AS the eggs pass under the hood,
the good ones are left to roll out on a
canvas extension table, while the bad
ones are removed by hand.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15

spinal column has been deeHed well
nigh hopeless.
Yet surgeons have succeeded, In
Tasaquika's case, in removing a three
inch segment OF the diseased Spinal
column and substituting therefpre
healthy shin bone. The patient, it Is
reported, Is on the road to recovery,
and ia likely to completely regain his
health.
1t is truly marvellous. 1t is the re-
making OF man by the surgeons. gfv-
ing him almost the ability of crusta-
ceans to replace lost members. It
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15
Build Up Uuli&y.

There is only n way to build up
the utility Of a flock and that Is by
careful selection. If each yea we
only the eggs from the very best
layers for Matching purposes. each gem
GRAFTON will become better layers.
This work can be greatly assisted by
obtaining males from a heavy laying
strain.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15
MARVEL BY MARVEL
Modern Scientists Perform Astound-
Ing Operations and Assert Surg
cry Still ls In It's Infancy.

If medical and surgical science
keeps up it's recent strides, seemingly
there VIII soon be little excuse for
dying except from old 6 or accident.
After the marvels performed by DR..
Alexis Carrel IN exchanging parts OF
animals for those of human beings,
and the latter-day discoveries in the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15

would seem as If SCIENCE should do
little for ku~aankiDd, and yet
the scientists gTaxeay assure US that
preventive medicine and constructive
surgery are almost In their infancy.
If this be tr0e-ap1 we cannot dare
doubt 1t-futdre generations WIN have
to be profoundly grateful.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15
Keep Selecting the Best Hens.

Constant selection is the only way
to get your flock up to where you
want it. When you see a good bird,
look carefully and note well her char.
actertstics. Put her in a breeding pen
and use her as a breeder another
year. Do this throughout the sum
mer and when fall comes you will
have made YOU selection Of the best
birds and a breeding pen OF the best
you have.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15
Colony Plan Best.

If you have plenty of ground the
best a to raise chicks is on the col
ony plan, a colony here and a colony
there, far enough apart not to bother
one another.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15

standard Xaedstkok Has Shruok.
Watch out for short measuyes. Fhe
imperial standard yardstick at London
is found to have sArunk 215 mflhonHhs
of an inch
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15
Get Together.

A general movement to get the fan
cy reede and utility breeder closer
together would be a big thing for the
poultry industry.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15
Tainted Food (

Tainted Food Dangerous.
Letting the birds get at tainted food
is dangerous business this time Of
year
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15

Ducks Like Sandy Soil.
Ducks thrive best or sandy soil.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-15

party OF WHITES 10 COHie " IAS Di0Sh
Hills after the discovery of gold In this
part of the state. In 1900 he took up
his residence on the Pacific coast,
spending one season in Alaska.
VIM. Ellis, of Cottonwood, was az
rested on the charge of selling liquor
without having secured a city and
county license. A search Of his place
of business did not disclose any liquor,
but a case OF bitters was found.
j. A. Varliek arrested on the charge
ct selling liquor without having So
cured a license, when taken before
Judge Trip. of the state circuit court,
was fined $50 and costs. He had been
selling an unlabeled beverage, which,
when analysed was found to be beer.
varlick claimed he did not know it was
beer.
The national conference Of the Ger.
man Baptist society will be held in
Madison, August 20 to 26.. Arrange
ments are being made to accommodate
more than 1000 delegates who will
gather from all parts of the United
States.
The last issue of the Spencer News,
a weekly newspaper now under the
management of H. p. Peppmuller, an.
nounces the sale of the business to e.
J Morgan, formerly superintendent
of schools and for the last year serv'
ing in the same capacity at Custer
s D.
The Detroit times., 1913-03-27
Suburban Nevs
DELRAY MENFAVOR
CITY HOSPITAL
VIII Urge Their Aldermen to
support Proposed Meas
ure in Council

Inc Delray Business Mems associa-
'ioh last night declared in favor OF a
city-owned hospital. and will urge the
aldermen representing this district TO
WORK Tor the project. An open meet.
ing and smoker was held. after which
contribution of s26 was collected for
,he mood sufferers. The money will
De turned over to Mayor Marx.
Walter Whitcomb. chief bookkeener
at the Office OF the Detroit Iron n
Steel Co.. has left for an extended trim
through the west for the benefit OF
his health.
JOS 9. Stringham. formerly assoc,at.
ga WIN the Solyay Process Co, has
ueen appointed general manager OF
tue monarch steel Castings Co. He
assumes his new duties at once.
me members OF st. Marks Episco.
pal parish have elected the following
omcers for the ensuing year: A. Hair
Shaw. warden; A. G.. Ballard. treasur-
er; Richard Cowley, secretary; John
Andrews. Louis Fay and Herbert Muir
ray. members OF advisory board
Evangelist ]. T. Hodge, OF Kansas.
Will conduct evangelistic services at
the Woodmere NJ. f. church, Krupp
and Elsmereaves. for two weeks. com.
mencing April l.
| Mr.. Nahikian, the well-known De.
troit oriental rug merchant, has or.
ganized drill squad Of fifty Armenian
boys OF the Delray district, and Will
instruct them In the rudiments of mill
tary tactics, every Monday evening q,
the Solvay Guild hall
| The Solvay Athletic club will hold
a reception at the gymnasium nett
Monday evening. A male quartet vii
sing before and after supper, which 1.
to be served in the Guild hall. The boy
scouts. In their new uniforms. will b.
stationed throughout the buildings t
give Information to guests. c. ID.
Dyer, Jr.. president Of the club, vii
be assisted In receiving by the follow
Ing: Mr.. and Mrs. J. ID. Sanders, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. MObley. Mr.. and Mrs
Chas. Brodt. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ A. Per
kins. Mr.. and Mrs. Currier Lang, Mr.
and Mrs. ]. p. Clune, Mr.. and Mrs
e. T. Waters, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Gar
rels. Mr.. and Mrs. B. j. Denman, Mr.
r. n. Hadreich, Miss Lolita Broad
bridge and F. w. Steere. Dancing
will start at $3.50.
The Detroit times., 1913-03-27
MAN KILLED BY
POLICE FLYER
IS IDENTIFIED
Is Henry Crabb, Night Foreman
of the Union Depot
Baggage Room
ANOTHER VICTIM OF
AUTO ACCIDENT DIES
Charles BeadOw, Crushed by DR..
Charles Douglas Machine,
Succumbs to Injuries

Charles Beadow, run down by an
auto driven by DR.. Charles Douglas,
at Elmwood and Jefferson-aves., Mon.
DAY night. died In ST. Mary's hospital
at l:SO o'clock, Thursday morning,
from fracture of the skull He did
not recover consciousness
The body was claimed by relatives,
and removed to Geist Bros morgue.
Coroner Burgess ia investigating the
case.
The man who was run down and
Killed by Police Auto No. 1 at Michi-
gan-ave. and Shelby-st., early We'd
nesday morning. was identified, Thurs
day morning. as Harry Crabb, 40 years
OLD, OF No. 1873 Howard-st., night fore
man OF the Union depot baggage
room. 8. c. Clark. superintendent OF
the baggage room. made the identifl-
cation in the county morgue, after re-
porting to the police that Crabb HAD
been missing for two days. When he
started to give the description OF
Crabb, Detective Hugh Kane advised
him to look at the body OF the man
In the morgue.
Crabb has q wife and two children,
who are nearly frantic with grief over
the discovery of his body in the
morghe.
1t is not likely that any inquest will
be held, as the cOroner's Office Is sat.
isfed that Driver X. G. Briggs was
blameless.
Police Commissioner Croul is ter
ribly shaken by the killing of Henry
Crabb. The men of the police depart
ment are also saddened by the acct
dent, and have resolved to see to II
that Crabb's widow and two little
children, aged eight and four years,
respectively, will not want for any.
thing, on account OF the sudden death
OF the husband and father.
Mrs. Crabb has already been
supplied with what money she will
need for her immediate wants." said
Commissioner Croul, Thursday noon
He declined to answer when asked
where the money came from, though
1t Is pretty we'll understood that the
commissioner took 1t from his own
personal funds
This Is the worst thing that has
happened since | have been police
Commissioners" he said, and I can't
tell you how badly feel about it"
Mrs. Crabb, stunned by the shock
of her husbands death, visited police
headquarters. Thursday morning, and
was shown every courtesy by the com
missioner, superintendent. and other
high officials. who expressed their
deep sympathy, and offered their SER
vices II there was anything that could
be done for her.
The men OF the department are TAX
Ing up subscription for the widow
and fatherless children
Detective X. C.. Allen has been as
signed to the special duty OF seeing
that the stricken family Is well taken
care Of. until permanent arrangements
can be made for their care
Crabb was member of an Illinois
lodge OF Oddfellows. and the local pc
lice will notify the local lodges Of that
fact. II Is probable that burial SER
vices will be held under the auspices
Of the lodge.